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No one likes being left out — no matter whether which is from a coveted Applebee’s Bourbon Burger or a coordinated blindside. This 7 days, Kenzie is dealing with the latter betrayal just after becoming one of the number of still left out of the successful program to vote out Tiff. In a sense, she, far too, was blindsided, but in an even more real sense, not seriously considering that she’s even now there. Nonetheless, her initially time being left in the darkish shakes her up and can make her question how business of a grip she has on the sport taking part in all-around her. If it is any consolation, Charlie assures her he experienced practically nothing to do with excluding her. A phenomenal display of taking part in both equally sides, Charlie.
But let’s search forward since now that Tiff suffered a destiny worse than loss of life (leaving the video game with a flawlessly fantastic idol in your pocket), that idol has been released back into the wild. So a lot like Simon, Paula, and Randy, the gamers all start their hunt for an idol — except Liz, who’s sleeping soundly in her rainbow eyeglasses, probable dreaming wonderful dreams of eatin’ good in the neighborhood. When Venus ultimately finds it, she correctly performs it amazing, pretending to continue on her lookup — she’s decided not to allow anybody know she has the idol … for now, at the very least.
Meanwhile, Charlie catches up with Maria on her significant shift in a way that feels like a post-sport job interview with a Tremendous Bowl MVP. I’m 50 % expecting her to say she’s going to go to Disneyland. But even with reveling in her achievement, she’s not unaware that it’ll certainly occur with consequences. It is a considerably-required resume bullet point to deliver up at the remaining tribal council … so extensive as it doesn’t retain her from having there. Simply because big moves are double-edged swords, and she understands it. You will need them to acquire, but they also make you a major target, and there is even now a lot of time still left in the activity to take aim at targets. Positive, she’s acknowledging the repercussions of this move — but what is she doing about it?
She ought to figure out a thing quickly for the reason that the other players are promptly organizing. Kenzie, Liz, and Venus all see that as a game-successful move that would be unattainable to contend with at final tribal, so they know that they have to take Maria out. Much like the nuns in The Audio of Audio, they speculate how to address a issue like Maria. They would want 1 much more vote to get the quantities on their side — but they’re confident they can get Charlie. He’s been Maria’s minor jester this entire recreation, according to Kenzie, but he’s also too smart of a player to choose both Maria or Q to the end … right?
But Survivor players make designs, and Jeff Probst laughs. As we know, the immunity challenge can toss a wrench in even the most airtight techniques, so this week’s is key. And just as importantly, they are also participating in for reward. “Pizza delivery!” Jeff proclaims. Somehow, I reside outdoors of Domino’s shipping and delivery radius, but somehow they’re able to order out to this island? When Jeff announces that there’s a gluten-free pizza, Liz pretty much collapses out of joy. In the game alone, all through which they have to balance a ball on a pole, everybody quite literally drops the ball plenty of that it ends up remaining anyone’s recreation. In the long run, it finishes up coming down to Venus or Maria, and immediately after Venus narrowly misses victory, Maria scores immunity. As somebody who hates to see a completely good scheme get derailed, this is a large blow.
When it comes time for Maria to decide on her pizza pals, she states she’ll make her decision based only on whose overall body bodily requirements the sustenance the most. She initial selects Ben — and after Charlie and Kenzie consider by themselves out of the running — will make Q, Liz, and Venus point out their case. “I signify, I continue to have not pooped in 3 months, so I’d like anything to get relocating,” Liz claims … an argument that you simply can’t contend with. And but, even with Liz’s constipation and Maria’s prior guarantee to make her decision based mostly on who needs foodstuff the most, she can’t make your mind up. Instead, in an act of sick cruelty, she makes them enjoy rock, paper, scissors for the reward. It’s obvious she needs to consider Q but doesn’t want to face the repercussions of producing that option — so, like a coward, she refuses to make the decision herself, preserving her hands clean. She receives her way when Q wins, but it is still incredibly hilarious to see Liz’s facial area when she receives shut out from nevertheless a further reward.
It was a dumb transfer from Maria, who possibly cemented the resistance against her by leaving Kenzie, Venus, Liz, and Charlie on your own to conspire. Of program, they, regretably, cannot do anything at all about Maria this week, but they can lay the groundwork by shit-talking that idiotic shift. There is no much better way to make camaraderie. “She went from staying a hero to a villain serious swift,” Venus says. And given that they just cannot go for her, the up coming apparent option is her correct-hand gentleman, Q. But how will our pizza buddies vote? Contemplating they have Charlie on their facet, they set their sights on Venus, who they’re self-assured doesn’t have an idol.
Again at the camp and total of pizza, Maria has to experience the audio, and Liz — America’s Sweetheart — suggests she does not understand why she would ever want to make Q content since he’s an “ass.” What’s amazing is that she embarks on this tirade with Q proper at the rear of her, and when this is pointed out, she doubles down. She’s done with suppressing her emotions in reality, she blames that practice for why she has so many allergies. I really do not know a superior human being, and I’m obsessed with her.
It seems that the line in the sand is relatively clear, so long as Charlie stays with the females. But obviously, due to the fact this is Survivor, all the things commences to unravel and will become significantly additional fluid as tribal council techniques. Maria attempts to make peace with Liz, through which they bond in excess of not liking how chaotic Venus is. Kenzie and Charlie express a very similar complaint just after he tells her about Venus propositioning him with the assure of a mysterious trick up her sleeve. It’s a bold endeavor to protected his vote so she won’t have to enjoy her idol. Irrespective of being aware of that her name’s in the mix, she’s hesitant to just take the straightforward way out and thinks negotiating her safety will be a lot more amazing on her resume than obtaining it with her idol. But as I explained with Maria, an impressive resume only counts if you get the probability to present it.
Tribal council (which prop comedian Jeff Probst watches with a licorice snack) handles the expected — final week’s blindside, a relitigation of the pizza debacle, and Charlie’s musings about selections owning repercussions. But the real spotlight for me was Liz hamming it up although Venus and Q bickered back and forth beside her — producing goofy faces, pulling her buff above her eyes, and making an attempt to get Jeff’s licorice out of her enamel. In truth, I imagine all tribal councils should really have a Liz Cam in the base corner of the monitor, wherever we can just watch her reactions the total time. And speaking of reactions — let us chat about the votes. Nobody’s names came up in this episode for elimination apart from Q and Venus, so think about my surprise to see that someone voted for Kenzie. When Jeff uncovered it, my brow furrowed in sync with Kenzie’s own. Huh? But that’s the minimum of my worries for the reason that as the votes continued to roll in, it became obvious that Venus’s torch was being snuffed.
These absolute idiots. We’ll find out more about how this vote shook out following 7 days, but whoever enable this occur arguably handed Maria and/or Q their victory on a silver platter. Or, at the very the very least, it just turned monumentally more difficult for any individual but a single of them to get. I, for one, will be pulling for a starving and constipated Liz to ultimately acquire, on the ailment that her grand prize be in the form of a $1,000,000 Applebee’s gift card.
