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Friday, April 28, 2006
1:52 am
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WOW. Another excellent episode of Survivor. Coming off last week’s wonderful tour de force, these back to back shows have been some of the best in ages. So why am I so excited? Because for weeks, seasons even, I’ve been imploring people on Survivor to scheme. Not just make deals, not just lurk in the background, but actually scheme — play two sides against each other. We haven’t seen much of it honestly since Amazon and Rob Cesternino, but finally, FINALLY a master schemer emerged tonight and possibly turned the game on its head — or enough on its head where the ramifications will certainly be felt down the line. I couldn’t have been more thrilled. I loved the scheme. I loved the result. I loved everything. Oh, and there was more classic Shane craziness to boot. Excellent.The hour started off on a rather mundane note: the Gitanos tribe was hungry, and they were running out of food. Fishing was proving to be an exercise in futility (thanks again for losing that spear, Sally), and with morale low, it seemed like the castaways might be stuck on a steady diet of rice and beans until the end of the game. Of course, hunger is the perfect catalyst for all sorts of shifty behavior on Survivor, and Terry was ready to capitalize on that. Or I should say, Terry was ready to TRY to capitalize on that. Again. Yes, Terry’s attempts at scheming have all been major failures, but he was still ready to try again. “It’s really imperative to try to make some allies,” he told us. Hey, why start now?
Elsewhere on the tribe, Shane was walking around with the sort of expression that seemed to say, “I’m about to go real crazy on y’all in about two seconds.” Sure enough, his mental state was in total decay, and when Cirie said, “Uh oh. Shane’s going on his thinking rock with his Blackberry,” I knew we’d be in for a treat.
Yes, Shane had gone from “We call him crazy, but deep down, we know he’s not really crazy” to “Okay, he needs to be committed.” Apparently he had found a small piece of wood that had reminded him of his own cuddly PDA back at home. “I was like ‘Wow! Blackberry!’ It reminded me of my Blackberry!” Except it’s a piece of WOOD. You know, when most people project images onto inanimate objects, it’s usually something supernatural or highly religious: the Virgin Mary, Jesus, a ghost, a lost relative. With Shane, it’s a freakin’ Blackberry. I’m surprised he didn’t pick up a rock and say, “Oh my god!! This is just like my optical mouse!!! And this branch: it reminds me of the padlock I use at the gym. The memories!”
Anyway, after discovering this divine piece of wood, Shane said, “So, I grabbed it, and I’ve just been playing with it.” Yes, he’s been playing with his giant wood chip. Pretending it was a real Blackberry. Really makes you respect the sophistication of Wilson the Volleyball.
Courtney, meanwhile, looked at Shane’s “Blackberry” and said, “Cute.” Wow, when even Courtney is politely humoring you, you know you’ve really gone off the deep end. Nevertheless, Shane was totally won over by his Blackberry. “It’s got texting, email, phone, web browser. It’s got everything.” Yes, except again it’s a PIECE OF WOOD!
Oh, but it gets better. Shane then informed us that he wasn’t just playing with the “Blackberry,” he was actually using it too. “I’m communicating with people not on this island!” he happily revealed. No, you’re communicating with people not in reality. Still, he was totally convinced that his wood chip was the real deal, and we even witnessed him “sending” an email. “Check mark. All good!” he proudly announced. Seriously. He’s lost it.
“He’s nuts,” Danielle said. Yeah, what she said.
Shane and his limited edition, all wood Blackberry.
Later, after we had ogled Shane’s deteriorating mental state long enough, we went to the Reward Challenge which was your garden variety obstacle course with a twist. The tribe would be split into two teams of three, with each grouping being attached to a rope that would run the length of the obstacle course. The teams would have to navigate down the rope, and at the final platform, they’d unclip and race across a “lily pad run.” Sounds dainty, yes? Kind of like some game that children play during afternoon tea in London. “Mummy, can we go on our lily pad run now?” “Yes, but only after you’ve finished your scone, love.” Sorry, tangent.
Anyway, after the lily pad run, players then had to dive into the water, get a bag from a chest, and then go all the way back to the beach via the same obstacle course all over again. The winners would get a barbecue at a private island (Exile Island, perhaps?), and the losers? Well, they’d just be stuck with nothing.
With that said, Jeff split the teams randomly into Terry, Danielle, and Courtney vs. Cirie, Aras, and Shane. The challenge began, and from the getgo, Cirie’s team was already having problems. Okay, basically it was just Cirie. Let’s put it this way: she’s not the best physical prototype for this kind of a game. She struggled with the very first obstacle, forcing Aras and Shane to lift her up and literally fling her over a small hurdle. And let me tell you something, you haven’t seen flinging until you’ve seen Cirie gettin’ flung.
Later, the guys had to essentially roll Cirie onto a platform, and then moments later, all three wound up all tangled in their ropes, ultimately putting the kibotch on any hopes of staying in the competition. The other team, however, was doing just fine. They were already at the lily pad run (“‘Allo, Mum!” Sorry, I’ll have to make a British sound every time I say “Lily pad run”) and quickly pulling away from their competition. Eh, tangle or no tangle, Cirie’s team would still be behind. Honestly, I love Cirie but can you seriously imagine her doing the lily pad run (“Guv’nah!”)?
If there’s one person who doesn’t like to see a blowout, it’s Probst, and he immediately adopted his asshole gym teacher persona as he browbeat Cirie’s team. “You need to get movin’! You are taking too much time!” Jeff yelled. Oh, simmer down. Take a second to enjoy the finer things in life: like Cirie’s breastsesses floating in the water like two conjoined buoys.
Nevertheless, this Reward Challenge quickly became quite silly, seeing how Cirie’s team was hardly even trying to untangle itself anymore. Jeff definitely was not happy as he yelled, “Get your asses out of that water! Let’s go!!” Gosh, relax! I’d hate to see him at a Little League game. He’d totally be that parent who stands in the bleachers and yells at the ump. Phil Keoghan, on the other hand, he’d be great at Little League games. But you know he’d have his kids taking art classes instead; so it wouldn’t even be an issue.
Well, no surprise here. Despite a last minute scramble by Shane to grab one of the submerged bags, Terry, Danielle, and Courtney easily won this challenge. Oh, and they got to send someone to Exile Island. Sorry, Aras. That person would be you. And with that, the three losers retreated back to their depressing lives while the winners braced for a wonderful BBQ.
But first! We weren’t done with the Reward Challenge just yet. Probst revealed to the winners that the three of them would now be duking it out for… (in my Rod Roddy voice) A NEW CAR! Ah yes, that most beloved and most reviled or rewards. According to Survivor legend, whoever wins the car never wins the big jackpot. But still, who can deny a new car? Especially a big, roomy one like the GMC Yukon that was up for grabs this time around. Well, for this part of the challenge, Danielle, Courtney, and Terry had to aim sling shots at tiles. The first to break a set of three would win the car. I’ll spare the details of this event, which seemed rather quaint following that whole big, elaborate obstacle course. This whole challenge was just a lot of sling shot action with occasional glimpses of Danielle’s armpit hair thrown in for variety. At one point, Courtney and Terry were tied with only one tile left each, but guess who won? That’s right. Terry. Gosh, I’m sick of him winning things. But on the other side, if the curse keeps up, this means that he’ll lose the big prize, and that would be awesome. (Oddly enough, I just went to the CBS website, and Terry is the most popular with viewers by crazy amounts. Why, people? Why?)
