Amanda, however, realizes that this situation might not be the best for her, and good for her. She tells us that now is the time for a change to be made, because if she doesn't do something she'll essentially be playing for second place. I tried not to get too excited here because they should have gotten rid of James back during the Industrial Revolution.
Back on the private plane, Peih-Gee and Erik put the screws to Denise, emphasizing her low position on the Fei Long totem pole. Denise, having been filled with James' crap up to this point about how loyal he is to her, knows this coming and tries to put them off.
Here's to the ladies who lunch, lunch lady!
They arrive at the reward and are greeted by the monks, who then proceed to give a totally badass martial arts demonstration. Seriously, it rules. At one point, a guy breaks a sword in half WITH HIS FACE. This is not a skill that you need to perform during day to day life, and yet I still wish I could do it. Denise tells one of the monks that she's a step away from her black belt, and tells us she was impressed with the variety of manners in which these guys are able to beat the piss out of you. Then children come streaming out of the monastery to visit with the castaways. Cute! And probably also deadly!
The kids proceed to show Peih-Gee, Erik and Denise some simple martial arts with their tiny, lethal hands. Sweep the leg! SWEEP THE LEG! One of the monks asks Denise to do a little showcase for them, so she performs a kata (is that what it's called?) and you can tell that she clearly gets a lot of practice. Storytime: I have a (male) friend whose fiancé is a black belt, and she is maybe a hundred pounds. One time, I watched her completely destroy a guy who called her a bad word with one move, and it was possibly the coolest thing I have seen, ever. I was like "Mental note: do not fuck with her." This is not the way I would feel about Denise if I were one of the kids at her school. She'd be standing there behind the sneeze guard, and the options are now A: eat the green beans, or B: get your sternum fractured.
Back at camp, the other four huddle in a hole in the wall, which they are calling a cave, but is actually a hole in the wall. They are miserable. There is no talking, there is only displeasure. Todd tells us how much it sucks to get rained on for thirty days, and how he is "done with rain". On one hand, I feel him, because I don't even like to get my shoes wet, but on the other hand, "Done with rain?" He's just being bitchy to be bitchy, now. The rewardees return to camp, and only Amanda goes to greet them. Peih-Gee then proceeds to go over to the cave entrance and tell them every single detail of the reward, from the jet to the mats they got to sleep on. They look on hatefully as she rambles. I hope that was done on purpose, because if it was, Peih-Gee is awesome. I doubt it, though.
And then we went on a ferris wheel and got cotton candy and then Jesus came and was all whattup and we met Buddha and Marylin Monroe and I caught Tom Jones' thong!
Later Erik has a discussion with James in which he tries to get James to come over to the Zhan Hu side of things. James just straight up tells Erik to stop trying, because he's got five on his side, so why would he change to two? While normally this is the type of jackassery that I hate from James, I actually applaud this, because Erik knows that he has the idols and only needs to advance a little farther to lock up an appearance in the finals, so why the hell is he even trying?
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Comments (15)
"Everyone looks relieved that they don't have to do anything unpleasant, except James, who is busy doing that stupid attention-grabby supergesturing that he's been doing at Tribal Council all season."
damn the facial expressions were getting obnoxious... but they're great for screen caps!! Finally, someone did one thing right in this whole season of Survivor. Amanda is now on my good list. I think Todd is smart and strategic but has gotten himself so worked up and paranoid over his tendency to overstrategize that it's now working against him. While the ousting was great, I have to say, nothing will ever compare to Edgardo's boot. That was by far one of the best episodes of Survivor. period. love your recaps schoonie... maybe almost as much as i love jeff....
1 of 15 | Posted by hollagirl2 | Posted on December 5, 2007 7:52 PM
Well, I'm so glad James is gone only because your obsession with him was marring your usually hilarious recaps, Schoonie. We were tired of the hate - lets get back to the snark! I wasn't a James fan but thought he should stay longer than the awful PG. However, James not playing ONE of the TWO IDOLS he had WITH HIM at Tribal was a truely BONEHEADED move. He deserved to go if only for that. However, PG is likely to make the finals only because everyone underestimates her. They're too worried about James and his idols or Todd and his strateeeegery. She might slip in. Not that she'll win, but she'll get the second place $100K. Anyway, now that your hate-crush James is gone we can get back to the hilarious recaps you're known for. Can't wait!
