“ We see that Mitchell accompanies Jerri, as does Lamber, but they're not worthy of a mention, since the two of them combined don't add up to one personality. ”
Last week on Survivor, Michael made a Pigkiller and Jerri was a sucker for Cowboy. Mad Dog got booted off, which nearly made Joanna do some booting of her own.
At Ogakor Day 10, Tina tells us she and Keith were going to "git up" and go fishing, but just as they were getting ready to set out in the canoe, Jerri "popped up" and acted like she was taking the boat. In the accompanying clip, we see that Mitchell accompanies Jerri, as does Lamber, but they're not worthy of a mention, since the two of them combined don't add up to one personality. Jerri, half-asleep, appears to be just as calculating as ever. Tina and Keith let Jerri take the boat, since fishing was just a ploy for the two to have a private conversation. As Jerri and her winged monkeys take to the river, an ominous fog rolls in. And if you look very closely at the top far right corner of the screen, you can just make out Mark Burnett loading up the dry ice into the steam machine. No, really. Look again.
During their walk, Keith tells us that Tina and he learned their standings within the tribe at the night's Tribal Council, when Jerri named Mitchell, Lamber, and Cowboy as her friends. Which totally reminds me of these running lists I keep of my best friends and their rankings. Oh, wait -- I was in kindergarten then. My sister kept a similar list of which bus number every kid in her class was assigned to. Oh, the exciting dinner conversations around the Hughes family table. Keith tells us that Tina and he were "mifted" [sic] by Jerri's announcement. Tina then tells us that it's second nature for young people to gravitate toward each other, and she makes a strange "whoop!" sort of noise to better demonstrate the meaning of "gravitation" for her relatives back home. She tells us that it makes her feel like an outsider, and that sheis an outsider at this point.
The camera then cuts to a shot of evil Jerri in her evil little cap saying, "It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud," and we have no idea what the subject matter is, but since it's Jerri, we can safely assume we've interrupted a conversation about terminally ill babies or homeless people or something equally tragic. And then she cackles. In an interview, Jerri tells that she immediately "sucked [her comment] back up" when she realized she was "challenging people to vote for [her]." The Blair Keith tells us that Jerri is perfect for the game, and that she will "ride the team until it's time to take the knife out and cut someone's throat." We then cut over to Jerri in the boat saying, "That was good stuff," and I guess we're supposed to think this is her response to throat-cutting -- and I'm not saying it wouldn't be, but most likely it's out of context here. We're all so very surprised. Keith gets his bitch on to Tina and says, "I didn't come up here to be pushed around by a bartender wannabe actress. Maybe it's time just to shake her world up just a little bit." We then cut back to the boat, and to a shot of a fish on the line whose world is being shaken up just a little bit. In the boat, Jerri makes a slack-jawed yokel face. So Mitchell is rubbing off. Keith tells us, "I came here to win the money, but now my motive isn't to win the money, but to do everything I can to make sure she does not win the money." That, my friends, should be the mission of us all. It's a battle cry, people. A call to arms for all the Jerri-haters of the world. We then see Keith reeling in and stabbing a fish, while Jerri looks pissed off in the fishing boat because I just called her a yokel.
The Killing Fields
“ Rodger is a veteran chicken handler -- he's earned his keep. Kucha: You need his chicken handling through the final four. You want his chicken handling through the final four. You will have his chicken handling through the final four. Are you getting sleepy? ”
Peachy announces that Kucha is to follow the map on their puzzle to the reward. It's a straight line (a map even I could follow) to Henrietta, Polly, Ruby, and Rodney. Jeff greets them all. Rodger is a veteran chicken handler -- he's earned his keep. Kucha: You need his chicken handling through the final four. You want his chicken handling through the final four. You will have his chicken handling through the final four. Are you getting sleepy? Elisabeth says she can't believe she's holding a chicken, and Kimmi admonishes Rodger not to "break her wings" as she shoves Polly or Henrietta or Ruby into the pen. She walks away shaking her head and looking disgusted. Nick tries to comfort her with a headlock, and with reassuring thoughts of eggs and protein. Kimmi wants food like tofu, "without a mommy." As they walk back to their camp, Elisabeth tries to psyche up her team because they don't seem very excited about having won the challenge. I don't know where I was when Elisabeth was anointed cheerleader of the tribe, but my back was definitely turned.
At Kucha Day 11, Michael tells us that he's now unnecessary for the well-being of the tribe, because they can eat a chicken every day up until the merger and be happy. He tells us that his goal is to "consume. Those. Chickens. As quickly as possible, so we're back to being hungry again." Nice team spirit, Mikey. I'm sure you'll win the sportsmanship award. Unless they disqualify you for that upcoming pig-killing thing. Rodger is wearing a very fetching orange and blue windbreaker, and he definitely looks his handsomest with the beard coming in. He looked a little soft before. Nick tells us that he and Rodger were up early "relocating" the chickens, and that he saw Mike preparing to kill Rodney. We then see Mike with a very serious face -- and a very serious knife -- looking like he's plotting something. Nick tells us that if Mike had killed the rooster while the others were sleeping, they would have been upset. Mike is totally staring at the chickens, just waiting for the chance to kill something. I think Michael was the kind of kid who pulled the wings off flies and burned ants with his magnifying lens in the name of science. As Rodney crows a cheerful "good morning" to his new family, a squinty-eyed Elisabeth announces that "that one's going first."
Lamber tells us, in her monotone voice, "There's a fire." I so told you Jerri was flammable. See what she's gone and done? Lamber then says, "You can actually hear the trees falling down and burning," which seems sad to me. I mean, I know trees don't have mommies, but still. Tina, observing the closeness of the fire says, "I'll put on my tennis shoes," and I really thought she'd say "tennies," which would sound more like "tinnies." The ash, my friends, is "blowing in the wind," but Ogakor has no idea how close the fire is, although they do know it has to cross water to reach their camp. Without Jerri around to tell her what to say, Amber flails, "It's a concern, um, but, I think we'll be safe as long as we head to the water and everybody does the right thing." Which basically assumes that the fire will reach them, but that as long as they're all in the water, things will continue as normal. We see aerial shots of the fire, which is burning in a straight line, and leaving lots of dead black stuff in its wake.