Hey guys!!!!
Can you believe it’s the finale already!!! What a journey this season has been. We’ve had some good laughs thanks to Deb, fun blindsides of Nick and Prissy Spacek Scot, some meh episodes, and a growing mutual hatred of Jiffy Probst.
Also a huge shout out to all you readers. I was really nervous to take over this monster of a show that is survivor, especially mid season. Thank you for reading all my drunken ramblings and laughing with me during some hard times. You guys make this so much fun for me and are why I keep recapping shows every year.
Speak of the devil. It took me about 10 seconds to get annoyed with Jiffy during this episode, as it started with him in the studio saying “the season finale of Survivor” in the corniest way possible.
We hate you
So we are left with 4 players left in a 2 hour finale. Does that mean we will finally have a final 2 that we all prefer to the final 3 concept???? Please please please please please????? Lets take a look at the 4 survivorettes
Tai – Very lovable at the beginning. However, totally hate his guts now thanks to participating in the TemperTantrum Twins antics and constantly sticking his foot in his mouth and having terrible social gameplay
Michele- very quite and sneaky. Is navigating this game under the radar, avoiding making enemies and building solid social relationships. While she may not be the strongest schemer, her jury management skills are pretty on point this season and her endgame has been pretty solid
Cyd – Besides looking like a human GI Joe doll (damn, girl is muscled) and somehow having the most beautiful skin ever, she has proven herself as a dominant strategic force in this game. She was instrumental in changing the tide of the game with the Nick vote off and has been a fairly dominant force since then
Aubry- Probably played an almost perfect game. Has been on the correct side of essentially every vote, while consistently entertaining us with her dorky antics and awkward dancing. I feel the jury may hold a grudge against her despite how well she played the game. However, with her guaranteed final 3 ruined with Joe’s exit. She will have to play hard to get to the finals
Honerable Mention: Mark – who somehow survived 39 days on a island full of starving people. AKA THE TRUE SOLE SURVIVOR
Back to the studio audience. Jiffy blabbers on about the season and doesn’t fail to mention Mark the Chicken in an effort to gain some likability points
Look at all these people telling me to shut up
We get the typical 10 minutes of recap of the season. All I’ve gotten from this is that Jiffy needs to take a season off so we can all have a break. Let’s just get Rob Cesternino to host a season. Or Parvati. We all need a break.
The episode begins with Mark trolling the other contestants attempting to make their lives miserable by waking them up early
Wake up reality TV sell outs – I am the true winner
I want someone to love me as much as Tai loves that chicken
Tai is worried the chicken will piss people off and lead to them voting for him. Yes Tai, it’s just the chicken that is going to do that. Not your flippy floppy inconsistencies and general annoying demeanor.
The rest of the survivorettes wake up and Aubry and Tai meet up to talk some early morning strategy. They agree that Aubry needs to get close to Cyd in an effort to break the 2 vs 2 deadlock they are currently in. They want Michele out, because of her social game (cue start to ominous Michele is probably going to win edit).
Michele and Cyd discuss an all girl final 3 (yussssssssss) but nothing really comes from it because we are whisked away to the reward challenge.
This reward challenge is basically 1 giant obstacle course that honestly I don’t feel like explaining because it is way too complicated. The prize though is a meal designed to refuel the body for the next immunity challenge.
Here are some action shots of the challenge
Surfin USA
Owwwwwww
Didn’t mamma ever tell ya not to run with scissors… or a machete???
Seems dangerous CBS producers. Basically, everyone has problems with the balance part except Aubry. However, at the puzzle part Aubry makes a big blunder and doesn’t realize that she has things paired wrong
Womp womp
She finally realizes that she has forgoten her basic 5th grade matching skills and manages to pull out a win and proceeds to charge tackle Jiffy and give him a hug
Hahahaha – she is such a dork
Jiffy then tells Aubry she has the option of bringing a friend if she wants. She decides to bring Cyd as per the conversation with Tai earlier. Aubry wants to get Cyd on her side, and give her some extra energy to so that they can all hopefully beat Michele in the next challenge. However, knowing the CBS editing fairies, by showing this interview, it means Michele is going to win it :/