Anyway, we cut to commercial, and when we returned, we found Aras doing yoga on Exile Island. It was cool, but nothing compared to Bruce’s awesome ka-rah-tay exercises. Those were the bestest. Aras then babbled a little bit about why Exile Island sort of sucked now, but since we didn’t really care, we just headed back to the reward victors and their wonderful afternoon. “We were airplaned off to a far island,” Terry told us. I never knew “airplane” could be used as a verb, but hey, learn something new (and incorrect) every day.
Well, Terry, Danielle, and Courtney flew to some other island, and as they landed in a lush, verdant meadow, Courtney exclaimed, “Oh, it’s gorgeous!” I assumed she was talking about her surroundings, but no, she was talking about the GMC Yukon. Gotta love the blatant shilling. I’m surprised Courtney didn’t then tell us, “Seeing that powerful vehicle sitting there in the field made me realize how no one’s life can ever be complete without a sensible and reliable GMC Yukon.”
Of course, Terry lurved his new car. “It was righteous, man!” he cooed. Totally gnarly! (Hey, at least he didn’t say “bling bling.”)
Once the Yukon love-fest had run its course, the three started up their BBQ and had a delightful time. However, it wouldn’t be a reward without a little scheming, and so Terry chatted up Courtney to get an idea of what she wanted to do for the final three. “I would do anything to get us to the final three,” Terry told her, playing up this new bond that he supposedly had with her and Danielle. Ever the impressionable girl, Courtney said she was ALL for it. Apparently she’d had her eye on Terry for quite a while. He was the only one she had a chance at beating, she felt. Now, with an alliance forming, Courtney revealed that she wanted to vote off Aras and then Shane next. For once, it seemed like Terry was actually accomplishing something with his terrible scheming. Mazel-Tov.
The two then presented the idea of going final three to Danielle, and at first she seemed to go along with it, but she was suspicious of Terry. Obviously he’d want to align with all the girls because he could beat them all in challenges. And so Danielle agreed to the Terry/Courtney plan but warned us, “I’m not going to make this so easy for him to win.” i.e. — she wasn’t going to settle for third place.
Back at camp, other schemes were brewing. Cirie told us that she wanted to get rid of Courtney because in her eyes, she was a very dangerous player. Lots of people would want to go against her in the final two, including Cirie’s sometimes ally Shane. If Cirie wanted to do any better than third place, she’d need to knock out her biggest competition. And as we saw way back in the first episode, Cirie certainly knows how to take out the top dog, especially if she’s a bit nutty (bye, Tina!).
Anyway, enough scheming. Time for food. Cirie announced that was gonna go fishing. “How hard can it be?” she asked us. Well, apparently VERY HARD. It seemed like this whole fishing adventure was destined for failure right from the start. Cirie didn’t even have the heart to kill a snail with a rock, but after a few screams and screeches, she bashed the escargot and turned it into a juicy bit of fish bait. Then the miracle happened. She actually caught something. And she caught something that wasn’t a puffer fish. This then led to general euphoria as Cirie squealed with delight, occasionally letting out a yelp of fear whenever the fish twitched on the line. She may have been psyched about catching a big fish, but Cirie certainly wasn’t going to touch it. Remember, this is the woman who once professed to a fear of LEAVES. And so she brought her bounty back to camp, dragging it behind her in the sand, lest it come anywhere near her person.
Shane was super excited about this catch, especially since it was apparently his birthday. What a wonderful gift. I’m surprised he didn’t text the good news to his son. You know, with that sweet Blackberry that he found. Actually, I was more surprised that Shane didn’t then enter into a conversation with the dead fish. You’d think at this point he’d be talking to anything with a mouth, and that includes smiley faces drawn in the sand.
Not long after, the three reward winners came back to camp, and I know Cirie was excited to show off her fish, but I hope to hell that she didn’t share that thing. If those guys ate any of it, that would be totally obnoxious. We never found out what the fate of that fish was because we then got right back into the scheming. Danielle pressed Terry about the final three, asking him if he’d take her to the final two. Unfortunately, the former Navy man couldn’t commit to anything, and his general hesitation sent red flags up in Danielle’s head. She did not want to go home third. That wasn’t good enough for her. And bravo to her for realizing this. I get so sick of people who blindly float along with alliances and then act shocked when they’re out fourth. It’s about anticipation, people.
Sensing that Danielle was not happy, Terry then came up with a silly arrangement whereas whoever came in first and second in the final immunity challenge would then go to the final two. It seemed like a fair-and-square, let’s-all-hold-hands sort of plan, but Courtney was not for it. You see, she was banking on Terry taking her to the final two. If she now had to work for that top spot, it would totally harsh her buzz, man! But Danielle insisted that it would be better to work for the top two because it’s not really fair if someone just gets carried to the top. WELL. Courtney did not like the insinuation that she was worthless, and soon mild bickering broke out. Ladies, ladies, ladies. Don’t you see what’s happening? Terry’s playing you like a fiddle! This was the time when Courtney, Danielle, and Cirie should have joined forces and simply cut Terry out of the equation (assuming he lost immunity at some point).
Well, Cirie had a better idea. She overheard the whole spat and realized that Terry was angling to take Courtney to the final two, thus reinforcing her fear that Courtney was a dangerous player to have around. Screw an all women final three. Cirie needed to get rid of Courtney now, and her best move would be to play up Danielle’s paranoia of being stuck in third place. This was very high level scheming. We here at the TVgasm offices were more than impressed.
“You can’t let [Terry] dictate what y’all should do,” Cirie told Danielle. She then told her that Terry had fed her a line — he was totally going to screw her over and take Courtney to the finals, despite the outcome of the immunity challenge. Oooh. Well played, Cirie. This totally took Danielle aback, and we could tell this game was about to get a whole lot trickier very soon. Me? I felt like a McDonald’s commercial: I’m lovin’ it!
We then headed out to the Immunity Challenge, which was another painful endurance test. This time, the survivors had to kneel at the end of a long plank and hold onto a rope in each hand. Attached to the ropes were weights — 20% of each player’s body weight, to be specific. The survivors had to hold on for as long as possible. If they were to let go, their platform would buckle, they’d topple into some water, and they’d be eliminated from the game. Oh, and every fifteen minutes, more weight would be added to the ropes. Doesn’t sound painful at all!
I had to admit. I was a little miffed at CBS. All week long, they’d been showing promos that showed Terry buckling into the water. Clearly he wasn’t going to win. It seemed like quite the poor form. Nevertheless, we then sat and watched these poor souls strain their arms and burn their palms as they held on for dear life. It should be noted that this was not the best challenge for Danielle’s underarms. Her pit hair was proudly on display, and man, was it out of control. Probably could have used a nice pixelation for this scene.
Sorry, I had to post a photo.
Anyway, Shane was the first to let go, thus setting off a Rube Goldberg chain of events culminating with his unceremonious ejection into the water. Fifteen minutes later, Probst added more weight to everyone, and I’ll tell you this: those survivors weren’t the only ones getting a workout. Jeff was rocking a large swatch of tummy sweat on his shirt. Even the best need to perspire.
