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Sunday, April 9, 2006
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It’s official. Terry is a bonehead. There were so many things he did wrong in this latest episode of Survivor that it’s hard for me to even think about it. To be fair, his bad decisions began last week when he first failed to unravel Casaya and then neglected to use his Exile Island immunity idol, something that would have surely sent Shane packing. Just when I thought Terry couldn’t make any other silly moves, last night’s episode came along. Terry did the unthinkable: he revealed his ace in the hole: his idol. And for what? NOTHING. I always root for the underdog, but after all the lame maneuvering by La Mina, I’m not sure how much more patience I’ll have for them. Besides, I want Cirie to win this whole thing anyway; so why even worry about the fates of Terry, Austin, and Sally?
This week’s episode started on an optimistic note: sunrise in Panama! Waves were crashing against the shores, pelicans were grooming their feathers, and sun was shining all over the land! Surely, the spirit of Survivor had taken hold of Mother Nature. Unfortunately, the tribe members didn’t seem to care about the natural beauty of their environment. Everyone was still reeling from Austin’s revelation at Tribal Council that he was, in fact, much stronger than he had acted (that is, when he’s not puking and shitting from bad beans). For those of you who may have forgotten, last week, Austin spent a lot of time acting weak and lame, but in a bizarre move, he revealed that it was all an act at Tribal Council. No one was more floored by this than the typically gullible Courtney, who said, “I was like ‘Oh my God! What have we done?’” Uh, you fell for a completely lame ruse, that’s what you did. To be fair, Courtney could get fooled by a palm frond. And I’m sure it’s happened before.
Austin, meanwhile, realized that maybe it wasn’t so smart to, you know, reveal his hidden agenda. That whole “hidden” thing loses its cachet when it’s no longer HIDDEN. “Now in retrospect, that was so stupid to let them know my plan!” he chided himself. Exactly. This is why you’re an “author,” not a strategist.
Elsewhere on the island, Aras and his cronies were busy plucking snails out from under rocks for a little makeshift escargot buffet later in the day. “These snails are like members of La Mina: slimy and hard to get out,” Aras said. Hey, hey. That was sort of mean. And furthermore, La Mina has been very easy to get out. If anything, Shane’s the slimy one that’s hard to get out. Make him the snail!
Alas, Aras had already decided upon his forced analogy, and even worse, he now was calling Austin a slimeball (on account of that whole Tribal Council thing). Listen — you can call Austin a lot of things: goofy, weak, diarrhea-prone. But slimeball? C’mon now, Aras. At least he doesn’t fashion his hair into a faux-hawk every time he heads off to an Immunity Challenge.
Anyway, we cut to a lizard scurrying, which I took to represent the last fleeting shreds of Shane’s mental stability, and then it was back to Master Manipulator Terry. He still had this deluded notion that maybe he could get one of the Casaya girls to switch over. Perhaps he’ll extend another formal invitation like last week: “The members of La Mina request your presence in their alliance. Tea and crumpets shall be served at 4 PM, followed by a tasting menu of local snails, beans, and dirt.”
Unfortunately, before Terry could do any major wheeling and dealing, a cryptic piece of tree-mail arrived, and with it a clue that said something about politics and guts and whatnot. After some minor speculation by the Gitanos braintrust, we then cut to the standard beach reward challenge setup where we learned this week’s convoluted task.
The way this latest challenge worked was that the group would be split into three teams, each with a boat and a hundred coconuts. The teams had to put their coconuts in their rivals’ boats, and once they were done distributing them, they could take off in their boats (now loaded with other people’s coconuts), row out to a pontoon, grab a fishing net, and then come back to shore. The first team to successfully come to shore and unload all their coconuts and flag into a box on the beach would win. Très complicated-sounding but really not that tricky.
Well, Aras, Sally, and Bruce made up the first team. The second group was all women with Cirie, Danielle, and Courtney. And finally, Terry, Austin, and Shane comprised the last trio. Probst waved his arms in his signature style, and the challenge began. Off the get-go, I had many questions. Okay. Only one question: what was going on with Shane’s shorts? He looked like he’d found some banana hammock lying under the coconuts. I know the excess thigh exposure was probably due to some coincidental wedgie or something like that, but man, that looked disturbing.
Anyway, at Aras’s urging, everyone dumped their coconuts in the men’s boat. Well, almost everyone. Bruce seemed to be having trouble as his coconuts went bouncing around the beach like oversized Mexican jumping beans. Eventually, everyone jumped in their boats and began paddling to the pontoon (the all-girls team was last and had to dump their coconuts into their own boat. Doh!). In what seemed like three seconds, the men’s boat and the mixed boat reached their fishing nets, leaving the women at the gate. If it made those poor ladies feel any better, Probst then officially assessed their situation: “No shot in this challenge!” Ouch! At that point, he should have just waded into the water, flipped their boat over, pointed, and laughed.
Well, the all-men’s boat docked at the beach first, but man, did they have a lot of coconuts. They were going to have to make multiple trips to load them all into their box. Bruce, Aras, and Sally, however, only needed one trip to drag their haul to their box. Unfortunately, they kinda forgot their team flag, which meant Sally had to run all the way back and fetch it. By this time, the men had returned to their box with their second and final heaping of coconuts, and for a moment, it looked like this reward was going to be very close. But fear not, Sally fans. Blondie persevered and managed to bring the team flag back in time, thus securing her group victory. The trio won the very swanky prize of breakfast in bed, but not only that, they got to pick one person from each losing group to head to Exile Island. And who would that lucky couple be? Why, Austin and Danielle! Congratulations! You just won an all-expenses paid trip to lovely Exile Island, courtesy of Travelocity and HADES.
Even in the worst of conditions, Aras’s hair still attempts to rise like a mighty faux-hawk in the back.
