Survivor: Lightning Strikes Twice

Survivor

By Schoonie | | 4:48 pm | 37 Comments
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REMEMBER THIS FACE, FOR IT WILL SPELL YOUR DOOM, LAURA.It’s Night 21 at Aiga, right after Erik has been voted out. Russell tells us that he didn’t even think twice about playing the idol, even though he knows it exposes him and he’s sure he’s leaving next. On the other side of camp, the Galu females congratulate themselves: “That went perfectly,” Laura says, gloating about the fact that they got Erik out and also got Russell to expose himself. Okay, that is the last time I use the words “Russell” and “expose himself” in a sentence, because I think I just went blind briefly.

In the morning on Day 22, Natalie is wandering through the woods and stumbles upon a REALLY big rat. She waffles hilariously between Girly Squeal Mode and Determined Hunter Mode for a while. “Oh, rock or stick?” she says before apologizing to the little guy and settling on “stick”, killing it. Wow, did not expect that from her.

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“This is just like my senior prom, except the stick was smaller.”

She takes the rat carcass back to the tribe inside a coconut, showcasing her prize and telling the story to all her tribemates, who are various shades of impressed. They cook it up quickly and eat it commenting that it taste like chicken while Natalie beams, proud of herself. It is pretty impressive to think about. I’m pretty sure I would have run in the other direction, squealing like a girl and high stepping.

Mick and Russell go to get the treemail, and Russell peers inside the treemail structure, jokingly looking for an idol. “There’s another idol around camp, and I will find it, or I’m gone,” he says. There’s really not precedent for another, post-merge idol, since we’ve never had this many people left with no idols in play. I mean, James got voted out with both idols (HA HA), but that was much later in the game. I had no reason to bring that up, except to remind you that James got voted out with both idols. Loser.

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“You’re walking on thin ice, TREEMAIL.”

Reward Challenge. Two teams of five will race to collect poles threaded with white and black coconuts. Once all the poles are collected, they’ll have to be arranged to form a four digit number, and a blindfolded team member will then use the number to unlock a combo lock by touch only. The winning team will receive a getaway to an oasis with a rock slide, where they will also get a picnic lunch.

Because there are eleven people and the challenge calls for ten, Natalie gets left out. She will choose a team, and if that team wins, she gets to go on the reward too. Since one team is all the former Foa Foas, plus Brett and Laura, she’s sort of forced to choose that one.

And hey, with all the Foa Foas on one team, guess who wins? The team with all the Galu members! They manage to uncover their number first, and from that point it’s pretty much impossible to catch up. I know that you are shocked.

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“Wait, where’s the snooze button?”

So we jump immediately to the former Galu members enjoying their reward, swimming majestically in slow motion and sliding down the rock formation, which really should involve wearing a helmet. And yes, I just said that these people should be wearing helmets because what they’re doing looks dangerous. I am a fifty year old Jewish grandmother.

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So dangerous! Just like going out after dark.

After the Galu members have finished tempting fate, they sit down to a tasty meal, which apparently involves a fried chicken toast. I sometimes wonder what those people on The Biggest Loser did to get so large, and now I know: they toast with fried chicken instead of champagne. That is some shit Homer Simpson would do to qualify for disability.

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“The fingers you have used to dial…are too fat. To order a special dialing wand, mash they keypad with your fingers now.”

It turns out that the picnic also comes with a clue for a newly hidden immunity idol. The Galus quickly agree to keep this information from the Foa Foas. Everyone agrees that it should be Russell who goes next, so they want to make sure he doesn’t get ahold of the idol. Well, everyone except Shambo, who wants Russell to stay, because she has the people reading skills of a German citizen, circa 1940.

Back at Aiga, Russell is turning the camp upside down searching for another immunity idol. “It has to be near something, a landmark or something,” Russell says. He has a point: it does have to be near something obvious. So he’s walking over this bridge, and he gets on his belly and looks underneath, and: there it is. AGAIN. Holy shit, this guy.

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“You’re walking on thin ice, BRIDGE.”

See, now I almost feel like I have to root for him, even though I detest his constant yammering. I mean, the guy has worked the system for all it’s worth, and there’s something to be said for that. I mean, how has no one thought to do this before?

But here’s the thing: if this show devolves into everyone frantically searching around camp for the idol, I’m out. How is that interesting? It sucks a lot of strategy out of the game, so if the producers would be nice enough to hide the idol a little more carefully next season, or, better yet, someplace that is not camp, that would be awesome.

When the reward winners return to camp, Russell pulls Shambo aside and shows her the idol, because that is what he does with idols. OMG, it’s almost like he needs as many people as possible to know how smart he is! I surely hope that is not his undoing, for that would be tragic and also poetic. Also tasty.

