Speaking of people who can't keep their mouths shut, Scot is back at camp, regaling Alecia with stories of why she didn't go home this week, as if he had anything to do with it. She's like, if Jen was going home, why did you write my name down? He's like, I totally know and understand this game. Alecia grows suspicious but trusts Cydney, unfortunately.
Over on the Beauty tribe, Tai throws caution to wind and plods off in the direction of the idol. You can see the marks from his last attempt on his chest and the inside of both thighs. Ugh. When he gets there, he realizes he's lost the tool that will help him get it. I'm thinking he immediately forgot about it after he got it, otherwise his body wouldn't be all scarred up. Anyway, he chews and ties a new tool into place like a hungry MacGyver and pops the key out, and gets the first idol of the game! But, "There is a twist to this idol."
I chose these pictures so you can see that yes, it literally says "Super Idol." I'm surprised there's not a trademark on that. Apparently this Super Idol comes with a cape and can be played AFTER all the votes have been read. Ok, awesome. Terrible name, though. Did Jeff force that one through? Tai is one happy little dude.
Next, we head on over to Smarts and they're all hanging out. Peter and Liz are chilling in the water, planning every move they'll make up until their jury speeches.
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| Famous last words, or something like that? |
Debbie, even though she's a total crackpot, has definitely watched this show before. She narrows her eyes and yells at the confessional camera man that she's not lying down and taking orders and they need to move. She tells Joe that if they get Aubry and Neal on board, they can take down the other two. She does the legwork and the four of them are ready to leave Peter and Liz out in the cold.
Back at Sexy Tribe, they decide to kill a chicken. Tai is pretty upset about it, and everyone is pretty supportive of his feelings. Well, Caleb and Tai are BFFs and the girls are all about it. But Nick is a little bit...unaware. He's like, Tai will get over it.
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| Read the room, man. |
The girls are like, duh, we're going to eat it too. We just have feelings, unlike you. Just look at their faces. They're thoroughly unimpressed. So one of them (I don't know any of their names because they've never spent any time in Tribal) goes to Caleb to make some plans.
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| "I totally don't like Nick. He's like, super mean. Let's vote him out if we lose." |
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| "That's cute you think we'll ever lose a challenge. But whatever, I'm down. Plus I'm never voting for Tai." |
The last check-in at camp is with the Brawn tribe, and it's super awkward and uncomfortable. Alecia magically finds a clue to the idol, reinforcing my idea that the producers want to keep her here. She takes it to Cydney and they start digging around the bottom of a tree, like Tai. Cydney tells Alecia to go find a hoe to dig, which she does, and then Cyd (I'm going start calling her Cyd because I keep getting corrected to Sydney and ain't nobody got time for that) reveals she has found the box the idol's in! But of course it's locked, so she can't get in. Jason sees them so they try to play it cool, even though Cydney is not even on Alecia's side. They go back to camp all, hum de dum dum. Cydney tells the boys, and Jason heads over to where they were digging. He finds the map but not the box, so he runs like a bat out of hell with Scot on his heels like a puppy dog to find the key up high in the air. They, like Tai, quickly construct a long tool to poke check the key out of it's box. Alecia and Cyd are following them vaguely around this whole time. Everyone knows what's going on, but Alecia is not being very aggressive and the boys are pretending she's not even there. It's just the most uncomfortable situation ever. When the key falls, Alecia sort of goes for it, but Jason dives and knocks her out of the way. Then he and Scot run back and unlock the idol out of it's box and Alecia is just standing over them, like, dang, that's mine.
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| We're the best! We're not rude meanies at all. |
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| This is not my day. |
So now Alecia is feeling very insecure and hopes they win.
*Cue dramatic challenge time music*
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| Let's do this |
Jeff reveals the challenge. They have to take huge bags of sand through the water, get them through a wooden cage wall, over a balance beam, all the way to the shore. Then they have to dig into them like giant rice bag surgery and get three balls and do this challenge:
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| And then get it into a hole at the top. Three times. |
They're all doing fairly well, except Smarts are behind a bit. When they get to this hole challenge, Beauty pulls away and wins first AGAIN. They're just killing it at challenges. Cydney tries the aggressive approach, jumping the balls up really fast instead of going around, but she misjudges a couple times, stops right at a hole, and Smarts is closing in fast. I'm getting nervous because I'll be SO BORED if Brawn goes to Tribal for the third week in a row. Luckily, they switch it up and close it out before Smarts can get ahead. No offense, Smarts, but YAY you're going to Tribal Council. Some new faces to get chewed up!! Not literally. Ew.
Back at Smarts camp, Liz and Peter get to work right away with what they think are their minions; everybody else. It's awkward. Liz and Peter think they're the smartest slickest players in the game, and everyone is smirking behind their backs, embarrassed at how transparent Leter is. Leter says things like, "The goal is the simplify the process for Debbie and Joe; they just have to write down names and not think about anything complicated" and "Everyone else is just empty clay waiting to be molded. They're not decisive unless given a decision." Eek. I'm nervous for Leter to get a rude awakening at Tribal. I'm also excited.
At Tribal, I'm super surprised that right away Jeff is talking to people about social awareness, and Peter says he's an expert in, as an ER doctor. I'm not sure I want him to be my doctor. Peter says Debbie and Joe are too old, but Peter is friends with everybody. How perfect. Peter says be believes. "the plan" is going forward. Jeff asks Neal (how convenient) does that worry him, Neal says, yeah, you have to wonder which plan. Peter says, "Well, it's not your plan." Jeff makes this face:
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| Awesome. |
Everybody makes smiling shocked faces for various reasons, and Peter calls Neal "Ice cream pants." It's getting ugly in here. Then Peter details their entire plan. Liz backs him up. Jeff subtly prods again about social awareness, which Peter and Liz do not gain in the next 30 seconds. So it's time to vote, and it's getting risky. It's a three way tie between Aubry, Liz and Peter, which doesn't look good for either Liz or Peter, because neither of them can vote next time. And out goes...Liz. That's ok. She needs her pathogen-free water anyway. Peter looks totally shocked and is wondering how to learn some social awareness in the next 3 days. Good-bye, Smarts, hope to see you back here next week!!
Next week, on Survivor: some crazy elemental exposure, and somebody gets an IV in them. Eeeek!
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