(S17E12)

Whew, talk about a whirlwind episode! First I’m crying my eyes out over truly emotional family visit and then it’s back to game time and I’m grimacing along with each and every strategic move until our next survivor is exiled. I can’t tell you enough how much I’m loving this season of Survivor!

With all that activity, let’s start at the beginning. As we were all expecting, Bob and Corinne of course felt the irritability of being on a chopping block after their last ally, Randy, was voted off the island. Additionally, after the fake idol stunt that Sugar orchestrated, Bob was feeling betrayed.

Apparently when Bob gets his feelings hurt, he gets creative. After obliterating the competition in the first challenge, and winning not only a full meal but also joining the rest of the cast to visit with their family members, he started setting the wheels in motion for another potential “fake idol” dupe. I’ll tell you more about that later.

But first, let me say how crazy emotional the family visits were. Of course there were expected tears from both sides and even a little strategy talk from those obsessed with the game (cough Kenny cough), but who saw Matty’s marriage proposal coming? Okay, so yes, I did too with that hand made love token and all, but then when Sugar’s sister brings out their father’s ashes to spray, holy moly, this water fountain got flicked on.

Sadly, all good things must come to and end, and just moments after we see the families leave, we’re jerked back to the competition by Bob’s pre-mentioned plot. Bringing back a piece of competition from the past, Bob shares with Corinne his attempt to lie their way into safety by pretending that old teammate Marcus never really threw the “dinner idol” into the water but instead kept it for himself and it was thus handed down to the pair.

Nice try, but I don’t think so. Even after easily convincing Kenny to cross over to the dark side and bring along his friend Crystal as well, the end result was just the same. With Bob having won individual immunity, thus saving only his own skin, Corinne was sent packing.

My future prediciton? Bye-bye Bob. He’s simply got no allies left.