Episode Report Card Sara M: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT If You Give A Sugar A Cookie...
By Sara M | Season 17 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.20.2008
The next item is covered. Ken bids $100. Randy bids $200. I guess he got tired of saying $320. Sugar urges Ken to "keep going" and outbid Randy. But Randy goes up to $280 and Ken gives up again, much to Probst's surprise. Ken says he's sure it'll be something bad, so Randy can have it. But Ken's wrong -- it's a bowl of spaghetti, garlic bread, and a glass of wine. "Good job, Randy!" Corinne says, the only person who sounds happy for him. "Sorry, man," Randy says to Ken. I hope he feels like an idiot. Meanwhile, that's now four alcoholic drinks Randy has consumed in a short amount of time. He's got to be trashed by now.
The next item is a sealed bottle with a note inside that Probst says will give the winner an advantage in the next immunity challenge. This is what Corinne has been waiting for, and she bids all $500 on it. Smart -- now no one except Ken has a chance to outbid her. And Ken doesn't seem to understand the point of auctions, so I doubt he'll do anything. Sure enough, he tells her she can have it. "Hope it was worth it," Corinne says. She won't find out until later, as Probst tells her the bottle must remain sealed until the immunity challenge.
The next item is covered, and Probst says whoever bids first wins it for the entire tribe. Randy bids, earning him a "thank you, Randy," from Crystal, who has apparently entered opposite land in this reward challenge since she's thanking Randy and not bidding on items of food. Probst uncovers the item to reveal a plate of spiders! No, actually, it's chocolate chip cookies. There were no nasty items in this auction. Randy asks if he's allowed to eat them all himself. "For the tribe, Randy," Probst says, stern. Randy brings the plate over to the group and offers the cookies to each contestant individually. First up is Sugar, who declines. Maybe she's all sugared out from the chocolate and peanut butter, but I'm betting it's more that she hates Randy more than she likes food. I think that if Sugar was dying in a desert and someone offered her a canteen full of life-saving water or the chance to kill Randy, she'd go for the latter. Everyone else takes a cookie. Sugar tells Randy to give her cookie to Matty, but Randy says it's not her cookie to give -- it's his. "I'm the boss," he says. Then he offers Corinne Sugar's cookie. Corinne will only accept half, and Randy offers the other half to Matty. There's one cookie left on the plate, and Randy offers it to sugar one last time. This time she takes it ... and hands it to Matty. Probst can't believe it, so he decides to announce what just happened. Randy just gave up his own cookie to Sugar and she gave it to Matty. "Would you like to repeat that?" Randy says, looking like he could kill Probst. Corinne offers Randy the cookie she has left, but Randy declines. And with that, the auction is over. Way to lose, Ken. And, of course, Crystal. She can't win a challenge when it's just a matter of sitting down and shouting out amounts of money. Damn. Randy's post-auction comment is that Sugar can kiss his ass and he's planning on being worse than ever. On his way out, he generously hands Probst a twenty dollar tip. "Have a good night," Probst says. But he has to stay standing behind the auction podium because he totally shat himself when Randy threatened him.