We have a lot to get to today as…
Hold on, it appears we have a streaker in aisle 4.Attention, Marshalls shoppers.
just ignore the naked Vietnamese gardener with the chicken running down the home furnishings aisle.
Credit: Jeffrey Neira/CBS
Repeat: hey ignore the naked Vietnamese gardener with the chicken!
Sorry, where was I?
There were also game moves being made left and right after… Im sorry.
Can you excuse me for one more second?Attention, Marshalls shoppers.
Pay no mind to thephotonics manufacturing supervisor/Red Lobster waitress twerking and intermittently mooning customers next to the discount footwear.
Repeat: Ignore the twerkingphotonics manufacturing supervisor/Red Lobster waitress!
What is this world coming to?
I need a vacation.
Actually, I am currently on vacation and currently in a hotel in Maine.
JUST LIKE THE UNBELIEVABLY LOW PRICES ON EVERYDAY ITEMS AT MARSHALLS!!!
Okay, lets get to it and hit on the big non-nudity-related things that went down.
Which alliances have held?
Who will flip to the other side?
Who will be the odd person out?
Its fascinating to watch this stuff develop.
We all love the merge episode.
However, well just have to file that one under T for tough noogies since the mergewasindeed upon us.
Ah, but with a twist.
I absolutely love it.
Not because I enjoy watching people suffer…
I mean, Idoenjoy watching people suffer.
But thats not the only reason.
I also love anything that forces players to make a big choice.
And there were no good choices here.
But in the evolution of this game, that is not always a good thing.
As soon as you do that, people are appreciative, but also, their antennas go up.
I definitely do not volunteer.
I also definitely do not pretend I am drunk if I am not, which is what Debbie claimed.
Although Debbie claims a lot of things, so who knows.
I mean, I actually kind of hope shewasdrunk while twerking on Cirie and mooning Tai.
At least that offers a semblance of an explanation.
Or maybe its just because everyone looks so damn awkward while doing it.
Whatever the reason, I just cant get into it.
But I think it may be time to retire this particular competition.
But the second we went to an individual game, Cirie was back.
She got her tribe the victory with her work on the puzzle last week.
If you want to be more secure you might man up, she told the tribe.
We can do a pat strip search here to settle things.
That was a bit awkward, but at least she was tryingsomething.
Not the best long-term strategy.
(Zeke excels at that.)
But Hali did not play poorly either.
Had a few moments.
Well see if she makes it that far.
Or does it make memoreterrible that I am aware of being an a-hole yet continue to be one?
How much does self-awareness aid or hurt me in this situation?
But I know Im not alone, because it just makes things more exciting!
And when Tai and Andrea promptly gave that lead back when they then forgot a fish?
Thats just going nude in my book.
Thats the streak element.
Youre in and out of there almost before people even have a chance to realize what has just happened.
Pole PositionWas there ever any doubt that Ozzy wouldnotwin this competition?
I plan on breaking my record, he bragged at one point.
Ozzy aint coming off that pole, Michaela explained as to why she appeared to give up.
But everyone was forgetting about the other endurance master up there on the pole, Tai.
Both were super duper impressive, and nobody should underestimate Tai in such competitions ever again.
Zeke Makes a MoveIm here to playSurvivor, said Zeke the morning after he was outed by Jeff Varner.
So lets just get back to it.
After the merge, we saw two sides coming together.
But then we started hearing a little more from Andrea as well.
And Zeke did not like that.
Zeke was not in control and calling the shots.
And he didnt like it.
Now, you could look at this in one of two ways.
In reality, the truth is most likely somewhere in between.
But that still does not mean that ego did not play a role here.
But here was the very telling thing about the effectiveness of Zekes gameplay from this entire incident.
I have always given him a lot of credit in this department.
But what was so noticeable was the reaction of Debbie and Sierra when Zeke starting feeding them intel.
And then Sierras reaction was, Whenever I talk to Zeke, I feel like he thinks Im stupid.
And I dont trust him.
But do you have the power to make them believe the lie?
Thats what makes a player special.
Here, Zeke was actually telling Debbie and Sierra the truth, and theystilldidnt believe it.
So thats not good and could be telling in terms of Zekes future in this game.
You also dont like to hear potential future jury members saying, Terrible game move.
You suck at this game.
I hope I see you never, as Andrea did while voting.
In lasting 24 days this time around, Ozzy has now played the most of anySurvivorplayer in history.
He also made the most hilarious fake idol inSurvivorhistory (its just a fing stick!).
But lets also not overstate that flaw.
Ozzy was one vote away from winningCook Islandsand one day away from winningSouth Pacific.
Alas, it was not meant to be.
But I choose to appreciate Ozzy for what he is, rather than dwell on what he is not.
So Ozzy is out of here and so am I back to vacation.
But weve got more goodies for you.
First off, its time to give away Ozzy and Halis original pre-game votes!
Longtime readers should know this one.
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