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by Scott Wyatt Published: October 23, 2005
Day 15 begins at Yaxha and Brandon is perplexed. He was thrown for a big loop when Blake was voted out last week and is left wondering why. Danni tried to tell you last week. He wanders down to the dock where Bobby Jon is washing in the water and asks if he has any regrets about last night. BJ says some but its just part of the game and Blake was rubbing people the wrong way. He leaves Brandon at the dock with a look like Brandon just lost his dog. This is where Brandon may lack in the game but we’ll see. Back at the fire, Brian and Gary are thinking that Nakum is going to be shocked when they see that Blake was sent away. Brian narrates that the Blake vote was a Get Out of Jail Free card for himself, Amy and Gary since it leaves it 3 vs. 3 and they want to start picking off the old Nakum members. I think Brian believes too much in his old alliance. Gary will sell him out in a heartbeat. Over to Yaxha and the griping continues but this time it’s not Steph doing the complaining. For once. This time it’s the bugs. Everyone is sick of the buzzing in the ears and the bites. Oh wait, here is Steph griping about the bugs biting through her shirt. She asks, “Do they have to?” Yes, they do. Do you have to complain about everything? Rafe, in rare TV time, says the bugs are intolerable. They get worse with every bit of rain. Even Cindy, the zookeeper, says the mosquitoes are worse than anything she has seen in Florida. I guess the bugs really are bad. Where’s the OFF with deet? Rafe says he is trying to stay positive but it’s difficult when you have a negative energy in camp. He is referring to Margaret who seems to have checked out of the game mentally after Brooke’s departure. The editing makes it appear that she is constantly wandering off and sitting by herself instead of trying to work a new alliance. Of course, this allows Judd to run her down in front of everyone else. He thinks she’s upset that she got stuck with him. Most people would be upset about being stuck with you Humpty Dumpty. Finally, we hear from Margaret but only that she went from one extreme to the other and she knows Judd wants her gone but she isn’t going to beat her head against the wall but rather wait for an opening. The problem with that is by that time comes, it will be too late. Dumpty fires back to us that Margaret just can’t grasp that the old Nakum tribe is gone and it’s not coming back. REWARD CHALLENGE Hey, it’s that Jeff guy! Both tribes come in and Nakum sees that Blake is gone, which brings several smiles. Jeff takes the immunity idol back and he’s glad they brought it as instructed but it doesn’t play a part in today’s activities but he’ll get to that in a minute. The challenge is a big ball on a field. On the go, two tribe members will push the ball against the other with the goal of pushing it over the end line to score a point. First, it will be two women then two men then one of each. We’ll have a random draw to determine which members participate. I hate these random draws. The first tribe to score three goals wins reward. The reward is a grill, 7 hamburgers, 7 hot dogs, buns, condiments, 7 beers and 7 root beers. Product Placements: Beef, it’s what’s for dinner; Oscar Meyer Wieners; Wonder Bread; Coors Light and A&W. The good news is the winning tribe will feast today. TWIST TIME! The bad news is both tribes are going to Tribal Council tonight and each will vote out someone. Two people are going home tonight. In addition, the winning tribe will compete in a second challenge immediately after this one for a chance to win individual immunity. Jeff brings out the immunity necklace, which is rather ugly. The individual will be safe from the vote and they will sit in the jury box and listen to the other tribe’s Tribal Council. This could be key since information is vital in this game. Nakum sits out Lydia and we get ready to play. First up are Steph and Cindy vs. Danni and Amy. S & C get a quick lead on D & A but after a brief struggle, D & A get the edge and blast past S & C. Yaxha leads 1-0. and Steph just got whipped by Danni again. Second round is Brandon and Bobby Jon vs. Jaime and Judd. BBJ get to the ball first and get a bit of a lead over JJ. Unfortunately, the physics catch up to BBJ. JJ just has too much weight behind the ball and when Brandon slips, JJ pushes the ball over the line for the point. We’re tied 1-1. Jaime lets out his yell again and BJ has had enough and gets up in his face yelling and chest bumping. Jaime yells. BJ yells back. They bump chests again. BJ finally yells something understandable, “That’s not nice!” and finally Jaime walks away leaving everyone in an eerie hush wondering what all that was about. I’ve seen Girl Scouts have better fights than this so this must be a great place for a Product Placement: Axe for men. Third round is Judd and Steph vs. Gary and Amy. This looks like an unfair match-up and it ends up that way. Gary and Amy put up a good fight but when Amy’s ankle gives out and she falls and has the ball roll over her ankle, it’s all over but the formality as Judd & Steph are too