The "Twist"
Will just write a fairly quick one today. I'm not sure what I think about this whole voting 2 people off at once thing... I mean, it was a fairly good "twist" I suppose, but they saw it coming. It's like telling someone, hey there's a surprise party coming up that happens to be on your birthday.... but I can't tell you anything else about it.... It's a surprise! What WOULD have been a good twist would have been to not TELL them that there's going to be a twist coming up & just spring it on 'em. Right? I suppose it made for a bit of good drama because we thought they might give Andrea the boot instead of Steve.... but, meh.... They are too tight of a group for that kind of twist to work. Even if Steve had won immunity, it would have been Andrea because they discussed it before. With Rob winning immunity, there was the second of two super obvious choices and maybe that's it.... maybe the producers said, ummm... everyone pretty much knows how this is going to roll, so let's figure out a way to get rid of Ralph AND Steve on the same show? That's my theory.
You Look Like a Hundred Dollars!
That's a line from a song by a band I love called Electric Six. I think of it when I think of those stupid girls... Natalie and Ashley. Why? Because they certainly don't look like a million dollars. I don't blame Natalie because she's young... she's what? 18 I think. And she's basically following the alpha female, Ashley. Problem is, Ashley is stupid. Ashley is there for a good tan and a good weight loss program so she can go home and look hot in her jeggings. Steve, in a pretty bold, smart and desperate move approached the girls and told them that he & Ralph would be voting for Rob and if they want to make a big move, now is the time to do it. Steve was TOTALLY right. They are naive to think Rob is going to take them to the end and that they could beat him. They can't beat Rob or Grant in challenges. And they're going to start having to vote out their group. As poolster Don noted to me, you don't get prizes for top five! At one point Ashley even admits to us, "Well, we're just going to vote with whatever Rob says 'cause he's smart." Something like that. Ugh. Why not just go to Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break and save us the trouble of having you on this show?
Phillip Finds His Pants
Sounds like a children's story..... So, lovely, crazy Phillip had a "vision from his grandfather - a full-blooded Cherokee Indian" who told him where he would find his shorts. Before you roll your eyes, he actually DID find his shorts on like, the second try. Impressive, I guess. Then, he was insufferable, ending every sentence with "baby" and referring to himself as the "Undercover Specialist". "You can't pull one over on the Undercover Specialist, baby!" "Yeah, baby! Shorts!" Stuff like that. And then practically gleeful when he got to wear said shorts to Redemption Island where he could show off to Julie that he found them. Julie, not surprisingly, did not care.
The Duel
Again, it was a 3-person duel... Matt vs. Mike vs. Julie in a shuffleboard showdown! (I can't believe I just wrote that sentence). Julie lost. Yes, we felt bad for her when she told us she was there because her house was in foreclosure and that Matt had inspired her to go find a church and "get involved." When did Survivor get so churchy? Matt had just about had enough this episode and figured that he had honoured "his God" enough & was "at peace" that he could go home. But no. Apparently God wants him to stay there. So, does God like Matt more than Julie? How does this work? I still think it'll make for good TV when it's good Matt vs. evil Rob. (I heard someone refer to Rob as the Robfather the other day. Ha! I'm going to steal that one!) At any rate, things are looking a little better for Matt on the jury than they are for Rob. Who wouldn't give the money to Matt? God would give him the money. And what the heck - now we're going to have a 4-way duel next episode? Do two people still stay? Will 2 go to the jury at once? I figured they'd have to start whittling it down soon.
The Log Roll & Subsequent Cake Feast
OK, so I know I'm not exactly chronological with this post, but we do need to talk about the log roll challenge for a minute. Grant - again - is a superstar, not to mention a bit of a sexy beast. (Seriously, I am very much looking forward to the reunion show to see if the dreadlocks go away & am kind of hoping Mike will rip his shirt off again. Is that wrong?) Right... where was I? Oh yes, so grant wins barefoot against Ralph, who - let's face it - probably has rolled logs before. And before Grant kicked off his shoes... ummmmm.... what the hell was he wearing on his feet anyway? Everyone else has Reeboks and Grant has some sorta slippers on? Really? So he wins immunity and gets to invite two people (he picked Rob and Andrea) to share a HUGE chocolate cake and a pitcher of milk (that had... ummm... been sitting out in the sun for some time, non?) Makes me wonder if anyone on this show is ever lactose intolerant.... Anyway, it was ridiculous. They hand them the cake, which is the size of a tire on a Yaris, and they have to go to town because they only get two minutes (or was it 4?) to eat as much as they can - with their HANDS! I'm not much into hand-eaten food to begin with... like chicken wings to me are kind of icky. So, ummmmm... no thanks for me. The shot of Andrea with chocolate all over her entire face and in her teeth was amazing. And gross.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Lunacy Caused By Maggots
Sorry I'm a little late again. Apparently am still on island time. Plus that whole overnight flight thing with no sleep sorta put a damper on my get-up-and-go yesterday. I know, excuses, excuses, blog girl - suck it up!
