Waaaa, I'm way late on this one today and sorry for missing one last week. I was not computer-accessible. I did, however, watch the show and was pleased to see JT voted off. Hillbilly. He deserved it for being dumb. Just as this week Amanda deserved it for being dumb. And for wearing no pants, but that's another issue. And I've decided to take my vote away from Colby. Colby, I loved you for a little while, but I'm a fickle Survivor pool girl, and you're dead to me now. But who to throw my weight behind at this point. Ugh... More on that later.
So... right. If you missed it, here's why I've fallen out with Colby. There's a reward challenge. It's shuffleboard and they're put on teams. Amanda, Colby and Danielle win and get a trip to Robert Louis Stevenson's (right?) house where they get to sleep in one bed together (weird, right?) and eat popcorn and watch Treasure Island. Now Colby, it seems, really loved the movie. 'Cause Danielle and Amanda were looking for an immunity idol clue. Colby, not so much. Boobs McGee found it in the popcorn and tried to hide it, but the Pantless Wonder has puppy eyes that see everything. She goes over & grabs it and the girls have this like, 6 year-old wrestling match where they both won't take their hands off this stupid clue. It almost came to hair pulling. On one hand, you're thinking, Amanda, that's really a slimey move. On the other hand, you're thinking YAY for you girl. Get it away from nasty Boobs. But what does Amanda do? She asks Colby's opinion on the matter, like he's some sort of big brother or babysitter or dad in the scenario. THEN, as if that's not bad enough that she even asked, he doesn't back her up. Dude, she's your teammate, you're supposed to have her back. If she gets the clue, it's good for YOU and can help YOU win a million bucks. Right? Nope. Colby wants to watch the movie. So Colby says, uh, yeah, it's Danielle's clue. Give it to her. And then mistake number 304, Amanda ACTUALLY LISTENS TO COLBY and gives it back to Danielle. What was the proper resolution to the problem? What would any normal human do? We all would have said, you know what? We've all seen that you have the clue, so let's all read it together and then it's every man for themselves. Right? Nope. Amanda and Colby are dumb and don't deserve a million dollars. Colby is fine with Rachel Ray anyways and Amanda is Miss Earth, right? They're fine. Don't feel sorry for them. Just give the girl some pants.
Anyways, back to the show. There was some good scrambling going on. Jerri won immunity, which was cute, because it was the first one she won in like, a million times she's been on the show. She said she was "swimming in Yay" which I really liked.
Russell convinced Candace to flip by showing her the immunity idol. Yes, Russell found the immunity idol after all that nonsense with Amanda and Danielle - neither girl ended up with it! It looked like Sandra might flip to the Hero side to get rid of Russell, but the Heroes aren't the brightest bulbs. Rupert (yes, Rupert) is looking like the smartest of the lot, but he's still sounding like Eeyore, with his moping. "No one believes me." "I can't convince them." "Oooh, my broken toe." OK, I'm paraphrasing a little, but seriously. Come on. And Sandra must have known that the Hero tribe wasn't together and then she found out that someone flipped and that it was a good thing to stay true to Russell's group.
And clever Sandra knows she's on the outs with her group. Russell at tribal council - "Sandra's just there with us." Ouch. BUT, she's clever, because if she does make it to the end, she can say she never backstabbed, right? Which, in recent seasons is what it's all about in the end - it's that whole "morality" thing.... Ugh. Don't get me started on that.
Anyways, in the end, Russell played the immunity idol but didn't need it because the other tribe voted for Parvati. But with Candace switching and Sandra not switching, there were enough votes for Amanda.
And Courtney on the jury... Jeff: "I'll go tally the votes." Courtney: "You do that." Hee! Love her. So who's left to like? I liked Parvati a little again when she hissed at Russell about the immunity idol, "You wasted that one!" Knocked him down a peg. And it looked like Russell's on the outs with Queen Parvati next week. Do I like Parvati now? I won't go that far. I want to cheer for Sandra, 'cause she's hilarious and the underdog, but she's won a million already. Do I care? I thought I did, but now I'm not sure. Do I want Russell to win so he'll shut up? Maybe. It's causing me to stay up nights.
