Watching Survivor

…Told ya so!

There, now that I’ve gotten THAT out of my system, it’s time for a recap of all the fun-filled festivities of last nights Survivor Finale in multiple parts so it’s not 18 pages long!

After a recap of the entire season to open the finale, we hit the camp right after the last Tribal Council where Stacy was voted out after Yau-Man played the Hidden Immunity Idol on night 36. Yau-Man admits that Tribal Council was rough. Earl kind of thinks it was a ploy to flush the idol out, and Yau-Man tells Earl he may need to use his if he doesn’t win the immunity challenge. Earl shakes his head, not sure he wants to play that way. It’s down to the F5 - every man for himself is right around the corner and Earl has never balked about that being the case.

Earl goes to Cassandra with a “Somebody talk to me!” because they all voted for Yau-Man and no one told him what was going down. He probably would have told Yau-Man what was going on, but he does get in better with them once more. Cassandra asks if Yau-Man has the second idol, but he brushes it off with “I don’t think so” and that was it.

There was no time wasted at all in getting to the F5 Immunity Challenge after that. It’s a huge 5-section maze, which the castaways will have to go through blindfolded. They have different medallions. They find the key station, find the key, go through the maze farther to the correct drawbridge, use the key to lower it and cross into the next section. There are random guide posts that will help them find their way. First one through all five sections wins.

Boo finds the first key station first. Yau-Man is right behind, followed by Dreamz. Yau-Man finds the drawbridge first, and into the second station. Dreamz then Boo follow right behind. Cassandra is lost, and not even trying, Earl is slow and steady. Without going blow by blow, it was clearly a challenge between Yau-Man, Boo and Dreamz the rest of the way. Yau-Man really showed how smart he is with this challenge, ignoring everything and just keeping going. He took the lead in the second station, and never gave it back. Yau-Man wins Immunity!

Let the scrambling begin!

Yau-Man gets with Cassandra and says Boo is going out. He then goes to Boo and tells him how much he appreciates everything. Dreamz is a little worried and asks if he is going, but hears everyone is voting Boo. He admits to lying throughout the game in confessional, and it’s the first night he’ll take all his stuff to Tribal Council.

Boo does make a play with Earl to get rid of Dreamz. He knows that he’s Earl’s best chance to beat Yau-Man in the last Immunity Challenge and beat him in the final two. At this point, the Survivor’s don’t know what we do - that there will be a Final Three. Boo makes the same play with Yau-Man, and there’s a wavering, and no one’s quite sure what they’re going to do. Yau-Man’s ultimate decision is based on the faith that Dreamz will honor his deal if he’s around. Not a good place to put your faith at this point, but Yau-Man and Earl, they’re stand up guys who believe in the best of people.

Tribal Council:
Dreamz actually says he’s more concerned about people who don’t keep their word. Which is, if I am using the word right, irony at it’s best. There’s a lot of careful thinking and honesty, with people admitting that sometimes it might be best to say goodbye to a close friend, because others can be beat. Dreamz once again says he’s not looking for Sympathy Vote with his life story, but hello, he’s only mentioned it 18gazillion times. Boo lays his strategy right out in plain view - of how he’s thinking and why, but in the end, it doesn’t matter.

The votes are cast, and since it’s the last night the Hidden Immunity Idol can be played, so Earl plays it. There are shocked looks on the Jury, but he didn’t get any votes anyway, it was just to say “Hi! I had this!” There are no surprises, Boo is voted out, with only his own vote for Dreamz the odd man out. boo waits all of .12982 seconds after his torch is extinguished and runs down the path.

And we are down to the Final Four. As Boo says “Wow, there’s going to be some fireworks tomorrow!”

- Part two coming soon!

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