Jenna hugs her brother Jai
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#101. Those cheating Lewis kids!
All-Stars - Episode 13 and Finale
This moment isn't funny in a "ha ha" way. It's more of a quiet kind of
funny. Or maybe it's just funny
irony. I don't know. All I know is that I had to include it on the list.
Because what are the odds that a brother and sister would exit the game
in the exact same way?
One of the best moments of every Survivor season is when the players'
loved ones come out to the island. It usually
happens late in the season, it's a very emotional episode, and we've
had some very memorable moments happen in
these loved one visits. In fact, one of my favorites happened to take
place during Survivor: All-Stars.
Episode 13 was the famous "loved ones" visit in All-Stars, and the
challenge in this episode was that
the players' loved ones had to eat pieces of gross food in order to
spend a night on the island. Tom's son was
there, Rupert's wife was there, etc., but the highlight for me was what
happened to Jenna Lewis's brother (Jai)
in round four.
Because Jai Lewis became the first loved one ever to be eliminated from
Survivor for cheating.
Jenna hugs her brother Jai
You see, the entire point of the challenge was that the loved ones had
to eat increasingly disgusting pieces of
gross food. If they downed one item fast enough, they moved on to the
next round. And so on and so on, until only
one loved one had won the reward. The loved ones did
have a cup of water they could drink from, but only
after they had finished their item and Jeff had given them the okay.
Jeff had explained this rule to the loved
ones at the start and everybody seemed okay with it. At least... until
round four.
Round four required the loved ones to eat a giant tarantula. And Jai
started off strong. He happily popped the
tarantula in his mouth... before he forgot the rules for a moment and
accidentally took a sip of water. You can
see in the screen caps below. Jai reaches for his cup, he takes a sip
of water, and Jeff busts him for it.
Busted!
Jeff says that Jai is disqualified for drinking water and Jai obviously
disagrees. He gets a look on his face like
"You never told us that!" and Jeff gently reminds him that he did. So
Jai has to leave the game and it's
clear that he's pretty pissed about the whole thing. He does not
agree with this ruling at all.
Big cheater
But really... he shouldn't have felt that bad.
Because the exact same thing happened to his sister just
two episodes later.
Part two of the Lewis-Probst feud happens during the finale. We're down
to the final three and it's now time for
the dreaded "Hands on the Immunity Idol" challenge. Jenna, Amber and
Rob are standing on raised poles
in the water, and they must keep one hand on the idol for as long as
they can. It's the single most important moment
of the game, and a million dollars is at stake for whoever can stand
there the longest to win immunity. It's a
very, very tense moment in the game.
All-Stars, final 3 immunity challenge
Jeff Probst is sitting there watching as the challenge goes on, and he
notices that Jenna is shifting her back
foot around a lot because she has a cramp. So he has a really good
vantage point when she suddenly lifts her back
foot for just a second. It was just a quick movement, but it was enough
for Jeff and he disqualifies her from the
challenge for lifting her foot.
Jenna's foot
Busted!
Of course (per Lewis family tradition) Jenna obviously doesn't believe
him. She stands there for a few moments
in silent protest, then jumps off the platform in a huff. It's clear
that she doesn't agree with Jeff's ruling.
Disputing the call
In fact, Jenna is still angry at Jeff later that
night, when she snips at him at Tribal Council that she
doesn't think she lifted her foot. Jeff says that "it was subtle" and
it's clear that Jenna is still
pissed off at him.
"Oh I bet it was subtle," she says with a smile. And she immediately
starts filing the lawsuit against
the show in her head.
"Yeah, I bet it was subtle."
Like I said this wasn't the biggest "ha ha" moment on the list but you
have to get a chuckle out of the
irony of it all. I mean, seriously, both Lewis kids
got dragged off the island kicking and screaming over
something they claimed they didn't do. In fact, I wonder if there was a
family full of Lewises waiting for Jeff
when he got back to the mainland. Do you think they followed him home
and yelled at him after the taping of the
finale? And can you imagine what it must have been like when Jenna and
Jai played board games against each other
when they were kids? Someone literally would have been punched in the
face! Did either one of them ever end up
with a Monopoly piece embedded in their skull over a failed real estate
transaction?
Anyway, note to self: Don't play basketball against either one of the
Lewis kids. They cheat. And they get pissed
if you try to call them on it.
P.S. The second funniest part of this moment? It's when the producers
inserted a quick "Jenna lifts her foot"
shot into the finale just so they wouldn't get sued. Yeah, sure, like
the camera was right there six inches from
her foot when it happened. Whatever.
P.P.S. Jenna should have won All-Stars because, sure, she lifted her
foot and all, but she also didn't lift her
foot, too.
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