SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS - Official Thread

You bet they do

Not only are they eating more but I notice this time they are wearing more clothes.

Last night it was a hoot when the guy (I don't know all their names) was on the other island and he found a noni fruit. He was delighted because it is good for their nicks and cuts. I read a long time ago that the show people always are ready to provide the contestants with anything to fix their boo boos such as pain killers, ointments, and they said, "tons of sun block". So no one has to put noni on their nick.

I felt way sorrier for the octopus than I did the baby booby. I knew the baby booby would be rescued no matter what. But the way that poor octopus was wrapped around that guy's ankle then he sticks it with the spear!

...Only to be chopped up and dumped back into the ocean by that silly girl. If she had any common sense she would have put the pieces in another pot or in a leaf, swished them off one by one, and then placed them into a clean pot. You just can't plunk the whole thing down in the wavy water.

Also I thought it was a bad decision for Cowboy to act desperate with the other tribe on their island. I forget if his other two tribe members also begged for spices. But I think it would be a better strategy to act satisfied and like they have more than enough back home.

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s Monday so that means its time for:
A SURVIVOR RECAP

If you taped/Tivo’ed last weeks show and haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, read no further.

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Turn back now!

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This is your last chance!

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OK, don’t say I didn’t warn you!

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The New Aitutaki Tribe – (Red Buffs):
Becky, Candice, Cao Boi, Jessica, Jonathan, Ozzy, Sundra, Yul

The New Raratonga Tribe - (Blue Buffs):
Adam, Brad, Cristina, Jenny, Nathan, Parvati, Rebecca

The LOSERS!
Sekou, Billy, Cicilia, J.P. Stephannie

HOME SWEET HOME; Stephannie Sent Packing

Stephannie Favor, the 35-year-old nursing student from Columbia, South Carolina, is banished in a 7 to 1 vote after the tribe questioned her desire to stay in the game. Graceful in defeat, she delivers her final words: "I would've loved to have stayed in the game a little while longer but if your mind's not there completely, 100%, then your tribe is going to feel that. And you don't want to be a weak link to your tribe. I had wonderful tribemates, I was thankful to have been a part of the experience and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Thanks."

Men at Work

Sleeping in on the morning of day 12, the ladies of Raro awake to massive amounts of firewood and seafood gathered by the men. Concerned the men may soon be annihilated by the women who now control the numbers, Nate realizes the shift in power: "Now the game really turns on. The guys all have to watch their backs as a unit because these women could try to [knock] us off. So I gotta let 'em know, yeah, you guys do need us.'

Worker Bees

As Jessica and Cao Boi embark on a crabbing expedition, Cao Boi spies Candice, Becky and Sundra relaxing on a raft. Frustrated with some of his tribemates' lack of work ethic, Cao Boi cautiously states, "That annoys me. They don't even try. We will keep winning our challenges I hope, but if they don't correct themselves, they will be eliminated."

Reward Challenge: Never Tear Us Apart

Both tribes reconvene at the Reward Challenge, where Jeff Probst explains the rules. Both the tribes will split into three pairs, each of whom will stand on a platform. Each person on the platform will use one arm to hold onto a hook. Every two minutes members from the opposing tribe will load one of those pairs with five-pound bags. The more weight added, the harder it will be to hold on to the hook. The last pair holding their hooks and weight for their tribe wins Reward: fishing supplies, spices and bottles of wine. In addition the winning tribe will choose one person from the losing tribe to send to Exile Island.

The challenge begins and immediately strategy for the two tribes is clear as Raro distributes the weight evenly amongst the Aitu pairs and Aitu loads only the strongest of Raro's pairs, Nate and Adam. Yul couldn't handle the weight as his hook slips from his grasp, becoming Aitu's first casualty. A pair from Raro and a pair from Aitu drop out, leaving Ozzy and Jessica with 20 lbs each for Aitu versus Cristina and Brad with 20 lbs and Nate and Adam with 30 lbs each from Raro. Straining together to hold the leaden bags amongst Aitu's taunting, Raro continues to dig deep holding their weight. Suddenly Jessica's hook slips from her hand and Raro erupts in cheers of victory as they win the Reward of spices, fishing supplies and wine. They choose to banish Jonathan to Exile Island once again.

Short Order Chef

The Raro tribe awakes to Adam's laughter as he stumbles into camp with an octopus stuck to his foot. Later, Cristina takes charge, giving orders to cook to and clean the octopus, and as she cuts and rinses it, a large portion of the octopus clumsily spills from her pot into the waves. Adam assesses the damage but gives little comfort to Cristina: "I worked hard this morning to get the octopus and then Cristina dropped the bucket and there were pieces of octopus all over the water and that really bothered me. I don't know what she was thinking." Once the pieces of octopus are accounted for, Cristina pins fault on Jenny, who had been helping her. "She's going to blame me for dropping the octopus?" says Jenny, equally unhappy with Cristina. "Cristina is coming across as our new JP, so she better watch herself," Jenny warns.

