Month: October 2008

Survivor: Gabon Episode 6

GC decided he’d had enough and asked his tribe to get rid of him in Survivor: Gabon Episode 5. Apparently, he was surprised by the backstabbing and lack of food (on Survivor). His tribe honored his request, despite having found out that Sugar has the hidden immunity idol, putting old Fang in a rather precarious position, one which goes quite nicely with new Fang’s rather dim prospects as a whole.

Ace is looking for a Benedict Arnold. Shouldn’t be hard to find considering old Fang just voted out one of their own. Matty feels as if he’s in a terrible position within his tribe. Ace approaches him and offers him a deal until merge. Not a very good deal. Anyway, Ace gets to keep Sugar, Matty gets to keep Ken, and they’ll all watch each other.

The tribe is concerned that Dan is eating way too much food, as he’s taking large servings and going back for more. That can be the kiss of death.

Fang also has concerns about food because they’ve failed to ration the rice properly and don’t have much else.

Ace tells Sugar he’s pretty sure they went through her bag. She’s got an idea. She gives the idol to Ace instead. Of all the dumb moves I’ve seen, this was the latest.

Kota’s happy to see GC is out of the game when they arrive at the challenge. Each tribe will be tethered to a snake. Tribes will run and try to catch each other. If someone gets tired and wants to drop out, they can disconnect, but the rest of the tribe will have to pick up their weight. Yeah, it’s a physical challenge. Do we even need to watch to see the results? Reward is a breakfast feast. Corinne sits out for Kota. Fang manages to get an early lead, which lasts for about one lap before Kelly starts struggling. Sugar and Ken both drop, and Kelly is close behind them. Susie is the first out for Kota. Matty starts to get annoyed with Crystal and wants her to drop out, which she does, but the weight is too much for two people to hold. It’s not long before Kota catches Matty and Ace to win reward. Jeff gives them a sample to eat right away, which Randy happily rubs in Fang’s faces, a great way to create unnecessary hostility toward himself. Crystal is getting tired of losing. Sugar will be going back to Exile Island. Again.

You’d think they would just dig in and celebrate, but Kota is worried that Dan will pig out, so they end up more concerned about how it’s going to be divided. While they’re dividing it up, Dan says this is an extra meal and they need to still cook dinner.

Sugar feels guilty that this year Exile offers comfort. She gets to eat while her tribe starves, since she already has (had) the idol.

Fang views Crystal’s crying after the challenge as an indication she’s breaking down like GC did.

Kota’s already got plenty of food it seems, but then they also stumble upon a big turtle.

At the immunity challenge, tribes are divided into pairs. They’ll gather flag pole pieces on an obstacle course. Each leg will add another obstacle, making it more difficult. Susie sits out for Kota. Bob & Randy start off against Kelly & Sugar. Fang gets off to an early lead as Randy drags for Kota, but Kota turns things around on the second half of the leg that involves carrying flag pole pieces. Corinne & Charlie have a good lead over Ace & Crystal (why isn’t Ace on the last leg?). Fang manages to erase much of Kota’s lead as Dan & Marcus go against Matty & Ken. Going over the last obstacle instead of under it, Fang gets a slight lead at the halfway point, and Ken’s looking a lot more impressive than I would have anticipated. On the second half of the leg, Kota retakes the lead as I expected, but it’s pretty close as they go to assemble the flag pole. Jeff says assembling the flag pole will take teamwork. With that said, Kota wins immunity. Jeff has a warning for Fang: if you continue to play like individuals, you’ll be at tribal council every time.

Ace wants to send Kelly home, which they should have done two weeks ago.

Matty tells Ace he wants to flush the idol. Ace tells him Sugar can’t play it tonight, which is true.

Crystal is tired of Ace and thinks Matty is stupid for telling Ace everything without getting anything in return. Ken seems onboard with the Kelly plan, but he believes there’s reason to be suspicious that Matty’s flipping. Matty tells him all they have to know is that Kelly’s next. Because that’s all Ace has told him.

After Ken talks to Matty, he wants to have a discussion with Sugar alone. She asks if she should get the idol back from Ace. Why is she asking this? She’s either really ridiculous or a genius at this game. She takes the idol out of Ace’s jacket, and Ken tells her she needs to keep it on her at all times.

