Episode Report Card Sara M: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Rise of Randy
By Sara M | Season 17 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.09.2008
Over at Kota, a lacrosse stick-like paddle has come in today's treemail. "Oh, crap," Corinne says, clearly not a fan of the sport. Susie reads the clue, which basically says they'll be playing lacrosse in the water. She tells us that she's having a hard time with the physical aspect of this game, which is unfortunate for her since that's pretty much all it is right now. Meanwhile, Marcus the Magnificent of course knows all about how to play lacrosse and gives the team lessons, shooting a ball at their hut. I would have laughed so hard if he knocked it over. Marcus tells us that he has his doubts regarding Randy and Susie's physical abilities, although they seemed just fine in that regard when they kicked your tribe's ass last week. He says Susie will most likely be the first person to go, although it's not "out of the question" that Randy could go first, since Susie is working hard around camp, so I guess her little strategy might have worked. As for Randy... "I will do my best despite hating each and every one of you," Randy promises the tribe. Oops! Looks like he got confused and thought he was talking to the camera. Fortunately, the tribe think he is joking and laugh, with Susie (I think) going, "Oh, Randy!" I do love how they think he's kidding. He's not. Look at his face: he is dead serious. And he's including the camera crew and all wildlife within a 10-mile radius in that statement.
We go to a lake with a floating playing field on it with goals on either end. The tribes arrive, and Probst quickly takes the immunity idol back from Fang, managing not to say "You know you'll never get this again" as he does so. He explains the rules of the challenge: each player has a paddle and a raft. Probst will toss the ball into play (and you know he's going to toss it to Kota "by accident") and then they have to balance themselves on their rafts and use the lacrosse sticks to both move their rafts along and pass the ball towards the goal. First team to score three points wins immunity.
The players go down to the ends of their fields and Probst tosses the ball into the middle of the field. The players have difficulty in the beginning, both balancing on the small raft and paddling with just one paddle without spinning their circular rafts in circles and staying in place. Jacquie gets the ball first, but quickly loses control of it. Marcus the Magnificent "scoops it up easily" according to Probst, although I didn't see him scoop it at all, just push it along the water. He moves forward with Charlie at his side while Probst claims that no one on Fang is trying to get the ball from Marcus and Crystal is just watching the action while Kelly and Ken "can't do anything." Somehow, Randy appears right in front of the Fang goal and Marcus passes the ball to him. He scoops it up and launches it into the goal, which Ace is sitting in front of but doesn't really make much of an attempt to block. Randy is thrilled to score a goal, and celebrates by yelling angrily and scowling, because that's Randy. Meanwhile, I see Bob and Dan sitting in the back of Kota's goal not doing anything, but Probst won't be calling them out, nor will he really acknowledge Randy's surprising lacrosse skills, since Randy used to be on Fang and is therefore stained with fail.