He tells us that he’s showing Shambo because they only have four people on their team and need some help. If you have the idol and are planning on surprising someone, does it matter how many people you have? The thing I don’t like about Russell is that he treats the audience like we’re stupid too, and this is just one instance of that.

Shambo’s reaction is pretty great. “You are shitting me,” she says, completely losing her mind. “This is a samurai sword!” she says, hacking at the air like a crazy person. Don’t let her hold it; she’ll lose it in the ocean!

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“Wow, this thing is great!” (fumbles and drops idol into the water)

Russell says the plan is to get everyone to vote for him, then play immunity idol and send Laura home. They discuss what should happen in case Laura wins immunity again, and they decide to get rid of Kelly, since they think Monica will destroy herself. I’m hoping Shambo and Russell destroy themselves, actually.

Immunity Challenge! In the first round, each contestant will use a grappling hook to retrieve two bags containing puzzle pieces. The first three people to get their bags will go to the final round, which is to solve a puzzle by matching oddly shaped pegs to their correct holes.

Mick gets his bags pretty quickly, and Shambo follows soon after. Russell and Laura get their bags at the same time and have to race to the finish line. Russell freaks out and loses his bag, so Laura is the final person to go onto the final round. During the puzzle round, Laura catches on quickly and absolutely smokes Mick and Shambo, winning Immunity for the second time in a row as Russell watches, powerless.

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Russell sad face FAIL!

Back at camp, Shambo whines to the camera about the fact that she can’t vote off Laura. “My heart is broken,” she says, because apparently being unable to eliminate your mortal enemy is the equivalent of a tough high school breakup.

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Also, maybe try BEATING HER in the challenge next time.

So now it’s time for Russell to put his plan into motion; he tells Jaison, Natalie and Mick that he’s found another idol, and that they’re going to blindside the Galu members and knock Kelly out of the game. They congratulate him on finding another idol. “You deserve it, man,” Jaison says, which is the exact opposite of the truth. It’s impressive, but there’s really nothing deserving involved. Also, explain to me why they’re going after Kelly again? Doesn’t it make a lot more sense to eliminate Dave or John? Getting rid of Kelly is just going to merge the boy and girl Galus into one united front, instead of keeping them separate.

Mick is excited to pull one over on Galu: “I can’t wait to put a dent in that patronizing attitude they have towards us,” he says. I’m not sure that guy is used to being inferior to anyone.

Meanwhile, the Galus are putting together their plan to eliminate Russell. Monica brings up the idea of splitting the votes to eliminate Natalie on the “off” chance that Russell has found the immunity idol. Dave, in his infinite wisdom, thinks this is a ridiculous idea. “I don’t know, if I were him I’d be looking pretty hard,” John says, taking Monica’s side, which is strange.

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Way to make John look smart, DAVE.

I’m not sure splitting votes is going to do much: there are only seven Foa Foa members remaining (including Shambo), which means they’d have to put four on one person and three on another to have any effect, and that would at best only create a fire-making tie breaker. Unless I’m missing something, there’s really no point to splitting the votes. This was probably pointed out by someone and edited out to make Foa Foa look hubristic, I’m guessing.

Tribal Council! Erik gets brought in as the first member of the jury, and he’s holding his necklace in the air for some reason. Remember how Crazy Amber used to do that when she voted on Big Brother? Hate.

Jeff asks the Galu members whether the elimination of Erik was a sign that they are splintering. Dave says that Erik actually made them weaker, since “he was a snake”. Wait, I thought Dave was tight with Erik? Either way, Erik is completely livid on the sidelines, dying to speak.

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They talk at length about how the voting is still going to be along tribal lines, like we needed to know that. Probst asks Dave how Galu decides to eliminate, and he tells Probst that it’s “A combination of things”, including “whose needs will be met” when they eliminate someone. I don’t even know what that means.

Time to vote! We don’t see ANY of the votes, which is an interesting way to go. Before the votes are read, Russell gets up AGAIN and plays the idol, flooring the Galu members. “Keep hope alive!” he tells them, smirking. You know, I hate Russell a whole bunch for being a smug asshole, but when everyone the entire cast is composed of nothing but smug assholes, it’s hard not to smile, a little.

And what do you know? Russell receives the first SEVEN votes cast, rendering them all useless. When the next vote is read for Kelly, she knows her time’s up immediately. When she gets the next two, that’s it for her, which is too bad because she’s super hot.

“He just stirred up a whole lot of hell, is what he did,” Laura mutters, flabbergasted. At this point, Jeff declares that the idol is going back into the game again.

