For a recap of last weeks episode, check out the East Coast Spoiler Thread located here. LJ was suspicious of Morgan and went to root around where she had come from when they arrived at camp and low and behold, finds the HII. He was also suspicious of Morgan and Brice, and it all fell in Jeremiah's lap. In the end the good ole country boy didn't want anyone not to trust him, but it had to be done. He ended up sticking with 4 and booting Brice.

Dabo counts up our confessionals in the Confessional Thread. Tony had the largest number setting up to be a big character, but the question we all ask is, is he playing too hard at this point? Other interesting notables were Lindsay and Cliff with 0 confessionals, flying under the radar, and J'Tia with only 1. Could Tony be building to his boot ep? Or, could the other three be "surprise boots"?

MISDIRECTION

Next we have our Misdirection Thread located, here. The first notable is the title of the episode, Our time to shine. Clearly, this is stated by someone that has recently been losing, many speculate someone on the Brains tribe may utter these words. But, wouldn't it be ironic if the person that utters these words ends up being our boot later? We all know how EPMB loves his irony?

The first clue:

1. One Tribe considers throwing an immunity challenge in order to bench one of its strongest players. We saw in the preview promos that this is relating to the Brawn tribe. We saw Sarah suggest it to Woo, so they could get "him" out. The clue using the words "bench one of it's strongest players", imo, can only refer to their NBA star, Cliff.

2. a meltdown at a reward challenge could mark the end for one struggling castaway. Some speculate that Lindsay is struggling at the challenge...here she is falling over with the flag, which some speculate to be the last item they must retrieve...

....while others suspect it may be Tasha that has a meltdown there....

....but, it may even be Tony that melts down...

And, Brownroach has suggested it may be J'Tia.

Regardless, one thing we need to remember is in the past we have seen that usually one of the misdirection clues relates to our boot story. If that is the case this week then either Cliff will be the boot, or someone from the tribe that has the meltdown....food for thought.

VIDCAPS

The preview vidcaps and all of the weeks promos and press images can be found in our vidcap thread, located here. The preview promo notes: Sarah to Woo: We can easily throw this.
Probst: The Brawn tribe is looking to blindside one of their own.
Sarah <talking to Woo>: So, let's just throw it today. Let's get him out.

Clearly, this is scheming prior to the IC. We just saw that Sarah and Tony did some major bonding last ep when Tony finally confided to her that he was indeed a cop. They formed the Cops-R-Us, or the Blue Blood Alliance. They are solid. We also saw Tony lie and plant a seed regarding a conversation that he says Cliff and Lindsay had about her and essentially they were labeling her as the threatening player. Couple this with the wording of the misdirection clues, one tribe wants to bench one of their strongest players underlines for me that this is referring to Cliff, the NBA star.

I firmly believe that the "him" they are contemplating throwing the challenge for is Cliff. However, some peeps may believe that if it's Tony having the meltdown at the RC, perhaps it could be him as well.

The Reward Challenge:

The blindfolded tribe mates must gather 10 items scattered around the arena all the while avoiding all kinds of painful obstacles, with direction from the one sighted caller, located on the tower. They must additionally load the item on the lift, and pulley it up to the tower. The reward is this...

Chickens! Breakfast, lunch and dinner are back! Additionally, there is a large burlap sack of something next to the chickens, which some speculate to be a bag of rice, but I think it could also be chicken feed.

Who wins? Here are the Brains as they near their flag, but note, there is no Beauty flag in that area....did they get theirs already? Or, is it just out of the frame to the left?

Note the flags are located the farthest away from the towers...

In the above shot, note that the Brains sack on the ground is already gone. At this point, I would guess that the Brains just could be ahead.

We know that the Beauty's win at least 1st or 2nd because back at camp, here is Alexis in front of the chicken coop...

The Immunity Challenge:

The IC has 4 tribe members, sitouts are Tony, Lindsay and Alexis, that alternatingly must jump/dive down and release "buoy's" from a tether at 1 meter down, 2 meters down, 3 meters down, 4 meters down, and 5 meters down. Once all 5 balls are collected and placed in their basket on their dock, they can begin to toss them into the hoop. The first tribe to get all 5 balls in their hoop win the challenge. The teams must have several peeps in the water to retrieve missed shots.

When you look at the video of the challenge run with the dream teamers it appears that anyone can take the shots at the end, and they do not have to alternate, in other words, if Cliff wants to take all of the shots at the end, he can do so.
Here is how it may unfold:

Here they are at the start, getting ready to take turns retrieving the bouys...

We can clearly see that the Beauty's are first to retrieve all of their bouys, as they are the first to start throwing into the hoop. Note they have 2 peeps in the water retrieving balls, Jefra and LJ, while Jeremiah and Morgan are the throwers, mostly Jeremiah...You can also see that the Brains and the Brawn are close...looks like they have a similar number of balls collected so far. Cliff is returning with a ball, and Brain is slightly ahead with Spencer returning, and looks as if Tasha is getting ready to retrieve a bouy next.

Here is Jeremiah tossing, note that Cliff is still out in the water retrieving a buoy, and that the Brawns at this point only have 2 buoys collected. Note that Jeremiah must have missed a few, otherwise we would see the buoys being collected under the basket in the tube.

Here is Jeremiah with another toss...

Now here are the Brains starting to throw the baskets...

Clearly, a few misses....then we have this pick of one of their retrievers for the missed shots...

So, there we have it.

RESULTS

RC Winners: Brains, Beauty's
Losers: Braawn

IC Winners: Beauty's

There is a case for the Brawns losing the challenge. But, clearly all of the hype regarding them throwing the challenge will either lead to them doing it or not. If they are not able to throw the challenge because we know that in the end, Cliff does shoot their baskets...

And, we know that J'Tia is checking out of the challenge for the Brains. So, despite their best efforts to throw the challenge, they just may not be able to do it. They are competing against the Brains.

If they do try and throw the challenge and are successful will Cliff be the boot? He could be. Here is a case for the CTGirl Theory right in the preview promo...

And, another case for it in the last promo...

Some are speculating though that all of the hype for getting "him" out is misdirection. If it is, than Lindsay could become the boot. She butted heads with Trish in the first episode, then she laughed at Sarah falling from the hammock, not too good to antagonize the other women in the tribe, imo. She was also one of the ones that Tony called out in his lie to Sarah for considering Sarah the biggest threat. She could be toast.

Additionally, she is also ALL over the press images this week:

If the Brawns do not go to TC, and the Brains choke even when another tribe is TRYING to throw the challenge, then clearly the boot will be...

Personally, I am leaning toward all of the hype being misdirection, which would mean either Lindsay or J'Tia is out. This is another tough one! Have fun and vote,
here.