The Guys Take a Shot at Scout's Back Door - 
by J-Unit
How in the hell does one extricate themselves from the kind of predicament we see that Chad and Chris, the last men remaining, have found themselves on Survivor? The way to go about it is surely not the moronic way these two and the Lopevi that have went before them have tried. As antagonistic as Rory was for some, he at least had the ability to think things through ahead of time. Unfortunately for him, Chad, Chris, and at the time Sarge, were unable to secure votes that had been promised to them. Sarge left unceremoniously and almost without a fight. This week, it looks like the guys got lucky. Scout is starting to get testy about Eliza's presence, and annoyed at Ami's power, a combination that could buy these guys another shot in the game. At least as long as everybody was able to execute part of the plan.
My first doubts about the guy's chances came about two minutes into the episode. Chris made it a point that everybody knew that he voted for Sarge to leave. For his part, Chris was not a liar, as he actually did vote for Sarge. He thought that by announcing his vote for Sarge, he would get in closer with the women. It's largely a losing proposition, but at least he was thinking outside of the box, correct? Well, I would say yes, except that Chris didn't actually have to vote for Sarge just so he could tell people that he voted for him later. He could have lied about voting for Sarge, which would have beneficial to him. Secondly, he's acting as if the women are all stupid and would all buy into his ruse without any second thoughts about his true intentions. With his delusions of grandeur, you think he would be next in line to become leader of North Korea.
So, Chris is an idiot, but it takes two to make a thing go right. He still doesn't have numbers, and so he needs to reach out and convince some women that they have an incentive to go against their original plans of an all woman alliance. It would be much easier for them if somebody from the woman's alliance broke ranks and tried to pull them into an alternate plan. Luckily for Chad and Chris, Scout was quite unhappy with how things had transpired since the merge. With Julie back in the fold, Scout's place in the tribe has been taken down a few notches. Plus, Scout can't stand Eliza, probably because Eliza is young, hot, and her nipples still point up. Scout's plan was to convince the women that Eliza is worthless and they should get of her first before worrying about the men. After Eliza was gone, she, Twila, Chad and Chris would become the new majority voting bloc and take out Ami, Leann, and Julie as they saw fit.
With all of that to chew on, Alinta went to the reward challenge. Two teams were randomly selected with Chad, Chris, Ami, and Eliza on one team, and Scout, Twila, Julie, and Leann on the other. One person from each team was connected to a rope by a ring, and the other team members had to pull this "sacrificial lamb", as Jeff called them, through a series of obstacles. Basically, the rope was wrapped around a bunch of posts about twenty feet apart, each requiring a different method to get the lamb through the course. The person attached to the rope had their hands bound, adding a little bit more difficulty to the challenge. I'm sure it will surprise nobody to learn that Scout's team lost, considering she has been on the losing end of more challenges than anybody else in the game. Considering the strength differences between the teams, I was surprised at how close it actually was.
The reward, as has been the theme this year, had a lot to do with Vanuatu itself. I am not sure if Burnett or Les Moonves has bought some shares in Vanuatu hotels, but a lot of the rewards seem like subsidies for the tourism board. The winning team was to take part in a ceremonial feast on a remote part of the islands, ensuring them a once in a lifetime experience. Ami saud "I don't think we could have gone any further to get away from civilization." To tell you the truth, they probably could have been farther away from civilization, since wherever they went had a paved runway for their airplane nearby. Sure they had to drive out into the bush, but if you can get somewhere using only vehicles that run on gasoline you aren't THAT remote.
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