Effectively, old-fashioned “Survivor” followers. We had been kings. We had been queens. For 2 complete episodes, we received to expertise the enjoyment of basking in two-tribe glory. Kele vs. Hina, throwing down for the crown! Nevertheless, Wednesday’s episode hits the reset button, throwing us again into our new period routine and re-reshuffling the tribes again into three for… causes? With solely 4 gamers per tribe? This specific little bit of artistic is a head-scratcher, my associates.
Thus, when the gamers hit the mat for his or her subsequent problem, Probst surprises them with one more, “Drop your buffs!” (Oh, Jeffrey. You rascal.) This is how the brand new tribes shake out. For Kele, it is Steven, Shannon, Sage and Jawan. (WE WON! Extra on that under.) For Uli, it is Alex, Sophie, Nate and Kristina. And for Hina, it is MC, Sophi, R-I-Z-G-O-D and Savannah. And the problem in entrance of them is the season’s first reward. Are grilled cheese sandys, potato chips, chocolate brownies and iced tea value enjoying for? Say much less!
It ought to come as no shock that I am happy as punch that Shannon and Sage are as soon as once more on the identical tribe. Deliver on the fireworks! Unleash extra petty faces on to digicam! I’m right here for all of it. Sage has been serving on all fronts for the reason that starting of the season, and I do not anticipate her to cease any time quickly. She is leisure. She is the second. Dare I say: She is cinema! And nobody can ever persuade me in any other case.
Feeling Woozy
Earlier than the problem can start, Kristina is compelled to take a seat down on the mat as Jeff is speaking, prompting the hostmaster basic to name in medical to take her vitals. She appears winded, depleted and weak, however I am glad she was in a position to get her respiration beneath management and resume play. As soon as once more, we’re instructed that it is VERY HOT on the market this season, and I do not doubt that one bit. A melty, crispy grilled cheese ought to assist Kristina get better much more, as a result of Uli secures second place within the problem. However the high prize? That goes to Hina, with Sophi getting her very first grub of the season. A minimum of Kele has chickens? If they’ll hold ’em inside their cages, that’s.
However again to what’s actually necessary right here: Shannon and Sage! Shannon thinks its destiny or divine intervention by the “Survivor” gods that put these two former Ulis on the identical tribe once more. And whereas she holds Sage’s hand for a stroll down the seashore (kinda bizarre, proper?) and waxes poetic about their star-crossed friendship or no matter, Sage tells us by way of confessional that she ain’t shopping for it! Nope, not a phrase. Shannon’s been throwing her beneath the bus and concentrating on her, says Sage, so for now, she’s simply maintaining appearances. A storm’s a-brewing, and with Kele shedding the week’s immunity problem, issues are about to get very actual, very quick.
There’s not an excessive amount of to notice in regards to the problem. There was a web crawl and a few sandbags, and a key that unlocked a desk maze. Uli did make fairly the comeback from behind although, after Kristina struggled to safe her key. However they did wind up securing their security, so get seated for an additional episode of The Sage and Shan Present!
One Yellow in a Sea of Purple
Regardless of Steven’s potential bromance with fellow nerd Jawan, there is no denying that he is the one former Hina in a tight-knit trio of Ulis. (Or so he thinks, at the very least.) Shannon says going to Tribal is “actually cool and a dream come true.” (Potential foreshadowing there?) Steven looks as if the straightforward out, however issues are hardly ever ever as straightforward as they appear to us armchair specialists. Shannon pitches a Jawan vote to Steven, whose ears are extensive open, due to his newfound desperation. Is she simply attempting to maintain him snug to forestall a Shot within the Darkish play?
Shannon pitches the Jawan thang to Sage, who agrees to her face, however Sage’s actual play? Goal Shannon. (As RHAP’s T-Chook would say: Get your popcorn popped!) So Sage runs to Jawan to rat her out. Jawan’s concern, nonetheless, is that voting out Shannon will piss off Nate and Savannah once they merge. He additionally thinks he can use Shannon transferring ahead. Choices, choices…
The Tribe Has Spoken
With solely 4 castaways at this Tribal Council, issues get dicey fairly quick. As Jawan notes, when two folks go off alone to speak, each dialog issues that rather more as a result of there is a 50/50 probability they’re speaking about you. Sage notes that it is exhausting to seek out the right steadiness between enjoying exhausting and enjoying too exhausting, which may then put the goal squarely in your again. Since three out of 4 of those gamers have by no means been to Tribal earlier than and since that is the primary Tribal for a brand new tribe, it is exhausting to inform which means that is going to fall.
So will Uli begin its personal civil warfare? That they do. Sage and Jawan group up with Steven, and Shannon turns into the seventh individual to exit “Survivor 49.” When Shannon requests hugs from her fellow gamers, Sage says, “I am gonna provide you with a handshake as a result of I need the hug to be real and I do not suppose I can provide that to you proper now. However I stay up for hugging you sooner or later, OK?” And I will be asking Shannon all about that in our interview Thursday morning, so make sure you come again to TVLine for the Q&A!
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