EPISODE TWELVEIf there were ever the purrfect way for Shane to go it was by the Brilliant Blindsiding he got.
The crazy thing is that as delighted as I was to see his desperate Gollumneseque self scrooching out of Tribal Council, madly looking back at the million buck ring he had to leave behind, I’m also feeling odd about his leaving.
With both his and the Courtney’s Pig lunacy gone – who are we gonna rip into and badmouth?
Aras! Urgh. I was sooo thrilled when Terry ripped him a new one the way he did when he was snivelling about not getting to be with his mommy. I couldn’t
believe the cheek of the crybaby drivel that was coming out of his mouth as he challenged Terry about who he’d chosen to give the loving rewards to.
For starters it was Terry’s reward to do with as he chose and secondly he couldn’t have made a better allocation of who should spend time with who.
Terry’s spot-on about spouses and kids needing to come first above mothers plus giving Shane his son Boston meant that everyone stayed alive for another night. Sleeping next to Shane you’d have to feel nervy that you wouldn’t make it out of the dark alive.
Sending Cirie’s hubby HB back to camp with her was a masterful move too ‘cos he such a loser I don’t know what Cirie’s doing with him.
I thought this the first time we met him when he sent his video message to her while lounging on a crumpled bed. The whole look of the room he was in had the sense that he’d just woken up in the middle of the day and only bothered saying anything ‘cos of how desperately he wants her to come home with the cash.
All his hard work at their camp didn’t impress me nor change my impression – espesh when he spoke about being so proud of Cirie and did that dreadful botch of an acting job on his crying. I’m absolutely convinced he’s a spunge supreme and that he’s the key reason Cirie’s always underestimated herself as she told us. If she wins she SO has to dump him
before she has the bucks in her account.
Danielle’s mom didn’t seem too fazed about not spending time with her – she had a bikini on under her outfit so she was clearly planning on spending the day holidaying at wherever they were staying.
Shane and Boston spending time together was interesting to see, except yet again there wasn’t a mention of who his mother is or why she's not around. Unsurprisingly Terry’s wife is the chick version of him completely.
The kooky thing was that hearing her talk about Terry’s hottness etc made me see him in a different light. I’ve never thought about him as being sexy but after she mentioned it I saw what she talking about and he is quite slurpy.
All this soapie action happened after the Reward Challenge and between the argument that happened between Terry and Aras after Terry and Shane returned from the house they stayed at with their Loved Ones. While they were away there was no strategising between Cirie, Shane and Aras who spent their time sitting back laughing at Ciries' H.B.
Not that Aras was involved in that though. What happened to him? I can’t remember seeing him during that time at all. They also didn’t show Danielle on Exile Island. Probs ‘cos it was too boring. Speaking of her – what do you think? Boob job or not? I say most defs.
Once their family members were gone, everyone went off to their Immunity Challenge which involved them standing on shaky high poles in the middle of the sea and bucketing water into bamboo to raise a flag. Despite Aras turning see-through and looking 10 kg’s lighter in his desperate attempts to beat Terry, Terry was unstoppable as per and did a super backwards flickflack into the water to celebrate his victory.
With Terry safe and sound Cirie took control of the wheeling and dealing, leading Shane to believe she was on his side while plotting with Danielle and Aras to get rid of him.
The amazing thing was how fully Shane bought what Cirie told him. From the very start of the episode she managed to appease him when he cracked about not being in on the Courtney elimination. You’d think that with him being so aggro and thinking of himself as such a player he’d have been more suspicious throughout but luckily he wasn’t at all.
At Tribal Council things went exactly as Cirie had planned and Shane’s measly vote for Danielle meant nothing. As Shane stooped off his seat to walk towards Jeff, the shock of what had happened struck him and he turned his venemous self onto them, spitting out that he was about to have the best chocolate ever.
The fact that he used that an example and not his cigarettes proved exactly how much he wasn’t really looking forward to the treats that were to come next.
Once he was gone I had a good chuckle at the fact that he was headed off to the hell of sepnding more time with Courtney - espesh considering what
she had to say about the scene she made at Losers Lodge.
As much he’s an arsehole, the one positive thing about him being on the jury and coming back is that he’s guarenteed to have a lot to say when he asks his final million-buck question. On one hand he could be bitter about how he got stabbed but on another, once he’s had a smoke he might have respect for the hand he got played.
And so it is, we’re down to four. Terry, Danielle, Cirie and Aras. From the looks of the promo for next week things are gonna heatt up juicily between Terry and Aras and hopefully Terry will manage break Aras like the twig that he is.