I did catch up on the show yesterday & am fully loving it still. No surprise that Julie got the boot in Pensacola Rob's continued domination of the game. No surprise that Mike & Matt beat David (oh, doesn't he wish it were a puzzle? He is SO good at puzzles (she writes, sarcastically)). And no surprise that Phillip is a lunatic. Not to say there weren't surprises, though. 'Cause there were.
The Duel becomes a "Triel" (What?)
Right... let's start there... though there's not much to tell you except that now 2 people are allowed to stay at RI and one goes home. Maybe it's so that poor Matt has someone to talk to (besides the Lord) and doesn't lose his mind. Or maybe it's a complicated algorithm allowing for the right amount of people left over by the finale on May 8th (seriously, how is that possible?) At any rate, it was the old 'house of cards' challenge and Mike & Matt kicked David's butt. I am glad that David is a jury member. I didn't like him much in the game, but I do think he's a clever viewer who should come up with some great questions at the final Tribal Council. Next week it looks like ol' Matty has a bit of trouble with the 'going nuts' aspect of the game. Poor Matty. I love that Rob knows that Matt is his only real competition in this game too & that he's sending people who can beat Matt (at least potentially, right?) at challenges. The last thing Rob wants is for the challenge Superstar, God-fearing, nice guy, trusting, sweet, handsome, ponytailed, and now kinda pissed off Matty to come back to the game. That would suck if you're Rob. Mike has a chance. He's strong, he's handsome, he's clever, and... oh, no ponytail. Oh well.
Crazy Phillip (and no, I am not a racist.)
Then there's Phillip.... So last week he starts with the whole wearing the bird feather on his head thing in homage to his 'Cherokee ancestors' (seriously, how do so many Americans have Cherokee ancestors? I'm thinking Phil's ancestors may have driven Jeep Cherokees...) and then something to do with becoming a Buddhist and meditating on said ancestors who told him to keep on with the relationship with Rob for now, and something about Bird being 'the Word'... (yes, I did make up that last part.) It's a bit difficult to pinpoint where the maybe-acting-crazy-to-throw-people-off Phillip starts and the maybe-really-crazy-because-that-seems-really-crazy Phillip ends. The bird feather thing I think is the latter.... a bit of homage more to Coach Ben Wade than to Phil's ancestors. But the rice incident...?
The Rice Incident Breakdown
That blonde girl, Ashley (??) at one point said the second dumbest thing so far this season (after Steph's comment about Sarita "sucking at life") when she said something like, "I'd rather die than spend any more time around Phillip." Really, idiot? So dumb.
My Boyfriend, the Therapist
Jeff was pretty brilliant at Tribal Council. First, he couldn't believe what he was hearing (but that's kind of normal with anything involving Phillip.) Then, he got the facts straight. Then he deftly diffused the situation by mediating something like this... "So can we all agree that we don't understand what it's like to be a black man and that to Phillip, Steve's comment could have sounded racist?" OK. "And can we all agree that we ALSO don't know Steve's state of mind and how he meant that comment and that there's good reason to think he did not mean it that way?" OK. Phew! Thanks, Jeff! And then, "And who stole the shorts?" Julie puts up her hand, proudly. "I stole them and buried them and covered them with a rock! Ha!" Quite funny and reminiscent of the Alligator Shoes Incident of last season. Perhaps the show should make Phil's hidden shorts the next immunity idol? And perhaps they should appoint Jeff Probst to some sort of committee on race relations in America.... Jeff: "If this was a therapy session, I think it was quite successful." Hee.