Ace accepts some blame for the challenge loss at tribal council, though it’s hardly fair to suggest he needs to be voted out because of it since it’s not like the rest of them contributed to the final stage of the challenge either.

Kelly suggests Crystal is not stable, and Crystal’s response to that is to get loud, which is supposed to prove she’s stable I guess. Kelly says that Ace also talked about Crystal’s crying at the challenge. He doesn’t like that he’s been thrown under the bus “for no apparent reason.” He tries to lie his way out of this, but I doubt anyone’s buying it. Crystal’s classy response to all this is to give Kelly the finger as she’s voting her out.

Votes
Kelly
Crystal
Kelly
Kelly
Kelly

Kelly has been voted out, proving Ace is firmly in control of this tribe. Not that it’s necessarily a good thing to be in control of a tribe that’s falling apart.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Gabon episode 7, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Families Episode 7

New teams were picked in The Biggest Loser Families Episode 6. Despite Heba’s poor judgment in picking her blue team, the black team lost the weigh-in, and Shellay was voted out for some reason.

Jillian brings her team to do a ropes course in hopes of reenergizing them. As long as Coleen doesn’t have a heart attack from being 45 feet above the ground. Bob, meanwhile, has his team hop on trapezes.

Following the drama where she claimed she wanted to go home last week, Jillian is trying to push Michelle so that she can learn to meet her mom half way.

They’ve got another activity: assailant defense class. They get to beat up some padded guy for a day.

The contestants pay a visit to Dr. H hoping for better news than they got week 1. Michelle has added 6 years to her life after 6 weeks, while her mother has added 22 years. Brady’s no longer a 72-year-old man in cardio, as he’s down now to 43. Vicky has lost 38 pounds of hydrated fat. Amy C’s down from 47 to 34, having dropped weight and smoking. Amy P has lost 20% of her abdominal volume. Coleen is now able to do what a 30-year-old is on the treadmill, an improvement over her start of an out of shape 55-year-old. Heba started at 52% body fat but is down 38 pounds of fat.

They see water when they approach the challenge, a bad sign. Each team has a circular balance beam. They have to walk around the balance beam, and every time a team member passes the laser, the team will score a point. Reward is videos from home. Amy C will sit out with an injured knee. Amy P falls pretty quickly, with Vicky close behind her. Heba’s next out. It’s all up to Brady for blue. Coleen is the first person down for the black team. Michelle and Renee are having a siesta but finally start moving eventually. Brady falls, so the whole blue team is out and will remain out unless everybody from black falls. Blue tries to smack talk because they don’t have anything else to do. After black scores 15 points, Michelle falls. One point later, Phil falls. Renee finishes it off, and the black team wins 25-0. Vicky says she doesn’t care because the prize is lame. I get her point, but I’m not sure how good an idea it is to say it in front of everyone. Bob’s not impressed with his team’s attitude, nor is Amy P.

It turns out it’s not just a video. It’s a video conference with their families. Eliminated player Jerry is also back and doing well.

Phil makes a mistake at the last chance workout and says “I can’t.” So Jillian gives him the option of getting back on the treadmill or throwing up. He picks the latter. On the other side of the gym, his wife is working out and working on breaking her legs in half.

Phil approaches Brady afterward and tells him that they should get rid of Heba. This will give them a reason to get rid of Amy P, not that they need one.

It’s time for the weigh-in.

Renee: 225 pounds (-7)
Michelle: 202 pounds (-7)
Coleen: 179 pounds (-8)
Phil: 272 pounds (-7)
Total: -29 pounds, 3.2%

Amy C: 193 pounds (-6)
Heba: 253 pounds (-5)
Vicky: 203 pounds (-8)
Amy P: 191 pounds (-2)
Brady: 283 pounds (-3)
Total: -24 pounds, 2.09%

Bit of a trainwreck for blue team. Vicky did well and is safe, but everybody else (aka Amy P) is fair game.

Heba, who picked this lackluster team to begin with, is pretending like Phil targeting her is the real reason she wants to vote out Amy P. Her case against being voted out is that Brady’s not pulling his weight. Interestingly, both of them should have quite impressive weeks next week should they stick around.

