Survivor
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Well, kiddos, it finally happened.
Hes like a windup doll.
The first time ever!
I was sobbing too, my friend.
(My friend is you, dear reader.
This all goes down at the immunity challenge.
No, not the reward challenge, which Lagi wins.
They even played the most romantic royalty-free music an editor could find as he sipped.
(Wait, isnt loving and chugging milk, like,a white-supremacy thing?)
No, Im talking about the immunity challenge.
The other reason is that they really bonded as a tribe.
The Vula roundtable offered three such offerings.
(Aside: How old is Joe?
He cant be that old, but his parents were dating back then.
Further proof that Black does not, in fact, crack.)
Then it was Kamilla talking about her father, who fled the civil war in Sri Lanka.
This already worked for Kamilla and Kyle, and I see it as a winning strategy going forward.
So Vula is jacked and united, and they win the challenge easily.
Eva takes the table but gets frustrated when she cant get her ball (ball!)
past the first bend.
She gives someone else a try.
Lagi banks their three balls (balls!
Evas frustration is mounting, and you’ve got the option to see it on her face.
Mary, on the sidelines, tells Eva that she has to believe she can do it.
Say it’s possible for you to do it!
Eva says it, and, honestly, the tears are already starting.
Eva lands her ball (ball!
), the tribe wins, and they all start celebrating immediately.
While Eva is clearly happy, something else starts happening.
But thats not enough to get Jeff.
He needs to know how this is going to helpSurvivorburnish its record as a groundbreaking force on television.
Yeah, you have to give it up forSurvivor.
Evas day continues to be memorable.
Everyone rallies around and figures out the letters, and Eva eventually decodes it.
The answer is the same as what every contestant wishes Jeff would be during the challenges: silent.
This is whereSurvivorgets tricky.
Bianca would last through this tribal council, but what about the next one?
Her new tribe hates her; the only remaining old Vula, Mary, also hates her.
Sai is nothing but dead weight that Cedrek refuses to cut loose.
What happened with the vote floored me, but not in a good way.
What the …???
The shock of it happening is upended by the audience being totally confused.
Mitch, who voted for Sai, also seems to not know what is going on.
Its a little hard for us to figure out, too.
Sai was clearly not told, and maybe Mitch wasnt either.
What we do know is that Cedrek is messier than a dorm bathroom after Taco Tuesday.
Hes left with Chrissy and Mitch, who have little allegiance to him.
