THE FOLLOWING IS A RECAP OF THE FINAL SURVIVOR: PEARL ISLAND SHOW!
IF YOU HAVN’T SEEN THE SHOW YET,
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THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING!
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OK, DON’T NOBODY SAY I DIDN’T WARN YA!
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. The final four are awakened early by Jeff with breakfast and champagne. After toasting each other for making it to the final four, Jeff plays with their emotions yet again by delivering letters from home for each of them. Darrah sniffles, Sandra weeps, Lillian bawls and Jonny Jackass (Having killed off all his relatives during the game and therefore has nothing new to get emotional about) proceeds to badmouth the ladies (not to their faces of course) for letting their emotions get the better of them.
As the only man remaining (and even that is debatable) Jonny Jackass proceeds to try to drive a wedge into the women’s alliance. First working on Darrah, saying that it would be strategically smarter for her to vote out Lillian then himself, since in a Darrah – Lillian final two Lillian would have most of the Jury on her side. This causes a rift between Lillian and Darrah. Jonny Jackass then proceeds to work on Lillian to vote against Darrah since she has won the last three Immunity Challenges. Lillian then convinces Sandra that it is indeed time for Darrah to go. Chalk one up for Jonny Jackass who comments: "Whenever you're in the hot seat and someone's ready to vote you off, create tension between two other people and those two people's heads are on the chopping block."
The Immunity Challenge was held at Tribal Council that night and Jeff explained that not only could each of the final four win Immunity, but the Jury could also win Immunity as well, thereby, preventing all four from having Immunity. The challenge would be a question and answer session about survival and pirate folklore knowledge. The Jury wins immunity and Darrah is booted. Her parting comments say it all: "It's pretty bad when people think you're a physical threat when you weigh about sixty pounds soaking wet."
Back at camp, it’s midnight and Sandra retrieves the “SEA mail”. They are instructed to meet at Shipwreck beach at sunrise. Once there, Jeff explains that they are to partake in the “Fallen Castaways” ceremony. They are to take the torches of the booted Castaways (“with the exception of the one who didn’t complete the game…His torch will remain at Tribal council.” scene cut to Osten’s torch still laying on the ground) and one by one place them on the shipwreck and say a few words in remembrance. The three do as instructed and both Lillian and Sandra find a few kind words to say about them. Jonny Jackass however, can only make his typical asinine smartass comments. They finish and the final three shoot muskets onto the wreck, setting it on fire (with the help of a few hundred gallons of gasoline the production crew has hidden below decks) and watch as it burns to the ground in a blaze of glory.
The Three then paddle to their final Immunity Challenge. Jeff explains that they would compete in a test of endurance. They would balance on small floating rafts, allowing only their hands and feet to touch the raft. If any other part of their bodies touch the raft, they are eliminated. The last one left would win Immunity and be guaranteed a spot in the final two. Jeff says go and after about fifteen minutes Sandra losses her balance, leaving Lillian and Jon to battle it out. After about another two hours, Jon’s legs give out on him and he hands Lillian her first Immunity win.
Knowing full well that Lillian held their fate in her hands, Jon and Sandra both tried to plead their cases for the other final two spot. At one point Lillian said enough and didn’t want to hear another word for either of them. At Tribal Council that night, Lillian decided on the lesser of two evils and sends Jonny Jackass packing. The final two are Lillian and Sandra. Jon’s final words reveal his strategy for the entire game. "I'm pretty proud of myself. I never gave up, and I didn't play fair, and I didn't plan on it." And for making a complete jackass of yourself, you still win $75,000 for third place. Yeah, that’s really something to be proud of!
Sandra and Lillian spend a final night back at camp, each trying to figure out how to plead their case for the title of Sole Survivor and the million-dollar prize. In a departure from previous Survivor shows, the two leave the camp completely intact as they head out to their final Tribal Council.
After all this buildup to “an emotional and inflammatory” Jury inquisition, the final Tribal was actually quite tame. Yes the Jury questioned Lillian about her lying and backstabbing while hiding behind her Scout uniform. But there was none of the “venom” in their questions that we were lead to believe would be there. Al-la-Sue Hawk. All in all, I think that the Jury was warned from the get go, not to dwell on Lillian’s role as outcast. This was after all, a Mark Burnett twist and heaven forbid if anything negative should be said about a decision that came down from the high and mighty Mr. Burnett. The Jury votes and the only two votes we are shown are Rupert’s vote for Sandra and Tijuana’s vote for Lillian. Although it should be pointed out that the only reason Tijuana voted for Lillian was because she didn’t get to know Sandra all that well. Jeff then takes the voting urn and announces that the votes will be revealed live, at the reunion show. He then walks down the steps of the Tribal Council ruins and onto the sound stage of the CBS studios in LA.
The votes are read and Sandra Diaz-Twine, the 29 year old wife and mother of two is declared the winner of Survivor: Pearl Island with a vote of 6 to 1.
Well folks, it’s been a pleasure to converse with you and provide my small contribution to this thread.
Thank you again and here’s wishing each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful and prosperous New Year.
I’ll be back next month (when the cast of All Star Survivor is officially announced on January 11th ) with my insightful picks and commentary.
Remember, the All Star Survivor kicks off on February 1st, directly after the Super Bowl!
So, until then,
keep warm,
keep safe and
DON’T TAKE ANY WOODEN DUBBLOONS! HAR! HAR! HAR! 
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