Episode 39.11

If I ever get more past seasons of Survivor, you will see posts of them here in this blog eventually. I’d even introduce multiple rolling lists like I’ve had for a time once before in order to accommodate all of what I’d want to. Now, I can only go up to a certain point at once. Why is that?

Since I already have Borneo on DVD, there will be an eventual second look back at it. It will have to wait until it finds its way on the list after other stuff waiting to get on the list is added first. This will mean that in all the watching of other shows that could happen, I would not be able to add lists past the point of when I’d put Borneo on my list of things to watch which would mean abandoning any lists that are already added for a while and not adding new things to it if possible. I don’t expect this to make sense to everyone as I write it as I know I am hard to understand. Maybe it will make sense later as things go along in the future. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, we go straight to the challenge at hand for reward. It is a loved ones challenge which causes everyone to get emotional. Tommy’s girlfriend is Nicole. I guess that he didn’t end up with Kimberly or Kat. A thirteen year old is a loved one? Who brought him here? Elaine is gay? I am a bit surprised that I didn’t know that. Noura’s loved one, Laurie, is visually impaired. She gets a close up of the challenge with Jeff. Tommy and Janet win the challenge. They pick Lauren and Dan to join them for the reward. Karishma wants to put a wrecking ball to someone’s head. She came in like a wrecking ball. And I haven’t seen that video at all.

In the second segment of the show, Janet talks about winning the challenge. Tommy is emotional being with his girlfriend. They talk to each other about what to do with the upcoming vote. Back at the camp, Noura gets upset at everyone and they celebrate Festivus early since she is airing grievances. She goes on a long and heavily edited rant. She waves her white flag. She surrenders all to you. All to you. Dean is now calling the group the underlings. The vote is four to four. They need an idol or they need someone who can flip. They think that the idol is blue. Elaine finds the idol. This gets the others, who know about it, quite excited as they might hold all the power.

In the third segment of the show, we get to Jeff’s ball fetish again as whoever hits puberty loses. No one can have a ball that drops. Dean and Tommy hit puberty. Noura loses her ball. Janet is out next. What is a weeble wabble? Karishma is out next. Dan looks away and loses control of his ball. It comes down to a showdown between Lauren and Elaine. Lauren is seen struggling a lot towards the end so, naturally, she wins the challenge when Elaine suddenly drops out. Tommy thinks that the target is clear.

In the fourth segment of the show, Lauren is glad that she won even if she isn’t sure that she needed the necklace. Noura doesn’t think that she will go along with the others and wonder how to do the really big vote ahead of them. Karishma thinks that one tribal council can make the change. Elaine is worried that Noura is a fruit loop and could go any way. I hope she isn’t called a fruit loop dingus. That could really hurt a person. Noura seems to be confused by how people should vote. Everyone is worried that she will just go crazy or something will not go according to plan. Elaine thinks that she should play her idol, even if it means wasting it. To be sure, though, not everyone who wastes their idol is dumb. But all of the people who get voted out with an idol are.

In the fifth segment of the show, we get to tribal council. The loved ones challenge is dangerous in some way. Meanwhile, Tommy and others are part of a secret conversation that others aren’t noticing. They have something to say. Rob likes it as the others start whispering to each other. Noura decides to just go out and say a lot of things and does a Phillip by outing Elaine’s idol. There is a lot of talking at once like an episode of Parenthood or Evil. Missy pretends to eat popcorn, really enjoying this. I can’t make sense of the conversations, but I love this and it is awesome. Of course, everything is awesome. Everything is cool when your part of a team. Everything is awesome, when you’re living your dream. I think that those are close to the right lyrics.

Rob and Sandra continue to talk to each other about what has been going on. Noura thinks that she was not the one who started it as Dean and Tommy started their secret talking. While I can’t make sense of what happened, I do know that the voting happens next. Elaine plays her idol for herself. This makes her sorry if things smell like feet, whatever that means. Noura might have screwed herself or got screwed by the others in question. But it is still Karishma who gets voted out.

On the next Survivor, Noura and everyone is spinning right round baby right round like a record baby round right round round. Different things could change right away as it seems like Lauren might be with Tommy or they are doing something of some sort or another. It is also not the season finale just yet as that will probably be the next week and not this coming one. I guess we’ll see what happens soon.

Total confessional count: Karishma- 25, Tommy- 20, Dan- 14, Elaine- 22, Lauren- 18, Janet- 16, Dean- 17, Noura- 15; Rob- 11, Sandra- 9. New confessionals this episode: Tommy- 3, Dan- 1, Elaine- 3, Lauren- 2, Janet- 1, Dean- 3, Noura- 2, Karishma- 4; Sandra- 0, Rob- 0.

Karishma had four new confessionals this episode, the highest of everyone. The next highest is a tie between Dean, Tommy, and Elaine with three. The lowest is a tie between Janet and Dan with just one a piece. As for total confessionals, Karishma had twenty-five, the highest out of everyone. Elaine is the next highest with twenty-two. The lowest is Dan with fourteen. There’s not much else to say so I will end this post. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.