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.
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