Episode Report Card Sara M: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Shamgo
By Sara M | Season 19 | Episode 14 | Aired on 12.17.2009
Back at Aiga, the losers decide to try to make their own reward, as proposed by Brett, who says they should go hunt for snails and "take a break" to "enjoy each other's company." Uh, no, Brett. You use this time to talk to Mick and Natalie and try to convince them to turn against Li'l Russell. God damn it, these people are ruining my show with their inaction and boringness! Brett adds that he's not an "overly-aggressive" player who "gets in people's faces" (NO SHIT) so he's just trying to build some relationships. Friends forever, Survivor winner never. As they walk along the beach, Brett talks about how being the last "True Galu" member left at the camp that used to be entirely Galu's feels like he invited guests to come to his house and they stayed while the rest of his family left. Don't forget that they found the immunity idol under the lamp in the living room that you couldn't be bothered to search for! "Sorry, man," Mick says. "It is what it is," Brett says. NO IT'S NOT. There's this amazing thing you can do on this show called STRATEGIZING and PLOTTING to try to turn things around and save yourself. Natalie interviews that she likes Brett and all, but she's aligned with Li'l Russell and it's not like anyone's trying to change her mind.
Back at the reward, Shambo is enjoying the bedding. Jaison and Li'l Russell are, too, but only Shambo curls up in the mosquito netting and tells Jaison to look at her. "I'm in my little net!" she giggles girlishly. "Oh, Shambo. Sometimes you're like a forty-five year old seven year old," Jaison says. Shambo thinks that's some kind of compliment. "I'm just a little goofball. That's what makes me happy, though, being silly. Being a grown-up's just so overrated when you don't have to be," she says. Okay, first of all, you do have to be. Because you're 45. And second of all, your opinions may vary but I'm personally pretty okay with being an adult. Every time I think that life was easier when I was a child I have a nightmare about being back in school and having to do stupid homework and study for a test in some subject I don't care about that won't be important later on in life anyway. And I can't stay out past 11 pm. And I dress badly because I have to wake up at like 6:30 in the morning to get ready for school and at that hour I'm only going to wear clothes that are as much like pajamas as possible. So, cheer up, kids! There's much to look forward to in adulthood. Jaison wonders why Natalie picked Brett to be on her team. Shambo says it was "very telling." Li'l Russell tells them not to worry, as he'll make sure to pull Natalie aside for a two-hour-long talk to solidify their alliance when they return. "No tellin' what they're talking about over there," he worries needlessly, as we know that all they're talking about is snails and sunsets and the bible. Li'l Russell interviews that he's absolutely sure that Natalie is a solid ally, but it doesn't hurt to put some doubt in Jaison and Shambo's minds about her. Jaison says he used to think there was no way he'd turn against Mick, but now he's fine with it. It's not like he has a choice anyway. Last week he could've teamed with Mick, Brett, and Monica against Li'l Russell, but now there's no way Natalie or Shambo will leave his side.