| Episode
7 |
| "The
Great White Shark Hunter" |
Filmed
November 16-18, 2004
Airdate: March 31,
2005
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| RC speculation |
| IC speculation |
| Boot speculation |
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Episode
descriptions
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CBS: "-Two
Survivors battle to provide for their tribe. One brings home
a clam; one brings home a shark.
- Sitting out a Challenge, one Survivor finds it hard to watch from the sidelines
and doubts the tribe's ability to win.
- A tribe member is suspicious of a potential alliance forming between two very
friendly tribemates that could spoil a game plan.
- During a crucial Immunity challenge, one Survivor takes over for a struggling
tribemate. Will it be enough to win?" |
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| REWARD
CHALLENGE/ "SOS" - Koror wins MREs? |
Going back again
to the challenge Storyboard (discussions: Sucks, Phoenix, Joker's
Updates), the card for this week's RC is a hand-written one, which
appears to say "SOS." This is the time-honored Survivor challenge used
to rescue pathetically inadequate tribes (such as Boran in S3, and
the post-switch Maraamu in S4), so it's a good fit here. Basically,
it involves making a distress signal at your camp/beach. *Yawn*. The
storyboard suggests the reward will be Meals Ready to Eat (beloved
military rations), or MREs.
Does that fit the available vidcap evidence? Well, not surprisingly,
this being not the most photogenic challenge, there aren't a ton of
challenge caps this week. But we do see Koror celebrating on their
beach, and Tom is among the people jumping and screaming (vidcap at
right, click to expand). So it looks like, yes, this is an SOS challenge,
and (shocking!) Koror wins
another challenge.
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| IMMUNITY
CHALLENGE/ "Sea Stars"? - Koror wins |
Another
mostly-unseen challenge. We see Ulong marching to a challenge,
and since the RC is most likely an in-camp affair, the march must
be to the IC. There's a shot of someone (Bobby Jon? Gregg?) in
the water, mixed in with the footage of Tom's shark hunting
escapades. Might be from this challenge, maybe not. There's also
a shot of the three remaining Ulongs, back in camp,
looking even more dejected than usual, with
their
tribal flag tossed aside in disgust. So while we don't have a clue
what the challenge involves, it looks like the plucky blue tribe
blows it once again. (Just as Mersaydeez said). Koror
wins.
| IMMUNITY
CHALLENGE pictures/ Click on thumbnails below for larger version |
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| BOOT/
Ibrehem? |
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Once again thanks
to Mersaydeez,
we're fairly confident another Ulong is getting the boot this week,
and it's not Stephenie. So which is it? Tarzan the Outplayed (a.k.a.
Jesus Christ Superstar)? Or Mr. Penitent (a.k.a. that invisible Muslim
dude)? (Caps at right).
We were leaning toward Bobby Jon here, until we
realized that, with no silly ties possible this week, Stephenie's
deal "to
the end" with
Bobby Jon guarantees
that obedient Bobby Jon will vote for Ibrehem. So Stephenie's easiest
route to the next episode is to simply throw her own vote in for
Ibe as well. Ibrehem did get a
spike in face time last week, largely due to his conflicts with James.
Still, he's largely invisible in both the TV and web promos, while
Bobby Jon is in every other scene. Then again, that's much like the
show
itself. A case could be made that the re-editing of the promo to
have an axe-wielding BJ following the motionless Ibe could suggest
Ibe is on the chopping block.
Booting Bobby Jon, however, is something Stephenie tried to do a
couple of episodes ago. And the web promo does imply BJ has been
"outplayed" (see cap above). But it's difficult to imagine
a scenario in which Stephenie could convince Ibrehem to vote against
Bobby Jon
instead of her. Then again, Mersaydeez at least initially suspected
Ibrehem was the last male Ulong, because she "was also told that
Ibe didn't
get to spend much time with the other pre-jury boots."
Ibrehem? Bobby Jon?
Tough to say. But we'll go with Ibrehem. Booting Bobby Jon requires
too much manipulation on Stephenie's part.
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