Episode Report Card Sara M: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Suddenly Susie
By Sara M | Season 17 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.06.2008
After various lizards walk past the camera, we head back to Kamp Kota, where a good night's sleep has done little to change Corinne's mood. She's still pissed at Susie, and says so to Marcus as they check out the latest treemail. They head back to camp, and Corinne tells us that after hearing what Susie had to say about her and her upper body strength at Tribal Council, "I plan on burying her as soon as possible -- alive. I'm an extremely vindictive person and I will get my revenge." How is it that Corinne is older than I am and still hasn't realized that revenge is a dish best served on soap operas, and even then it usually backfires? Susie didn't vote for you last night, so drop it.
Marcus and Corinne return to Kamp Kota with the treemail, which Marcus chooses to read while using the provided spoon as a microphone. He really thinks he's something special, doesn't he? Ugh. Corinne reads the second half of the clue, and it sure sounds like they're heading to a beach to merge with Fang. Kamp Kota is elated -- they've got the numbers to win this thing, no problem. Also, there's sure to be a feast that includes protein. Delicious, delicious protein. Randy tells us that he can't wait for the merge, which the treemail has "written all over it." He looking forward to going to the beach more than anything else, including, he claims, the food. Odd, then, that he chooses to live in the totally landlocked state of Missouri, but perhaps that's where all the weddings that need videographing are. As Bob packs his bowtie, Randy reminds the tribe to stay together as the Kota Six and not "be fooled." He appears to be addressing the entire tribe, but we all know he's talking to Susie.
Happy music plays us onto the beach, where, sure enough, there's a table full of food waiting for both tribes. There are hugs all around, and for some reason, Susie gives Charlie a hug as if they're meeting for the first time, which means that either she just wanted a cuddle or she's really oblivious. Matty tells us that seeing all that food was "sooo nice. It was so nice." But he says it in his adorable surfer boy accent, which makes the lack of eloquence okay. Before the players sit down to eat, Matty reads a note on a box that says that it may only be opened after the feast, as once it's opened, the feast is over. That's mighty suspicious, but the contestants don't really care because they are so hungry. Sugar digs into the chicken wings. Bob enjoys some fruit punch and/or sangria. And Crystal tries not to knock over the entire table like she did with Fang's rice. Holding a goblet full of alcohol and superiority in one hand, Randy tells us that he doesn't know what's in the box other than it ends the fun and starts the game again, so he isn't in any hurry to open it. Meanwhile, I don't see any bats on the table. Remember last season, when they were obsessed with making the contestants eat bats? And they actually put the bats on the table of the merge feast like anyone would eat one when there was non-bat food to be had? Except that James actually did eat the bats, because he's weird.