Votes
Vicky: Amy P
Brady: Amy P
Amy C: Brady
Amy P: Brady
Heba: Amy P

With three votes, Amy P is not the biggest loser. She is down from a size 20 to a size 8.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Families episode 8, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Heroes Season 3 Episode 6

On Heroes Season 3 Episode 5, Adam escaped from Hiro, Maya found out Suresh is becoming a monster, Daphne was approached by Linderman to do some recruiting, and we met the man pulling the strings.

Now we take a look back at what actually happened between Hiro and Ando. Hiro got a fake sword and a blood pack and told Ando to play dead. It makes him look like a villain. Like Daphne. She gives him an assignment to go to Africa to capture the painter and bring him back alive.

Claire’s going to rescue her mother from Eric. Sandra’s going with her. Surely there are better mother/daughter bonding experiences. Meanwhile, Meredith is telling Eric she never loved him because he disgusts her. His mind control is preventing her from doing anything unless he wants her to do it.

Adam’s hanging out with Knox, and they go see Arthur Petrelli, who’s lying in bed with tubes in him. After he grabs hold of Adam and makes him disintegrate, he’s able to sit up, breathe on his own, and talk.

Daphne’s at the airport where Linderman meets her. She’s feeling guilty that she has turned Hiro evil. He talks her into proceeding with her next assignment, Parkman, who arrives with his turtle. Thanks to his trip to the future, Parkman already knows who she is, so she doesn’t have to do any convincing to get him to go somewhere with her.

Nathan brings Tracy to see Suresh. She shows him her powers and explains that a doctor gave them to her. Her main concern is having her power removed, but Suresh is particularly interested in this because giving people powers is exactly what he’s trying to do.

Daphne’s not hitting on Parkman. She’s just trying to give him an assignment. So he tells her the story about how he knows her, which makes her think he may be a bit of a stalker. While she does whatever it is she needs to do, he’ll wait there for her and not move.

Suresh gives Nathan and Tracy some shots. Then they collapse.

Daphne arrives to spring Sylar. He doesn’t want to leave and doesn’t trust her. She gives him a business card and flees. He wakes up Peter and tells him he doesn’t want to be a monster any more and that their mother is in trouble.

Ando and Hiro arrive in Africa. They’re not kidnapping an innocent man. They’re just “borrowing” him. When he goes to see the precog, Hiro finds a painting that’s still wet. In it, he’s getting hit over the head with a shovel.

Sandra pretends she’s there to book a birthday party for her son, but Eric busts her and stops her from leaving. Claire goes in back to save Meredith, but she can’t exactly move of her own free will. Now Claire can’t move either.

When Hiro wakes up, Ando convinces him to time travel back to one minute before he got hit with the shovel. He arrives one minute earlier and is greeted with another painting of himself being hit over the head with a shovel. Just in time to see himself getting hit over the head with a shovel the first time, too.

Daphne wants to recruit Suresh as well, and she hears Tracy and Nathan in need of help. She figures he’s just as bad as the rest of them, so she leaves the business card and takes off.

Hiro’s got a new plan: hide and wait for the painter to come back.

Eric wants to play a game (and also to not be interrupted by Barbie). He wants Claire to choose between Meredith and Sandra. He makes her pull the trigger on Sandra, but only one chamber’s full. Now it’s Sandra’s turn. She gets Claire, who tells her to go ahead because she knows it’s not like she can hurt her anyway. She pulls three times before it fires. Claire recovers quickly, gets up, and knocks out the unsuspecting Eric.

Sylar and Peter pay a visit to Angela, and Sylar wants Peter to look inside her head to find out what’s wrong. He gets an image, which is on the business card Sylar got from Daphne. Peter wants to go research what’s happening, but Sylar wants him to stay. A battle of heroes ensues, with Peter getting his way.

Tracy tries to convince Suresh she understands him, but as she grabs his hand, she uses her freezing powers to knock him down and escape. He’s not done with them quite yet, though.

As Parkman’s about to give up on Daphne returning, she arrives and tells him that she’s supposed to recruit him, but she doesn’t want to because he’s not like all the evil people she’s recruited so far. He warns her she needs to stay away from them, too, because of what he saw in the future. She doesn’t trust that he can protect her, so she plans to do what she always does: keep moving too fast to get caught.