Now Amanda, go put on some pants!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Please Feed Her Now
Somehow I found myself a fan of Russell again in this episode, as well as Sandra... and even Parvati a little, though let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.
When the teams showed up for the reward challenge, the Heroes (well, Rupert really) were quick to notice that with Coach gone, the "girls' alliance" must be pretty strong! Hee. Cue shot of Russell w/ smug look on face.
Then the Villain girls went on to win the reward. It was one where they have to balance on little foot pegs....which are better for little feet, right? The Villains correctly sat out Russell. You had to order your team from weakest to strongest, which led Rupert to go on and on about how he's the strongest.... Ugh. Someone please vote him out soon. I can barely stand him. Delightful to see Courtney's impression of him, though. Anyways, the Villains got a big feast from the (warning: product placement) Outback Steakhouse & Parvati found a clue to the hidden immunity idol in her napkin. She shared it with Danielle, but not with Russell, who she noted is on a "need to know basis.... and right now he doesn't need to know." The girl, like her or hate her, is pretty clever. Of course, she and Danielle found the idol the next morning.
Meanwhile, over in the Hero camp, JT gets this brilliant idea to smuggle their hidden immunity idol to Russell on the other team because he is clearly on the wrong end of an all-girl alliance. Hee. Not only that, he writes this big long note about how he hopes he can trust Russell and how Russell can prove he's not a villain. Gasp! This proves that no one had seen the last season, because no one in their right mind would appeal to Russell's "non-villain" side. There isn't one. Of course, Russell shared the note with Parvati (and later Danielle & Jerri) and the two of them had a good laugh about how ridiculous it was. It was totally jr. high with a note at the bottom telling R. to "destroy immediately after reading" and to "read in complete private" ... Ha! It is the one time I didn't mind Parvati's laugh... I would have laughed too. And Russell.... "Not only do I find all the idols, now people are just giving them to me!"
So obviously the exchange was made at the immunity challenge. Also the Villains lost to the Heroes - and they even had to do a puzzle! Way to go!
Even though JT's note "instructed" Russell to vote out Parvati, we knew that wasn't about to happen. It was between Sandra & Courtney. It looked like Courtney, then she made a plea to Parvati saying that she'd be loyal and would be able to get in with Amanda after the merge. Parvati did her best to sway the group, but it turned out that Courtney's number was up. She was voted out and left with a big hug for Sandra, pretty proud of herself, with some sort of crazy farewell like, "Later, Bitches!" Was that it? I couldn't get it? Did you? Let me know. Anyways, in her final words she said that she did pretty good making it to the jury and got pretty far for the skinny girl and that she didn't completely hate anyone... and that she was looking forward to being all dressed up nice on the jury while all the "other bitches" would be jealous... Hee. Something like that. I will miss Courtney. She's sassy and sarcastic and delightful. But really, we all knew she wasn't winning this thing, right? Now please, for god's sake get her a hamburger.
The final things to note about Tribal Council were that Jeff only really asked one question - Who is trustworthy? And it prompted all kinds of stuff... there was some serious girl nonsense between Sandra and Danielle. Danielle was being the girl, saying to Sandra something crazy about how Sandra never was nice to her and did everything Rob said and blah blah blah. Sandra correctly pointed out how it was no different than how Danielle allied herself with Russell, but Boobs McGee would have none of it and kept on with how mean Sandra was.... Ugh.
The other fun thing about Tribal Council was Coach. He was wearing....was it a kimono? A bathrobe? Smoking jacket? Wrap-dress? Unsure. Anyways, let's call it a kimono... and then he's got this GIANT feather hanging on his chest.... Who knows what kind of bird makes feathers that big, but really? NOW he's going to start being weird? Excellent. Nutbar. He and Courtney will have a fantastic time at Ponderosa.
Next week, the merge. Sandra gets some revenge by telling any Hero who'll listen that there is not an all-girl alliance, that Russell is in fact in charge, and who knows what else. She's clever and will flip immediately. Does that mean the Heroes + Sandra will get rid of a Villain? Super fun considering there are TWO hidden immunity idols in play.
