Episode 13 Recap
I'm a bit surprised to still be writing about Louie at this stage of the game. Here is a player that I thought
surely would not last very long in the game. Yet week after week there he is, raspy voice and all. I've had my ups and downs with Louie from mild annoyance to commiseration, and to that now I can add a dose of pity. Poor guy. He truly didn't deserve to be used like he was. Of course, this takes me to Ben, that player who has ridden every available coattail throughout this game. Ben, who, following in Jay's expedition-throwing footsteps, ensured that Louie, his partner on the red crew, would not win, therefore guaranteeing that Christa remain captain and that the Triad II remain in power.
Even after last week's blowup, this trio of numskulls managed to stay a team and double-cross earnest, honest Louie. It does astound me, though, that Louie didn't recognize the sabotage. Let's see, Ben couldn't row the boat ashore so Louie had to take over and whiz by the black crew by sheer force of will and some amazing rowing power. How did I miss the one skill Louie actually possessed all this time? Then at Dead Man's Pool, Louie didn't recognize that Ben was pretending not to find the sunken clue to give his
true teammates the upper hand. What upsets me most is that not only was Ben just screwing with the game, he was really messing with Louie's pocket. The man lost out on a $40K treasure just because Ben had to prove his loyalty to Sweetbeard.
Yes, I'm aware that I'd been crowing for just this sort of activity for weeks now, but when it comes down to it, I'm just a nice girl at heart looking for the puppies and rainbows in the situation. Louie started his day out with a spectacular full rainbow on the horizon. Now that's the way to wake up. Too bad it bore no pot of gold for him in the end.
On to Christa and her BFF Jay. Again, I'm stunned by her commitment to the dastardly salesman. In nearly every confessional, Jay basically remarks to the audience that he'd sell those same kids that Christa's so concerned about and yet Christa trusts him more than anyone else. So much so that at this stage of the game, when all the power at Pirates Court lies in the hands of the sole crewman - a crewman who can oust the captain with a vote for mutiny or decide with a single vote which black-spotted mate makes it into the final three - she chose Jay as her most trusted ally and issued black spots to Ben and Louie.
Again, I'm feeling for Louie. He was so grateful to receive $5K from Christa and Jay. He trusted that these sweet, kind people were his friends. Even at Pirates Court he argued to stay, with a good-natured "You don't want to be known as the dog who crushed Lou-Dog's dreams" plea to Jay. That's why it was so hard to watch when Ben cleared his own conscience by owning up to throwing the challenge. Poor Louie. All he could say was, "I feel like I was played."
Well, duh! You were, Louie! And while I'm so sick of Ben's guilt (and Christa and Jay's, too, for that matter), I have to say that my pity for Louie is rife with annoyance again. How he lasted this long in the game being just a mess of a clueless player is amazing. But as he said with all the flair of a B-movie actor while climbing down to the raft: "No tears, Baby. Don't make me cry."
Don't worry Louie, I won't.
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