Well, Cirie was next out, and she had quite the ungraceful tumble into the water. I would have let out a big guffaw, but before I knew it, we were back on Danielle’s pit hair, and a general sense of nausea had overcome my body. Thankfully, Danielle dropped next, followed by Aras, leaving just Terry and Courtney. Well, thanks to that dumb commercial, we knew what was going to happen: Terry was going to let go first… although, to be honest, I couldn’t see that happening. Courtney had such a tenuous grip on her ropes, I couldn’t imagine that she’d actually be able to outlast the former Navy stud. Sure enough, Courtney let go, and Terry won immunity AGAIN! Yes, the commercial was misdirection! Color me fooled!
Afterwards, it was time for some good old fashioned pre-Tribal Council scheming. Aras was totally screwed. Courtney was planning for her, Cirie, Terry, and Danielle to vote out the yoga instructor, and as far as we could tell, all systems were go. Shane, on the other hand, had the mistaken notion that everyone would be voting out Danielle. Oh man. He was totally gonna get screwed over. I’m sure we can look forward to plenty of angry rants next week.
“I’m going to be dealing with the wrath of Shane for sure tonight,” Courtney told us. To be fair, if she were to merely kick a pebble, she’d be dealing with the wrath of Shane. Hey, maybe she’ll get lucky. Maybe he’ll be too preoccupied searching for Internet porn on his Blackberry.
Well, Shane then took inventory of his alliance and made sure that Aras, Cirie, and Courtney were all on board to vote off Danielle. Cirie lied and said that yes, Danielle was most definitely out. Things were looking quite bad for Aras, but something didn’t feel right. We didn’t spend all episode talking about Aras and how important it was for him to be kicked out. I just didn’t feel like the voting spotlight was really going to fall on him. My Survivordar just wasn’t going off.
And then Cirie decided to take the game into her own hands. With everyone focusing on Aras and Danielle, no one was worried about Courtney. No one, but Cirie. She knew that both Terry and Shane wanted to take the fire dancer to the finals. She also knew that Shane and Terry were calling all the shots. It was time to shake things up.
At this point, J-Unit and I pretty much paused the Tivo every two seconds to talk about all the great opportunities before Cirie. We decided that the best bet would be for her to convince Aras and Danielle to vote against Courtney. Their three votes would trump Shane’s one vote against Danielle and Courtney and Terry’s two votes against Aras. Plus, it would totally turn the tables on everyone. It seemed like a foolproof plan, but J-Unit and I always tend to pause the Tivo around this time and discuss all sorts of great strategies, only to see them never come to fruition. We weren’t about to get our hopes up again, even if Cirie showed great scheming promise earlier.
Well, God bless Cirie. She had the exact same plan that we had. But would she be able to execute it? The excitement in the TVgasm offices was through the roof. Cirie pulled Aras over and explained everything. He seemed to be on board. Yes! But what about Danielle? She seemed a bit reticent to commit, but she was certainly interested. And let’s face it, she’s wanted to turn the tables on someone for a few weeks now. Oh, this was great. All the pieces were coming together. Everyone just had to stay calm and stick with the plan. And yes, it looked like Danielle was gonna vote against Courtney! Yes! Yes! Yes! It’s not that I dislike Courtney or anything. I rather enjoy her kooky contributions to camp life. But I was so excited about this scheme that I had no choice but to cheer her potential ouster.
By the time Tribal Council came around, my heart was beating. This was Survivor at its best. Think about it: the levels of deception at this Tribal Council were amazing. Cirie and Danielle were pretending they were in Terry’s alliance pretending to be in Shane’s alliance. Plus, there were two power players — Shane and Terry — who were about to get taken down several pegs, but they didn’t know. They each thought they were about to turn the tables on each other, not realizing an entire third party was ready to pull the rug out from under them. Am I mixing metaphors yet? I will be soon. That’s the way the cookie grows greener on the other side. Blast!
Anyway, our plucky jury entered with biiig smiles. Especially Austin who had the bashful look of an eight year old who just won a ribbon at some science fair. The great news was that Bruce was back on the jury, and he received a warm round of applause. Glad to see the guy was okay. I mean, we knew he was fine because we saw him on the Early Show last week. But still. You know what I mean.
Okay. Down to business. The lies and deceit came on strong and fast right from the beginning. Even when talking about his reward, Terry lied and said that no one really talked about strategy. Probst then asked Cirie, “Do you buy that?” To which she replied, “NO. Please…” You better slow yo’ roll, Probst! Can’t pull a fast one on Cirie (seriously. Not even the fish can get away from her now).
Anyway, Probst continued to grill the players, and everyone had to carefully choose their words, lest they reveal any of the hidden allegiances that were lurking under the surface. Shane, meanwhile, was his normal crazy self as he told Probst, “Tonight, we have to EAT one of our own.” Literally, he was planning on eating someone. They really should get him some help.
Shane then noted, “Sounds dramatic, but it’s gonna be dramatic.” Oh, he had no idea. Mwhahaha. Actually, to be fair, it’s not that it sounded dramatic. It’s more like it sounded “psychotic.” But there’s me and my semantics again.
There were a few more questions, and I don’t really remember the responses because I was studying Courtney’s potted plant of hair atop her head. Finally, it was time to vote. Would Danielle be sticking to the plan? Or was this going to wind up like so many other boring episodes: a routine elimination of someone like Aras?
The first person up to vote was Cirie, and she wrote down Courtney’s name on the parchment. This was a good sign. If the plan wasn’t all there, chances are she would have stuck with the majority and voted out Aras. I was very optimistic that Cirie’s scheme was gonna work.
Anyway, Terry then voted for Aras, and next was Shane who scrawled down Danielle’s name and said, “You get to eat as much as you want, and I will never know you again.” You mean you’re not going to keep Danielle’s contact info in your Blackberry? Very cruel.
Courtney then wrote down her vote for Aras and then said “You’re so beautiful, brother.” Yes, like a dead sea tortoise on a beach.
Well, time to read the votes. As anticipated, Jeff read the names that Shane and Terry expected to hear. First vote: Aras. Then Danielle. Then Aras again. But then Jeff read Courtney’s name. Twice! We then cut to Shane who did a blatant “Wha-whaaaa?” double-take. Yes, he was shocked. The only thing worse would be if his Blackberry was suddenly eaten by a bunch of termites.
“Whatchu talkin’ about, Probst?”
Anyway, time for the last vote. Would it be Aras or Courtney? Danielle kept to the plan, and Courtney was voted out! YES YES YES!! It worked! “That was a shocker,” Courtney mumbled as she gathered her items. Yup. It was. And the looks on Shane and Terry’s faces confirmed that. Hahaha. SUCKERS! I guess that would be scheme #437 of Terry’s that’s completely failed. Bravo!
“The dead tortoise didn’t tell me THIS would happen!”
“Shit.”
“Wait. Am I being Punk’d? I am, aren’t I!”
Well, Jeff snuffed out Courtney’s torch, and as she walked off into the night, she looked back as if to say, “Did you seriously just vote me off? You bitches!” This was then followed by Jeff doing his obligatory salt-in-the-wounds remark. “I don’t think that there is any doubt that this is an individual game,” he said. Yeah, I’m sure Shane and Terry really appreciated that.
