Sadly, Rob and Russell are in the show, and sadly both do not get voted out on thee 1st episode. But enough of that.
Every episode review I will say what I thought about the episode and give out awards for the dumbest, smartest and most interesting (ahem crazy) personalities.
Alright so the first episode starts off with the Nicaraguan military escorting the survivors back to Nicaragua, where last season was held. After a bit, Rob and Russell get a grandiose VIP entrance and Jeff Probst gives the amateurs a little history on their games. Then, Rob and Russell drew buffs to decide which tribe they're going to be on. Rob gets orange (Ometepe), while Russell gets purple (Zapatera). The Ometepes all welcome Rob like their king, except Francesca who correctly says she doesn't want to be with Rob, while the Zapateras give Russell a less-than-warm welcome. Jeff then introduces the Redemption Island concept to the players, and it's off to camp.
Ometepe gets the majority of the screen time, showing Rob being the good man he is and helping his tribe build shelters, as well as Phillip spazzing over everything. But already drama starts brewing as Kristina decides to pull a Russell and find a hidden immunity idol without a clue. Surprisingly, she does so, and I begin to think that Kristina is like the new Parvati or something until she decides to make an alliance with Francesca (fair enough) and Phillip (O.O). Why the heck would she do so? Phillip is crazy, and unpredictable too. If you do something to piss him off, he's gone. Also, Krista and the other women clearly heard Rob approaching Phillip in an earlier scene. Why align with him?
At Zapatera, nothing happens except Russell again using the "take a girl to the final" strategy by selecting Stephanie, but there's a catch. Russell and Stephanie will only work to the merge. For me that is absolute bull**** because whoever heard of a premerge alliance just randomly splitting up after the merge? Anyways, Mike and David of Zapatera decide that Stephanie is no longer reliable because of her association with Russell, and form a guy alliance.
First immunity! For some reason the show skipped the reward challenge this episode. Anyways, it's basically building steps to get to the next level, chopping rope to get to the next level and solving a puzzle. Easy peasy. Zapatera take an early lead and, despite Ometepe doing great at the puzzle, win immunity. After that, Russell gloats a bit to Rob, claiming his tribe is buff and all that.
Rob then goes with his gang and discuss the possibility of Kristina having an idol (which, obviously, she does). Rob then uses the tactic that he used in Heroes vs. Villains where his alliance split the votes between Kristina and Francesca. Luckily, this time there was no Tyson to mess things up and things seemingly are about to go to plan for Rob for once.
At tribal council, Phillip makes another random spazz and even goes against his allies Kristina and Francesca. He first tells everyone that Kristina and Francesca want Rob out, then even tells Rob that Kristina has an idol. Things quickly get out of hand and Rob basically demands Kristina's idol, but Kristina is a strong woman and denies him. After a word-fight between Francesca and Phillip, it's time to vote! Francesca has 4 votes from Rob's men and Phillip, Kristina has 3 votes from Rob's women and Phillip has 2 votes from Francesca and Kristina. Francesca goes to Redemption Island 4-3-2!
Einstein's Lost Twin Brother Award goes to....(drumroll) Rob! He organized his alliance well and ensured there was no mess-up like last time and got the job done, cutting Francesca off from Kristina for a while and ensuring his alliance in a dominant role in Ometepe. However, Mike and David on Zapatera get a mention too as they correctly identified Stephanie as no longer trustworthy.
Dumber'n a Bag of Hammers Award goes to....a tie between Francesca and Kristina! Kristina should not have made an alliance with Phillip in the first place and also should have hid her intentions for the idol from Rob too. But Francesca's duel with Phillip at tribal council ultimately forced her out of the game with Phillip casting the deciding vote. Francesca also could've voted for Kristina, resulting in a 4-4-1 tie vote and I am sure Rob would keep Francesca over Kristina.
Crazy Man Award goes to....Phillip! For obvious reasons.
Stay tuned for episode 2!
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