Episode Report Card Sara M: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Rise of Randy
By Sara M | Season 17 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.09.2008
So Jacquie goes to Crystal and basically begs to be in an alliance with her and the rest of Fang. The time to do this was when you first arrived, not when you were told you were in trouble. Crystal says she heard that Jacquie was tight with Ace. Jacquie doesn't deny this, but she does say she and Ace never had an alliance. She says she'll work her ass off for Fang, and she already proved that in the challenge today. Crystal agrees that she did a great job in the challenge. (Did she really? I didn't see her do very much of anything. More than GC, certainly, but that's not saying very much.) Crystal tells us that Jacquie pretty much begged her to keep her in the game. And then we see Jacquie doing just that, saying she wants to be the "fourth" member of the alliance with Ken, GC and Crystal. So she actually knows that Matty isn't really with the rest of Fang, alliance-wise. How? Did Matty tell her that? And now she's using that against him to try to get into an alliance against him? Crystal tells us that Jacquie really pulled at her heartstrings with her tearful begging, and it showed her that Jacquie really wants to be in this game. Crystal puts an arm around Jacquie and shoots us a funny, "This is AWKWARD!" face as they head back to camp. Crystal tells us that she wants the people on her team to "fight" and "work hard," which doesn't explain why she's on a team with Ken or especially GC or even herself.
Fang files into Tribal Council as Probst wills his eyes to shoot laser beams at them. "Welcome to another Tribal Council starring the Fang tribe!" he says. "GC, it's gotta be getting old." Yes, Probst, it is. Your irrational hatred of the Fang tribe is getting very old. Just like you, no matter how much you try to look youthful with that hairstyle. The fact is, Fang has only been to three Tribal Councils, it's still early in the game, slightly less than half of Fang are people who used to be on the tribe you lauded, and after this they'll still have the same number of tribe members as Kota. Kota happened to have two members who were good at lacrosse and Fang didn't. That's not exactly an epic tribal challenge meltdown. GC sucks up to Probst, saying that while he likes seeing Probst, he doesn't like it to be under these circumstances, and he doesn't like losing tribe members, because that weakens the tribe. Probst completely misses the point and asks Matty if the criteria for tonight's vote is to keep the tribe as strong as possible. "According to Matty, it is," Matty says, and we cut to Kelly making a sour face. Although I doubt she possesses the self-awareness to realize that Matty could be talking about voting her out for being the weakest person on the tribe. Matty continues that he was embarrassed after the immunity challenge.