This close to obliterating Aaron in this weeks recap.
This close to calling him one of the worstSurvivorplayers ever.
Man, I wassooooooclose.
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Oh, God was I ready to pounce.
And then he didnt.
Even though Aaron was whispering with the Vokai folks at Tribal Council.
Honestly, if he hadnt, he would have been a crazy person.
Lets say that she never got the vote block and it had been deadlocked 4-4.
Meanwhile, every single member of the original Vokai was ready to draw rocks without hesitation.
That is so much more of a winners mentality.
But I still love the unified front they showed while thinking they were deadlocked.
And they sure as hell werent about to blink first.
Forget Lets Hear It for the Boy.
More like Lets Hear It for the Vokai!
Its a lesson Cochran learned the hard way inSouth Pacific.
Thankfully for Aaron, he did not completely self-sabotage his own game in the process.
But man, we could have had some serious fun if he did.
Oh well, maybe next week.
A lesson learnedThe action on the Lairo beach begins with Noura hatching a plan.
Just one problem: Noura is cuckoo for Cocoa-Puffs.
Dont take my word for it.
Nora has a plan, says the boyfriend of Kelles business school classmate.
The problem is that Noura is absolutely crazy.
And I think a little bit delusional.
Hey, what happened to snitches get stitches?
I guess onSurvivorits more like snitches get shirtless confessional interviews with perfectly coiffed hair.
In any event, thats not the most interesting thing to happen on Lairo.
The most interesting thing to happen on Lairo has nothing to do with the game.
This week we get a scene that starts off familiar but then becomes something else entirely.
Jamal begins by showing off his African drumming and dancing skills and everyone seems happy.
What could possibly go wrong?
Ill remember that for the rest of my life.
And we viewers should remember this moment.
Well played, sir.
Target practiceLook, you know the deal.
We made a pact about four years ago, you and I.
Man, thats the stuff.
I could watch that all day.
And on some days, I actually do!
Unfortunately, no such shenanigans occur in this weeks reward challenge.
The winners get to murder and eat chickens.
Vokai has an extra member so elects to sit Elaine out and well get to that in a minute.
Its a cool challenge.
In fact, this entire season has been very strong on challenges.
Some weve seen before, others are new.
Its proved to be a solid mix.
Lets watch the Fishbach video again.
I cant help myself!
This is one of the annoying things about being aSurvivorobsessive and having watched over 500 episodes of the show.
Well, it got me here, once again tipping off the winning shot.
Apparently, the mansionesque size is necessary because Sandra snores at night.
I snored my way through all ofSurvivor: Nicaragua,so fair is fair.
Unless that challenge is me.
Then, of course, you have no chance.
Too bad nobody told Elizabeth that before her visit earlier this season.
Ive expressed that I think part of the reason for that is how starstruck the contestants are.
it’s possible for you to see it on their faces and hear it in their voices.
Theyre getting swept up in it.
By the way, Im not suggesting that theyshouldnttake the tests.
As longtime readers know, I was pushing for years for producers to start hiding immunity idols at challenges.
Only those bastards would never listen to me.
Heres the thing, though.
Theres also this: Who cares if someone sees Elaine get it?
(Props yet again to theSurvivorchallenge team for another rad contest.
Loved watching the teams have to dig under the bamboo cage and then carry it along to different spots.
Advantage ElaineBack in the fall of 2005, CBS launched a procedural crime drama calledNumb3rs.
It started Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz and generally drove me crazy.
To be clear, I never watched a single one of the 116 episodes that aired over 6 seasons.
Its actually pretty clever.
I dont know what my problem was.
I mean, that particular problem.
I have a lot of problems.
In any event, Elaines block a vote gave the former Lairo foursome the advantage.
Do you know how easy it is to get idols in this game, Lauren?
Plus, she LITERALLY JUST CAME BACK FROM A PLACE CALLED ISLAND OF THE IDOLS!!!
First, hes getting handsy with Kellee, and now hes resorted to molesting peoples bags?
Has he no shame?
And then the scrambling begins.
Aaron starts whispering to Missy.
All the original Vokai start whispering to each other.
And then something truly incredible happens.
The most incredible thing in the history of incredible things.
Tommy and Dan walk over and start whispering… to Jason.
Thats right, to Jason WHO DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A VOTE!!!
I know, I know.
But still, it was funny.
Just let me have this moment, dammit.
Let me have it or Im going to start posting Fishbach videos again.
Point taken, but is there really anyone youshouldtrust in this game?
Plus, if youre Aaron, you should be able to explain away your deceit pretty easily.
I was doing that so we didnt have to pick rocks, which helped all of us.
But her getting that advantage changed everything.
I hope you all can understand.
Ask yourself what you would have done in the same position.
In the meantime, Ive got some goodies for you all to suck up.
Goodies like an exclusive deleted scene from the episode, which you’re free to watch above.
Goodies likemy weekly interview with Hostmaster General Jeff Probst.
And for moreSurvivorscoop, just follow me on Twitter@DaltonRoss.
What do you think of Aaron almost taking out Elaine, even with the advantage?
Whos playing the best game so far?
And what sort of variation of do something daring will Boston Rob use for his test next week?
Hit the message boards to weigh in and Ill be back next week with another scoop of the crispy.
