Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sierra A-Leone
By Sara M | Season 18 | Episode 11 | Aired on 04.30.2009
Prost notices that Taj is enjoying the spectacle before her. Taj says that after thirty days away from her soap operas, this has been very entertaining. Erinn busts out laughing. Erinn is awesome. She's also wearing Stephen's bright red sweater which is basically a huge sign advertising exactly which alliance she's siding with. Debbie, of course, doesn't find this funny at all. Probst asks her if she's a threat in this game, having won an immunity challenge and being so very popular with everyone in the game. "I hope that I'm not a threat because I'm likable," Debbie says, showing that she, like Douche, has a fundamental misunderstanding of how she comes across to people as well as how she treats them. She says she can't stop being such a great likable person, so she hopes that doesn't work against her. It probably won't, but the fact that she's annoying, unpleasant, and untrustworthy might.
Probst asks J.T. what's important when voting tonight. J.T. says it's about who is a physical threat, who is a social threat, and who you want to take to the end and beat to win a million dollars. That last part is probably why Douche is still around, which is not fun for me to admit because it means he may well be in this game for its entirety. Probst asks Stephen how to vote someone out without pissing him off. Stephen says that you have to blindside people in this game, even if it means losing their votes at the end.
With that, it's time to vote. Stephen goes first, and I think the editors are trying to tell us that there's a possibility he'll try to take J.T. out tonight with all those shots of J.T. looking worried. Debbie votes for Sierra: "we've said it all, there's nothing left to say." Yes, she managed to say nine words about how there is nothing to say. Douche gets up to vote and struts past Tyson and Brendan. Brendan is able to contain his giggles until after Douche is past him. Love it. Sierra votes for Debbie. Probst tallies the votes and calls for the immunity idol. It is not played, of course, so he reads the votes. First vote is for Sierra. Second vote is for Debbie. Good. Leave, Debbie. And then there's a vote for Stephen, which says "never again, swear" under it. Interesting. But then Sierra gets a second vote and it looks like we all know where this is going. Until Debbie also gets a second vote. Hooray!!! Leave!!! Sierra looks hopeful until she gets a third vote. And then a fourth, and she's out of the game. Douche giggles like he's back in the saddle. Debbie looks pretty somber because she knows they aren't. Probst extinguishes Sierra's torch, and she looks pretty happy to leave. Hold your head high, Sierra! You made Douche look like a dumbass, and that's always a good thing. It's not very difficult, but it is fun to watch.