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by Jim Van Nest Published: October 26, 2001
UNIVITED GUESTS We begin in Boran the evening following the second Tribal Council. Noone is given any time to worry about having just kicked off Jessie, as two lions have decided that there camp looks like a good place to spend the evening. Kelly and Clarence were awake keeping watch when they started hearing the growling and breathing of a pretty hungry looking lion. They quickly woke the rest of the tribe and they soon learned it's not one lion, but two. Needless to say, noone else slept that night and the entire tribe seemed to realize all in one evening that this is for real. And that there are some serious dangers out there and they need to take that threat a little more seriously. The following morning, the tribe sets out to look for paw prints from the lions that they never actually saw, only heard. They find some prints and realize the prints are about 4-5 inches in circumference. You could almost see the light bulbs go off above their heads as they all started repairing their protective thorn fence. They patched holes and reinforced the entire fence. All of a sudden, rewards and immunity don't seem so important. But, as we all know...they will. TENSIONS MOUNT Our first check in with Samburu has Frank, Linda, Carl and Teresa (from here out referred to as The Rat Pack) all awake and ready to make a water run. Of course, Silas, Brandon, Lindsey and Kim (from here out referred to as The Brat Pack) ready to catch a few more 'Z's'. Brandon offers to make breakfast while The Rat Pack goes for water. The gap between the generations is wider than The Grand Canyon now. The Brat Pack is doing everything in their power to annoy their elder tribe mates. The first instance of this is Brandon cooking breakfast for his crew and having them eat as much as possible before leaving the rest of the food on the fire to burn when the older folks get back. Meanwhile on the water run, Silas' loyalty is now coming into question. They have no idea whether or not he's on their side or not. Teresa intimates that she thinks he may be trying to play both sides. Either way, they know without him, things in this tribe could get very interesting should they ever lose an immunity challenge. Later in the day, we find out that their water pots have many cracks in them. Carl is trying to fix them while Lindsey and Kim are fixing Lindsey's luxury item, a beaded necklace. Lindsey explains how every bead represents someone close to her. She decides she wants to add a bead for Kim, Silas and Brandon. She then further decides to make a necklace for each of them. All the while ignoring the Rat Pack. Frank and Carl are visibly annoyed by this ridiculous display and Carl even mentions that he knows they're trying to get under his skin and acknowledges that it's working. During conversation, Silas brings up the issue of money and wanting a new vehicle. Which brings up the topic of what people drive, specifically Carl, who has a very successful dental practice. He doesn't want to say, but they finally get him to admit he has a Mercedes and a Porsche. It's at this point that we find that Silas is with the Brat Pack 100%. What this means is a completely even split down the middle of this tribe. 4 against 4. REWARD CHALLENGE #2 The reward challenge this time around is a simple one. Each team gets a round boulder. They have to navigate the boulder through a course. First team to the finish line with their boulder in its specially designed holder wins. The reward? This is a good one. 100 gallons of pure drinking water. None of this mucking crap water they've been drinking for 7 days. If handled correctly, this water would last til the merge meaning no more water runs for the winning tribe until then. As a throw in, Jeff also put some organic shampoo in the reward, in case they wanted to bathe with some of their water. It certainly didn't seem like anyone wanted to do that. Since Samburu is up by 2, they need to pick 2 members to sit out. They select Brandon and Kim. They walk up to the start line and this boulder they have to push is easily several feet taller than any of the people. This is not going to be an easy task, but well worth it to the winner. Boran starts off with a plan. Ethan and Kelly take either side and their role seems to be that of guides. The rest, specifically Tom, Clarence and Lex get behind to push. They seem to have very good control over this monstrosity and jump out to the early lead. Meanwhile, Samburu isn't having such an easy time. Carl is trying to steer but without someone on the other side, the boulder gets out of control right off the bat. Shortly after the beginning of the race, Samburu loses a little control of their boulder and it practically rolls over Kim P. and Kelly from Boran. They get right back up and continue on in the lead. Over the course of the race, the Samburu boulder is all over the place missing 2 flags. This means they need to backtrack and get the boulder through the flags before they can move on. Needless to say, it was Boran's day. They had the lead throughout the race and won easily, taking with them 100 gallons of nice fresh drinking water. IMMUNITY CHALLENGE #3 After a small time spent showing Boran basking in their victory and drinking some of their new water, there's a mail call. The immunity challenge this time is not of a physical nature. It's a test of ingenuity. Each tribe has the task of creating a distress signal. Later in the day, Jeff will fly overhead with a rescue pilot and rescue worker looking for 2 signals. Whichever signal is spotted the easiest from the air will win immunity. Frank wastes no time taking charge of Samburu. But it is Silas that comes up with a plan. The fence surrounding their camp is already in the shape of a circle. Silas suggests building 2 large esses (you know, the letter S) on either side of the camp, effectively spelling out S.O.S. Frank likes the idea and they get to work. As they start to build, we hear Frank's voice over telling us he is sort of slacking off on this one. Time for other folks to do some of the work. Cut to Lindsey who's working very hard, for once. Boran has come up with a completely different idea. Their plan is to move away from the campsite into the biggest open area they can find. Kim just happened to bring paints as her luxury item. They decide color is the best way to get attention in the midst of all the shades of brown. So, they take