Sorry Strid, this doesn't really recap much, it barely scratches the surface.For those that could use a little more information:
Episode 7 "I'm not as dumb as I look"
Fei Long holds the numerical advantage going into the merge this week 6/4, if you count Frosti as loyal to the NuFei Long then it is really 7/3, if you think that JR is in win Fei Long, which remains to be seen.
Lots of focus on Hidden Idols this week, will James take two? The answer is a resounding YES. He gets back to NuZhan Hu and goes right for the HII. Seeing the blank place where the old idol was, Jaime and Erik get suspicious and pull the other plaque down. Erik thinks that maybe 3 idols are in play, but we can see that his plaque doesn't have enough bat detail in the corners, and in a confessional Erik says "I don't know, it looks idolish" which means that his does NOT have the writing on the back that says "Congratulations you found the hidden immunity idol moron"
The real idol:
Erik's idol:
On second thought how about this:
Reward Challenge Merge
The tribes go to what they believe is going to be a reward challenge, but instead are met with new buffs (black) and a new tribe name Mound of Dung Hae Da Fung which according to Xwraith literally translates to "Ocean Big Wind".
But before they can make their flag the contestants are transported to an island for a feast with all sorts of delicacies and Cobra wine and some entertainment. Yes, cobra wine has cobra snakes marinating in the alcohol, yum! They don't realize they need to be paying close attention to the details though, and that later they will be quizzed on this stuff.
Immunity Challenge
"Retention to Detail" means just that. The survivors are quizzed on the details of the food and entertainment that they witnessed at the feast. SurvivorSkills and TDT concur that Frosti will remember the most.
The Boot
Dani at Skills has had JR as the merge boot for quite some time, but she has been wrong once this season and I think she is wrong this time too. The tour of the base camp earlier this season gave us the white board spoiler:
Why is Jaime not on this list of the final 10? Perhaps because she gets booted this episode, so they rubbed off her name- no need to transport her anywhere anymore. Before the season when this board surfaced it didn't make sense that Jaime would be the merge boot, but lately it makes perfect sense. She helped throw a challenge and was edited in a poor light over it, vs PG who seems to have skated in her culpability. Todd and Amanda will seek revenge for the Aaron boot, payback is a bizzle.
Jaime is part of a love connection with Erik, Todd has already mentioned that he wants to seperate them.
Todd and Amanda stayed strong and got the numbers advantage last episode, it makes absolutely no sense to boot JR this week with James having two HII's and the potential to flip to the remaining ZH, why risk it? They realize that they need one more ZH boot before taking out the trash that is JR, Courtney will have to wait and bear it.
We know from previews that the title line is uttered by Jaime, and while it hasn't always indicated the bootee, it sometimes has. In this case I think it does.
Erik has been shown to have no balls and is not a threat, PG and her Sudoku powers has not appeared to be a threat, therefore our lil miss southern belle Jaime is the only old Zhan Hu that makes sense to get rid of. There will be lots of hype for a JR boot, and many valid reasons, but not yet, that will happen next week.
By the way, now that the merge has happened, no more kidnappings, no more hidden idol clues, once used (or what a grave mistake it would be to possess two idols and not play one when you need to) they will not be re-hidden.
Recap
Merge
IC: Frosti
Boot: Jaime
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