So, yeah, Julie got voted off as the next most likely person to beat Matt at Redmption Island. Steve's kinda tired & sore (plus, they'd sorta look like they were punishing him for the racist comment, which I don't think anyone else believed was actually racist) and Ralph isn't really useful. Speaking of Ralph, his latest votes were for "Philite" (a few episodes ago) and "Phile" (this episode). Wow. I hope he's kept around just for the fun misspellings. I'd love to see what he does with Ashley or Andrea.
Coming up, it's fairly obvious that Ralph & Steve aren't long for the game, but things will get super interesting when the Rob-group has to start turning on each other. Rob would be the obvious choice to oust, but those girls (except maybe Andrea) are so stupid, they won't turn on him.) Grant will be a target because he's awesome. And yes, Phil will become a target because he's crazy... not because he's black. Truly, everyone's just against the maggots in the rice. Rally around that, people!
I did catch up on the show yesterday & am fully loving it still. No surprise that Julie got the boot in Pensacola Rob's continued domination of the game. No surprise that Mike & Matt beat David (oh, doesn't he wish it were a puzzle? He is SO good at puzzles (she writes, sarcastically)). And no surprise that Phillip is a lunatic. Not to say there weren't surprises, though. 'Cause there were.
The Duel becomes a "Triel" (What?)
Right... let's start there... though there's not much to tell you except that now 2 people are allowed to stay at RI and one goes home. Maybe it's so that poor Matt has someone to talk to (besides the Lord) and doesn't lose his mind. Or maybe it's a complicated algorithm allowing for the right amount of people left over by the finale on May 8th (seriously, how is that possible?) At any rate, it was the old 'house of cards' challenge and Mike & Matt kicked David's butt. I am glad that David is a jury member. I didn't like him much in the game, but I do think he's a clever viewer who should come up with some great questions at the final Tribal Council. Next week it looks like ol' Matty has a bit of trouble with the 'going nuts' aspect of the game. Poor Matty. I love that Rob knows that Matt is his only real competition in this game too & that he's sending people who can beat Matt (at least potentially, right?) at challenges. The last thing Rob wants is for the challenge Superstar, God-fearing, nice guy, trusting, sweet, handsome, ponytailed, and now kinda pissed off Matty to come back to the game. That would suck if you're Rob. Mike has a chance. He's strong, he's handsome, he's clever, and... oh, no ponytail. Oh well.
Crazy Phillip (and no, I am not a racist.)
Then there's Phillip.... So last week he starts with the whole wearing the bird feather on his head thing in homage to his 'Cherokee ancestors' (seriously, how do so many Americans have Cherokee ancestors? I'm thinking Phil's ancestors may have driven Jeep Cherokees...) and then something to do with becoming a Buddhist and meditating on said ancestors who told him to keep on with the relationship with Rob for now, and something about Bird being 'the Word'... (yes, I did make up that last part.) It's a bit difficult to pinpoint where the maybe-acting-crazy-to-throw-people-off Phillip starts and the maybe-really-crazy-because-that-seems-really-crazy Phillip ends. The bird feather thing I think is the latter.... a bit of homage more to Coach Ben Wade than to Phil's ancestors. But the rice incident...?
The Rice Incident Breakdown
- The teams do not share, even though they are one tribe.
- Therefore, team Steel Wool has more rice per person than team Rob.
- This makes people cranky. Phil stole some of their rice to even things out.
- Team Rob's rice container got mouldy and got maggots in it. (Did this make you go, "Yum, rice!"?)
- Team Rob spread out the rice on a blanket, picked out the maggots and then needed somewhere to put the leftover good rice.
- They asked Julie & Steve.
- Julie & Steve said, "Uh, no. Sorry." (And why wouldn't they? Screw you, big team!)
- This angered Phillip further.
- At some point Julie got so fed up with Phillip she stole his swim trunks and buried them, forcing him to spend all his time in those horrible, saggy, faded Y-fronts. *shudder*
- This angered Phillip further and caused him to start wearing his Survivor buff as a sort of loincloth in front of his pink panties (which, with the buzzard feather, looked extra crazy, but completed the look.)
- During one of Phillip's angry speeches, Steve called Phil crazy.
- Phillip took this as racism. Somehow Phillip associates being called crazy with stuff which goes back generations and makes him think he's being put down for being a black man.
