LAST EDITED ON 11-12-07 AT 08:01 PM (EST)

Survivor: China – Episode 9
“Just don’t eat the apple”

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Previously on Survivor . . . the Survivors went “Back to School.”

“Coach Probst” reveals in gym class that the challenge would be “rub-a-dub-dub, survivors in a tub.” Denise reveals she is the weird fat girl always picked last (or not at all). It was “Cool Kids” and “School Bully” Jean-Robert versus the “Transfer Students” and “Too-Cool-for-School” Courtney. Obviously Cool Rules and the reward was a field trip to an ancient city and lunch outside the school cafeteria.

Transfer PG tries to start a clique of her own, hoping to lure in “Too-Cool” and “Fat Girl”. “Fat Girl” ponders the offer and “Too-Cool” is just too cool to care. Transfer Erik, the invisible wallflower, is just there. “Floater” Frosti flirts with “Too-Cool,” and floats between cliques.

“Bully” tries to infiltrate the cool clique, but fails. He then thinks it genius to try to threaten “School Jock” James into an alliance. Alas, “Jock” actually has some brains and shoots “Bully” down. “Bully” goes to “Class Prez” Todd with a scheme to get “Jock” expelled. “Prez” is annoyed, because he already had that same idea, “like, 4ever, dude.”

Principal Probst issues the final exam and one by one, each survivor fails to complete their test. Shockingly to all, “Too-Cool” aces the exam, as all it entailed her to do was absolutely nothing and let the others crack under the pressure.

Just prior to the pep assembly, Prez calls in his trusty “Veep” Amanda and “Prez” decides it’s time to get “Bully” expelled. “Jock” agrees that the dumbazz/big mouth “Bully” must go. “Too-Cool” concurs, as she is, “like, totally grossed out” by “Bully.” “Veep” worries that Transfer PG should be expelled instead, but succumbs to peer pressure. On the other side, the “Transfers” heard the gossip that “Jock” was to be expelled and thought they had a chance to finally be accepted. Sadly, “Fat Girl” is all by herself, as neither the “Cool Kids” nor the “Transfers” even think to include her.

Principal Probst calls the pep assembly and announces that “Bully” broke various school codes due to his bullying, rifling through others’ lockers, peeping in the girls’ locker room and, worst of all, just being plain stupid. Principal Probst advises the class that “Bully” has been expelled. School spirit is once again restored and Principal Probst releases the class, following a brief PSA.

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Reference Guide

In case you new to our community or are too lazy to search for these things yourself, here are some valuable resources gathered together and placed here at your fingertips:

• For our newbies, who are welcomed with open arms (as long as you follow the rules), please take a few moments to review our Community Guidelines.

• For an amazing in-depth recap of last week’s episode, including analysis, check out Michel’s Ep. 8 Summary.

• For real-time, play-by-play commentary from last week’s episode, go to the Ep. 8 East Coast Spoiler Thread. Watch for Estee’s Update thread before every show & join in!

• If you haven’t read it yet, check out FlowerPower’s Ep 8 SOTS. We have some very talented and hardworking peeps around here. FloPo deserves a standing O for delivering in a week when MB put Survivor challenge previews on lock down.

• Finally, for the serious Survivor fanatic, those with an over-analytical mind, those who yen for a good conspiracy theory, a must read is Veruca Salt’s The Players, The Game, The Editing - Survivor China. This thread takes an in-depth look into the twisted mind of MB & his editing team. Here, our team of “self-proclaimed” experts dissect the possible meaning of the editing of words, actions, images and music throughout the season. In addition to Veruca’s insights into the editing, we have Michel breaking down The Art of War, paralleling it with the editing; along with Emydi & CTgirl discussing the animal imagery and what it all means. Seriously, this thread is a must read.

Now, without further ado, let’s get to some spoiling!!

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Survivor: China – Episode 9
“Just don’t eat the apple”

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Michel posted this week’s title from TV Guide to start the speculation: ”Just don’t eat the apple.” Of course, this could have meant anything, until our dependable FlowerPower bestowed upon us Ep 9 Vidcaps to get the ball rolling.

Now it seems pretty obvious that the title is referring to the flirtation between these two:

Other than making me throw up in my mouth a little at the thought of Courtney mouthing those words in a squeaky voice, it is not lost upon me how blatantly these “scrumptious” references are repeated ad nauseam in the previews. As James has been the king of the one-liners lately, my guess is that James utters the phrase, either directly to Courtney or in a confessional referencing Courtney.

Don’t worry, James. While you may think that Courtney “jumps on every swinging Dicque . . . and Harry,” I don’t see evidence of any swallowing going on (e.g. Exs A & B), so biting Frosti’s apple may be okay.

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Also included in Michel’s episode title thread are the . . .

