Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Waterloo
By Sara M | Season 19 | Episode 15 | Aired on 12.20.2009
And then, the wind picks up. That makes things difficult for both Li'l Russell and Brett, but amazingly they both manage to keep their poles steady enough and their statues on the platform. "Good recovery," Probst says, already bored. I'm not -- this is actually a nail-biter. It's one of the only suspenseful moments we've had all season. It's time to add another pole section. Li'l Russell waits for Brett to start adding first, hoping he'll lose his statue in the process. It's a good plan, actually, except that Brett gets his section in and now Li'l Russell has to rush to do the same in the time limit. He does -- barely. Brett's pole (heh heh) wobbles quite a bit while Natalie looks very pleased, no doubt certain that the Lord has provided this. Somehow, Brett manages to recover. I have no idea how. "Nice recovery," Probst says, although you know that inside he's pissed because he wants Li'l Russell to win with all his heart and soul. Soon, Li'l Russell is starting to have problems with his pole. Mick and Natalie look on in horror, but then, as we see in a wideshot, Brett's statue falls. He's out. And if you pause that wideshot, as I did on my parents' big HDTV (home for the holidays!) you can see that Li'l Russell's hand is CLEARLY on the section of pole ABOVE the white boundary. Like, blatantly so. So much so that I think they must have re-shot this or perhaps Brett's statue fell in the middle of the transition period and for some reason they edited that part out of the show.
Anyway, Brett loses, and so he is a goner. Mick and Natalie are most grateful to Li'l Russell for saving them and Brett gets to think about how he just lost a million dollars. Ouch. On their way out, we cut to an interview with Li'l Russell with the immunity necklace around his neck. He says it's worth a million dollars and he "just won the game." Sigh. Probably. Ugh.
The tribe return to camp. Brett is a good sport about losing out on the million dollars, not crying or sulking or taking away from Li'l Russell's immunity challenge victory or anything. Remember that come the reunion show. Mick recaps the challenge for us as if we didn't just see it and then Brett tries to put as positive a spin on this as he can, saying he made it really far in the game and he's proud of that. "I'm like a little girl, all emotional," Brett says. Hmm. We'll see who gets "little girl" emotional, I suspect. Like on the reunion show. Brett interviews that he failed and he's a goner tonight unless Li'l Russell comes through on the deal he made with him. Fat chance.
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