Sorry for the late post, but I really wanted to see the whole show and the lead-up to the hot mess that was Tribal Council.
We got to know some of our characters a bit more, and as poolster Don remarked, "There are a heck of a lot of weirdos on this season." Too true. On the old tribe, you've got Jimmy T and Dan, both weird for sure, but taking the cake this week was Holly. Distressed over her failed alliance with Goat-lady, she had a bit of a melt down. There's always one, right? One person who - even though they've seen the show for 10 years - finds it "emotionally difficult" to be there and considers quitting. Coach Jimmy talked her down but the damage is done and even the Coach noted that in his experience, once a person starts down that road it's easier to continue and have a meltdown again. So after hearing people talk about her like she's crazy.... she gets crazier. She doesn't like the way Dan talks about her so.... what would the smart thing be? Ignore, right. Nope, not Holly. She instead STEALS his $1600 alligator shoes, scurries off to another beach, fills them with sand, and then dumps them in the ocean. PSYCHO! Now, let's grant that she's nuts, but also.... the situation begs the ultimate question, which is:
Who the hell takes $1600 alligator shoes to go play Survivor in Nicaragua?
Seriously. That's even worse than the skinny tie.
So, let's talk about our skinny tie. Sash & NaOnka have this delightful conversation about how they'd like to take minorities to the final. Brilliant. Maybe worry first about getting to the final, and then play that card. Apparently Sash is half black. OK. So then they figure they'll include Brenda (Asian) in this plan... Dumb plan, but OK, at least it's something. BUT THEN, they turn around and in the SAME converstion, start talking about how they can't let Kelly B. win because of the sympathy votes she'll get for having one leg and NaOnka worries that she'll use her leg to get out of challenges, blah, blah, blah. Ummmm..... I'm fairly sure that people with disabilities are generally thought of as MINORITIES. See where I'm going with this? Sash & NaOnka are cool with RACIAL minorities only, and not at all cool with disabled people as minorities.
And speaking of that, Kelly B. kicked butt in the challenge. She performed as well if not better than any of her teammates in a very physical challenge. So, hopefully, that'll shut a few people up. However, it's still going to make her a strong threat. Alas.
Back to NaOnka... I think she's even kookier than Holly. Girlfriend has a screw loose for sure. At one point she lost a sock so went off about it forever. So, because her first reaction was to blame her teammates for it, she just went and helped herself to a pair of her teammate Fabio's socks. Yep. Didn't ask, just took. When he tried to talk to her, she snapped the Z and again, went off on him. Poor guy. He's not smart, but he's certainly not mean. He could have told her to give back the socks but didn't. Seriously, Fabio is turning out to be one of the "smart ones." For real.
The challenge was fun & the older tribe used their MoP to gain an advantage & win. Smart, because they also got a reward (some fishing gear.) I'm starting to really like the red-headed gal on the older tribe... Jill I think? She seems like a bit more of a normal one.
So then Tribal Council. Ay-yi-yi. So there are two sides on the young tribe. One, led by Shannon, wants to take out Brenda 'cause she's a threat. Chase, however, thinks Brenda is dreamy and doesn't want to vote for her. So she basically asks him straight up, why don't you take out Shannon? Why do you need him? He's a bigger threat. Good points. So all of this spills over to Tribal Council, where Shannon starts out with a huge, crazy tirade right off the bat. Jeff is so 2004 when he says that in 21 seasons, he'd never seen an opening question open up so much "whoop-ass." Hee. Jeff is adorable.
So yeah, Shannon starts by saying how Chase is a jerk for switching alliances (true, a bit) and how he should watch his back now that he's flipped on his alliance (also true). Fabio tries to make peace a little by telling Shannon to shut up & stop talking. Again, here's Fabio looking like the smart one. But no, Shannon continues with the most random and weirdest thing ever. Turns on a dime towards Sash & asks, "OK, are you gay?" Whaaaaaaaaaat? I mean, it's true, Sash is quite likely gay as a three dollar bill, but really? Was that the time to ask? And it wasn't a nice, just-getting-to-know-you question. It was mean. Sash denied it and said he's probably had way more beautiful girlfriends than Shannon, who said no way, then Sash said something about New York City, to which Shannon responds, "Yeah, 'cause New York is full of gays." Not even lying. Then he qualifies it with, "More than Louisiana!" Ummm... yeah, probably statistically speaking, but again.... why bring up your agressive homophobia at Tribal Council? Weird. Dude should have stopped talking when Fabio told him to. Not rad at all, man. So, he essentially talked himself off the show just like Wendy did the week before. Jeff must just be sitting back and enjoying because he really doesn't have to do any work this time. Just let it happen... And while I think Shannon was right to call Chase out for flipping, the show certainly doesn't need his woman-hating, gay-bashing, caveman attitude. It was just a matter of time before he'd have said something racist to NaOnka and then what? I don't want to see the repurcussions of that! (Seriously, I've never seen a girl move her neck sideways as much as that. She's gonna get a kink. And what was that "Meeeeeeeeee? Whaaaaaaaaaat? Nooooooooooo!" squealing she did when Jeff asked her if she was complicated? Who talks like that?) She'd probably strangle Shannon with Fabio's socks. Perhaps now he can happily go back to Louisiana and crack a Budweiser on his forehead, belch and be hateful all by himself. Good riddance!
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