- Something about black men 'self-distructing' and 'going off'
- Millions of different coloured people watching collectively think, WTF?
- Phillip, continuing his now about race tirade, uses the n-word in reference to Steve's reference of Phillip as crazy.
- Follow?
That blonde girl, Ashley (??) at one point said the second dumbest thing so far this season (after Steph's comment about Sarita "sucking at life") when she said something like, "I'd rather die than spend any more time around Phillip." Really, idiot? So dumb.
My Boyfriend, the Therapist
Jeff was pretty brilliant at Tribal Council. First, he couldn't believe what he was hearing (but that's kind of normal with anything involving Phillip.) Then, he got the facts straight. Then he deftly diffused the situation by mediating something like this... "So can we all agree that we don't understand what it's like to be a black man and that to Phillip, Steve's comment could have sounded racist?" OK. "And can we all agree that we ALSO don't know Steve's state of mind and how he meant that comment and that there's good reason to think he did not mean it that way?" OK. Phew! Thanks, Jeff! And then, "And who stole the shorts?" Julie puts up her hand, proudly. "I stole them and buried them and covered them with a rock! Ha!" Quite funny and reminiscent of the Alligator Shoes Incident of last season. Perhaps the show should make Phil's hidden shorts the next immunity idol? And perhaps they should appoint Jeff Probst to some sort of committee on race relations in America.... Jeff: "If this was a therapy session, I think it was quite successful." Hee.
So, yeah, Julie got voted off as the next most likely person to beat Matt at Redmption Island. Steve's kinda tired & sore (plus, they'd sorta look like they were punishing him for the racist comment, which I don't think anyone else believed was actually racist) and Ralph isn't really useful. Speaking of Ralph, his latest votes were for "Philite" (a few episodes ago) and "Phile" (this episode). Wow. I hope he's kept around just for the fun misspellings. I'd love to see what he does with Ashley or Andrea.
Coming up, it's fairly obvious that Ralph & Steve aren't long for the game, but things will get super interesting when the Rob-group has to start turning on each other. Rob would be the obvious choice to oust, but those girls (except maybe Andrea) are so stupid, they won't turn on him.) Grant will be a target because he's awesome. And yes, Phil will become a target because he's crazy... not because he's black. Truly, everyone's just against the maggots in the rice. Rally around that, people!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Sorry!
Hey blog readers! Apologies for the late blog... Am in Maui & am writing on the iPhone...haven't been able to catch up due to a pretty vigorous training schedule (really!)
So... I did see half the show. Saw mike get voted off the David. Team Rob is just picking them off. Love it. Glad to see David gone & SO looking forward to the David AND Mike vs Matt AND the Lord showdown. Going to be some good fighting. And WTF is up with Phillip? Send me your comments on what I missed! And yeah, I'll PVR it when I get back. Am home next week so expect blogging as usual on Thursday afternoon! Mahalo!
So... I did see half the show. Saw mike get voted off the David. Team Rob is just picking them off. Love it. Glad to see David gone & SO looking forward to the David AND Mike vs Matt AND the Lord showdown. Going to be some good fighting. And WTF is up with Phillip? Send me your comments on what I missed! And yeah, I'll PVR it when I get back. Am home next week so expect blogging as usual on Thursday afternoon! Mahalo!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
From the Sea, United?
One of the BEST merge episodes ever. Boston Rob makes my life. Dude is genius. In one fell swoop, he flushes an idol, keeps his numbers, gets rid of a threat and comes up with possibly the best team name and one of my favourite quotes ever. Plus, he's still got an immunity idol that no one knows about. Rob is King.
OK, so everyone knew the merge was coming when they all got to go to watch the duel between Matt & Sarita. Sounds like an easy win for Matt, but Sarita actually did pretty well. It was one of those stand-on-a-little-peg-between-two-walls challenges and sadly, God gave Matty a boo-boo on his foot, so he was already in trouble. Sarita looked like she had no problem (girls generally do well with these challenges with their littler feet and ability to take prolonged pain better than guys!) But... it was God's will that Matt would prevail. (His words... and by "His" I mean Matt's, not God's.) Anyway. Matt got to re-join the game, Sarita went home, positive as ever, but "bummed." (I liked how she came in & gave everyone who just backstabbed her the day before a joyful little wave. Seriously? She's too nice for this game.)