The next morning, the survivors were awoken by some cold, heavy, rain — everyone’s favorite. But no amount of inclement weather could dampen the spirits of Aras, Sally, and Bruce, all of whom were preparing for their breakfast in bed. Aras in particular was super anxious for the boat to arrive and pick them up, and as he waited around, he expressed to us fear that he may have exposed too much athleticism and wit during the Reward Challenge. And to make matters worse, the rain was like totally ruining his faux-hawk!
Eventually, a boat came purring around the corner, causing Aras to ask, “Is that us?” No. It’s the other motor boat that happens to be passing through. OF COURSE IT IS!
Anyway, the winners hopped on board, and as they zoomed off to their reward, Sally babbled to us about something or another. I really couldn’t remember what she was saying because I spent half the time guffawing over her constant use of rolling “R’s” when pronouncing Aras’s name. Arrrras!
Well, the trio finally arrived at their reward, and unfortunately, it wasn’t all that it was hyped up to be. You see, the bed they were all to be sharing — well, it was randomly placed on a sandbar, right out there in the elements. That meant that the entire thing was soaked through because of the rain; the bedding, the mattress, the pillows — everything. At first the winners were grumpy about this, but then when the food arrived, their spirits lifted. “I don’t even care that I’m wet right now!” Sally said. Yeah, and I’m sure that drenched local waiting on you agrees…
Meanwhile, back on Gitanos, Terry decided to rev up his Scheme Machine. He probed Shane about who the final four was going to be, and because he’s a lunatic idiot, Shane offered up the info. The final four would be Shane, Courtney, Cirie and Arrrrras. I didn’t know why Shane would rather have Courtney in his final four than Danielle or Bruce, but hey, logic and Shane are sort of like oil and water. Anyway, before Terry could do any real damage with his newfound information, the reward victors returned to camp, which meant the age-old Survivor tradition of obnoxious bragging. The trio babbled on and on about all the food they had just eaten, and at one point, Sally implored people to touch her stomach to feel JUST HOW FULL IT WAS! “I didn’t care how big your stomach was,” Cirie replied. Oh, c’mon, Cirie. EVERYONE cares about Sally’s stomach! Especially Arrrrrras!
This is looks like the beginning of the worst porno EVER.
While everyone was having fun pretending Sally was Buddha, Austin and Danielle were huddled together in the most romantic spot West of the Poconos: Exile Island. Yes, however hard it rained over at Gitanos, it seemed twice as bad on Exile Island. Either that or Austin and Danielle were just crybabies. The two shivered and complained the whole time — not that I would have done any different — but on the upside, they did get to bond quite quickly. I mean, they didn’t bond bond — for that, they’d need a champagne glass hot tub — but they felt close enough that they’d be best friends forever. Or at least, best friends until they returned to the Gitanos beach.
This kind of looks like a publicity still from some Eastern European art-house film.
Meanwhile, with Sally back at camp, Terry began to unspool his brilliant strategy. He revealed to Sally that he had the hidden immunity idol. “I found it in twenty minutes,” he bragged. Shut up, jerk. Don’t act special. You had like twelve clues to go by. Anyway, Sally then told us she was hoping Terry would win immunity and then slip her the idol, but we all knew she was simply engaging in a fantasy that would never come true. If Terry wasn’t going to slip the idol to anyone last week — the week when it would have been most strategic to do so — then he wasn’t going to do it now. Especially not for a young trollop like Sally who has people rub her stomach and feel her digested bacon and croissants.
Eventually, it was time for the immunity challenge, and as the survivors ambled in, Bruce and Jeff shared a little heart-thump gesture that had me wondering if maybe they were in a secret gang together. I half expected Probst to yell, “You’re my boy, Bruce. My BOY!” The bedraggled duo of Danielle and Austin then rejoined everyone, and man, did they look like they’d been through an ordeal. Each of them looked like they had aged a few years, and I couldn’t help wondering if maybe they had experienced a minor version of The Flight of the Navigator. Nevertheless, they had to summon whatever inner-strength they had left because Probst had a giant obstacle course for them to run through. It was one of these elaborate, multi-tiered events where only a certain number of people continue on after each phase. Anyway, we knew Cirie would be short-lived for this competition when we saw that for the first challenge, survivors had to dig a hole under a fence and crawl through. Cirie may be able to do a lot of things, but squeezing through a tight hole is not one of them.
I could describe the rest of the course to you, but honestly, it was just a mash-up of various other convoluted bridges, mazes, ramps, ropes, and traps we’ve seen before. Well, the challenge kicked off, and almost immediately, Aras seemed to be crawling under that fence. Unfortunately, while he was able to slide his torso through the little hole he’d dug, he couldn’t quite get the rest of his body through. That meant he either had a big butt or was really aroused by something. We’ll just leave that to the imagination.
As one can imagine, so much crawling in the dirt would cause the obligatory slippage, and sure enough, Danielle had a blur-tastic nip-slip, which was soon followed by Courtney’s less appetizing butt-slip. Cirie, meanwhile, wasn’t close to any sort of slippage. She couldn’t even get more than her head under the fence. Ultimately, Cirie and Aras were eliminated from the challenge (Arrrras was never able to free himself from under the fence). The next phase involved a brainteaser — or as Courtney calls it, “a brain-breaker” — and in no time, Austin and Sally were through to the next round with Terry only steps behind. Everyone else was cut. This meant that only the ex-La Mina folk were vying for immunity. Now, if Terry were smart, he’d simply throw this challenge and let one of the other two earn immunity. But as is often the case, Terry’s desire to be dominant overtook what should have been his impulse to be savvy, and long story short, he just barely won immunity over Sally. Great.
Now, here’s what’s wrong with what Terry did. The Casaya people would now have to choose between Austin and Sally, and while they might go for Austin, they could very well go for Sally too. If Terry were to give away his immunity idol, he’d have only a 50/50 shot that it would be used correctly. Had he simply thrown the challenge, the Casaya members surely would have gunned for Terry, the plan would have backfired, and one of them would be sent home instead. Oh, if only. If only.
Anyway, back at camp, Danielle was all pissed at Arrras for sending her to Exile Island, and sensing blood in the water, Terry decided to pounce. He wanted to lure Danielle over to his side by offering her the immunity idol as a bribe of sorts, but before doing that, he first needed to see if Bruce would follow Danielle if she were to switch. And so it was off to see Mr. Miyagi who was vague, as usual, about his intentions. He seemed annoyed to learn that he was at the bottom of the pecking order, but he wasn’t outrageously put-off — always a bad sign.
Meanwhile, the old Casaya tribe began to fall into disarray again when Aras said he wanted to get rid of Sally. Turns out that everyone else wanted to get rid of Austin instead, and as a result, the whole tribe returned to its usual state of complete idiocy. This led to general bickering and the liberal use of the word “respect,” and I couldn’t understand why in the midst of this, no one was preying on the gullible and always disgruntled Courtney. The La Mina people were so concerned with winning over Bruce and Danielle that they seemed completely oblivious to the rifts forming right in front of them. For about two seconds, when Courtney, Danielle, and Cirie all got together to grumble, I thought maybe an all-women alliance might form (something Sally should have spearheaded), but it simply faded away, like all other hopes for a complete shakeup.
Later, Terry and Austin made their play for Danielle. They reminded her that she was only fifth on the totem pole, and just when she was feeling vulnerable and sad, Terry pulled out his ace in the hole: he revealed the idol to her. He actually showed it. And just in case there was still any doubt in Danielle’s mind of his intentions, Terry then said, “I went to the Naval Academy, and at the Academy, nobody lies, cheats, or steals.” Yes, and I’m sure Dan the Astronaut could second that… if Terry hadn’t betrayed him and voted him off.
Unfortunately for Terry, this was all just a terrible way of going about scheming. Again, he fell into the trap of spending too much energy making Danielle feel like he was trustworthy instead of preying on her fears and paranoia. He should have been working the whole tribe, inciting the Casaya members to act in ways that would drive Danielle into the open arms of the La Mina clan. But instead, Terry thought it was merely enough to flash the idol, and honestly, what was the best he could offer her? Top five? Well, great. That’s as good as she can get with her Casaya cronies. It was all just dumb manipulation. The sort of scheming you’d expect from a guy whose shirt looks like a legal pad.
Well, of course, the producers tried to make it seem like Danielle was actually entertaining this silly offer, and so we saw plenty of footage of her pondering what to do. We knew she wasn’t taking the deal seriously though because we never even saw her discuss the offer with Bruce, the other Casaya member involved. Meanwhile, Arrrras had his own worries: what if his group voted out someone with the immunity idol? Then he could be screwed. “I’m just crossing my fingers and hoping that I don’t get a Whammy,” he said, which got me to thinking of how awesome it would be if a little animated Whammy came out and swept Aras off the tribe. I would also accept one of the janitor guys from TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes.
At Tribal Council, Jeff Probst seemed particularly excited as he greeted the gang with an enthusiastic “Heeeello everybody.” Hi Dr. Jeff! He must have sensed excitement in the air. Even though it was pretty obvious that Terry’s plan probably wouldn’t work, I wasn’t totally convinced. I was still holding out hope that Danielle and Bruce had changed sides. And even if they didn’t, we also had to wonder whether or not Terry had given away his immunity idol. And if so, to whom? There were lots of loose ends coming into this Tribal Council, and Probst looked ready to get to the bottom of it all.
First, however, Jeff questioned Aras about how he mobilized his team and the women’s team against the men during the reward challenge. The yoga instructor responded with some lame answer, saying how he just wanted to benefit everyone else, but Cirie wisely pointed out that the only one who benefited from Aras’s strategy was Aras. Are you listening, Danielle? Aras is a threat! Switch sides!
Danielle then talked about how she and Austin had bonded so much on Exile Island, which had me wondering if she really might go to the La Mina side. But no. Too obvious. This was clear misdirection. Danielle and Bruce were staying put.
But then Shane started babbling, and for once he made sense about something. Probst asked him if La Mina had any chance, and Shane said, “Two people now have to flop from the six, which I would find — I would be stunned if one, but it’s impossible that two of us would do it.” Impossible, eh? Perhaps that’s the misdirection. Maybe Danielle and Bruce are flopping after all!
Eventually, it was time to vote. Shane must have been holding in some diarrhea or something because he suddenly darted across the tribal council area to get to the voting cubby. He either had some gastro-intestinal malaise… or he’s just a complete lunatic. Probably the latter. But then again, lunatics get the runs too.
Last to write down his vote was Bruce, who we saw write a floral “A,” and that was it. So we knew it was between Aras and Austin, but who would go? Well, the first two votes went to Arrrras, followed by one for Austin, and then another for Aras. We then got two more Austin votes, and then finally we reached the point of no return. Two votes left. Did Danielle and Bruce drop their alliance? Hardly. They both voted for Austin, thus making him the latest victim from La Mina.
But wait! What about that immunity idol! Surely Terry finally realized there was strength in numbers and handed it over to his little buddy, right? Wrong. After a suspenseful moment where it looked like Austin might be pulling the idol out of his bag, our favorite aspiring novelist stood up and offered up his torch to the Jeff Probst snuffer of doom. If I were him, I would have taken the opportunity to freak Aras out and say, “Yes, Jeff. I do have the idol.” Alas, sometimes it’s hard to expect amusing and crafty responses from these La Mina fools.
