Episode Report Card Sara M: B | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Meet Galu
By Sara M | Season 19 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.08.2009
Let's get to know someone in Galu who isn't Shambo, shall we? How about Erik, who pulls Shambo aside to ask about her clue to the immunity idol. Apparently Yasmin had no problem telling everyone about her clue, and Erik is hoping that wherever the idol is on Foa Foa's beach, it's in a similar spot at Galu, too. Because Erik knows this show well enough to know that the producers are that lazy. He promises Shambo that if she tells him what was in the second clue and he finds the idol, he'll give it to her if she ever needs it. "Yup," Shambo says, seemingly buying all of this. She's about to tell Erik what he wants to know when John runs up and asks her the same question. Erik tries not to look pissed off. He doesn't really succeed. Shambo tells both John and Erik what was in her clue, then requests that they give her their jury votes for being honest. John and Erik try not to laugh in her face at the idea of her being in the final two and not them. She interviews that she thinks what she just did was a smart move that "can do nothing but help" her. Then she admits that it could hurt her. I have a feeling this is the first time that occurred to her. She is oblivious to, like, everything. It's kind of amazing.
Back at Foa Foa, they have treemail. This stupid tribe chief thing continues as Mick is told to pick two tribemates and follow a map to a destination where they might receive food. Mick tries not to roll his eyes about this in an interview, then picks Li'l Russell and the blonde girl who isn't Ashley to go with him, claiming that she's good at puzzles. I'm sorry, but based on what little we've seen of the blonde, I do not think she is good at puzzles. But she's definitely better company than, say, Liz.
The tribes arrive at a beach with a large circle drawn in the sand. Russell chose Dave Ball and Shambo to go with him, calling their mission a "quest." This is Survivor, not Lord of the Rings, Russell. Nerd down a little bit. Russell thinks that Shambo and Dave Ball will give him "brains" and "firepower," but he doesn't say who he thinks will be responsible for what. I'm guessing Shambo is bringing the firepower, though. The tribes step inside the circle and stare at each other for a while, waiting for whatever is supposed to happen next. But nothing happens. Probst is off doing something better with his time, so they have to run this challenge themselves. And that is bullshit. If Probst wins an Emmy next year I am going to be so pissed. He isn't even showing up at challenges anymore! Finally, the contestants notice a cage marked "reward" with some chicken sound effects inside it. There's also a closed chest, which Li'l Russell guesses is full of rice and beans. Shambo, on the other hand, has decided that this challenge will somehow involve catching chickens (which are in a cage. A cage with a sign on it that says "reward." Which most reasonable people would take to mean that the chickens are the reward and not the challenge. Does Shambo have an inner monologue or does she just say everything as it pops into her head?) and the winning tribe will get a chest full of food as a reward.