Premiering Thursday, February 8 at 8pm et/pt
Posted on 01/17/2007 5:08:38 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money
If they had taken the idol it would have been the dirtiest trick ever played on Survivor. But it would have been interesting to say the least.
Why they didn’t take it I’ll never know. Dumb dumb dumb. If they were low down enough to snoop through people’s personal effects why stop there?
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The Bula Bula tribe (purple buffs): Alex, Boo, Cassandra, Dre, Earl, Stacy and Yau-Man
The Jury: Rocky, Lisi, Michelle, Edgardo, Mookie
The Losers: Jessica, Erica, Sylvia, Gary, Liliana, Rita, Anthony
FALLEN HORSEMAN:
Mookie Voted Out 
On night 30, Mookie Lee, the 25-year-old program manager from Chicago, Illinois, joined the jury when he received the majority of votes at a heated Tribal Council. Alex saved himself by casting a vote against his close friend and ally Mookie, tipping the scales in his favor. Sad yet gratified, Mookie had this to say during his final words: "You know I'm pretty relieved that I'm out of the game, but at the same time it would have been nice to still be in the game had the alliances stayed put for me. I wish I could be back there raising hell, making everyone's lives miserable, as miserable as my life has been here. Kind of like, grass is green on the other side you know. It's unfortunate that I'm out of the game but it was a great experience and I wouldn't take it back for anything."
Death Row
Returning from the devastating Tribal Council, Mookie and Alex fear their days are numbered. "I thought Dreamz would be more on par with the Four Horsemen alliance but I guess not," says a stunned Mookie. "He's the one that turned and back-stabbed us." With Alex and Mookie separated from the rest of the tribe, Stacy and Earl explain to Dreamz why they excluded him from the last minute change of vote. "Everybody made a pact to vote out Mookie and then all of a sudden they switched to Edgardo so I was the only one that voted Mookie," vents Dreamz. "At first I feel they didn't trust me but then they came to me and then let me know that they just changed it just in case Mookie pulled out the Immunity Idol. I was comfortable after that."
True Traitor
Alex and Mookie drill Dreamz on his betrayal when he attempts to make amends. Accusing Dreamz of backstabbing them, Dreamz fabricates stories of being outnumbered and pressured by the other alliance. "As fast as I'm trying to get them out of here, I still want to be friends, because I'm going need the vote in the future if I'm in the final two," explains Dreamz.
Reward Challenge: Slosh Pit
Survivors arrive at a vast mud field where Jeff Probst explains the challenge. The tribe will be randomly divided into two teams, and one person from each team will launch balls from a platform out into the muddy field. The other teammates will attempt to catch the ball using a basket. Each time someone catches a ball they score a point. The first team to five wins Reward. A seaplane will take the winning team to a luxury spa resort where they will have a hot shower, dinner and a night in a bed, returning to camp in the morning. In addition, the winning team will send one person from the losing team to Exile Island, where they will find a new clue to the hidden Immunity Idol re-hidden after being played at the last Tribal Council.
On the platform for the Orange Team is Yau-Man, launching balls to his team consisting of Mookie, Cassandra and Boo. Stacy launches balls to the Green Team consisting of Earl, Alex and Dreamz. Stacy and Yau-Man fire balls deep into the muddy field where Boo effortlessly catches a ball. Mookie steals one from Earl, scoring two points for the Orange team and giving them an early lead. The game heats up quickly as teams resort to ruthless game play, tripping each other whenever possible. As the Green team begins to score points, Boo lands on his leg incorrectly and goes down writhing in pain. Testing it to see if he can put weight on his injured knee, Boo stands. With a sickening crack, he pops his leg back into place and keeps going. When both Stacy and Yau-Man learn to direct their launches, the score is tied at four points each. With a final shot, Stacy launches a ball perfectly to Dreamz who makes the catch and scores the winning point for the Green Team. Alex, Earl, Dreamz and Stacy send Boo to Exile Island before heading out to their Spa Reward.