At nightfall, Hiro tries his sneak attack plan. He grabs the shovel and prepares to strike the precog, who tells him he passed the test of not relying too much on his powers and is now ready. He shows him the painting, which contains the Pinehearst logo.

The bad guys arrive to see Arthur, as does Peter, who’s surprised to see that his father’s alive. He gives his father a hug. Bad move. Now his father’s got his powers.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Heroes Season 3 episode 7 Eris Quod Sum, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.

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Prison Break Season 4 Episode 8

They managed to get the fifth card copied in Prison Break Season 4 Episode 7, but all news was not good news. Gretchen has stopped by with the pages from the bird book, and she wants them to free T-Bag, foiling the plans to send him back to prison. And their device for copying cards has been confiscated because Roland just couldn’t help but gamble with it.

Lincoln’s thinking about the accidental on purpose car wreck plan again, only with shots being fired this time.

Gretchen approaches Michael and Self. She wants to bring down the company, claiming her name’s on the same hit list as Michael’s. Her package deal is that she’s in if T-Bag is.

Michael tells Sara that he’s fine and that Lincoln’s just overprotective. Oh, and by the way, the woman that tortured her all those months is alive. However, he tells her that Gretchen and T-Bag will get exactly what’s coming to them as soon as they get the information they need.

T-Bag doesn’t trust Scofield and thinks Susan’s a fool for trusting him herself. He gets a visit from Fang, who reminds him he gave him three days to get Scylla. Gretchen reminds him how she helped him before when she was working for the company. He agrees to give her $125 million for Scylla.

Lincoln’s still on the car wreck theory. Sara will pump the general full of morphine. To make it not look suspicious, they need to control who the paramedics who show up on site are as well. They plan to grab the card and download it on a laptop.

Gretchen wants Self to give a message to Sara: meet her at a motel to “clear the air.” For some unknown reason, she’s not interested.

T-Bag wants to know what his cut is. Gretchen agrees to $25 million. She doubts Scofield and his crew will be around to collect, though. She lets him know that Scylla isn’t just the company’s little black book.

The general’s on the move, and everybody’s in place. Lincoln and Sucre are in the crash dummy car preparing for a head on collision. As they’re just about ready to go, Wyatt shows up and starts shooting. Perhaps Wyatt can trust the phone calls he’s getting from Roland after all.

Self tells Gretchen she doesn’t have any rank in this situation and better get out of the country once this is all over.

The secretary’s working with T-Bag, who tells her the payday for this is $1 million. She’ll work with him to make sure Gretchen doesn’t go back on her word.

Good thing they had an ambulance. Sara has managed to get the bullet out of Sucre.

Roland’s removed his ankle bracelet and disabled it. He grabs the car and his laptop and disappears. He meets up with Wyatt, who doesn’t have his money but does shoot him in the leg. Yeah, dumb idea to trust that this was a legitimate business transaction.

Despite her flashbacks, Sara goes to meet with Gretchen at the motel. Gretchen calls for a cease fire and offers her the chance to get revenge: 5 minutes to put as many scars on her back as possible. Sara just wants to know the name of the guard Gretchen left to die in her arms. The guard helped her escape, and Gretchen says she got what she deserved then. Sara promises to get even when this is over.

Roland tells where the brothers are, and then Wyatt shoots him anyway. The others come from behind and attack Wyatt and grab the laptop.

The general says this isn’t an attempt on his life… it’s an attempt on his card. He wants it moved.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Prison Break season 4 episode 9 Greatness Achieved, which airs Monday at 9/8c on Fox.

The Amazing Race 13 Episode 4

Having proved to be one of the strongest teams in the first two legs, Mark & Bill misread a clue telling them to travel by foot, which was enough to eliminate them in The Amazing Race 13 Episode 3.

With the football game going into overtime, The Amazing Race will be off to a late start as usual. A live blog will begin around 8:45 when 60 Minutes is over.

Kelly & Christy take the time at the pit stop to confront Nick & Starr. Yes, again.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Ken & Tina – 12:33AM
Second: Toni & Dallas – 12:59AM
Third: Terence & Sarah – 1:04AM
Fourth: Marisa & Brooke – 1:05AM
Fifth: Aja & Ty – 1:06AM
Sixth: Nick & Starr – 1:07AM
Seventh: Andrew & Dan – 1:08AM
Eighth: Kelly & Christy – 1:20AM

The teams are pretty well bunched together following the last close leg. Ken & Tina say they’ve turned the corner and are now getting along a lot better. Dallas tells us he’s college educated. Nick & Starr say they don’t take anything personally on the race. Kelly & Christy like everybody… except Nick & Starr.

