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Jud is happy to be alive and thinks he's going to surprise people with how smart he is. Yes, we're just waiting for that. The remaining players get a product placement phone and once the young'uns figure out how to play videos, everyone sees videos from their families. Jud's mom says he's intelligent. Is he a secret mastermind, or is she just one of those mom's who tells their kid they are brilliant? How does she feels about him being called Fabio on national television? She seems to take it well, and jokes that he was Jud the Stud. I'm not sure which is worse. Dan's son is very sweet and clearly just loves the hell out of his dad.
The players have to do a challenge that involves them jumping in that same pool Jud peed in. Did the drain the water? Then the loved ones have to do a puzzle. Chase and his mom win the challenge. He picks Sash (and his mom) to come, and then also chooses Holly and her lovey-dovey husband. Dan reacts to this by telling his son that Chase is a scumbag. Then Chase asks Probst what will happen to everyone else. He replies, "They will be taken and executed." Probst, getting a sense of humor after all these years. Then he wants to know why Jud is crying like a baby. Jud weeps that he would have taken Chase had he won. Chase is making friends all over the place.
At camp a bitter Jud and Dan complain about how Chase screwed Jane over. On a boat with food Chase, Sash and Holly say they are going to be the final three. The immunity challenge is a blindfolded puzzle game, but it involves walking back and forth between some pieces , so Dan's still in last place. Jud wins. Maybe he is a secret genius. Everyone in her alliance decides they want to vote Jane out, and they tell her that to her face. She reacts by scratching her face and giving them the finger. Good for her. Then she picks up a bucket of water and douses their fire right as they are heading to tribal council. Awkward.
At tribal council, she starts calling everyone on their shit. Probst is in his glory watching her talk about Holly being a thief and a bad role model because she stole Dan's shoes. The jury is loving pissed-off Jane. Then Chase outs his alliance's entire lack of strategy in front of the rest of their tribe. Morons. Did I mention that Chase is wearing his "hidden" immunity idol around his neck? Then Probst basically tells Dan and Jud they should team up with Jane to vote Holly out because, otherwise, the moron alliance is going to kick them out one by one. Thanks, Probst. I'm really not sure Dan would have figured that out. Chase and Sash play their idols, since it was the last night to play them. But Probst telling people what to do didn't actually amount to anything, and Jane gets voted out. Her bag looks really full. I hope she pulled a Naonka and took some flour and pots and pans with her. -- Angel Cohn
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!In a bit of foreshadowing of what we'll see him pull at Tribal Council, Probst uses the previously on segment to create his own version of the season so far, which he claims was dominated by Chase's inability to make a decision. That has been a factor to be sure, but his "indecision" wasn't why he voted Brenda out. Nor did Chase ever "conspire" with Ben to vote Jud out - from what we saw, they were playing Ben all along to make him think they were voting for Jud while they were actually planning on voting Ben out. In fact, despite Chase's "indecisiveness," he's been pretty consistent on wanting Ben out, even before the tribe swap. So Probst is just making shit up. And now that all he talked about was Chase and his indecisiveness and turning against allies, we know that's what this episode is going to be about. They really need to stop tailoring these previously on segments to be so specific to the episode that follows.
As soon as the tribe is back at camp, Sash pulls Jud aside and says they took Ben to save Jud, and Sash would have told Jud all of this but the other people in his alliance wouldn't let him. Sash promises Jud that he has his back and thinks he just earned another jury vote from Jud. He may have, actually. Why do Jane, Holly, and Chase just let Sash walk around stealing their jury votes? I hope all those false promises he made to everyone come back to bite him in the ass if he makes it to the Final Tribal Council. But they won't. They never do. Sash boasts in an interview that he is in control of the game once again and Jud will be the person to go unless he wins immunity. Jud interviews that his tribemates might think he's gullible and naïve, but he is on "high alert" and looking forward to seeing the surprise on their faces when they realize they underestimated him. Oh, please let this happen. I've been waiting for it almost the entire season.