And then, guess what? In the stupid previews for next week, a bunch of assholes chase each other around camp, trying to keep one another from getting the idol. Yay, I can’t wait to watch the central conceit of this show to be rendered useless! If this is all the show is gonna be from now on (because you know future contestants will be doing this same thing), and all we’re going to do is watch a bunch of jerks hunt around randomly for the idol, than I believe we may have just witnessed a shark jumping. Thanks, RUSSELL.

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Like most people in America, Schoonie watches entirely too much reality television.  Unlike most people, Schoonie gets to share his opinions with the world, which is pretty rad.  Currently living in Chicago, Schoonie's been with Tvgasm since 2006.  He spends his free time writing Survivor fan fiction (Letters to Penthouse, all featuring Rupert!) , playing with his cover band, and playing with his other cover band. Also, this one time, Lisi fell.

37 Comments

  1. 1
    cattyfan
    Posted November 16, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    Gee…remember when idols were actually hidden? And producers didn’t make it easy for their favorites to find ‘em and stay on the show?

    What a bunch of crap.

  2. 2
    ThisShowRocks!
    Posted November 16, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but I was actually rooting for Russell to find that idol…and then to use it.

    Another awesome blindside!

    Did anyone else notice Shambo voted for Russell? Did they discuss this? Was the plan for her to vote against Russell so the others wouldn’t know they’re working together?

    I read an exit interview with Kelly, and she said that, once the tribes merged, Shambo and Russell were living together in a tree away from everyone else. Certainly everyone knew they were a team. So, why would she vote against him?

  3. 3
    itchy
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 12:31 am

    Oh yeah, Survivor’s going to become the Amazing Race where all the contestants scramble about uselessly in order to complete inane ‘tasks’ that ultimately serve little to no purpose because every fucking episode will have an ‘equalizer’ (or an immunity idol). The difference being, of course, that we have to bear the site of Russell scrambling in his nasty underwear.

    Can’t wait until this week to see how the producers help him find the new idol.

    I really think Survivor started going downhill when they introduced the idol. It adds NOTHING to the gameplay, and competely fucks up ALL of the social aspect of the game.

    Speaking of stupid producers’ tricks… that whole rat scene with Natalie was completely contrived to fulfill this episode’s bikini quotient. Think of it: when was the last time (outside of NYC) that a rat just sat there and let YOU whack it with a stick?(Put your hand down Mr. Dangerous, let someone else answer for a change.)

    Not to mention that there was a camera crew looking on. I bet that rat was tied with a string.

    Arg! Why are they destroying my favorite show?

    And yes, Russell only looks smart because he’s with a bunch of idiots…I mean…actors. There’s no way in hell that Mick is a doctor.

  4. 4
    JasonR
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 5:45 am

    itchy, don’t diss my favorite, Jesus-lovin’, bikini rockin’, Marge-Simpson hairdo wearin’, rat whackin’ hottie Natalie! I think in an area that remote a rat might not have any innate fear of humans. I can tell you that here in NYC the rats have almost no fear of humans for the opposite reason, being that they’re among people so much with pretty much impunity that we don’t intimidate them at all. I’ve seen them run right across the tops of someone’s shoes on a subway platform.

    I’m certainly a little suspicious of Russell finding another idol, but give the producers a little credit. There’s no way they’d stoop to staging something that has almost no impact on the game.

  5. 5
    cattyfan
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 6:47 am

    JasonR…it DID have an impact on the game. It kept Russell in it. Without him “finding” that idol, his chubby, grubby-underwear clad butt would have been (mercifully) gone.

    And itchy…I loved your shout-out to Mr. Dangerous LOL

  6. 6
    Mr Dangerous
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 8:04 am

    Schoonie: It is so good to have you back. I missed you and I’m always thinking about you on Sundays and Mondays for some reason.

    I don’t know if Russell can make it to the end because he’s got a big bulls eye on his big ass so the only advice I can give him at this point is RUN, RUSSELL, RUN! I understand why the producers like him; Russell IS THE SHOW. Everyone else is just background or playing a supporting part. Though I do have to admit that I’m very glad Laura has appeared. Russell seems re-energized now that he has a target to go after. Before Laura’s emergence we were seeing a different side of Russell. A softer, more vulnerable Russell. I don’t like that Russell.

    The producers have made it clear that Laura is the Evil Queen who wants Russell eliminated. Uh, my only advice to Laura would be “ judging from your facial expressions during tribal council you might take the stick out of your butt otherwise your head is going to explode. RUN, RUSSELL, RUN! Beat Galu!

