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| Reward challenge: No RC? Combined
RC/IC? |
Our guess (see IC discussion below)
is that there is a combined Reward/Immunity challenge
this week, so no separate RC as such. Of course, our
ability to predict these things seems little better than
chance. We recommend you read our Crappy recaps,
instead. Hmm, on second thought, despite having (allegedly)
watched the show, those bear even less resemblance to
what aired than what you see here. Never mind.
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| Exile: Sally? |
 As
we originally pointed out at MeSS,
Austin's fish-gulping expedition looks like it might
be on Exile Island (that's really all we have to go on
here). As
for the alleged benefit of exile this week, we'd have
to guess this person will be immune from the boot, either
at tribal council, or by virtue of exile (as with Bruce
in Ep2). And they get food of some kind. All presumably
bestowed by Casaya.
But after seeing the wise comments of cooler heads (emydi at
Blows; SurvivorPotato at
MeSS), we now think Sally is
more likely to get the benefits, at least if Casaya has
a say in it.
She'd probably be the first choice for protection of
Danielle and Courtney, and probably even Cirie, who make
up half the tribe. And she's the one shown reacting to
something: while it's almost certainly the pre-challenge
Probst reveal of the reward, it could be included for
symbolic purposes. So yeah, Salvation, Sally, salivation,
food... you get the idea.
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| Immunity challenge: Race/puzzle
- Casaya wins |
We were told a couple of weeks ago
by a thus-far reliable source (although that could change
quickly) that there would be an early merge in Episode
6. In the post-Ep5 preview,
Probst seems to be revealing something at a challenge
(to the delight of Sally), while the tribal immunity
idol is behind him. A reward of some kind? New buffs?
Hard to say, but there are at least two things on the
table.
As for the merge, if it does happen in this episode,
it can't be here, because the challenge is still (from
the web promo)
clearly tribal.
The web promo also says the winning tribe gets to "mess
with the losers." And the CBS press release says: "One
tribe learns that having an alliance doesn't always guarantee
one's safety when a twist in the game leaves the losing
tribe with a big decision and the fate of one
castaway left in the hands of another tribe
mate." All the remaining Casayas are predicted
to make the jury, so Casaya must win.
So all the choices seem to be in La Mina's court. What
those are, your guess is as good as ours.
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| BOOT: Dan? |
Along with the merge in Ep6
story (and the two prior boots), we were told that Dan would be this week's boot. That doesn't on the surface,
make a lot of sense in a merged tribe situation (then
again, neither did Casaya's voting in Ep5). So we'll
guess that, if there is a merge, it happens after this
week's vote.
Sally would seem like Terry's obvious boot of choice
here. Meaning Sally will have, again, to try to convince
Austin and Nick to keep her, instead targeting either
Dan or Terry. That raises the possibility that, with
a merge looming, Terry might be forced to use his hidden
idol. Or possibly hand it over to his alliance-mate,
Dan. That could be one of the big, fate-determining decisions
here.
Alternatively, all the CBS hype for the tribal council
strongly suggests Terry has to finally use the hidden
idol this week. Besides, if he doesn't now, he'll have
individual immunity for the rest of the show (until the
finale), so nobody will be able to complain about how
it changed the show too much, as Probst claimed.
For what it's worth, we've also been told that Terry
does use the idol at some point soon. Since we're pretty
sure Austin and Sally both make the jury, the only potential
victim there is Nick. Unless Terry thinks
Dan is likely to betray him (payback for Ruth Marie?).
Caveat
emptor: We have also been told by multiple sources that
Dan lost a lot of weight, saw a family member, and returned
with a beard. Clearly, the tips placing him as a pre-jury
boot and a member of the jury can't both be right. We
flipped a coin, and we'll say he goes here. After all,
the editing seems
to suggest he does. And the editing never lies, does
it?
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