BBB: Episode 4

Guest Blogger: Bag

While Michal is in South Africa, I'll be blogging this episode and Moon will be blogging next week's.

First, some administrative business to take care of. Because Moon & Melissa failed to get their team name submitted in time, Michal gave me the excellent gift of choosing their name for them. While the possibilities would be endless if their team was poor, I found it hard to come up with a fitting name given that they drafted a good team and have a good shot to win. So, in order to hinder the legacy as much as I can, their team name is  . That is not a typo - their team name is the space character.

They will now join the ranks of other famous nameless entities, such as:

The Merge:
 
This week proved to be a big episode as the three tribes merged into two new tribes. The breakdown in relation to our pool was very interesting. Let's see who fared best in the minutes after the merge:

Orange: Aparri
Sarah (Brawn) (Sinkers and Floaters)
Spencer (Brains) (Sinkers and Floaters)
Morgan (Beauty) (Sinkers and Floaters)
Kass (Brains) (J'Tude)
Tasha (Brains) (Sinkers and Floaters)
Jeremiah (Beauty) (J'Tude)
Alexis (Beauty) (WooBrr)

Purple: Salana
Cliff (Brawn) ( )
LJ (Beauty) ( )
Tony (Brawn) (J'Tude)
Jefra (Beauty) (WooBrr)
Lindsey (Brawn) ( )
Woo (Brawn) (WooBrr)
Trish (Brawn) ( )

It was immediately clear that Sinkers and Floaters and   had all their eggs put in one basket. For Sinkers and Floaters, this could not have gone better. Beauty instantly started jumping ship on Aparri and if Sarah and/or Morgan can get picked up as allies for the Brains, Sinkers and Floaters has a great shot. If Brains pick up Jeremiah, J'Tude has hope. It will all depend on how their first tribal council goes down, but things are looking up for Sinkers and Floaters and/or J'Tude.

Things did not break as well for  . LJ got the shaft by drawing all of Brawn, less Sarah, and his only ally is Jefra. Despite having the idol, LJ will need to pull a move to stay in the game.

WooBrr was divided into the two new tribes as equally as you can divide three humans. Unfortunately, Woo is the only one in a majority group on the new tribes. The cold front is here to stay for WooBrr. 

Reward Challenge:
The challenge involved two people dragging an opposing team member holding on to a post for dear life across a line. Aparri jumped in front early after a tenacious performance from Tasha, but the brawn of Salana won out and the reward of breakfast pastries and beverages was theirs.

Immunity Challenge:
I was playing some CandyCrush during the challenge but I do recall a post they had to ram through a wall and then work through a maze. The first team to bang a gong won. You would think this would be a good challenge for Salana but Aparri came through with a team effort and won immunity, sending all of   to tribal and none of Sinkers and Floaters.

Tribal Council:
After a big back and forth, complete with CBS editing, the two possibilities to go home emerged as Cliff and LJ, both members of  . There was a clear choice of who everyone but   wished it was, but LJ did a brilliant job wooing the Boston cougar and was saved, did not have to play his idol, did not lose   any points, and has an equal alliance to the now fractured original Brawn. Cliff was ousted and became the first post-merge casualty.

Next week on, Survivor:
A line in the sand appears to be drawn between Lindsey and Trish. I am assuming that the Salana Six will be divided like so:
Salana A:
Lindsey
Tony
Woo

Salana B:
Trish
LJ
Jefra

Perhaps the idol will be played by LJ and a member of Salana A will go down, leaving   in a good spot with Trish and LJ working together.

If Aparri ends up going to tribal, it looks like the victim will be a dummy, as all the power seems to lie with Brains.

The Teams:

Moon & Melissa " ": 36 Points

1. LJ (12 Points)
2. Cliff (10 Points)
3. Trish (8 Points)
4. Lindsey (6 Points)

Bag & Andrea "Sinkers and Floaters": 25 Points

1. Sarah (9 Points)
2. Tasha (6 Points)
3. Spencer (6 Points)
4. Morgan (4 Points)

Michal & Ben "J'Tude": 23 Points

1. Jeremiah (8 Points)
2. Tony (6 Points)
3. Kass (6 Points)
4. J'Tia (3 Points)

Doug & Bri "WooBrr": 17 Points

1. Woo (8 Points)
2. Jefra (5 Points)
3. Alexis (4 Points)
4. Brice (0 Points) 

(I think the scoring is correct, but Michal will review it in case I messed it up.)

Power Rankings:

1.   - They lost Cliff and LJ was put in a dicey spot, but his chances greatly improved with his new ally Trish. LJ is smart and capable and he has the idol, but if LJ gets blind sided, this team will fall from grace. It was not a good episode for  .

2. Sinkers and Floaters - I think it is close between J'Tude and Sinkers but we have four people still and a couple more points. I also think the Spencer/Tasha/Kass alliance is very strong and we have two of the three members. If Sarah can join forces with Brains, I think we'd surpass   in the power rankings.

3. J'Tude - Things broke well for J'Tude but the dissension on Brawn is bad for Tony. If Brains take on Jeremiah,  and Tony stays in, J'Tude would be a contender. My problem with J'Tude is that I don't really see any winners of the game on this team.

4. WooBrr - Poor WooBrr. Nothing to write home about here. It's going to have to be a one Woo show and he just lost his big buddy Cliff. Maybe Jefra can ride LJ's coattails to some points but the temperature is dropping for WooBrr.

Douche of the Week:

My DoW is Woo for not participating at all in the reward challenge. I don't really think he's douchey, but WooBrr needs all the help they can get.