The day, a cell phone arrives at camp along with the treemail. Everyone knows what that means: family time! It takes a second to figure out how to play videos on the Product Placement phone, but soon, Chase's mother and brother pop up and he is immediately in tears. up is Sash's mother, who actually calls him Sash even though I'm still convinced that no one actually calls him that. Jane's daughter is , along with what must be her many big dogs. What's the deal with all of these people coming on TV with their pets? I mean, Jane I can understand since she's a dog trainer, but why do we have to see Chase's mom's dog and Sash's mother's cat (or maybe that was a Pomeranian?), too? Ah, and now we meet Dan's sons, two handsome Italian boys from Brooklyn who somehow managed to appear on camera without their pets. Good. Dan bawls at the sight of them. Man, these family visits take down the hardest people on this show. Holly's entire brood (including a dog) show up for her video, and her husband says he can't wait to touch her again. I'll bet Holly is annoyed to see her daughters standing still and not out practicing the cross country sport their mother forced the to stick with. Finally, Jud's mother, who calls him "Juddy," makes him cry and says some inspiring words that are too boring for us to watch, so he talks over it in an interview instead. Still choked up, as he says the video "really got me, man," he says his mother tells him "the perfect thing, man." "I just wanna see my family, man," he sobs. Man.
Not yet, though! Instead, Jud and Chase dry their tears and talk about the reward challenge and who they're going to take with them if they win it. Jud wants to take Chase and Sash, and Chase promises he'll pick the same. Which means ... nothing. As we know. Jud apparently does not know this, even though he just saw Chase promise a reward to Sash and fail to deliver it like three days ago.
The tribe arrives at the reward challenge and wait for Probst to stop talking about the Product Placement phone and asking them stupid questions so they can see their loved ones already. Dan is a mess already, even more emotional about this than Holly. Probst finally gets to the reward challenge, first explaining the reward: a boat ride to "a place you've never been before" (how does he know that? Way to assume, Probst), food (including some really nasty-looking cookies), alcohol, the stupid Product Placement phone for some reason, and, last but not least, their loved ones, who Probst refers to as "gorgeous company." The hell? Is he saying that Charlie is gorgeous? Is he putting the moves on everyone's mother? What a strange adjective for Probst to use. Everyone gasps like they had no idea this was coming, and Probst calls out the family members one by one. First up, it's Chase's mom, Connie! Wearing a matching fuschia T-shirt and shorts. I know she's probably about to get messy in the reward and everything, but is that really the way you want to appear on TV? Although her son is also been rocking an identical plaid shirt and shorts combo, so maybe matchy-matchy outfits run in the family. Chase and Connie hug, and Probst asks Jud who he's hoping to see. "Anybody, man!" he says. He does not get man, but his mother, Anne! So many tears. I mean, I get that life is hard out there and it's been a long time since they saw or talked to a family member, but come on, Jud. I'm sure there's a more adult way to cry than that. Probst then has to inform Anne that they're all calling her son Fabio now. Anne lies that it's a "good nickname" and says people used to call her son "Jud the Stud." Used to? Why'd they stop? Maybe they saw him cry. "Only a mom could say that," Probst says, no doubt jealous that no one ever called him anything except "Probst the Host."
And it's Sash's mother Leigh. Probst says they seem "very close," although I don't get that they're any closer than Chase or Jud are with their mothers. Sash says his family was poor growing up but had a lot of love and his mother is his best friend. Whatever, he's not crying like everyone else. Sash is a sociopath maybe. Dan, of course, is still crying, and out comes his son, Matthew. Dan actually runs towards his son to hug him, which is the only running he's done this entire season. "Gahhgsdsagohgod!" he says as he hugs his son. He's such a softy! I love Dan. He says his two sons are his life and he's so proud of them and they are of him, no matter what "crazy things" he does. Crazy things like putting people's feet in cement and throwing them in the East River? I think so. Dan sincerely thanks Probst for bringing his son out here, and Probst says he's "so touched" watching Dan and his son together, with his son kissing him on the head over and over again. Yeah, they're Italian! Probst is just jealous because all the botox he got makes him unable to cry. Or kiss. "He's my dad," Matthew says, not sure why Probst is even asking that question.
Jane's daughter Ashley comes running out. Jane is happy her daughter could make it out here since she has to run the farm back home because, remember, her dad and Jane's husband is dead. Ashley is a woman of few words, simply saying her mother looks "skinnier than hell." Probst pretends to forget about Holly's loved one because he's an asshole, then calls out her husband Charlie. "There's your man," Probst says creepily. Holly and her husband hug and Holly says that they're actually missing their 25th anniversary while she's out here, so it's great to see him. Damn, isn't she only 44? That means she got married when she was 19. Charlie says he can't believe Holly stayed with him for 25 years, which is especially impressive when you remember that Holly has like five different personalities, so that means they all have to love Charlie.
