Watching Survivor

-:15 Its almost time, and while we wait here’s Jeff Probst’s preview of the episode! Enjoy, and see ya back here in 15 for all the recappin glory!

:00 Previously on Survivor: Gabon! 12 are left, who will be voted out tonight?

:01, We’re at Fang, where Ace says it’s tough and they’re starving, and Matty says he’s hopeless about Fang, just as Crystal dumps the rice over, of which they only have 30 handfuls… and Mattie is upset about it, it’s more valuable then gold, and she just dumped it over. They make some up, and Crystal won’t eat, and tells them to eat, she doesn’t want to take it away from them, eat their food, she dosn’t want to feel bad. Kenny says everyone is working against each other, and he doesn’t like that Mattie and Ace are after Crystal, and he doesn’t like it. Ace says she did him a favor, she’ll be the next lamb to the slaughter.

:03 Roll intro! And Commercial

:06 Elephanants! Kota, day 20, and they’re sitting around the fire, talking about cussing and what parents have told them. Dan points out that Corinne, Marcus and Charlie are exclusive, and even goes to them and tells them he feels excluded a bit. Corinne calls him socially enept in a lot of ways, and she doesn’t know if he was a fattie, or what, but he’s clearly looking for approval. Marcus says he’s paranoid and he can’t save him from himself, he’ll become a liability.

:07 Challenge time already! It’s a game of keep away - two members throw a breakable ball, while an apponant tries to break it by shoving it to the game. Reward is a helecopter ride to a afternoon picnic, with drinks, breads cheeses, meets. And one person goes to exile. Corinne and Charlie are sitting out.

Randy attacking for Kota
Ace Attacking for Fang

Randy breaks the ball first Kota scores first!

Bob and Sugar are attacking, and Sugar calls Randy ugly and Jeff says “This should be fun!” Sugar is pretty agressive, Bob falls hard, and Fang neesxto score, but Sugar isn’t doing well. Bob has a big takedown but Ace keeps the ball alive… sugar doing nothing. Bob takes down Matty, and Ace tries to get it past Fang, Fang shuts them down - Kota scores again!

Dan attacking for Kota, Matty for Fang. GO! Matty comes out strong, chasing after the ball - SUGAR DROPS THE BALL and Kota Scores, Kota wins reward, and they send Sugar to exile for the fifth time in a row!

Matty calls her worthless when it comes to challenges and he wants her to go, as Kota celebrates their victory. Matty says it’s hard, they have everything, they have nothing. Its madness, MADNESS.

:12 Commercial!

:15 We’re back, and Bob tells us the helicopter ride made his trip to Africa, as they’re taking to a crater for a picnic. Susie says it was beautiful, and surreal to her, and just amazing. Back at Fang, Matty says he’s never been so embarrassed, humiliated, and Sugar can’t do anything, she was being dominated and it was pointless to keep going. He hates it, he’s getting pissed, they’re just gonna keep losing physical challenges. He invites Ace for a boatride. And he says they have to take her out, it would be 100% Ace and him to the end, and Ace says they have the idol which is logical, they can use it when they have too. So who’s next? Crystal.

At Camp Crystal and Kenny know what’s up, and Kenny wants to blindside Ace. She says she trusts Kenny, and Ace has to go, he’s manipulating Matty and has to go.

At the Picnic, they’re given letters from home! Bob is in tears, as he walks off to read his, saing he doesn’t know which to read first. There’s tears all the way around, as everyone reads, and Bob says life doesn’t get better then that.

:20, Poor Sugar and her sugar shack, and she says she doesn’t know what’s happening, she’s trying to survive. Thank goodness for Ace, and she says they’re using each other. She’s sticking with him because he’s the strongest player and she hopes they’re not screwing her around.

:21 Challenge time!

Today’s Immunity Challenge: Good news and bad news - bad news, bot tribes are going to TC, and vote someone out. The good news, individual immunity. It’s a log roll - match up from another member, your tribe or the other, the goal is to stay on the log wins individual immunity. There is also a twist, revealed after the challenge is over. Draw numbers, get started!

Dan vs. Ace: Dan is in the water, Ace moves on to the next round!
Charlie vs. Crystal - Charlie dumps her easily.
Marcus vs. Matty - Matty hits the water!
Susie vs. Randy - Susie is down!
Kenny vs. Sugar - Kenny in the water - SUgar is down!
Bob vs. Corrinne, and bob says he won a roll in college, and Corrinne says “Of course he did!” Jeff jokes “Who knew that would come in handy?” Bob stands there whistling at her and she loses quickly. Semi final round!

Charlie vs. Ace - Ace stays alive, but charrlie has him on the run - but Charlie hits the water first!
Marcus vs. Randy - Randy on the run and he hits the water first
Sugar vs. Bob - Slow and steady and Sugar isn’t going anywhere - bob slips, tries to hang on, recovers! they both fall and Bob hit the water first, Sugar moves on! Jeff gives him hell,joking..

All three on the log at the same time. Ace is in the middle, Sugar one side, and Marcus on the other. Ace says if he wins he’ll be happy, if not, he’ll shoot himself in the pinky toe. all three are hanging on, nice save by marcus, by sugar, sugar on the run, everone sitll alive, Sugar falls off! It’s Ace vs. marcus for Immunity! Great battle as they keep fighting! ACE hits the water first, MARCUS WINS first individual Immunity!

