Once we get past Jeff’s recap of the season we revisit last week’s tribal council with our final four. Spencer is asking Tony if he voted for Trish. He openly admits that he did. He says it was a strategic move, he hated to do it to her, but it had to be done to get him to the end. The four of them also start to congratulate each other and discuss how the end will go. Tony is really giving the hard sell on his special idol making sure they think he can use it this time. He wants them to think they can’t write his name down even if he doesn’t win immunity.

In the morning the loved ones finally hit the beach! I really thought they weren’t going to show this season. It was nice for the final four to have a picnic with their family members instead of having the stress of playing for time with them. Before you know it though the pleasantries are over and it’s time for the immunity challenge. This challenge is freaking me out! They are on the top of a high post on a windy day out in the ocean. They have to pull up buckets of water to pour into a tube that will draw up a key. Once they have the key they jump in and head to shore to unlock pieces to for a puzzle. It’s the Tony and Spencer show again. Problem is, we already know that Tony won’t know how to do the puzzle. Woo catches up and Kass is a disaster on the pole. The puzzle is tough and Kass is able to catch up! She does the impossible and wins immunity!

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Spencer-“I had to win and it meant so much, and so losing in itself is devastating. Losing to a brain dead weasel like Kass, that’s the most humiliating way I could have lost today.”
Back at camp Spencer approaches Tony with some story about the possibility that this season will be a final 2 instead of final 3. He gives him the finer points of keeping him to the next vote over Woo. Tony knows Spencer is a super fan and he is making sense.

Spencer’s final two talk is the topic of conversation at tribal council. Out in the open Spencer pleads his case and gets Kass to admit that Woo is more favorable to take to the end than Tony. I really think Tony might figure it out and go with Spencer, but when the votes are read it’s Spencer that goes to the jury. Sorry Heidi, the tribe has spoken.

 

Jeff turns to Kass, Tony and Woo and you find out Spencer was right, they have another immunity challenge in the morning!
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Woo-“I’d be the stupidest Survivor player ever taking Tony to the end.”

Kass-“Me too.”

The challenge is a huge maze with key pieces to get then, puzzle pieces to put together to raise a flag first. It is a close race and in a photo finish Woo beats Kass. How Woo can muster the energy to do those back flips with so little food or sleep I have no idea.

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Kass-“It’s horrifying! The person who hasn’t made a decision the whole game is in charge of my fate!”

Tony and Kass have to start their campaigning to Woo. The whole time they are talking to him it looks like Woo is just confused. I know he is just being thoughtful, but man, shake the sand out of your ears dude.

At tribal Jeff questions the three to see how their afternoon went. Woo is stoked to win the immunity then goes quiet. Kass and Tony start back up with the reasons why Woo should take them to the end. The look on Woo’s face when Tony lays the loyalty talk on thick says it all. Woo cuts off Jeff short and wants to get right to the vote. He votes off Kass and makes his choice to go to the end with Tony. Stupid I think he called it. Sorry, Chuck Woolley, the tribe has spoken.

Final 2 get the usual awesome breakfast. Tony never turns the game off. He finds a note in the basket and hides it from Woo. It ends up being a mirror and scale so he tells Woo about it, but man this guy is a snake.

The opening statements go pretty well and then the jury gets going. The questions go at Tony pretty hard. They are pretty light on Woo, then Trisha gets up. It was almost a Susan from season 1 rant. Very uncomfortable. Spencer finishes out the jury with an actual closing argument for why everyone should vote for Tony and not Woo. I’ve never seen anything like it, but he said everything I was thinking. Man, I’m mad Spencer didn’t make it to the end! Be honest with yourself, Woo is likeable, but Tony played a near flawless game. Woo did very little besides entertain us.

Cut to the live finale and Probst reads the votes. He shows that Woo gets one vote, but Tony gets all the rest. Sorry, Sierra Gray, Woo loses.
                                                       

Tony is the winner! Congrats David Hickman!

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Tony-“My wife said don’t do anything stupid out there. Taking Woo to the end would be stupid. I’m going to listen to my wife. I’m going to have to blindside Woo soon.”

Reward challenge is for pizza delivery. Tony wins by a landslide and picks Trish to enjoy pizza with him.

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Kass-“I’m glad Tony picked Trish for the reward because it just solidifies that those two are locked together. Tony is the alpha male out here and she’s the female. There are like a couple of baboons. I’m surprised she isn’t picking ticks off him right now.”

Spencer-“Everyone is handing Tony this game, much like the pizza on a silver platter.”

Tony and Trish start talking strategy over pizza. First he tells about his idols, he makes something up about when he can play them. Then, he tells Trish that he wants to go to the end with her and Kass because he figures they can beat Kass.