On the plus side, even though Austin was now a goner, he at least became the first member of the jury. Probst then made his little speech about how from here on in, every action would have repercussions down the line, adding, “Just one of the things that makes Survivor so much fun!” Oh Probst. Such renewed excitement and vitality. So wonderful to see. If only he had danced this episode, just like Phil Keoghan and Donald Trump. Then we would have had the perfect Reality Host Week.
What did you think about this episode? Terry played his card and has nothing to show for it — do you think he made a mistake? Can La Mina still stay in this?
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I think Danielle made a mistake not switching. She could have gotten Bruce and probably Cerie to switch their votes to vote out Aras instead of Austin. Then Danielle would have the immunity idol that Terry gave her. Then she could convince Sally, Cerie and Bruce that she would take them to the final 4 with her if they voted out Terry and Austin. Final 4 is probably a lot better than where she will end up now.
I don’t care how dumb Terry is about his scheming-I want Cirie to win. Terry is no Tom from Palau, that’s for sure. I think Aras wanted Sally gone, because he may see her as this season’s Danni. I can’t stand him or Shane, but they sure make for entertaining television.
Aras is a cutey pie, but he may not last long. The only possibl option this week is for one of Casaya to win the immunity idol and then to split the votes between Sally and Terry. 4-2 or 3-3 would force Terry to give up his idol and the worst they could do is a tie with the 2 La Mina votes going to Aras or Shane.
I’m not a Terry fan, but I think he played it as well as he could this week.
Danielle, on the other hand, screwed up big time. She had a chance to get the immunity idol and almost guarantee herself a top 4 spot, but she chickened out. Tsk. Now, all we can do is count down the days until she and her cleavage gets voted off the island.
Great recap B-Side. Terry blew it last time when he didn’t let one of the other La Minas win immunity so he could use the idol to get rid of Shane. That was when La Mina had enough numbers to make it work. Now there really isn’t any point in trying to save Sally. He might as well hang on to the idol for that one time he doesn’t win immunity. It’s really the only sure way he can stay in the game. Sally will go next and then we will see what happens when one of the Casaya people have to go. Unless Sally starts working on the other three women- but she doesn’t strike me as being devious enough.
As someone commented last week, the person to have standing next to you in the final tribal council is Shane. Nobody is giving that freak show a million dollars!
I too thought it was a huge mistake for Terry to reveal that he had the idol. Now that everyone knows, they just need to plan something for when the final four comes along and make sure that he gets sent packing. Also, the fact that he couldn’t even get Bruce to flop speaks volumes. He and Bruce were originally very tight when the game started being on the “old guys” tribe and everything. If Bruce won’t go back to that allegiance then he is obviously playing this game for himself right now and is going with the premise that there is strength in numbers.
Austin basically opened the door for himself to get the boot last week when he admitted that he was trying to appear weak in the challenges. Huge mistake! That proved to be his undoing. La Mina is just going to get picked off one by one (Sally is next) until there is just Terry left. Then there will be the 6 Casayas and him. Since he has the idol 2 of the Casayas will go before he does. Presumably, that will end up being 2 of the weaker ones, probably Courtney and maybe Cirie or Danielle. Cirie is a better strategist (one of the best this game has seen IMO) so probably Danielle. Then the final 4 become Shane, Aras, Terry, Cirie, and Bruce. This is all assuming that nobody that NEEDS to win immunity does.
Oh yeah, and one other thing…..
Terry promises the idol to everyone and his brother if they should get voted out but doesn’t give it to Austin, one of his own tribemates. What’s up with that?
Shame on you Terry. Again. For the 4th time. What a terrible “leader” he is. His ego is the size of Alaska. Why have the La Mina’s not turned on him? Would he be allowed to have openly passed the idol to Nick or Austin after the votes were revealed?
Shane in a Speedo was something I hoped to never see in all my days.
Cirie is cool, but I don’t see her being a great strategist yet. Everyone seems to say some insightful things to the camera and then do absolutely nothing to shake it up. If these people were predatory animals they would all starve to death while they sat around waiting for meat to fall in their mouths. Except for Shane, Aras, and Terry. The three snakes.
I think that Danielle should have taken the deal too. Not only would she probably have guaranteed herself a spot in the final four, she would have taken the power out of Terry’s hands. I think that Terry’s confidence is too great right now, and that might come back to bite him in the ass soon. Exlogcabin’s cooment was true. There is still a way to split the remaining Casaya votes to strip Terry of the idol (post final four) next week if he doesn’t have immunity. Then he’s forced to win it every week until the end. Now that they all know who has it, they have to be able to figure that out. Hopefully someone (Sally!) will shake things up soon and go for the all female alliance. Why don’t those girls realize that it’s their best bet to all make the final four when they are getting dominated in the challenges by the men? It makes me ashamed to be female. It seems fitting that the only previous Survivor contestant that was convinced of the strength of the all female alliance was a lesbian (Amy). I’m really looking forward to next week’s “chafing” episode.
LQ– I thought the same thing. If Terry could have given the idol to Austin at tribal council and didn’t, he is an even bigger moron. He would have saved an ally and gotten rid of Aras in one move. Anyone know if Terry could have whipped it out after the vote and given it to Austin? Also wondering what is going to happen with the information that Terry has the idol — seems kind of like a non event to me — don’t they pretty much suspect that he has it?
