The majority alliance starts to crumble, and an extra vote goes to waste
Immuniyt?
Wait, no…thats not right.
Nope, thats not it either.
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DAMN IT, WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICLUT?!?
I MEAN, DIFFICULT!
Oh, spelling, you merciless slayer of egos and intellectual pseudo-prowess.
You have owned me many a time over.
DAMN YOU, SPELLING!!!
), but it was still not a great look.
I mean, pass.
Okay, lets break down the rest of this bad boy from the very top.
We begin after Julias elimination at Tribal Council, and there is a lot of chatter around the camp.
If everyone knows he can preach, why would they want to bring him to the end?
Also, why would a mother rat out her son?
Even in tough love scenarios Im not sure I can endorse that.
The reconciliation process would simply be too much.
He says hell use his advantage at the next Tribal and his immunity idol after that.
Whether telling them this is a good idea is open to debate.
(Is that a red wattle on Marks neck, or is it actually a sweater vest?
Ever notice this is only ever said by people that are outside of the main alliance?
You never see people in control of the game lamenting that nobody is making moves.
I certainly dont remember Jason complaining about a lack of moves being made whenhewas in power.
So which was it?
This isnt to say that Ciera and Jasonshouldntbe doing this, however.
I believe inSurvivorparlance this is known as Shepparding.
NEXT: Initiate super cool reward challenge
We have an #OrangeHatAlert at the reward challenge.
But enough of my personal embarrassment.
Instead, lets get back to the people willing to be humiliated on national television on a weekly basis.
In this weeks reward competition the tribe will be divided into two teams of three.
Its a super cool setup and a fun twist on an old standby.
Aubry and Cydney join Joe on the losing (a.k.a.
yellow) team while Tai, Michele, and Jason comprise the blue squad.
Blue indeed wins, leading to lots of kissing from Tai and Jason.
I mean, alotof kissing.
Back at camp after the challenge, the losers are upset.
Joe complains that he performed like a 6-month-old.
CRANKY OLD GUY ALERT!!!
This has been aSurvivorarchetype since back in the days of B.B.
back in season 1.
Over on reward, Tai, Jason, and Michele are being attacked by monkeys.
Its yet anotherPlanet of the Apesprequel!
Alert Caesar that the Cambodian primates have mobilized.
REPEAT: THE CAMBODIAN PRIMATES HAVE MOBILIZED!
(Make of that what you will.
Is that like Jungle Love from Morris Day and The time?
Is Jason going to ask for some dude named Jerome to bring him his mirror?)
And why havent they eaten that stupid chicken yet?
Hey, weve had one cool challenge, so why not another?
This weeks immunity competition is a simple and oft-seen one, but it still works.
The rules are pretty simple (unless spelling is an issue).
But if the stack falls at any time, you have to start over.
And now hes got five blocks down!
Only three more to go!
Holy smokes, Joe may actually pull this off!
All he has to do is stay steady and… Oh, never mind.
And when I say slow, I meansloooooooooow.
Shes like a (barely) walking and talking version of C-SPAN.
Thats how slow Cydney is going.
He didnt appear to be wrong, either.
But theneveryonesblocks start dropping.
First Joes, then Micheles, then Tais, then Aubrys, and then Jasons.
All of a sudden, the tortoise is beating the hares!
While Joe keeps misspellingimmunity, it comes down to Cydney and Jason.
But it matters not!
Immunity is hers, and well deserved at that.
Back at camp Michele tells the others, I feel like theres no need to scramble on this one.
But his plan has flaws.
For one thing, Jason does not trust Tai and says hell vote for Joe instead.
This includes letting Michele know about Tais duplicity.
If it comes down to it, will you vote with me or will you vote with him?
Cydney asks her point-blank.
This causes Aubry to cry, though Im not really sure why.
I guess thats what living on the Oregon Trail will do to someone.
We head to Tribal Council to find out Aubrys answer.
We also head there to watch everyone gang up on Tai.
Cydney comes out and talks about how Tai was dictating things and her voice was not being heard.
All the time in the world.
Time wont give me time, and time makes lovers feel like theyve got something real.
But you and me, we know theyve got nothing but time.
And time wont give me time, wont give me time (time, time, time).
Sorry, occasionally I slip into Culture Club lyrics.
Just be glad it wasnt Church of the Poison Mind this week.
Or any other Culture Club song, for that matter.
Or maybe she should just cycle through the rest of theThronescharacters and start randomly yelling HODOR!
for the rest of the season)
NEXT: Whos the frontrunner to win the million dollars?
So we are down to five.
I think you have to consider Aubry the clear frontrunner at this point.
She appears to have close alliances with every single player left except Michele.
Plus, everyone genuinely seems to respect her game.
Tai obviously has a resume as well, but peoples feelings about him seem more muddled.
Does he get credit for ping-ponging between alliances or scorn?
Judging by the people that have been voted out lately, it may be more of the latter.
Aubry simply has less blood on her hands than he does.
Not sure I see any path for victory for Joe, though.
And questions remain as to whether we are indeed getting a final three or a final two.
The math is screaming final two since we only have five players left heading into next weeks penultimate episode.
But withSurvivor, you never truly know.
But thats not all.
We also have an exclusive deleted scene from the episode in the video player below.
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Who at this point do you thinkwillwin andshouldwin?
And did the majority make the right call in keeping Michele over Jason?
