Survivor - Week 4 Recap

By:?cantvotemeoff

It was a dark sultry sulky night, says Coach freshly back to camp after voting off Jerry who was weakened from eating beans or not eating beans or maybe he just needed an excuse to go AWOL. Coach says he and Erin got in a fight at TC over who was the better leader. He says she doesn?t know what she?s talking about. H ahs already set his sights on her being voted off next and announces that she is a CANCER ON THE TRIBE.

At dawn break Timbira sits around discussing who should be the leader and that Jeff showed his incredible brilliance bringing up that fact. Assistant Coach Tyson says he wasn?t paying attention and we see coach?s hamster spinning wildly on its wheel as he tries to figure out a way to spin this back to his favor. He finally says ?as much as I like leading, if you were voted off tomorrow I would gladly step into that role but I think that at this moment everybody including myself trusts you as being the leader. And as much as I would enjoy that role, we just need one person.? In private he again states if Brendan were voted off he would step up but doesn?t want to vote him off. He only wants iron that sharpens iron. These people here are new kids on the block. They haven?t been succeeding not thriving but existing. Look at me. Look at Brendan. Who looks stronger? I do. We need to thrive and not exist. I?ve been here they haven?t.

Coach metaphors 4
Pep talk 1
Throw Erin under bus 1
Ego stroking 2
And the drums begin to play.
COME ON COACH! I am this far into it and the drums are just now playing? Your long winded self-serving speeches are KILLLING ME!

Jalapao is still in their love fest mode as they wake all dry and happy. Taj goes off to talk to Stephen about the ultra secret wink wink alliance. Stephen?s gets as excited as Michael Jackson at a daycare center when he hears the plans for the four way cross tribe alliance. Taj tells him they are sending him and Sierra to Exile and that life at Exile is not that bad. Meanwhile Brendan (newly crowned king of Timbira) neglects to tell Sierra about the alliance plan and they head off to reward challenge.

At reward 3 people will have poles across shoulders while weight is added. Last one standing wins reward. Want to know what they are playing for? Two people will raid the other camp and take 2 items with them. Joe drops out at 140 pounds. Tyson drops out at 120. Brendan drops out as soon as they add weight going to 220. JT holds 220 for a while but ends up dropping out leaving Taj and Deb. Deb?s bar slides off her back leaving Taj as our winner. In a real show of sportsmanship Taj starts clapping and says Deb did a hell of a job and goes over to hug her. Taj sends Sierra to Exile and a not let in on the secret Sierra takes Taj.

Coach expresses his concern that they will take all their food and there will be nothing left of the tribe.

In this challenge JT ties Rupert for most weight. Wouldn?t that be an interesting match up? I?m seeing JT as an under the radar version of Ozzie. He?s good at fishing, challenges and a hard worker but doesn?t have that big target that Ozzie had from the get go. Interesting to see what happens if JT makes the merge.

Jalapao sends Joe and JT to raid the camp and Tyson says he wants to punch them in the head (not to their face of course). You know Tyson is getting every bit as annoying as Coach. The boys take 1 large bag of beans and a water can…very smart since you never know when Mark will throw some sort of shuffle in the mix.

At Jalapao,

Sandy wonders why they didn?t take both bags and said they made themselves look good to the other tribe but in reality…Timbira has NOTHING worth taking. While they are cooking beans Sandy repeats that they are farting beans at least 4 times leading her tribe mates to roll their eyes.

As promised in the previews we now get to see Sydney and her flirting…which consisted of a wink, a smile and a lame shoulder rub. Sandy says if I can?t outwit her with my body (?) I will outwit her with my brain. Ummm. yeah. Right. Whatever…good luck with all that.

On exile dune Taj gets the clue and knows it is at tree mail. She also gets a chance to tell Sierra about the cross tribe ultra secret wink wink. Sierra is all about it and cant believe she?s climbed up the food chain.

Tyson comes out of the woods in a loin cloth. While Timbira all laughs and Coach checks out his ASSets, we see Erin off by herself saying she can?t connect with these people because she?s had a bad break up recently. Without any regard to what Erin might be going through Tyson says he can?t wait til she?s voted off to have a tribal freak out.

At immunity challenge they are to retrieve puzzle poles with letters on them and put them in order to spell out a phrase. The challenge bored me to no end and I found my mind drifting during it…I was thinking about how if I was going on Survivor I would practiced untying knots, making fire without flint and learn what foods you could find around the place I was going to be stranded…I also was thinking that I had a know in my shoelace earlier this week and it was a giant pain in the butt to get it unknotted and that I would suck at challenges requiring that skill. I also noticed that Jeff was looking a little pale. Either 1) he is missing me so desperately that it?s really taking its toll on him or 2) he needs me to slather him with oil and we can lie on the beaches and let the natives bring us umbrella drinks.

Anyways…Timbira smokes Jalapao in the puzzle.

When we return from commercial the clever editing staff has inserted a clip of a cougar stalking a deer. I got the Sydney/Sandy reference but really? Cougar? YUCK!

When Jalapao returns to camp it is Taj who first brings up keeping Sandy and dumping Sydney…now she brings this up to Sandy, the cowboy and the anxious gay New Yorker…pretty safe audience.

At TC Sandy says she has recovered from first impressions and now fits in. Jeff asked if Sandy reflected on her age when you took into consideration that the rest of the tribe is a lot younger and ?relatively good looking?. OMG!!! JEFF JUST CALLED SANDY OLD AND UGLY! I about fell out laughing. Most of tribal questioning revolved around Sydney and how her being pretty just makes life so difficult for her. *gag*

But when the votes are finally cast it is Sandy who leaves us with Taj casting a vote for Joe…keeping both sides happy…or she?s been out in the sun too long.

On a side note I am sorry this week is late and short. I had to work late last night and run errands this morning. Get over it. Second, this was a boring show this week. The challenges were lame and the drama even lamer. Perhaps next week Coach will be doing something stupid.

Until the drums begin to play again.

CANT