Survivor Blood v. Water Episode 7 thread - No spoilers on future episodes please
On this week's episode, one bad player left the game and another bad player went to RI. I am somewhat surprised that most of the bad players have been ousted. this will truly be a good ending, as most of the real power players are still there. All but the one I hated most. Fuck You Brad Culpepper (I swear I want that on a t-shirt).
So Kat is still sad Hayden will dump her for gettign sent to RI. She outright asks Hayden to switch spots with her at the challenge. Hayden tells her to think about their long-term future and who has a better chance at wining the game. Kat knows it is him. I agree. If they are a long-term couple, he has to stay. so it is the great fire puzzle challenge that Cochran won to win two seasons ago. I love this puzzle. Its harder than it looks.
John just gets it and wins easily. Laura M. starts to copy his puzzle, which pisses off Kat. Even though she has the right piece in her hand and Hayden is telling her what to do, she can't get a piece to go right. After getting a few, she loses. Kat is ousted and Hayden tells her he loves her. John give the clue to Monica, who tosses it into the fire. Dumbasses!
Then it happens. for the first time we see Tysen make a public play to oust Aras. Tyson seems to get Gervase, Ciera, Caleb and Hayden on board. This is brilliant. If they can get just one more member to join them, they can control the rest of the game. I am blown away by how good Tysen is playing after playing like a fool twice before.
the IC is a tough obstacle course while tied together to get a set of ladder ball bolos. Its a good game. Winners get immunity and a fried chicken feast. The two tribes are pretty even. they get into some blocking and physical pushing, but it looks good. In the end its Tyson v. Tina in ladder ball. Tyson narrowly wins.
Then the idiotic Laura B make a HUGE blunder. In front of everyone, she tells Vytas that he is the one going home tonight and that the four women already decided it. She tells him that she respects him too much to let him get blindsided. She even cries about it. The problem, she never told anyone else that she was going to do it. Tina then makes the dumbass decision to back Vytas over Laura. I think this is the end of Tina. Tina and Monica could essentially tell Laura what to do. If they got to the merge with 4, they would only need to get either one woman or one of the oldies back into the fold to have the tie and possible majority. Now they added a person who they have to know is going to go to his brother. Terrible decision for the person in the weakest twosome left. I suspect it will be her downfall. She went from a leader of a solid 4 to the leader of a weaker 3 where she is the biggest threat of the 3 since her daughter is next to her.
At tribal, Vytas makes a good case for himself playing the trustworthy card he heard all last episode at tribal. It already worked though. Laura B. is gone. But next week, the preview shows a merge and the final end of RI. So we get one more duel. I am hoping its John coming back. Then its merge time and I am betting on Tysen to shine.
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...when Laura B. stepped up and acted as the tribe's spokesperson. She, along with Kat, must have been playing a different game, because neither of them was as secure or as "in" as they thought going in to tribal. I believe in my heart that Laura B. was being genuine in her methods, but it was Survivor suicide....Vytas must not be able to believe his luck...he's the only guy there, and the ladies have turned on each other...let's see if his luck holds out...
I think Tyson's agitation against Aras may be his undoing, but with the merge coming up it will be interesting to see how that plays out...I don't think Tyson has half as many allies as he thinks he does...
I too hope that Laura M makes it back into the fold, Laura B is too naïve, John is too dumb, and Laura M is kinda hot....
All in all this is turning out to be another good season once the idiots and drama queens were removed...something I hope the producers may have noticed...
Oh, and we got to see more group praying because, you know, God has a vested interest in who wins the million dollars apparently since Tebow no longer needs help throwing touchdowns...
...'dear <insert deity here> please help me win a million dollars on a television game show because that's way more important than curing cancer or helping starving kids in Africa'...
I have no issue with people quietly praying to their own select deity for strength or guidance or support, (or like Aras who finds a quiet spot and meditates) but the whole overt prayer circle baloney just rubs me the wrong way...