Survivor Insider: Episode 9
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Joan | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 05:11 pm   The Tribe speculates about Frank & Brandon’s movie date—Tom, Kim, MamKim, Theresa and Ethan sit around the fire agreeing that they could not have had a better mix for the reward challenge. They all agree the pairings were perfect and they couldn’t have matched people up better if they had sat done to think it out. “What a great day that was!” MamaKim says smiling. Tom says he liked that day better than any day he’s been in Africa. MamaKim says the wine and cheese party was her best day and Kim and Theresa say that that day was their highlight as well. Tom chuckles and says they ought to play a game where they recreate their own spin on Frank and Brandon at the movies. MamaKim wonders what will happen if, like on a real date, they have a fight and one wants to go home. Tom says he’s been looking for Frank to come home any minute, they’ll drive Brandon home but Frank will walk not wanting to ride with Brandon. Tom does an impression of Frank complaining that the movie was not even an Army movie and “they didn’t kill nobody in this movie!” Kim and Tom do a little impression of Brandon and Frank arguing over popcorn (and Tom does a really good impression of Brandon’s voice!). Tom says the big question is whether Frank will open the door for Brandon. Both Kims say they don’t think so. MamaKim asks if they can picture the two of them in one of the cars. Theresa hangs her head and laughs and Kim shakes her head saying “oh my God, oh my God.” MamaKim wonders whether they’d sit next to each other or whether they’d have a big space in between them. Kim is sure that one would be in the back and one would be in the front. The camera zooms to Lex a few yards off sitting all alone hunched over on a crate with his back to the group. Tom gets serious saying that when this is all over, it will help Frank and the two Kims agree right away—“Absolutely!” Tom admits that it has helped him and that Brandon “isn’t the witch I thought he was.” MamaKim says that Frank with his “zero tolerance” needs to have more tolerance for different types of people and different ideas—more flexibility. MamaKim mentions a conversation she had with Frank one night about tipping waitresses and she says Frank had “NO flexibility.” Kim chimes in agreeing that with Frank “it’s black and it’s white.” Tom says it is “his way or the highway” but points out that they know him. MamaKim agrees that Frank “doesn’t waiver in his opinions. Kim says he was fired up this morning. Tom chuckles saying that when he and Frank brought the wood in, Brandon was in bed again. He does an impression of a frazzled Frank crying “It’s like my kids! He’s laying in bed and I’m working! I’m not working for him!” Kim and Theresa start giggling. Tom says Frank put his hands on his hips and pointed Brandon out saying to tell Brandon to just lay there and he’d bring him some water. “He went wild this morning!,” Tom says. MamaKim wonders if they will be out late and regrets not giving them a curfew. Kim agrees they should have had a curfew. Tom says he’s locking the door. Ethan wonders what will happen when they get home. MamaKim says they’ll want first shift. Kim suggests setting up a little love nest for them in the hut with candles. Tom adds that they could put the “blue thing” in there for them with some hay all around. Big Tom’s big ol’ boil—Tom tells the camera that he had a big boil under his right arm. He touches the spot repeatedly as he speaks. He popped it and this nasty yellow stuff came out and he had to bite down on a stick while he squeezed it. He then shows the camera that he has another one on his neck now about the size of a quarter. His tribemates have ridden him to no end about it and he laughs saying he doesn’t know how they got there but he figures that that’s just his luck. As bad as the boil is, it doesn’t compare to poor “Frank the grinder, jungle gym Frank” being put with his favourite person Brandon through the luck of the draw. This will be a night to remember! Cuts to Brandon lounging around on the ground, Lex, Ethan and Tom standing over him. Tom tells everyone to clear out to give Brandon and Frank some room to practise. Brandon says “we are so f**king ready, we don’t need to practise!” (Do you kiss your mother with that mouth Brandon?!) Lex notices at this time that Tom’s mouth is “blee-ding my friend!” Tom dabs at his mouth with his shirt and discovers that this is true. He announces that he is falling apart. Brandon and Lex ask him what he did and Kim (off camera) asks if he is injured. Tom says he “kissed Little Bit to get her going and…” Lex cuts him off saying “She bit you! Little Bit bit you!” Lex does an impression of Kim saying “Get offa me Big Tom!” Tom says it is a big game and he’s falling apart. MamaKim hopes his boil doesn’t burst in the middle. Lex says when it does, a mushroom cloud is going to come out of it. Tom says it is going to happen in the middle of the challenge and Kim pipes up saying that that is their distraction technique. Lex says it will leave an oil slick behind Tom and Kim and the rest will be sliding around screaming. Kim warns Tom not to give away their secrets yet. Brandon figures it is a James Bond oil slick, he pulls the plug in his neck and throws everyone behind him off. Tom says there’ll be a lot of dust behind them anyway and Kim agrees, “What till they see the speed of us!” Cuts a bit forward in the conversation. Ethan is taking inventory of Tom’s injuries—broken lip, broken toe, Tom adds his bent neck. Tom says you go through a lot of strain when you’re