I forgot to give you props for the great recap B-side. Sweet title too. Thanks!
grits- Terry COULD have given it to Austin at TC, but he didn’t. As mentioned before though, it wouldn’t have given his alliance the numbers so it wouldn’t have been as advantageous for him personally as much as giving it to Nick last week. I think he (Terry) just thinks he’s gonna breeze right through winning challenges until the end.
zoobabe, what do you say we manage to get on the show at the same time and put our estrogen power to work. The women always disappoint me. They want to get invited into the inner circle of power by giving backrubs and spooning dorks. Puhleeze! Let’s get some Amazonians on that mutha!
grits, at the very least Terry could have tried to sneak the damn thing to Austin. But, clearly he had no intention of giving the idol up intelligently. He only wants to offer it to Danielle for NO REASON! She is also a bonehead for missing out on that opportunity. Surely she will report back that Terry has it and she has seen it.
LQ- I like your plan. Surely a “babe” and a “queen” could make an all-female alliance work!
This is looks like the beginning of the worst porno EVER.
–sadly, bruce would have to be about a foot and half shorter and courtney about 150 pounds heavier for that to be the beginning of the worst porno EVER, but i won’t get into details.
indeed, terry once again went all macho ding-bat on us, but the damage is done. if he was going to give away the immunity idol, he should have done it last week to save nick, guaranteeing him 3 friendly faces on the jury instead of 2 if he can make it to the end. revealing the idol might not have been such a bad idea, but offering it to danielle was stupid and pointless: she was in no immediate danger, and voting with la mina would have cost her any chance of winning a jury vote.
terry’s game plan sucks, but it has its upside. if terry should fail to win the immunity challenge at any point, casaya might prefer to start eating itself rather than take on the fuzzy math of figuring out how to force terry to use the hidden idol without putting themselves at risk. aras, for instance, would likely prefer to pick off one of his own teammates than risk coming up with the 2nd highest number of votes trying to force terry’s hand.
sally really needs to wake up and offer herself to the casaya women as a swing vote and/or a good person to reach the finals with. at this point, the women could have a controlling alliance, and could start picking off the strongest vulnerable males. but so far it seems like everyone’s staying put, which is boring.
c’mon, shane! go crazy on your thinking chair or something! we need some shane-anigans of in-shane-ity to make this thing interesting again.
Oh- my previous comment (#9) should have read “pre-final four” not post. That makes it make sense now.
Shane looks like the kind of guy you see on the news around here whenever someone’s robbed a pharmacy for Sudafed or messed around with some farmer’s chemicals. The preview for next week made me cringe…poor Cirie. Nobody should be exposed to Shane’s weenis.
Also, Terry is the worst strategist in Survivor history. It makes me wonder what they’re teaching at the Naval Academy. Win the battle, lose the war, perhaps? The smartest thing he could have done is thrown the competition the week of the “hanging from a pole” challenge. He could have EASILY made it look like an accident. He could have gotten rid of Shane and ended up with better numbers. But nooooo…asshat has to win every challenge to show how manly he is. I cannot stand him.
^ I agree with nd. Why didn’t Terry “accidentally” throw the hanging competition. With the numbers working against him, he would have been the target for Casaya to take down. He whips out the idol and someone from Casaya goes home. Now the numbers are more even in his favor. Obviously, he has the strength and ego to keep winning immunity.
Next week should be pretty good with him running his mouth to everyone.
I think Shane just pulled his shorts up so they didn’t get wet…you know, because as soon as he starts to run in the water they won’t fall down or anything. Just trying to think like a lunatic…
Austin is as bad as Terry. He was so pleased with himself for his little ploy at the hang upside down challenge that he had to tell everyone how smart he was. What a retard. I swear the lack of food and hygiene must really impair the contestants’ ability to think clearly.
Lizardqueen, that was no Speedo that Shane was wearing. It was his Froot Of The Looms!
BTW great recap B-side. When you said that Sally was hoping Terry would “slip her the idol”, is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Once the hidden Immunity Idol was discovered by Terry it seems that ‘Exile Island’ is just ‘Time Out Island’…too bad Mark B. and his Producers didn’t come up with more ways to use the Island.
Like a “Veto Idol” that would allow the finder to null and void a regular Immunity winner.
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Perhaps Mark Burnett does have a wrench up his sleeve. Maybe after the Shane’s naughty bits episode we will get a preview of Probst “tune in next week for the most shocking Survivor twist EVER!!!”
How did I ever get sucked into this show? I blame you B-Side. I was through with Survivor after the Colby Dumbaldson debacle. But you talked it up so much I fell right for the trap. And sg-dub with his Project Runway praise. Not to mention The Amazing Race. And American Cheeseball. I used to be a no cable havin’ pseudo intelligent person who actually got things done. It’s really quite pathetic to realize how impressionable I am. Thanks guys.
I can’t stand Terry… that’s fine if he’s only out for himself, but then what’s with all that talk about team loyalty. Like someone else pointed out, if he was so eager to give the idol up to Danielle, why not to one of his own tribe mates? Casaya was one of the most volitale, disjointed tribes I’ve seen… of all the alliances not to be able to break up… just goes to show how awful this whole LaMina tribe has been at strategizing.
Maybe they just didn’t show it, but you’d think Austin would have used his “bonding experience” while he was on Exile Island with Danielle to try to win her over to their side or at least find out some information.
Don’t any of these people actually watch Survivor before going on the show?! Not that it hurt them vote-wise, but hasn’t anyone learned that you never come back from a food reward bragging about how much you ate?! It only pisses people off. I would have been pissed if I had shown up for my reward and had to lay in that sopping wet bed with Bruce and Aras. Some reward.
I would love to see someone steal the idol from Terry. Let’s say sally goes next week, that leave Danielle as the only person that knows Terry has the idol. She takes the idol and clames she found it on the island. It would be Terry’s word against Danielle’s. That would be great. (Or Danielle can go and Sally can do the taking)
In case you’re wondering, here’s how Exile Island actually works out:
Each person who gets sent to Exile Island is given 2 choices: Guaranteed fire OR a Clue to the Hidden Idol. If you choose the clue, you get all the old clues that were revealed to other contestants plus a new clue will be given to you regardless of whether the idol has been found so you wouldn’t know whether or not the idol had been found.