When the teams showed up for the reward challenge, the Heroes (well, Rupert really) were quick to notice that with Coach gone, the "girls' alliance" must be pretty strong! Hee. Cue shot of Russell w/ smug look on face.
Then the Villain girls went on to win the reward. It was one where they have to balance on little foot pegs....which are better for little feet, right? The Villains correctly sat out Russell. You had to order your team from weakest to strongest, which led Rupert to go on and on about how he's the strongest.... Ugh. Someone please vote him out soon. I can barely stand him. Delightful to see Courtney's impression of him, though. Anyways, the Villains got a big feast from the (warning: product placement) Outback Steakhouse & Parvati found a clue to the hidden immunity idol in her napkin. She shared it with Danielle, but not with Russell, who she noted is on a "need to know basis.... and right now he doesn't need to know." The girl, like her or hate her, is pretty clever. Of course, she and Danielle found the idol the next morning.
Meanwhile, over in the Hero camp, JT gets this brilliant idea to smuggle their hidden immunity idol to Russell on the other team because he is clearly on the wrong end of an all-girl alliance. Hee. Not only that, he writes this big long note about how he hopes he can trust Russell and how Russell can prove he's not a villain. Gasp! This proves that no one had seen the last season, because no one in their right mind would appeal to Russell's "non-villain" side. There isn't one. Of course, Russell shared the note with Parvati (and later Danielle & Jerri) and the two of them had a good laugh about how ridiculous it was. It was totally jr. high with a note at the bottom telling R. to "destroy immediately after reading" and to "read in complete private" ... Ha! It is the one time I didn't mind Parvati's laugh... I would have laughed too. And Russell.... "Not only do I find all the idols, now people are just giving them to me!"
So obviously the exchange was made at the immunity challenge. Also the Villains lost to the Heroes - and they even had to do a puzzle! Way to go!
Even though JT's note "instructed" Russell to vote out Parvati, we knew that wasn't about to happen. It was between Sandra & Courtney. It looked like Courtney, then she made a plea to Parvati saying that she'd be loyal and would be able to get in with Amanda after the merge. Parvati did her best to sway the group, but it turned out that Courtney's number was up. She was voted out and left with a big hug for Sandra, pretty proud of herself, with some sort of crazy farewell like, "Later, Bitches!" Was that it? I couldn't get it? Did you? Let me know. Anyways, in her final words she said that she did pretty good making it to the jury and got pretty far for the skinny girl and that she didn't completely hate anyone... and that she was looking forward to being all dressed up nice on the jury while all the "other bitches" would be jealous... Hee. Something like that. I will miss Courtney. She's sassy and sarcastic and delightful. But really, we all knew she wasn't winning this thing, right? Now please, for god's sake get her a hamburger.
The final things to note about Tribal Council were that Jeff only really asked one question - Who is trustworthy? And it prompted all kinds of stuff... there was some serious girl nonsense between Sandra and Danielle. Danielle was being the girl, saying to Sandra something crazy about how Sandra never was nice to her and did everything Rob said and blah blah blah. Sandra correctly pointed out how it was no different than how Danielle allied herself with Russell, but Boobs McGee would have none of it and kept on with how mean Sandra was.... Ugh.
The other fun thing about Tribal Council was Coach. He was wearing....was it a kimono? A bathrobe? Smoking jacket? Wrap-dress? Unsure. Anyways, let's call it a kimono... and then he's got this GIANT feather hanging on his chest.... Who knows what kind of bird makes feathers that big, but really? NOW he's going to start being weird? Excellent. Nutbar. He and Courtney will have a fantastic time at Ponderosa.
Next week, the merge. Sandra gets some revenge by telling any Hero who'll listen that there is not an all-girl alliance, that Russell is in fact in charge, and who knows what else. She's clever and will flip immediately. Does that mean the Heroes + Sandra will get rid of a Villain? Super fun considering there are TWO hidden immunity idols in play.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Latina Couch Potato 1, Dragonslayer 0
First of all, can I just ask that somebody please buy Amanda some pants. For the love of Pete, the girl has no PANTS! The (straight) males amongst you may disagree, but seriously, I'm sick of seeing her run around in her panties.
