Episode Report Card Sara M: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Beans, Beans, The Musical Fruit...
By Sara M | Season 18 | Episode 4 | Aired on 03.05.2009
Tempura returns to camp. Douche and Erinn reassure their tribemates that they did a great job in the challenge they just lost. Then everyone starts to worry about what Jalapeño will take from them. They have two bags of beans and little else, and if Jalapeño takes both bags, they're screwed. It's Cancer Erinn who suggests that they try to convince Jalapeño to take their water cans instead while the rest of the tribe wander around aimlessly staring into a pot full of beans. I think Jalapeño should take the pot. Then Tempura will be really screwed! But there are probably rules about that.
J.T. and Joe soon show up, and J.T. lies that Tempura has a "pretty place" set up. Tyson acts friendly to the intruders' faces, but tells us that he really wanted to punch them in the head. Go ahead and try it, Tyson. J.T. could kick your ass. I thought Joe could, too, but he did suck out in the challenge, so maybe not. J.T. announces that they're looking for Tempura's extra food since Jalapeño has been living on just rice so far. Don't forget the gourds, J.T. And the fish. He and Joe go off to look for the beans, with Debbie gently reminding them that they could very well be switched to Tempura's camp at some point in the game, so they might want to make sure they don't die there. J.T. and Joe find the beans, and Debbie makes another ridiculously transparent attempt to keep them from taking them, extolling the virtues of water cans. J.T. and Joe decide to take only one sack of beans and leave the other. Damn! I want Douche to tell us how he's really awesome at foraging for food but then not actually do it and starve to death. They take a water can for their second item and J.T. says that he figured they should leave Tempura some beans in case he winds up switched to that camp.
J.T. and Joe arrive at Camp Jalapeño to be greeted by an oddly excited/surprised Stephen, who jumps up with a "WHOA! HELLO!" Was he not expecting them back so soon or something? Him and Sandy run up to hug Joe hello even though he wasn't gone all that long. Weird. The rest of the tribe soon arrive, and Joe tells them how they took one bag of beans and left the other just in case of a tribe switch. Almost everyone agrees that that's a smart idea, but Sandy has never been very good at planning for the future and is not pleased. She interviews that this wasn't a very good move, strategically. Her metaphor, that it's like taking 75 of the enemy's guns and leaving them with 25 to shoot you with, is surprisingly apt here, but she still doesn't seem to understand that if you suddenly have to switch sides, you'll be glad to see those 25 guns. J.T. immediately sets about putting a pot of beans on, and Sandy notices that some of the beans are black beans. "They are fartin' beans!" she says; "they are fartin' beans, honey!" Cut to Spencer mouthing "oh my god" as if no one has ever spoken of such scandalous things in front of him before. What college does he go to that men don't talk about farting, like, all the time? Sydney interviews that Sandy is getting on her nerves because she's crazy and repeats everything she says three times. Clearly Sydney never watched Survivor before coming on the show, where viewers are lucky if things are repeated for them as few as three times. Sandy does something annoying around Spencer, who jokingly threatens to hit her. Charming! In Sydney and Spencer's defense, though, Sandy does have a tendency to make weird facial expressions and wave her hands around.