Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT When It Rains, It Bores
By Sara M | Season 19 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.15.2009
Dave Ball and Ashley both get sea slug guts. "Maybe the worst thing out here," Probst says cheerfully. Yeah, that looks pretty foul. Probst feels sorry for them and gives them water instead of milk. As he blends, Dave Ball wonders what guts a sea slug has: "kidneys or livers or what?" Ashley would prefer not to think about it. They get their glasses, and it looks so nasty that I almost threw up just watching them. Dave Ball gets his down, but struggles to keep it there. He makes gagging sounds and motions, so Ashley turns around and tries to block him out. Dave Ball gets the point for Galu, which means Ashley has to finish hers or Foa Foa will lose. Erik decides to be a dick and talk about puking and how gross the smoothie looks. "It looks like she already vomited in the glass and then she's gotta drink the vomit," he says with a smile as Ashley chews her smoothie for some reason. Do not chew the chunks, Ashley. Just swallow. She gets so close to finishing the entire glass but gives up and runs away to barf with just a tiny little bit of smoothie left in the glass. Galu wins. I guess Liz was right about Ashley after all.
So, who will Russell send to Camp Foa Foa to miss out on the reward? "I'm gonna send my girl Shambo again!" he says. Of course. "Excuse me?" she says. And now it's awkward. "We need more info, babe," he says. She says she's already gone to Foa Foa once, so this isn't fair. She asks Russell to pick someone else, but he refuses. As soon as she's out of earshot, Russell mutters something to his tribe about this being because Shambo let the chicken escape. No, it's about her being the least popular and thus the safest choice for him, because he doesn't have to worry about pissing someone powerful off and getting voted out next because of it. Even so, I really don't think it's fair that someone who helped win the reward has to miss out on it. He should have picked one of the three people he sat out. Like the older wonder twin who shouldn't have been allowed to sit out in the first place. Also, why didn't Foa Foa get to send someone over to Galu last week when they won that immunity challenge? Is it really that difficult to keep things consistent on this show after eighteen freaking seasons?
Foa Foa and Shambo arrive at camp. Foa Foa are pissed to lose the reward, but Shambo points out that she has a right to be even more pissed. Way to minimize everyone else's suffering, Shambo. They sympathize with her and say they're happy to have her there. She says she's happy to be there because Foa Foa is kind and good and always tell the truth. Shambo asks for a group hug from Foa Foa and they oblige her, even Li'l Russell. As Ashley and Natalie hang out on the beach, Mick interviews that he's annoyed with Ashley for losing the challenge for Foa Foa. Yeah, it sucks to lose steaks, but did you see those sea slug guts? That was not easy. I don't think Natalie could have done it. In fact, as Natalie and Ashley take a seat on the beach, Natalie says she probably couldn't have finished the smoothie, either. Ashley worries that she'll be the next person to go now. Natalie tries to reassure her and tell her how awesome she is, and that makes Ashley feel better. Natalie interviews that she was sincere in that, as she and Ashley are "like sisters."