Teams will now fly 6900 miles to Auckland, New Zealand, meaning people who speak English (though the teams will probably still try speaking Spanish). The counters are all closed, but teams can look for flights on the Internet. Andrew & Dan believe they have a prayer with Marisa & Brooke. Aja & Ty are bickering with each other while looking for flights. Everybody gets on the same flight, so it doesn’t all end up mattering anyway.

The first clue is at Gulf Harbour, where they untie knots to get their next clue. Aja & Ty are getting along now, but the flat tire from him driving on the curb should test their stress some. The good news for them is that Marisa & Brooke seem as though they’re trailing everybody by quite a bit.

From there, they will drive to the summit of Mount Eden. If they wish, they can opt for the fast forward (the first of two on the race), which is at the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere, the Auckland Sky Tower. Ken & Tina and Andrew & Dan will be doing the fast forward, which involves climbing to the top of the tower. Ken & Tina arrive at the fast forward first. Andrew & Dan, who know they’re behind Ken & Tina the whole way there, keep driving anyway, but turn back when they arrive and notice another car in the parking lot. Having won the fast forward, Ken & Tina will skip all tasks and take a helicopter ride to the next pit stop.

Kelly & Christy can’t seem to find the way to drive up to the summit, so they run up to it instead. That’d be a penalty, but they’re killing enough time that it probably won’t be. The road block is to pick an image and find the matching Maori tattoo from the group of warriors.

Road block (in order of arrival): Terence, Toni, Andrew, Christy, Starr, Aja, Brooke

The next clue is at the City Life Hotel. They’ll have to spot a Travelocity roaming gnome. When they get their gnomes, they’ll go to Kiwi 360.

The detour is a choice between matter of time or matter of skill. In matter of time, they’ll need to crush kiwis with their feet. In matter of skill, they must assemble and drive blokarts. The kiwi container is lined with jagged rocks, which could be bad going forward if they cut up their feet too bad. Most of the teams struggle with matter of time, but those who finish it head to the front of the pack. Aja & Ty are still arguing, but lucky for them the blondes have been way behind everybody all day long. Starr wipes out on the blokart and injures her arm but still completes the task.

Matter of time: Terence & Sarah, Kelly & Christy, Marisa & Brooke
Matter of skill: Toni & Dallas (switched from matter of time), Nick & Starr (switched from matter of time), Andrew & Dan (switched from matter of time), Aja & Ty (switched from matter of time)

The 1000 acre sheep farm Summer Hill is the pit stop for this leg of the race. Teams will be greeted by a special guest appearance of Phil’s dad.

First: Ken & Tina (win a trip to Rio de Janeiro)
Second: Terence & Sarah
Third: Kelly & Christy
Fourth: Toni & Dallas
Fifth: Nick & Starr
Sixth: Andrew & Dan
Seventh: Aja & Ty
Eliminated: Marisa & Brooke

I was hoping for Aja & Ty to be able to be put out of their misery, but Marisa & Brooke were the weakest link, despite their positive attitude.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 13 Episode 5 Do It Like a Madman, which airs Sunday at 8/7cish on CBS.

The Amazing Race Asia 3 Episode 6

Mai & Oliver had a run of bad luck in The Amazing Race Asia 3 Episode 5, were ultimately unable to complete the leg, and were eliminated.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Vince & Sam – 6:11AM
Second: Henry & Bernie – 10:07AM
Third: AD & Fuzzie – 10:09AM
Fourth: Geoff & Tisha – 11:36AM
Fifth: Ida & Tania – 1:30PM

Teams will be flying to Hong Kong, China. Vince & Sam are happy to have the hometown advantage to go along with their big lead. Geoff & Tisha realize they’re all alone on the race.

First flight: Vince & Sam
Second flight: Henry & Bernie
Third flight: AD & Fuzzie, Geoff & Tisha
Fourth flight: Ida & Tania

All flights are direct and within about 4 hours of each other.