OK, next. Right. What else do you need to know about last night's episode besides Amanda's (lack of) pants? Well, you need to know that the Villains suck the house down without Boston Rob. They are bad. They have no good leadership. They are not good at challenges, and they pretty much don't like each other. To quote Sandra, "I can't stand Russell, I hate Coach, I hate Danielle even more...." I think the list was actually longer. Am starting to really adore Sandra. We'll talk more about her later.
The Heroes, meantime, are having a love-fest. Sort of. Well, they get along with each other. And it shows - they're winning challenges. They've got the mo. (In this case, mo = momentum. We like to use this term at my house during hockey games. When a team scores or there's a big fight or something, it can shift the mo, and the team who has the mo usually can win it. The Calgary Flames lately have had no mo, for example. Follow?) The only one causing a bit of a rhubarb over in the Heroes camp is JT. Dude goes and finds the immunity idol on his own, after proclaiming last time that the whole team was going to look for it together. Riiiiiight. Amanda, pantsless and all, decides to follow him and catches him in the act. He pretends he was planning all along to share it with the team and he does, while Candice & Pantsless share a sideways glance and talk about the fact that he's sneaky.
The Villains figure there's going to be a merge and dissemble their whole camp. Nope. (Oh that Jeff. So funny.) It's just a reward challenge for pizza & brownies. In a moment of complete idiocy, the Villains figure that Courtney & Sandra will sit out the challenge, which is bowling. Meaning that they will have to participate in the next challenge, which will probably be a tougher, more physical one, which Courtney & Sandra will suck at. Right? Coach wants pizza. So, naturally, they lose the challenge and everyone is mad. Sandra stands up for herself. "Why are you guys mad at me because YOU lost?" Way to go, girlfriend. More on that later.
Then of course the immunity challenge was an over/under obstacle course in mud. Rupert's beard caked in mud was ummmmm.... gross. And again, I'm sure the girl in mud without pants was a big hit with a certain segment of the population... And of course the Villains lost. Why? Because of Courtney and Sandra of course. Sandra just doesn't have the energy to keep up and Courtney, well... she's made of twigs. She at least really tries hard, but a light wind knocks her over. So everyone was mad & figured the weakling girl should go. Right?
Wrong. Clever Sandra has been watching. She has noticed that whoever is on the outs with Russell is always the next to go home. So she put the bug in Russell's ear that Coach was gunning for him. "Oh yeah, Coach has been talking about how voting Boston Rob off was the wrong thing to do and how you should be the next to go, Russell." Hee hee. And she did it without at all seeming like she was acting. It was an awesome sight. And of course Russell ate it up. Then Danielle got mad at Russell (bad idea) because she wants Courtney gone. Danielle is very competitive. (Which makes me wonder if at some point there was a competition with someone to see who has bigger boobs in a bikini.) Anyways, for a bit it looked like she had swayed Russell to vote out Courtney.
At Tribal Council Jeff pointed out how bad Courtney is a challenges. "Thanks, Jeffery," she snarked back. Hee. Which brings me to my rant about Courtney... Her tribe constantly sits her out in challenges. Then they get mad when she doesn't jump up & down to be in challenges. If you're in Survivor and people order you around all the time, clearly your role is to do what you're told. Why the heck would she offer to do challenges. If I were her, I'd be the same... just tell me what you want me to do & I'll do it. She never says she doesn't want to do the challenges. Ugh. Anyways, it's maddening, and I loved when she said that picking on her doesn't make them win challenges & that she's a "determined little bitch" who's made it longer than a lot of other people who are good at challenges. Hee.
In the end, Coach went home, dumbfounded. He's the first jury member. Russell actually voted for Courtney, but don't think he didn't know that he had enough votes for Coach. The only reason he voted Courtney was to keep Jerri's alliance. Courtney is starting to come up with some great lines, like calling Coach a lunatic at her vote. It's all a delightful spectacle and I'm looking forward to seeing more of Courtney & Sandra vs. Russell and that virus, Parvati. And as much as I liked Coach, we really didn't get to see the ridiculousness we did on his other seasons. There were no great Coachisms. He really was a tiny, little man this time out & I figure he deserved to get voted out for his stupidity last show. Right? It's supposed to be about the best players ever, right? And with that, the Dragonslayer rides off into the sunset.....
