December 21st, 2008

The final five – Matty, Susie, Kenny, Sugar and Bob – are back at camp after Tribal Council.  Kenny is annoyed about not being told the plan to save Matty with Sugar’s hidden Immunity Idol and vote out Crystal. Kenny seems convinced he was going but Bob says that’s why he didn’t give Kenny the immunity necklace, knowing Crystal was going home.

Sugar and Bob discuss their voting plans – next is either Kenny or Susie.  Sugar goes for a walk with Kenny, playing along with their alliance and says, “if Bob looses, then he’s gone but if Bob wins…then Sue’s gone, right?” Kenny replies, “He won’t win, I’ll make sure of it.”  The walk with Sugar reassures him of their alliance. He even asks if there is a blindside for him coming and Sugar says no.

The treemail has costumes and makeup so each Survivor can dress up in their own warrior gear.  They arrive at the first challenge in costume. The challenge – dig under a wall, make their way across planks in an elevated maze, untie knots, enter a regular maze interspersed with huts, collect bags of puzzle pieces from 3 huts then assemble the puzzle. Complicated enough? In a long race, Bob wins immunity and his 5th straight challenge.

Kenny is thinking highly of himself and confesses he can take it easy for the rest of the day.  Matty fills Kenny in on the latest plans – Sugar will tell Susie everyone is voting for her, but not until later in the day so Susie doesn’t start to scramble to save herself. Kenny seems paranoid and Matty reassuringly states he’s not the type of guy to blindside Kenny.  Next Susie asks Matty if Kenny is “working him” – a.k.a. scrambling for votes. Matty tells Susie he doesn’t know the plan for that night, but Susie is suspicious saying she usually knows something by now but no one is talking to her. 

Matty and Sugar make a solid pact NOT to write each other’s names no matter what and agree Susie should be next.  Sugar has reservations and thinks it might need to be Kenny because if he stays he has time to influence either Bob or Matty into voting with him and not Sugar.

At Tribal Council – Matty expresses his admiration for Bob. And Jeff refers to Kenny for opinions about the frustration with Bob’s every win. Kenny says he’s repaired some damage and bonds are stronger now. Jeff mentions the Bob and Kenny “Immunity Necklace” deal during the last game. Kenny, again, calls out Bob for seemingly breaking that deal. Bob bites back saying that as soon as he agreed to give Kenny the necklace Kenny went back to camp and tried to get everyone to vote Bob out, knowing he’d be vulnerable. Kenny explains his side but says, “I feel safe tonight…” – sealing his fate.  Once the votes are read, Kenny is the next voted off Survivor: Gabon.

The next day, Matty reads the treemail that has Susie, Bob, Matty and Sugar on the trail of remembrance. They go to Exile and visit a torch representing each voted off Survivor. Once done, they compete in their final immunity challenge.

The final challenge is building a house of cards that has to be 10 feet tall and made of wooden tiles. Each Survivor approaches the challenge differently, some going for height others for stability. After 30 minutes, it is Susie who has another surprising win and a guaranteed spot in the final 3.  Everyone thought Bob would win and had planned to vote out Susie, but with her assured spot, Bob (and teammates) accept their fate and know its Bob’s time to go.

At camp the thought of Bob not being in the final three causes emotional reactions in Sugar. She thinks about causing a tie between Bob and Matty who would compete in a tie breaker for the final 3rd spot and another shot at $1 million.  Sugar hints at this to Bob who promptly goes into the jungle to practice his fire making skills incase that’s the challenge.

At Tribal Council – Sugar sobs about feeling torn because she either votes for Bob, a father figure, or Matty, a brother figure.  The votes are cast and it’s a tie. Matty and Bob go one on one in a fire making challenge.  Bob has fire first, but it burns out. Matty continues to try to be the first to get fire. Bob’s practice in the jungle earlier pays off and lands him a spot in the final three. Matty smiles and is off to join the jury.

On the final day at camp Survivors get a breakfast feast. When they finish, Bob leads the bunch in a final farewell to Nobag by burning their hut.

The Final Tribal Council – as is customary in Survivor, the final three plead their case and the jury asks any remaining questions to help determine who is worthy of the one million dollars.  Susie begins by explaining her reasons for being on the show –she wanted to show her son and her students that no matter what you try for the things you want. Bob states that he simply outlasted his fellow jury members and thanks them for being a part of the biggest adventure of his life. Sugar states she played the game and should be rewarded for her strategies.  Then it’s the jury’s turn, most are not positive comments or questions. Corinne states the comment heard ‘round Survivor land saying, “You are an unemployed, uneducated leech on society. And the only thing I would vote to give you is a handful of anti-depressants so that no one else has to be subjected to your constant crying anymore. And maybe if you get some, then it would seem a little more sincere when you are crying about your dead father.” 

Ouch!  Kenny brings up again that Bob didn’t fulfill his promise. Randy scolds Sugar for her laughter when playing the fake hidden Immunity Idol. With that we cut to the live show and find out that 3 votes were cast for Susie, 0 votes for Sugar and the winning 4 votes were cast for Survivor: Gabon’s winner Robert “Bob” Crowley.  Bob also wins the Sprint Player of the Season award voted on by the viewers and putting an extra $100,000 in Bob’s bank account.

Lindsay Lohan’s night out came to an unsettling end when a man accused of stalking the actress was busted after he aggressively tried to get her attention as she exited a nightclub.

The actress and gal-pal Samantha Ronson had been at Scottsdale, Arizona’s Jackrabbit Lounge, where Ronson had been on official DJ duty.

The two were exiting the lounge around 1:25 a.m. when 38-year-old Daniel Patrick Combs allegedly lunged at Lohan according to reports from the local ABC affiliate. 

Police say Combs attempted to get around security and pushed one of the guards.

Jackrabbit Lounge club owner Dan Wierck said, “The gentleman became very excited when he realized he was so close to Samantha and he has a history of being a stalker with Lindsay Lohan so he immediately attacked her and started yelling, ‘I love her, I love her.’”

Wierck also acknowledged that Lohan recognized Combs during the altercation.  Bodyguards were quick to take down the attacker and keep him detained until the police arrived.

Lohan and Ronson left the scene without incident.