When they arrive in Hong Kong, teams will head from King’s Park to Central, Hong Kong, the main business district. The first trick is finding a cab. Geoff & Tisha let their good cab driver go when they’re getting the first clue, while AD & Fuzzie can’t seem to find a cab driver willing to go to Central.

The detour is a choice between get fishy or get lucky. In get fishy, teams must clean, gut, and scale 15 fish. In get lucky, teams must bite open fortune cookies until they find the right fortune. The dumb luck tasks are typically a bad idea, but it turns out this time the fortune cookie task is easier.

Get lucky: Sam & Vince, Geoff & Tisha, AD & Fuzzie, Ida & Tania
Get fishy: Henry & Bernie

The next stop is the Ladies Market via ferry from Central Pier. The three teams in the middle are on the same ferry. Geoff & Tisha stay on their own, while the other two teams sit together. The road block is to choose a handbag and search the market to find a woman who’s carrying the matching handbag.

Road block (in order of arrival): Sam, Bernie, AD, Tisha, Ida

The pit stop for this leg of the race is Blake Pier at Stanley Bay, a popular seaside town in Hong Kong.

First: Vince & Sam (win a spa getaway in Thailand)
Second: Henry & Bernie
Third: Geoff & Tisha
Fourth: AD & Fuzzie
Non-eliminated: Ida & Tania

This was a pretty obvious leg. One team way out in front, three somewhere in the middle, and one way in the back, but it was apparent there had to be a NEL since there haven’t been any yet. Ida & Tania have been non-eliminated, but they’ll need a friendlier leg next time if they hope to stay in the race. It’s mugging time, as Allan asks them for all their money.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Amazing Race Asia 3 episode 7, and don’t forget the live blogs of The Amazing Race 13.

Survivor: Gabon Episode 5

After a tribe shuffle, the new physically weak Fang tribe voted out one of its stronger members, Jacquie, in Survivor: Gabon Episode 4.

When she gets back from Exile, Sugar’s disappointed to see Kelly is still around rather than Jacquie.

Randy’s eating good and pleased with his new tribe.

This is Africa, so of course there are some wild animals. Fang spots an elephant near their camp. So obviously they decide to have a staring contest with it. Then Ace and Matty hop in a kayak and see how close they can get.

At the challenge, jaws drop when they find out Jacquie’s gone. Reward is an herb garden, salt and oil, and fruit. It’s a game of fruit baseball. The tribes have to toss fruit past a defender wielding a stick to their partners on the opposite side. Fang gets off to an early lead with Matty and Ken working together well. Dan gets the idea eventually, and they manage to pass Fang. Fang has 16 pounds of fruit. With 18 pounds, Kota wins reward. Sugar’s heading back to Exile.

Dan suggests that new Kota should stick together post-merge and keep going strong. Marcus doesn’t believe his enthusiasm for the new tribe.

Since she’s already got the idol, Sugar gets to opt for comfort when she gets to Exile.

GC decides to argue with Crystal because… he can. Ace sits back and enjoys the fireworks.

Pre-challenge, Matty says their chances are slim. As they’re getting ready to leave, they can’t find GC because he took off on his own. Crystal doesn’t care where he is and whether he got eaten by a monkey. In the nick of time, he returns, and they head off to see Jeff.

One member from each tribe will throw a ball down a hill. A blindfolded member from the other tribe will try to stop that ball from getting into a goal with the aid of a caller. The defender for Fang is Ace; the caller is Sugar. The defender for Kota is Dan; the caller is Randy. In the first round, Charlie scores 2 for Kota, while Matty scores 5 for Fang. Susie scores 2 more for Kota in the next round, while GC’s throw is blocked. Dan blocks his own ball, while Fang scores 2 more for a 7-4 lead. Crystal’s throw is blocked for Fang, as Kota scores 2 more points. Dan blocks Fang’s next ball. Randy yells “Freeze, Ace, freeze,” and Ace listens, although he’s on the other team, so he doesn’t get anywhere near the ball. Kota scores again and wins immunity.

When they get back to camp, GC says he’s ready to leave the game. Crystal’s over him, thinks he’s a loser, and wants to cut her losses and drop him. After some searching through Sugar’s bag and finding out she’s got the idol, though, they want to blindside her.

