Secret Scene: John
John gets some first aid help from Shambo after cutting his hand with a knife he was using on a coconut
(day 30)
(John chops coconut)
Shambo: This is a really good coconut. I like it toasted. A lot. I don't like eating it raw.
(John cuts his hand, and, in obvious pain, kicks a rock out of frustration)
Mick: Is it bad?
John: Yeah.
Shambo: Let me look at it, see if you need stitches. (looks) You don't need stitches.
John (solo): I was using the knife to pry coconut meat from the shell, and it slipped too far and punctured my skin pretty deeply. We'll see what happens. I wouldn't be surprised if it needed stitches.
(John sits down and holds his head in his hands)
Mick: Sucks dude.
Shambo: The good news is its not gonna take you out of the game. I'm sorry you got hurt.
John (solo): There's only 9 days left. I can power through this, assuming no one takes me out of the game.
Dave: Hang in there, dude.
Tribal Council Voting
Find out what each of the final nine tribe members had to say as they cast their votes
Monica (John): I understand you didn't want to draw rocks last week. I understand your decision to vote for Laura. My vote for you is for Laura.
Mick (John): You're a strong competitor strategically, your tribe thinks you're a snake in the grass, so this vote hopefully has some backing with them too, because this could kind of screw us if it doesn't work out. We'll see what happens.
Natalie (John): John, I'm voting for you because you're a very strategic player, and you're a huge threat to Foa Foa. Good game.
Jaison (John): (looks at the card) I think I'm spelling that right.
Russell (John): You're a great strategic player. I could be the only strategic player left. That's why I have to let you go.
John (Mick): Yo, dude. I don't think you're going home tonight. This one probably won't count.
Shambo (Dave): Dave, thanks for the chickens. They were great friends.
Dave (John): John, I'm voting for you because it might get me closer to a million bucks, and that's the way the game goes, I guess. Sorry pal.
Brett (John with a smile in the "o"): John, you're an extremely smart, intelligent man, but your strategies I think dug you a deep one.
John's Final Words
John reacts to having just been voted out by his fellow tribemates
"It was a great experience. Super happy that I went through with it. Pleased with my performance, clearly I would have liked to do more, but it's not a relief getting voted off at all. I think I have what it took to go the distance, but it didn't work out. I'm not completely surprised, but it was fun. I met some interesting people, and I'm happy I did it."
(cut)
"I think tonight's vote was another decision made by Galu that is a substandard decision. They're scrambling, they're doing anything they can to live to see tomorrow, which is why I thought it was an accurate response to Jeff that the people with the biggest targets on their back, as Dave had today, would do anything to see tomorrow. That's what he did. Am I surprised Dave would vote me off? Not for a second. It's not surprising. I wish the dynamic would have been a little bit different, clearly, but it was a fun game. I'm happy to be here, I'm happy I performed well and made it into the fourth quarter. Things didn't work out, I didn't win, but there's 20 people out here, it's a stacked lineup. I think I made some good friends and it was a good experience."
(cut)
"The former Galu tribe, as I've said before, are intellectually outmatched. If they're gonna get to Jaison, that would up their odds, but they traded me for Jaison and they're stuck with Dave, Brett, and Monica, so I'm not sure they would get the goods on that one either. They beat me, so clearly that says something about their performance in this game and their savvy, if you will. I don't think either Brett, Dave, or Monica will win this game."
John the Day After
John reflects on his time in the game and reveals how his original tribe members are to blame for the downfall of Galu
"Coming into the merge being so intellectually outgunned by Foa Foa, and finding myself in a position where I was probably among the first to go and Galu, unless we would have kept Erik and got rid of some of the girls, because I think Erik would have had my back to the end, in combination with finding myself in a position where I believed I had the right order of eliminations to get whoever I wanted to the finals. I think I would have had the power to get enough horsepower behind those votes and execute on it, but because I had a Dave Ball running around with Laura, and Kelly, and Brett, doing these things that were so incorrect, and the groupthink going on, it was impossible to be effective. One could say, John, it's your job to win them over, it's your job to give them an effective sales pitch, show them your point and get them to see it. I tried. I tried the logic path. I tried the rational path. I tried the emotional path. I tried the connecting and talking with them about BS path. I tried stroking the things that are so important to them path. 'Laura, tell me about how amazing your husband is.' I did everything I could do. It's not like I'm sitting here going, 'God, if only I'd have done this.' I did everything."