OH, and the best part of the duel was when they moved down to the final, smallest peg, my BF Jeff says, "Phillip, do you have anything to say to Matt?" Heh. Of course he does! Phil then starts in on the Bushido Code of the Samurai or some damn thing.... cue fabulous editing... time lapse of clouds rolling by... Phil is still talking.... 22 minutes later! Matt: Uh, thanks Phillip.... Heh heh.
The teams merge & have the usual nice little picnic & have to come up with a new name. Rob says, "MURLONIO. It means, from the sea, united." Everyone LOVES it. Then Rob tells us that, no, Murlonio means nothing. It's a private joke between him & Ambah. You see, Ambah has a bunch of stuffed animals & the "ringleader" of said stuffies is named Murlonio. Ha!
The other funny part of the merge was that when they built the shelter & didn't get it quite done, team Rob all got to sleep under the nice dry cozy tarp, while team Steel Wool had to sleep under the leaky, cold, wet palm fronds. Later when they brought it up at Tribal, annoying Ashley says, "Uuuuuh, we won that tarp, so it's only fair that we get to sleep under it." "You only won it because we didn't try," says David, admitting to the throw. Heh heh. Seems kind of whiny to cry about throwing the challenge now, doesn't it? Coulda had a tarp, but nooooooooooo, had to get rid of Russell. Wah. And Philip had to chime in, "That's the difference right there between the tribes. OUR tribe would NEVER quit." And then something else crazy about how their team is like the sea... looks all nice and lovely til the tide goes out & the stench of parasites (whaaaaaaat?) is left behind.... ???? Hee. Stuff it, lawyer boy! (Note: the rejected other choice for team name Murloonio, meaning, From the sea, with parasites. Yes. Surely.)
So then it's all about Matt. Here's the thing with Matt. He's too honest. Kinda like how Sarita is too nice. The game isn't "Outnice, outhonest, and outhonour your god" ... It's "Outwit, outlast, outplay." Matt struggles with this. And bless him for it, he's lovely. Matt would be a great neighbour or friend and darn it, he still could win this thing anyway. But on this episode, he makes 3 crucial mistakes:
1. He forms Bible Camp on the Beach. Well, not really, but he, Andrea and Mike bond openly over reading the Bible. Sounds innocent enough, but not when you do it right in front of Boston Rob. Rob jokes to Natalie that he'd like to join in the 'convo' but doesn't have anything to add except an "Amen!" Hee. Then he tells us that he doesn't have anything against religion, but as soon as people have something in common, he's going to shut it down. Rob is wise and knows that these things can bond people & no one's bonding unless he tells them to. Then, my favourite quote of the night, "Any time a group of individuals likes the same thing, I don't like it. If they're liking it together - I don't care if it's romantic comedies or Oreo Cookies - I want that broken up." (OK, it's not as funny as Murlonio, but I still loved it.)
2. Matt TELLS ROB that he was thinking of flipping, but has decided not to. Now, anyone else might think, hey, this kid's great. He could have flipped, but he's not going to, and he's so honest for telling me. How great. Nope. Not Rob. Rob thinks, "How dare he tell me that he's thinking of leaving my alliance to vote me out?" And he's kind of right. Matty should have shut the hell up - one of my #1 rules for any Survivor contestant - know when NOT to open your mouth. To Rob, this says if Matt considered flipping once, he'll consider it again... he knows he's lower on the totem pole, and he's got loads of allies who love the Bible together. It's an easy choice if you're Rob. Amen, brother!
3. When considering his options, Matt confides in his pal Andrea. He tells Andrea that "the game respects big moves" and the time might be now to jump over and get rid of Rob. But here's the thing... Andrea has had time to get over Matt. She saw him hug Krista & was the jilted woman, remember? And then instead of discussing it with her first, Matty goes ahead & blabs to Rob about his plan (see point #2) and drops Andrea's name in there too, essentially throwing her under the bus with Rob. So where he might have had a pretty good ally, he screwed it up & she voted against him.
Natalie, of all people, (Who? I know. She's the young spa girl with darker hair if you have trouble following) wins individual immunity. It was an awesome challenge where you had to balance up to 3 balls on a wooden disc. I love challenges like that where no one really has an advantage. Mike was a close 2nd - he barely budged and I was shocked when he dropped out. I think it had more to do with his feet - they had to stand on a log & he said something about his feet going numb... Anyway, it was close.
