Survivor Tocantins is finally getting good after two blindsides as we speed on to the season finale. After taking out Tyson, Sierra returned to camp happier then ever after being blindsided herself. She expected to go home that night but has yet another chance. Sadly, Coach didn’t freak out like you would think. He basically said, along with Debbie, that it was a “good move” to keep their place at least somewhat good. Stephen knew they didn’t freak out since they were now at the bottom but he wanted them to freak. He wanted them to explode rather then plot behind his back because there still is a possibility for another flip. The next morning Debbie began talking to Stephen and JT where it seems things were all good. Not sure why she would believe the old alliance was still together, but they didn’t disagree. The plan was for Sierra and Erinn to go next. Something Debbie would be stupid to believe after the last Tribal Council where their alliance basically split.
Following the talk with JT and Stephen, Debbie talked to Coach. They both agreed that they couldn’t trust Stephen and JT any longer and realized they were not playing for at most fourth and fifth. Jalapao gained the upper hand as Timberia continued to fall apart. Their plan was to rebuild Timberia, forming an alliance of Coach, Debbie, Erinn and Sierra. Why do I find it hard to believe that Sierra will want anything to do with it? At the reward challenge it was time to bring out the alliances. They first had to answer questions about the remaining players and then answer those questions back on the majority vote. The winner would be the person whose statue was still standing and all had three lives. In the end the person who won would send one Survivor to Exile and take two with them on the reward to a natural spring and feast.
After a blindside Survivor was ready to send another home, but not before some drama of course. Promos have been billing Sierra as a potential immunity winner and if she can pull it off, things are gonna get ugly. Back at camp after sending out Brendan, Sierra wasn’t feeling to good. She knew she was the next to go and just wanted everyone to be civil with her. It then got a bit brighter though as she talked to Coach. She was upset about voting for him, and he seemed to care. At least more then you would think. Could Coach actually sympathize with Sierra and keep her? I doubt it but I can only hope! The next morning it was, like all episodes, all about Coach. He did his yoga in the lake and talked about beating Brendan, he was happy about beating out the “kids” but he still has a few left to beat.
Back up at camp Sierra was begging and pleading to stay. It was more like she making excuses to why she voted for Coach, but nobody was buying it. JT and Stephen still wanted to send her out, even they could use her. I mean she said she just voted how Brendan told her to, so she could be an easy controllable vote. Tyson then talked to Sierra along and continued to put her down. He called her “too stupid” to formulate the vote for Coach and told her that there was nothing to do to stay. Sierra understands her position in the game, going from top to bottom and will do anything to stay. Sadly I don’t think she will.
Survivor Ponderosa is back for its third season as Brendan becomes the first to enter the jury lounge. It’s more a like a campsite this season with tents, tents and more tents. Even the shower is in a tent! Below are the first two episodes of Survivor Ponderosa. The first features Brendan’s first night on the jury as he reacts to being voted off and his new home. The second shows the next few days as he prepares to get back into the game and realizes all that are left will be considered friends. Last year we had tons of drama going on in Ponderosa. I hope that’s the same this time around and have a feeling Coach entering will bring even more craziness.
With a merge on its way Survivor Tocantins is moving into the second phase and promises to be even more exciting. Although Timberia has two more then Jalapao, side alliances could change that for the first time. Following the vote off of Sydney, Jalapao returned to camp worried about their future. Joe felt the odd man out while Stephen seemed nervous, not sure why. Taj was the only happy one knowing it was either her or Sydney leaving. Of course she felt bad for voting her out but she couldn’t be too sad considering she’s still there. The next morning Coach is all crazy and does a “samurai” meditation. Apparently he thinks he created it, yeah. He then gave everyone massages, making even Erinn like him. Coach’s plan is to convert his love for his tribe into a love for himself, realizing its time to go individual. He’s smart, but very very crazy.
