Episode 32.13

Blood versus Water is coming to DVD. If it will officially be available to order before the middle of June, it could make for a good birthday present for me. Hopefully I can let you know about this before next season starts. But that’s provided that I get it at all. I don’t think that I would buy it for myself in the meantime. It would probably be the first thing that I buy for myself if I ever did. But do you know about my complicated way of watching shows? It allows for up to six shows at once. I have another list of six choices right now. And there’s at least eight other choices besides those to add to the list to watch. I think I have a problem. Gee, imagine if I had cable or satellite. I’d have even more of a TV problem than I already do. I should start a TV podcast due to the shows that I watch. There are times that I watch nine hours of primetime in a single day. That should be impossible, but thanks to technology, I’m able to record what I’m not able to watch live. I’m just hoping that I have more time to watch these shows on DVD during the summer. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, we get to the fallout of the tribal council. People talk about how Tai has turned on his alliances in the past. Tai, however, seems to be the most betrayed by all of this. At least he is fairly rational when discussing the whole thing.

In the second segment of the show, we get to the reward challenge. Joe seems to be real slow at it. So wait, if they’re out of bags before hitting all five targets then they just have to wait for a certain point in order to possibly hit the targets? This seems like a dumb rule and Joe is able to use it to his advantage. He gets it done at 71, as the hashtag says. Joe wins thanks to the probably dumb rule. Joe picks Aubry for the reward and lets her pick someone else, that person being Cydney. This then has Michele going back to camp with Tai with her thinking that she is not part of the planned final three. Does this mean that her and Tai will actually form an alliance after all?

In the third segment of the show, we get to the people on reward. Joe is glad that he won, but also can’t believe that it happened. I can after those strange challenge rules. Tai’s idol is brought up as to why they don’t want to vote him out. Will they turn on each other? It appears that Aubry wants to vote out Cydney after Joe suggests it. It appears that back at camp, Tai and Michele make amends for the craziness that has happened. Tai then gives Michele either a Tai massage or a Thai massage. They decide to target Cydney.

In the fourth segment of the show, Tai talks about how being on Survivor is the hardest thing that he’s ever done in his life. I wonder how often people say things like that. Aubry wants to vote out Cydney and she wonders if she can use Tai or not. It looks like she’s able to work with him. Meanwhile, there have been storm problems in the area so hopefully I won’t miss anything major. Tai and Aubry seem to meld together in front of the other tribe members which worries Cydney. (I hate the grammar check on this computer of mine.)

I’m also wondering if we are getting to the immunity challenge soon or not. But maybe there isn’t on this episode. The promos made it seem like something bad would happen. Joe seems to be developing medical problems. They have medical come to take a look at it. Maybe there is another evacuation after all. What’s sad is that he is getting this, it seems, after winning a reward. Who has had a problem after winning a reward challenge?

In the fifth segment of the show, Joe is possibly recovering more, but not enough. Is this still the same day as when we started the episode? It’s weird. This whole episode has been out of the usual format. Tai is really emotional. Is Joe leaving? It doesn’t seem like he is yet. But he could be. Joe gets another look at the doctor. The doctor (also named Joe?) takes a look at him. This is quite possibly the most ironic evacuation ever. They discuss whether or not to pull Joe from the game. It’s ultimately what they decide on. What does this mean for Tai’s idol? Can he still use it at the next tribal council? Is it dead now? Once again, we have something that’s unprecedented. Sort of like last season’s final six tribal council. It makes me wonder if we’ll see another form of tiebreaker in the future. Joe leaves the game in a record third medical evacuation of the season.

On the next Survivor, we are down to the final four. Alliances are up in the air and it is anyone’s game to win. It seems like we are getting an extended promo due to the lack of the game that we saw in this episode. Who will win? What will happen? Will there be a final two? It appears that he can’t use his idol anymore, according to the promo. I don’t know if that’s fair or not. Man, they really didn’t have idols that worked this season, did they?

Total confessional count: Joe- 18, Michele- 35, Cydney- 26, Tai- 41, Aubry- 42. New confessionals this episode: Tai- 5, Aubry- 8, Joe- 5, Michele- 8, Cydney- 3.

Joe had five confessionals this episode, the same number as Tai. Cydney had less with three. Aubry and Michele tied for the most with eight each. Joe had the lowest confessional count with eighteen. Everyone else had higher confessionals. Joe’s elimination means that Cydney is the new lowest with twenty-six confessionals. Aubry has the highest with forty-two. Tai has forty-one going into the finale and Michele has thirty-five.

What will happen next? And who will win? The season finale is in the next episode and we’ll find out what happens then. I’ll also be back with the usual end of the season posts. I will rank the tribe swap of the season, mention the three dumbest moves, post my thought as to who the breakout character of the season is, and rank this season against the thirty-two other seasons. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.