And so ended this great episode. We saw a glimpse of Courtney’s surprisingly bland parents in the Febreeze Family moment, and then in her farewell, she simply registered total shock, but ultimately shrugged it all off, which was a good attitude to take. Well done, Courtney. Sorry we couldn’t see more antics with you and Shane, but I guess we’ll always have the memories.
What did you think about this episode? Were you as crazy into it as we were? Or are we just a bit off our rockers?
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I’m surprised that Terry has so many votes on CBS.com, and I’m especially surprised that he has more than Cirie. The only way it makes sense is that people see him as an underdog, despite his complete domination of the challenges (really, at this point it seems like it’s all a question of who Terry takes to the final two with him). I just hate the thought of seeing his smug face for so many more weeks. Besides, he has nothing on Chris from Vanuatu. Now that was an underdog worthy of cheering for (I’m still pissed he won though).
Oh well, maybe the Car Curse will take down another one.
Anyway, loved the random mention of Phil. A good PhilMention is always appreciated.
And I actually liked Courtney, but I was glad to see her go because she was aligning with Terry, and it’s always great to see an actual decent plan come together on Survivor.
Great recap (as always) B-Side! As soon as I saw Danielle’s hairy pits, my wife and I turned to each other and said (at the same time) that we couldn’t wait to see them on TVGasm.
However, there were 2 side-by-side pictures I thought you might put up:
1) Danielle’s Pits alongside Barry’s Sweater (from Amazng Race)
2) Courtney in tribal alongside Sideshow Bob (Spitting image!)
Keep up the great work…
Oh yeah- this was the episode that all true Survivor fans have been waiting for all season! WTG Cirie for not letting the two guys DICK-tate what’s going to happen in the game!Plus she caught a fish too! I was so proud of her (in a not-knowing her sort of way). I really hope she wins the whole thing now.
Now they just have to find a way to get rid of Terry. They didn’t show anyone talking about the fact that he won a sweet car when he got back to camp either, and you know how that fuels the TC fires of revenge/jealousy. Next week is their best chance if he loses immunity, b/c they still have Shane as a sacrifice when he uses the idol if they play it right. I don’t think that Terry is even considering Cirie as a target to vote out.
btw- I wondered if they were not allowed to wrap the ropes around their hands in the immunity challenge. I would have done that to get a better grip.
Can we please get a seperated at birth of Courtney and Sideshow Bob? That’s all I could think during Tribal COuncil, samlub.
My Terry hate has decreased but not disappeared. I’m impressed by him gutting out these challenges. Hello yoga teacher! These challenges are impossible for you to lose. Oh that’s right, you have wretched form and are the second biggest poser on the show. Incessant fauxhawk anyone?
Cerie is so cool. I hope she goes all the way.
What’s with all the hating on Terry? This is SURVIVOR and he’s proven to be the best. 5 challenges in a row and you still hate him? He’s made a mess of the Casayans and as long as the challenges involve grit and determination he’ll win. Cirie? Pshaw! Likable lady but no survivor. My best laugh last night was watching Aras and Shane push her fat ass over the obstacles. She exploited the weakness of the weakest, Danielle, by playing on her fears and she did that well. That’s one of three: outwit. She hasn’t outplayed anyone and she has only outlasted the others because Casaya knew they could blow her out in the end.
You want entertainment? Root that Terry overcomes the greatest odds ever and outplays, outlasts and in the end outwits the rest. I can’t see anyone being mean-spirited enough to choose whoever Terry goes to final two with. Ease up, B-Side, this is truly the struggle of the underdog against the forces of many. Sheer determination continues to win. Go, Navy!
Here’s my problem with Terry. I liked him at first…intelligent, hard working, loyal, and pretty sexy. Then after the merge he became this arrogant schemer. Arrogance with nothing to back it up is the sign of a fool. Terry has had numerous chances, including the chance of all chances, to take out Aras and take control of the game.
That was Terry’s downfall. He may make it into the final 3 or 2, but it won’t be because of his brain. He had the chance to go in front of the jury with his peers, not his enemies, and he BLEW IT. He’ll never win. Worst Survivor schemer EVER.
This really was a great episode. I always knew that Cirie was very sharp at observing what was going on around her and that she was extremely strategic. She was just waiting for the right moment to make her move and his was the time. It looks like both Terry and Shane are going to have to reassess just how much power they really do have. Talk about getting blindsided. Courtney must still be reeling from that one. I’m glad she’s gone, she really bugged me. What a pain in the ass.
I guess Terry won’t be winning the show now that he’s won the car. If I were him I would have thrown that competition.
Great episode ! I was on the edge of my seat before tribal council. Finally someone actually playing the game.
I think Shane’s “acting” is so so so obvious and is probably an attempt to try and propel himself post-Survivor into some Johnny Fairplay-esque reality gigs.
courtney = trustafarian.
you know the type–daddy’s little girl (‘we’ll go out sailing on the bay when you get home, hon!) goes to prep school, discovers phish and pot and MDMA, horrifies her mother by growing dreads, giving up bathing, and refusing to be a debutante, runs off to burning man and then spends a year or two pretending to be homeless before deciding to turn fifteen years worth of expensive gymnastics and ballet lessons into a career as a ‘fire dancer,’ living life ‘outside the system, man’–with a little monthly subsidy courtesy of daddy, who still loves her even though she stinks up the house at holidays and sneaks into his study to roll blunts with his contraband monte cristos.
ah, i still felt sorry for courtney, who really got bamboozled and probably took it personally given how much shit she had to take last week.
this episode should have demonstrated once and for all that cirie is hardly a passive, under-the-radar ‘floater.’ at first i thought she should have stuck to the plan to boot aras just to get rid of the best unprotected player when she had the chance to do it. but turning the tables on courtney was genius: she effectively ended terry’s chances of winning, isolated shane, and earned herself favors from aras and danielle. GO CIRIE!!
as for terry’s popularity: sorry, y’all. i know he’s arrogant, and his strategic ineptitude is exasperating, but i LOVE watching him dominate casaya. the dude is 46 years old! he’s a bad-ass, plain and simple.
but i’d love to see captain american go down to cirie and her pontoons in the finals.
I LOVE Cirie! I can’t believe she pulled that off. I was waiting for another lame, predictible vote but she actually pulled it off. Now to see what the repercussions are… Shane is going to be even more insane. The look on he and Terry’s faces were hilarious. They couldn’t believe that they were not running the game. It is about time that the women realize that they could take over.
This was the best episode of Survivor in several years. Someone finally looked ahead and didn’t just blindly follow. YEAH!!
I really liked Terry at first and thought of him as this year’s Tom. But he just isn’t as likeable. He’s arrogant and doesn’t have a clue how to scheme.
I think Shane’s the next one with a target – everyone will want the crazy guy in the final 2 if Courtney isn’t available. I’m torn, though. I can’t decide which would be more fun – Shane getting to question the final 2 or Shane having to answer the questions as one of the final 2. Both are appealing! A Courtney/Shane final 2 would have been sweet for the questioning – but I really don’t want either to be the winner.
Love Cirie – but not sure she really has a chance, either. Unfortunately for her she’s not going to win the endurance challenge to make it into the final 2 on her own and she hasn’t really burned any bridges yet, so who would take her – she’s too likeable.
btw – kudos to b-side for the lightning fast recap!!
also noticed no mention of Terry winning the car. Were the girls covering for him since they were supposed to be voting together???