CBS Misdirection Clues

• A new force to be reckoned with takes on the power players.
  Well, consensus is that this person is none other than Peih-Gee (more on this later).
  

• When one girl starts kissing and caressing someone outside her alliance, her allies are not happy.
  As noted above, we know the affectionate offender to be Courtney. We then find out in previews that this makes Todd and very unhappy (and unkempt) camper.
  

• One vulnerable castaway may change his fate by . . . acting like a sheep?
  Where did this guy come from????
  

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Reward Challenge

Our hardworking FloPo also posted a blurb from the TV Guide which states that “Someone wins the semiannual, alliance-testing boat trip on November 15.”

Guessing that this challenge will be some “coconut chop” variation, revealing the current pecking order, I am going to go way out on a limb and say that this one DOES NOT win:

Without any additional info at this point, I will go out on another limb and say that our one and only Miss Montana wins the reward challenge, as we have yet to see her irritate anyone or act irritated herself.

To further support this theory, I point out the various shots of Todd in the previews with a towel around his neck. Obviously, Amanda would pick Todd to join her on the reward, at the very least.

I would also suspect that Amanda would also bring along Courtney. Not because Courtney is a joy to be around, but so Courtney is kept “satisfied” and under Todd’s watchful eye, so as not to do any additional damage to his “alliance.”

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Reward Challenge Redux

Man, that Burnett sure has some balls!!

If you have been keeping an eye on FloPo’s Ep 9 Vidcap Thread, like you should be doing, you already know that we have more information on the challenges. Thank you FP and KO for keeping us up to date.

It looks like TV GUIDE made a typo and there is no “someone” winning the reward, but some “team” wins reward. We have some bouncing balls and drums and red versus yellow . . .

We are not shown which team Denise & Courtney are on, but since we have seen their past performances, does it really matter? I think they cancel each other out.

Judging by these next four photos, it appears Yellow wins reward. Now we know who really has a handle on their balls.

KO makes a very convincing argument that Courtney is probably on the yellow team and Amanda observes the flirting between Courtney & Frosti. (Which is probably elevated to new levels with the addition of some alcohol. As we all know Courtney prefers liquor to food, harkening back to the merge feast.) Amanda then reports all back to Todd.

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Immunity Challenge

Here is where things get interesting for all of us. We have some VERY observant peeps around here, who are also very generous with their observations. Christmas came early for us in the form of a major editing snafu, revealing that Peih-Gee wins immunity this week. Sure makes my job a heck of a lot easier.

First, Dabo started an Ep 9 Promo Speculation thread when he/she was shocked to see the revelation following last week’s episode in the “next time on Survivor” previews. Check it out, it’s all there for us, tied up in a bright shiny red bow.

To make it even more clear, FloPo posted this wonderful tidbit created by VolcanicGlass.

Now, we don’t know yet what the actual Immunity challenge is, but CTgirl points out that it is probably a puzzle and very well may be a “Soduku challenge!”

Could this be a shot of the immunity challenge?

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The Tribe Has Spoken

So, who is getting voted out? Peih-Gee was probably the one planned, but she obviously wins immunity. We know that Todd really wants to blind-side James and take out both the hidden immunity idols, along with the biggest physical threat. However, that would be too easy. Right now, all signs seem to indicate that Frosti is getting licked.

Evidence to support this:

• Someone named DanieuBleau said so and this DanieuBleau has proven to be a fairly reliable source of spoiling this season.

• KObrien_fan, one astute lady, has noted in the past that “sometimes the episode title screams of the boot.” I concur 100%.

• We know that Todd is very territorial about his alliance lines and protecting those lines. If Frosti is tempting Courtney, Todd will want to eliminate that distraction. And we already know James’ feelings on the matter, as noted up above.

• After James, Frosti is the biggest physical threat in challenges.

• Frosti was not an original Fei Long.

• Finally, if you have spent any time in Veruca’s “Editing” thread, you will have learned a bit on how MB’s brain works.

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Another pair of young lovers torn apart by Todd and his minions.
There will be no love in Survivor!

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I think my job here is done. A really brief recap of my supposition:

Utters Title: James

Reward Challenge: Amanda and she takes along Todd & Courtney
YELLOW TEAM: FROSTI, ERIK, AMANDA (+ Courtney or Denise)

Immunity Challenge: Peih-Gee

Snuffed Torch: Frosti

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Wait a minute, you mean there is more???

What the frick is this all about??? First of all, in the famous words of Courtney . . .

What could this be? Is there going to be a second boot? That just doesn’t seem right.
Right now, I’ve got nothing. As soon as I hear something, I’ll be sure to post it.

It was Autumn & incessant piped the quails from shocks & sheaves;
like living coals, the apples burned among the withering leaves.
~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow