Grid Effect

Jean creeping people out

Back at Fei-long, the men are bickering over a crab that James caught, apparently everyone else is incapable of doing this for themselves. James interviews that they’re helpless, but quite a bit of it is unintelligible in the same vein as chicken.

Back at Zahn-Hu, Dave is still over-exerting himself with work at camp, and the tribe is growing ignored with him. Its amazing the lack of self-awareness some people exude, especially when he gets all high and mighty (much worse than last episode) about a brick for a fire. Damn, what a prick.

RC consists of them wrestling on a makeshift boat with two sailboats connected by two planks. It’s 3-on-3, men and women on separate teams, and they have to try and wrestle each other into the water, the tribe with the last standing member wins. It’s almost identical to last weeks challenge, but instead of pushing balls in the mud, they’re throwing each other off a boat. Fei-Long sits out Todd and Courtney.
The women are up first, and Zahn-Hu wins in convincing fashion with all three members still standing.
Next the men, Fei-Long has the three biggest members of this competition, so its fairly obvious who’s winning this. James just manhandles everybody. This is like if Master and Commander had wrestling, large black men and women.
Women are up again, God, there is so much pixelation that it’s more distracting than if they were just all naked. Then again, we would have gotten a clean look at the lunch ladies snatch, not something any of us need to see. PG looks anguished.
2-1 Zahn-Hu, the men are up again and Fei-Long wins again.
2-2 and the women are up again. Zhan-Hu is decidedly lucky the women went first, they win because PG understands the concept of leverage. The reward is some pillows, a tarp and some other such nonsense. They take Leslie over with the clue.

I think its about time for a little versatility in the challenges.

Back at Zahn-Hu, Jaime is thrilled, obviously about the decision to take Leslie, because she is certain that she will reciprocate and give her the clue. Leslie loves the positive nature at Zahn-Hu, and sort of gets sucked into the atmosphere and starts spilling guts about shit they probably already knew. Ooh, they are Christians over on Zahn-Hu, Leslie actually asks them.

James and Jean-Robert have a very frank discussion about their tribe, that starts off killing Leslie, calling her “sister Christian”, then they go into about voting Courtney off, whom James wants to keep, and Jean-Robert suggests, in so many words, that James has a romantic interest in her. First off, James might literally break her in half, were such a situation to present itself. Second, there is always a degree of “locker room” banter, but never is it this demeaning or objectifying. What makes it even worse is Courtney and Todd are within an earshot of all this. And fuck you, Jean-Robert. I was all set to rally against this woman this season, and you have taken that away from me. Now I have to feel sorry for her. I may forgive, Jean-Robert, but I will never forget. Todd makes a bunch of inconsequential idle threats to and vows revenge.

At, Zahn-Hu, Leslie reads her clue and gives it to Jaime, so Jaime’s plan worked in manipulating the “weakest link” on Fei-Long (these dashes are fucking killing me). The clue essentially says the idol is in a tree or on a hilltop. Jaime isn’t getting it, but I can’t remember the first clue so I guess I’m not either.

At IC, Leslie isn’t very discrete about the time she had at Zahn-Hu. The challenge consists of cutting ropes that will drop discs, that the teams have to put on a vertical poll to solve the puzzle, then drag said puzzle across a finish line. And damn, Courtney goes first for Fei-Long, and she can’t get through the ropes, in fact Zahn-Hu is working on their puzzle before she finishes her ropes (meaning, in case you don’t understand because I feel like I’m explaining this really poorly, all four John-Hu contestants cut through their ropes before Courtney gets through hers). Zahn-Hu (a la Dave and Sherea) cannot get through the puzzle and even with the huge lead, Fei-Long makes a game of it. In the end, Zahn-Hu does edge out Jean-Robert and Todd for Fei-Long on the puzzle, and though they struggle with dragging it across the finish line, Fei-Long loses with about half their puzzle left unfinished. Courtney looks devastated.

Back at Fei-Long who has yet to vote out a teammate, spirits are low. Jean-Robert still is set on getting rid of Leslie or Courtney. Aaron is pissed about Leslie telling the other team that he is the leader… Which she shouldn’t have said but they probably know since Jaime was at their camp for a day. Todd is clearly advocating for Jean-Robert, he and Amanda are both set on it. Aaron wants to get rid of Leslie because of her loose lips and her obvious affinity for the Christian laden Zahn-Hu. They show a shot of Todd alongside Jean-Robert, and man is he fucking tiny. He’s about as small as Courtney, if not smaller. While they show this he voices over that he doesn’t want to be competing with huge men post-merge. Well, he shouldn’t want to be competing against huge women either. Get rid of the mute lunch lady!

At TC, Jean Robert calls out the two smallest women. Courtney regals how she feels ineffectual at camp and her voice shakes while she does. Leslie really details how the opposing tribe has so much more synergy. Jean Robert at least realizes he might be going home, which is interesting. Because wouldn’t one think he would alter his behavior if he knows what he is doing is counterproductive? Aaron votes for Leslie, Courtney votes for Jean Robert. The votes read as such:
Jean
Leslie
Jean
Sister Christian (Leslie)
Leslie
Mom (Leslie)
Leslie
Leslie goes home and is in uber-positive spirits about it.

In her parting words Leslie is clueless as to why she was voted off. But knows God wants her to go home.

Tonight: Jean-Robert clashes with Courtney, and Dave clashes with Sherea, it’s amazing they could finish that puzzle together given how much she clearly hates him.