the oldest in the group. Strain “of losing?” Ethan asks then says he is going it literally throw his body in front of Tom’s legs so he falls flat on his face. Tom chuckles saying “Little Bit will jump over you!” Ethan figures Tom will be weighted down with that “anchor on the side of your neck.” “There’s nothing stopping us!” Tom says shaking his head. “No way!” Kim agrees. Kim says they have an evening coming, just her and Tom. Tom says it will be a “night under the ol’ mosquito net” but it doesn’t matter because in a few days it’ll be “like Bull Run, I’m gonna be busting in there!” He glances at the calendar on the water tower. “I’ve got the blinders on. Just straight ahead. Determination. Just like a six gunner by my side, I’ve got a dynamite under my arm and her name is Little Bit” he says dramatically adding some musical effects. “That’s the story of the Big Tom!” “The Jungle Cat will prowl the night and purr!” Kim asks what woman wouldn’t be pushing people out of her way for a night with Big Tom? Theresa calls him Tom Cat and MamaKim says they don’t call him that for nothing! Tom plans to put his buff around his neck and no one will even know (until they make a 5 min clip about it on Insider). Tom says people who live out there live ruff and you are not supposed to be “all prettied up” out there. They have an image to uphold and they are not little babies, he is Big Tom! He says that is another motto for Moto Maji and does a little hand jive. He suddenly laughs remembering the rock, paper scissors game and says they don’t play that, that’s not their game. “That’s in the past baby!” Kim announces that she may even wear something only half dirty or maybe MamaKim will let her wear her black lace thong. Camera moves to Frank stretching a little ways off but looking toward the group and smiling along with them nonetheless. Theresa figures they may have to take some of the necessities out of the med kit. Frank and Brandon’s movie date—Brandon, Frank and Jeff are sitting at the movie site. Brandon tells Jeff that Survivor is much harder than he had expected. Frank nods in agreement and says the mental strain alone is rough. Jeff tells them that they (I assume the Survivor crew) always say that “it is not about surviving Africa, it is about surviving each other.” Frank nods and remarks that there is constant social interaction, you are around people all the time and there is no place to go off to to hide or to be alone. Brandon agrees saying you cannot escape from yourself either. Jeff asks what that means and Brandon explains that there is nothing to distract yourself with so you are forced to think about what is going on in side of you, it is “very reflective.” Frank tells Jeff that every morning he gets up at the crack of dawn and goes on a “safety walk” but really it is just to be alone and “absorb it all,” kind of throw the switch on the game once a day and allow the others time to get up. He remarks that this is all like a chess game. Jeff, in his usual game show host tone, asks who back home they would choose to share this moment with. Frank sighs and ponders before he says he would share it with his 8 year old daughter because it would be “such a building block.” He is always telling her never to give up despite the odds, good things come to those who wait, and to keep working hard, treat people the way you want to be treated—respectfully, etc. Jeff poses the same question to Brandon and Brandon chooses his roommate. He is quick to explain that they are just roommates. His roommate was concerned that Brandon would meet some “less than friendly people” out there and so Brandon would for him to see himself and Frank sitting there together. Brandon figures the viewers, his roommate included, will see the way he and Frank started off and then see them sharing this reward together and “it will just be a shock!” (Again Brandon proves himself extremely astute.) Frank nods. Brandon says this just goes to show that very different people can get along. Frank says that beyond the book cover, there is still social interaction and anything can happen. He wouldn’t necessarily do this at home. Jeff asks Frank whether he is surprised at how well he is getting along with Brandon. Frank says he is actually but he thinks that it is “in the face of the necessities of living though.” Brandon says they would never have met IRL, there is just no point of the day where their paths would cross and Frank says “absolutely!” Jeff asks whether, not that they have met, anything has changed. This is not an experience they would have had in their everyday lives. Frank responds saying it would probably cause him to take a second look, have a conversation, or just take a step further instead of just looking at the cover of the book. He’d ask what’s inside now, “it’s very interesting, very educational.” “Kind of a nice moment!” remarks Jeff. Brandon agrees and Frank nods saying “It’s different.” Jeff asks if they are ready to watch the movie and they say they are. Frank thanks Jeff as Jeff gets up to start the projector rolling. Kim P.’s fascination with condoms—MamaKim, making dinner, says they need some balloons and LittleKim immediately suggets blowing up the condoms (she looks a little too excited about this idea). Theresa and LittleKim open the first aid kid and Tom announces that they will fix Brandon and Frank “a little love nest.” LittleKim suggests putting some condoms in their bags. Theresa begins looking through the kit and L.Kim asks whether there are any nonlubricated condoms because they will be easier to blow up. She quickly adds “not that I know anything about that sort of thing!” Theresa looks at her very skeptically