Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Arrested Development
By Sara M | Season 19 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.24.2009
Night falls on Foa Foa. While everyone else tries to sleep, Ben makes all kinds of noise, scraping the flint and chopping great amounts of wood. Ashley says that now they'll have to make some kind of rule about being quiet and respectful when people are trying to sleep because of Ben. This should go without saying, but so should rules about not kicking people. Ben is such an outlaw, y'all! He keeps the people awake! The next morning, everyone looks tired and it's Ben's fault for staying up all night to chop wood. Betsy doesn't understand what Ben was thinking, but I'm sure she doesn't mind Ben making himself a target. Jaison and Mick talk about Ben. Jaison is pretty sick of him, but Mick tries to be diplomatic. Jaison says Ben's "outlaw" persona is probably just a façade and he isn't a badass at all. Mick agrees with that. Jaison says it's not like Ben's helped them out in challenges very much, a.k.a. we don't need him so can we please vote the racist out of the tribe? Meanwhile, Betsy recognizes that she'll have to turn the tribe against Ben to save her own ass. She talks to Mick, saying that they don't need Ben for the challenges, especially since he's actually hurt them in challenges by getting kicked out. And yet, Mick interviews that Betsy is probably going home tonight, because she's the "weakest link." Idiot. I'd totally take a female cop over Ben. On the other hand, Mick says, Ben has a lot of strikes against him. Three, in fact. Which means he should be out. GET RID OF HIM! HE IS NOW WORSE THAN LI'L RUSSELL.
Betsy and the two blonde girls meet in the woods for a chat about "woman's intuition." Betsy loves her some woman's intuition. I don't think woman's intuition is admissible in court, so she might want to lay off it a bit. She encourages a fairly disinterested Natalie to choose to keep the motherly police woman over an outlaw "who's a pain in the ass." She says the fact that Ben got kicked out of the challenge alone should be enough to send him home tonight. Meanwhile, Ashley is no doubt remembering how Betsy called her the weakest link in the last Tribal Council. Oh, and voted for her. Oops! Ashley says she's started to reconsider voting Betsy out tonight since Ben is such a turd. Also think about how you really need to keep as many women on your tribe as possible because once Betsy goes, you're one step closer to being next.
Ashley goes to Liz, who wants to get rid of Betsy because they need all the strength they can get after voting Marisa out. Ashley says that Ben getting kicked out of the challenge hurt them more than Betsy could have, not to mention he's ruining camp morale. "Betsy's a cop," Ashley says in her favor. "She's slow," Liz says. Liz interviews that Betsy is 47 and Ben is 28, so obviously he is better for the tribe in challenges and Ashley must be stupid not to realize that. Uh huh, Liz. Do you think Ben's racism extends solely to black people? Do you really think he'd want to keep a blonde woman over you? Weren't you the one who was all concerned about people holding negative stereotypes about Asians against you? It might be a good idea to get rid of the most likely candidate to do that. Liz runs to Li'l Russell to tell on Ashley for wanting to vote for Ben instead of Betsy. Li'l Russell wants Betsy gone ASAP because she doesn't trust him, and gets Liz and Jaison's words that they'll vote for her. Li'l Russell interviews that anyone who threatens him goes home. Okay, you've managed to have a hand in one person so far. Don't get too confident. He says Ashley is going home after Betsy. Ben is staying because Li'l Russell wishes it so and his tribemates are too short-sighted to challenge it.