Episode Report Card Sara M: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Probst Hates Fang
By Sara M | Season 17 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.02.2008
So while Ace thinks he's got the game in the bag, Bob goes running to Corinne and says Ace is making him nervous with his talk about bringing Sugar to the end. You know what's not that scary, especially when you're in single digits of days out here? Two-person alliances. Chill out, Bob. Corinne's loving this, because the more nervous Ace makes Bob, the less likely it is that Bob will try to form an alliance with Kelly, Paloma, Ace, and Sugar. Corinne says Ace is trying to bring Sugar to the end because she's "weak." As for her, she says she can get Marcus, Charlie, and Jacquie to vote with her and Bob. "There's five of us. We can pick whoever we want," she says. Corinne tells us that she thinks Bob's the kind of person who responds well to "bold, confident moves." You mean like when Ace boldly and confidently told him he wanted to keep Sugar with him as long as possible? Yeah, he responded really well to that. Corinne says she laid the plan out for him and that's that. She then says that none of them wants to take Bob to the end, but right now they need him for numbers. Meanwhile, Bob is terrified of Ace and Sugar's two-person alliance but is not one bit concerned about Marcus, Charlie, Jacquie, and Corinne's four-person alliance. I'm pretty sure there's a physics equation out there that can show how stupid that is.
And it's time for the immunity challenge! Treemail comes with swimsuits. I see one of them is a leopard print. I wonder whose that could be? Kota is happy to get their swimsuits, and Kelly lets out a "YAYYY!" Marcus says the upcoming challenge is the most important one they've had so far, which isn't saying much since they've only had three. Four if you count the race for the immunity idol/corn and beans. He says Fang is coming off a victory, which means when Kota wins, they'll crush them even harder than before. Which is why they totally lost the reward challenge on purpose. Yeah ... perfect retreat ...
The tribes arrive at the challenge course, and Probst brings Sugar in. She's so happy to see her tribe she cries and hugs Kelly while Fang looks on, totally disgusted. Someone says Sugar was gone for a long time. "I know!" she says, then turns to Probst and makes an angry face at him while she shakes her fist. Probst finds this adorable because someone on Kota did it. He takes back the idol and explains the challenge. Each contestant will slide down a "slippery slide" (a.k.a. Slip 'N Slide) into a lake, swim to a number tile, and bring it back. Once all six tiles have been collected, the seventh tribe member will unwrap them and use them to solve a puzzle. The answer is the combination to a box. Inside the box is an axe the contestant will use to cut a rope, raising his team flag and winning. The challenge explanation footage optimistically wants us to think Fang will be the winner, which is nice of them. With that, Kota chooses to sit Paloma and Sugar out.