The Salt Group?! Salt of the Earth? What, exactly, are we calling this thing?!
A new alliance forms after Carter pitches Lewis and Kilby about a new core group of six. The other three? Thien An, Maggie, and Christian. I love this idea. It’s in these six players’ best interests to get rid of Kristin, split up Devin and Jelly, and (whether they know it by now or not) kick Sharonda to the curb, as well. But can we workshop that name, Carter? “The salt group.” Do we capitalize that? It doesn’t really roll off the tongue, and it lacks a certain… je ne sais quoi!
While they (hopefully) chew on the group name there, tree mail arrives and it’s a monster. It’s the aforementioned duos twist rearing its head, and the note tells them that who they pick to link up with could wind up sealing their fate. It didn’t work out so well for Chrissy and Coach in “50”, and another pair is about to suffer that same fate. (Jeff confirms this at the top of the next immunity challenge). Anyhoodle, here’s how the duos stack up.
* Devin and Jelly
* Kristin and Kilby
* Thien An and Eric
* Carter and Christian
* Lewis and Sharonda
* Mike and Maggie
Most of these duos aren’t alliance members, except for Devin and Jelly. Personally, I would’ve been waaaay too skeeved to team up with my No. 1, so from the jump, I’m worried for Devin and Jelly. Taking out two birds with one stone? Riiiight from the Season 50 playbook, when that group took an easy swing at the “honor and integrity” alliance.
And let’s chat about this immunity challenge for a quick sec, shall we? It was a multi-stage eliminator-type of challenge which saw the duos competing head to head. In the first stage, Eric goes full-on Christian Hubicki, talking a mile a minute about “The Sopranos,” Jeff’s lunch, the pins and needles in his leg, and everything else under that beautiful Fijian sun. “Eric’s feet are numb but his mouth is certainly not!” Jeff says. (I particularly loved Maggie’s head-shaking from the bench. She is clearly so tormented by Eric’s tomfoolery, and I admit, her irritation is my entertainment. I bask in it!) Carter and Christian nearly cinch immunity, but are bested by Lewis and Sharonda who are not only able to survive the hot sun and starvation, but Eric’s incessant babbling, as well.