So Mike figures it'll be him going home because he's the biggest threat & comes up with this awesome plan where Steel Wool gives him his immunity idol and they all vote for Grant. Brilliant, right? Nope. Because Rob had no intention of even voting for anyone on their team. He was planning on Matt all along. So here's where the fell swoop comes in. He forces the other tribe to play their idol unnecessarily, he gets rid of his main threat, Matt, AND at the end of the day, he still is in control of the numbers. It was super risky because Matt could still have flipped & voted for Grant, but he didn't. And so back he goes to Redemption Island, with a "Duuuuuuude, I can't believe those guys!" (Ok, the Dude part was added by me.) He's not out yet, though. And here's where it could come back & bite Rob in the ass - if Matt keeps winning at RI (and why the heck wouldn't he?), he could STILL come back and be a force to be reckoned with. Rob eventually has to backstab his own people and Matt will be the golden boy who never had the chance to backstab anyone... Right? Matt will donate his money to the hungry (I'm totally making that up) while Rob has a millionaire wife at home. Do the math.
Next week, Phillip finds his spirit guide, making us wonder how much he studied Ben Wade's book, "Samurai Codes & Made-up Native American Culture for Dummies."
OK, so everyone knew the merge was coming when they all got to go to watch the duel between Matt & Sarita. Sounds like an easy win for Matt, but Sarita actually did pretty well. It was one of those stand-on-a-little-peg-between-two-walls challenges and sadly, God gave Matty a boo-boo on his foot, so he was already in trouble. Sarita looked like she had no problem (girls generally do well with these challenges with their littler feet and ability to take prolonged pain better than guys!) But... it was God's will that Matt would prevail. (His words... and by "His" I mean Matt's, not God's.) Anyway. Matt got to re-join the game, Sarita went home, positive as ever, but "bummed." (I liked how she came in & gave everyone who just backstabbed her the day before a joyful little wave. Seriously? She's too nice for this game.)
OH, and the best part of the duel was when they moved down to the final, smallest peg, my BF Jeff says, "Phillip, do you have anything to say to Matt?" Heh. Of course he does! Phil then starts in on the Bushido Code of the Samurai or some damn thing.... cue fabulous editing... time lapse of clouds rolling by... Phil is still talking.... 22 minutes later! Matt: Uh, thanks Phillip.... Heh heh.
The teams merge & have the usual nice little picnic & have to come up with a new name. Rob says, "MURLONIO. It means, from the sea, united." Everyone LOVES it. Then Rob tells us that, no, Murlonio means nothing. It's a private joke between him & Ambah. You see, Ambah has a bunch of stuffed animals & the "ringleader" of said stuffies is named Murlonio. Ha!
The other funny part of the merge was that when they built the shelter & didn't get it quite done, team Rob all got to sleep under the nice dry cozy tarp, while team Steel Wool had to sleep under the leaky, cold, wet palm fronds. Later when they brought it up at Tribal, annoying Ashley says, "Uuuuuh, we won that tarp, so it's only fair that we get to sleep under it." "You only won it because we didn't try," says David, admitting to the throw. Heh heh. Seems kind of whiny to cry about throwing the challenge now, doesn't it? Coulda had a tarp, but nooooooooooo, had to get rid of Russell. Wah. And Philip had to chime in, "That's the difference right there between the tribes. OUR tribe would NEVER quit." And then something else crazy about how their team is like the sea... looks all nice and lovely til the tide goes out & the stench of parasites (whaaaaaaat?) is left behind.... ???? Hee. Stuff it, lawyer boy! (Note: the rejected other choice for team name Murloonio, meaning, From the sea, with parasites. Yes. Surely.)