Now the twist - Marcus reads it out loud… You will now assign immunity to one member of the other tribe. Crystal raises her hand, bit he gives it to Sugar, and he hopes it will lead to Ace’s ouster, and Crystal says DAMN she’s now the most powerful person in this game.

:29 Commercial.

:31 (AAAAAAAAAH SNAKE ew ew ew omg. GROSS. Right in Camp.) Matty and Ace are talking about who might go in the other tribe, and Kenny says that he needs Sugar, and NICE CLOSE UP GUYS OMG!

Kenny goes to Sugar (monkeys! yay!) and he tells Sugar what Ace has said about her, and she says that she’s been trusting the biggest snake in the game, so she’s not sure, she doesn’t really trust Kenny, either. And Kenny tells her Ace was trying to blindside her, and Sugar says they can blindside him. And Kenny trusts her, and says she’s smart and hey, another damn snake. Thanks guys. Weeks without and now several…

Kenny tells Crystal all is well, and she says she’ll believe it when Ace’s name is on that scroll. Ace asks Crystal for the idol, and she says it isn’t happening, they’d only have two votes. Kenny and Crystal, and he asks if she’s gonna risk it on his neck. She tells him she has to think about it, and it made her feel bad. But his asking for the idol made her think Kenny was telling the truth… He’s got her back, but…

Crystal is supposed to go next but plans could change. She wonders what she’s gonna do… And another snake shot. Nice. (Yes, for those that forget, Lessa is HIGHLY PHOBIC.)

Tribal Council for Fang. Jeff asks Sugar about camp life, adn she says they’re low on rice, Crystal knocked some over and didn’t eat because of it. Kenny says they have about 5 days… and Jeff says you have to pick it out grain by grain? and he says yeah, they get 6-8 spoonfuls of rice, and he says no one said anything, and Crystal said that their face said it all, and Matty says they moved past it. Ace says that them being angry was concocted, and she says she’s losing it, she saw it in his face, she didn’t say anything just picked it up and they were all come eat, and she said she was gonna just go without. Ace says that they didn’t ask her too and she says but you ATE it, didn’t save me any! Sugar says it sounds petty and they should get past issues better then this, but that’s why they haven’t been winning.

:38 Sugar keeps immunity, it’s time to vote! No one plays the idol - she didn’t give it up!
The votes: Ace, Crystal, Ace, Crystal, seventh person voted out… ACE! He says thanks sugar, and she looks down as everyone smiles… He says good luck guys, and walks off. Jeff says it was a blindside, and Fang is finally starting to play this game.

:40 Commercial!

:44 It’s day 21 on Kota, and a scramble for votes. Marcus and Dan talk, and he’s paranoiding. He knows it’d be a great time to get him act, but he’ll be home eating pizza or trusting people. Randy says he has to trust someone, and talks to Dan, matty, to Corrine, and they say play bob, and Marcus says that Randy is willing to throw in with them. Marcus says Dan’s a bumbling idiot, no one wants them around, and Susie may dig her own grave, and Randy says bob is loyal. Dan is vulnerable, and Charlie says that he should hope Susie blows up, or he’s gone.

Corinne says that she won’t right Susie’s name down, and she says she thinks it’s gonna be Dan, they don’t want to take someone who would flip, and Susie says as long as she’s in the loop it’s fine. Then she says she would be honest, she was gonna vote for Corinne, and Susie a hard worker, but she needs help, but that’s why she wouldn’t and Corinne says REALLY. I hate her. Iwant to stab her in the face, and if you piss me off… Corinne goes into talk to Randy, and says she wants her gone. Randy says susie has no game, and her vote can be bought, but…

Corinne asks if Dan has the idol, and is with Susie? And Randy says take her out, and Randy agrees. Corinne goes to Marcus and Charlie next. Charlie feels there’s issues, and either decision has risk, but Dan could have the immunity idol, but they doubt it. They say vote out Susie just in case. Marcus says it’s not who is the best asset, but who’s the less risky.

:49 Tribal Council time!
Jeff asks if Marcus is looking out for himself or keeping the tribe strong, and Macus says that they have to stay strong, and Jeff asks Susie if she’s concerned, and she says that she’s not the weakest, Corinne is, and Corinne says that she’s scared. And insulted her, and Corinne says she has plenty to offer. Susie tries to back off, and Jeff asks if she’s seen the tendancies to let loose and Corrine says that she encourages that, though.

Jeff asks Randy if your being yourself or holding it in - Randy says 8/10. He doesn’t have to pretend, people know where he stands. When asked what’s bad about it, he repeats the same thing. Dan admits to being a worry wort which keeps him from being himself. Carlie says that trust is huge, they intent to go into a merge as a powerful group together, so his vote is based on who he can trust the most. Jeff asks if Corrine thinks tonights vote would be a mistake? and she says yeah, she just doesn’t know. Marcus is safe, everyone else is fair game.

Time to vote! No HII to be played, of course.
The Votes: Susie, Dan, Dan, Susie, Dan, Susie, eighth person voted off Survivor: Dan.

Jeff says despite being successful, this tribe is not one big happy family. Goodnight!

:46 Next time, on Survivor - There’s a new leader in Africa, they call him Randy. “This ocean is mine! They know the power is shifting, I’m King. cheers!” (Looks like a merge feast!)

- Ace says it blows, disappointed in Sugar, but C’est La Vie. Dan says he’s disappointed, but now he gets to be himself and go to family.