Episode Report Card Sara M: A- | 5 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Simple As That
By Sara M | Season 20 | Episode 14 | Aired on 05.16.2010
And finally, we've got Rupert. Well, this should be annoying. And self-righteous. He tells Li'l Russell that being honest and good and true in this game is hard. Being a lying, manipulative asshole is easy. Yes, it is, when you're sociopath who doesn't care about other people's feelings. "You took the easy way out. And if you think you should be proud of how you got here, you're sadly mistaken," he lectures. Oh. Well. I kind of agree with Rupert here. Mostly in that as proud as Li'l Russell is of how he played and got to the end, he really shouldn't be, because it had nothing to do with his own gameplay and everything to do with the fact that everyone else wanted to take him to the end because he's so horrible that anyone could beat him. Rupert then turns to Sandra and says that her answers tonight have made him feel "even worse" about the way he played the game. HUH? Self-awareness from Rupert? It can't be that much, as he's still wearing a stupid tie-dyed tank top, but still. Oh, wait. He says it's not his fault that he aligned with Li'l Russell over Sandra -- he was "swayed by a disgusting human being." Yes, a disgusting human being named "Rupert's self-interest and hypocrisy." He says Sandra tried open the door for the Heroes, but they slammed it in her face over and over again. So he's going to thank her on behalf of all the Heroes on the jury tonight. "You're welcome," Sandra says, tearing up. Maybe some of those tears are guilt because of how, you know, she made him look like an idiot in her speech when she voted him out. Rupert addresses Parvati last, calling her a "very, very strong player" but she aligned herself with "terrible." Like, Rupert doesn't even have a noun for Li'l Russell anymore. Either that, or it was bleeped. Parvati defends herself, saying she didn't have a choice in who to align with -- on Day One, seven people on her tribe wanted to vote her out. Rupert says that, despite her alliance with Li'l Russell, she deserves a vote tonight because she worked hard to get to the end, as evidenced by the fact that he couldn't beat her in immunity challenges. "You deserve to be in the Final Three," he says, if only to imply that Li'l Russell does not.
And that's it! Probst gives the jury a moment to think about their vote. As nice as this Li'l Russell hate parade was to watch, I'd much rather not have seen it at all. And that Li'l Russell wasn't on this season. Or the last one. His downfall in the Final Tribal Council does not make up for him being front and center in every single episode. After a commercial, it's time to vote. Jerri goes first. "This is absolutely insane," she tells the camera, as she has no idea who to vote for. She does know who she isn't voting for -- Li'l Russell. Ha! I really think Parvati's statement about Li'l Russell assuming he had her vote screwed him out of the only vote he could have possibly gotten. "I am perplexed," she says. But then she immediately votes for Parvati, so I guess she figured it out pretty quickly. Candice votes for Sandra, calling her a "true hero" because she worked hard and put her family first. Danielle votes for Parvati because she's in love with her, and also because she thinks she deserves a million dollars just for having to put up with Li'l Russell. Courtney votes for Sandra, saying, of course, "fistbump, girl." And then my DVR cuts off because the people who edit this show couldn't fit it all into two freaking hours so we have to carry it over into reunion time. Yuck. Can't they just once have a reunion show that isn't rushed and awful? We don't see who Colby votes for, because he doesn't matter. Coach takes a moment to be very serious about voting before writing down Parvati's name. Wow, he voted for a woman! I'm shocked. He says, again, that she was a warrior, places the vote in the urn, and says, "King Arthur's journey is officially ended." Wait, does he think he's King Arthur now? Wasn't he a knight of Li'l Russell's round table? Making Li'l Russell the King Arthur? Coach's mythology is impossible to follow. As he turns to leave, they play that bird call sound effect Coach always gets and cut to a shot of the night sky. Has anyone in this game ever gotten his own sound effect? As she predicted, Rupert votes for Sandra, saying he's "honored" to write her name down again. "Love you," he says, staring creepily into the camera. We don't see who Amanda votes for, because, again, she does not count. And did we even see J.T. vote? Anyway, unless he, Colby, and Amanda voted for Li'l Russell, it's between Sandra and Parvati for the win tonight, which means we'll have our first two-time winner of this game. Pretty impressive. Probst takes the urn, thanks the contestants for what he believes was a great game, and leaves. Once again, we don't get a sweet montage of Probst traveling back to New York. I was hoping that for this, the 20th season, we'd get something special, but no.
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