At tribal council, Sugar acknowledges she keeps her bag out where anybody can go through it if they want.

Votes
GC
GC
Kelly
GC
GC

Per his request, GC has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Gabon episode 6 He’s a Snake, But He’s My Snake, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Families Episode 6

Following Ed and Heba’s last place finish in The Biggest Loser Families Episode 5, Ed went home.

They can smell baked goods from a mile away and know they’re in for a temptation. One person will get the control to choose teams. Whoever has eaten the most calories wins the right to pick the teams. The lights go out, and now it’s time to eat in the dark. Heba speaks up and tries to take control of the challenge, wanting to keep the teams the same. Amy C and Shellay, however, disagree and speak up about it. Phil also disagrees and proceeds to chow down in silence. His peanutbutter cup eating doesn’t go unnoticed by Heba, and as much as he wants to answer her accusations, he can’t since you can’t talk with peanutbutter in your mouth unless you’re a horse.

The three contenders for the challenge are Amy C, Phil, and Heba. Phil ate two peanutbutter cups for 210 calories. Amy ate a brownie, which is 340 calories. The most was Heba with two donuts, which is 400 calories, and she wins the challenge and is able to choose the teams. She ain’t happy with Phil’s efforts during the challenge.

Jillian’s black team: Renee, Coleen, Michelle, Phil, Shellay
Bob’s blue team: Heba, Vicky, Amy P, Amy C, Brady

Heba assures us that, even though it may seem personal, which it is, her putting Phil and his wife on different teams is just gameplay. She has also split up Amy C and Shellay, while keeping her allies Vicky and Brady together and on her side.

Bob warns Heba that her decision to get rid of Phil was stupid and will backfire because it’s not smart decision making in this house.

As the sun is rising, Alison wakes everybody up and tells them the challenge will begin in 10 minutes. This challenge, 14 hours long, will last from sun up to sun down and is the longest challenge in the show’s history. They have the whole day to climb the mountain as many times as they can. There is some degree of insanity to this. At the top and bottom of each run, they’ll take their picture. Every person in the picture is worth a point, and all 5 is worth a bonus point. The winning team will get a 2 pound pass. Black team’s strategy is to just stay together and keep getting the bonus points. Blue decides that Vicky is weighing them down, so they split up and let Brady go on his own as well to try to make up for the lost bonus points. The temperature rises to triple digits before long.

Around 1PM, the teams call a truce for a couple hours to rest. Shellay and Coleen don’t trust the truce. They’re not sure that the other team has really stopped, and they feel guilty for not being out there continuing. Coleen doesn’t want to burn her bridges too quickly, so they decide against breaking the truce, which lasts for about three and a half hours. Their combined total was over 160 miles, and they ended up within 1 mile of each other. With 162 points, the black team’s game of working together as a team was the winning effort. Brady, as an individual, ran the furthest, over 20 miles. Blue team scored 147 points.

Michelle apparently feels like she’s betraying her father by being there with her mother. Jillian has her call her father for some inspiration to stick around and to get his okay. When they get to the weigh-in, Alison confirms with her that she’s still willing to be there, and she says that she is ready to be there and wants to stay. I guess all this silly drama at least made for good TV.

Michelle: 209 pounds (-7)
Renee: 232 pounds (-5)
Phil: 279 pounds (-8)
Coleen: 187 pounds (-5)
Shellay: 189 pounds (-5)
Total: -30 pounds, 2.66%, minus 2 pounds = 2.84%

Amy C: 199 pounds (-9)
Vicky: 211 pounds (-6)
Brady: 286 pounds (-6)
Amy P: 193 pounds (-6)
Heba: 258 pounds (-8)
Total: -35 pounds, 2.96%

The black team loses the weigh-in. Michelle is the biggest loser for her team and is safe, but the rest of the team is at risk. They have three pretty logical choices to choose from here, none of which are Phil. However, he is the new guy, so they may want to get rid of him on that basis.

Votes
Michelle: Shellay
Phil: Renee
Renee: Shellay
Shellay: Renee
Coleen: Shellay

Would have made more sense to split up the mother/daughter team, but ultimately Shellay has been voted out. Shellay is down 8 dress sizes from where she began at the start of the season.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Families episode 7, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.