Survivor: Gabon

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

And in his talk-to-the-camera, Marcus did brag about getting ten people to throw the idol in the ocean, not about getting 10 people to think he threw it in the ocean. (Who actually threw it in, Marcus or Randy? And either way, they were close together, and everyone else was where they could see. Wouldn't Randy or someone have seen Marcus make the switch?)

Yeah, I know I'm quoting myself. I looked at the CBS recaps, and there it says that Randy tossed the bottle in the ocean. So, it seems that if Marcus really did make a switch, Randy would have had to have known it.

Because I seem to have too much time on my hands (or an aversion to getting done what I need to get done), I went to CBS.com and looked at clips from the feast. I really don't think the idol they showed briefly in the preview is the same as the one from the feast. The one they showed in the preview have lots of colored beads on it. You don't see any colored beads on the one from the feast. There's also a scene where Randy talks about having "given the idol to the ocean." And check this, where Bob holds up the idol (the one they show in the preview, not the one he made on Exile Island) and says "that would fool me."

Meanwhile, am I the only one just learning that Matty is James Whitmore's grandson?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Yeah, I know I'm quoting myself. I looked at the CBS recaps, and there it says that Randy tossed the bottle in the ocean. So, it seems that if Marcus really did make a switch, Randy would have had to have known it.

Because I seem to have too much time on my hands (or an aversion to getting done what I need to get done), I went to CBS.com and looked at clips from the feast. I really don't think the idol they showed briefly in the preview is the same as the one from the feast. The one they showed in the preview have lots of colored beads on it. You don't see any colored beads on the one from the feast. There's also a scene where Randy talks about having "given the idol to the ocean." And check this, where Bob holds up the idol (the one they show in the preview, not the one he made on Exile Island) and says "that would fool me."

Meanwhile, am I the only one just learning that Matty is James Whitmore's grandson?

Yea, that idol definitely doesn't look like the other one. If this is another strategic move on Bob's part, and it works, then either Bob is very smart or Corinne is very dumb (and I'd tend to lean toward the latter). I want Corinne out of the game so badly, but I'd hope (for her own sake) that she'd be able to figure out that Bob is lying... or at least be just a little skeptical of him. If she just falls right into it, then she deserves to leave the game... especially because Bob just tricked Randy, a member of their alliance, and because they're behind in the numbers game... by a lot. Bob was clearly working with the other alliance to get rid of Randy (and to make him look like an idiot), and if Corinne is 100% sure that Bob wouldn't do that to her, then she's sadly mistaken.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Bob was clearly working with the other alliance to get rid of Randy (and to make him look like an idiot), and if Corinne is 100% sure that Bob wouldn't do that to her, then she's sadly mistaken.

Maybe not so clearly. Bob voted for Susie -- the only reason to do that is so that the Sadly Mistaken One (who, after all, still seems to think it impossible that Sugar could have found the immunity idol during all her time at Exile Island) might believe he's still with her.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Meanwhile, am I the only one just learning that Matty is James Whitmore's grandson?

What? Apparently, I'm the last to know that Matty is James Whitmore's grandson - I had no idea!

I also had completely missed the part when Bob said he had another idol. I need to start paying more attention to the previews, I guess!

This is probably a stupid question, but if someone (Bob, for instance, since he's the one with another idol) goes through Sugar's things and takes her idol, is it now his? Can it really be that easy? (Completely unethical, of course, but this is Survivor we're talking about here.)