Last night episode when like this for me…
Previously on Survivor…
ZZZZZZZ
Don’t understand anyone’s plan.
Cut to the Immunity Doll,
Vote off Brandon and keep Jamie after something about disrespect??? Huh?
Most boring Survivor ever! Why do I watch this show? Husband is a rabid fan.
I got the impression it’s yours to keep until they’re down to the Final Four. Jeff said the ‘Powers of Immunity’ expire at Final Four. So if you find it, you’re guaranteed a spot on FF.
If you find it and don’t tell, that’s your fault - I think you’re supposed to take it and keep it with you. After all, it’s little. Six inches tall, right? You could hide it in your pocket.
…please… resist… take fingers off keys…
Hey Bobby, are you glad to see me or is that an idol in your pocket!?
…ouch! …tomatoes hurt bad… taste good…
See, this is why I shouldn’t post until the morning after: I didn’t remember this. (In my defense, this season feels like it’s been going on forever – did Vanuatu ever end?) So, you could very well be correct. Because Jamie and Steph only aligned with Judd originally to save their own butts, right? And since no original Yaxhás have been voted out since the switch-em-up … Hmm. I wonder if that was the conversation that Gary and Rafe were having when Gary said something about “we’ll still be in power” – of course we all assumed the “we” was Gary-Danni-BJ-Brandon plus Rafe, but what if it was really old Yaxhá?
Also … I had some thoughts this morning regarding Zippy, our small emergency backup Immunity Idol. Once someone uses Zippy, is he back up for grabs, or is he a once-and-done? And I forget what the Treemail said – is he transferrable? Regardless, I have a feeling that someone has found Zippy, and it think it is one of two people: Gary or Rafe. I can’t put my finger on exactly what it is, but something about their interaction last night leads me to believe that they are pretty tight, and they’re going to watch out for each other as long as they can. And unless Rafe either had Zippy, or knew he was under the protection of someone who does, I can’t otherwise imagine why he wouldn’t have stayed in for Earnest.
One more thing: the fact that Stephenie sat out, instead of trying for Earnest? Just one more thing about her that disappoints me this season. For someone who’s supposed to be so competitive and so dedicated and so awesome, she sure was quick to give up, wasn’t she? Another person who sold their soul for barbecue chicken. Hope it was the best meal ever!
As a point of clarification, I meant that “no original Yaxhás have been voted out of new Nakúm since the switch-em-up.” I’m blonde, give me a break … or else you’ll taste my stewed tomatoes, bee-yotch! 
Question asked and answered just above your post. 
Sounded to me like it was yours to keep until the Final Four or until you need it, whichever comes first. If you have it, and you’re smart enough to wield that power wisely, than it can get you to F4, but it doesn’t necessarily guarantee your spot. They never make promises on this show, you know. If you’re smart enough to work the system, you won’t need to let anyone know what’s in your pockets. But … (i.e., If you don’t have Earnest around your neck, you’ll need to cash Zippy like a paycheck to save your butt if your head’s on the block.)
They never said what happens if, say, someone uses Zippy next week. Does he get re-hidden, then, or what?
I’m betting it’s one and done. You can use it to get past the curent tribal when you use it, but you can’t use it every week. I don’t think it’s a guarantee to the final four, you just have to use it before the final four.
I just want to say thanks to Middleman for his weekly rankings. I haven’t been able to see most of this season because I get home at 8:45. I’m not interested enough to figure out how to tape it with our newly upgefucked system, and I’m not interested enough to even bother reading the TWoP recaps. But I can stay up on things with the weekly Rich Rankings. So, thanks.
After watching TC, it’s been decided that BobbyJon is actually the human incarnation of Boomhauer from “King of the Hill”. I kind of like the goof though. He stated he can’t stand Stephenie which shows there are some brains in that block head.
Who is Cindy? Has there been camera time of her before? If so, I sure as heck don’t remember. Even the people I was watching with said “Hunh? Who’s she?”
I thought for sure Rafe and Cindy were going to vote for Jamie. Stupid sheeple. So, if BobbyJon was next on the roster for the boot, and now Jamie is working everone’s last nerve, next week’s episode could be pretty good. I would love to see sweaty, muscular, unintelligible guys duke it out. With subtitles, of course.
I also think it is a one and done. If it was a lock for the final four, why would anyone hide it?
The tree mail (and Probst) said something along the lines of you having to reveal it BEFORE the vote where you want to use it.
If it was a guarantee of the final four, why wouldn’t the bearer ever wait to use it? Why notshow it for all to see?
I got the impression it was like a Get Out of Jail Free Card. One and done.
She’s the Zookeeper. She seems nice to me.
English to English subtitles. Gotta love those Neanderthals. Homo Sapiens Sapiens got nuthin on you boy!
I actually thought this was a really good episode in the middle of an average season.
The editing of the conversations post-immunnity challenge was really moving. I could really sense Brandon’s hopelessness and his desire to stay.
I’m really pissed Brandon is off the show. He was my favorite this year.
Is it just the way I’m perceiving him, or did Bobby John resemble the pissed-off Caveman from the Geico commercials last night at the TC?
I think Cindy’s kinda cute.
Exactly my thoughts when I posted that. Hogeboom needs 'em, too.
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She’s hot.
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If Rafe, Cindy, and Lydia are smart, they will form an alliance of three. They should continue to vote with their main alliance of 6 next week, knocking off, say, Bobby John.
THEN they should flip and form a weak alliance with Gary and Danni, voting off Stephenie then Judd then Brandon (in order, smartest to dumbest). That would leave Rafe, Cindy, and Lydia with a 3-2 advantage over Gary and Danni.
Oh, and I don’t see the hidden immunity idol as having a huge effect. All it means is that when you go to tribal council you need to have a backup plan of who to vote off if the victim springs an immunity idol on you.
Yeah, but the Power Party doesn’t seem to have much of a front-up plan, backup may be beyond their capabilities. They’re most definitely not brainsmanship.
I want Rafe to be my friend. He can come over and braid my hair and we can watch Sandra Bullock movies. I think that would be awesome. Last night, he became my new favorite. Not that I really had an old favorite, but whatever.
Man, Papa T. and I are turning into the king and queen of jinxing. Last week we talked about how much we liked Amy, so what happens? Booted. This week, Brandon.
Of course, with this newfound power, maybe we could get people we hate off the show. But we’d have to pretend to like them enough to be able to talk about it with a straight face. Not much chance of that happening, alas.
I’m kind of with rockle on the potentially secret original Yaxhá alliance. That would certainly be preferable to a Steph-Judd-Jamie final three. Argh.