We’ve got a super-sized merge at 13 and Stephen starts randomly quoting poetry.
Perhaps this was not Stephen at all.
Perhaps Coach pulled some sort ofFreaky Fridayexperiment and switched bodies with Fishbach.
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Body switching istotallya thing.
Just ask Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris.
Or Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Or Kirk Cameron and Dudley Moore.
Or Charlie Schlatter and George Burns.
Or Fred Savage and Judge Reinhold.
Need I go on?
Who else but Coach would go up and start quoting with such reckless abandon?
God, I miss Coach.
Thats right, Cottrell was a Jheri curl magnate.
And Coach turned him into a Roman emperor.
Again, I miss Coach.
But now Coach is back!
So Brett simultaneously carries records for both themostandleastamount ofSurvivorscreen time ever.
But maybe Coach can turn Stephen into a brand-new Fishbach.
Well have to wait and see.
But for now, lets go ahead and recap the latest episode of the unwieldily titledSurvivor: CambodiaSecond Chance.
They are incredible liars.
I thought I could read people pretty well.
These folks are professional.
Well, thats nice.
At least hes not taking it personally and recognizes the savvy gameplay of his… And f them.
Pieces of s. Wait, WHAT?!?
Savage showing a crack in that calm, smooth exterior.
Didnt see that coming.
(Once again, all roads lead to Fishbach.)
This whole deal seems like a lose-lose for all parties involved.
I cant figure this one out from a production standpoint.
But why stop at 13?
Why not have an individual game at an evenhighernumber?
Thats right: Go straight out of the gate with 18 or 20 people as an individual game.
Then, after you get a few weeks in, divide into tribes and see what happens.
Anyway, something else for me to pester producers about.
And then everyone starts working on their numbers.
Stephen says they need an alliance of seven for the majority.
Savage goes to work on Joe while Wentworth accosts Spencer in the hammock.
After Fishbachs Poem of the Day, we get to the Cagayan catfight.
But Tasha is not biting.
I learned not trust you.
NEXT: Awkward immunity necklace time!
And then, Kassliterallydraws a line in the sand between them.
(Im positively loving all these sand-related cliches being acted out in real life.)
To make things even more bizarre, Ciera then enters ring No.
Dude, you just woke up a raging bull, Savage informs us before countering Cieras claims.
If Jeff Probst is looking down at his feet and saying Cmon in, guys!
it must be time for a challenge and, in this case, our first individual immunity competition.
Oh, Fishbach is already out.
That didnt take long.
He barely made it past the Probstastic instruction, Everybody put your balls on top of your platform.
(Easier for some than others.)
Eventually, more fall, and were down to newbies Joe and Jeremy and repeat performers Spencer and Tasha.
For his part, Savage is a little bummed he did not win.
Weve got these young studs.
I wanted to show I could hang with them.
I will never forget what she did, he says before then labeling her public enemy No.
That seems a bit extreme.
But it is the most half-hearted agreement you have ever heard in your entire life.
Lets say he does and they flip the script and vote out Tasha.
Now Spencer has gone from a member of a majority alliance to being down 8-5.
Long term, it just makes no sense.
And while yes, they did save Spencer, he owes them absolutely nothing.
They did that for their own anti-Savage and anti-Woo reasons.
Also, personal debt means nothing in this game.
NEXT: Some odd voting at Tribal Council
Its time to head to the biggest Tribal Council inSurvivorhistory.
Its almost standing room only!
Why arent I producing this show?
That would be my first executive order.
My second executive order would be to return the goofy-ass gong and trunk of cash from season 1.
3: Sally Schumann appears on every season from now to eternity.
Guess what, Canucks?
5: I get 10 percent of any Canadians winnings.
And Richard Hatch will pay all my taxes on that 10 percent.
I guess thats it for now.
I want to play with people I can manipulate and predict.
So Ciera would have been better served laying off the rhetoric a bit.
But no, it was Ciera.
Like the merge at 13?
Like the jury at 10?
Like who was voted out?
Like watching Probst talk about balls?