So then it's all about Matt. Here's the thing with Matt. He's too honest. Kinda like how Sarita is too nice. The game isn't "Outnice, outhonest, and outhonour your god" ... It's "Outwit, outlast, outplay." Matt struggles with this. And bless him for it, he's lovely. Matt would be a great neighbour or friend and darn it, he still could win this thing anyway. But on this episode, he makes 3 crucial mistakes:
1. He forms Bible Camp on the Beach. Well, not really, but he, Andrea and Mike bond openly over reading the Bible. Sounds innocent enough, but not when you do it right in front of Boston Rob. Rob jokes to Natalie that he'd like to join in the 'convo' but doesn't have anything to add except an "Amen!" Hee. Then he tells us that he doesn't have anything against religion, but as soon as people have something in common, he's going to shut it down. Rob is wise and knows that these things can bond people & no one's bonding unless he tells them to. Then, my favourite quote of the night, "Any time a group of individuals likes the same thing, I don't like it. If they're liking it together - I don't care if it's romantic comedies or Oreo Cookies - I want that broken up." (OK, it's not as funny as Murlonio, but I still loved it.)
2. Matt TELLS ROB that he was thinking of flipping, but has decided not to. Now, anyone else might think, hey, this kid's great. He could have flipped, but he's not going to, and he's so honest for telling me. How great. Nope. Not Rob. Rob thinks, "How dare he tell me that he's thinking of leaving my alliance to vote me out?" And he's kind of right. Matty should have shut the hell up - one of my #1 rules for any Survivor contestant - know when NOT to open your mouth. To Rob, this says if Matt considered flipping once, he'll consider it again... he knows he's lower on the totem pole, and he's got loads of allies who love the Bible together. It's an easy choice if you're Rob. Amen, brother!
3. When considering his options, Matt confides in his pal Andrea. He tells Andrea that "the game respects big moves" and the time might be now to jump over and get rid of Rob. But here's the thing... Andrea has had time to get over Matt. She saw him hug Krista & was the jilted woman, remember? And then instead of discussing it with her first, Matty goes ahead & blabs to Rob about his plan (see point #2) and drops Andrea's name in there too, essentially throwing her under the bus with Rob. So where he might have had a pretty good ally, he screwed it up & she voted against him.
Natalie, of all people, (Who? I know. She's the young spa girl with darker hair if you have trouble following) wins individual immunity. It was an awesome challenge where you had to balance up to 3 balls on a wooden disc. I love challenges like that where no one really has an advantage. Mike was a close 2nd - he barely budged and I was shocked when he dropped out. I think it had more to do with his feet - they had to stand on a log & he said something about his feet going numb... Anyway, it was close.
So Mike figures it'll be him going home because he's the biggest threat & comes up with this awesome plan where Steel Wool gives him his immunity idol and they all vote for Grant. Brilliant, right? Nope. Because Rob had no intention of even voting for anyone on their team. He was planning on Matt all along. So here's where the fell swoop comes in. He forces the other tribe to play their idol unnecessarily, he gets rid of his main threat, Matt, AND at the end of the day, he still is in control of the numbers. It was super risky because Matt could still have flipped & voted for Grant, but he didn't. And so back he goes to Redemption Island, with a "Duuuuuuude, I can't believe those guys!" (Ok, the Dude part was added by me.) He's not out yet, though. And here's where it could come back & bite Rob in the ass - if Matt keeps winning at RI (and why the heck wouldn't he?), he could STILL come back and be a force to be reckoned with. Rob eventually has to backstab his own people and Matt will be the golden boy who never had the chance to backstab anyone... Right? Matt will donate his money to the hungry (I'm totally making that up) while Rob has a millionaire wife at home. Do the math.
Next week, Phillip finds his spirit guide, making us wonder how much he studied Ben Wade's book, "Samurai Codes & Made-up Native American Culture for Dummies."
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Coach on Phillip
Here's another link to share with you, especially if you're one of those lovely folks who logs in here before I've had a chance to post. Sorry, but as much as I hope Jeff will email me and offer me a job writing Survivor blogs, I do actually have another job to do. Oh well.
This should keep you occupied for a few minutes. It's an interview with the one & only Coach Ben Wade about Phillip from People.com. My favourite quote comes right at the beginning where Coach tells us that, "Phillip's done nothing in his life, and I've done everything." Heh heh.... them's fightin' words! So fun.
Enjoy!
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20479649,00.html
This should keep you occupied for a few minutes. It's an interview with the one & only Coach Ben Wade about Phillip from People.com. My favourite quote comes right at the beginning where Coach tells us that, "Phillip's done nothing in his life, and I've done everything." Heh heh.... them's fightin' words! So fun.
Enjoy!
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20479649,00.html
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