OK, next. Right. What else do you need to know about last night's episode besides Amanda's (lack of) pants? Well, you need to know that the Villains suck the house down without Boston Rob. They are bad. They have no good leadership. They are not good at challenges, and they pretty much don't like each other. To quote Sandra, "I can't stand Russell, I hate Coach, I hate Danielle even more...." I think the list was actually longer. Am starting to really adore Sandra. We'll talk more about her later.
The Heroes, meantime, are having a love-fest. Sort of. Well, they get along with each other. And it shows - they're winning challenges. They've got the mo. (In this case, mo = momentum. We like to use this term at my house during hockey games. When a team scores or there's a big fight or something, it can shift the mo, and the team who has the mo usually can win it. The Calgary Flames lately have had no mo, for example. Follow?) The only one causing a bit of a rhubarb over in the Heroes camp is JT. Dude goes and finds the immunity idol on his own, after proclaiming last time that the whole team was going to look for it together. Riiiiiight. Amanda, pantsless and all, decides to follow him and catches him in the act. He pretends he was planning all along to share it with the team and he does, while Candice & Pantsless share a sideways glance and talk about the fact that he's sneaky.
The Villains figure there's going to be a merge and dissemble their whole camp. Nope. (Oh that Jeff. So funny.) It's just a reward challenge for pizza & brownies. In a moment of complete idiocy, the Villains figure that Courtney & Sandra will sit out the challenge, which is bowling. Meaning that they will have to participate in the next challenge, which will probably be a tougher, more physical one, which Courtney & Sandra will suck at. Right? Coach wants pizza. So, naturally, they lose the challenge and everyone is mad. Sandra stands up for herself. "Why are you guys mad at me because YOU lost?" Way to go, girlfriend. More on that later.
Then of course the immunity challenge was an over/under obstacle course in mud. Rupert's beard caked in mud was ummmmm.... gross. And again, I'm sure the girl in mud without pants was a big hit with a certain segment of the population... And of course the Villains lost. Why? Because of Courtney and Sandra of course. Sandra just doesn't have the energy to keep up and Courtney, well... she's made of twigs. She at least really tries hard, but a light wind knocks her over. So everyone was mad & figured the weakling girl should go. Right?
Wrong. Clever Sandra has been watching. She has noticed that whoever is on the outs with Russell is always the next to go home. So she put the bug in Russell's ear that Coach was gunning for him. "Oh yeah, Coach has been talking about how voting Boston Rob off was the wrong thing to do and how you should be the next to go, Russell." Hee hee. And she did it without at all seeming like she was acting. It was an awesome sight. And of course Russell ate it up. Then Danielle got mad at Russell (bad idea) because she wants Courtney gone. Danielle is very competitive. (Which makes me wonder if at some point there was a competition with someone to see who has bigger boobs in a bikini.) Anyways, for a bit it looked like she had swayed Russell to vote out Courtney.
At Tribal Council Jeff pointed out how bad Courtney is a challenges. "Thanks, Jeffery," she snarked back. Hee. Which brings me to my rant about Courtney... Her tribe constantly sits her out in challenges. Then they get mad when she doesn't jump up & down to be in challenges. If you're in Survivor and people order you around all the time, clearly your role is to do what you're told. Why the heck would she offer to do challenges. If I were her, I'd be the same... just tell me what you want me to do & I'll do it. She never says she doesn't want to do the challenges. Ugh. Anyways, it's maddening, and I loved when she said that picking on her doesn't make them win challenges & that she's a "determined little bitch" who's made it longer than a lot of other people who are good at challenges. Hee.
In the end, Coach went home, dumbfounded. He's the first jury member. Russell actually voted for Courtney, but don't think he didn't know that he had enough votes for Coach. The only reason he voted Courtney was to keep Jerri's alliance. Courtney is starting to come up with some great lines, like calling Coach a lunatic at her vote. It's all a delightful spectacle and I'm looking forward to seeing more of Courtney & Sandra vs. Russell and that virus, Parvati. And as much as I liked Coach, we really didn't get to see the ridiculousness we did on his other seasons. There were no great Coachisms. He really was a tiny, little man this time out & I figure he deserved to get voted out for his stupidity last show. Right? It's supposed to be about the best players ever, right? And with that, the Dragonslayer rides off into the sunset.....
