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After Erinn dared to say that Douche wasn't a good leader at Tribal Council, he has it out for her like never before, calling her a cancer on the tribe because every woman who doesn't bow down to his superiority is a cancer on the tribe, apparently. Then he totally gives up the leadership position to Brendan, all the while telling us how much better he'd be at it without actually stepping up. For the reward challenge, three members of each tribe are weighed down by sandbags. Once again, Douche doesn't step forward to show us his purported superior strength, so Brendan, Tyson, and Debbie are left to shoulder the load. Jalapeño gets a big lead when Brendan drops out at two hundred pounds and J.T. is able to stay in until two hundred and twenty, especially when Tyson drops out, leaving only Debbie to carry the load for Tempura against Joe and Taj. Then Joe sucks out at only one hundred and forty pounds, leaving Taj and Debbie to go head-to-head. I bet Tempura wishes they still had Candace around now! But they don't, so Taj wins. Jalapeño's reward is to steal two items from Camp Tempura, which has nothing. They consider taking both bags of beans, but ultimately leave Tempura with one bag just in case any of them have to go to Tempura in a tribe switch. Meanwhile, Brendan is an idiot, so he forgot to tell Sierra about his and Taj's secret alliance. So when Jalapeño picks Sierra to go to Exile, she picks Taj instead of Stephen. Taj is left to tell Sierra everything, and Sierra is more than happy to join Taj, Stephen, and Brendan. Tempura then wins the immunity challenge, which is a really tricky puzzle, and Jalapeño has to vote someone off. It's down to Sydney or Sandy. The guys love Sydney's model looks, but she's clearly the weakest link otherwise. Sandy, on the other hand, is stronger in challenges but is also Sandy. In the end, it's too much for her to overcome and she's voted out.
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!Tempura arrives back at camp following Jerry's ouster. Douche is leading the way, of course, although if he's at the front of the line, how can he tell the rest of the tribe what to do with his eyes? These are the tough choices facing our deities today. Douche opens with "it's a dark, sultry, sulky night." Does he know what any of the words he just said mean? People with ridiculously overinflated egos who don't get their way sulk. Nights don't. He interviews that he and Erinn got into an argument at Tribal Council because she thinks Brendan is a better leader than he is. "She doesn't know what she's talking about," he says, although I'll bet she knows what she's talking about better than to call a night both "sultry" and "sulky." Predictably, Douche decides that Erinn has to be voted out as soon as possible because she's "the cancer of the tribe." I thought Candace was the cancer of the tribe? And they voted her out, so I guess Tempura went into remission? But now they've had a recurrence? I hope it's terminal this time. Meanwhile, the editors clearly hate Erinn, as they keep showing a shot of her wiping her nose.
The morning, it's time for a pow-wow concerning who should be Tempura's new leader. Debbie says she's fine with having a "general leader," as if anyone cares what she thinks. Brendan clearly doesn't want to be the leader, and says if anyone else wants to take the position, he's more than welcome to the role. Tyson interviews that he's not really sure what's going on or who the leader is, and doesn't really care. Shut up, Tyson. Douche speaks up and says that he'd love to be the leader, but is fine with Brendan taking on the role. So, more passive-aggressive bullshit from Douche. He then interviews that he'll be happy to take the leadership role from Brendan when he gets voted out, but at the same time he doesn't want Brendan to be voted out because "iron sharpens iron." Also because Brendan isn't a woman who disagrees with him. And is Douche wearing referee socks right now? Weirdo. Erinn futilely tries to make nice with Douche, saying she's sure he'd make a great leader, too. Douche then interviews that he's the only person out here with real outdoors experience, and under Brendan's leadership, Tempura is not thriving but merely "existing." Douche then says that he looks stronger than Brendan. He must be too busy directing people with his eyes to actually see out of them, because that's a big no way. Douche again says that he's "been there" with regards to the outdoors, so he is a better leader. Except that every time he steps outside, it seems, he gets bitten by something. I wouldn't want that kind of leader.
Let's head over to Jalapeño, shall we? They're waking up for the morning. Spencer interviews that everyone is "concerned" with how Taj is holding up after her two visits to Exile, as if the place doesn't have fire and rice and stuff. He thinks Taj is getting "worn down" by being out there with no one to trust. Ha! Taj then interviews that she has to talk to Stephen about being in an alliance with her, Brendan, and Sierra. She gets her chance when he walks up to her hammock with a fresh canteen full of water and she says she wants to talk to him alone later.
