Deal or No Deal Island
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When you watch enough reality-competition shows, its easy to forget just how hard they are.
Its not just about the physical challenges.
In fact, its barely about that.
To win a game likeDeal or No Deal Island, you have to be good at social strategy.
In other words, you should probably be a master manipulator.
This might seem obvious, but apparently, not everyone grasps the concept.
C.K., who approaches this game with the subtlety of a piano falling on a cartoon characters head.
Actually, the piano comparison isnt entirely fair.
That would imply that C.K.
is hurting someone elses game more than her own.
The flameout we just witnessed feels more like a classic Wile E. Coyote bit.
As we all remember,last weekdealt a crushing blow to Team Family.
Lete, Doctor Will, Seychelle, Phillip, and C.K.
conspired to get M.G.
out, reducing the Family to three players Survivorroyalty Parvati and David and their son, Dickson.
One would think that with this powerful alliance, C.K.
Things are not looking good for the Family.
At the start of this weeks episode, C.K.
and Lete agreed theyd team up and let the big threats in this game pick one another off.
just proved she has no idea how alliances actually work.
This weeks excursion was at once physical, psychological, and social.
The high-value cases on the tallest platform guaranteed safety from facing the banker.
The middle tier held two cases, only one of which was valuable enough to provide immunity.
Any of the four cases on the lowest tier would guarantee vulnerability.
Instead of grabbing a case for themselves, each player needed to jump for another player.
She promised that if anyone grabbed a high-value case for her, shed return the favor.
Other players, including Lete, promised the same.
This is where things got messy.
Letes no dummy, so she wanted to keep her word and jump for Phillip.
Instead of rolling with the punches, C.K.
basically gave Lete an ultimatum and implied that if Lete didnt jump for her, their alliance would suffer.
I truly cannot fathom it.
In that moment, C.K.
Funnily enough, C.K.s turn came up next.
Somehow, it got worse from there.
reached into the bucket to pick another player, she visibly peeked to find Letes name.
Host andDONDIreferee Joe Manganiello scolded her.
redrew and grabbed Wills name, but the damage was done.
Everyone now sees her as a cheater.
From there, things got predictable.
a low case as payback.
Parvati blocked Will from getting that power by grabbing him a high-value case, guaranteeing his safety.
Seychelle and La Shell both jumped for one another and missed.
Seychelle, whos terrified of heights, declined to jump again, landing her at the bottom.
Lete, Phillip, Will, and David came out safe.
C.K., Dickson, Seychelle, and La Shell.
After her embarrassing performance, C.K.
wanted to play the banker to redeem herself, and Lete went with it after C.K.
said shed get Dickson out if she won.
This is when C.K.
somehow found a way to drill through rock bottom straight into hot lava.
For some reason, C.K.
thought it was a good idea to tell Parvati that Phillip was in on getting M.G.
So was Dr. Will.
So much for letting the sharks eat each other.
With this foolish stunt, C.K.
has basically labeled herself a pariah.
No ones going to want to work with her now.
The bankers final offer?
Frankly, I hate that for us.
But whatever this is how these games are played.
We are all at the bankers (and editors) mercy.
But before we go, lets just take a moment to honor Phillips absolutely furious response to C.K.
trying to call him out.
tried to direct the heat from last weeks backroom deal against M.G.
didnt dissolve into a pile of ash on the spot.
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See you all next week!
