Episode 38.7

I have not been having as much time to watch shows on DVD from my rolling list. The moment that I’m done watching Survivor: Borneo, I will be replacing it with Survivor: Gabon. I will be blogging about all of the episodes of that season then turn around and blog about them again to get Dan Kay’s perspective on the show. I don’t know when I’ll get to start this, but can only hope it is during the summer, if not at any point sooner to it.

Let’s get to the idols from San Juan del Sur. John Rocker found one and was voted out with it in his pocket after not having the sense to use it. Keith found one and used it to save himself from being voted out. He would have been safe were it not for another idol play that would have made him the second highest of the vote count person. Jon Misch found one and used it to save himself at the same tribal that Keith played his. Jon found another one and was voted out with it in his possession. Natalie found the last one and gave it to Jaclyn. Jaclyn saved herself with it. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, we get to the tribe talking about the jury twist. Did this really start with no recap? That seems weird. I don’t think that I missed something when I recorded this on tape. Ron thinks that he is in control of the vote. Wardog once again dictates the vote to other people. Does he have the right idea? We then return to Extinction Island where Joe talks to himself. But we don’t see much from him yet. We then get to a reward challenge. The blue team wins. Ron is on the losing team, but is glad that people like Kelley weren’t getting this reward.

In the second segment of the show, the reward winners eat the Chinese takeout. I don’t know how close Fiji is to China. Did they actually get that from China? Lauren is upset that she doesn’t have food in the game. Kelley thinks that Lesu should stay together and not turn on themselves as it seems like will end up happening instead. Kelley tries to work together with David and wants to get them to split the votes while they stay a majority. Rick is open about not wanting to work with the Lesu members, even though he seems to still work with David. He doesn’t like Wardog’s constant barking of orders (pun intended). David tries to reason with Rick. David won’t give his half of the idol back to Rick as a result. I wonder if what I think will happen (another duo breaking up) will happen.

In the third segment of the show, we return to Extinction Island and people get wine bottles. There is yet another advantage in the game. Why isn’t this called Advantage Island? They’re going to do that at some point, aren’t they? Aubry tries to find it on her own and everyone is for themselves. Aubry sees a hole in a rock and, as usual, something important is there. She gets a practice advantage and gives an extra vote to someone in the game. The advantage could be the key to someone’s game.

We then get to the immunity challenge. Suddenly, I’m reminded of the promo and how there will be a medical situation at it. Wardog is the first person out of the challenge. Eric is out next followed by Gavin. Kelley is then out. Rick is out, possibly for a joke of being a fit person. Julia is out next and then Ron is out. Julie is out. There are not many people left. This isn’t a long challenge this time. But then we get to 25 minutes into the challenge with four people in it. David is out next. Lauren seems to have issues and she is out of the challenge. Medical is called in as she passes out. Has this happened to her before? Now there are two stories going on with the challenge still happening and the medical situation.

Aurora tries to plead why she should win to Victoria. People think that she’s fighting the battle at the wrong time and acting very wrong at the time. Lauren is okay after having passed out. Victoria passes out and Aurora does win the challenge after all. But what long term cost could this have on her game? I guess that we’ll see. Lauren talks about losing the challenge and having an idol.

In the fourth segment of the show, Aurora talks about her immunity win. She then finds a parchment in her bag with the extra vote in it. Kama talks about how they should stay strong together in order to last until the loved ones visit. They don’t even know for sure that one will happen. They want to split the votes against the Lesu players.

Kelley wonders if she should play her idol. Wardog is once again trying to dictate the vote on what to do. Should Eric or Rick be voted out? It seems like lots of options are talked about, but we can’t tell for sure what could happen. Every option has risks and should Kama target one of their own?

In the fifth segment of the show, it seems like Kama has a plan going forward. Rick talks about how he is not loyal to the other side. People seemed to be too focused on the loved ones visit. When do people make their move? People could join Kama, but would they let them join them? I think that I missed a lot of what could have happened. No idols are played. Is that a good move? Eric is voted out. He takes the torch and goes to Extinction Island.

On the next Survivor, David and Rick can’t decide what will happen with their idol. At least four people’s names are brought up for the vote. “The sins of the past come back to haunt them.” Something really exciting happens at tribal council that Jeff hasn’t seen happened before. Eric arrives on Extinction Island and thinks that it isn’t so bad, but Reem tells him not to get his hopes up.

Total confessional count: Ron- 7, Wardog- 11, Eric- 7, Aurora- 4, Rick- 20, Lauren- 10, Julie- 9, Kelley- 19, Gavin- 6, David- 15, Victoria- 10, Julia- 4; Reem- 12, Chris- 7, Aubry- 14, Joe- 8. New confessionals this episode: Wardog- 2, Eric- 2, Aurora- 2, Rick- 1, Lauren- 2, Julie- 1, Kelley- 2, Gavin- 1, David- 2, Victoria- 0, Julia- 1, Ron- 3. Extinction Island confessional count: Reem- 2, Chris- 0, Aubry- 3, Joe- 1.

Eric had two new confessionals this episode. That’s the same number as Wardog, Aurora, Lauren, Kelley, and David. The only person higher was Ron with three. Well, Aubry has three as well. Everyone else is lower with Victoria as the lowest with zero. As for new confessionals, Eric has seven, the same number as Ron. The only people lower are Gavin, Aurora, and Julia with Aurora and Julia as the lowest with four. Everyone else is higher with Rick as the highest with twenty. We’ll see what happens next. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.