Later is now, as they go for a walk. Taj: "do you want to be a part of the biggest upset in Survivor history?" Stephen: (with no hesitation) "yes I do!" That's right, Stephen. She tells him about Brendan and Sierra. Stephen interviews that he seems to have "stumbled ass-backwards into a huge alliance." Heh. I love that Stephen has no idea what's going on or how to survive in the outdoors, but is somehow sort of owning this game. Take that, Douche The Ultimate Outdoorsman Who Probably Gets Hopelessly Lost At An REI And Then Attacked By Squirrels. Taj tells Stephen that the plan is for him and Sierra to go to Exile after the immunity challenge. Stephen frets that Exile Sand Dune is "tough." "It's not bad at all," Taj laughs. Clearly, she's been giving everyone the impression of the opposite. No doubt she got her mad acting skillz from all her SWV music videos.
Ugh, do we have to go back to Tempura? I hate them. Erinn and Sierra bring the treemail over. It comes with a sandbag and says the challenge will involve shouldering the load. Sierra worries about being sent to Exile, and the group decides to plan who they'll send in the incredibly unlikely event that they actually win. Brendan suggests Taj again, then interviews to us that while he and Taj made a plan for Stephen and Sierra to go to Exile , he didn't actually tell Sierra about this plan. They all head out to the challenge with Sierra still in the dark. Brendan may have somehow found that idol last week, but he is still a moron.
Probst calls the tribes in, and we get a shot of Taj as she sees that Tempura's first two Tribal Councils have ended with a black person's torch being snuffed. You know she's got to be worried as hell about her chances should Tempura ever get a majority in a tribe switch. Probst explains today's challenge. It's a recycled challenge from Season 7, where three players (one must be a woman) have to hold a pole across their backs while two members of the other team choose whose pole to add sandbag weights to until the player drops out. The last team with a member standing is the winner of the reward -- also stolen from Season 7 -- of a chance to raid the losing team's camp and take two items. This is a decent reward for Tempura, but, obviously, not so much for Jalapeño. And since Jalapeño is clearly going to win, this reward sucks. Tempura has to sit one person, Sierra, out, while Jalapeño sits out Stephen and Spencer. The reward sucks and the challenge sucks. I know it's tough after seventeen seasons, guys, but please try to think of new challenges and rewards, guys. Or at the very least, don't make them exactly the same as they were last time. Although actually, I just looked the Season 7 challenge up and it turns out that they didn't have a rule that one of the weight-bearers must be female. Now I wish they had made it exactly the same as before so Douche would be forced to participate and show us all how much stronger than everyone else he truly is not.
As Probst announces who will be bearing the weight for their tribes, I fully expect to see Douche standing on a podium proudly, since he is the strongest person on his tribe in his own mind. And yet, no. It's Brendan, Tyson, and freaking Debbie. Debbie! Ha! See, Douche? This is why you should actually keep the physical strengths in your tribe and not just say you want to while voting Candace out. She would have been a much better person to have in this challenge than a forty-something high school principal who probably weighs less than one sandbag. Joe, Taj, and J.T. will carry the weight for Jalapeño. Master strategists Sydney and Sandy will be choosing who gets what weight for them, while Erinn and Douche will do the honors for Tempura, despite that fact that Douche said he was too true to even stand near her. Joe and Brendan get weight first, followed by J.T. and Tyson. Then Brendan and Taj. And then a bunch of editing to bring us to Brendan with 180 pounds, J.T. with 160, Tyson at 120, Joe at 140, and Taj and Debbie with 80. I have to admit, I'm impressed with Debbie. I thought she'd be out at 40. For the round, Brendan and J.T. get more weight, and Brendan shows us his abs under the strain. Probst says the record for weight in this challenge is 220, set by Rupert. Any chance to say his name, eh, Probst? J.T. and Brendan get more weight for the round, and Brendan is clearly not enjoying this. As soon as Douche and Erinn put the bags on, he's out. Stupid Sydney and Sandy are so distracted by Brendan dropping out that they mis-time putting the weights on J.T.'s bar and he almost drops it because of that. For the round, Tyson and J.T. get the weight. J.T. looks pretty solid with his 220 pounds, while Tyson is clearly struggling with his measly 140. And, in fact, he drops out. So now it's all three Jalapeño members against Debbie. LOL.