Finally, we get to the challenge. The loved ones will be participating, of course. Charlie seems confused and angry about this, as apparently he has never seen the show before. The contestants have to run up and plank and dive in a pool to fetch bags of lettered tiles, then hand them off to their loved one, who will unscramble them to reveal a phrase. Probst asks if they're "ready for this," and Charlie suddenly thrilled at the prospect of doing this challenge. Wow, he switches moods even more rapidly than his wife. Probst says go, and they all (including Dan!) sprint to the pool and jump in. But Dan has trouble climbing back out of the pool, which Probst makes sure to mention because he has no problem calling Dan out for being weak in front of his fucking son. By the time Dan gets the first bag back to his son, the rest of the contestants are coming back with their second and final bags. He gets the second bag to his son when the others are still just starting on their puzzles. Probst warns the contestants not to yell hints or solutions to their family members lest they be overheard by another team. He says this too late for Charlie, who screams "FAMILY VISIT TIME?" as his guess even though there's no way to spell that with the letter tiles provided. As it happens, Jane quickly figures out that two of the three words are "family" and "first." And yet, Ashley doesn't seem to hear her or know how to spell those words. Also not very good at spelling is Charlie, who has "FIWY" on his board at one point. Hilariously, there is no W in the solution - he put the M upside down. Because W is much more common than M. Ultimately, it comes down to a race between Connie and Charlie, somehow. Connie, who probably watches a lot of Wheel of Fortune at home and so is good at word puzzles anyway, gets it first and wins it. Hooray! Middle-aged women continue to dominate this season!
Chase and Connie come forward. "Good work out there, Mom," Probst says. "I like to play games," Connie says. Probst says they can pick another pair to join them. Chase totally hates this stuff and is terrible at it, but this time he actually comes through and picks Sash as promised. Dude, Charlie is not happy about this at all. Either that, or he just ate like 10 lemons. It's kind of hard to tell with Charlie's face. Did he recently shave his long-time moustache or something? He just seems so unaware of how to use his upper lip. But then! Probst says Chase can bring another pair with him! Because it just wouldn't be an episode without Chase going back on his word, he screws Jud over and picks Holly. I would have done the same, though, just because Charlie is so scary-looking over there. If he hadn't picked Holly, Charlie would have murdered him on the spot. Loudly. Matthew is not happy about this. "He's a scumbag," he mutters to Dan. "Don't worry about it," Dan says. "He is," Matthew says. Chase asks Probst what happens to everyone else's loved one. "They will be taken and executed," Probst says. No, that's Chase who will be executed. By Matthew. Point blank kill shot to the head. Matthew is probably using the Product Placement phone to order the hit right now. Probst wants to make everyone feel awful, so he points out that Jud looks really upset. Jud says he is, as he doesn't get to see his mother very much back home so it means a lot to see her now. "I'm so sorry, man," Chase says. Jud doesn't care. He says Chase knows that Jud would have taken him if he had the chance because he knows how much Chase's mother means to him, and Chase knows how much Jud's mother means to him. "Shhh," Jud's mother says soothingly. Aw, such a mother! With that, Probst tells Ashley, Matthew, and Anne to get the fuck out of here. Anne inspires her son once more with encouraging words, telling him to "get [his] head in the game" and that they'll have plenty of time together when he comes home in just a few days.
While the winners head out with in a slo-mo walk of victory, the losers return to camp. And they are very bitter. Jud wonders why Chase always picks Holly for rewards. Dan says it's obvious that Chase thinks she's useful and Jane, Dan, and Jud are not. "He has no allegiance to us. He's done with this three," Dan says. Dan is taking a stand! Dan came to play!! FINALLY! And then, nothing. Jane stays silent and Jud keeps whining about how Chase broke his promise and "straight up lied" to him. Jud, if you're going to continue to be surprised when people lie to you, then I'm going to have serious doubts about your intelligence again. Especially if you aren't going to do anything about it when they do lie to you. Dan steps up and says that Chase should have given the reward to Jane, and Jane finally speaks up. She says that Ashley is going to college in the fall, so Jane gave up her last summer with her daughter to be on the show. Apparently, Ashley is going to a college that doesn't have a summer break. "He made a million dollar decision today," she says. "To lose it," Dan says. Jane nods.
