Courtney and Amanda go to get the treemail and find the Possibly Japanese Weapon and the suggestion to practice their accuracy. There are also some helpful hints about throwing them with accuracy, which was nice of the producers to do. It does not say "PLEASE DO NOT WHIP THESE AT THE CAMERAMEN", even though it probably should. Amanda takes advantage of the alone time to tell Courtney about her plan to blindside James at the next tribal council due to the fact that she doesn't want to "write him a ticket" to the final three. Hey, someone figured it out! Late, but: Someone figured it out! Courtney (from the Sandra school of "as long as it isn't me" voting) shakes her head and is like "Whatever, cool". Hey, Sandra won, so maybe it isn't so dumb.
Immunity challenge! In the first round, everyone gets three throwing stars and there are targets set up shaped like people with differing point totals. The three people with the highest point total move on to the final round. Star throwing ensues. Of note: Peih-Gee gets a massive zero. Way to save your own neck! Courtney gets six (!) points during her turn, as does James, Amanda and Erik, so they move on to the final round. Erik gets three points, and no one is able to match it (even though the brave Dick Donato music that plays during James' turn wishes you to believe otherwise) and so Erik wins immunity.
Way to represent.
Back at camp, James wants to get rid of Peih-Gee, of course. Amanda, as we know, has a different idea. She takes Todd off by himself and tells him about her plan to blindside James. In response, he starts whining about how he's just really, really worried about Peih-Gee and Erik, which: are you kidding? He is so much duller than I thought. Amanda finally just lays it out for him, letting him know that James sort of has a free trip to the final three, what with his idols and all, and if they don't get rid of him tonight, they literally won't be able to at all. He STILL argues for Peih-Gee's ouster, which is completely ridiculous, but Amanda (who clearly no longer trusts Todd's judgment) is assertive enough that he relents and agrees to get rid of James.
Later, Peih-Gee gets the same idea about blindsiding James and takes it to Amanda. Again, I'm surprised that her side hasn't thought of this plan sooner either, especially since they've spent the whole time trying to get James over to their side, so I'm not saying she's any smarter for just now figuring it out. Amanda (who, unlike Todd, doesn't feel the need to change a plan just because someone else also thought of it) tells Peih-Gee that the best way for her to stick around would be to remain quiet. Ha, she's totally afraid that Peih-Gee is going to screw up. Peih-Gee immediately goes to Erik about how she thinks there is a plan to oust James, and tells him that in case James uses the idol (which she then <em>pulls out of the roof of the shelter for emphasis</em>, that's how much of a non-secret the whole idol business is, and how dumb James is in turn for not somehow stopping this), that she will be voting for Todd in case he plays it. And, to all the fools who are about to write that she should have just stolen the idol in the comments section: you can't steal the idol. It's part of the rules, because if it wasn't there would be no fun to the whole idol thing, because then there would be no strategy, only idol stealing. Meanwhile, Amanda tells Denise about the plan to oust James. This is where I became convinced that it was going to go awry, because Don't Tell Denise! She'll tattle! There are some merits to including her, but man was that a risky call.
Hot chicks are untrustworthy. If they weren't, we'd all be frolicking naked in Heaven.
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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