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
Probst asks Bob if, now that there might not be a merge, his strategy has changed. And here's where Bob fails big time. He says if he had known there wouldn't be a merge, he wouldn't have voted the way he did at the last TC. Probst gives Bob even more rope to hang himself, clarifying that Bob is saying he would have voted for someone else to go home. Bob says yes, most likely. And Susie can sit there and think about how one of her supposed alliance mates just announced that he would have voted her out in a hot second if he had known there wouldn't be a merge. I really hope she's paying attention.
Probst asks Marcus if he wants to keep the tribe as physically strong as possible to win challenges, or if it's more important at this stage of the game to keep past alliances together in the case of a merge. Marcus says he wants to keep the tribe physically strong, and Ken decides he has nothing to lose and says "I think that's total bullshit." Susie and Crystal find this hugely entertaining. Ken says Marcus is definitely trying to keep the Kota Six intact to take out the Fang Four going into a merge, and asks Marcus if that isn't true. "You know very well that we beat you guys seven times in a row, and why would we want to change any of the people in there?" Marcus says calmly. Right, so why pretend you're trying to keep the tribe strong, then? "Frankly, I think you're a really nice guy and it sucks that your frustration is being taken out in this direction, you know?" Marcus says, with all the pompousness of a guy who's certain that he's going to win this game and Ken is going home tonight. Ken says that he's taking it out on Marcus because Marcus is obviously the leader of the Kota Six and is the "special Kota God that everybody's listening to." Yes, Ken! Call him out! Sometimes it's stupid to be honest in Tribal Council (for instance, Michelle. Who? Exactly), but at this point, Ken might as well. Marcus denies being any kind of leader, saying he's one voice out of five. Susie bites her lip, but I don't know if that's to keep from laughing or because she's thinking that Marcus needs to go or if she's just hungry.
Probst asks Bob if his decision tonight is clear. Bob says it is. Probst asks Susie the same question. "I've made my decision. And I'm okay with it," Susie says cryptically. I hope I'm okay with it. Marcus the Magnificent needs to be Marcus the Most Recently Booted! Come on, Susie! With that, it's time to vote. Marcus votes for Ken, putting a stupid spiral on the vote for no reason. Or is that supposed to symbolize his Onion Alliance? Whatever. Crystal votes for Marcus, loud and proud in big letters. "You are not the Kota God. Good-bye!" she says. Bob votes for Ken, and draws a crying face next to it as if voting Ken out is in any way painful for him. I hate it when people put sad faces on votes, as if that would make things easier to take for the bootee. "Oh, I just lost my chance to win a million dollars, but it was as painful for the people who booted me as it was for me to be booted, judging by those crying face drawings. So it's all good." No. Bob says he's sorry, but Ken's behavior at TC makes this vote a little bit easier. Ken votes for "Marc-Ace," drawing two faces on the vote. Neither are crying. Rather, one is smiling and the other is sticking its tongue out. He stays true to his geeky roots, saying he's hoping for an ending like in the comics when the "little guy" takes on "the bully." I am, too! Susie votes, but, of course, we don't see for who.