and says “I can tell!” “I’m a safety girl!” Kim announces in a bimboish voice. Theresa says she really doesn’t know anything about them. Kim takes the condoms and starts reading off the sizes. Tom speaks up for the extra large one and she hands it to him. He also takes an extra small one for Ethan. Kim is grossed out by how slimey they are (although they are in their packaging still). Kim opens one and keeps on going about how slimey they are. Theresa feels one and agrees. Theresa tries to blow one up without unrolling it and obviously fails. Kim snatches it from her, unrolls it and blows it up. Ethan laughs at the ease with which she manages this. Kim ties of the balloon and MamaKim suggests they put a “prize” in each one. Lex is out to get Frank—Lex’ plan is to vote for Frank. He doesn’t think Frank is an “awful person” but the last few days he has found Frank “pretty insufferable.” When they came back from the last vote, the vote he knows he got 4 votes in from Frank, T, Kim P. and Kelly, Frank “showed his true colours as a person.” (He seems really stuck on these votes to mention them in the middle of a separate thought.) Lex had originally intended to come back to camp and address those who had voted for him saying that he knows they had to vote for someone, that someone happened to be him and he has no hard feelings and let’s just be a tribe. (*cough*BS*cough*) Before he could even finish his sentence, Frank interrupted wanting to know who had what shift so he could go to sleep. Lex felt this “reeked of sour grapes” and it was obvious to him that Frank couldn’t handle the fact that he had lost, that Lex was still there and that Lex had made a deal with Brandon, the person Frank hates. (Ho ho ho! The irony is too much!!) Frank had asked Lex the day before to make a deal with him but Lex declined out of lack of trust for Frank. For the last three days, Frank has refused to speak to Lex even when they were on night watch together. Frank decided to treat Lex “like crap” and Lex figures it is his time to go, if not tonight then next time. Lex is having a hard time dealing with Frank now, Frank has become a “pain in my butt!” and having him around brings morale down with his “sour mood,” grouchiness and constant grumbling. Lex is voting for Frank regardless of how anyone else votes and he thinks Brandon will do the same. The way he sees it, it will probably be 2 votes Frank and 6 votes Brandon. Kim P. might possibly join up with them and not vote Brandon but he is not sure. He knows that it doesn’t look like he will get his way though. The game of Survivor fascinates him and he has had a lot of fun but it as also gotten “really ugly.” Since the merger, things have become really strange and a lot more “ruthless and cutthroat” but he had kind of expected that. He was not sure how he would react to that but he has adapted to it. If some of the fun is gone, it has been replaced by more challenge which has got his “competitive juices flowing.” He enjoys it and is in it “for the long haul. He has every intention of being there on day 39 with one other person at TC in front of the jury of seven. His intention is to make it all the way and “I think I still have a really good change of doing that. Frank: There’s a bullseye on my back!—Frank is in danger right now, he is vulnerable and has a target on his back even though they have been able to whittle Boran down to 4 on 4. He is not entirely comfortable with the old Samburus and with Lex, there is only room for one of them. Nothing specific makes him feel a target. There is just Lex and there is Frank and Lex seems to be the leader of his group and Frank is more or less in the background. He figures Lex sees him as a danger and he wouldn’t be surprised if it was him (who goes I assume). His plan right now is just to focus on winning immunity to shield himself, to develop a stronger bond with the Samburus and to go for a tied vote with Boran. This is definitely a key TC for the Samburus as a whole because after this, it will be 4 to 3 and whoever has the majority need only pick people off after that. By old Samburu, he means T, Kim and Brandon. He feels there is a chance to reunite them. Because Brandon’s lifestyle is on the opposite end of the spectrum from Frank’s, he is going to leave this up to Theresa to negotiate because that is her skill and she is sensitive to the issues. Frank is going to feel vulnerable but let her take charge of the task and report back and see if they can pull it off. Frank has had the message relayed to Kim and Brandon that they can sit around and wait to be picked off or they can make a “last minute charge to break this tie” and gain control. Brandon’s paranoia increases—A parrot hangs upside down from a branch as Brandon addresses the camera. This was not at all what he had expected, to have people running around talking about you. He glances over to the rest of the group bathing in the watering hole. A male voice off camera answers “mmhmm” and Brandon looks surprised. “You do?!” Cuts to Brandon in another interview. His name and tribe are displayed on the screen which is unusual for an Insider clip. (I am guessing this was originally intended for the show itself). He describes the current situation as “prickly.” Lex made a promise to him but he has no idea whether Lex will keep it or not and he kind of prefers not to know what will happen just so he will be surprised. Cuts back to him by the watering hole. Brandon doesn’t know what to say or do the next couple of days. The same voice (Lex?) whispers “no one does.” We see Frank and Ethan talking in the distance. Brandon says he is not going to worry about it anymore and the