This week, on Survivor: GC continues to find new and interesting ways to quit. That's tough to do, you know.
After the Jacquie booting, Ace tells us that he thinks he's "high and dry". Has every episode this season started with someone worrying that they're next? I sort of feel like it has. Kelly, on the other hand, is pretty excited to still be hanging around. When she announces this loudly, Ace rewards us with one of his many indignant looks. I have a feeling he's not very good at poker.
In the dark of night, the grim visage of night vision Sugar descends upon the camp, surprised that Kelly refuses to go quietly. When Fang asks her about the idol, she tells them that she chose to chill in the hut, which she is now calling "The Sugar Shack". GET IT? She's so clever. Of course, Crystal is all "She has the idol!" because paranoia and Crystal go together like Andy Dick and illicit substances. I mean, she's right, but I hate that she's right, because her rightness is based on nothing other than her ridiculous fear of everything, ever.
Over at Kota, Bob goes to get the fishing net which was a prize in one of the reward challenges, discovering that it is filled with fish. There's apparently one fish that gives you a little shock when you touch it, and they all take turns poking at it like idiots. You know how you have that one friend that's always like "Man, this smells terrible! Here, smell it," and then they shove whatever it is in your face? How I loathe those people. Why the fuck would I smell or taste something that you've already told me is terrible? This whole "let's all poke the electric fish" thing is in this same vein.
Back at Fang, Matty is out in the woods collecting supplies when he spies an elephant over on the other side of the lagoon right near their camp. Matty quickly runs to fetch the rest of the tribe and bring them over to check it out.
When I say that this whole thing is one of the coolest things this show has ever done, I do not exaggerate. It's beautifully shot, capturing just the right angles to show you that this whole encounter actually, authentically occurred. There's a really great shot where you can see only very tops of the Survivors heads peek up from the bottom of the screen like gophers while the elephant looms large in the distance, finally (and kind of scarily) ripping an entire tree out of the ground with its trunk.
Ace and Matty end up getting into the kayak to get a little closer, and they seem to maybe regret that decision when the elephant begins to menace them before retreating. Man, that joke I made about someone ending up on the underside of an elephant's foot almost came true. Creepy! It's a good thing Gillian's not around, or they'd have to spend half a day canvassing the ground for poop.
Reward Challenge! When the Fang tribe enters sans Jacquie, the rest of the Swimfan Alliance has a minor freakout. Marcus tries to get them to focus, mostly to keep them from showing their cards, I think. The challenge today involves tossing fruit through gates from person to person and get them into a basket, kind of like something you may have done at summer camp. People from the other team have poles that they can whack the fruit out of the air with, and the team with the heaviest basket at the end of the challenge wins. Since there are all types of fruit from watermelons to tiny oranges, there is a certain amount of strategy involved. The reward for the winning team is an herb garden, which is very old school of this show. Remember when they gave away, like, a piece of pizza that everyone could split for winning a reward challenge?
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Comments (20)
When you think of all the people who would have killed to be on this show, it makes this guy even more of loser. Quit? What a jerk. But I suppose all that was obvious from the get-go when he raced up the hill for the immunity idol.
The 'hidden' immunity idol is just stupid and does nothing to forward the game play. Luckily for Ace and Sugar, their team is just too stupid to know what to do about it.
I feel sorry for Matty, though. He seems like a genuine guy. Hope he makes it to the merge.
As for Crystal...methinks madame forgot to bring her steroids along, that's all. What a disappointment.
1 of 20 | Posted by itchy | Posted on October 20, 2008 11:55 AM
Hey Schoon, thanks LOL at asshole bait and "I'm Scandinavian now!". Best moment of the whole season so far was Randy yelling freeze and Ace obeying! hahaha
2 of 20 | Posted by soapboxx | Posted on October 20, 2008 12:13 PM
GREAT recap! I loved how the elephant put on a show of force by ripping the tree out, roots and all.
But just how dumb are the Fang folk? I would have kept GC to spite him, and voted out the threats (Ace and Sugar.) It's not like they're gonna win any more challenges before the merge, anyway.