Healing Time
Eagerly devouring the clues to the newly hidden Immunity Idol, Boo is relieved to learn the Idol is located back at camp. Boo takes advantage of the time granted on Exile Island, resting his hurt knee and willing it to heal faster. "It's not here. It's on my beach. That makes it a lot easier for me here," says a thankful Boo. "I don't want to do anything. I hurt my knee and it's painful."
Wounded Lion
Whisked off on a seaplane, Dreamz, Stacy, Earl and Alex arrive still caked in mud at a plush resort and find a welcoming spread of food awaiting them. "The first thing I'm going to do when I get to this Reward is see if I can wiggle my way back into this alliance," says Alex, rejuvenated and excited. After steaming hot showers and an indulgent feast, Alex begins his desperate search for cracks within Earl's alliance. "A lion is most dangerous when he's wounded and his back is up against the wall and that's how I feel because I'm clearly on the chopping block," says Alex. "I'm not going down without a fight."
Hide and Seek
"When your back is against the wall you start being creative," explains Mookie. "I wonder who really had the Idol." Left in camp by themselves, Mookie and Alex begin rummaging through Yau-Man's personal bags and find the familiar turtle necklace in his pants. With confirmation that Yau-Man possesses the idol, Mookie and Alex excitedly contemplate their next move. Resting in the shade, Mookie suggests outing Yau-Man at Tribal Council in hopes of causing chaos and paranoia within Yau-Man's alliance. But when Mookie hears something behind them in the bushes, he finds Cassandra and Stacy crouched low to the ground. Believing the girls overheard their devious plan, Alex and Mookie race back to camp to confront Yau-Man.
Blackmail
Short on options, Alex and Mookie locate Yau-Man and blackmail him. "It changed somewhat for me personally just having that information," says Yau-Man. "Just put me at risk so I will have to tell all my voting block just straight out."
Gathering his alliance near the fire, Yau-Man strategically bares his soul to his associates. Informing the group of Alex and Mookie's invasion of privacy and ruthless blackmailing, Yau-Man miraculously manages to gain the sympathy of Cassandra and Stacy. But for Dreamz, the news of the Idol haunts him. "Finding out that Yau-Man has the Immunity Idol changed a whole bunch of stuff because everybody with Immunity Idol is considered dangerous." Facing an Immunity Challenge, Yau-Man worries. "The worst thing that can happen is either Alex or Mookie win the next Immunity Challenge and somehow they manage to get Dreamz and Boo to their side. Then it will be a four-four split, and if we lose that four-four split it may be downhill for me."
Immunity Challenge: Torched
The Survivors reconvene for their Immunity Challenge where Boo rejoins his tribe after his stay at Exile Island. Testing their memory, each Survivor will secretly select three squares on a grid, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The goal is to knock out their opposing teammate by guessing squares and bombing them one by one. The last person with squares still left on the board wins individual Immunity and is safe from the vote.
In the first round both Dreamz and Cassandra hit their own targets along with Earl's, Boo's and Yau-Man's. Earl is the first out of the game after back-to-back hits, followed by Boo and Dreamz who are eliminated by Stacy. Cassandra is the next out after a hit by Mookie, leaving Stacy, Yau-Man, Alex and Mookie. Yau-Man gladly takes out Mookie, leaving Alex and Yau-Man and Stacy in the game. Thinking strategically, Stacy hits her own target and in the process takes out both Alex and Yau-Man last targets, winning individual Immunity.
Rock the Boat
Returning from Exile Island, Boo fears Alex or Mookie could have stumbled across the newly hidden Immunity Idol and could play it at Tribal Council. Boo proposes splitting the votes, three for Mookie, and three for Alex. Earl and Yau-Man reluctantly agree to split their votes, unwilling to go against the majority of their alliance. "People want to do three votes Mookie and three votes Alex. I'm against doing a spilt vote but you know, I'm not going to sit there and say, 'No guys, we're going to do this,' because that would be the wrong approach."
Packing their bags, Alex and Mookie vow to raise hell at Tribal Council and go down fighting no matter what. "I'm a lawyer," says Alex. "I know what it's like to use information strategically. At tonight's Tribal Council, Mookie and I are going out swinging and if that doesn't work, I think my best bet is to just try to stay alive past this vote. I've got one vote, I better make it count."