I love the juxtaposition of brains (Cirie) and brawn (Terry)…
She can’t win a physical challenge and he can’t strategize.
Did you notice that Cirie’s squeals for fear and delight were exactly the same?! Bummer for her husband.
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Danielle is an idiot. Why would she not enter the alliance with courtney and terry and guarantee herself top 3 with at least a chance of getting top 2 and then winning? Now she’s looking at 5th place. Dumb.
Cirie with the fish was great. I must admit I am the same way…but she’s got one up on me because I refuse to bait the hook let alone touch the fish…LOL!!
I think Aras, Danielle and Cirie in final three. Then Aras and Danielle final two and Danielle winning. Even though Cirie rocks but I agree with auntiboo – she can’t win a physical challenge and she is too likeable in final two.
Someone probably already pointed this out, but I’m pretty sure when Shane wrote Hairy Pits name down, he said: You get to eat all you want and I’ll never yell at you again.
God bless Cirie. And to think she was almost ousted in episode two.
The nudity … the mania from lack of cigarettes … the “swearing on my son” … the blackberry … the resemblance to Charles Manson … the general “Lord Of The Flies” vibe — Shane’s gonna kill someone some day. Maybe not on this island, but soon.
I love Cirie and hope she wins. Someone who hates leaves and falls ass-backwards into catching a fish — gotta love her. You don’t need 1% body fat, or any skills!
I can’t believe how much I like Cirie and how great of a player she’s turned out to be. In the beginning, she was not only afraid of leaves but she resorted to crying about her family at an early tribal council to avoid being voted out. She was nearly the 2nd or 3rd one out, and everyone assumed she’d be out soon after the tribe switch-up. And now…
I am moist with anticipation for the sweet, sweet meltdown that awaits us from Shane. I get a TVgasm just thinking about it. Explosion. Pout. Then he’ll grab a palm frond and a lizard, call them his blankie and teddy, and curl up his rickets-postured body into the fetal position and plot his first homicide in a deadly spree. It’ll be glorious.
Has anyone looked closely at Shane’s tattoos? Frankly, his body makes me go “ergh” much more so than Danielle’s hairy pits. But all his tats are words, aren’t they? What is up with that? Are they email addys to use on his Blackberry? Is it like a “Memento” type of thing to remember who and what and where he is? Freaking weird.
About Danielle’s pits… FINALLY we see some pit hair on the women! Always bugged me on “Survivor” that the men grow beards but somehow the women manage to have cleanly shaved legs and pits. Can’t upset the folks at home! I’m a little disappointed by you, B-Side, that you were “nauseated” by the sight of Danielle’s natural pit hair. I thought you were more enlightened than that.
I think if Terry is smart (questionable) he’ll throw next week’s challenge. He should do this because he has the immunity idol and next week is his last chance to use it…but also because he will single-handedly send Aras home. Everyone else will vote for Terry thinking it is their only opportunity to get rid of him…and then he will use the idol and his single vote will send Aras home
hey srsdal–do you think that the rest of casaya doesnt know that terry has the idol? well, they do. it would make no sense for all of them to vote that way.
shane, acting?
never!
TexasK, I agree- it sounded to me as if Shane said he wouldn’t yell at her again. Of course, now he will since she’s still there.
subgenre- thank you for pointing that out about the ladies pits. As for you B-Side, so what if women have hair there? Grow up and get over it. Men, you all stay immature forever.
But thanks for the great recap to a great episode. I also agree with Shoe-in, I think Shane’s blackberry act is just for effect. Dude wants to stretch out that 15 minutes so he doesn’t have to do any more gay porn.
Did anyone else pick up on the fact that Cirie has Aras’ back? They were tight on the reward challenge last week and this week she let him in on the Courtney vote. I think they have a deal for final 2.
To all the Hyper Patriots who claim Terry’s Captain America performance is all about integrity and good ole fashioned American Family Values: *gag* He is on a frigging GAME SHOW not on the front lines in Iraq. Just ask Dan the Astronaut how much Terry’s word means!
I was happy to see Bruce up-and-at-em, but would have liked the change-up of jury dynamics if Nick-from-LaMina had been brought back.
Awesome episode though. THIS kind of scheming is what “Survivor” should always be about!!! Wahoo!!!
I never thought it was possible to love Cirie more.
Now she MUST win.
But I bet she’ll be out third. Oh, well.
Sorry ladies, but I must defend B-Side disgust about the armpit hair.
I’m a woman, and it would take me a year to grow that much arm pit hair! How long have they been out there now? A month tops? Ummm…ewww! Ick!
I read somewhere you were looking for some bloggers to do recaps. Try contacting Jack (# 9). This is as good as it gets. Succint and, for my money, right on.
You can keep on hating Terry because of his poor strategy, but the fact is he was spot on this week and Danielle screwed it up by listening to Cirie. You KNOW Danielle will be next in line for the jury. The Casayans may be smart enough to realize that if Terry loses the immunity next week they will be condemning Aras to banishment with no guarantee they can stave off Terry’s comeback the following week. Guess what I enjoyed the most was watching Shane’s face when he realized his doominance was all but gone. Can’t wait to see the shenanigans (yes, shenanigans) next week when Shane gets to rag on Cirie for rebelling. However, for those of you rooting for Cirie, face facts. When it gets down to her having to win any challenge she’s down and out.
Once again, why are y’all hating on Terry so much? He has dominated in the face of overwhelming odds, didn’t throw the game when he could have and, in general, continues to kick ass. Seems to me his strategy is working. Why is it bad for him to be “Captain America”?
Is Shane gay?
I coulda sworn when he was talking about who he was contacting with his piece of wood.. he said “My partner” then referred to this partner as a him.
Or was he talking about like a business partner?
Anyways… I actually like Terry. Yeah he totally sucks at scheming, but I just love that he keeps winning. Gonna be sad to see him eventually lose and go. Know it’s gonna happen, it’s just a matter of time before it does.
I also love Cirie!! That scheming last night was SO refreshing to see.
Not just all talk and then when it comes to the vote.. everyone just votes the way everyone else does.
I hated her at first for getting LUmberjack lady voted off, but damnit she proved herself to be totally awesome.
She put a huge target on her back though. You know Aras and Danielle are going to point their fingers right at her when questions start getting asked.
Oh yeah.. and when Cirie was smashing that snail and catching that fish.. OMG I was cracking up b/c that’d probably be the exact way I would act. Specially about the snail. I was laughing so hard yet cheering for her b/c she did catch it… that was a great moment heh.
Tony A. (#5&29): You brought up “Outwit, Outlast, Outplay” in reference to Terry. So far he hasn’t outwitted anyone, and appears to be completely incapable of it. He also hasn’t outlasted four other people yet. The only thing he’s doing is outplaying them in the challenges, and that’s not really a strategy. It’s pure luck he didn’t end up on the island with someone has capable as him physically.
How could you question the use of “airplaned”? He was in the Navy, he was a pilot, of course airplaned is a word. And after they airplaned to the island, they Yukoned to the beach where they fooded while Danielle soccer balled around.
After last night I’m now convinced that it’s not that Terry is superhuman, but everyone else is terrible. They only lasted 31 minutes on the immunity challange. I’d have lasted 31 seconds, but Surviors of past years would have lasted hours.
