Finally I know who a couple more of the Survivors are... Natalie! Finally saw her, though still might confuse her with Kelly? Not sure. Found out there was someone named Laura (who?) and Monica... and my upcoming new favourite, Danger Dave. I can't wait to hear more from Danger Dave. Will he become Danger Dave, Dragonslayer? I hope so.
So did you LOVE seeing Ben get the boot? I mean, maybe not if you had him in the pool & all, but really, he was awful. I liked the part where he told the girls not to even bother trying to start a fire using the flint because they are just not strong enough and their hands are too small. Really? Then he tells us that, "Without me, these people will die." No they won't, Ben. I've seen way dumber people on other Survivor seasons start fires just fine. Girls too. Ben hates women. Ugh.
Over at team purple, everyone is getting along.... for now. Shambo is starting to feel even more on the outs, though, as she watches her team do yoga to start the day instead of doing chores at camp. Later she gets to go over to team yellow & she gushes over them, telling them how awful the purples are. I like where she says, "These people are closer to my age - they relate to me more." Then a shot of her talking to Liz (33), Ashley (22), Mick (33) and someone else I can't remember, but was clearly in their 20's. The teams are the same; Shambo just hates hers.
I'm fairly sure Shambo's hair is also getting larger every episode. Oh yeah, and did any of you catch where Shambo wedged half of herself into that tree looking for the immunity idol? Everyone else milling around talking while you see Shambo's legs sticking out of the tree at the bottom of your screen. Hee. Subtle.
The challenge was nothing to write home about (or blog about) except to say that it had more take-downs, just this time in the water. I'm thinking of labelling this season of Survivor the WWF season. Thoughts? Waiting for Russell to slam someone over the head with a chair...
Team purple won (again), got immunity, and were able to choose from comfort items (blankets, pillows, towels) or useful items (tarp, knife, etc.) Master T chose comfort to "take care of his ladies." On one hand, I admired his thinking - that "if you keep the women happy, the whole team will be happy." There's some serious truth to this. But then he opened his mouth at camp and started going on about how he had to take care of the women, blah, blah, blah. Sit down, Ben, I mean Russell. They're fine. Also, I'm thinking on another level that Master T himself is loving the comfort. Yes? And he made no fans amongst the men. Danger Dave was not happy. (Note: Just looked up Danger Dave to see if I could find out why he's called Danger. No luck. Dude has a degree in opera (!!!) and teaches fitness & nutrition. Ooooh. Sounds dangerous.)
Right... so yellow's back at tribal. Which naturally brings us to Russell. Russell (who also hates women) has it out for Ashley. Tells Ben early on in what he calls "planting a Russell seed" (ewww), that Ashley was the one who was trying to vote Ben out last time. For a while it looks like it's working, but then Jai-SAHN steps in. In a move that's at once noble and stupid, tells everyone that it's basically him or Ben. That if Ben isn't voted out, he's leaving. Yikes, sweater-vest, that could have backfired on you completely! Ben is a racist. Ben was mean to Yasmin, calling her "ghetto trash" which we all know wasn't that far off the mark, but you don't SAY that! So Ben & Jaison end up getting in a huge fight at Tribal. Poor Natalie is stuck in the middle & looks frightened. It was awesome. Ben got voted out.
Which brings me to my final point... that Russell is still hateful yet still brilliant. He is indeed causing chaos around him, he's making his whole team fight with each other, but not with him. He's not doing anything to help win challenges, 'cause he doesn't want to win - he wants to vote people out. But he's not making it LOOK like he's not doing anything. He's showing the appropriate people that he has the idol, gaining their trust & noting that the idol is "a tool". So smart. He is really the only one who's really playing the game. And like you, I can't decide if I love him or hate him. Such fun!
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