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Survivor: Samoa - Episode 8 Recap

Posted on 11/05/2009 by Gina in Survivor

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Survivor: Samoa

 

by Gina Scarpa

Tonight, on Survivor: Samoa, it’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the merge!  How Foa Foa plans on surviving is beyond me but I always have faith in Russell.  His strategy is for his four tribe members to work the Galu players as hard as they can – be nice, be friendly, be the votes that a Galu member would need to get one of their own out.  Sounds like a good plan.

Things seem to be going well but Russell runs his mouth a bit too much.  Within seconds of being there, he shows the idol to Laura, Monica, and John… and doesn’t seem to be getting very far with any of them.  His best bet right off the bat would’ve been Shambo, who is very much on the outs with her tribe, despite being the “leader”.  He doesn’t approach Shambo until much later and the two actually connect with one another, given their Southern upbringing.

There is no reward challenge tonight since, at the merge, there is always a feast.  I wonder how many of them had stomachaches from hell after scarfing down every last morsel.

The immunity challenge was fairly simple.  Hit a ball onto a course, divided into sections according to points.  The most points a player could score was five but everyone would only get one turn.  Jeff reveals a little bit of a twist: there will be two idols up for grabs tonight – one for the men and one for the women.  The men are up first and it looks like Russell is going to take it with his four point shot until John steps up to bat and knocks it into the five zone.  John wins immunity.  The girls are next and unfortunately, Laura wins, which really puts a damper on Russell’s plan.

Knowing that Laura is on to him, Russell was hoping to knock her out first and he probably would’ve been successful had she not won immunity.  Suddenly, the target starts to land on his back so, being Russell, he scrambles and tries to turn Galu against Erik.  Natalie works the girls, saying that Erik has every intention of getting rid of Monica tonight (even though it was really Russsell’s idea).  Erik approaches Foa Foa minus Russell, demanding that they vote Monica out but let Russell think he’s going so he’ll play the idol.  Basically, Erik is trying to act like King of the Forest and got a little too big for his britches.

At tribal, Russell promises that he’s not going to roll over and die.  He’ll play as hard as he can until the minute he is voted out.  Jaison tries to defend himself after being called out by Erik for being a weak player.  After a heated exchange between the two, it’s time to vote.  Russell plays the idol, feeling quite unsafe since the merge but it’s Erik who was blindsided and will be headed home.  I’m not gonna lie… I clapped my hands together a bit when his torch was snuffed.

Survivor: Samoa airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on CBS.

(Image courtesy of CBS)

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