For all you Terry haters, who cares if he makes it to the final two, and doesn’t win he’s already won the game of life. In the military you’re not trained to be civil. Being cocky is what helps him survive, but he is exactly the type of person I am proud to support for ever defending our country. I don’t want a pussy in the armed forces. I want a million guys like Terry defending me, and you have to respect the fact that he can kick no-military trained ass. You don’t have to like it, but like the fact that there are hundreds of kids out in the military just like him keeping us safe at night. Once he makes it to the final two, there probably will be the Terry stipulation, that former military men can’t compete in this game anymore.
I had thought Probst said that the idol could be used up THRU the final four. To me that means that Terry would be able to use it at the final four tribal council, if needed. But once there are only 3 people left it can no longer be used. Based on some comments I have read here there seems to be some confusion/differing opinions on this. Anybody know what is right?
terry …. another ally of yours taken out to the back shed. how many in a row is that (counting the Hidden Ally, Bruce)?
cirie …. everyone wants to take you to F3, no one will commit Colbycide and take you to F2. You’re the best playa the game has had for a while (Tom was good too) and lovely to boot, but those are the politics.
danielle … smart enough (with C’s help) to see Terry was playing you. Not smart enough to see C was playing you too. Way to switch a #3 spot for a #4 spot. Enough with the anti-hair pit crap – as if any of you have control over how quickly yours grows. She looks more puppishly endearing (no big teeth/boobs) than gross in the photo. best option is to grab shane and jump to terry’s side for good.
shane …. no one told you anything. I guess your crazy act (er, acting crazy) is really working. Keep it up and that $100K seat next to the winner is gonna be kept warm for you.
aras … keep pouting, maybe no one will see you.
courtney … trustafarian is right. The ‘rents outed you. Nice kid if lacking in self-perception (not for wont of trying).
Best episode in recent memory. Cirie and Terry have very different strengths and have both performed impressively in their own way. Cirie always had the capability to scheme, but I agree w/ Wizzard (#7) that she was smart enough to wait until the time was right to make her move and not stick her neck out too early.
I also heard Shanes comment at tribal toward Danielle as “I’ll never yell at you again.”
Shane may be a little wacko but I have no doubts at this point that he is playing it up so others are either scared to cross him or at a minimum will just not take him as seriously as a threat.
TonyA, I’m also a fan of Jack’s posts. Always brilliant character analysis and f-ing hilarious.
I have mixed feelings about Cirie. One the one hand, *loved* the scheming. It’s true, we really haven’t seen skullduggery of this quality since Boston Rob, and the lucid analysis is pretty much Rob C. quality. I’ve been missing this sort of thing the last couple seasons, which have substituted feeble ‘let me go to F2 and maybe we can still be friends, Ian’ mindgames for classic Survivor balance-of-power calculations. I have to respect that, as lousy as she has been in the challenges, Cirie’s still in there pitching. On the other hand, she has super-sucked at challenges, and that’s part of the game too. In addition, the whole ‘Nature’s icky!’ routine (leafaphobia, making a huge production out of crushing the bait snail, etc.) is a big turn-off. Worst of all was her ‘poor me!’ agonizing last week when she took Aras and Danielle on the reward trip with her. If she was just trying to cement Aras and Danielle’s loyalty, well and good, but all the hand-wringing to Shane seemed genuine, and made me kind of sick. If you’re going to win by scheming (and it’s her only hope), you’ve got to own it, at least to yourself. Ultimately, I just find her too lame to root for with any enthusiasm.
As for Terry, yeah, he’s pretty smug, but, as Probst pointed out when Danielle was complaining about this at last week’s TC, so are those complacent burger-eatin’ Casayas. And the guy has won individual immunity four times in a row: bad ass. His scheming improved somewhat this week (a low hurdle to clear, admittedly), though Cirie outmaneuvered him by the simple expedient of being the last one to hard-sell Danielle before TC. The way I see it, next week Shane’s going on a rampage against the three who voted out Courtney. If (big if, yeah) Terry’s smart, he’ll point out to Shane that, since he [Terry] has the idol, Shane’s screwed against this new Cirie/Aras/Danielle axis. So he and Shane should really work Danielle’s manifold insecurities to make it clear that she’s not going to crack that Aras/Cirie nut for final two; if as everyone would expect Aras beats Danielle in the final endurance challenge, he’ll definitley take Cirie (I’m not sure I really believe this, but it should be an easy sell for Danielle).
Danielle’s in a tough position now. I’m not convinced that getting Courtney out of the game was really in her best interests if, as she correctly feels, she doesn’t want to get eliminated at F3. The way things are now, she’s likely to be facing either Aras or Terry in that challenge, so she can’t like her chances to win the challenge (though I can’t say der Yogameister has truly wowed me with his endurance). Does she feel she can beat Shane? Maybe, I give her a fighting chance. Bottom line, with Courtney gone, she really has to be thinking about the winner wanting to be in F2 with her, which reduces her options. If he were smart, Aras would take her over Cirie (assuming he can’t sell Cirie to the jurors as a back-stabber) because Cirie seems better liked. I guess, if he really goes loose cannon, Shane might be the best to go up against in F2; hard to say right now. Danielle’s best shot may be to team up with Terry and Shane against AraCirie and hope Terry takes her to F2.
I’m kind of having a tough time figuring out who to root for at this point. I like Terry’s physical and mental stamina, and there’s something compelling about this seat-of-the-pants gameplay, but his scheme-fu is weaaaaak, and I can’t believe he hasn’t fractured Casaya just by stirring stuff up. Cirie’s kind of the opposite: good scheming, but bad everything else, scary fish notwithstanding, and kind of a ‘poor me, I’m the underdog’ whiner to boot (for the record, she seems like a nice woman). Aras: smarmy, self-satisfied ass, who isn’t the boss of me, or, I hope, anyone else, soon. Danielle: do-nothing, easily influenced vacilator, I’ll be a bit bummed if she pulls a Jenna/Amber and manages to win F1 against someone who played much harder than her. Shane: entertaining to watch, but I do not want this knucklehead winning a million dollars. It’ll just be nice to watch those Casaya jerks finally implode once and for all.
This was my favorite episode of the season. The fish catch was a hoot and the scheming was excellent!!! I hope they conspire over the hidden idol to get rid of Shane, likely the best way for any of Casaya to keep his vote by playing dumb.
I also hope the last challenge involves answering ?’s about the tribemates, I think Cirie might have an edge there, and I hope MB gives her a shot at winning top spot. I’m not really caring who wins though, but I’d rather see Shane do a hostile questioning than be questioned, and I think he could easily be swung to a Terry vote with the right blind-side. (I can always hope)
Funny about the car not being mentioned, either to the competitors, that they’d have a shot, or of the winning . . . .hmmmm. And, no mention of the curse either.
Is it physically impossible for Danielle to close her mouth completely? Her teeth drive me crazy.
Finally got some time to comment on Survivor. I am so happy Cirie stirred stuff up this week, lot of fun. I definitely can’t knock her for being grossed out/afraid of the snail and the fish because I would be the same way. Then again I don’t sign my ass up for Survivor but whatever. I adore her. Like I said last week, now that she’s been hurting some tribemates’ feelings, maybe she will be seen as a good companion to F2 but I doubt it will happen unless she wins final immunity on her own. I’d love to see her win the whole thing. I still believe in the GM CAR CURSE, why did Jeffy not talk about it?! Is he rooting for Terry too? GRR!