The Fifth Wheel

With the island's resources beginning to dwindle, Cao Boi, Ozzy and Jessica embark on an expedition to explore the other islands in search of food and other means of survival. Unable to recruit the other tribemates, they set off towards the islands across the lagoon. Candice, Sundra and Becky opt to stay back in camp with Yul, who seizes the moment to offer Sundra the fifth spot in the alliance. "I'm very happy that I got over that hurdle of being the outsider and I genuinely feel that I'm a part of this alliance now, but," cautions Sundra, "who knows, that could change five minutes from now. I'll just have to see."

Our Island, Our Turf

The Aitu explorers, Cao Boi, Ozzy and Jessica anchor on the beach of a foreign island, lush with the medicinal Noni plant and trees filled with coconuts. As they head down a path in the jungle, unaware of just which island they have landed on, they reach a clearing only to find the Raro tribe gathered around their camp fire. Stunned and territorial, Adam from Raro is far from pleased with the trespassers and vents, "I didn't like it at all; I don't think they should be on our island. This is our turf, this is our territory, and they've got their own island." Awkward introductions ensue as Cao Boi makes himself comfortable by the Raro fire, sharpening his machete. After a lengthy lesson on Asian symbols, Cao Boi begs for coconuts and Raro's hard won spices. Overprotective of his island's assets, Adam sends the three explorers on their way empty handed.

Digging through the Night

Under the light of the moon, Jonathan chews through the sand on Exile Island in hopes of finding the hidden Immunity Idol. "It's like playing in a big sand box, a million dollar sand box," says Jonathan, encouraging himself to continue his search. But with the warm glow of the morning sun he threw in the towel. “At this point I have to assume the idol had been found, otherwise I'm a complete moron."

Immunity Challenge: United We Stand

The two tribes make their way to the Immunity Challenge, where Jonathan happily rejoins his Aitu tribe and Jeff Probst. The tribes must assemble stepping poles which they will use to transport two tribe members from one platform above water to another platform a short length away. Once both tribe members are across, all eight tribe members will climb up and over the platform, swimming out to a smaller tower. The first tribe to climb the last tower and get all eight tribe members on or above the top deck wins Immunity and is safe from Tribal Council.

It is a mad dash to assemble the three poles as the tribes hit the water. With Aitu's pole together, they transport the gracefully balanced Flica across the water. Raro steadily pulls ahead, depositing Jenny on the second platform and racing back to transport Parvati. With both tribes neck and neck, Aitu climbs the small tower, and Raro, almost to the top, loses their balance and falls into the water. Raro scrambles to get back atop the tower, but the calm Aitu tribe methodically reaches the top of the platform. Lifting the last of their limbs above the platform, Aitu wins Immunity, sending Raro to Tribal Council for the second time in a row.

Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Dreading yet another Tribal Council, Jenny quickly confirms the vote for Cristina due to her domineering personality. But as Nate and Stephannie fetch water, Stephannie jokes about life at home. Fed up with Stephannie's lack of heart regarding the game, Nate decides to switch up the vote. "Stephannie said how she just really wanted to get some mashed potatoes. I was like, 'Damn, this girl is done.' The other day she made that comment, 'Vote me off guys, I think I'm the weakest link,' but that was just icing for the cake today." The news of Stephannie's desire to go home spreads through camp like wildfire, and when Parvati learns of the change to vote off Stephannie instead of Cristina, she pulls Stephannie aside. "Me requesting mashed potatoes and gravy became table topic for everybody else at the camp. Yes I'd like to be here but if my efforts working for this tribe don't show that I want to be here, I'm not going to beg anyone. I don't do that," states an emotionally exhausted Stephannie.

In the end, despite the tribe's irritation over Cristina's domineering personality, Stephannie was voted out 7 votes to 1, becoming the fifth casualty in the game.

I’ll be back Thursday with my picks for the week. Until then,
Take care,

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Are those really screen captures? How do you get such amazing shots?

Are those really screen captures? How do you get such amazing shots?

I'd like to take credit for these pictures, however they are from the official SeeBS website.

The New Aitutaki Tribe – (Red Buffs):
Becky, Candice, Cao Boi, Jessica, Jonathan, Ozzy, Sundra, Yul

The New Raratonga Tribe - (Blue Buffs):
Adam, Brad, Cristina, Jenny, Nathan, Parvati, Rebecca

The LOSERS!
Sekou, Billy, Cicilia, J.P., Stephannie

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it’s Thursday. So that means its time once again for your:

SURVIVOR PING ! ! !

