Water Cooler Talk from Two Guys Wearing Sweaters
- Week 9 -
"Ding! Dong! The witch is dead!" For some inexplicable reason we just can't get that song out of our heads. Why could that be???
Tonight Jerri finally got what she wanted... she got screwed by Colby. More about that later!
We must start our commentary by questioning the use of "Inside Sources" by our "competing" Amber fan sites. Another site posted a message in big honkin' letters this week stating, "We here are Amber Central have just discovered that AMBER IS GONE THIS WEEK!!! That's right. Our inside source has confirmed that today's episode will be Amber's last. March 29, 2001, Amber will in fact be leaving the Outback, and you can take that to the bank."
Self-proclaimed "fan site" gets it wrong, big time...
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Well, neener neener neener, Amber is still alive & well in the Outback. This incident brings a few questions to our minds. For one, if they're a self-proclaimed "Fan Site," why do they seem so excited about bringing us news of this nature? We plan on being quite depressed if and when that day comes. We may need to take a leave of absence from work, or at least have a beer.
Secondly, what kind of "inside source" is this? Our guess would be: "not a very good one." Perhaps if Amber calls us up & says, "Hey guys, just wanted to give you a heads up that this will be my last episode," then maybe that would be a good "inside source." But apparently this inside source was actually "inside" a cave or something.
Ok, enough ranting about that. Suffice it to say that this is a fan site, and our sole purpose is to root for Amber. And to give us a place to inflict our opinions on the world.
Nick: Sick.
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Anyway... back to the topic at hand, which, if we remember correctly, was this week's episode!
The episode began with everyone feeling a bit mopey and hungry. Nick was feeling particularly ill, apparently a condition he developed by sitting around not doing too much of anything.
The fishing was also crummy. The water had been murky, and the rice supply was dwindling. Everyone was looking forward to the reward challenge, which involved everyone pairing up with a partner.
Jerri apparently thought the Reward Challenge was going to be a Dorky Hat Competition.
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Jerry decided that she wanted to have Colby as a partner. In more ways than one, of course. The group decided that the fairest way to choose partners would be to draw names from a hat. Ironically, Jerri wound up with Colby after all. Jerri seemed to be a tad bit more excited about that arrangement than Colby did, but as Jerri said, "since when has this game been fair?"
The challenge was another obstacle course. Apparently the producers were running out of ideas for challenges ("Hey, we haven't had an obstacle course for two or three episodes!"). The reward was a trip to the Great Barrier Reef, complete with a fancy meal and snorkeling. Winners of the first two heats of competition moved on to a final round.
Keith gets himself thwacked by a board, and helps Amber lose the Reward Challenge.
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Amber & Keith were matched up against Tina & Rodger while Colby & Jerri faced off against Nick & Elisabeth. Amber and Keith met Jerri & Colby in the finals, and since Keith kept getting himself thwacked in the head by various obstacles, Jerri & Colby won the competition.
"Ding! Dong! The witch is dead!" We still can't get that darned song out of our heads. Why!?
So the next morning a helicopter arrived to whisk Jerri & Colby off for their romantic reward trip. Well, Jerri thought it was romantic; Colby was definitely more interested in snorkeling and filling his face with junk food than taking any interest in Jerri.
Jerri & Colby are whisked off for their one-sided romantic adventure.
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No sooner did Jerri & Colby arrive at the reef than she started puttin' The Moves on Colby. She called the experience "a honeymoon without sex." Colby stuck to his position of taking the day to relax, eat well and forget about strategy for a while.
The happy couple returned to the Barrimundi Tribe, where Colby presented everyone with a gift of coral from their trip. Colby had brought back some shells for each of his tribemates, which made Jerri look like a schmuck since she didn't bring anything for anyone. Granted, she looked like a schmuck anyway, but still...
Amber wears a determined face as she tries to win immunity.
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The former Ogakor Tribe, which has been picking off former Kuchans in the past couple episodes, started to aim their guns at Nick as their next target. BUT... the Immunity Challenge thwarted those plans a bit.
The challenge involved balancing on platforms in the water. Each person had to face another tribemate while holding a rope. They would use the rope to yank the other person off balance. For once, Keith lost a challenge!
Amber nearly made it to the final round after sending Elisabeth into the drink, but was thrown off balance by Nick, who knew he pretty much had to win immunity, or pack his bags.
Nick manages to eliminate Amber.
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So in the end, practically everyone decided to oust the most annoying member of the tribe. "Ding! Dong! The witch is dead!" There's that song again! Amber kept an early promise not to vote for Jerri, but Colby, Rodger (who called Jerri a nice person if she wakes up in a good mood, but "oh baby look out if she wakes up in a bad mood!"), Tina, Elisabeth, Keith and Nick all decided that flour tortillas just aren't worth the wrath of Jerri. So off she goes!
So who is going to be the New Annoying Person now that Jerri is gone? It seems like there is fairly little tension among the remaining members of the tribe. Could the rest of the episodes be a love-fest with everyone being sad about voting each other out? Well, probably not. We'll have to check with our "Inside Sources" to see.
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