Oh, but then J.T. drops out. That's okay, though. They still have big, strong Joe. Oh wait -- he drops out, too. Wuss. He grabs his shoulder in pain and stuff, but still. Wuss. Probst is thrilled to see that the challenge might actually be close and orders the tribes to add more weight to the ladies. At 100, they both look like they're struggling, and worringly, Taj looks close to giving up. But then, before Douche and Erinn can add the 20 pounds, the bar slides off of Debbie's back and she's out. Taj is a hero! J.T. is still clearly in pain! Debbie cries on the ground. Taj is kind in victory and runs over to congratulate her on basically carrying more than her own weight. Hugs! Joe tells J.T. that he was "all heart," which means that Joe was "half heart," no? Not to mention a bore. Probst asks Jalapeño who they're sending to Exile, and, according to plan, Taj picks Sierra. "I'm taking you!" Sierra immediately says back. "Oh, you WITCH!" Taj says, surprised. Stephen wonders if he's stumbled ass-backwards out of his alliance. Brendan reminds us that he didn't get a chance to talk to Sierra before the challenge because he's an idiot, so he's glad that she picked Taj and hopes Taj will clue her in. With that, Probst sends the tribes away, saying the two members of Jalapeño will be stopping by Camp Tempura to do a little "shopping." Except that it'll be like shopping in Circuit City two minutes before closing time. Slim pickings. Douche provides the post-challenge wrap-up, saying he's worried that Jalapeño will take their food supply "and then we'll go downhill." Newsflash, Douche: the only way you can go more downhill than you already have is if there's a Marianas Trench in Metaphor Land.
Tempura returns to camp. Douche and Erinn reassure their tribemates that they did a great job in the challenge they just lost. Then everyone starts to worry about what Jalapeño will take from them. They have two bags of beans and little else, and if Jalapeño takes both bags, they're screwed. It's Cancer Erinn who suggests that they try to convince Jalapeño to take their water cans instead while the rest of the tribe wander around aimlessly staring into a pot full of beans. I think Jalapeño should take the pot. Then Tempura will be really screwed! But there are probably rules about that.
J.T. and Joe soon show up, and J.T. lies that Tempura has a "pretty place" set up. Tyson acts friendly to the intruders' faces, but tells us that he really wanted to punch them in the head. Go ahead and try it, Tyson. J.T. could kick your ass. I thought Joe could, too, but he did suck out in the challenge, so maybe not. J.T. announces that they're looking for Tempura's extra food since Jalapeño has been living on just rice so far. Don't forget the gourds, J.T. And the fish. He and Joe go off to look for the beans, with Debbie gently reminding them that they could very well be switched to Tempura's camp at some point in the game, so they might want to make sure they don't die there. J.T. and Joe find the beans, and Debbie makes another ridiculously transparent attempt to keep them from taking them, extolling the virtues of water cans. J.T. and Joe decide to take only one sack of beans and leave the other. Damn! I want Douche to tell us how he's really awesome at foraging for food but then not actually do it and starve to death. They take a water can for their second item and J.T. says that he figured they should leave Tempura some beans in case he winds up switched to that camp.
J.T. and Joe arrive at Camp Jalapeño to be greeted by an oddly excited/surprised Stephen, who jumps up with a "WHOA! HELLO!" Was he not expecting them back so soon or something? Him and Sandy run up to hug Joe hello even though he wasn't gone all that long. Weird. The rest of the tribe soon arrive, and Joe tells them how they took one bag of beans and left the other just in case of a tribe switch. Almost everyone agrees that that's a smart idea, but Sandy has never been very good at planning for the future and is not pleased. She interviews that this wasn't a very good move, strategically. Her metaphor, that it's like taking 75 of the enemy's guns and leaving them with 25 to shoot you with, is surprisingly apt here, but she still doesn't seem to understand that if you suddenly have to switch sides, you'll be glad to see those 25 guns. J.T. immediately sets about putting a pot of beans on, and Sandy notices that some of the beans are black beans. "They are fartin' beans!" she says; "they are fartin' beans, honey!" Cut to Spencer mouthing "oh my god" as if no one has ever spoken of such scandalous things in front of him before. What college does he go to that men don't talk about farting, like, all the time? Sydney interviews that Sandy is getting on her nerves because she's crazy and repeats everything she says three times. Clearly Sydney never watched Survivor before coming on the show, where viewers are lucky if things are repeated for them as few as three times. Sandy does something annoying around Spencer, who jokingly threatens to hit her. Charming! In Sydney and Spencer's defense, though, Sandy does have a tendency to make weird facial expressions and wave her hands around.
