Episode Report Card Sara M: A+ | 4 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT WHAT
By Sara M | Season 16 | Episode 13 | Aired on 05.08.2008
Erik and Amanda helicopter around Micronesia and enjoy the view. Erik tells Amanda he's really glad he picked her, "a friend," to come with him instead of Natalie, "a stranger." "I felt the same way!" Amanda says. She sure did, and that's why she totally would have picked Parvati to come with her and Cirie to go to Exile if she had won the reward challenge. Erik tells us that he knows that he screwed Natalie over, but he just wanted to relax on this reward and didn't think that would be possible with Natalie around. He wants to get to know Amanda more "as a friend" again. Oh, dear. Erik. Honey. Please don't forget what game you're playing, and for how much money. Amanda hasn't, although she encourages Erik to "get out of the game for a day." The next time we see them, they're getting massages and moaning way too loudly. Like, that's uncomfortable for the masseuse, guys. Shh. Then their nasty, bug bite-ridden feet are treated by two women who couldn't possibly have been paid enough. Erik says he's never been to a spa in his life. "Really?" Amanda asks, disbelievingly. He's twenty-two and a guy, Amanda. Of course he hasn't! (I hadn't until just last year, when I got a gift certificate as a birthday present. I HIGHLY recommend it, by the way.)
Amanda and Erik then enjoy a meal of white chunks in sauce. Erik says he feels like he's the center of the game right now, and people keep coming to him to find out what he wants to do. And he has no idea how to make decisions, having come here from working in an ice cream parlor. And he's been watching this show for eight years, right? So you'd think he'd have a good handle on the decision-making he might have to do. Also, making decisions isn't that hard, nor does it take a wealth of previous experience to do so successfully. Amanda tells Erik it's "good" to be in a "power position." Yeah, just ask Ozzy. Erik says he isn't used to it. And he won't ever be used to it at this rate, as he has never been in a power position during this game and he certainly isn't in one now. Erik says he'll just have to step up and make some decisions and "be a man." "An ice cream man instead of an ice cream boy," he says. You're twenty-two, Erik. You've been a man for four years. GET USED TO IT ALREADY. Amanda just giggles.
It's the next day at Exile Island, and Parvati is hard at work looking for the immunity idol! Oh, wait, no she's not. She's lying on the beach, tanning, and telling us that Exile Island was a great opportunity for her to chill out and relax on her own. "Maybe look for the idol if I want to," she says. Maybe she will, and maybe she won't. As far as she's concerned, the only reason for her to be there is that Natalie doesn't get the idol. Wow, that's some confidence she's got going on. If she didn't look for the idol then I really hope her ass gets voted out at tribal council. And honestly, I think I would look for the idol if I was her just to stave off the boredom.