The end is near and the remaining islanders are getting impatient. To pick up their moral the producers let the group see videos from home. It was a blessing to some but turned out to be a curse to many in the group.
Good Fanny was treated to a video of Nick from prison. “Don’t give up Fanny, you’re a survivor and a very funny girl” Fanny froze the picture and melodically chanted in an echo, “Nicky Arnstein, Nicky Arnstein, he’s got bars on his face?”
Judy's boyfriend Steve(Howard?) serenaded her with “You’re The Top” until it came to the verse "you're the nose". Judy became angry. THE NOSE!!! THAT WAS HILLARY KRAMER NOT ME!!!! IS HE CHEATING????
Esther’s manager, Brian Wexler, told her he had to pass on her being the opening act for Streisand in LA since Esther was indefinably stuck on The Island. Esther shouted in a rage, “That sucks Brian”.
Yentl heard from her cross-dressing sister Anshel, now in America. “They say things are different here… and they are! I love Castro Street in San Francisco!!!! I can be myself.”
Katie received a tape from her daughter saying everything was fine and there was no need to hurry home. Katie cried knowing this meant there would still be no “The Way We Were” sequel. When will she get in trouble so I can call Hubble and rekindle our love affair, Katie thought.
Claudia was in for a treat. The host told her they had a tape from your mother. Claudia became agitated and started to scream, “My mother? Why didn’t you tell me you were getting a tape from her? ---- My mother... you talked to my mother!” The tape was played despite Claudia’s objections. Claudia tapped on a glass to drown out hearing her mom say, “We love you dear, don’t you know that?” Claudia had to be sedated when the tape was over.
Good Rose’s mother told her it wasn’t normal to stay on an island that long, unless of course it was Manhattan Island. “If you think it’s normal, go ahead! STAY on The Island! See if I care”. She also hoped Rose wasn’t cooking and cleaning for the group or using too much salt or eating too much. She finished her assault with, “Bye the way dear, Claire is with Gregory now. You know she's always liked him. Hurry home and I’ll tell you what it was like to be beautiful.”
The host then made an announcement. “I have to mention one member didn’t get a tape. Susan, we wrote Bernard about making a tape but we never got a reply. I’m sorry” Lowenstein was devastated and began to weep uncontrollably as her nose ran. The group tried to console her to no avail. She spent the rest of the afternoon sobbing and scratching herself with her now lethal nails.
While a few were obviously very affected by the tapes, in Good Rose it came out in a different way. Rose began belittling everyone on The Island. Some had already had it with her. They disliked the way she seemed to be kissing up to The Island crew, calling them “Sir”. She constantly missed "reserved" meal times and when she did eat with the group she would ask them questions like they were on a game show <g>. What annoyed them most was the way Rose had to load her fork with the certain percentages of rice and stingray fish to achieve the "perfect bite". If that wasn't enough now she was going around The Island saying things like Claudia’s makeup makes her look like a clown. Ever since Katie’s iron broke her hair has gotten very frizzy. Rose told everyone Katie looked like Shirley Temple on crack. Katie was annoyed. "She’s one to talk about my hair! Her hair looks like she was attacked by wolves.”
When the tribal council met the group told Rose to get a f---ing grip and go home to her mother. The next vote went to Susan Lowenstein, who was now a bloody pulp with all her scratches. Susan became emotional and hugged the host. “I always knew this time would come, but I was not quite prepared for it”, she said as she slobbered and bled all over him. The group could hear Rose in the background hailing the ship to the mainland… “Oh Sir!”