(cut)
"I found myself in a situation where I knew coming into it it was going to be highly stressful, highly challenging, a high-pressure situation. I thrive on that, I love that. It doesn't bother me. I don't even feel it. Everyone around me is not able to process things in that environment. They don't even know that. It's one thing when you know, oh my God, I can't work like this, because you're open to new stuff. When you're like, I know what I'm doing, I know what I'm doing, but you really don't, you're never gonna be open to new ideas. That's the type of people I found myself forced to work with. That's unfortunate."
(cut)
"Foa Foa makes the correct move every single time. I'm not surprised at all. If Dave wouldn't have found himself in a position where he were going home the night I was going home, and Shambo would have said, 'It's locked up, I'm voting for Mick,' I really believe all of Galu would have voted for Mick. Mick would have gone home, then I would have jumped and we could have got rid of a Brett, then a Dave, then everything. I just wish Dave would have picked the right person to go with."
(cut)
"Russell may be the smartest Survivor person here. He may not be the smartest person in real life, but in this game he's the smartest person. It surely doesn't hurt him, it puts him in a better position that he has 2 smart, loyal, trustworthy people behind him in Mick and Jaison, and then he has Natalie, who seemingly loves him. Russell is so powerful here. The interesting part will be to see how many finalists there are gonna be and what's gonna start to happen when people want to start to, once their end game really gets on, once we get deeper into the fourth quarter, because people are gonna have to start making moves."
(cut)
"You'd like to have a relationship with these people, because you shared an experience with them, but they're so different from people who would be your friends in real life. Not only are they not as cool as your friends, not only are they not half as dope as your friends are, they are, it's just like they deal with things so differently. I hate to sound like the guy who has all the answers, but the way they deal with things is incorrect."
(cut)
"People want to go to the finals with these people they want to go with. They don't think about getting to the final first. They think about getting votes. It happens every season. That's the problem. You only have so much control over the way people do things. What can you do to guarantee that someone won't make a decision based on who they want to be standing next to at the end. You only have so much power. Your ability to connect with idiots who can't process things properly is a large part of what this comes down to. If I could have snagged 2 friends from home and put them on my team, we would have gone 1-2-3."
Life at Ponderosa - John Part 1
John is sent packing to join former Galu members Erik, Kelly and Laura at Ponderosa where he has some questions to answer about why he flipped his vote
(John is voted out)
John: It's 9 more days, dude. I am not relieved right now to get booted. Not at all. I'd much rather be in the game.
John (solo): In hindsight, what should have happened is I should have just flipped earlier.
John: It's not all that. It's done. Start dealing with it, start coping and move on with your life.
(John eats peanut butter and crackers in the car)
John (solo): Only one person...19 of us are not gonna win a million dollars.
(John has lost 20 pounds, which he says isn't bad)
(John arrives at Ponderosa)
John (solo): (unintelligible) I'm kind of like, cool. A bunch of people in the same position I am. Let's have some fun.
John: How are you? (hugs Kelly) Good to see you. (Laura goes over to hug him)
Kelly: You don't smell...as bad as I thought.
John: E...(clasps hands with Erik and half-hugs him)
Laura: Ew, you stink.
John: I know, it's terrible.
John (solo): The mood is NOT fun.
Laura (solo): You want to be civil about it, but you have some hard feelings. He's the one that flipped on my vote.
John: ...that was the plan.
Laura: Why did you eliminate me? I was loyal to Galu the whole time.
John: It doesn't matter how loyal you are. It's not about loyalty.
Laura: What threat was I?
John: The numbers were such that it was so lopsided, that you had the potential to...
Laura: Wait, how were the...
John: This was not me. This was Dave Ball.
Laura: How were the numbers lopsided?
John: It was 8-4.
Laura: OK, so why not get rid of the four? Why get rid of me?
John: Because people won't get rid of the four if they're not happy with their position in the eight.
Laura: Who was unhappy with their position in the eight?
(Erik and John say Dave and Shambo)
Kelly: It sounds crazy.
