The Big Switcheroo

Sorry again for the late blog. Sometimes life gets in the way.  Might be a bit of a short one today too.

What you need to know this week (if you don't already) is that the tribes switched up.  It's one of those things that makes the game interesting and is good TV, but is quite unfortunate for many of our Survivors. For the Favourites, I was kind of disappointed that we don't really get to see how they do as a group without Baby.  They're finally gelling and as Philip says, "I can sleep without leaving one eye open."  Ha.  I also enjoyed where Philip said that Baby needs professional help (see previous blog) and that even "The Specialist" can't help him... he needs a whole other kind of specialist.  Sometimes Philip is brilliant.

So the switch wasn't great for our favourites, who probably could've kept dominating challenges.  Now, through an entirely random pick, it has turned out that all the young, strong people ended up on one tribe while all the....errrr... not as young and strong people are on the other.  As Edold put it (honestly, I can't remember if it was Eddie or Reynold, and it doesn't matter 'cause they're the same.), "All the young and good-looking people are together!"  Well, aren't we a little bit into ourselves?  Must have been Reynold. Anyway, it's Reynold, Eddie, Malcolm, Andrea, Brenda, Sherri & Erik on one tribe vs. Philip, Cochran, Dawn, Corrine, Matt, Michael & Julia.  See what I mean?  It's ridiculous.  There had better be some puzzles.

Our favourites are still in charge, numbers-wise on each tribe so it is going to be interesting to see if the alliance holds.  On Team Young & Good-Looking, Edold waited approximately 17 seconds to start smack-talking Sherri, which was (thankfully) met with some apprehension by the Faves, who are surely smart enough to see that it should be one of those boys who should go if they ever have to go to Tribal Council again, which doesn't look likely. 

Over on Team Older & Less-Good-Looking, Philip first tried to sway Julia, telling her that she could be at the bottom of his alliance. Well, that's a good sell.  Then I think he told the fellas, Michael and Matt that if they behave and do as they're told, they could possibly be included in Stealth R Us.  It's delightful to watch, really.  In other news, Corinne and Philip are still looking to vote the other one out, but not until the Fans go first.  Corinne is super happy to have 'a gay' on her team because she 'loves the gays so much'.  Later, she called Michael, 'her gay'.... Thing is, I'm not entirely sure Michael is on board and ready for a love-in with Corinne.  It's a little patronizing, non?  If I'm him, I'm thinking, "I'm not YOUR gay."  And well, it really hasn't been his 'thing' in the same way it was for say, Colton. Michael is a Survivor just like anyone else who just happens to also be gay.  It's a little like having a Survivor with a Chinese background on the show and having someone exclaim, "Oh my god, this is awesome.  I LOVE the Chinese!"  That would be weird, right? I don't know, weigh in on this one, Survivor fans.  I guess it's good that she doesn't hate the gays? 

Gay-loving or not, I am enjoying Corinne's sass, which we haven't really gotten to hear much of yet.  I enjoyed the part where she said Philip needed a "big ol' cup of shut the hell up." There were some other good lines from her too, that I should have written down. Note to self... write things down.

So, not surprisingly, Team Y&GL won the immunity challenge, no problem. Not. Even. Close. So, Team O&LGL had to figure it out between Julia, Matt & Michael.   I think the best choice would have been Julia. She's "boring" (Corinne's words, not mine, but it is true.) and she's sneaky.  Matt and Michael would both be easier to work with and better at challenges.  However, they are all worried about who might have a hidden immunity idol and somehow Matt was more likely to have one (hidden in his beard perhaps?) than Michael.  Also, being 'the gay' might have helped Michael... unsure.  Matt & Michael also seemed more like a pair, so best to split them up, figures the Faves.  So, in the end it was Matt going home. I liked Matt. I still didn't care for his beard, but I liked him as a character.  He was a good guy who seemed genuinely nice (he was the first Fan to reach out to Philip and say that he felt bad for him in the Baby Hantz situation.) He would have been a fun jury member. However, it's not meant to be. Neither is that beard. Truly.