You only have to reveal the Hidden Idol after the votes are read. If you have the Hidden Idol, the person with the second most votes will be voted out.
If you choose to give someone the Hidden Idol, you must do it BEFORE you leave for Tribal Council. You can’t give it to someone while AT Tribal Council.
You can use the Hidden Idol any time up to the Final 4 so you can use the idol at Final 4 to move yourself into the crucial Final 3.
In the event that the Hidden Idol is used before the Final 4. The Idol will be hidden AGAIN on Exile Island and new clues would’ve been provided to the new location. So the Hidden Idol could be used more than once by multiple people.
This season’s ‘rewards’ so far are pretty sad. A few weeks back, the raw fish that Casaya couldn’t even cook because of their perma-flooded beach? Now a wet ass bed with the flimsiest of canopy cloth? Gee, thanks Mark Burnett! I feel for those people.
Anyways, I hate that in his goodbye speech Austin was like “Terry is super-human, I hope he makes it all the way!” It’s nice that he doesn’t hold a grudge but I’m not that mature or blind. I would not have praised Terry for being a selfish idiot. Poor Austin, he even asked Terry for the idol; I remember him telling Terry to give him or Sally the idol in case nobody from Casaya flips and Terry just looked blankly and then it cut to the walk to tribal council.
Cirie, delightful as always! I don’t know if an all female alliance would help her in the long run because if she makes it to Final 3 and doesn’t get immunity at that time, I doubt the other girls would choose her to sit by them for Final 2 since she’s liked by everyone. I want it to work out for her though!
Oh and everybody, I hope this won’t be considered a spoiler since it’s been advertised by CBS for over a month now but … the “medical emergency” is in 2 weeks according to tvguide, so not this week’s ep but next week’s (04/20). YAY!! Something exciting might actually happen on this season of Survivor. FINALLY.
Terry definitely went about this the wrong way. Last week he was looking at keeping his secret idol for as long as possible and wanted to win immunity in the challenge to avoid having to break out the idol so soon. But as we all screamed at our tv’s as we watched, his last best chance to even things out and play with real strategy was to make sure Austin or Nick won immunity in the hanging challenge (but look like he was really trying to win so that Casaya wouldn’t assume he had the secret idol), let Casaya vote for him, and then break out the idol and send Shane packing (although Aras would’ve been the better choice.) It would’ve evened out the numbers but also would’ve broken Casaya down mentally. Now he has to win every challenge save one before the final 4, and if he loses a challenge in the final 4 when he can’t use the idol, he’ll have to scramble. His only play then will be to hope that with majority-Casaya jury, people from Casaya will want to take Terry to final 2.
Oh, and assuming that neither Terry nor Sally win immunity, Casaya would be smart to deliberately split their votes between the two of them 3 and 3 so that if one of them pulls out the secret idol, the other one goes.
flymotha:
i think it made sense for terry to keep the idol rather than give it to austin, mostly because his situation only worsens unless he uses the idol as leverage. if he gave it to austin, shane would have been gone, but the ex-lamina 3 would still be outnumbered, and terry would no longer be protected if he doesn’t win the immunity challenge.
terry comes off as a jerk, but saving austin really wouldn’t have benefitted him unless they could turn bruce and/or danielle against casaya, and there are two strong reasons not to flop: 1) no one wants to be tagged as the back-stabbing opportunist and lose votes on a jury that will be composed of no less than 4 casayans, and 2) no one in casaya would have a better chance in the final 4 against terry, austin, and sally than against any combination of their current alliance.
it might have been worth the gamble to save nick with the hidden immunity idol to keep another target in the game and give himself another friendly face on the jury, but from here on out, terry is wise to keep it unless he’s getting something valuable in return.
la mina was screwed by the merge–nothing would have saved them. even if they’d had one more player or terry had used the idol at the first post-merge tribal council, they’d have still been picked off one by one, because casaya is united in one key respect: they all believe they have a chance against each other, whereas they’d have no chance adding on as fifth or sixth members of a tight alliance made up of strong, smart, athletic players.
Danielle should have said she was going to go along with Terry and taken then idol…BUT, really just take the idol and still vote with Casaya. Then she would have been in the majority AND had the idol. That would only work if Terry gave it to here BEFORE the vote though. She could have made some “I’m honest, blah blah blah” speech, maybe throw in more military jargon, and could maybe convinced Terry to give it to her before the vote.
Terry isn’t a great strategist — that has been deduced by all of us. What would be most interesting is if he somehow manages to again win the immunity challenge next week; and in doing so slips his idol to Sally. If the others were aware of this, would they still vote for Sally or would they vote upon their own? I would be curious to see how they’d treat such a situation.
I think after watching the preview for next week, we know why Shane had his shorts pulled so far up. He has serious chafing issues which he asks poor Cirie to take a look at.
Shane or Courtney (both) would be the ideal candidate to take to the final two with you . . . everybody is annoyed with Shane and nobody in her own alliance cares for Courtney. Both would insure the votes going to the other person.
EVERY season on Survivor we get the same kind of people who learn they are number 5 or 6 within their alliance and are upset about it. And EVERY season on Survivor we see them do nothing about it (except for the brainy Neleh and Pascal — but their tribemates were so bitter about being duped we got the least-deserving winner in history that year).
I enjoy the show; but it is seriously a repeat of every other season. People say last season was boring — but I am still so glad someone like Danni won the thing. I can’t stand anybody in this year’s proposed final four. Cirie is delightful, but I still don’t highly care for her — REMEMBER everyone — she is scared of leaves.
