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Since "Survivor: Fiji" was so awesome last week (we didn't even want to fast forward through the recap during this week's episode!) let's start with it this week.

Post Tribal Council, and Dreamz was the focus. The non-Yau team realized he'd double-crossed them, while Dreamz was suspicious about the Earl and Yau-ers sudden decision to vote out Edgardo instead of Mookie. They convinced Dreamz they just did that without telling him because it was a last minute decision, and it felt safer. And Dreamz bought it. Poor Dreamz...

Reward Challenge! Muddy balls and basket catching! Reward was a basket of product placement bathing items and a night at a spa. During the challenge Boo hurt his knee, but after popping something back into place, (and we could hear that pop. *shudder*) he was back into play. Ultimately Earl, Dreamz, Alex, and Stacy won, and Boo was sent to Exile Island.

Once the winners returned to camp, Mookie started to ponder who had the other Hii, and came to the conclusion that Yau-Man had it. After searching his bags and finding it, Mookie and Alex sneaked off to strategize. They concluded that they'd just confront Yau-Man at Tribal Council, expose hims as a liar, and then get everyone to vote on their side. Except Stacy and Cassandra were hiding in the bushes and heard some of this "genius" plan. Once Mookie and Alex realized their plan wasn't a secret, they decided they'd just have to confront Yau-Man about the Hii as soon as possible.

The guys caught up with Yau and tried to play it like a couple of bullies in a schoolyard, all "We know you have the Hii! Whatcha gonna do about that?" But Yau wasn't really that bothered by it. He then went and told his alliance that Mookie had gone through his things and found the idol, and then threatened him with blackmail. This moved the focus from, "Yau-Man has the other Hii!" to, "Oh my god! Mookie went through everyone's stuff, and then threatened little old Yau-Man!"

Well played, sir.

Immunity Challenge! It was basically a giant game of flaming tick-tack-toe-meets Battleship. We can't begin to explain it, all you need to know is Stacy won.

Back at camp, the plotting began. The anti-Mookie and Alex gang, persuaded slightly by Boo's belief that maybe, just maybe, Mookie and Alex had found the other idol already, decided to split the vote between the two and force a tie. At the council the fact that Mookie had looked through other people's stuff was brought up again, and most people were still upset about it. Alex had the nerve to bring up the notion of karma (which we ALWAYS hate. It's a GAME, people. The point is to win, not make friends.), without any sense of irony, which is pretty, well, ironic, considering the ultimate vote which was three votes Alex, one vote Boo, and four votes Mookie. Which means Alex voted for Mookie.

Karma indeed.

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Last week on "The Bachelor," locals Tessa and Bevin both got roses, although Bevin's came at a cost: the use of one of her ankles. How would that come in to play this week?

The girls learned they'd be going on a group date to Lake Tahoe. After a ride in a private jet, the girls made it to their suite and then one group had to immediately get ready for a night of fun. This news was too much for Bevin to take as, apparently, having a sprained ankle impairs one's ability to put on mascara or use a curling iron. She locked herself in a bathroom and cried. Some of the other girls took pity on her and helped her get ready, and she made it to the restaurant sans ankle brace or crutches, although she was wearing a serious pouty face. Andy couldn't take it and took her aside for a heart-to-heart. Bevin cried about her injury and how it was impeding her ability to have fun and show him the real her. She gained sympathy points from Andy. What a sap. The other girls were not as sympathetic, especially later when Andy carried her to his suite and then confessed that he's a major nerd and wants to be an astronaut. Bevin told him she's a nerd, too. And then they did some nerdy making out. It was pretty gruesome.

The second set of girls, which included Tessa, went on a ski trip with Andy the next day. Tessa impressed Andy with her skiing skills. She confessed she felt there was a lot more tension in the air with the girls, and the word "connection" was tossed about by both she and Andy. He admitted he felt most at ease with her, but realized she had issues with the whole "journey."

During the pre-Rose Ceremony cocktail party, Bevin dealt with the cattiness of all the other girls who felt she was still milking her injury for all it could get her, and Tessa once again confessed she wasn't sure she was cracked up for this whole competition thing. In the end Andy gave both Tessa and Bevin roses. Apparently, insecurity makes Andy hot.

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