Rather than keep going down the line, Russell decided instead to get rid of John in Survivor: Samoa Episode 12.
Russell’s explanation to Shambo is that John targeted her, so he had to go.
Monica and Brett say that Russell and Mick are the biggest threats because of how strong their games have been. Jaison takes responsibility for the gameplay, claiming that Russell’s just the bulldog, but he has been the one making a lot of the decisions. I don’t think they’re stupid enough to buy this poor attempt at getting people to believe he’s played a strong game, but what they may buy is that Russell told Mick he made $2 million last year.
Rather than the reward challenge, they’re jumping right into immunity. It’s a Survivor bowling tournament. They will be randomly matched up against another person and get two shots to score the most points. Natalie and Shambo go first. Natalie gets a gutter ball. Shambo gets 9. Natalie is unable to beat this with her second roll and is eliminated. Brett and Russell go next. Brett misses. Russell gets 4. Brett gets a gutter ball and is out. Jaison and Monica square off. Jaison gets 2. Monica gets nothing. Jaison gets another 4. Monica gets just 1 and is eliminated. Mick and Dave are the last pairing. Mick scores 4. Dave gets a strike. Mick gets 4 more, which is not enough. Shambo and Russell start off round 2. Shambo scores 5. Russell gets 4. Shambo misses on her second try. Russell misses as well, and he’s out. Jaison and Dave compete for the final spot in the final round. Jaison misses. Dave gets a gutter ball. Jaison scores 7. Dave gets a gutter ball. That puts Jaison and Shambo in the final round. Seems unlikely either of them would be a target anyway, but one of them will get immunity. Shambo gets nothing. Jaison also gets nothing. Shambo gets nothing again. Jaison knocks over more than 1 to win immunity.
The plan is to get rid of Dave. Again. Monica suggests getting rid of Shambo instead. She’s a threat because the majority of the jury is Galu. This logic suggests that people on Galu actually liked Shambo. Ultimately, though, as long as Shambo does not flip back to the other side, which it seems unlikely she would do, they could easily vote either way and still retain the majority.
Shambo’s completely onboard with the Dave vote. If Dave is not voted out, she will be chatting with Russell. Them’s not really fighting words.
Votes
Shambo
Dave
Dave
Dave
Dave
Dave
This week, Shambo gets her wish, and Dave has been voted off the island. That officially puts Foa Foa up in numbers for the first time.
Since we’re just crossing the half hour mark, it’s obviously not over yet.
Russell says that Brett is the biggest threat in the game. He’s too likeable.
Because Russell said at tribal council that his biggest concern is getting rid of people he can’t beat, Mick is freaking out. Will Russell turn on him? Of course he would. It’s just a matter of navigating the waters until then without stirring the pot too much.
So now it’s another immunity challenge. They must race out into the water, retrieve bags, and race back. They will then use a plank to get bags into their basket. First person to get all three in wins. The men are off to the head start, with the women bringing up the rear, Natalie in particular. Brett scores first. Mick is behind him, and then Russell. Shambo’s the next one to score. Brett scores 2 with Mick right behind him. Jaison finally gets his first. Russell has 2. Natalie then grabs her first. That leaves just Monica still scoreless. It’s looking like a battle between Brett and Mick. Brett wins immunity.
Brett having immunity puts the target on Monica. They go talk to Mick to try to pull him over. Getting rid of Russell would sure be a good move if it can be pulled off, but Mick doesn’t want to end up on the short end of the numbers stick. Granted, if they don’t flip now, they may not be able to, unless they can get either Natalie or Shambo to join them.
Then Monica reveals to Russell that Jaison’s just counting down the days to day 36 when it’s his final day to play the idol. By the way, Jaison also revealed that Russell’s a multi-millionaire, so she would not vote for him because her plan is to vote based on need. Russell’s mad now. Jaison actually doesn’t remember what he told her. He was just rambling.
Russell still wants to get rid of Monica because she’s a little bitch who needs to shut her piehole, but he’s keeping Jaison’s betrayal in mind.
First thing at tribal council, Russell pulls out the hidden immunity idol and puts it around his neck.
Monica says that the only reason Russell’s still around is the idols. As stupid a statement as any we’ve heard thus far.
Votes
Monica
Russell
Monica
Russell
Monica
Monica
With 5 votes, Monica has been voted off the island.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Samoa Episode 14 Two Brains Are Better than One, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.