Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Elephantitis
By Sara M | Season 17 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.16.2008
Sugar reveals that she had fun at Exile Island, since she spent it in the Sugar Shack. So now they can all pretty much assume she found the idol her first time there, right? But she says that she "gave up" the first time she tried to find it and decided not to bother a second go around. She isn't fooling Crystal, who tells us that she thinks Sugar has the idol, which makes her a huge target.
Day 13 dawns on Kota. Bob and Marcus check the fishing nets, and when the fish see Marcus the Magnificent, they can't help but jump into the nets and be caught. Bob isn't so lucky. As they dump the night's catch out at camp, he has the misfortune of touching an electric fish. Say what? Electric fish? In a lake? The animal kingdom is so crazy. He scoops it up to show to the rest, and Marcus just has to touch the fish to see if it actually will shock him. It does. But Marcus isn't just stupid; as we see when he tells us that Bob got a "shocking surprise" in today's catch, he's lame, too. Susie decides to get shocked as well, and grabs at the fish. It shocks her. These people are children. I hope we find out that the electric catfish also shoots out poison. That would teach 'em.
Randy walks down to camp and does not touch the electric fish, but is pleased to see the large catch. He tells us that the Kota tribe with its variety and amount of food is "wonderful." "I have no complaints," he says. In the background, we see some flying pigs and hell freezing over. Randy says he knows that in this tribe, the former Fang members will be the first voted out at Tribal Council. He hopes he'll be able to work his Randy charm on them and change that. He seems to be forgetting that he doesn't have any charm.
Back at Fang, Matty hears a sound and decides to get closer to it. Idiot. There, in the trees three miles away from the Fang camp, is an elephant. Matty runs back to Fang and tells everyone to be quiet and come check out the wild animal that is prone to stampedes when alarmed. The entire tribe heads to the shore of the lake, and across it they see the elephant. Matty is adorably thrilled and I realize who he looks like -- Bobby Brady. Kelly's jaw hangs open. GC admires the elephant's long tusks. All the better to make piano keys with. "Look at him. He's beautiful," Ace says, obviously looking at a reflection of himself in the lake. The elephant starts to show off, and rips a tree apart with his trunk. Then he straight-up knocks another tree over. Elephants are bad for the environment. They're always going on about how humans chop down the rainforest, but look at this elephant! In two seconds, he's knocked down two trees. The group gets louder and louder, and the elephant gets more and more agitated. Like everyone else, he hates Fang. Ace is all like, "Look at him! Look at him!" but when Kelly makes a Speed Racer-style loud gasp of amazement, he shushes her. So bossy. With that, Matty and Ace decide to kayak over to the elephant, because that's a good idea.