Episode Report Card Sara M: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sierra A-Leone
By Sara M | Season 18 | Episode 11 | Aired on 04.30.2009
Douche announces that the second round will be fun, as if he knows anything about second rounds in this game or anywhere else. They pick up their maze boards, and J.T. is in the lead until his ball falls through a hole. Douche, meanwhile, does so unexpectedly well that the cameraman isn't even focused on his ball as it moves through the maze. Probst says that Debbie is "going backwards" as her ball falls through a hole. She tries to blame it on Probst for distracting her. Meanwhile, Douche is still in the lead, although J.T. is catching up. It's hilariously obvious that the entire bench is rooting for J.T., as are, no doubt, most of the viewers at home. J.T. and Douche neck-and-neck in the home stretch ... and then J.T. falls through a hole. Shit. "You better believe it baby!" Douche cries out as he wins the stupid challenge. Clearly, he is not used to winning things. People who are used to winning do so quietly and with respect for their opponents. Douche says "Dragon. Slayer!!!" and slams the game board down and does a stupid dance. I don't want to watch the rest of this episode now that there's no chance Douche will be leaving. Ugh. Probst has trouble putting the immunity necklace around Douche's neck because he's bowing in an effort to appear gracious in victory. Sierra provides the post-challenge wrap-up, saying "it sucked to watch Coach win today," which is pretty much all that needs to be said. She adds that she'll have to do everything she can to get the tribe to vote Debbie out instead of her, and since the Sprint Player of the Week ad that immediately follows this doesn't have Sierra as one of its options, we all already know how that turned out, don't we?
The tribe returns to camp and Douche can't stop talking about how awesome it is that he won the immunity necklace. "Guess there won't be a blindside of old Coach Wade tonight, will there?" he says, forgetting that you don't have to be voted out to be blindsided. For example, three days ago when Douche was blindsided by the ouster of Tyson. Douche wants to make sure his hero J.T. heard him call out "Dragonslayer" as he won, proving once again that he has no idea how lame that made him sound. While everyone else sits around rolling his eyes awesomely, Douche says today's challenge was his "forté," as if throwing a grappling hook and being really good at a giant version of Labyrinth is all that cool or special. Douche says his meditation, prayer, and "focusing technique" were what got him the win, which isn't true since I didn't see him doing any stupid warrior poses during the challenge. But perhaps I'm wrong, and "you better believe it, baby!" is now a term used in prayer. He continues that he's very secure with his place in the game and his alliance with Debbie, Stephen, and J.T.