The show opens with the usual trek back from tribal council. Corinne and the rest of the Kota tribe recognize that power has shifted to Kenny and Crystal and that their alliance is getting picked off one by one. What do you bet there is going to be a lot of scrambling going on.
Everyone is tiring of Randy’s obnoxiousness and wants him off. Bob approaches Sugar in the jungle and has a conversation about the idol. Bob confesses that he didn’t find it. Sugar plays dumb about finding it herself. Bob shows Sugar his fake idol and tells her he is only telling her that he made it. Sugar loves the inside information.
Corinne and Randy try and come up with a strategy to stay alive. They decide they need to try and get Matty to come on their side. They also decide to stop being nice to anyone in the opposite alliance which is an improvement from the previous strategy of faking nice to their face while saying horrible things behind their back.
First challenge is the infamous auction. First auction, Randy gets beer and peanuts after Sugar ups the ante repeatedly. Second item stays covered and is purchased by Kenny. He ends up buying a clue which allows him to send himself or someone else to exile and take all their money. He sends Bob and takes his money. Third item is covered too, and it goes to Sugar who buys chocolate and peanut butter, which is priceless really. Fourth item is a hot bath with soap and clean clothes which goes to Susie who strips down to bathe but oddly enough gets out rather quickly. Fifth item is a burger and fries which goes to Matty. Sixth item is covered which Kenny cedes to Randy who gets pasta and bread sticks. Seventh item is a sealed note in a bottle which Jeff promises will give you an advantage. Corinne bids all in to get the bottle which has to remain sealed until immunity challenge.
Then Randy bids 20 bucks to buy a covered item for the whole tribe. It is a plate of cookies which he tries to take all for himself. Jeff insists he must share with the tribe. Then he doles them out as he wants giving 2 to Corinne and 1 ½ to Matty. Sugar says she doesn’t want hers, but wants to give it to Matty. Randy tells her he is boss and he gets to decide, but he offers her his, the last cookie. She takes it and gives it to Matty. Then the Survivor auction is over leaving Randy angry and Kenny with a pile of money and no food.
Randy decides he is going to go out fighting. His exact words are that he is going to “burn the house down”. But first Corinne and Randy try to hard sell Matty into joining up with them and their alliance. They tell him that the final three will be Susie, Crystal and Kenny leaving him in fifth place. Somehow they aren’t very convincing.
The Fang alliance meets to decide who to vote out. They all want Randy because he is so difficult. Matty pitches that they should vote out Bob first because Randy isn’t strong in challenges. Sugar gets nervous that Matty is trying to take too much control and playing the game too hard. She also is afraid that he wants to take Randy to the end because Randy is such a jerk. They all tentatively agree to vote out Bob, then Randy, then Corinne.
Randy renews his plans to “crash and burn” and shake things up to try and get further in the game. Interesting strategy. He wants to get voted out and then get “the idol” from Bob and spring it on them in tribal council. Then Susie would get voted out instead. Corinne is very excited and they plan to get Bob on board.
Randy’s plans works as far as annoying everyone into voting for him. He has managed to offend and annoy everyone leading into the immunity challenge. Including me.
Immunity challenge is an obstacle course with a puzzle to build a domino row which falls over and raises a flag. Got it? Anyway, Jeff has Corinne open her bottle which allows her to sit out the first qualifying half of the challenge and move directly to the final round. Matty takes and early lead with Kenny close behind. Matty makes it on to the second round as well as Kenny and of course Corinne. In a razor thin finish, Kenny gets immunity.
Sugar tells Bob to vote for Randy and to give him to fake idol to set him up. Bob agrees to win some favor with the power players of the game. Corinne begs Bob to give Randy the idol which he agrees to do. Bob gets very excited that he will get the idol and get Susie out of the game. Then he praises Bob’s “selflessness” to the camera.
At tribal council, Jeff stirs up the Randy vs. the rest of the tribe controversy. So much so that when Crystal votes she doesn’t even do the typical whisper, but just yells that she is sick of Randy and wants him off which the whole tribe hears. Then when Jeff asks for the immunity idol, Randy plays the fake idol. The Fang tribe can barely contain their laughter when Jeff states it isn’t an immunity idol. Randy looks like he might explode when he is voted off.
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Didn’t you think that was one of the funniest tribal councils? I could not believe how loud Crystal was talking; too funny! I think the part I enjoyed the most was how Corinne’s smug smile turned to shock. I thought it was one of the best tribal councils so far.