If neither Sally or Terry wins immunity next week, the ex-Casaya members would have to split their votes as follows: 4 to Terry and 2 to Sally. Whoever Terry and Sally vote out would then be tied for #2 and a Tevote would take place, insuring that all 6 could then vote for Sally again. A 3-3 tie would only force Sally and Terry into a tiebreaker, meaning that Terry could win safety without having to use the idol. Bottom line is that they have to flush the idol out ASAP or Terry’s going to make it into the final 4. He could then try to convince one of them to take him to the final 2 with a majority of Casaya members on the jury. Maybe I think too far ahead as we don’t know how the medical emergency will affect the game.
Austin revealed in his exit interview that the reason that Terry made it to top 3 in the immunity challenge was that he forgot to cover his puzzle when he was finished, and Terry was next to him and just looked over and copied the right order of rocks to advance quickly.
“I went to the Naval Academy, and at the Academy, nobody lies, cheats, or steals.”
Unless someone forgets to cover their puzzle.
Terry is an idiot
Zoobabe, I agree with you. I don’t think a tie between Terry and Sally would work. ex-Casaya needs to vote 4 for Terry and 2 for Sally, forcing Terry to use his idol now. Of course, that means one of them has to win immunity, and they have to think this through and agree to it without bickering.
And also, Terry missed his chance last week. He has no choice but to keep the idol for himself now, as they’d still be 3 against 5 if he used it this week.
“I went to the Naval Academy, and at the Academy, nobody lies, cheats, or steals.”
That’s just at Yale. And then they make you President.
boo-hoo, I keep missing the rush . . . and I actually missed the first half of the episode, so I was spared whatever exactly the “speedo” reference was . . . TG! (shane ain’t no judd LOL!!!!)
My friend just told me he likes Shane, in a Tommy-Lee kind of way . . . I’m like, oh, is there any other way?! His Tommy-Lee-ness is what makes me ill, but to each his own, I’m certainly in no place to argue taste! How did he slip into any kind of top spot, and Cirie too, who’da thunk!?
Like we’ve all been saying, Terry=idiot, as if he would use that idol to help anyone, what a tease! Perhaps “slipping” it to Sally would be the survivor shock we’ve all been waiting for!!!!!! (yes, I’m talking to you JasonR!)
Was anybody else digging on those anime stockings?
Lastly, I know there’s only one queen (that’s U LQ) but I’d happily join the “grrl” alliance, at least until the pot-bellied, shirtless contestant declares his undying gay-love for me, then you’re on your own!!!! LOL!!!!
and LQ, I hear your cries, but it’s not the peep’s here to blame, it’s the lousy television! I know I can barely stand Survivor w/out the welcome distraction of some mid-drift girth–of which this season completely lacks (unless I was to switch and go after Cirie!)
Why can’t they read the internet on that island and get some moves from us–if only we were playing, instead, yeah, that’s it, TVgasm island, where acid-tongued bloggers like us starve and fight and scheme . . . I’d tune in!!!
I think it’s probably best he’s kept the idol, BUT he really should’ve just been lying low with it, and started on shaking up Casaya instead of offering up uber-lame and pointless alliance deals.
Even if he’d used it last week, they were still outnumbered and there was no way he could save La Mina and himself, as no Casayan would ever flop to a solid La Mina tribe. Can’t blame him for looking out for #1 and probably his best bet all along is to try and hang around until Casaya starts feeding on itself.
That said, he’s played it all wrong. But honestly that OTT music they played as he headed off in the boat over to Casaya makes me suspect the dude just might pull off a streak of immunity wins.
At this point, I’m actually rooting for Shane of all poople.
Sad to say, but I wouldnt mind if Shane won either. He’s annoying as hell, off the deep end, and rude, but he makes for good TV and he must be doing something right to still be around.
Oops, meant people, although “poople” kinda works too.
Yeah, Shane won me over when he was doing some crazy ass eyerolling in the background when Aras and Danielle were bickering. Hated him at first, maybe it was just the withdrawal symptoms, but he’s toned down nicely to be a strong competitor and a thoroughly enjoyable whackjob. Quite tricky to strike the right balance, e.g., see Jade (and editors) from ANTM missing the mark completely.
I’m ok with Shane winning. He’s actually kind of clever. And I love that he has no filter between mind and mouth. “You guys suck” “You’re the most annoying person on the planet” “You’re outta here, then you, then you…” He is unburdened by social niceties such as tact and manners. People are usually reserved and kind with strangers, but not old “I swear on my kid” Shane. Ah, what a breath of fresh air.
Sounds like shane would fit in here . . .
I love “poople” we should always use it!!!!
Hey LQ, sorry to go off-topic, but I totally missed the post for the last AI, and I saw you’re quite a Queen fan . . .oh girl, I’m sooo not optimistic these kids wont screw it up, seems they’ve screwed everything else up, but couldn’t we have Ace do, “Lilly of the Valley!?”
Hopefully I can get back in the swing with my timing.
Can I say, I hope Sally pulls a Danni, that would be fun, and if the countdown continues . . . esp w/ courtney and Shane in top 4, guess we’re off to a dull couple of weeks!
I think Austin looks like Willie Aames.
I’m jumping on the Shane bandwagon. At first, I just wished that someone (anyone!) would punch him in the face. But as he’s calmed down, it turns out he’s actually really smart–he seems to be the only one who’s thinking (effectively…sorry Terry) a few steps ahead.
Plus, he does often say the things that I’m thinking. Mostly “Shut up, Courtney.”
And (here’s a secret): I think he’s cute.
Shane’s parting words while casting his vote against Austin (from Survivor Insider): “The creepy Christian goes home.”