As much as we know Dan loves his son, he's still interviewing that it was wrong of Chase not to pick Jane for the rewards and he was a douche(blur) for doing it. We can't say douchebag on CBS? Really? But wasn't everyone so pissed off when Chase picked Jane last time? And now they're angry when he doesn't pick her? I don't understand. "It was disgusting," Dan says. I think this is the most emotional we've ever seen him except for when his son was there. He is more upset on Jane's behalf than he ever was when Holly ruined his shoes and NaOnka stole the flour. Jane is also upset, it seems, that Chase promised Jud he would take him, although I don't know if she's mad because Chase broke his promise to Jud or that Chase promised Jud anything in the first place. Probably the latter. I don't see Jane giving a shit about someone else being screwed over like Dan was for her. Apparently, Jane was extra upset because her daughter decided to inform her that her 16-year-old dog died. Why would she do that? No one in that family seems to be to keep a lid on bad things that happened to them. Jane interviews that it looks like she's at the bottom of the totem pole in her alliance. Of course she is! She always has been! Did she really think that Chase, Holly, and Sash were playing to give her the million dollars? I think she did, actually. Like no one has ever died in Chase, Holly, or Sash's family and they've never needed money. Only Jane struggles, so only Jane should win. If you aren't playing and sacrificing and struggling through this game to help her win a million dollars, then you are evil like Marty.
After the umpteenth shot of that whale swimming alongside its baby, we head over to happier times with happier people. The contestants and loved ones sail up to a platform full of food and dig in. Holly says the food was especially good because she's pretty sure that this was the last food reward challenge and thus the last non-rice meal she'll have until Day 37. What? Aw, that means no auction. Damn it! I love the auction. I'll bet the other Kelly and NaOnka's quitting messed up the schedule so they had to get rid of it this season. Now I hate Kelly and Naoanka even more. Holly and especially Sash thank Chase for taking them along, as Sash hasn't had a food reward in like two weeks. While the loved ones sit back and watch from the sidelines (I wouldn't want to sit at the table with three starving people, either. Best not to get in the way. You'll lose a finger), Chase proposes a toast to the Final Three. He says he just lost Jud's jury vote, which is a smart thing of him to say, actually, because it probably makes him look all the more appealing to take to the end. I don't think that was Chase's intention, but still. Chase says he could have picked people that would get him jury votes, but instead he went with the people he wants to take to the end. I don't know that bringing Jud or Jane along would have earned him any jury votes from them, but not taking Jud after promising he would probably lost him one. Why does he make these promises? I don't get it. If he knows he has a problem with keeping them and they turn people against him, why not just either not promise people anything or, better yet, not win the reward challenges? That way he can make all the promises he wants and never have to worry about keeping them. Chase interviews that he picked Holly over Jud because he wants to "keep [her] close," and possibly not give her a chance to go back to camp and plot against him.
Chase finds a scroll and shows it to the group. Apparently, they're still giving out idol clues even though both idols are taken and have had nothing to do with this game yet. Chase admits that he has the other idol, which I don't know that we knew anyone else knew before. But I guess they did, as no one seems surprised. Holly says that she, Chase, and Sash have made a commitment to go to the Final Three together and not with Jane. "Mind-boggling," Charlie says about this very simple concept. With that, Connie opens the champagne and all six toast and drink. Oh, and use the Product Placement phone. I hate the Product Placement phone, but I love the Charlie's Angels-esque picture of Sash, Holly, and Chase it took. The sun sets, and it's time to say good-bye to husband and moms. Chase interviews from his awesome chair-shaped rock that the reward was great, but now he has to go back to camp and face Jud's wrath.
Chase, Sash, and Holly approach camp gingerly. They're hoping everyone is asleep, but no. Jud is most certainly awake. "Yo, Chase, what's up?" he asks; "how was it, buddy?" "It was great!" Chase says cluelessly. "That was a rhetorical question," Jud says; "cause I knew it was great." Here we go. Chase doesn't have much to say in response, possibly because he's still trying to figure out what "rhetorical" means, as Jud says his feelings were hurt and Chase has been on "four awesome rewards in a row." Jud shrugs and says he's "just upset." "If I was in your shoes, I'd be upset too," Chase says. Jud keeps going, saying that Holly gets to see her husband every day while he only sees his mom twice a year. And yet, Jud interviews that he's going to have to "move on" and there's no point in holding grudges or being mad at people out here, because it'll just come back to get you. Apparently what doesn't come back to get you is promising to take people on rewards and then not doing it. Jud sighs that his best bet right now is to win immunity. Really? He's not going to try anything with Dan and Jane? How boring.