At Tribal Council, Alex's last-ditch effort to stay in the game pays off as he casts his vote against his friend and confidant Mookie. Mookie becomes the fifth member of the jury that will ultimately decide who will win the title of Sole Survivor.
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Notable Survivor Quotes:
“Don't worry. It's not like you're making a deal with the devil.”
Jerri Manthey, Survivor Australia
That would be Survivor: Vanuatu, Season 9.
Chris Daugherty outwitted, outlasted and outplayed Twila, Scout, Eliza, Julie, Ami and Leann.
And even though he only had two fellow males on the Jury ("Sarge" and Chad) he still managed to snag 5 of the 7 Jury votes.
I’m still rooting for Yao. I don’t however have any sympathy for him for the horsemen looking in his bag. Remember, Yao took a peek inside Sylvia’s bag the first time she came back from Exile Island.
“A lion is most dangerous when he’s wounded and his back is up against the wall . . .”
LOL! You’re not a lion, Alex. You are lawyer scum and you play the game like one. It’s good to know that if you somehow survived to the final you would never win, because of your lawyer mentality will have offended EVERYONE.
Thanks, cuz.
The IC (basically was Battle Ship) was a great change from the same old, same old. I thought Yau-Man would win but I never suspected Stacy had enough brains to take it.
Mookie leaving, with the help of Alex’s vote, was sweeeet. Can’t stand him.
Now that everyone knows Yau-Man has the turtle their best bet is to vote him next week. If he doesn’t suspect his number is up, he won’t play it and it’ll be taken out of the game. If he thinks there’s a plot against him, he’ll play it but that will be also be the end of it and everyone will be on the same playing field the week after. Not that I want Yau-Man leaving any time soon, but that’s the best game play I see right now.
'SURVIVOR’ PRODUCER WEDS 'ANGEL' DOWNEY
"It was wonderful to have shared our big day with our family, Roma, myself, our children and our parents," Burnett, 46, told People magazine in an interview. "It was so meaningful and so intimate."
A small plane hired by Downey, 47, towed a banner that read: "...and they lived happily ever after."
Burnett's sons from a previous marriage, James, 13, and Cameron, 10, were best man and ring bearer. Downey's daughter, Reilly, 10, from a previous marriage, was a bridesmaid.
The couple became engaged in November during a vacation to Mexico.
Downey starred in "Touched by an Angel" from 1994 to 2003.
Take Care,
>I’m still rooting for Yao. I don’t however have any sympathy for him for the horsemen looking in his bag. Remember, Yao took a peek inside Sylvia’s bag the first time she came back from Exile Island.<
You have a great memory. I don’t even remember that.
Well then I guess what goes around comes around LOL!
But I’m with you. I still am rooting for Earl & Yau-Man.
The Bula Bula tribe (Purple buffs): Alex, Boo, Cassandra, Dre, Earl, Stacy and Yau-Man
The Jury: Rocky, Lisi, Michelle, Edgardo, Mookie
The Losers: Jessica, Erica, Sylvia, Gary, Liliana, Rita, Anthony
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen! It’s Thursday morning and that means it’s time for your:
Since some of you have said that you don’t read my weekly picks because you don’t want the show spoiled, I am now “hiding” my picks.
If you want to read the weekly picks then highlight the post starting at the arrows below:
--- -> The clues from the SeeBS website are as follows:
When the Immunity Challenge doesn't go their way, one Survivor proposes a compelling argument before Tribal Council, placing their fate into the hands of several tribemates.
One Survivor's constant chatter starts driving the others crazy. Could their mouth cost them the game?
Desperate for information, one Survivor uses sneaky tactics to eavesdrop on a confidential conversation.
Alex pulls out all the stops in an attempt to save himself for a few more days. Will his plan work? Don’t count on it! All the clues above seem to be red herrings in an attempt by the producers to make us think that Alex has a chance. He doesn’t! Pure and simple.
Alex’s days are numbered!
