| Episode
10 |
| "Culture
Shock and Violent Storms" |
Filmed July 22-24,
2004
Airs November 18, 2004 |
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| RC
speculation |
| IC
speculation |
| Boot
speculation |
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| Episode
descriptions |
CBS: -Two
Survivors become "sacrificial lambs" and are tied up
by their tribe.
- A surreal Reward drives one Survivor to overindulge and pay for
it later.
- After a tumultuous night in which one castaway struggles to keep
the camp together, it is decided that the most useless tribemate
should go.
- One Survivor is torn between joining a new alliance or thwarting
an existing one. A tribemate exploits this indecision to work a
plan.
- Before Tribal Council, one Survivor makes a last-ditch effort
to sway a tribemate. Will it work?" |
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| REWARD
CHALLENGE/ Hurdles-n-chains - Chris, Chad, Ami and Eliza win |
Not
much deception going on here this week, apparently. The challenge
appears to be split into two teams (Chris-Chad-Ami-Eliza versus
Scout-Twila-Leann-Julie). It's fairly physical, and appears to
involve running around and tossing your tied-up teammate (Eliza
and Julie, respectively) over a number of barriers. Not surprisingly,
the team with all the strong people wins, as we see from both the
celebration picture, and the shot of that team sitting on a bench,
apparently enjoying (or something, judging from Ami's laugh) the
native dancing. Later, we see what appears to be an under-the-weather
Chris slumping by the fire.
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| REWARD
CHALLENGE pictures/ Click on thumbnails above for larger
version |
The
lay of the land. |
Please
Scout, burn the cubes before they're used again |
Well,
that certainly sucked! |
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| IMMUNITY
CHALLENGE/ Grab your pole! - Julie wins? |
Another
straightforward challenge. Perch atop a (greased?) pole for as
long as you can. Unlike previous endurance challenges, there's
no standing on platforms here, though, it's pure grabbing the pole
and trying to stay on. Chris and Chad (or possibly Ami) are the
ones who need this the most, and we find it hard to believe Chad's
prosthesis is ideal for this challenge. Twila is shown slipping
part of the way down her pole in the promo (with no men in the
picture... already eliminated?), but
beyond
that, not
much
help.
One scene that may be of assistance is the march to TC. TV ads
over the weekend may be of assistance in figuring out which of
the seven (!?!) people shown, if any, is wearing the necklace.
From our preliminary analysis of the web promo, we think Julie (third
from right, hair pulled back at the top of her head) may be wearing
the necklace in the marching picture. After seeing the TV version,
we're sticking with that conclusion.
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| IMMUNITY
CHALLENGE pictures/ Click on thumbnails above for larger
version |
Beard
= extra friction! Like velcro! Okay, maybe not with wood,
but a guy can hope, can't he? |
Hopefully
they used extra-splintery wood. |
Seven
torches, Julie wearing the necklace? |
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| BOOT/
Chad |
Chad
and Chris are the last two guys left, and despite CBS's attempts
to convince us that this week is the one where Ami finally gets
toppled, that seems unlikely on the surface, especially since
there is an even number of contestants remaining. That means
a near-supermajority of 5-3 is required, which will take a lot
of convincing to achieve, especially for a woman who believes
she's #4 in Ami's alliance. Nope, more likely one of the guys
is going, and Chad seems to be the one in prime
danger, seeing as Julie and Leann seemed willing to boot Eliza
before Chris. Not to mention Chris' alleged weight loss suggests
a longer stay than this.
And so... it is Chad.
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