With that, we go from Night 33 all the way to Day 36 and the immunity challenge. Probst takes the necklace back from Sash as Jud eyes it hungrily. Probst explains the challenge: contestants will be attached to a rope that has been wound around a bunch of rails. They must follow the rope to a station with shield with several symbols on it. They have to memorize the symbols on the shield, grab a bag of matching symbols, and go back to the start and recreate the shield. The first person to do it wins. Doesn't sound too hard, except for one thing: they will be blindfolded the entire time. YES! I love blindfold challenges. Too bad they're tied to that rope so we can't watch them wander around the field. Probst says go, and our blind contestants make their way to through the obstacle course. Chase, Jud, Holly, and Jane get off to a good start, while Sash drags behind and Dan seems to just be crawling along the starting line. Jud and Chase reach their shields first with Holly and Jane close behind. Sash makes it to his shield, while Dan is still crawling around.
As Dan creeps towards the shield, Jane is the first to decide that she has the shield down and head for the start. Probst announces this loudly, causing Jud and Holly to decide that they should head back as well. I wish Probst would shut his fucking mouth. It gives the others knowledge that they shouldn't have that Jane is heading back, and they obviously changed their game because of it. Sash starts to head back while Jud is the first to make it back to his shield. Jane and Holly quickly follow. Unfortunately for Holly, in her franticness to dump the contents of her bags, she dropped one on the ground and it costs her precious seconds to find it. As Jud puts an incorrect piece on the shield (it's a sword, but not the correct length, which has to be particularly hard to tell when you doing this by touch) Chase and Dan make their way back to the start. It seems that the extra time Chase spent feeling up his shield helped, as he puts the correct sword on. Jud did not, so when he asks Probst if his shield is correct, Probst has to tell him that it isn't. He seems to know exactly where he went wrong and reaches for the correct sword. While it looks like Chase might beat him out to the solution ... Jud asks Probst to check his shield out again, and this time, it's correct. Hooray! Jud is smart after all! Jane removes her blindfold sadly, guessing that she'll be going home tonight. Well, you should have tried to get something going with Dan and Jud when you had the chance.
The Final Six return to camp and pretend to be happy for Jud and his win. Sash interviews that Jud's win puts them all in a "tight spot" because they all apparently planning on voting him out tonight and never imagined that he'd win immunity. The obvious choice to vote out tonight is Jane, so Chase tells Jud that he thinks Dan is "about done." Jud agrees, but wants to vote Jane out tonight and Dan after her. If I were Jud, I would be rallying hard to vote Dan out tonight, because then in the vote, they'll have to choose between him and Jane, and they're obviously going to keep him over her. They'd vote Jud out in a second over Dan, though. Chase shrugs, and Jud asks if he's rallying for Dan because he doesn't want to vote Jane out. If that's the case, Jud says, then Chase really needs to think about this because voting Jane out tonight should be a "no brainer." Jud interviews that he's worried that Chase won't be able to vote Jane out.
Chase heads for Sash to convince him to keep Jane over Dan, saying they're "taking a big risk" by voting her out tonight. Really? I think they're taking a big risk by not voting her out tonight. Keep her around, and she may well immunity her way to the end. Sash chooses his words carefully, knowing that he's dealing with a wishy-washy moron. He says they have to vote Jane out sometime, so it might as well be now. Chase doesn't get it. "I think it's a win-win sending Dan home tonight," he says. Sash is kind of speechless. Finally, he says if they don't vote Jane out now, then she could "sneak in" to the end. Speaking of sneaking, Holly appears besides them. She's not sold on voting Jane out tonight, either, saying she wants to take her to the Final Four. These people are idiots. Jane will kill them in the final immunity challenge. It's usually some kind of endurance thing, and Jane rocks those. I guess Holly realizes that, as thing you know, she and Sash are agreeing that voting Jane out now is their best chance to make it to the end and one of them to win. Chase interviews that Holly and Sash are set on voting Jane out now, while he wants her to be in the Final Four and figures he can beat her in the final immunity challenge.