Thanks B-Side for the awesome recap to this kick-ass episode!
Juddfan (#39), if I’m not mistaken I’m pretty sure that Probst mentioned the curse briefly before the start of the car challenge.
I loved the Cirie scheming this week – perfect for her. She was right about Courtney – everyone seemed to think taking her to the final 2 would be beneficial.
Does everyone know that Terry offered Danielle the hidden idol a few weeks ago? If Courtney was smart, she would have asked Terry to give her the hidden idol in exchange for jumping to his side. Don’t get me wrong – I’m glad to see Cirie’s scheming work, but Courtney was too quick/eager to jump sides. That’s another good reason to get rid of her.
I thought it was fabulous. I think Shane’s proclaiming that he was communicating with people OFF OF THE ISLAND on his wooden Blackberry was hysterical.
People like Terry because he backs up his words with actions and with continually winning. At least I like him for that…he’s not full of shit when he says he’s going to win…he wins. I like a confident person who actually DELIVERS.
As an aside…I feel like the past few challenges have been designed with Terry in mind to win. They’ve all been very physical challenges and none of the others really have stood a chance…then Terry got on the team without Cirie which meant his team would win and he would eat before the next challenge…and he won THAT one too. I don’t know if I’m imagining this or not…but it seems like they want him to remain on the show by the types of challenges they keep having.
Yes!!! I’m so happy to see some good old fashioned Survivor scheming! Cerie is the man! Or, woman, but whatever, I cant believe she actually got everyone to swing her way. Too bad she probably won’t win, but she’s playing as well as she can.
For whatever reason, I’m still pulling for Terry. I got no problem with his arrogance. It’s not that I want to see him win, so much as continue to thwart Casaya’s plans to get rid of him. They’re the ones who sent him to Exile Island in the first place, maybe in hindsight they might’ve wanted to send a weaker player that they wouldn’t have to defeat twice in order to get rid of. He’s looking like a lock for F3.
His non-strategy is working just fine so far. And as for his strategy, it wasn’t that bad this week actually. In fact, he’s only really been in a good position to bargain with Casaya with the other La Minans gone. His instincts were good, but obviously he didn’t have much of a chance once Cirie got wind of his plans.
Yeah, Cirie’s scheming was pretty damn good. I dunno, I’m still indifferent towards her. I mean it’s not exactly a big coup to out manoeuvre Terry’s alliance attempt with Danielle. If she manages to placate and/or get rid of Shane next week, maybe I’ll be impressed. But right now I’m mostly hoping for Shane to get his wits together and stir sh*t up.
As always, loved the mute, crazy eye-rolling from Shane during Tribal Council.
Hey chronic, I missed ya. What do you think about a Courtney/Sideshow Bob split screen?
Loved Shane’s face at tribal council. You could almost hear the gorilla noises in his head “Huh? Der? Doh!”
In my previous post, I forgot to mention that “airplaned” just might be used by the military. My dad was in the air force and my mom worked for the army so I’ve been around the military much of my life. The military love to turn nouns into verbs. They also love to come up with acronyms and then turn them into verbs and such. It’s a whole other world, people.
kategal (#44), the setups for these challenges are so elaborate I imagine they have engineers designing them months in advance of filming. I can’t believe they would be able (or would even want to) tailor the challenges to favor one contestant over others. However, the challenges this season have definitely been more physical then mental, although from what I recall Terry has kicked ass on the memory games and puzzles as much as the physical stuff.
Ok gang, I don’t understand all the Terry hate either. Granted, other than Aras, he has no real physical competition (and Aras proved what a poseur he was this week), but, he’s doing what he must do, which is win challenges.
Now, I recall the rules as the idol can be used to get you into the final three, but that it can’t be used after that (as it would prevent the winner of that challenge choosing their F2 opponent).
A couple of scenarios:
Terry: Terry has 2 more challenges to go to get to final 3, and only has to win 1 of them. I like his odds. Now, let’s say Terry wins next week’s challenge to get to F4. He is automatically in F3, because he has the idol. But, if he wins the challenge to get into the F3, then he can protect one person to get into the F3. That would be a pretty darn powerful bargaining chip, wouldn’t it? So, I am hoping for him to win the next two challenges, just so I can see that scenario play out.
If Terry doesn’t win the F2 challenge, I think any winner of that would be foolish if they didn’t take Terry to the F2.
Now, what happens next week? Terry had to feel snakebit by Danielle, but, let’s face it, he’s been pretty darn unsuccessful at scheming anyway, so Cirie’s end-around shouldn’t surprise him. If anything, it opens a door with the person who really got hosed – Shane. Clearly here, Danielle is the swing vote. Aras and Cirie are tight, and I think Terry and Shane are about to get tight. That leaves Danielle. She needs to start thinking about who she stands a better chance with in the F2, and I would say it’s a heck of a lot better with either Shane or Terry, so she needs to move to that side. Luckily for her, they’re both going to want her back on their side. She can sell Shane on it, since she was one of 5 people who betrayed him. With Terry, well, she’s the one who went back on her word with him, but, he’s in no real position to deal, is he?
Anyway, great episode, great recap, and, I am not really that turned off by Danielle’s hair pits, (I actually kind of like them), and, yech, girls have been growing hair for many episodes, maybe you all should just look closer…
Another Terry fan here. I love seeing him kick the Casayans butts… bunch of pretentious jackasses.
Jack for President! (or at least columnist)
This episode of Survivor was one of my favorites ever – Shane and the blackberry was pure gold! He is so outta his mind that he still thinks he is in charge of this game. I love when he sticks his ethiopian belly out and pouts! I keep waiting for Sally Struthers to pop out from behind a tree and wipe the flies away from Shanes face while he sits on his thinkin’ stump.
As for Shane aligning with Terry, that can never happen since he promised his poor childs life to Danielle and the other Casayans. That would be rich if Terry and Shane made it to the final 2. Terry would be a shoe-in but I cant wait to hear what Shane has to say on the jury!
I think Terry is outplaying and so far he has outlasted the rest of his tribe. He might just outwit them all purely by winning all the challenges. He is an incredible player in that there is nothing he cant do and no matter how inept he is at scheming (he has nothing to work with)- he is hard to dislike IMO.
Cirie has done nothing physical to stay in this game. She is lucky to still be here; a bit like the fishmonger last season. She was supposed to be gone after day 8. But she is so entertaining and I cant help but enjoy her attempts to stay inside her bathing suit!!
Great recap and comments from all – cant wait until the next show!
On a somewhat related note, anyone noticed how ugly Sally was at the end of the show?
She looked like a 2 dollar hooker. Much better on the island. And Courtney looked pretty damn good in the Early Show Survivor spot!
Allow me to paraphrase the Butterfly Effect:
If a Cirie falls into the water in Panama, will it cause a tsunami in Sri Lanka?
Sorry, that was kind of mean, heh. I do like Cirie. I think that she’s the smartest player left in the game and has a good chance to win it all. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t hilarious and at the same time painful to watch in physical challenges.
Shane is an unoriginal lame-ass. This whole blackberry thing is a poor imitation of Greg from season one when he kept pretending to talk into a shell like it was a cell phone.
IM to Shane: Get some original material, asshat.