2 of 15 | Posted by sillygrrl | Posted on December 5, 2007 8:22 PM
Was it two or three weeks ago that my husband said, "You don't want to be known as the guy who was sent home holding two immunity idols."? James became very cocky. Like when the Geeks held the power to nominate someone on, oh never mind. Anyway, it was a killer episode that will live on forever. Thanks for the recap. I guess you finally found it behind your couch in your new place.
3 of 15 | Posted by geewits | Posted on December 6, 2007 12:22 AM
Anyone else notice that the lunch lady is totally packing a lot less lunch than she started with?? I think the other lunch ladies are going to be jealous of her new bod when she gets back to the giant mixer in the cafeteria.
4 of 15 | Posted by wintersux | Posted on December 6, 2007 2:27 AM
This was my favorite episode of all times (I've been looking everyday for your recap!). I was so glad Amanda finally smartened up! James was getting way too cocky. According to him, the rest would not be able to survive without him, and when he chose not to play the idol, I was cracking up!! Did you notice Frosty on the jury laughing in his face? They need to get rid of Todd next, can't stand him either. I was waiting for PeeGee to blow the whole plan, I hope Amanda or Eric takes it home....
5 of 15 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on December 6, 2007 4:28 AM
One, I am in total lust with Amanda...please stop blurring that perfect ass!!
Two, I have no idea why James didn't play one of the idols tonight. As I see it, there are only three (maybe four if they don't go with the 3 person final again) TCs left. James is BY FAR the most physically dominant person there. You have to have confidence that you can win an immunity over these knucklenuts, so you play the HII, then try to win the next immunity challenge. If you don't win that one, you play the HII (unless someone is just really pissing everyone off and is the hands down obvious one to go...and even then you might play it), and then you take your chances against three others for the last individual immunity. Why don't people understand this game yet? :)
6 of 15 | Posted by pappy | Posted on December 6, 2007 6:18 AM
I know you guys didn't like James and I agree in the end he was super cocky. But I think it would have been in Peih-Gee and Erik's best interest to pull James aside and let him know the plan against him. He could have joined them, gotten Denise. They would have played one of the idols and gotten rid of Todd. Peih-Gee and Erik would have been safe all the way to the finals, now they are sitting ducks to get voted off.
Schoonie...you rock
7 of 15 | Posted by air376 | Posted on December 6, 2007 6:45 AM
air376, that would never had worked since James HATES PeeGee. He couldn't wait to get rid of him. He got so cocky that I couldn't stand him anymore. You would think that when Jeff was talking to everyone (especially Denise), James would have figured something was up and played the idol. I think he almost did, because he did a half turn towards his bag. How dumb was he to get sent home with not one, but TWO immunity idols... He made Dreamz look like a road scholar....
8 of 15 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on December 6, 2007 10:08 AM
Whoops, I meant he couldn't wait to get rid of HER...
9 of 15 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on December 6, 2007 10:10 AM
Only Kerouac was a "road scholar".
Methinks you meant "Rhodes Scholar".
But then again, it is DREAMZ we're talking about here, so anything's possible...
10 of 15 | Posted by sane jane | Posted on December 6, 2007 11:40 AM
Who looks more stupid now? Jaime for playing a fake idol, or James for being booted with TWO!?
Jaime should get an apology montage from the editors or something.
Looks like the rest of the season is gonna get good...finally!
Go PG!
11 of 15 | Posted by sweetblondie | Posted on December 6, 2007 1:08 PM
Thanks Sane Jane, that's how I was going to spell it at first, but I had second guessed myself and since I am not a Rhodes Scholar, I was not sure.
12 of 15 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on December 7, 2007 4:26 AM
I'm just glad the joke's not on me - I'm still a bit of a noob here & for all I know, that was a longstanding inside joke re Dreamz for the folks here. (like maybe he said it during his season)
And then I would have felt like a total dumb@$$ ("it's pronounced 'doo-mah'"...)
13 of 15 | Posted by sane jane | Posted on December 7, 2007 8:00 AM
Even my mother said James was stupid not to use the immunity idols.
James should have known,
"Sometimes you just can't trust people."
Oh well. GO AMANDA. GO TODD. GO LUNCH LADY.
14 of 15 | Posted by weasel dearest | Posted on December 7, 2007 1:24 PM
Okay. I have finally picked those I am going to root for to win. My choice for the 1st Place big winner is Amanda, and Lunch Lady for the #2 spot and the $100k. I like Lunch lady the best, but Amanda's got game and lunch lady is just coasting along. Additionaly, you've got to give it to Amanda, she does well in the challenges.
Thanks for the recap! V. Funny, per usual.
15 of 15 | Posted by Farrell100 | Posted on December 7, 2007 6:45 PM