Survivor: Philippines - Episode 12

Shot Into Smithereens

By Ben Willoughby

December 6, 2012

No one told me there was going to be math and stuff.

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Probst cuts in here to suggest that maybe baggage is a better word. “I am baggage?” asks Abi, interpreting that Probst is saying she’s being taken to the end because she’s easy to beat. Sounds reasonable to me. Probst explains that Abi brings baggage because of her history, and then asks Denise if she thinks Abi can win.

Obviously, Denise does not think so. Does anyone? Anyway, Denise says that Survivor winners usually play a balanced game between the social, strategic and physical, and Abi has not brought that fully to the table. Denise did a better job at this Tribal Council of presenting her arguments without coming off as superior. Anyway, time to vote. We only see the obvious votes of Abi for Carter and Carter for Abi.

After Probst comes back to “tally” the votes, he asks if anyone has a hidden immunity idol. Abi’s face looks made of wood. And the votes are Carter. Abi. Carter. Carter. Carter. Carter – friendship, love you bro. Abi crosses herself and thinks “I can’t believe they bought my story about the hidden immunity idol! I am a Survivor genius!” Poor Carter. He’d have been so much better off explaining that he’s a non-entity.




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So this is the part of the game where realpolitik takes over. I’m not sure that voting out Carter and putting Abi in the swing vote seat was the right move for some of those people, especially Denise. There’s clearly no playing the “deserves to be there” card next week, and Abi seems much more likely to align with Michael and Lisa, who haven’t really done anything game-wise, than with Malcolm and Denise. But then who knows how Abi sees this game playing out?

Next time on Survivor, we see Abi arguing that Lisa to vote for Denise and Lisa happily saying she can use Abi for her game plan. After watching this preview, Jonathan immediately punched a hole through one of his fedoras.

The “realization that his Survivor experience is over is weighing heavily” on Carter. “They’re playing with their heads, not their hearts at this point," he moans. Meh – if he couldn’t come up with a convincing reason why he should stay, there’s no “deserve." Sorry Carter. Even though you’re a doofus, you grew on me these past few weeks.


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