Friday, April 2, 2010
A Sad Day in Beantown
Not even sure where to start on this one. Am very mad at Jerri and Coach. How is it that people who normally seem so smart and rational end up being such dolts?
Right. So backing up a little... Basically the Villains are imploding. They got KILLED on the reward challenge, which was a basketball in the water sort of thing. Some good wrassling, especially where Rupert and Russell almost came to blows, but really the Heroes had the whole game finished in minutes. Two shots by Colby and one by Candice. Yep, the two most on the outs with the team were the ones to win it. So they won a nice feast and a clue to the hidden immunity idol, which they decided they'd all look for together. How very kumbaya, non? Ummm... missing the point a little, but whatever. And Rupert is still insufferable... the Eeyore talk has got to stop... and what's with all the pent-up aggression? Really.
Meanwhile over at the Villains camp, Jerri is swayed by Russell. Yep. She falls for both Russell's and Parvati's BS.... something about they're the stronger players and something about how Jerri just can't trust Boston Rob... blah blah blah. Even though BR hasn't given her any reason whatsoever (this game, at least) not to. Well this makes the Dragonslayer angry. And for good reason... Jerri has decided to ally herself with Russell without consulting her #1 ally, Coach... putting him in a bad spot. Either he's got to break ties with Jerri, which he won't do because of some sort of misplaced "fair maiden" idea, OR he's got to break ties with his #1 mancrush, Boston Rob. Strange when the Dragonslayer suddenly seems like the most rational player on Survivor, non? Don't worry, it's not for long.
Anyways, the Villains go on to lose the immunity challenge as well. They get a pretty good lead (it's an obstacle challenge + puzzle - usually the Villain's forte....) but then Courtney loses a bunch of time. Most people climb up the ladder and then drop down onto the net/trampoline type thing. Courtney does not. Why? Because she is made of twigs and will likely break if she falls. Then BR and Sandra just can't catch up to the Heroes (Colby again!) on the puzzle. Looks bad for Courtney at first... she's the weakest player, blah blah blah. But it turns out to be 3 (Russell, Parvati & Danielle) against 3 (BR, Sandra & Courtney) with Coach & Jerri in the middle. So now it's not looking good for Boston Rob. Even though he makes a pretty rational, smart case for staying in their larger alliance, Jerri is still leaning the other way.
OK, so here's where I start getting angry. WHY? Why the heck would you choose to switch when you've got a solid alliance of 5 vs. an alliance of 3 who you hate? Jerri pretty much can't stand Russell and she's made no secret of the fact that she hates Parvati (for which she earned my appreciation early in the game by declaring she wanted to punch Parvati in the face.) So why join them? It's so out of whack, I just can't stand it. And after Tyson's dumb move last show, I'm convinced it's the second dumbest move on the show so far. The only good thing about it is that it is what makes the show good. You can't just say that one group is going to win - because something can happen that changes it all up. Yesterday Courtney & Sandra were in an alliance of 5. Today, they're 2 and they're totally on the outs. (ps. Did you like the part where Courtney was talking about Parvati & how she'll pretty much flirt with anything that walks? Hee!)
So Boston Rob went home. Jerri voted against him and Coach.... well Coach took the most cowardly way out. For such a "Noble Warrior" he sure is a scared little weasel of a human. He voted for Courtney. Rather than pick sides, he went for someone who wasn't going home at all. He could have made it interesting by voting Russell & it would have been a tie. Fun, right? Let them fight it out mano a mano styles. No. He's just not that smart. Who IS smart? Boston Rob, who saw it all unfolding from the get go. And Boston Rob who said to Coach on his way out, "You are a little man." Ooooooo, that hurt. To be called that by your Survivor Idol and mancrush... to have turned just for the sake of not turning on the woman who actually just turned on you.... Boo. Not well played at all, and not very well thought through. So Rob was the sacrifice of this game, but Coach is the truest loser and both Coach and Jerri will soon be picked off by their new "alliance" and deservedly so. That Boston Rob isn't even on the jury is a travesty. At this point, I'm changing my vote too. I hope Colby wins.