Laura: So Shambo thought, they thought what would be better, getting rid of me?
Kelly: So Dave was the one targeting Laura now?
John: Everyone was targeting Laura from the %++$$. You didn't know that? Yeah. But then Dave said the second you (points to Kelly) came up to him and proposed an idea of axing Erik because he was working Monica and me against each other...
Kelly: I didn't propose any of that to Erik.
John (solo): You girls lie to him and then try to make out like you're not up to any mischief.
Kelly: (something I don't understand -- "fall guy" or "apologize" ?)
John: Sorry. I thought we were full disclosure here.
Kelly/Laura: We are full disclosure.
John (solo): I came in and I thought, we're all out of the game, let's talk about what happened.
Kelly: All the guys were paranoid about a female alliance, and the guys had an alliance.
Erik: Nobody wrote your name down. (points to Kelly) Nobody wrote your name down (points to Laura)
Laura: Then the guys got paranoid...
Erik: I didn't get paranoid, Brett didn't get paranoid, he (John) didn't get paranoid.
John: Somebody got paranoid about Erik. You know what's funny is I didn't tell a lie the entire game. Swear to God.
(Laura makes a face)
Laura: I do not think you were the reason for the conflict between Shambo and I. What I want to make perfectly clear is you were the reason I went home.
John: I was the reason?
Laura: That's what I want to make clear.
John: That's fine, but I disagree.
John (solo): Coming back and talking to Laura, and she still thinks I sent her home. These people...you'd like to think people could get over it, cope with it. Life goes on.
John: You could say I'm the reason you went home, but I'm also the reason I lived to see another day.
John (solo): It makes you think, am I the one who's crazy? Am I the one who's a little too jovial about losing this thing? It's done.
Erik (to the camera as Laura and John continue to argue): These guys are all stupid. All of 'em. And it breaks my heart. Breaks my heart. Still can't trust 'em. We're past the game, and still can't trust 'em. I've heard mixed stories. I'm the only one without blood on his hands. Is that something to be proud of? It's terrible.
Life at Ponderosa - John Part 2
The Survivors get a surprise at camp that brings some to tears
(Erik, Laura, and Kelly each read a segment of the treemail)
In your cabin, find pictures that will fit in your palm
(they go to their cabins and find PDAs with family photos on them)
Erik: I think the most technology I had out in the jungle was a machete. This is a long way away from a machete.
Kelly: There's my dog. My Peas (?).
(Laura looks at the photos and begins to cry)
Kelly: Is that Leah? (puts an arm around Laura) You do always have a flower.
Erik (in his cabin): Oh...my baby. If I found a woman that loved me a tenth as much as this dog, I would marry her today.
John (in the dining area, with Laura and Erik): This is my puppy. A champion in the backyard up in (?).
Laura (in her cabin with Kelly): I want to see yours.
Erik (shows a photo of him and his dog): Is that love or what?
Laura (to Kelly): Oh, Kelly. Hello? Put dreads on that little girl and that's you today.
Erik: This is my sister's baby. I'm an uncle.
Kelly: It's nice to think about home. You kind of get wrapped up in this whole world.
Erik: It helps you remember you are still human. You are still part of a family. You are still part of life.
Laura: I can't imagine how long this is gonna take, to catch up on what has happened in 30 days.
Erik: I just feel human for the first time in 40 days.
(Erik beams as he looks at the photo of his dog)
Life at Ponderosa - John Part 3
Tensions rise at Ponderosa when John continues to defend his actions in the game
John: You want to know why you went before me?
Laura: Yes, because of Shambo.
John: I knew you were gonna get 5 votes.
Laura: Because of Shambo. I knew Shambo was voting for me.
John: You went because you picked a fight with Shambo, but you're not gonna admit that.
Laura: Just because it's your perception doesn't make it the truth.
Erik (solo): John is a little bit of a rabblerouser and a lot of that is to take the heat off himself. Throw a little smoke here, smoke there, smoke there, and then nobody pays attention to him. But you know what, we're not buying it.
John: I don't care. I'm not here to argue with you.
Kelly: I'm not saying we're arguing. You're just being condescending.
John: I'm not saying you're saying we're arguing. I just said I'm not here to argue.
