This season is weird.
This one I did not see coming (which, by the way, is the great thing about this show and why I totally don't understand people who say that it's "scripted" or "uninteresting". Pfffft.) I did not see Jonas getting the boot so early in the game. I mean, I'm glad that he's on the jury, because it's good to have smart, reasonable people on the jury. However, how is it that people like Alicia and Tarzan will also be on the same jury? That throws a wrench into things, doesn't it? What is the end of this game going to look like with all these weirdos voting? Anarchy! It'll be as weird as Alicia's boobs in that awful top.
So it looks like rather than going back to girls vs. guys, the alliances that were most recent are holding up for the moment. Salani vs. Manono. Strong vs. Weak. Here's the thing... now that it's an individual game, you're going to end up with a boat-load of strong people to compete against at the end. Why are we even talking about voting off people like Christina, Jonas, or even Tarzan for that matter? (Well, he's another story.... we'll get to that momentarily.) You want to be the ONLY strong person left amongst a group of weirdos at the end. This is how Boston Rob did it. This is why he had to vote off his bud, Grant, instead of the lunatic, Philip. Remember? So, if I'm Kim or Chelsea, I don't really want to hang that close with Jay, Mike & Troyzan. Right? Sigh.... Having said that, it appears that next week, the girl-alliance might actually try to get rid of the strong boys... we'll see.
What do you think of Troyzan? I keep going back & forth with him. I liked him on paper because he owns monkeys. Then I think he's an idiot because of the Tarzan/Troyzan thing and the way he treats the women's tribe. Then I kind of like him again when he's on Salani & he's a good team player & a good competitor. Now he's getting a bit cocky, non? What was that when his team won the reward challenge last night and they're all celebrating (it's pizza & beer... now that's a reward!) and he yells out, "This is MY island!"???? What the....? And if that wasn't enough, he went on to find another hidden immunity idol and then he won individual immunity in the challenge. Suffice it to say it was an excellent few days for Troyzan. If he can keep his ego in check, he should make it a long way.
Back for a moment to the reward challenge... the first part involved digging a hole in the sand so you could get yourself under a beam in an obstacle course. Leif... our resident brainiac phlebotomist, decides to go in head-first. Gets stuck. Oh, Leif.... Even at the end, when they showed the votes... Leif was not in on the decision to vote out Jonas. This should be a (another!) huge wake-up call to scramble somewhat, don't you think? Sigh.
OK, then there's Tarzan. Tarzan & Jonas have a fight because Mike tells Jonas that Tarzan has been telling him that they should keep the all-dude alliance. Jonas wants to know why Tarzan tells this to Mike so early, and why didn't he discuss it with him. Tarzan loses it and declares that he's out of the alliance, on his own, and I can't stand your face, Jonas. That's not the crazy part. The crazy part starts when Tarzan wants to wash his icky banana hammock undies in the boiling pot of water containing Chelsea's clothes. Earlier, Tarzan makes a point of noting to Sabrina that the marks on his undies are "not poop" but dirt. Sabrina laughs and says she can't even look... but "why is all the dirt concentrated in a certain area?" And it goes on and on for a reasonable amount of time... all the while Tarzan professing that it's "not poop." Then... and if you're a girl... or say, just an individual who appreciates general cleanliness... you can understand Chelsea's reaction of disgust when Tarzan throws his "not poopy" undies in with her clothes. When she asks if she can just get her clothes out of there, he goes on about how he knows a lot about "microbial science" and that "even if it was poop" it's OK... the boiling water will take care of the microbes. We're all having the same reaction to this, right? We're all with Chelsea on this one? Good. So Chelsea starts wondering why we're keeping this dude around and talking about getting rid of a perfectly nice guy like Jonas....
Jonas came up in the discussion because the Salani bunch have decided to get rid of a Manono. Wisely, they choose to start with the strongest, which oddly is Jonas. He's the smartest of the crew, the most likely to win challenges and the most likable... thus, someone you don't want to go up against in the final. So when you look at it this way, I think it was a good decision. Personally, I'd have wanted to see Alicia go before Jonas because she's snakier (is that a word?) but again wisely on the part of the women, they kept Alicia in case they need to keep the girl-alliance going later on. Who are your other Manono choices... Leif, Tarzan, Christina? Yep, if this is the strategy, you've got to go with Jonas. Yes, it's sad. Yet another nice, normal-seeming person goes home while a bunch of jerks remain... but that's how it works. It's a TV game, get over it.
And Jonas gave it a good try... Once he knew that his name was being floated around (and good on Troyzan for telling him), he tried to make up with Tarzan. This actually made Tarzan cry a little in another weird Tarzan moment. Then at Tribal Council Jonas asked the tribe why they would vote off a guy who provides for the group, cooks the meals and is not that big of a physical threat compared to a dude like Mike, who's big & strong? It's an extremely valid question if you're Jonas. But, to continue on with the crazy, Tarzan took offense to this and once again flipped out on Jonas. "How dare you throw Mike under the bus?" Which is a little weird... when did Tarzan get so fond of Mike? Is he figuring that Jonas is working against the supposed all-male alliance? (Which, by the way, was going to vote off Kat... yet no one at all... even Leif, who doesn't have a clue, went with this plan.) Even when Jonas did get voted off, he tried to go up to Tarzan, hand out, with a "No hard feelings, brother." I bought this as genuine, even though normally I'm not a big fan of the "I love you guys!" farewells that seem so icky. Tarzan would not accept it, giving Jonas a "I've got hard feelings for you" response... which, well....anyways.
Speaking of double entendre... can I just be childish for a sec ('cause this blog is usually so high-brow) and discuss the challenge where they had to place balls on a disc and balance them? So many delightful Jeff comments that I can't remember exactly (Note to self: must take notes!) but involved "balls dropping" and "you can put your hand on your balls" and I think actually Troyzan just about lost it at one point when Jeff said something about "Troyzan's balls are in a precarious position" or something like that. Hee hee.
And finally, I enjoyed that Kat spelled Jonas's name "Jonous". I like her more & more. What's with that?
I've got hard feelings for you! Hahaha!
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