Shane is too much. While everyone else gives the classic ‘you’re a great guy/it’s just a game’ lines, we know we can count on Shane to say what’s on his mind. You can bet that if/when Shane gets booted, he won’t be talking about wonderful, life-changing experiences or telling us to ‘chase our dreams.’ I would root for him to win, but I’d prefer the pleasure of watching him go go totally apeshit when his torch gets snuffed, followed by a hardcore rant of bitterness and indignation at the last tribal council.
my heart is with cirie–it would be so great to see her win after being told to her face in the 2nd week by shane and aras that she and melinda would be the first 2 to go–but cirie is no threat to win final immunity, and she is the last person anyone wants to take to the finals. i think aras has designs on ending up in the final 2 with Shane, which might work out if Terry doesn’t ride the immunity win streak all the way.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Cirie, but I have to say I’m getting a bit disappointed that there hasn’t really been any strategizing at all from Cirie since the merge, maybe it’s coming. And yeah, it is pretty much hopeless for her even with some scheming. I dunno, maybe they’ll have some sort of final immunity challenge that favours her, like last year’s where Danni’s long legs and small frame pretty much guaranteed a win. Hmmm, can’t think of what that would be, other than throwing female contestants into the dirt. That was awesome!
i, too, am starting to like shane.
cirie is my next favorite to win. a lot of you guys are disappointed w/ her lack of strategizing… but the truth is, she is safe and riding the waves.
ps – terry is a douchebag.
Why does everyone think Cirie doesn’t have a strategy? She has been pursuing her strategy ever since she was warned she was next out after Melinda. Her strategy has been to hang back and be a likeable, helpful and valuable tribe member that pulls her weight at challenges (no pun intended) but certainly never do anything to make anyone think she’s a threat. So far, it has worked beautifully. She is the shoulder that everyone comes to cry on when they have a complaint about someone else so she always knows what’s going on. People complain that she didn’t jump ship to Terry & Co., but it wouldn’t have made her any better off and she would have been seen by both sides as untrustworthy.
A) I wouldn’t exactly call that a “strategy”. I mean, it’s not bad, but it’s more or less just common sense. The fact that she is surrounded by bonafide nutjobs probably makes her seem like she’s being more strategic than she is.
B) Cirie does not have a strategy that will get her to the final two. Being that likeable might get her further in the game but is ultimately going to work against her at the end. At this point, she’d probably be better off being seen as untrustworthy.
chronic, I gotta disagree. Tina won Survivor Outback doing the same thing Cirie is doing. She was even so damn likeable that moron Colby handed her the million for no good reason.
I gotta agree with JasonR. Cirie has plenty of strategy and she may actually be one of the best we’ve ever seen. She just does it in a very quiet way. She is extremely perceptive and figures people out very easily. Don’t forget, we don’t see everything that is going on. We only see what the producers are willing to show us so who knows what we haven’t even seen yet or what Cirie has got cooking up in her mind that she hasn’t divulged.
Listen poople…(funny how that fits right in to this episode considering Sally said she nearly pooped her pants when she found out Terry had the idol..she be nasty!)
I don’t think whether or not Cirie has a strategy has anything to do with her still being in the game. She’s there because she’s not considered a threat. Somehow, though, those are the ones that make it to the top 3 or 4 and usually win. They didn’t have to do any lying, backstabbing, etc. So the jury isn’t mad at them, and they win by default against someone who was working hard to win but ticked everyone off.
A) I wouldn’t exactly call that a “strategy”. I mean, it’s not bad, but it’s more or less just common sense. The fact that she is surrounded by bonafide nutjobs probably makes her seem like she’s being more strategic than she is.
cirie has definitely benefitted from luck, but she has also made some key moves in the game. first, she got the tribe to keep the weakest player (herself) and get rid of the strongest (tina). then after the initial 4 teams were split into 2 and the jerky boys declared that the vote was a toss-up between the two older babes, cirie subtly scrambled to outlast melinda.
then she managed through working hard and being a careful listener to establish herself at the center of the casaya alliance she was originally on the outside of. suddenly bruce and bobby–who were carrying the tribe in camp and challenges, respectively–were below cirie on the food chain.
she ain’t julius caesar, but she’s not a passive player, either.
B) Cirie does not have a strategy that will get her to the final two.
this i agree with. even colby now admits that giving up the sure thing and taking tina to the finals was stupid. no one is going to risk facing cirie in the finals when they could be up against one of the assholes, who are all hated by la mina and pretty much hate each other, to boot. and cirie is highly unlikely to win a stamina challenge for final immunity.
the one scenario in which i could see cirie winning the game would be if terry wins final immunity and takes her to the finals figuring that he’d rather see cirie take the million than one of the assholes. but that would require terry to think unselfishly–something he’s been reluctant to do up to this point.
Remember when Cirie said, “If you’re at home watching this from the couch–stay there! This is harder than it seems”
to paraphrase, guess she’s come a long way, and us couch potatoes might still have some hope!
Yeah, I’m not dissing Cirie at all, I suppose I just chalk up a lot of her so-called strategy to her undeniably excellent “people” skills in general (mind you Bobby totally dug his own grave).
Still somebody in Casaya has gotta make a move sooner or later, and I’m hoping Cirie shows us a little more in the way of subtle manipulation, alliance negotiation, and the always entertaining stoking of paranoia and suspicion.
Remember Sondra? She won the million by being passive and riding other’s coattails (mostly Rupert’s). Does the name Amber ring a bell? I think that Cirie’s doing a hell of a job right now. Her best move would be to stick with her six until the final six, then go with the girls to oust the guys one by one. Unless Sally wants to make it a four and yada, yada, yada…already said.
juddfan- if you were in an all female alliance with LQ and I, I would purposely starve all pot-bellied male contestants so you would not be swayed to flip allegiances! I’m always thinking.