much for Gary to hold off. The score is now 2-1 Nakum. The next round is 2 women from each tribe and since Yaxha only has two women, Amy has to go right back out on her bad ankle after a quick drink. Product Placement: Gatorade. Fourth round is Amy & Danni vs. Cindy & Margaret. This is a great battle that sees Amy really stand out and fight through the pain. In a remarkable turnaround that would make any athlete proud, Amy and Danni push past Cindy and Margaret to score and tie up the game 2-2. Hats off to Amy! Final round will be Bobby Jon and Brian vs. Jaime and Judd. How is Judd out there for a third time? What about Rafe? This is another long and tough battle but the girth that is Judd and Jaime seal the victory for Nakum with a strong push. Nakum wins reward! Jeff tells Yaxha good effort but the only thing they have to look forward to is Tribal Council tonight. See you tonight. IMMUNITY CHALLENGE Jeff congratulates Nakum on their win and upcoming feast but now it’s time for the individual immunity challenge. He takes them over to a different area as he explains the challenge. There are seven stands each with 3 bags tied to them. On his go, they will each race over to the stands and untie one bag at a time and bring it back to their station. Once they have all three bags, open them up and pull out all of the letters, a total of 11, and begin trying to figure out a two-word puzzle Product Placement: Scrabble. When you think you have it, call out. The winner is safe from the vote tonight and gets to sit in and listen to Yaxha’s Tribal Council. The challenge begins and Steph is out to a quick lead with Judd bringing up the rear in last place. Steph is the first back with all three bags followed close behind by Cindy, Rafe, Margaret, Jaime and the rest. The race is on to unscramble the phrase. Judd can’t even get his bags open. As Rafe gets close, Judd looks over and immediately figures out the phrase and tells Rafe the answer. Rafe is slow to get it but eventually does and calls for Jeff. The phrase is Ancient Ruin and Rafe has won the individual immunity. Rafe gets the giant toad put around his neck and they all head back to camp and a feast of hamburgers and hot dogs. Nakum is pumped upon their return. Steph is giddy like a girl, “We’re on a winning streak.” Excuse me, you’ve only gone back-to-back. It takes 3 in a row to call it a winning streak. Rafe is in absolute ecstasy that he won the immunity on top of the food, which he had nothing to do with. While they build the fire, they talk about Bobby Jon and the girly man chest-bumping incident. Jaime says he was waiting for BJ to take a swing because he was gonna block it and knock him out. Yea, right. They all agree that BJ is just plain crazy as they toast their spoils. Back at Yaxha, the mood is not as festive. Amy is bemoaning, not the loss, but another trip to Tribal Council. BJ is having his own problems with dealing with another loss. While he doesn’t whine nearly as bad as the Queen B, he can’t help but wear his emotions on his chest as he can’t let go and move on. Danni tells him it was a matter of size and it’s over. Gary tells him not to dwell on it. Brandon cheers BJ up by talking about the Jaime confrontation and how much he enjoyed it. BJ tells us that Jaime crossed his line so he went over there and put him in his place. Yea, right. The camera moves back to Amy and her ankle. She said she felt it snap again but she wasn’t going to quit and she got up and won another round. She says the ankle is swollen but she can live with it. Woman Up! – ok, that was a bad one. Brian continues to dwell on the obvious odds of 3 vs. 3. Brian goes back to Gary and tries to get him to commit to voting out Bobby Jon in order to keep the old Yaxha together. Gary tells us he doesn’t want to vote out BJ because he is one of the strongest members of the tribe. We get a shot of Amy’s ankle and it looks like one Pamela Anderson’s chest implants. Brandon tells us that Brian and Amy are probably the ones in the most jeopardy because of their lack of physical abilities. Brian continues to spew the obvious in his confessional by hoping that Gary and Amy aren’t playing him because anything can happen at Tribal Council. Really? We didn’t know that, did we? Back at Nakum, the party is in high gear. The burgers are coming off the grill and the “Oh my Gods” are flying everywhere. Judd starts griping about having to go to Tribal Council even though they won and you already start to wonder how much beer this oaf has downed. A little later, Judd and Jaime are discussing the vote and it’s a no-brainer to them that Margaret is going home. Prepare yourself. Judd is about to start making a complete ass out of himself from now until the end of the episode. I just wanted to give you fair warning. Judd says he has no worries whatsoever heading into Tribal tonight. He says they need him because of one of the big guns. Groan. Judd asks Rafe if he wants his beer and when he says no, Judd takes it. Steph then offers to trade her beer for Judd’s hot dog. I’ll resist the joke. Margaret narrates that Judd does what he wants to when wants to and how he wants to but she also