Jane walks up and asks if they're still an alliance of four. And this is where we learn why you should never tell someone she's being voted out tonight. Just lull her into a false sense of security so she can't scramble and possibly align the others against you or, oh, I don't know, flip the fuck out and probably pee in the water supply. But Sash, Chase, and Holly are overconfident idiots, so they do not lie to Jane. Nor do they tell her the truth. In fact, no one says anything. Finally, Holly just says "somebody had to go tonight." That should pretty much tell Jane that she's a goner, but she asks if they're voting for Dan tonight or her. Chase says that's what they're talking about. No one looks Jane in the eye. Which is good, because she looks fucking scary right now. "Is it me?" she asks. No, Jane, it's Sash. Of course it's you! If it's not Dan, then who the hell else could it possibly be? Jud has immunity and Sash and Chase have idols that they have to play tonight. The only other person left is Holly, and since she's standing right there doing the talking, then it can't be her either. I think Jane just wants to hear them say it. Chase says he doesn't want to vote her out, thereby putting the blame in Holly's and Sash's hands. That should win him a jury vote from her. Or maybe not, as she accuses them of "conniving" together to go to the end without her. This is, like, really uncomfortable. And it's not going to get better. Chase admits that "there has been discussion" about voting Jane out. Sash says the three of them believe that Jane would beat them if she made it to the end, so of course they don't want her to go to the end. I mean, duh, Jane. Why did she think it would be any different? Did she think she could walk in there talking about her husband being recently dead and needing the money and people wouldn't see her as the worst possible person to bring to the end? Did she think the object of the game is to give her a million dollars? Apparently so, because her reaction to this news is to flip everyone off. And now she's crying in an interview about how her alliance turned on her and they are all liars and cheats. Even though Chase was the one rallying to keep her around, she says she's most disappointed in him because he's from North Carolina and should be better than that. Because everyone from North Carolina is perfect and the picture of virtuous living. Oh, and everyone in North Carolina will do whatever it takes to hand Jane a million dollars.
And now, Jane is sulking in the shelter. Sash sits to her, but she tells him not to look at her. Meanwhile, the music playing during this scene is hilarious. So ominous and foreboding with death bells tolling all over the place. Jane then makes disparaging remarks about Sash's mother and how she is nothing like her after all, because Leigh raised her son to be a liar and a cutthroat. Hey, Jane? Are you forgetting about how you caught that fish and ate it without sharing? How is that okay but this isn't? I hate hypocrites. The fact that Jane is crazy doesn't excuse her. And does she really think that behaving like this is going to help her cause at all? It makes her look like a crazy old lady to the audience watching at home who can vote to give her $100,000 and it just convince Chase, Sash, and Holly -- who didn't seem to be 100% sold on voting Jane out -- that she needs to get out of their camp ASAP. Stupid. Jane sobs that she's proud of how she played this game, then threatens that we will see "the wrath of Jane" tonight. Because putting people on guilt trips and flipping them off and criticizing their family members is something to be proud of, but lying to your ally, which everyone does and is expected of anyone who plays this game -- that's wrong and shameful.
The wrath of Jane begins a bit early as she dumps a bucket of water on the fire without warning Dan ahead of time, thus splashing him and giving him a face full of steam/smoke. And ruining their firepit, pretty much. She throws a second pot of water on it for good measure while everyone stares in horror except for Jud, who is grinning. "I started it, I put it out," she says. Horror movie music plays over a shot of the soaked fire pit and slow motion steam rising from it. Well, this Tribal Council promises to be both awesome and awful at the same time.
Jane manages to stop herself from pouring a bucket of water on the Tribal Council firepit as she and the rest of the group file in. Actually, I surprised that she hasn't tried to set anyone on fire, either. Because she's insane and really angry and they gave her a torch. The jurors arrive, and Marty looks pleased to see Jud with immunity. Probst forgets to remind us that NaOnka and the other Kelly are horrible quitters as they enter. Instead, he asks Dan if they had a "crazy afternoon" following the immunity challenge. Dan revs up to say something, only to go with a "ah, nevermind." Probst says there's no way he's letting Dan get away with that. Dan tells Probst that Jane extinguished their fire, and Jane takes over, saying, again, that she started that fire so she had the right to put it out. Marty is greatly amused by this because he knew all along that Jane was like this. Jane asks Probst if she can just have the floor. Probst, of course, tells her to go right ahead. Holly's face says, "aw, shit. This is going to suck. So bad." "There is absolutely no loyalty in tonight's vote. It's full of liars and backstabbers," she says. Enh, that wasn't so bad. "End of story," she says. I bet it isn't, though.