The title of tonight’s episode is "Plan Voodoo"

And from the official SeeBS website we have the following clues:

One Survivor proposes "Plan Voodoo," a plan to expose the hidden immunity idol if it's been found. Will they be able to convince their fellow Survivors to go along with the idea or will this plan backfire on the creator? Since Adam is the only member of Raro to have spent time on Exile Island, it’s doubtful that this clue is referring to the Raro tribe. So let’s concentrate on Aitu. The known alliance is Jonathan, Yul, Candice and Becky, with Sundra being a probable fifth. And of these five Jonathan, Yul, and Candice are the only ones to have been sent to Exile Island. (Now we know that Yul has it, but supposedly Becky is the only other player that knows, and it’s doubtful that she is going to try to get Yul to use it.) And it’s doubtful that Jonathan, Candice or Sundra will try to “out” one of their own. So that leaves us with Cao Boi, Jessica or Ozzy. We know that Ozzy is treading on thin ice as it is, so he is going to keep his head down. So which one is it? Cao Boi or Jessica? My guess is Cao Boi, and it does backfire on him, resulting in his boot.

Tension is in the air after members of Raro admit they have major problems with one of their tribe members. Has this Survivor already dug their own grave or will they be able to win back over their tribemates? It should be no surprise to anybody that Christina is the one that Raro says they have a problem with. The big question is, will my Lady Cop manage to win over her tribemates? Or will she be tonight’s boot? Since this is supposed to take place the very next day, after Stephannie’s boot, it doesn’t look as if she will have a chance to win over her tribe. So… I’m afraid my Lady Cop will be saying bye-bye tonight. Dang!

One tribe member tries to prove their strength and value during the challenge to win back over their tribe members. Will the castaway succeed in swaying the vote, or is it too late for redemption? Since one of the vid caps from the Reward Challenge shows Cao Boi sitting out the challenge, it’s doubtful that this clue is referring to him. Therefore, my guess is that this clue is referring to Christina and it’s anybody’s guess if she succeeds or fails.

The Survivors are left in a state of shock when a surprise twist to the game is revealed at the reward challenge. Some shock. Both tribes will boot someone at Tribal Council, yada, yada, yada! Nothing new here folks, lets move along!

One Survivor continues to be the main provider in hopes of securing their position in the tribe. Will theses efforts work or are they just setting themselves up as a threat in the game? Ozzy is still trying to finagle his way back into the good graces of the Aitu tribe power alliance. The question is, with the double boot tonight, and with an expected tribal merger fast approaching, can Aitu’s power alliance afford to boot “one of their strengths” tonight, or should they wait till just before the merge to boot Ozzy? Only time will tell.

It looks as if there will only be a Reward Challenge this week. (Or maybe one of those where the tribe that wins the Reward Challenge goes on to compete for individual immunity, but from the vidcaps I’ve seen, nobody is wearing an ugly necklace at tribal council so, who knows?) Anyway, the Reward Challenge appears to be an old fashioned knock-down, drag-out, wrestling match. Who wins? I’ve got to go with the tribal strength and say Aitu.

Well, there you have it:

CUZ’S WEEKLY SURVIVOR PICKS

Reward Challenge Winner: Aitutaki
Sent to Exile Island : Nobody (All players are accounted for in the vidcaps of tribal council.)
Immunity Challenge Winner: No Immunity Challenge this week
Tribal Council Bootee(s): Cao Boi and Christine

I’ll be back Monday morning with a recap, so till than,

Take care,

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It can however, buy expensive possessions that make other people envious.
And that feels just as good.
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Tonight...my Metsies survive....!!!!!

Ping :)

I'm here....just IM'ing Jonathan in Iraq.....he's on duty now....he has the night shift.

cowboy goes home tonight...YIPPEE!

There you are! I thought you gave up on the show (and I wouldn't have blamed you :)

I hope. But I'm more excited that TWO of these people are leaving tonight :)

No, I'll probably stick it out...especially if cowboy goes.....you did a great job last night on the Dose...a lot of pictures.....

BTW, it's finished :)

this thread used to be so popular, now hardly anyone shows up...just me and you kid..

a lot of pictures.....

I still haven't recovered from that :)

There were several of Laura that I never posted. Maybe Snugs will grab them tonight.

I want to see it...

now hardly anyone shows up

I stopped pinging everybody ... It was usually just you and me anyway.

It's in your mail :)

not much to talk about so far this year, we need to whittle down the herd a bit more first...