If I were an alpha male on Survivor, I'd be watching my back. That's... three alphas down in a row. Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy T, now Tyrone. And still they don't seem to learn their lesson. And honestly, it's been happening for a few seasons now - haven't we discussed this? Aren't they reading my blog? (Ha!) It's been the misfits at the end, generally, or the under-the-radar players, or the alpha males who can persuade others that they're not as much of a threat as they really are (Russell!)... Right? So, probably being all alpha-up-in-everyone's-face is a bad idea, Tyrone.
The teams split up. No more young vs. old!! Which is great - I like that they shook it up early. You? I like that it totally messed up some of the existing alliances. Marty & Jill are still together but they don't have the numbers they had before. Plus, Marty is getting all alpha. On the other side, NaOnka's big alliance was split up & she now has to be pally with Alina. At one point, there's a huge storm and NaOnka can't handle it. She falls apart, gets all emotional and starts crying and whining about how she wants to go home. Alina, on the outside, tries to be quite comforting. To the audience at home, she's totally revelling in NaOnka's crash. And so would I. Heh. Rightly, she says, fine, go home. One less person here to vote out. Seriously, NaOnka is a Phys. Ed. teacher. And she wants to quit the game because it's hard. Wah. Do you feel sorry for her yet? I feel sorry for her students. Awesome example she's setting. Push down girls with one leg to win..... unless it rains, then quit. Oh no I didn't! Yes, I did.
The blue tribe (I just don't care to remember what they're called) won reward... some chickens! Immediately there's discussions on what to do - eat them or save them. They decide at first to save them, then later on, to eat one. Tyrone is the only opponent. Way to go. If you're the only opponent to something, you need to make your case but not be so sour about the result when you're voted down. Even Vacant Holly noted that as soon as it was decided to eat the chicken, Tyrone refused to participate in the chores (killing the bird, de-feathering, cleaning, cooking, etc.) but was fully in there to eat. Not only that, he ate MORE than anyone else! What? Seriously, Tyrone, you & I need to talk. People who go on this show & forget that there's a very important social aspect are just as bad - perhaps worse - than the losers who go on without knowing how to start a fire. It's like applying for a job at NASA and being super surprised when they tell you you need to know math. Sigh.
The yellow team won the immunity challenge. It was a crazy-awesome challenge that made me say "WHAT?" out loud in my living room. 3 people get strapped to a wheel that gets spun through a trough of water. The 3 people have to suck up water in their mouths and then spit it into a skinny tube, which eventually would get full enough to tip over, releasing a ball that the reamaining teammates have to throw & break 5 plates........ (You just said WHAT? in your head right now, didn't you?) Anyway, yellow team won.
So blue team has to go to Tribal Council. Jeff pretty much only talks to Alina, NaOnka and Tyrone. Very little is made of the fact that NaOnka wanted to quit, making me think something's fishy with the editing. Pretty much right until then, she wanted to go home. So, she must have made some attitude changes to her tribe prior, or she'd have been gone. At Tribal she goes on to Jeff about how this is the hardest thing since her divorce and how she's happy to have these people here as a support net. Jeff... "These strangers?" NaOnka, "Yep." Weird. There was also a really great spot where Jeff asks Benry (who?) a really direct question about... I don't even remember, honestly. It doesn't matter. But Benry looks at him and says, "What do you mean?" Jeff just about loses it. "I can't believe you don't understand." Heh. I love it when Jeff is punchy.
So Tyrone went home. Everyone found him annoying, way too alpha... and if they're willing to get rid of a big dude who can help in challenges, then they mean business. Marty should watch out. Apparently next episode, he confesses to Fabio that he's a chess grand master, which makes me think of Coach & wonder if Marty also was kidnapped in the Amazon..... Also, next time there's a personal vs. tribe immunity! Fun! Keep on shaking it up, Jeff. Tyrone, call me up any time. We'll meet for coffee & I'll tell you all about Survivor. It'll be fun!
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