(Kelly rolls her eyes at the camera)
(cut to the outside of a cabin)
John: Just like we had to spend all our time with an idiotic tribe, we have to spend all our time with an idiotic group in Ponderosa.
Erik (slaps forehead): Tell me about it, bro!
(John says something in Portugese - 'Ave Maria, meu Deus'' (My God) )
Kelly (solo): Is John really gonna be that cocky and condescending in real life? Hey, he's even more cocky and condescending in real life!
(John shaves)
John: The girls wanted me to keep my mustache, but that's just because they have poor taste.
(back at the dining area)
Laura: You played completely different than we did.
Kelly: It's a game. The game is over. (Laura repeats this) We've been having a great time. Now you've come in and the whole tone has changed.
(back to shaving)
John: This is what they wanted. The pirate look. This is what I mean by they don't have good taste.
Laura (solo): If John comes around, he comes around. I'm not really gonna waste any more energy on whether he does or not. I spent 28 days out in the jungle with him. That's exactly the same person who walked in Ponderosa yesterday.
Kelly: You came in, you walked up to us (or "off your horse"?) all cocky, and it's frustrating for us to have to sit here and listen to you be cocky like that.
John: There's two ways I can react. 1, I can say I don't care about you, or 2, I can say I'm going to actively work to change your perception of me and get along. I'm going to choose 2, (Kelly rolls her eyes) and I'm going to work to mend our relationship. How does that sound?
Laura: That sounds good. That sounds perfect.
(back to shaving)
John: Still feeling tired. Still feeling lazy. I wouldn't be completely surprised if I were to fall asleep tonight.
(back to the cabin)
John: I wish we would have lost more immunity challenges.
Erik: Yeah, maybe we should have lost more. You could see Foa Foa doesn't get crazy. They don't have the opportunity, there's only 4 of 'em. They have to vote together.
John: They operate so effectively.
Erik: They have to.
(Kelly goes to her cabin and drinks wine with Laura as they get ready for TC)
Laura (solo): Me, Erik and Kelly are not gonna let this pooper poop our party.
(walking to the van)
Erik: We have our tribal beverages. They're kind of like torches.
John gets some first aid help from Shambo after cutting his hand with a knife he was using on a coconut
(day 30)
(John chops coconut)
Shambo: This is a really good coconut. I like it toasted. A lot. I don't like eating it raw.
(John cuts his hand, and, in obvious pain, kicks a rock out of frustration)
Mick: Is it bad?
John: Yeah.
Shambo: Let me look at it, see if you need stitches. (looks) You don't need stitches.
John (solo): I was using the knife to pry coconut meat from the shell, and it slipped too far and punctured my skin pretty deeply. We'll see what happens. I wouldn't be surprised if it needed stitches.
(John sits down and holds his head in his hands)
Mick: Sucks dude.
Shambo: The good news is its not gonna take you out of the game. I'm sorry you got hurt.
John (solo): There's only 9 days left. I can power through this, assuming no one takes me out of the game.
Dave: Hang in there, dude.
Tribal Council Voting
Find out what each of the final nine tribe members had to say as they cast their votes
Monica (John): I understand you didn't want to draw rocks last week. I understand your decision to vote for Laura. My vote for you is for Laura.
Mick (John): You're a strong competitor strategically, your tribe thinks you're a snake in the grass, so this vote hopefully has some backing with them too, because this could kind of screw us if it doesn't work out. We'll see what happens.
Natalie (John): John, I'm voting for you because you're a very strategic player, and you're a huge threat to Foa Foa. Good game.
Jaison (John): (looks at the card) I think I'm spelling that right.
Russell (John): You're a great strategic player. I could be the only strategic player left. That's why I have to let you go.
John (Mick): Yo, dude. I don't think you're going home tonight. This one probably won't count.
Shambo (Dave): Dave, thanks for the chickens. They were great friends.
Dave (John): John, I'm voting for you because it might get me closer to a million bucks, and that's the way the game goes, I guess. Sorry pal.
Brett (John with a smile in the "o"): John, you're an extremely smart, intelligent man, but your strategies I think dug you a deep one.