Right. So backing up a little... Basically the Villains are imploding. They got KILLED on the reward challenge, which was a basketball in the water sort of thing. Some good wrassling, especially where Rupert and Russell almost came to blows, but really the Heroes had the whole game finished in minutes. Two shots by Colby and one by Candice. Yep, the two most on the outs with the team were the ones to win it. So they won a nice feast and a clue to the hidden immunity idol, which they decided they'd all look for together. How very kumbaya, non? Ummm... missing the point a little, but whatever. And Rupert is still insufferable... the Eeyore talk has got to stop... and what's with all the pent-up aggression? Really.
Meanwhile over at the Villains camp, Jerri is swayed by Russell. Yep. She falls for both Russell's and Parvati's BS.... something about they're the stronger players and something about how Jerri just can't trust Boston Rob... blah blah blah. Even though BR hasn't given her any reason whatsoever (this game, at least) not to. Well this makes the Dragonslayer angry. And for good reason... Jerri has decided to ally herself with Russell without consulting her #1 ally, Coach... putting him in a bad spot. Either he's got to break ties with Jerri, which he won't do because of some sort of misplaced "fair maiden" idea, OR he's got to break ties with his #1 mancrush, Boston Rob. Strange when the Dragonslayer suddenly seems like the most rational player on Survivor, non? Don't worry, it's not for long.
Anyways, the Villains go on to lose the immunity challenge as well. They get a pretty good lead (it's an obstacle challenge + puzzle - usually the Villain's forte....) but then Courtney loses a bunch of time. Most people climb up the ladder and then drop down onto the net/trampoline type thing. Courtney does not. Why? Because she is made of twigs and will likely break if she falls. Then BR and Sandra just can't catch up to the Heroes (Colby again!) on the puzzle. Looks bad for Courtney at first... she's the weakest player, blah blah blah. But it turns out to be 3 (Russell, Parvati & Danielle) against 3 (BR, Sandra & Courtney) with Coach & Jerri in the middle. So now it's not looking good for Boston Rob. Even though he makes a pretty rational, smart case for staying in their larger alliance, Jerri is still leaning the other way.
OK, so here's where I start getting angry. WHY? Why the heck would you choose to switch when you've got a solid alliance of 5 vs. an alliance of 3 who you hate? Jerri pretty much can't stand Russell and she's made no secret of the fact that she hates Parvati (for which she earned my appreciation early in the game by declaring she wanted to punch Parvati in the face.) So why join them? It's so out of whack, I just can't stand it. And after Tyson's dumb move last show, I'm convinced it's the second dumbest move on the show so far. The only good thing about it is that it is what makes the show good. You can't just say that one group is going to win - because something can happen that changes it all up. Yesterday Courtney & Sandra were in an alliance of 5. Today, they're 2 and they're totally on the outs. (ps. Did you like the part where Courtney was talking about Parvati & how she'll pretty much flirt with anything that walks? Hee!)
So Boston Rob went home. Jerri voted against him and Coach.... well Coach took the most cowardly way out. For such a "Noble Warrior" he sure is a scared little weasel of a human. He voted for Courtney. Rather than pick sides, he went for someone who wasn't going home at all. He could have made it interesting by voting Russell & it would have been a tie. Fun, right? Let them fight it out mano a mano styles. No. He's just not that smart. Who IS smart? Boston Rob, who saw it all unfolding from the get go. And Boston Rob who said to Coach on his way out, "You are a little man." Ooooooo, that hurt. To be called that by your Survivor Idol and mancrush... to have turned just for the sake of not turning on the woman who actually just turned on you.... Boo. Not well played at all, and not very well thought through. So Rob was the sacrifice of this game, but Coach is the truest loser and both Coach and Jerri will soon be picked off by their new "alliance" and deservedly so. That Boston Rob isn't even on the jury is a travesty. At this point, I'm changing my vote too. I hope Colby wins.
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