Two gentle corrections though...it's a canoe, not a kayak, which means you would paddle it, not row it.
3 of 20 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on October 20, 2008 12:36 PM
I'm sure I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but once again your recap did not disappoint. I thought the elephant scene at the beginning was very cool as well. That's definitely something not very many people will get to see in their lifetimes, so hopefully the members of Fang realize how lucky they were. I love how you ended your talk about the segment too. "It's a good thing Gillian's not around, or they'd have to spend half a day canvassing the ground for poop." :-)
Your comment about Ace changing his accent everytime he gets hit in the head was classic too. I especially loved the line under the pic about him now being Scandinavian. Made me laugh out loud!
Have fun at your friends wedding and I'll be looking forward to the recap when you return.
4 of 20 | Posted by JustJesse | Posted on October 20, 2008 1:09 PM
okay, quick strategy talk:
the fang idiots actually might have made a good play in not blindsiding sugar. here's what i'm thinking: the old 'devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't' adage has got to be applied here. crystal and ken and the rest of the merry band know sugar has the idol. so sugar and ace think that the rest of the tribe doesn't think sugar has it. so while they go hide it next week, they'll be oblivious to the fact that they have already been found out. meanwhile, the rest of them can operate fully knowing who has the idol without risking it being re-hidden, found by someone else and coming back to bite them at the merge. it would behoove fang to keep winning and have sugar and ace make the merge. then, turn the rest of the tribe against the two of them claiming they're obviously playing a final 2 end game with each other. use the new numbers to split the votes on ace and sugar rendering the idol, if played, useless. then, when re-hidden, this would give the remaining survivors a clear knowledge of who has a chance to find the idol on a exile island-trip basis.
not that i think they thought about it this much, but ya know...whatever.
5 of 20 | Posted by baymenxpac | Posted on October 20, 2008 2:26 PM
Nope, Sugar knows that she's been found out. That's what the whole tribal council thing was about.
Now, if she and Ace were really smart, they'd convince the others that having the idol will work to their advantage AFTER the merge, so they'll need to keep them, or Sugar at least, around for that.
You'd think Ken would pick up on some of the strategy, being a gamer. Except he seems to think he's on Beauty and the Geek.
6 of 20 | Posted by itchy | Posted on October 20, 2008 2:49 PM
I miss seeing the cool people on the show lately. Like... what's up with the bromance between Marcus and Faux-Todd (Charlie)? We really haven't seen anything but these douchenozzles since the switch.
Fang can go suck it. The only one I sort of like is Ken. Matty is alright, I guess, but I'm creeped out by his demented forehead which makes him look like the love child of Christian Slater and a crazy Jack Nicholson. But not crazy Jack from As Good As It Gets, I'm talking crazy Jack from The Shining.
And Ace sounds like one of those kid's toys where you pull a string and a different animal sound is heard. Except in his case, it's countries. Ziiiiiiiip... "Hi, I'm from England!" Ziiiiiiip... "Hi, I'm from Denmark!"
7 of 20 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on October 20, 2008 4:22 PM
Did anyone else notice the way Bob jumped up and down and pumped his fist and yelled YES! when Jeff mentioned the herb garden?? Man, I was cracking up!!!
8 of 20 | Posted by wintersux | Posted on October 21, 2008 7:51 AM
Great recap as always, Schoon!
I despise quitters also, but I kinda felt sorry for GC at the end. You could tell he literally did not have the mental capacity to stay.
Still hate Crystal tho! BOOOOOO!
9 of 20 | Posted by lexxi1129 | Posted on October 21, 2008 8:21 AM
Thanks for the great recap Schoon, hope the wedding trip is great.
GC reminds me of the kind of person who quits first so he can say, "you can't fire me/let me go/vote me out- I quit" and can go around telling people HE quit.
lexxi1129: did you see the season with the crazy eyed lady (help me out here folks, was her name Kathy?)I can't remember if she didn't have her meds or we all just thought that, but regardless- she has been the only person I've seen who I thought should quit. Well her and maybe that Courtney chick. She was wasting away to nothing. Was getting painful to watch.
baymenxpac: I'm impressed with your thinking it all through like that. I don't know if it is you or itchy who is right. Hopefully they'll show us on this week's episode what they were thinking.
itchy: LOL on the Ken and Beauty and the Beast!
