Episode Report Card Sara M: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice
By Sara M | Season 17 | Episode 6 | Aired on 10.30.2008
Probst turns to Dan and asks him the same question. Dan says he's a "worrywart," and he thinks that's prevented him from feeling totally comfortable here and being himself. Just the parts of himself that people don't like, apparently. He says he hopes he can relax, and Probst gives Charlie a rare chance to speak and asks how important trust is at this point in the game. Charlie says trust is very important, as they want to go into the merge as a unified and powerful group. They don't want to keep people around who they're afraid will defect to Fang. Unlike Marcus, though, Charlie only talks about his vote and doesn't act like his vote is the same as everyone else's. Probst then asks Corinne an odd question: could tonight's vote be a mistake? Corinne says it very possibly could be, but she hopes that it isn't. Duh. We cut the opening credits down for that?
And with that, it's time to vote. Susie votes for Dan, saying "sorry, guy." Dan, in turn, votes for Susie (or "The Suze," as he writes), saying he's only voting for her because that's the way he hopes the rest of the tribe is voting as well. Marcus also votes for Susie, saying "this is about Dan, and not you." And that's when I realized that Dan was going home, but Kota had carefully chosen their votes just in case he had the idol so that Susie would go home and not, say, Corinne.
But Dan doesn't have the idol, which everyone realizes when Probst asks if anyone wants to play it and Dan stays seated. You should have looked for it harder, Dan. The first vote is for Susie. Then one vote for Dan. The two votes for Dan, and he hangs his head. Awww. Susie smiles until she gets another vote. Then Dan gets a third vote. Susie also gets a third vote, and looks confused. I think Dan is realizing that he and Susie should have worked together to try to get someone else out instead of just going along with whatever the other Kota people told them to do. And the last vote ... is for Dan. Poor Dan! He's so insecure! This is going to crush him. I hope he'll be okay. He leaves with a "thanks, Jeff," and Probst turns to Kota and says that they may be successful, but they are not one big, happy family. Which is good for Randy, since when it comes to family, he didn't get any letters.
And in the closing credits, we see that it was SUGAR who wrote the "Ace-hole" vote, which she cast with a wink at the camera. That's cold-blooded. And awesome.
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