John's Final Words
John reacts to having just been voted out by his fellow tribemates
"It was a great experience. Super happy that I went through with it. Pleased with my performance, clearly I would have liked to do more, but it's not a relief getting voted off at all. I think I have what it took to go the distance, but it didn't work out. I'm not completely surprised, but it was fun. I met some interesting people, and I'm happy I did it."
(cut)
"I think tonight's vote was another decision made by Galu that is a substandard decision. They're scrambling, they're doing anything they can to live to see tomorrow, which is why I thought it was an accurate response to Jeff that the people with the biggest targets on their back, as Dave had today, would do anything to see tomorrow. That's what he did. Am I surprised Dave would vote me off? Not for a second. It's not surprising. I wish the dynamic would have been a little bit different, clearly, but it was a fun game. I'm happy to be here, I'm happy I performed well and made it into the fourth quarter. Things didn't work out, I didn't win, but there's 20 people out here, it's a stacked lineup. I think I made some good friends and it was a good experience."
(cut)
"The former Galu tribe, as I've said before, are intellectually outmatched. If they're gonna get to Jaison, that would up their odds, but they traded me for Jaison and they're stuck with Dave, Brett, and Monica, so I'm not sure they would get the goods on that one either. They beat me, so clearly that says something about their performance in this game and their savvy, if you will. I don't think either Brett, Dave, or Monica will win this game."
John the Day After
John reflects on his time in the game and reveals how his original tribe members are to blame for the downfall of Galu
"Coming into the merge being so intellectually outgunned by Foa Foa, and finding myself in a position where I was probably among the first to go and Galu, unless we would have kept Erik and got rid of some of the girls, because I think Erik would have had my back to the end, in combination with finding myself in a position where I believed I had the right order of eliminations to get whoever I wanted to the finals. I think I would have had the power to get enough horsepower behind those votes and execute on it, but because I had a Dave Ball running around with Laura, and Kelly, and Brett, doing these things that were so incorrect, and the groupthink going on, it was impossible to be effective. One could say, John, it's your job to win them over, it's your job to give them an effective sales pitch, show them your point and get them to see it. I tried. I tried the logic path. I tried the rational path. I tried the emotional path. I tried the connecting and talking with them about BS path. I tried stroking the things that are so important to them path. 'Laura, tell me about how amazing your husband is.' I did everything I could do. It's not like I'm sitting here going, 'God, if only I'd have done this.' I did everything."
(cut)
"I found myself in a situation where I knew coming into it it was going to be highly stressful, highly challenging, a high-pressure situation. I thrive on that, I love that. It doesn't bother me. I don't even feel it. Everyone around me is not able to process things in that environment. They don't even know that. It's one thing when you know, oh my God, I can't work like this, because you're open to new stuff. When you're like, I know what I'm doing, I know what I'm doing, but you really don't, you're never gonna be open to new ideas. That's the type of people I found myself forced to work with. That's unfortunate."
(cut)
"Foa Foa makes the correct move every single time. I'm not surprised at all. If Dave wouldn't have found himself in a position where he were going home the night I was going home, and Shambo would have said, 'It's locked up, I'm voting for Mick,' I really believe all of Galu would have voted for Mick. Mick would have gone home, then I would have jumped and we could have got rid of a Brett, then a Dave, then everything. I just wish Dave would have picked the right person to go with."
(cut)
"Russell may be the smartest Survivor person here. He may not be the smartest person in real life, but in this game he's the smartest person. It surely doesn't hurt him, it puts him in a better position that he has 2 smart, loyal, trustworthy people behind him in Mick and Jaison, and then he has Natalie, who seemingly loves him. Russell is so powerful here. The interesting part will be to see how many finalists there are gonna be and what's gonna start to happen when people want to start to, once their end game really gets on, once we get deeper into the fourth quarter, because people are gonna have to start making moves."
(cut)
"You'd like to have a relationship with these people, because you shared an experience with them, but they're so different from people who would be your friends in real life. Not only are they not as cool as your friends, not only are they not half as dope as your friends are, they are, it's just like they deal with things so differently. I hate to sound like the guy who has all the answers, but the way they deal with things is incorrect."