astutely points out that Judd is Judd’s biggest enemy. And now he’s drinking. The tribe is looking at the beers and notice that some of the beer is missing. Thus begins The Great Beer Debate. Anybody wanna guess who took the beer? Judd tries to play dumb but everyone knows who has had too much. Margaret points out that when Judd screws up he tries to blow it up into a big deal and deflect the blame from him. Cindy narrates that Judd has to watch his mouth because he fires off remarks without thinking about what he’s saying. Judd then tells us that he feels he deserved it anyway since they wouldn’t have it without him. Judd then announces to the tribe that they can all kiss his ass but he hopes they enjoyed their food. This guy is a complete A-hole! He didn’t win it by himself but he wants all the credit. I’d like to think he’s drunk but if he is then it isn’t from the alcohol. I know they need his strength but his mouth is overloading the same ass he told the rest of his tribe to kiss. NAKUM TRIBAL COUNCIL Hold onto your seats. The proverbial stuff is gonna hit the fan! Jeff brings them in and gets right into the questions. First up is Steph as it has been every time Nakum has been here – is that coincidence? How was the feast? We cooked it, ate it, made trades, gathered around the fire and sang Kumbayah blah blah blah. What does get Jeff’s attention is Steph trading a beer for Judd’s hot dog. Judd says he’ll trade anything for a beer in this heat – even food. Jeff moves to Jaime and asks about the BJ face off. Jaime says he was celebrating and when BJ started yelling he yelled back. He’s from the South and that’s all he knows how to do. Thanks for that poor representation you dimwit. Jeff moves to Margaret and asks if this tribe has good sportsmanship. Margaret, knowing she is probably the vote target, decides to stir the pot. She answers that Judd and Jaime are very vocal and don’t hesitate to blurt it out and sometimes you have to control your emotions out on the field. Judd’s head jerks like a bungee cord at this remark and acts like there is a fire ant hill in his shorts. Jeff doesn’t miss this and says Judd is chomping at the bit. What’s on your mind? He doesn’t know what Margaret is talking about because he doesn’t feel they are being bad sports. They just go out and give it 120 damn percent. Whatever it takes, I’m giving it my damn all. Jeff comes right back at him by telling him that giving it his damn all doesn’t mean he’s a good sport or a bad sport. Judd says a win is a win. Obviously, he doesn’t understand. He goes on and on about playing hard and driving down the field and scoring a touchdown. Trust me, it’s gets really annoying. Even Jaime puts his hand on his shoulder as an indication to settle down. Margaret tries to say something but Judd cuts her off and accuses her of never playing a damn sport in her life so she has no clue what it’s like so she should sit there and just shut up. Margaret does not back down and replies that this happens all the time now. When Judd gets vocal, he plows through anyone in front of him, trash talks anybody he doesn’t like and that’s not good sportsmanship. She’s not saying the whole tribe is this way but she has seen it from Judd. From here on out, I will write it script style because it gets that vocal. Jeff: Judd, you look like, if I would let you, you would go over and strangle Margaret right now. Judd: Man, I’m just playing sports my whole life, man. I would never consider myself a bad sportsman. This team I have here is awesome. I love ‘em man. Except for Margaret, I love this damn team man. Jeff: Cindy, does this hostility between Judd and Margaret concern you a little bit? Cindy: It concerns all of us because we have to live in the same group together and have to deal with it. When you’re stuck with two people who don’t like each other, it puts negativity in the air and that’s not good for the entire tribe. Jeff: Margaret? Margaret: Judd doesn’t listen to anybody. Judd only listens to Judd. Interrupting Margaret, Judd: Let’s ask the other team if Judd listens to anybody. Cindy, do I listen to everybody? Cindy: Yeah, but… Judd: Ok Rafe, do I listen to everybody? Rafe: I honestly think… Jaime: Rafe, have an opinion Rafe: I’m saying my opinion right now. Time out. No matter, as Judd moves on Judd: Steph, do I listen to everybody? Steph: Cowering downYes. Judd: Do I listen to you? (poking Lydia) Lydia nods her head. Judd: (to Jaime) Do I listen to you? Jaime: Yes. Judd: There you go. Margaret: This is what Judd does. Judd bullies and that’s what he does. Judd: You’re full of it man. Get outta here. Jeff: Rafe, put you on the spot. Are you intimidated by Judd? Rafe: I’m not and I was nervous about being on a tribe with Judd because he has a temper. It’s obvious but he’s been good to me since I showed up. Rafe looks like he’s about to pee himself. Steph: I think Judd is just high strung like me and can’t sit still. It’s hard for me… Interrupting others yet again…while Jaime is putting his head in his hands… Judd: When I first walked into camp, she walked up to me and said you have A.D.D. That’s how you approach me. You have A.D.D.? The windbag