Sydney, on the other hand, waves her boobs and ass around to get her tribemates' attention. As Sandy watches, she walks over to Joe and Spencer, who greet her with "what's up, hot stuff?" and "what's up, hottest Survivor chick this season?" They must really respect her. Sandy interviews that she wants Sydney to go home because she's using her body to get ahead. Sydney says she thinks Sierra might be the hottest girl on the show instead of her. "She's kind of angry," Spencer says. Ha! She does frown all the time, doesn't she? I would too if I had to be on a tribe with Douche. And if I wasn't frowning, it would only be because I had torn my head off and eaten it in desperation. Sandy continues that Sydney wears the guys' boxer shorts (ew) and doesn't sleep in her bra (not a federal offense -- I don't care what those Playtex 18-hour bra commercials say, that shit is not comfortable at night). We then see Sydney giving J.T. a shoulder massage that doesn't look all that comfortable. Sandy says Sydney's plan seems to be working, since although the guys can probably see through her flirting, they still "like the package." And then Sandy flashes a smile that makes me think that she was probably a nice package when she was Sydney's age, too. Then she says Sydney will have to take off more than her bra to stay in this game and sticks her tongue out as she laughs like she's in a For Better or For Worse comic or something and I change my mind. "If I can't outwit her with the body I'll outwit her with the brain," Sandy says. Has she forgotten already that she doesn't know what a pace is? Let's hope she's counting on someone else's brain.
Taj and Sierra arrive at Exile Sand Dune. Taj picks the clue urn for the second time in a row and reads it. It basically tells her that the idol is in the treemail statue. I guess by the third clue, the writers got sick of beating around the bush. Taj asks Sierra if Brendan had a chance to talk to her when he got back to camp, and Sierra says he did not. "Hmm," Taj says; "okay." Yes, Taj, your alliance-mate is kind of dumb. Bummer. Taj figures out that she should tell Sierra about the plan herself and hope Sierra believes her. She does this by basically informing Sierra that she's the lucky winner of a four-way super-secret alliance. "I just got goosebumps," Sierra says. She interviews that she chose the right alliance mate in Brendan, and now she's going to reap the rewards. "I'm at the top, baby!" she says, laughing. That's like the first time Sierra has smiled since the game began. See what being away from Douche can do for you? Taj dubs the alliance "Team Secret."
And here's a shot of an alligator grabbing a dead fish that I'm sure was not placed on the riverbank by the producers. Animal imagery brings us back to Tempura. Debbie says today is a day of rest and relaxation, because if you don't keep your spirits up, you'll start missing things from home, like spouses, children, or, as in Season 16 Kathy's case, the washing machine. Tyson chills out by making a loincloth out of his buff. I find that creepy, like most things Tyson does, while Douche, of course, is loving it. As long as he doesn't join in and make a loincloth of his own, that's fine. The editors, on the other hand, are so annoyed with this that they've just placed a giant blur on Tyson's thighs and moved onto the thing. God forbid we be exposed to side buttcheek. Debbie laughs her ass off at Tyson's antics because she is lame. We already had a Greg Buis back in Season 1, Tyson, and you are no Greg Buis.
Erinn, on the other hand, isn't so amused. She's sitting by herself in the shelter and says she doesn't know why, but she's having a really hard time making a connection with her tribemates. I think it's because they hate you, Erinn. You just don't have that much in common with them. You're smart and capable and they're stupid and ridiculous. Erinn pulls the Sugar card and says she went through some tough stuff right before she came out here. Her dad didn't die, though; she went through a tough breakup, and it makes it hard to talk to people because she's afraid it'll come up and then she'll burst into tears like she is in this interview. She might as well show some vulnerability at this point. It can't hurt. Tyson has some clothes back on as he interviews that he's pretty much written Erinn off and doesn't bother to talk to her. And he's hoping she'll freak out when she gets voted out because that would be fun to watch. Tyson also thinks that jumping around in a loincloth is fun to watch, so, whatever. At this point, I kind of want Tempura to win the immunity challenge just so Erinn will be safe for another week and hopefully benefit from the inevitable tribe swap. Save Erinn!