(cut)
"People want to go to the finals with these people they want to go with. They don't think about getting to the final first. They think about getting votes. It happens every season. That's the problem. You only have so much control over the way people do things. What can you do to guarantee that someone won't make a decision based on who they want to be standing next to at the end. You only have so much power. Your ability to connect with idiots who can't process things properly is a large part of what this comes down to. If I could have snagged 2 friends from home and put them on my team, we would have gone 1-2-3."
Life at Ponderosa - John Part 1
John is sent packing to join former Galu members Erik, Kelly and Laura at Ponderosa where he has some questions to answer about why he flipped his vote
(John is voted out)
John: It's 9 more days, dude. I am not relieved right now to get booted. Not at all. I'd much rather be in the game.
John (solo): In hindsight, what should have happened is I should have just flipped earlier.
John: It's not all that. It's done. Start dealing with it, start coping and move on with your life.
(John eats peanut butter and crackers in the car)
John (solo): Only one person...19 of us are not gonna win a million dollars.
(John has lost 20 pounds, which he says isn't bad)
(John arrives at Ponderosa)
John (solo): (unintelligible) I'm kind of like, cool. A bunch of people in the same position I am. Let's have some fun.
John: How are you? (hugs Kelly) Good to see you. (Laura goes over to hug him)
Kelly: You don't smell...as bad as I thought.
John: E...(clasps hands with Erik and half-hugs him)
Laura: Ew, you stink.
John: I know, it's terrible.
John (solo): The mood is NOT fun.
Laura (solo): You want to be civil about it, but you have some hard feelings. He's the one that flipped on my vote.
John: ...that was the plan.
Laura: Why did you eliminate me? I was loyal to Galu the whole time.
John: It doesn't matter how loyal you are. It's not about loyalty.
Laura: What threat was I?
John: The numbers were such that it was so lopsided, that you had the potential to...
Laura: Wait, how were the...
John: This was not me. This was Dave Ball.
Laura: How were the numbers lopsided?
John: It was 8-4.
Laura: OK, so why not get rid of the four? Why get rid of me?
John: Because people won't get rid of the four if they're not happy with their position in the eight.
Laura: Who was unhappy with their position in the eight?
(Erik and John say Dave and Shambo)
Kelly: It sounds crazy.
Laura: So Shambo thought, they thought what would be better, getting rid of me?
Kelly: So Dave was the one targeting Laura now?
John: Everyone was targeting Laura from the %++$$. You didn't know that? Yeah. But then Dave said the second you (points to Kelly) came up to him and proposed an idea of axing Erik because he was working Monica and me against each other...
Kelly: I didn't propose any of that to Erik.
John (solo): You girls lie to him and then try to make out like you're not up to any mischief.
Kelly: (something I don't understand -- "fall guy" or "apologize" ?)
John: Sorry. I thought we were full disclosure here.
Kelly/Laura: We are full disclosure.
John (solo): I came in and I thought, we're all out of the game, let's talk about what happened.
Kelly: All the guys were paranoid about a female alliance, and the guys had an alliance.
Erik: Nobody wrote your name down. (points to Kelly) Nobody wrote your name down (points to Laura)
Laura: Then the guys got paranoid...
Erik: I didn't get paranoid, Brett didn't get paranoid, he (John) didn't get paranoid.
John: Somebody got paranoid about Erik. You know what's funny is I didn't tell a lie the entire game. Swear to God.
(Laura makes a face)
Laura: I do not think you were the reason for the conflict between Shambo and I. What I want to make perfectly clear is you were the reason I went home.
John: I was the reason?
Laura: That's what I want to make clear.
John: That's fine, but I disagree.
John (solo): Coming back and talking to Laura, and she still thinks I sent her home. These people...you'd like to think people could get over it, cope with it. Life goes on.
John: You could say I'm the reason you went home, but I'm also the reason I lived to see another day.
John (solo): It makes you think, am I the one who's crazy? Am I the one who's a little too jovial about losing this thing? It's done.
Erik (to the camera as Laura and John continue to argue): These guys are all stupid. All of 'em. And it breaks my heart. Breaks my heart. Still can't trust 'em. We're past the game, and still can't trust 'em. I've heard mixed stories. I'm the only one without blood on his hands. Is that something to be proud of? It's terrible.