Tony actually approaches Kass with the idea of final 3 and Chaos Kass comes out to play! She goes right back to camp and squeals the new plan to Woo. Tony flips! Kass is hanging all of Tony’s dirty laundry and Kass has no filter. Woo just quietly listens and processes. When Tony finally gives up the fight and walks away. Spencer, Kass and Woo have a chat. Another alliance to go after the mob boss in the works? It was discussed, but not finalized.

At the immunity challenge Tony goes out strong. Before you know it, Tony is way out front and only Spencer can catch him. Tony is working on the final puzzle for a while before Spencer catches up. Spencer gets to the puzzle, but the difference is Tony has been just moving pieces with no real success and Spencer actually knows what to do with the pieces. In no time Spencer solves the puzzle and wins immunity for the second week in a row.

Back at camp Trish starts up at Kass. Tony is scrambling with Woo. He starts swearing on everyone under the sun that he is taking Woo to the end. Woo is still suspicious. He doesn’t trust Tony. Woo approaches Kass and Spencer to keep his options open. Tony sees them talking and freaks out.

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Kass-“Trish went completely off the hook with me. She looked like freaking Skeletor with those blues eyes popping out and that skeleton finger waving in my face.”

At tribal council the argument between Kass and Trish comes up. Words like capacity for hatred and psycho bitch came out. Spence feels like he’s in One Flew Over the CooKoo’s Nest and Woo thinks he’s stuck in the worst family possible. Tony is dad, Trish is mom, Kass is the sister, Spencer is the son and Woo is the foreign exchange student just hoping that everyone will shut the hell up and focus on the game. When they finally get down to the vote Tony decides to pull some tricks out of his bag. He shows both of his idols. When the voting is done, but before they are read Tony comes up to burn his regular idol. Doesn’t offer it to Trish, just says, “I don’t need this, but it’s the last time I can use it so here you go Jeff.” Jeff reads the votes and Trish is out. Woo goes with Kass and Spencer after all.

Sorry Kristi, the tribe has spoken.

Now, if you are like my family, you watch the previews and the tribe reveal their votes at the very end of the show. We got a real shock this week when you see Tony’s vote. He actually voted for Trish! No wonder he didn’t give the idol to Trish. Make sure to catch the 2 hour finale’ on Wednesday the 21^st.

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Kass-“I’m pissed off, another blindside, Jefra taken out for crossing the Don, aka, Tony our mafia king. Anyone that crosses Tony get their cement shoes and thrown in the pond.”

In the morning, Kass is fed up with Tony’s condescending tone. She accuses him of calling her names. Tony is actually telling the truth this time and didn’t say anything about Kass, but Spencer isn’t going to stand up for Tony. Spencer really likes that Tony and Kass are fighting.

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Kass-“I don’t want to be a cult member, I want to kill the cult leader.”

The fighting continues and Tony can’t let it go. He is going nuts that Kass says he was talking about her, when he really wasn’t. She even tricks him into revealing that he has the special immunity idol. Tash and Spencer are loving this!

At the reward challenge Spencer totally loses it while making the puzzle. Tasha is smoking to start off. Kass steps up and guides Spencer to an incredible come back to win. The reward is a chance to help kids of a Philippine village.

Kass proposes that She, Spencer, Woo and Tasha should flush the idol and split votes to try to get out Trish or Tony. Woo takes some time to think about it, but decides to go with them.

Back at camp, keeping the new plan from Tony is the hard part. Woo has been a loyal ally for the entire game. It’s hard for him to go against Tony, he isn’t coming up with a very convincing lie. Tony thinks something smells fishy.

Immunity challenge is a tough one. It’s anyone’s game having to count items, get the right amount to come up with the combo to unlock their stick. All the while, run a quarter mile in between the two. Everyone is having trouble with this one, but in the end Spencer comes up with the right combo first.

At camp Tony is worried, because Tasha isn’t. Tasha usually scrambles on tribal council night, this time she is cool and calm, this makes Tony very nervous. The plan is set with Spencer, Tasha, Kass and Woo, but then Kass starts to over think things. Would it be better to go to the end with the guy that everyone hates? In an eleventh hour decision she pulls Woo aside to go back on the plan and vote Tasha.

At Tribal Council you can’t really tell which plan everyone is going with. When it’s all said and done Kass chickens out and votes with Tony after all, Tony doesn’t even play an idol (so he still has two!) and Tasha goes to the jury. Sorry Marisa, the tribe has spoken. Seriously, are these people stupid? What is Trish still doing there? And why wouldn’t they at least try to flush one of those idols out? Dumb!