Episode Report Card Sara M: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Third Time's A Charm
By Sara M | Season 16 | Episode 12 | Aired on 05.01.2008
The reward crew, now donning their loved ones' fresh, clean clothes, arrive back at the beach that night. One wonders what Parvati and Erik did while everyone else was gone for hours. I'll bet it was awkward! Parvati's on the beach to meet them, and she tells them about James. Alexis pretends to be upset at the news. Or maybe she genuinely is upset, if only because she's worried that she, too, will fall victim to the mandatory medical boot. Alexis really thinks her knee injury is something special, doesn't she? Cirie gets right down to business, telling us that if they want an all-girl Final Five, Erik has to lose the next immunity challenge. If he wins, the women will "start eating each other," she says. Heh heh heh. Heh heh.
The next morning, Alexis is whining about her knee again and how she's shaky and has no stability, but Parvati knows a way to make her shut up about it for good. "Do you really feel like you can do this for seven more days?" she asks. Alexis says yes, there's no question. "So you don't want us to vote you out?" Parvati asks hopefully. Way to give yourself away there, Parvati. Alexis does not like that question. In fact, she looks like she wants to kill Parvati. "Because you just look like you're in excruciating pain," Parvati adds. And yet, somehow, I don't think she's saying this because she's concerned about Alexis' health, do you? "I can deal with that," Alexis says, jaw clenched. I guess she'll shut up about her sore knee now, won't she? Alexis tells us that Parvati said they could vote her out so she could get medical attention. Alexis finds this threatening and now has doubts about Parvati's loyalty. Maybe the time to doubt that loyalty was when Parvati turned on her first alliance, hm? Alexis changes the subject to what they should do if Erik wins the challenge, and it's clear that no one wants to be the first person to suggest booting Amanda. But, as we know, Natalie is a fearless ball of evil, so she simply says that she doesn't want to face Amanda in the final three, because she'd definitely lose. She's probably right. Amanda is the only one there who hasn't screwed everyone over, except for when she voted for Jason despite promising him she wouldn't. But now that everyone has screwed Jason over, she's probably pretty low on his shit list. Cirie has screwed people over, but I'm not sure if they know it or not. Parvati once again puts a big target on her back by refusing to go along with the consensus of her alliance and saying she's very close to Amanda and couldn't bring herself to vote for her right now. Although she probably wouldn't mind if everyone else did it for her. I'll bet she wouldn't -- it would eliminate the competition AND make Parvati look good to the jury.