their mosquito netting and dip it Kim's paints. They make 4 large colored circles out of the netting. In the center of all those, they've made a circle with S.O.S. spelled out. It's at this point that we see what may be their secret weapon. Tom, who certainly has not been lacking in exposed butt crack, decides to take advantage of this situation by sticking a long black feather in the crack and dancing around a bit. More on that in a moment. Back at Samburu, Lindsey is having a really tough time. She's way overexerting herself, and ends up fainting due to dehydration. Stomach and kidney pains have reduced her to a crying mess. Linda comes over to help and Lindsey just asks her to leave, which prompts Linda (who is coming across more and more bitchy to me) to comment on Lindsey's toughness or lack thereof. Back at Boran, the signal is almost complete. The finishing touches are, well...interesting to say the least. Clarence is stripped down to his underwear. Kelly is in her bikini. Ethan and Lex are stripped down to shorts (possibly underwear) and Kim, at 57 years of age, is strutting her stuff in a thong bikini. Don’t get me wrong; she looks good for a 57-year-old woman. But c'mon, did I really need to see her entire behind? I don't think so. Anyway, we find that the plan is to catch the rescue team's eye with color and movement. Will it work? Let's see....here comes Jeff. As the plane flies over Samburu, they are able to make out the giant S.O.S of the Samburu camp. However, the rescue worker mentions that since they blended their signal in with their camp, on a rescue mission it might be hard to know that it's anything but a camp. Basically, there's too much stuff around it and it would not have caught his eye. As they fly over Boran, the first thing he mentions is the colors. They catch your eye right away. The next thing he mentions is that the signal is in a clearing. There's nothing there except for this signal, some colors and a bunch of people dancing around like idiots. It's not much of a contest. Boran wins, hands down. As the Immunity Idle is dropped out of the plane to the Boran tribe, Samburu is able to see it. It gives Linda the chance to discuss how the immunity goddess doesn't want to live in a camp with all this conflict and that's why she left. Writer's aside: I've tried to keep opinions out of this as much as possible. But this is getting REALLY annoying to me now. 3 times in this show alone we had to hear Linda go on about the gods and goddesses in Africa. You know, she's been there, so she knows all. Give it a rest. We all know you've been there. We're not impressed anymore. Get over yourself. Please, Lindsey, Brandon, Kim and Silas...if you can hear me...please send her self-righteous butt home next week! Thank you! TRIBAL COUNCIL #3 Since it's Samburu's first trip to Tribal Council, Jeff has many questions to ask for the tribe. The first question goes to Brandon and is basically how is it trying to live with 7 strangers? He tells Jeff that it really hasn't been that unpleasant, which gets a giggle out Lindsey. Jeff asks her why she's laughing. All she says is that it's been great and everyone has gotten along pretty well. Carl speaks up and discusses the tension in the tribe and how everyone isn't exactly on the same page. Silas agrees with Carl but mentions that the biggest challenge is having to mold or change to make the tribe effective. Basically, it was his shot toward the Rat Pack that they need to bend a little or they'll break. Jeff then notices the necklaces that some of the tribe are wearing. Lindsey gives him the story and calls her out on not making one for the older folks. She just says that they have a different bond and leaves it at that. Linda mentions that she wants to know where hers is. Jeff asks if anyone feeling vulnerable. Brandon, Lindsey and Frank are 3 that mention that they are. Brandon says everyone should feel that way. Lindsey acknowledges her dehydration and the sign of weakness that shows. Frank acknowledges that he might be too aggressive at times. Ok, let's vote. We see that Lindsey has voted for Carl, saying he doesn't need the money. And we see that Linda and Frank have both voted for Lindsey. Sounds like we're set up for a 4-4 draw. And sure enough, the Rat Pack voted for Lindsey, the Brat Pack voted for Carl. Jeff allows both players to make a statement on their behalf. Carl mentions that's he's a hard worker and everyone knows what an asset to the tribe he is. Lindsey mentions that she's been steady in the challenges and that Carl really doesn't need the money. So we have a second vote, with Lindsey and Carl not voting. SURPRISE! We have a 3-3 tie. Now in past episodes of Survivor, there's never been a tie on the first vote for a tribe. Meaning they just went back to see who had more votes against them in the past and that person was gone. Well, noone has any votes, so this one is completely deadlocked. What ever will we do? Sounds like we need some Bush Survival Trivia!! Basically, Jeff will ask questions until one of them gets it right and the other gets it wrong. First question: True or False, smoke from elephant dung is a good mosquito repellant. Lindsey: True. Carl: True. Answer: True. Second question: Fruit pulp from the dune palm can be used for this: a) diarrhea b) fever c) worm infestation d) cuts or abrasions. Lindsey: A. Carl: B. Answer: C. Third question: True or False, the African Rock Python can digest a gazelle. Lindsey: False. Carl: False. Answer: True. Fourth question: True or False, If bitten by a tick, warm water will help retract the tick. Lindsey: True. Carl: False. Answer: True. Finally, someone wins. And it's Lindsey. Carl becomes the first Samburu, and third Survivor kicked out of Africa. This week was a tough week to pull out a Quote of the Week. I had several I liked. And in fact, I rated 2 quotes this week as worthy of quote of the week. The first goes to Kelly. When Boran was discussing whether or not their signal would be good enough to win, she said, "I don't think Samburu is gonna be taking their clothes off." My second quote of the week goes to Frank. Upon hearing about Lindsey getting sick, he quipped, "Barbie went down in Africa." Until next week, kids, here's an updated vote history chart. Be sure to come back here next Wednesday when the second issue of the S-Ratings (our picks for the next Survivor to be voted out of Africa) is published. Til then, God bless.
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