Immunity challenge time! The tribes arrive and are joined by Taj and Sierra. Sierra makes sure to give Brendan a huge hug. Probst takes the idol back from Sydney, who attempts to flirt with him during their half-second interaction. Probst explains the challenge: tribe members will race out through a field and retrieve a puzzle piece, which is a long three-sided block with letters all over it. Once all eight pieces have been collected, contestants must place them on a game board in the correct pattern so that they spell out a message. This is really tricky since they don't know what the message is, which piece goes in which slot, or which of the three sides is the correct one to use. Taj sits out for Jalapeño and a really cheesy rapid zoom in and out of the idol takes us to the start.
First up is Joe and Douche. I think we all know who will win this race. Yes, it's Joe by a mile, giving Jalapeño a nice early lead. It lasts until Stephen's turn, when he has trouble untying the puzzle piece knot and loses most of their lead. But Sandy is surprisingly fast against Sierra, so Jalapeño's slight lead stays intact. But then -- oops! Sydney's plan to flirt the knots apart doesn't work and Debbie takes the lead for Tempura. Brendan and Tyson repeat their turns for Tempura (once again, Douche does not step up to take another turn with his supposed physical superiority), and Tyson gets the last piece back with J.T. pretty close behind. Now it comes down to which team works together the best to solve the puzzle. Brendan quickly figures out that the last word is "immunity." But then, cruelly, we see that the pieces spell out lots of things, like "tribal" and "council," that aren't part of the solution. Jalapeño gets the first word, "escape," right, and it looks like they've got it, but somehow, Tempura gets it first and actually wins something!
While Jalapeño feel the burn of losing, Tempura gets the idol from Probst. He gives it to Erinn, who hugs it close. Debbie's hands are free to do a dated "raise the roof" in celebration. She is so lame. Probst dismisses them and asks J.T. if tonight's vote will be tough. J.T. says it will, because they've become close and work well together. Probst doesn't give a shit. Spencer gives us the post-challenge wrap-up interview, saying that they were really hoping to win the challenge and get a serious number advantage over Tempura, but now the teams will be even. Thanks for doing the counting for us, Spencer!
Jalapeño head back to camp. They talk about the loss and someone (I think Spencer) blames it on Tempura's beans being cursed. This is not completely ridiculous, actually. The beans took Candace out when she argued about them with Douche, and they took Jerry out by making him sick. Taj interviews that she wasn't surprised that the tribe lost since they were kind of due after winning so many times. Joe lights a fire and says to Sydney that he's almost glad that they lost, because now they can get rid of Sandy. Although, being slick about it, he doesn't say her name, just that the person he wants off's name "rhymes with Andy." Meanwhile, Taj, Sandy, Stephen, and J.T. go for a swim. Taj asks what they're going to do tonight, and says she doesn't want to go home. Obviously, neither does anyone else. Taj is my hero when she suggests that Sandy is stronger than Sydney, especially if they're basing it on the last challenge. Stephen says it'll be tricky to convince Spencer and Joe to vote for Sydney. As for reasons why they should keep Sydney in the game, Stephen says "she's a nice presence around camp." "We don't need eye candy. We need championships," Taj says. I'm still trying to figure out how Sydney's good looks are something that would appeal to Spencer. Sandy interviews that she's not sure what to think right now, but it was good to hear that Taj would rather keep her around than Sydney. Then again, Taj hasn't been around camp long enough to be annoyed by Sandy like everyone else.
J.T. interviews that it's between Sydney and Sandy, and he's not sure who to get rid of. He and Stephen take a walk together. Stephen asks if he's "definitely" voting for Sandy tonight. J.T. admits that he doesn't know. "Maybe it should be Sydney?" Stephen says. Yes, it should! Sydney is boring. Go away, boring!
