Survivor: Caramoan - Episode 6

Operation Thunder Dome

By Ben Willoughby

March 21, 2013

Perhaps I should have been a bit more coy about that hidden idol.

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Eddie and Erik go out for Gota, and Phillip and Julia for Bikal. Gota is ahead with “a nice rhythm going,” and they get their box across the line and tap in Malcolm and Andrea. “Phillip and Julia really falling behind,” but they get across the line and Matt and Corinne go out. I noticed this episode that Matt has flame tattoos on his legs. Is that because he thinks he’ll run faster? Because it’s not working.

There’s a lot more box-rolling, and there’s nothing really noteworthy until Gota is on Box 5 while Phillip and Cochrane have rolled back Box 4 for Bikal, and then Mike runs out and calls out for Phillip to come after him. There was obviously some confusion about who was supposed to go out, with Phillip thinking that he would be bringing back the sixth block, not the fifth. Which makes sense, because why would a 59-year old run two consecutive legs of this course? But no one agrees with him and he has to run out.

Anyway, both teams get their boxes back, and while it looks even from the air, on the ground Gota had a big lead and was able to get better organized to see where the boxes fit. Julia is going the direction-giving for Bikal, and she wants to work one block at a time and from the top. So her plan is to catch up to Gota by going slower. And then when they get their box at the top, they realise it is upside-down and it should go at the bottom. So they didn’t even look over at Gota, which had their top block in place.

“Bikal appears to be on some sort of medication, they are so slow!” says Probst. “Put this one in the deep freeze, this one is over!” Gota finishes and wins immunity. “That was pathetic,” is Probst’s verdict, before telling his new favorite tribe of Gota to enjoy the night off.




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Phillip – as though we’re all not tired of more and more Phillip – interviews that Corinne is inept, but the “favorites” must dominate. He says something about strong men advance boldly, weak men grow agitated, while superior men stand their ground and wait for better chances. Because Phillip thinks he’s superior, he takes that option.

When Bikal gets back to camp, Phillip wants to give a speech about how they all did their best and worked well together, and everyone has to listen politely like he’s Bill Lumbergh. Corinne lets off some steam in her interview about how annoying Phillip is and how everyone thinks he’s the ring-leader because he does outrageous things and everyone lets it slide. Hey, that’s just how Brandon felt too. Of course, the speech wasn’t anything outrageous, it was just Phillip being Phillip. But having to toe the line for 39 days must be so tiring.

“On a scale from one to on an airplane next to a baby annoying, he’s on an airplane next to a baby annoying and the baby has diarrhea." But she knows he’ll vote with her so she won’t be flipping. Now we know Corinne isn’t going and Phillip isn’t going, there’s absolutely no tension for the rest of the episode.


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