Just to clear up any confusion – I took this straight from the Survivor page on the cbs website:
“Terry hastily pries open the box to reveal the coveted Immunity Idol, which will keep him safe from the vote through the Final Four!”
Hey LQ, gosh have I been lying that low? Yeah I cut the internet in order to focus on finishing my diss this summer, and am generally annoyed with the time I waste on the internet (hello TVgasm, love ya anyway), but alas still got some random wi-fi seepage that I have trouble resisting. She’s got a bit of Sideshow Bob, but I’m thinking more that dude who used to date Winona Ryder circa Reality Bites, ummm, names escapes me.
#53, I wouldn’t call Sally ugly, but for some reason a lot of the female contestants, especially the attractive ones, look better on the show than cleaned up afterwards (and enough of all that pithair bitching B-side et al). Actually, come to think of it, same can be said for the male contestants too (Bobby Jon, Jamie, and Brandon come to mind).
First noticed the “looks better dirty” effect with Colleen. It’s a rather puzzling phenomenon. I wonder who’ll clean up good or bad this year. And why do I get the feeling Courtney will look exactly the same.
I haven’t watched Survivor in a while, so what a great episode to come back to. I was so suprised to see Cirre was still on the show. Or Tittie McGee as I like to call her in my head. Hope she wins!
To all the Terry lovers: his ability to win all the challenges is NOT outwittng, or outlasting- just outplaying. I won’t fault him for that, and I don’t hate him either. I just don’t want him to win the million. It has nothing to do with supporting our troops, or with the mindset of a Navy pilot on a reality show. It just has to do with the fact that I think he’s too cocky, and isn’t playing the game to win the million, but to just keep himself in it. He can only use the idol to advance himself to the final four (Probst said that when he first mentioned the indiv. idol). After that- I truly think that even if he keeps winning challenges, he won’t be voted as the sole survivor by the jury. Just like Boston Rob. He might play hard, but he’s burned too many bridges now.
Jesus_loves_you (#34), sorry, I’m Canadian so Terry’s military career doesn’t quite dazzle me. I just don’t find him likeable.
So Tabby Lavalamp, do Canadians not like the military or is it that you don’t like the military? I admit to not knowing as much about Canada as I probably should but wasn’t aware Canadians were unimpressed with the military. Not trying to start a fight just wondering why being Canadian means you’re not dazzled by Terry’s career?
Zoobabe, I don’t think Terry has burned any bridges. The final tribal council might show things differently but I didn’t get the feeling that the La Minas were upset with Terry. And Courtney was stabbed in the back by Cirie, Aras and Danielle not Terry. If he makes it to the final two, which Casayan Terry is standing next to will have more to do with whether he wins or not, I think. Since Casayans outnumber La Minas, tribe loyalty may come into play more than bitterness. We’ll have to see.
Zevonia (#62), I don’t want to start any arguments either but I’m also Canadian and I can vouch for Tabbylavalamp about not being impressed with military people. It’s not so much that we don’t like them it’s just that we don’t automatically put them up on a pedestal and worship them as gods just because they wear a uniform. Our forces are also currently on active duty in Afghanistan and we do have a genuine respect and admiration for them but (again, no offence) it seems to be an American thing to be an ethusiastic flag waver and patriot. It’s just not that big a deal up here.
zevonia- I still think that Terry HAS burned too many bridges with the ex-Casayans on the jury. His ridiculous attempts at scheming, and his cocky attitude when continuing to win have made him their enemy. If I had the money to bet on it, I’d wager that there is no way that he’ll be voted as the sole survior. Even if he makes it to the final two, that’s as far as he’ll get.
Someone mentioned the “looking better dirty” deal of some of the survivors. I’m in total agreement with that, I used to wonder if it was just the starvation thing. But it happens with (most not all) the jury members too. I think it’s just the au-naturel thing. You know no-makeup, no primping for the cameras (well except for our boy Aras) natural lighting too. And poor Danielle, all the grief on the pit-hair…I’m all for shaving whenever possible in the “real-world”, but all us girls I think secrectly wonder how the survivor girls manage some of those issues. The thought that popped in my head was damn, I hope I could look that good with hairy pits (it almost just looked like a shadow). And if it came down to a choice between a razor or a toothbrush, I think I’d HAVE to go for the toothbrush…can’t stand the feeling of fuzzy teeth.
Go CIRIE! She surprised me on a couple physical challenges at the beginning, that she was holding her own, if not almost kicking butt, maybe surprised cause you’d totally write her off on the physical stuff…I’m wondering if she’s playing it up just a little…I mean there’s just no doubt that Terry is going to dominate strength/edurance, she was holding her own helping Casaya during team wins, she’s appeared as the “weak” member since the merge. I still think it’s Aras Shane and Cirie to the 3 and Cirie and Shane at the end…
Wizzard, thanks for the explanation. I didn’t realize there was such a big cultural difference in that area. Oh well, live & learn.
Zoobabe, I agree that Terry is not liked by most of the Casayans but he only needs 4 to win. Assuming he has the two La Minas, then there’s Bruce. The two of them were on the old men tribe together. Now Courtney was just screwed by 3 of the 4 Casayans left so… Of course, now that he’s won the car, he’ll probably be killed by the curse. If Cirie makes it to the final 2 she would win. Most of the past winners of survivor have not been the best at physical challenges but have had at least one really close alliance. As for all the people complaining that Terry is only good at physical challenges, well, at least he’s good at something. Most of the others haven’t been good at anything.
mag-o-hats- I agree. I would have to take a toothbrush over a razor. That is, if I were crazy enough to sign up for this show in the first place!
Now if Terry were retired NHL, that would be a different story, eh Canadians?
On the whole pit hair issue, remember that while we’re watching this for months, the actual game only lasts 39 days. I think your average WASPy girl is not going to have a serious pit hair issue in that short of a time frame, but if she is one of the more swarthy ethnic groups: Italian, Greek, Eastern European Jewish, Middle Eastern, look out! Danielle is Italian-American, isn’t she?
I don’t think Terry has burned any jury bridges. From the merge, Casaya has made no secret to him that they want him out, so why would they expect him to stay loyal to anyone. They can’t fault him for trying to scheme to stay in the game. Having said that, he sucks at scheming. Back when he didnt stay with the astronaut was his first problem, then when he didn’t save Nick, that was the only time he couldnt have gotten numbers.
Of course Cirie could out strategize him since she has several more options as far people trusting her. I do remember that one challenge when they had to tackle people and capture those flags or whatever, she was doing good holding the other chicks down!
Oh yeah, and why is Aras such a physical threat, he couldnt even beat Courtney on that rope thing!
Shane is so hilarious to watch, total train wreck, I love it.
Obviously next week we’re going to get some family member action based on Shane dropping to his knees. Oh and who must be the freak thats agreed to be Shane’s business partner? I shudder at the thought that there are 2 of him out there.
The only time I’ve ever agreed with Courtney…Aras IS beautiful. Yes please!
sorry i meant, that was the only time Terry COULD get numbers.
one more thing, Danielle doesnt stand a chance in the Final 2, she’s always been the lazy one at camp.
Theay aren’t allowed to shave yet we never see bikini fuzz. Strange.
noodle, Shane’s business partner is probably a coatrack in the corner of his office that he often consults for marketing ideas.