Then everyone's hanging out in the shelter. Sydney asks what everyone loves about this game. No one says "A MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS!" or "SLIGHT FAME!" instantly, so you know whatever they do say is a lie. Stephen says he loves meeting people he ordinarily wouldn't and asks her the same question. Sydney is an idiot, so she readily admits she likes being sneaky. Everyone's like, "Oh yeah? Good to know. See ya." Stephen says that Sydney's good looks are nice and all, but they need to be strong and loyal going into the merge. And Sydney is neither of those things. As Jalapeño gets ready to leave for Tribal Council, Sydney interviews for like the second time ever and says as far as she knows, Sandy's going home tonight. She thinks she's popular enough not to be in any danger.
Jalapeño arrives, and Probst talks to Sandy first, asking if she's recovered from the first impression her tribe had of her. Sandy thinks she has, and she fits in with the tribe pretty well. Probst asks J.T. how Sandy recovered from "such an awful start." J.T. calls Sandy "the mother" of the tribe, "taking care" of them so they can do the "hard work." Asshole! Being a mother is hard work, too. Probst then decides to be incredibly rude and ask Sandy how it feels to be all old and stuff when her tribe is young and "relatively speaking" attractive. Basically, he calls her old and ugly. So insulting! Why can't he be this mean to Douche? Sandy takes this opportunity to get a dig in at Sydney, saying she's noticed that some people on the tribe are using their good looks to flirt their way into the group. Then she decides to hell with subtlely and calls Sydney out, saying she's wearing J.T.'s boxer shorts. Probst asks J.T. is this true. J.T. smiles real big and says it sure is. Sydney says it's hot outside and she only has jeans. Probst says no one asked her to defend herself and asks Joe if he sees the flirting Sandy's talking about. Joe says he does.
Probst then turns to Stephen and asks if it's "fair" of Sydney to use her good looks to influence her male tribemates. Again, I ask you -- what is she using to influence Spencer? Sydney's face falls a bit as she gets an inkling that she might be in trouble tonight. Stephen just says that Joe and Sydney flirt way more than J.T. and Sydney do. Stupid Sydney nods her head and smiles proudly at this, and Probst broadcasts that to everyone. She says she's flirty with men and women. Sandy and Taj make faces that suggest that's not quite true. Probst asks Taj if Sydney flirts with her, and Taj says that guys will naturally want to ally with Sydney over Taj because Sydney is gorgeous and "they can't help themselves." Taj says she'll just have to get along through the game her own way. Probst asks Taj how she can be okay with that, because he can't fathom someone not wanting to be the hottest and best at everything. Taj says the fact is that the guys are attracted to Sydney and not her, and she's fine with that and doesn't need their attraction. Because she's married to a freaking football star and has built up quite a successful career of her own, which does wonders for one's self-esteem. Not to mention the secret alliance.
Probst asks Sydney if conversations often end up revolving around her looks. Sydney says they do, because she's a model. Life is going to suck for Sydney when she gets a little older and those looks fade. She says she's been stereotyped as the blonde girl who has nothing to say and sits around looking pretty. "But -- " she adds, then forgets what she's trying to say and stops talking and sits around looking pretty instead. Stereotypes are so untrue, you guys. Probst asks Stephen if Sydney's good looks and desire to use them to her advantage could work against her. Stephen says they could if people undervalue Sydney. I think people are overvaluing Sydney. I also think Sandy has no chance tonight, because the editing is going so far to convince us that Sydney is out. That, and the fact that Sandy talked about the beans, and the beans are cursed. Probst asks Sandy how Jalapeño will change after this vote, and Sandy says some people could be upset if the vote goes a certain way. She winks at Probst, who decides it's time to vote before she starts going on about what a sex kitten she is.
Sydney votes for Sandy, saying "it's just your time to go" as she strikes a pose. Sandy votes for Sydney. That's all we get to see. Probst returns with the urn and asks if anyone wants to play her idol. Taj stays put. First vote is for Sandy. Second vote is for Sydney, much to her eyebrow-raise. Then there's a vote for Joe out of nowhere. Ooooh, could Joe be leaving tonight? I'd be fine with that. But no -- the rest of the votes go to Sandy, who lets out a sad "oh boy." Gross. Jalapeño sucks tonight. Sandy is gracious in her good-bye speech, saying she's proud of herself for lasting so long after such a bad start. Also, Taj voted for Joe. What's that about? Maybe she's still mad at him for wimping out of the reward challenge and sticking her with all the pressure to win it for the tribe?
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