Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT When It Rains, It Bores
By Sara M | Season 19 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.15.2009
First up are Shambo and Jaison. Probst spins the wheel and they let their balls go. Shambo's lands on "Giant Clam" (heh heh heh) while Jaison's lands on "Jeff's Choice," much to Probst's delight. Choose potatoes, Probst! It will be like clam chowder. Probst dumps some giant clam into the blender straight out of the clam shell, and there's something very sad about that. That clam is probably like a hundred years old and they killed it for a stupid reality show. Probst decides to put some octopus into the smoothie, saying that the flies really seem to like it so he's sure Shambo and Jaison will, too. And then he goes crazy and starts adding other things like sea snail, Noni juice, and a fresh seaweed garnish, which isn't really fair. Probst should only be allowed to add one ingredient. Also, he sucks at blending things because there's stuff flying out of the blender because he didn't put the top on right. Shambo drinks her glass no problem, while Jaison struggles not to barf his last mouthful out. In the end, he somehow manages to swallow it, and probably some barf, too.
Russell and Li'l Russell are next up. Both of their balls land on jellyfish. Probst throws some in along with milk, just to be evil. I wonder what jellyfish tastes like. Probably nothing. Russell drinks his first, slams the glass down, and walks back to his tribe triumphantly and -- I must admit -- awesomely. Li'l Russell has trouble, though, spitting some of his back into the glass. His tribe urges him to think about the steak reward, but I don't think he should be thinking about food at all right now. He powers the rest of the glass down as Probst says "that's what you call a survivor right there." Fuck you, Probst. Shambo and Russell did a better job with their smoothies and you didn't congratulate them that way. If you can't help but play favorites then don't be the host.
Mick goes up with that random guy on Galu. They get giant clam and sea cucumber. Probst puts them in with milk and blends for like one second. The random guy has long strings of nastiness coming out of his mouth. Mick swallows his shake down but is clearly forcing himself to do so. The random guy seems to be having trouble, but he gulps the last part down and licks the inside of the glass, too. Probst calls him a "freak." So the random guy is a freak but Li'l Russell is a survivor? Whatever.
Liz and Monica are next. They both get sea urchin, and Probst dumps the entire plate of it in the blender. What if someone else lands on sea urchin, though? The girls toast and drink. Monica impresses the hell out of Probst and me by slamming her smoothie down. Liz needs more time, but she gets it down in the end.