continues on an on. Margaret: The other problem with Judd is recall. Ok, this has gotten old and I think you get the idea. This goes back and forth and gets really irritating to watch. When Judd finally shuts his trap, Jeff says he has never seen anything quite like this ever in the game. And as Jeff tries to continue his remark, Big Mouth interrupts, yet again, and asks if he can say something. Instead of telling him to shut up, Jeff lets him continue. The rest of the tribe is either laughing their butts off or cowering away from the jackass. Judd then says Margaret is just pissed that she got stuck on a tribe with him and the old tribe is not coming back. More stuff was said but I’m tired of writing about this jerk. Let’s go to the vote. In no surprise, Margaret is voted out 6-1. Humpty Dumpty is smiling like a Cheshire cat. Jeff says that they should have smooth days ahead since they eliminated what they felt was the bad apple. He tells Rafe to move to the Jury Box and for the rest of the tribe to head back to camp. Thank the heavens we can move on to something else. YAXHA TRIBAL COUNCIL Yaxha is brought into the Tribal area and we get down to a more typical Tribal Council. Jeff explains why Rafe is sitting in the Jury area and we get down to business. Jeff goes right to BJ and asks about the Jaime incident. BJ says he got in the heat of the moment. It was like two bulls in a ring and it just kind of came out. We both want to win and it just happened. Rafe grins at this answer. Jeff asks Gary if he considers Nakum to be good sports. Will we get another outburst? Gary calmly answers that he feels they are good sports. He continues that they feel that Jaime occasionally lets loose a bit and talks some trash but on a whole he’s day yes. Getting a normal response, Jeff moves to Brian and asks about the physical part of the game. He says he always been athletic and knew he could take whatever was thrown his way so whatever is needed, physical or mental, he’ll be ready. Jeff asks for BJ’s take on Brian. BJ says nothing but good things about him. BJ has a great description that cracks Jeff up but you can see that was later on. BJ says Brian knows the game and is constantly thinking about the game. He’s just a good ol’ boy. Never would’ve expected that one. Jeff asks Danni if she ever thought she’d hear BJ say Brian was a good ol’ boy. She says their first impression of Brian was that he was strong and is just a gentleman. I smell a set-up. She continues that he’s a classy, classy guy. Jeff moves to Amy and, as he calls it, her chronic ankle injury. How is it? She says she tweaked it a little bit but she also tripped and fell but she’s fine. He moves to Brandon and asks if he is impressed with Amy going right back out after she hurt it. Brandon replies that he has no idea how impressed he was because Amy got that look on her face and started cussing. He likes to see people go above the odds and win. Jeff moves back to BJ and says with no obvious weak link, what does he base his vote on? After a deep breath, BJ says no one has done anything wrong to get voted out but it’s gonna happen and we’ll see how it plays out. Before we get to the vote, Jeff drops another bombshell. Rafe is going to grant immunity to one member of the Yaxha tribe. He tells Rafe to write the name of the person on the paper and seal it in the envelope and put it in the urn. Come back down, grab your torch and head on back. Rafe makes his vote and leaves. Jeff says we’ll vote then reveal who Rafe’s choice was for immunity. The votes are cast and Brian is voted out 5-1. He still has one chance left – Rafe’s immunity vote. Jeff reveals that the immunity went to Gary. Brian is history. After Brian leaves, Jeff compliments them on building him up then cutting his throat but he warns that it could happen to them too. QUOTE OF THE WEEK There is no way I am giving this honor to the loudmouth doorman from New York. Instead, it goes to Bobby Jon when he describes Brian. If you want to find a kamikaze that’s going to bust a wedge, this is the man that’s going to do it right here. As you can probably tell, this episode was a real bitch to write about. This crap with Judd and his bullying ways are tiresome. It was almost as bad as Steph’s constant whining has been this season. I was hoping that Jeff would clamp Judd down but he was probably ecstatic on the inside to finally see some action from this crew. The casting for the show has become horrendous. More time is spent on the challenges instead of camp life, which is why we haven’t seen much of the booted contestants. Even with these faults, this episode leaves some interesting possibilities. Does Rafe reveal everything to his tribe mates? Does he tell them about the immunity he granted Gary? It’ll be interesting to see how Rafe plays his cards. And my official pick to win the game is gone. I told you I was condemning Brian to an early departure when I made my pick. Oh well, at least I’m perfect on not getting the winner right. Be sure to check back next week for another edition of Lost and Delirious. Until next week, take care and God Bless.
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