Back over on Jalapao it was all about Joe. His leg was infected and Taj knew there was something up. Joe wouldn’t realize there was a huge problem, pushing himself through the pain just for numbers. That’s all they really worried about: numbers and probably cared more about that then Joe’s leg. Back over on Timberia a confusing Tree Mail was read. It said that the winning tribe would get a feast along with their heads spinning. Most there thought a merge was on its way while Jalapao thought it was a challenge. Stephen was the only one that was right, but nobody else would listen. At a sand island both tribes met to feast and become one. They went through a few names before agreeing on Forza, which of course was from Coach. While some were more happy about the food, basically all of Jalapao, others still thought about the game. While putting on their new green buffs, Sierra flat out asked why Jalapao voted the way they did the last two rounds. All were caught off guard and really didn’t answer as they wanted that info to help them hopefully stay with the lower numbers.
After two weeks of no new Survivor it’s time to get back in the game as Survivor Tocantins returns! Following Tribal Council where Spencer went, JT was adamant that the next loss would be a hard one. The next morning, Joe disagreed with that statement as he told Sydney that she had a “free pass” to the merge. It seems we have a few sub-alliances going on on Jalapao and we are FINALLY getting the chance to see it. So far there are JT/Stephen, Stephen/Taj, Joe/Sydney and Joe/JT/Stephen. Who will get the boot if they lose tonight? I’m not really sure, all I know is Stephen isn’t going anywhere with that hidden idol Taj gave to him! Over on Timberia things weren’t as cheery. Rain was on its way as the beans were cooking and of course they weren’t done enough for Coach. He then complained that they should keep them on longer, which they did, and it began to pour. Nobody was happy that Coach didn’t take care of the beans during the rain as both Debbie and Brendan voiced their opinions. It turned out that the beans burned onto the pot, making them inedible and forcing Sierra to comment. The Coach/Sierra quarrel was officially on as he didn’t realize he would have gone psycho if someone did that to him.
It was all about the idol back at Jalapao as Stephen and Taj talked about possibly bringing JT into the alliance, just to get to the merge. Taj has NO clue that JT/Stephen are together, even though it’s rather obvious. Stephen didn’t agree with telling JT about the idol as he wanted to remain the communication between the two, which is smart but if they realized he was playing them both he may not be in such a great position. With that it was time for the reward challenge where the tribes began creating a barrier for the other tribe. They then had 10 minutes to throw ceramic pigs through the barriers. The tribe with the most through would win the reward of a BBQ at a waterfall. Both tribes started throwing horrible as they broke several pigs, but Timberia picked up an early lead. They started breaking a few though, allowing Jalapao to catch up. Both tribes went back and forth several times on being in first place but it came down to the last second when Timberia scored the tie breaking point, gaining the reward win. Along with the win they got to send someone to exile and for a change they sent Joe. He then chose Erinn to try and sway her with his “charm”.
After another interesting Tribal Council, where Coach and Erinn fought, which saw Jerry going home, the Timberia tribe was back at home and ready to discuss how it all went down. Of course Coach had something to say and once again called Erinn the “cancer of the tribe”. She isn’t dude, you are for acting so uptight. The next morning Brendan decided to let everyone decide who should be the leader yet nobody really knew who in fact was the leader. Things then went backwards as Coach decided to hand the leader role over to Brendan. Of course he made it all about him though as he’s the “stronger” and “the best outdoors person”. Jeff Probst likes him though, hopefully that doesn’t mean he goes far. It’s not good to be the only hated person out of the group of most like able Survivors in awhile.
With Taj back at Jalapao it’s time to get team secret started. She acts as if Exile is the hardest thing out there and basically has everyone waiting on her hand and foot, but only one person really is in the loop. Well at least she let’s him in: Stephen. The plan was to get Stephen on her side and Sierra on Brendan’s to rule the game. Stephen was stoked for the plan since he kind of just fell into it. Sounds like all is good but then we learn about Brendan’s issue. He didn’t get to talk to Sierra before going to the reward challenge so she has NO clue about the alliance. Since Taj has planned to force the tribe to send her to Exile things could go horribly wrong if they pick her but let’s hope that doesn’t happen!
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