Life at Ponderosa - John Part 2
The Survivors get a surprise at camp that brings some to tears
(Erik, Laura, and Kelly each read a segment of the treemail)
In your cabin, find pictures that will fit in your palm
(they go to their cabins and find PDAs with family photos on them)
Erik: I think the most technology I had out in the jungle was a machete. This is a long way away from a machete.
Kelly: There's my dog. My Peas (?).
(Laura looks at the photos and begins to cry)
Kelly: Is that Leah? (puts an arm around Laura) You do always have a flower.
Erik (in his cabin): Oh...my baby. If I found a woman that loved me a tenth as much as this dog, I would marry her today.
John (in the dining area, with Laura and Erik): This is my puppy. A champion in the backyard up in (?).
Laura (in her cabin with Kelly): I want to see yours.
Erik (shows a photo of him and his dog): Is that love or what?
Laura (to Kelly): Oh, Kelly. Hello? Put dreads on that little girl and that's you today.
Erik: This is my sister's baby. I'm an uncle.
Kelly: It's nice to think about home. You kind of get wrapped up in this whole world.
Erik: It helps you remember you are still human. You are still part of a family. You are still part of life.
Laura: I can't imagine how long this is gonna take, to catch up on what has happened in 30 days.
Erik: I just feel human for the first time in 40 days.
(Erik beams as he looks at the photo of his dog)
Life at Ponderosa - John Part 3
Tensions rise at Ponderosa when John continues to defend his actions in the game
John: You want to know why you went before me?
Laura: Yes, because of Shambo.
John: I knew you were gonna get 5 votes.
Laura: Because of Shambo. I knew Shambo was voting for me.
John: You went because you picked a fight with Shambo, but you're not gonna admit that.
Laura: Just because it's your perception doesn't make it the truth.
Erik (solo): John is a little bit of a rabblerouser and a lot of that is to take the heat off himself. Throw a little smoke here, smoke there, smoke there, and then nobody pays attention to him. But you know what, we're not buying it.
John: I don't care. I'm not here to argue with you.
Kelly: I'm not saying we're arguing. You're just being condescending.
John: I'm not saying you're saying we're arguing. I just said I'm not here to argue.
(Kelly rolls her eyes at the camera)
(cut to the outside of a cabin)
John: Just like we had to spend all our time with an idiotic tribe, we have to spend all our time with an idiotic group in Ponderosa.
Erik (slaps forehead): Tell me about it, bro!
(John says something in Portugese - 'Ave Maria, meu Deus'' (My God) )
Kelly (solo): Is John really gonna be that cocky and condescending in real life? Hey, he's even more cocky and condescending in real life!
(John shaves)
John: The girls wanted me to keep my mustache, but that's just because they have poor taste.
(back at the dining area)
Laura: You played completely different than we did.
Kelly: It's a game. The game is over. (Laura repeats this) We've been having a great time. Now you've come in and the whole tone has changed.
(back to shaving)
John: This is what they wanted. The pirate look. This is what I mean by they don't have good taste.
Laura (solo): If John comes around, he comes around. I'm not really gonna waste any more energy on whether he does or not. I spent 28 days out in the jungle with him. That's exactly the same person who walked in Ponderosa yesterday.
Kelly: You came in, you walked up to us (or "off your horse"?) all cocky, and it's frustrating for us to have to sit here and listen to you be cocky like that.
John: There's two ways I can react. 1, I can say I don't care about you, or 2, I can say I'm going to actively work to change your perception of me and get along. I'm going to choose 2, (Kelly rolls her eyes) and I'm going to work to mend our relationship. How does that sound?
Laura: That sounds good. That sounds perfect.
(back to shaving)
John: Still feeling tired. Still feeling lazy. I wouldn't be completely surprised if I were to fall asleep tonight.
(back to the cabin)
John: I wish we would have lost more immunity challenges.
Erik: Yeah, maybe we should have lost more. You could see Foa Foa doesn't get crazy. They don't have the opportunity, there's only 4 of 'em. They have to vote together.
John: They operate so effectively.
Erik: They have to.
(Kelly goes to her cabin and drinks wine with Laura as they get ready for TC)
Laura (solo): Me, Erik and Kelly are not gonna let this pooper poop our party.
(walking to the van)
Erik: We have our tribal beverages. They're kind of like torches.
