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"Survivor: Lambeau Field," Part III
Day 13:
Time for a reward challenge; an obstacle course this time. Teams members must navigate a football training-camp style tire run, don full goaltender gear and stop a slap shot from St. Louis Blues forward Al MacInnis, beat up a soccer hooligan who was given free drinks on his flight to Green Bay from Glasgow, consume an "Ichiroll" (spicy tuna hand-cut sushi) from Seattle's Safeco Field and, finally, decipher an old Casey Stengel quote that will lead them to the location their tribe flag, which they must then run up a flagpole. The first tribe to get its flag all the way up wins dinner with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
The Playmakers, not surprisingly, breeze through the tire run in the lead and have little trouble with the goaltender portion of the course. They stall at the soccer hooligan station, however, when Michael Jordan protests to "Survivor" officials when his hooligan has the audacity to fight back, while the six-foot, 170-pound Iverson is severely beaten during this leg of the race. By then the Playcallers have taken the lead thanks to Parcells, Knight and a surprisingly fierce Bob Costas, each of whom killed his hooligan with his bare hands in under twenty seconds.
Neither team has trouble with the sushi, but the Stengel quote stops both teams in their tracks. The Playcallers immediately regret voting off Joe Torre, who played against Stengel's teams and might have known him a little. Nevertheless, they decipher the quote first, raise their flag and claim their reward.
Day 15:
Before the Immunity Challenge, the Jordan-Woods-Gretzky alliance convince the other members of the Playmakers tribe that Iverson -- who, due to his severe beating by the Scottish soccer hooligan, still can't feel his legs -- is a liability, and that they should throw the upcoming challenge in order to vote him off. Elway, Rodriguez and Bonds agree but, once the meeting breaks up, vow to form an alliance to target Jordan, Woods and Gretzky as soon as possible.
The Immunity Challenge is a simple one; team members will face off against each other in randomly selected pairings on a playground monkey bar apparatus, trying to kick, pull or other wise cause their opponent to fall down into the sand pit. The teams being even, the Playcallers must sit out two contestants. They choose Bonds and Rodriguez, their two strongest men, so already it seems fishy.
Still, the Playcallers barely eke out a victory, due in part to the fact that John Madden is physically unable to hang on the monkey bars for more than three seconds.
At Tribal Council Allen Iverson is voted out according to plan, and is wheeled off by medical personnel for some much-needed surgery on his knees.
Day 16: Reward time. This challenge is a simple maze, the catch being that the tribes will have their legs tied together, church picnic three-legged race style. The reward: a ski trip to Devil's Head, one of Wisconsin's premiere ski resorts. The Playmakers take this challenge rather easily when the Playcallers' Bob Costas is trampled by Madden, Parcells and Knight and, unable to walk, must be dragged through the maze.
Day 17:
Jordan, Woods and Gretzky, still ignorant of the fact that Bonds, Rodriguez and Elway have formed an alliance, approach Elway to join them. "If you help us get rid of Barry the next time we have to vote, we'll take you to the Final Four with us," Gretzky tells Elway. Elway cannot resist the lure of a possible spot in the Final Four, and promises Jordan that he'll turn on his solid three-person alliance to become the fourth member of a four-person alliance, in which already exists a much more solid three-person alliance. "I've got to do what's best for me," Elway says. "It's all about strategy."
Day 18:
In what many contestants expect to be the final Immunity Challenge before the two tribes are merged together, the tribes face off in a lawn dart toss. Due to the extreme danger involved, however, both teams are required to wear Kevlar vests and Army-issue helmets. The Playmakers overcome an early deficit to win.
Scott and Costas both plead their cases before Tribal Council, knowing that Madden, Parcells and Knight have voted as a bloc throughout the game and are unlikely to change tonight. Madden, Parcells and Knight meet to discuss who they should vote out. "We can't vote the only black guy out," Parcells says. "How would that look?"
At Tribal Council, Bob Costas becomes the sixth contestant voted out of "Survivor: Lambeau Field."
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