Oh and I bet that huge orange was a palmelo. I love those things! You can only get them around here around Dec- Feb. They are like a grapefruit, but not as bitter, and an orange- but not as sweet and very pulpey. They have this thick white skin which is a little hard to get through but oh so worth it.
10 of 20 | Posted by mrsc | Posted on October 21, 2008 9:53 AM
Snootchy Bootches--did you notice the little kiss on the shoulder Marcus gave Charlie when they were weighing the fruit? It might not have been a kiss, but it sure looked like one. And then the way the hugged afterward, where Marcus wrapped his hand around Charlie's head during the embrace. Odd behavior by a supposedly straight guy.
11 of 20 | Posted by suebee | Posted on October 21, 2008 10:10 AM
I was just going to mention when Marcus ate the fruit off of Charlie's shoulder. What the heck was that?? I was surprised that wasn't screen capped. Yeah don't know how many straight guys would do that.
Also, how about when Ace yelled at Sugar during the challenge. She was useless!
I wish they would have voted Sugar just for the pure surprise factor. But Baymenxpac i think you're right.
12 of 20 | Posted by trivial | Posted on October 21, 2008 10:35 AM
I'm glad that little bitch GC is gone. Quitters never win and winners never quit.
I don't understand how people like GC get by in life. He's going to go from one low paying job to another low paying job -- for the rest of his life. I don't feel sorry for him. I feel sorry for the community that has to put up with him and will eventually have to support him.
I too would like to see more of the cool tribe. I want more Dan, more Randy, and more of those lovebirds Marcus&Charlie. I really don't mind Sugar. I just hope she's smarter than Ace.
The elephant was super cool.
13 of 20 | Posted by Mr Dangerous | Posted on October 21, 2008 12:25 PM
That's right, I noticed that little love cuddle from Marcus... surprised Schoon didn't point that out in the recap.
Come on, Schoon, what are you hiding from us? We demand an official statement.
Oops, guess it's election time...
14 of 20 | Posted by itchy | Posted on October 22, 2008 12:16 AM
I completely missed that interaction between Faux-Todd and Marcus. I watched that part of the show again. I don't think there was a piece of fruit there. However, I would bet that there was some comment or something which put it into context. But then again... when they won, Marcus took (lawyer guy whassizname)'s face in both of his hands before hugging him. That guy is gay too so maybe Marcus is thinking of switching teams.
15 of 20 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on October 22, 2008 3:26 AM
Or since Marcus has already stated that he knows Charlie is attracted to him, he's taking advantage of that to cement their bond in anticipation of the difficult endgame and the loyalties that will be required then.
16 of 20 | Posted by schoonie | Posted on October 22, 2008 10:01 AM
Seriously, how dumb was that tribe for not voting out Ace? They had the perfect oppotunity.
This is gonna come back and bite 'em in the behinds.
I haven't decided if I like this season yet. Hm.
This vote tonight didn't help matters any.
17 of 20 | Posted by ThisShowRocks! | Posted on October 22, 2008 4:13 PM
if that's what marcus is doing, that's pretty cold! i hear ya on the fact that a player needs to make strong relationships, but ...
18 of 20 | Posted by myfavoritesunglasses | Posted on October 22, 2008 7:12 PM
I LOVED this:
He also hits Ace in the face with his shield in the process, so Ace has gotten hit in the face twice in this episode. I wonder if he changes accents every time he sustains a blow to the head. That would be awesome.
I also loved your fruit photo cap. hee hee
19 of 20 | Posted by geewits | Posted on October 23, 2008 2:01 AM
I don't think Fang has any reason to give Ace the boot. If memory serves me correct he's half-useful around the tribe and doesn't appear to be a complete Dipshit to his tribemates. He's only a Dipshit in the confessionals which his tribemates don't see.
And that accent. Holy crap....
20 of 20 | Posted by Firthguy | Posted on October 23, 2008 6:47 AM