Jay laments the loss of Michelle. He calls the "Millennial flippers" idiots. Chris is happy about how things turned out, but he's also scared about the future, unsure how much he should trust his new allies. Taylor thinks he and Jay should attempt to patch things with their enemies. He also talks with Adam again. Adam briefly FLAIRS UP THE OLD ALL CAPS. Taylor thinks he can blackmail Adam, basically. Really proud about stealing "half the food." Taylor's someone new in this game, which is incredibly rare. He's kind of a villain, but he's not a smart villain, even though he's vaguely strategic. Jay and Hannah try and hash things out, as she attempts to explain herself. She's been wanting to play since she was fourteen. Survivor debuted in 2000. I was nineteen. So I guess that doesn't make her that much younger than me. But when she said it I kind of freaked out a little...
Reward challenge! Two teams, obstacles, keys, boxes, dragging under nets, targets...Playing to visit a resort! Cheeseburgers! Cocktails! Soft drinks! Schoolyard pick! Exclamation point! (Sorry.) Chris picked the team that won. He continues to turn out better than I thought early in the season. Hannah picked the losing team. ("I picked a horrible team.")
Team Chris enjoys the resort. Taylor's food-sneaking pays off when he realizes his body is more "food adapted" and therefore more capable of absorbing the bounty. Bret is not as smart. For what it's worth comparing their intelligence. It's pretty funny that Taylor is so convinced his future in the game still has a shot at looking good. Sunday talks about a "proactive move." The most "proactive move" she could make would be to change her name to Monday.
Meanwhile, Jay and Adam talk. Adam worries about playing too aggressively. He realizes he really shouldn't trust Jay and Taylor. Jay ends up feeling bad about being reminded he's on the bottom. If Jay and Taylor were anyone else, they would have a shot at getting numbers back on their side. Jay talks with Will, whose proactive move would be to be to add "Free" to the front of his name.
Folks watch a sunrise. Sunday continues to talk about her potential. She has none. I feel like I'm watching, I don't know, one of those house-hunter shows when she's on. She talks with Jay. Well, that about figures, someone like her making Jay and Taylor relevant again. The way the edit has gone all over the place, it's pretty indicative of no one really in control, which can sometimes make for an interesting backend to a season, so I guess we'll have to wait and see. Adam's fortunes have been the most consistent element of the season, for what it's worth.
Immunity challenge! Jeff offers to let anyone feeling safe to eat instead of compete. Zeke and Will decide to eat. That about figures. Zeke's slide to irrelevance has arrived at about Will levels. He foolishly thinks aligning with Gen X means he improves his fortunes. Not so much. Will's not old enough to drink beer. Anyway, it's a balancing challenge. Hannah quickly falls out of competition. Bret's out. Jessica, Sunday, David, and Chris drop out. Adam drops out. Jay is out. Taylor and Ken remain. Taylor is wearing those ugly toe shoes. Figures. Taylor drops. Ken wins! I officially dub Ken, Chris, and Adam as the people to beat this season.
David talks strategy, decides splitting the vote is a great idea. Not historically, David...Concludes Taylor and Jay, one of them, will go home. Sunday really wants Jessica to go home. Probably fears they cancel each other out at this point. Gotta give her props for becoming aggressive this late in the game. She's been working toward this. Toward...nothing. Taylor shows Jay the "bunker of food." But Jay won't tell him about his hidden immunity idol. He probably should play it tonight. That would be smart, right? Taylor explains Adam's advantage. Then about the blackmail. Which means nothing. They both believe telling everyone about Adam's advantage. He still doesn't see that he has no future unless he really does compromise his Figgy Avenger mode, because Adam is his only venue forward.
Tribal council! Michelle is the first jury member. She will probably be a good juror. Adam talks about blindsides being a fairly common thing in this game. Chris talks about being "on the wrong side of the line." Taylor talks about his bunker food. Rats out Adam. Turns out to be the pipebomb he hoped it'd be. Ken looks like crazy people are talking. Adam's advantage is revealed. Taylor basically uses Election 2016 tactics. Figures. "Wow." (Jeff.) David is "stunned" and "uncomfortable." He says it's the final nail in the coffin for one of them. Taylor is basically the idiot version of Russell Hanz. Jessica, with a little goading from Jeff, basically calls this prototypical Millennial behavior. Jay tries desperately to distance himself from the Taylor and Adam scandals. Adam wonders what the hell Jay is trying to say. This is literally Election 2016 nonsense. Hannah tries to summarize things. Bret tries, too. Hannah's attempt was better. Figures. Jay chooses not to use his hidden immunity idol. He immediately gets a vote against him. Then Taylor and Adam, then Jay, then Taylor, then Jay, Taylor, Jay, Taylor, Taylor, and the last goes to Taylor, giving him enough votes to leave the game. He apologizes for stealing food, which must have seemed like a far less smart idea as he was saying so...
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