Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
I hope you are all surrounded by friends and family this holiday season.
But not, like… you know…toomany friends and family.
Jeff Probst and the cast of ‘Survivor: Island of the Idols’.Credit: CBS
Thats what happened to me this year.
I thought I would kinda hang back and have a mellow turkey day.
Just the core family: wife, son, daughter.
Inner circle, is what Im getting at!
Honestly, I felt like I owed Tommy an invite.
So he got an invite.
So, that was fine.
But then Lauren and Tommy went around and started convincing everyone they knew to come eat as well!
Even people that already had plans.
Or people who didnt seem particularly hungry.
(They knew better than to invite the Dallas Cowboys to my house.
I have my limits.)
And all my cheap beer has been replaced by… orange juice?
I have no idea what that even means.
This bitch bit my finger, complains the two-time champ as the papaya is knocked from her grasp.
(I watched it four times in a row.)
But there is a human visitor to IOTI as well.
A self-invited visitor at that.
After exclaiming OH MY GOD!
so for this weeks excerpt I shall simple relay a passage from the chapter titled Clean it Up.
Below is a small sample:
If youve had one too many cocktails… Clean it up.
If your pants are hanging too low off your ass… Clean it up.
If youve got some sauce on your shirt… Clean it up.
If youre cursing within earshot of your mother… Clean it up.
If youve got a big hunk of spinach stuck in your front teeth… Clean it up.
The lesson on TV at least makes alittlemore sense.
But if shes wrong, shell lose her vote.
Lauren talks it out, believing that the competition will eventually come down to Noura or Elizabeth.
But still, the odds stink.
Look, these Island of the Idols lessons and tests are goofy as hell.
I love it because that is at the very heart ofSurvivor.
Watching Noura fail spectacularly at it a few weeks back with the blind caller challenge wassuperentertaining.
These are the little games within the game that are fun to watch.
I mean, not as much fun as watching Sandra get attacked by a chicken, but fun nonetheless.
Double thumbs up from me on that!
EYE OF THE TIGER!
But lets look deeper.
And Karishma found a hidden immunity idol and covered her tracks with a sickness excuse to boot.
Listen, Im not saying we need to construct another statue on Island of the Idols or anything.
Karishma has stepped up her game.
But these are steps, people!
Im doing it for all of you all, she says while remaining perfectly still.
To which I say… BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
And why wouldnt he?
Still mad at Probst for shutting this down.
Triple PlayThree different people play different things after the votes are cast at Tribal Council.
Dean starts off by playing a copy of the fake Legacy Advantage that Jamal gave him.
Thats a very smart move by Dean.
But were not done!
Because then Lauren announces, Jeff, theres one more.
Im not going home either.
This will ultimately go down as a wasted idol who would win immunity.
If that doesnt happen, Aaron and Missy are very likely still in the game.
In a way, maybe that knowledge makes being voted out easier.
It still has to suck.
Peruse those at your leisure.
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Did you like Laurens mission?
Do you agree Karishma is stepping up her game?
And should Noura have been allowed to continue the immunity challenge… even after she had already won?