The Reward Challenge is a rehash of a challenge first introduced in Season 6, Survivor: Amazon. Players have their hands tied behind their back and race to tear chunks of meat from a hanging slab with their mouths and deposit these chunks onto their own plates. The player who has the most meat on their plates in a given length of time wins the reward. Which in this case is a Helicopter ride and white water rafting trip. Also, in yet another “twist”, the winner of the Reward Challenge wins the right to “sit out” the first elimination leg of the Immunity Challenge. Since we see a vid cap of Boo sitting out the first leg of the Immunity Challenge, we know that Boo wins the Reward Challenge. And he probably takes Alex and Dreamz on the rafting trip, after sending Earl off to Exile Island.
It’s also a safe bet that with Boo telling all what the first clue is, Earl now has the second clue and probably figures out where the HII is hidden. The question is, will he have enough time to claim it between the Immunity Challenge and Tribal Council?
The Immunity Challenge is a two leg elimination challenge. The first leg (which remember, Boo is sitting out) involves digging in the sand for objects while staying within your own racing lane. The second leg (which Boo now participates in) involves swimming out to and climbing a pole/platform, retrieving some item and swimming back to the beach. The first one back to the beach wins Immunity. A brand new vidcap shows the players trudging back to camp in a single line and either Boo lent his “FLOZ” ballcap to another player, or Boo is wearing the ugly necklace.
At tribal council, Alex (always the shyster lawyer) pleads his case to the others, but to no avail. His torch gets snuffed and he joins the other “horsemen of the apocalypse” on the Jury.
So there you have it:
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Reward Challenge Winner: Boo
Sent to Exile Island: Earl
Immunity Challenge Winners: Boo
Voted out at Tribal Council: Alex
As usual, I’ll be back bright and early Monday morning with my recap.
So till then,
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Notable Survivor Quote:
“If 'ifs' and 'buts' were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.”
Colby Donaldson, Survivor Australia
Cuz
Thanks so much for your recaps and predictions...I read them every week and look forward to see how well you do in your choices. Although I rarely post, I am online reading along with you all. (West Coast time)
Cuz
Good episode, bye bye Alex the snake. His negotiating skills show he must be a prettt mediocre attorney. Dang that Boo is starting to look pretty hot!
prettt = pretty
maybe it was tricky editing, but Yau might be in trouble. Cassandra seems intent on sticking with Dreamz over Yau, and Earl wants to take poor, dumb Dreamz to the final four. If it comes down to these 4, I don’t think he’d stab Yau in the back, but you never know.
Boo’s only hope is to keep winning immunity. Next off is him or Stacy first, then the other. It will be intersting voting depending on who wins immunity the next couple of weeks.
I still think the final 3 will be Earl, Yau, and Cassandra. The jury vote should be fun.
Is it going to be 2 or 3 contestants for the final jury to vote on?
Keep you eye on Cassandra. Look for her to get Dreamz and Stacy to bump off Earl and Yau. Once down to the final three either Cassandra or Dreamz has to win immunity and Stacy is gone (if Dreamz is stupid).
If the final two are Cassandra and Dreamz - Cassandra wins.
Dreamz and Stacy? Oh, my God, two losers made it to the final two. The jury will have a coin flip.
I missed the Immunity Challenge. We had a program at our youngest’s school. The wife had set up the tape player to record the show.
We walked in at 8:45 and I sat down to watch the end and then the recorded part. The wife forgot to rewind and the tape hit the end just as they walked onto the field for the IC. RATS!
Boo won a huge advantage for the IC with his reward. There were 3 steps in the bag that attach to a pole. He got to sit out for the first part of the challenge which was a lot of digging. Each one had their own lane of sand and they had to dig for their 3 steps. Dreamz and Alex both found theirs . Then Boo stepped in they had to swim out to 3 poles and when the challenge started they had to use their steps to attach them to the pole to get up the pole and retrieve their flag. Boo won and it was a hoot watching Alex try to shinny his scummy lawyer @ss up the pole without using the steps. He just could not make it.
I predict Yau man will use his idol soon because he is nervous, possibly the next round. I know according to Jeff Probst in next weeks TV Guide, at least one more idol is played.
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