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Filmed
November 8-10, 2004
Airdate: March 10, 2005
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Episode
descriptions
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CBS: "-Tensions
rise within both tribes when they are forced to choose leaders
for the next Reward Challenge. What role will the leaders play?
-One castaway becomes annoyed when a tribemate complains of having
no energy and doesn't help the tribe.
-Spirits are high within a tribe when they win a Challenge and
an extraordinary Reward.
-It is still early in the game, yet signs of tribal division
emerge when one group considers banding together to vote out
a tribemate.
Who is the unlucky one?" |
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| REWARD
CHALLENGE/ Home Depot product placement "Better Built Outhouse"?
- Koror wins? |
The
Palau challenge storyboard featured in the "Countdown to Survivor:
Palau" revealed (with a bit of eyestrain) this challenge to be
sponsored by the Home Depot, at least as of Ep1, when the storyboard
was filmed (storyboard discussions: Sucks, Phoenix, Joker's
Updates).
Hard to imagine Survivor would
screw around with a corporate sponsor, so fairly safe to assume
this
is still
it. Mersaydeez says:
"I believe this is possibly 'better built outhouse,'
since I know there is a latrine building challenge coming up (Ibrehem
is the 'nail holder').
But is it? There's all this nonsense with the "tribal representatives,"
which Koror at least seems to believe might be a sneaky way to
direct a tribal switch to rescue Ulong. But since both tribes seem
to get to greet
Probst before anybody leaves, that seems unlikely. Your guess is
as good as ours as to what's involved, but Ulong still seems to
have the
same people at the IC. As for the challenge, well Probst seems
to be showing up at Koror's beach with a special delivery, and
Koror seems pretty excited to see him (unless jig-dancing Ian is
just impersonating Ashlee Simpson). We'll stick with that assessment
until proven otherwise. We find it hard to believe Ulong could
win a challenge requiring planning, foresight, cooperation and
teamwork. Koror wins?
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CHALLENGE/ "Sumo at Sea" - Koror wins |
Sumo!
At sea! (Okay, a pillow fight on a platform, at least). Looks like
a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing. The challenge itself
looks
like the
kind,
again,
that
Ulong should
do well at,
one based on inidividual strength (and a bit of balance), with
no teamwork required. Several
face-offs are shown coming out in Ulong's favor: Stephenie tosses
Jenn overboard, Ibrehem
appears to get the best of Gregg. But the shot of a dry, winded-looking
Tom squinting into the distance probably tells the main tale. Bobby
Jon's comments at the previous tribal council, that they can't
beat Tom, will be seen as prophetic. Why do we say that, when all
the shots of Ulong appear to
be in their favor (except the one of Tom)? Dunno, but we still
think Tom will take the challenge for Koror. The
caps show a 3-1 Ulong advantage. But Coby looks in a position to
win, and there's
no reason to believe Kim will suddenly start helping in challenges,
so it could easily be 3-3. As the Heartbreak
Yid and BJ pointed
out in Sucks Spoilers and MeSS respectively, the last two caps
of Ibrehem better fit him losing a bout. So we'll go with a Koror
win, perhaps
with good old Ibe the final Ulong to fall.
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Kim
- Janu: Unclear |
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| BOOT/
Kim |
Depending
on who wins immunity, this one could be either easy, or hard. Jeff's
post-boot comments gave little indication that Ulong had a chance
of avoiding tribal council this week, but we'll at least entertain
the possibility. Nah, that's crazy talk. Ulong loses again.
If they do return,
there's a slight possibility Ulong could be even
stupider than usual, and
boot malcontents Bobby Jon or James, but it seems much more likely
that they'll finally get around to cutting deadweight Kim.
Yawn.
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