Chaddogg's GUT....
Day 37: Life at camp without Rodger
Having returned to camp from the previous night's tribal council, all the members of Barramundi immediately miss their beloved Kentucky Joe. Lis is especially torn up about losing her friend. Not only is her hair falling out now due to the stress and malnutrition, but for the first time all game she feels alone - isolated with the Ogakors, and without any Kucha support network. Elisabeth believes herself to be short for this tribe, but vows to fight for everything she can get. (Possible addition: Rodger leaves his Bible with kind words of all...all cry...no evidence for this, though).
Tina approaches Lis and talks to her about Rodger's selfless sacrifice - his decision to leave the tribe first so that Lis could help pay the medical bills from her sick mother. Lis cries more, and tells Tina the story of her mom and the immunity headress she made in honor of her mom's brave fight with cancer, while watching the first Survivor. America sheds a collective tear.
Tree mail approaches, and surprise of surprises, the note reads: "If your brain is still sharp, and your eyes can catch, you can win a prize for tomorrow, by making the perfect match." Contestants go off to the challenge area, where within a square lie 36 baskets (maybe less). The Reward challenge: match as many objects as possible....and you must take any object you get. The winner with the most matches wins a meal tomorrow with a "special surprise guest". The contestants take turns, winning different pairs of items....spiders, snakes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc....and somehow, Lis ends up winning! Yeah Lis!
As darkness settles, the foursome wonder who Lis gets to see tomorrow, and Keith ponders to the camera in an interview how he feels good that Elisabeth won the challenge, since the past 24 hours had been so tough on her (how magnanimous! America says...if America knew the word magnanimous....)
Day 38: Back at tribe...
While Keith is brushing his teeth, our mystery guest arrives to take Lis to her Outback feast....who is it? None other than Australia's own (and Viacom owned) Paul Hogan, or Crocodile Dundee! Lis gets to go out for a nice lunch with the TV star at a local ranch, complete with Bud Light and Doritos (all you horny dudes out there hope she also gets to shower, for the obligatory shower scene....)
After Lis returns... Keith goes off on his own to gather fire wood and such....Colby muses to the camera that it was strange that Keith left when Lis was telling of her day....he must be worried he won't win immunity tomorrow.
Day 39: Anybody's game....
Day dawns with tree mail...."Do you remember all you've learned? Can you dare compete? In order to win this challenge, all previous challenges you must beat." The foursome arrive to Jeff P, where he explains the Immunity Challenge of a LIfetime....all previous ICs combined into one (or at least most of them). Lis's jaw drops, Tina gasps, Colby and Keith smile at the challenge of it....
The race begins....Colby leads out of the gate, but Lis and Tina quickly catch up after the rope race....the come to the puzzles....LIs is quick to solve hers first, and goes to get her wood....Tina follows, but only after Lis is almost to her bucket to start her fire....Keith is next, followed by a puzzle challenged Colbster....
Tina and Lis get their fires started at exactly the same time....it's Tina, then Lis, Tina, then Lis, down the backstretch of the balance beams....but narrowly, it's Tina with the victory! Keith has just reached the balance beam after a delay in lighting his fire....Colby has just lit his fire after a delay at the puzzle...and Lis was on the balance beam negotiating it after an unfortunate spill on her second bucket attempt....
The survivors return to camp....all but Tina are unsure of their position....Keith remarks "it's anybody's game now"....he's not sure who to vote for, but he and Tina quickly decide Lis, so as to guarantee Colby on their side. They strike a deal with Colby, sticking to the old Ogakor alliance.
TC: A tense moment. America gasps at the thought of Lis departing. Tina's vote is shown: Lis. Lis's vote is shown: Keith. What will happen? Dare we blink an eye?
Jeff P reads out the votes....
"Lis"
"Lis"
"Keith"
"Keith".
A revote....same results....Keith is ousted....Lis and Colby, in brilliant strategy, realized breaking up the Tina-Keith connection was their only hope of maybe making the final 2, combine together. Keith takes his paella pan off to the ranch, so him and Rodger can explore Sydney. America breathes a sigh of relief. Rodger beams a smile of joy for his little Elisabeth.
Thus, in summary:
RC: Lis (if only cause I don't like one person winning both RC and IC anymore)
IC: Tina
TC: Keith