voice says it is us against them now. Cuts back to interview. Brandon says he is human and he hates to hear people say horrible things about him but…”whatever!” Brandon’s paired up with Frank—This morning Brandon and Kim went to get mail and he told her that he didn’t want them to be arguing with her anymore because he didn’t vote for Kelly the other day as an attack on her, he just wanted to vote for Kelly. If the only way Kim can feel better is to vote for Brandon tomorrow, he told her she should do it because he cannot stand to hear her sitting around and talking about him. He is not sure whether they resolved anything but he feels better for having said his piece. He has now given her an excuse to vote for him and if she chooses to, fine. Yesterday they drew numbers for the RC and he got Frank. It was funny because everyone knows he and Frank don’t get along well. They won and he wasn’t really that surprised because he figured it was an obstacle course from the clue and they were the only guy-guy team. They were told it was going to be a movie and popcorn but when they got there it was a huge spread with candy, hotdogs, nachos, etc. Frank and Brandon decided not to tell the others about anything but the Mountain Dew and popcorn because “that’s kinda shi**y in a way” since everyone is suffering and everyone is hungry from not living on much but chicken feed corn and mush. They all try not to talk about their hunger because it only makes it worse. Frank figured that they might feel bad if they heard the extent of what he and Brandon won. Then again, Brandon figures they might try harder at the next reward challenge if they knew. They could get resentful though, not that he really cares much but he wouldn’t want to hear about it. They saw “Out of Africa” on recliners with footstools. It was so cool to see the landscape in the movie while sitting on the side of a mountain in Africa and thinking about trees and lions you have walked by just like the ones in the movie. Tribal Council voting—Tom votes for Brandon saying he is putting him “back in the loveville down there in Dallas, TX.” Brandon has been a good experience for him, it has been fun but “See ya later my friend!” Ethan votes for Brandon saying he feels Brandon is playing both sides and cannot be trusted. Anyone who can screw over one of his best friends can screw Ethan over. He lies around all day at camp so it is time for him to go. Theresa votes for Brandon saying she will miss having him around and wishes they could have kept the alliance together because she is crazy about him. Lex votes for Frank saying in a really nasty tone Frank has been “rude, groucy and a poor sport and the last few days have been insufferable.” He cannot wait to see Frank gone. “Bye bye!” Kim votes for Brandon saying it is a shame it came to this but she doesn’t trust him. She starts to say something about their friendship and then stops herself saying she doesn’t even know if they have one anymore. Frank votes for Brandon saying he broke his word to a couple of women and he broke his honour. Brandon votes for Frank saying it is “kind of a because I know this is my last night, I know I just got vote off.” He is going to take some time anyway and say a couple of things. He is voting for Frank because he would feel unfulfilled if he didn’t after spending all this time with Frank and he kept his word because he never promised anything to anybody but Kim and he didn’t vote for her. MamaKim votes for Brandon saying she enjoyed his personality immensely even though “his work ethic leaves a lot to be desired.” Survivor is a game of deceit where people are pitted against one another and so she doesn’t trust him and feels he needs to go. |
Tksoard | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 08:11 pm   Great job Joan!! THank you for this!! Question:What did they do with the condoms? Did they blow them up for pillows or something? And WHY do they have condoms in the med kit? Just wondering. Thanks again Joan, I really appreciate you taking the time and all the work to do this. I know, cause I did a couple of BB summarys, and it's not easy at all!!  |
Joan | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 09:43 pm   They were blowing up the condoms to decorate the "love nest" for when Brandon and Frank returned from their reward. They have condoms in the first aid kit so that they don't end up with any pregnant/infected contestants should there be a love connection. hehe |
Lancecrossfire | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 11:48 am   Thanks Joan!!! Some interesting as well as funny things not shown on TV. |
Tntitanfan | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 01:37 pm   Condoms but no toilet paper - they certainly have their priorities straight! GO TITANS!! |
Lancecrossfire | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 01:40 pm   Titan fan--that priority would be liability. Thinking about it in that term makes it very funny for me. While I like the Titans, I have to root for the Raiders--been a fan of theirs since the John Madden era. It should be a great game though! |
Mygetaway | Monday, December 24, 2001 - 05:09 pm   Thanks Joan, I'm glad you decided to do this post, and the next one for ep. 11. As one of the people who payed to watch FD Cam, I mean BB2, I decided I probably would never pay for anything ever again. I also have a slower computer, so the clips don't play that great for me. I love your recaps, because I think it does add a lot to the show. You definitely get a more rounder picture of the players. Thanks for all your hard work! (Merry Christmas too..) |
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