Episode Report Card Sara M: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fistbump
By Sara M | Season 20 | Episode 8 | Aired on 04.08.2010
At the Villains camp, Danielle complains that eating charred hermit crab shell is "ruining [her] teeth." She'd better hope not, because if she loses her teeth, then all she has left is boobs. Jerri whines to Douche that she needs "real food" or else she'll die. Douche says she won't. Jerri insists that she will. This fight is stupid. Despite Douche's insistence that Jerri will not die from lack of food, he interviews that people are "literally starving" and "shutting down." "The time for exigency has exited," he says; "it is do-or-die out here." It sounds clever, but I don't think he used "exigency" correctly here in his desire to pair it with "exited" and sound cool. Jerri, looking like a zombie, emerges from the tarp tent as Parvati reads the latest treemail to the group. It promises a challenge "that's good clean fun" and "it's not who strikes first, but who strikes the most. Your best meal yet is calling." Somehow, from this clue, Li'l Russell thinks this is going to be an individual challenge. "Merge," Douche smirks. Parvati agrees with him. The tribe decides to take their entire camp down and bring it to the challenge with them in case there's a merge and they're moved to a new site. Haven't these people all played this game before? So don't they know that anytime there's a merge and they're moved to a different camp, their rewards and possessions go with them? They spend all day taking their camp apart and packing it up, then set out for the challenge.
The first thing we see at the challenge is some nasty cold Survivor pizza. Ah, nasty Survivor pizza -- I missed you last season! And you have returned with a vengeance, as I see eight nasty Survivor pizzas on a table and they look fucking gross. Also, brownies and soda. The Heroes tribe enters and gush about the food before reacting to the absence of Rob when the Villains arrive. Colby then notices that the Villains are laden with parcels and figures there must be a merge coming. He doesn't seem happy about it. Probst asks Rupert if he's surprised to see Rob gone. "It sure looks like they got a women's alliance," Rupert says. I guess it does, actually, but it's not something you should say out loud. Because if there is a women's alliance, you're now the first man they'll target when the merge happens. And if it isn't, then your incorrect assumption could be used against you. Like right now, when Li'l Russell looks over towards the Heroes and gets a "hang in there" mouthed from J.T. It occurs to him that if the Heroes think he's on the outs with his tribe full of women, then they'll be looking at him to ally with them when a merge happens. Li'l Russell giggles over the fabulous position the Heroes' conclusion-jumping may have put him in.