Nope! "I want more," Probst says. Jane is happy to oblige. She says she knows her alliance is voting her out tonight, so she's going to call some people out on her way out. Instead of, like, trying to find a way to stay in the game or a new alliance or anything, she's going to accept her fate and try to bring as many people down with her as possible. Here we go! While Dan looks over at the jurors all "oh my god, you guys. Can you believe what I have to live with out here?" Jane starts in on Holly. She says a good coach and mentor would never steal and destroy someone's expensive shoes, and she should go to jail for that. NaOnka giggles, clearly thrilled to bits to see that there will, after all, be someone on this show who is more childish than she is. Probst asks Jane if she's frustrated about something. Jane says she's upset because her alliance turned on her and they're voting her out tonight and not Dan. And then I guess Jane is not going to call Sash or Chase out on anything as she promised. Actually, she did, but I guess she said some things that we aren't allowed to hear and they cut it all out.
Probst decides to let someone else speak, asking Chase if Jane really was in an alliance or just thought she was. Chase says Jane surely was in their alliance, but this afternoon, three of them decided that it was in their best interests to vote her out lest she make it to the end, and they told her so. Probst decides to roll with Chase, Holly, and Sash's foolhardy transparency and honesty and asks them who is in line to go if Jane is voted out tonight. Chase says it's "whoever doesn't win immunity ." "Fabio or Dan?" Probst asks. Chase asks Holly and Sash for the answer while the jury groans. Sash and Holly choose not to answer for a while, until finally, they say yes. Probst praises them for their "ballsy big move" of answering his question. What, like they had a choice? He was going to pin them down and force them to say a name. Probst asks Jud what he thinks about this, and Jud says it sounds like he has to win immunity. Jane agrees. Probst says there are three people in an alliance right now and three other people who could, you know, get together and pick someone in the other alliance to vote for and force a tie. He then impersonates his own mother unflatteringly and asks them why they don't do that. Jud, Dan, and Jane remain silent, so Probst basically tells Jane to pick someone in the other alliance to vote out. Jane picks Holly, since the other two have immunity idols. I'm sorry, but if those three couldn't get that together at camp, then they shouldn't be able to do it now, especially not at our supposedly impartial host's urging.
Probst asks Dan if he's going to vote for Holly like Jane says. Dan says that would "make sense," but doesn't exactly commit to doing so. Jud says something similar, that that makes sense but not that he's definitely going to do it. Probst then turns to Holly, who has shown remarkable restraint in not kicking him in the balls yet, and asks if she's as comfortable now as she was when Tribal Council began. Of course, Holly says she's nervous now. As for Chase, he's confused and says "I don't know what the hell's going on right now, honestly." He is stupid, but I don't blame him for being confused when he, Sash, and Holly did everything they're supposed to in the game only for the fucking host and producer to change everything up on them because it's in his best interests to keep this show interesting and not have a powerful alliance steamrolling over everyone. Way over the line, Probst. I gave this entire episode a "D" just because of how disgusted I was with Probst's behavior.
They vote. We don't see how anyone votes. Probst returns with the urn and asks if Sash and Chase would like to play their idols. Chase or Sash should just give an idol to Holly to ensure that if the other three did vote for her, she wouldn't be in danger of leaving and their alliance would stay intact. But they don't. They play their idols for themselves. Probst reveals three votes for Jane, as expected. And then ... a fourth vote for Jane. Ha! Sorry, Probst, but your attempt to run this game did not succeed. Probst snuffs Jane's torch and she does not try to kill anyone or threaten any lives, surprisingly enough. "Y'all have fun," she simply says, and if she hadn't pulled all that other shit before, she'd be leaving with dignity. But she did, so she doesn't. As she walks through the graveyard, we get a shot of Marty just now realizing that Jane being voted out means that he's stuck with her in the loser's lodge. He is not happy.
Oh, and Jane keeps it classy in her farewell speech, saying that everyone sucks and she lost all respect for Holly (she had plenty of respect for her when Holly destroyed Dan's shoes, mind you, but lost that respect and thought she should be called out on it when she was mad at Holly) and blah blah blah sore loser. We also see that everyone voted for Jane except for Jane, who voted for Sash for reasons that were edited out of the show.
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