    Jumped the shark? Oh, stop. Not yet. When they start having celebrity versions of Survivor we’ll know the shark has been jumped.

  7. 7
    zerocool
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 8:07 am

    How can andybody be upset with this episode – it was awesome. Best tribal council in a long time (and last week’s was great!).

    It does defy explanation that no one has tried to look for the idol before. It’s such an obvious idea that you have to give props to Russell. It’s definitely game-changing, whether good or bad is yet to be seen.

    And how awesome was Shambo. I did a complete 180 in my opinion of her. The acting she did in tribal council (by voting for Russell she’s keeping her alliance with Foa Foa a secret, duh) was too great. Watch Laura try to make BFF with her.

    And Dave is a tool, but I had to laugh at his reaction of glee during the blindside. He was lovin the game play even though it was screwing his side.

    Not sure how long Russell will last, but in the words of Jaison – “I’m really starting to love that guy”.

  8. 8
    baymenxpac
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 8:26 am

    agree that this was one of the best episodes in a while. i think too often us avid tv viewers want to distrust reality television and automatically assume that anything happens is producer-influenced. but let’s take a look at what’s going on with foa foa. they’re lazy and complacent, not willing to make any big moves and basically take a knee and let the clock run out on galu. i think the blindside hadm ore to do with russell’s initiative and determination to actually rely on his brain rather than a 20 day olf alliance of people he doesn’t know from a hole in the wall.

    where we sit right now, it’s 6-5 (mick, jaison, natalie, russell and shambo are solid votes). all we need is one more miracle week and we can get to a 5-5 battle royale for all the marbles.

    as far as russell goes, let’s face it: he’s the only reason to watch this season. and what’s really all the dislikable about him? he calls people stupid every once and a while and thinks he’s a little smarter than he probably is? welcome to everyone ever born. go get ‘em, russell! win the whole thing!

  9. 9
    itchy
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 9:10 am

    Well, the first rule in reality television is that it’s not real. If the shows aren’t exactly scripted, the action is definitely ‘encouraged’.

    That said, I’m usually perfectly happy to suspend belief and go with the flow of what’s being presented to me. It’s more fun that way.

    Except, this season has become too much of the Russell show for my taste. I guess I just don’t admire that sort of douchebaggery. Then again, I’m from a different generation from a lot of you. ;-p

    Now, of course, the season is edited after the fact — so the editors were faced with an extremely boring and woefully lame cast of characters and only a couple of standouts. So they edited the season accordingly. Which means lots of Russell (villain) and Shambo (oddball).

    I think it’s suspicious that all of a sudden they stopped showing Russell pulling the stupid behavior from the beginning of the show — emptying canteens and burning socks, that sort of thing. They’ve also toned down a lot of the misogynistic chatter.

    These are, of course, the things that inspired my contempt for him. Not only because they were just plain juvenile things to do. But also because from a strategy standpoint, they made no sense.

    But either he stopped doing those things, in which case, huh? Or the producers decided not to show them anymore, in order to build support (and viewers) for the character.

    I’m leaning toward the latter.

    Or maybe a combination of the two. Because really, the only thing ‘gamechanging’ about Russell’s style of play is the utter randomness of his ‘strategy.’

    It’s like spending the afternoon with my ADHD-afflicted nephew.

  10. 10
    JasonR
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 9:13 am

    cattyfan (#5), I meant that it would be preposterous for the producers to stage Natalie’s rat killing, and THAT had no impact on the game. Of course Russell’s ability to sniff out hidden immunity idols, without clues, much like a pig can find buried truffles, has a HUGE impact on the game. Many would argue too huge an impact.

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    martiny59
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 9:47 am

    Did anyone from Galu have a chance to look for the idol at camp? Couldn’t they have possibly discovered that someone back at camp already found it and avoided the whole blindside?

  12. 12
    cattyfan
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 9:53 am

    sorry, JasonR. That’s what I get for reading and responding pre-coffee :)

  13. 13
    Pegster
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 10:01 am

    My issue with Russell is that he does something cool, like find HIs without clues, and then proceeds to:

    1. Show EVERYONE in camp, thereby making himself a target/playing the idol because he thought he had to save himself; or

    2. Target Kelly. Who? Huh? Yeah, way to take out a strong player.

    He is no mastermind.

  14. 14
    itchy
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 10:42 am

    CAttyfAn: I only ever post comments here under one of three conditions: 1) pre-coffee, 2) immediate post-coffee, and 3) just after that second glass of red wine… ;-D

    Guess which one I’m on now. Hic! Urp.

  15. 15
    juddfan
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 11:24 am

    I’m with the best epi evah crowd on this one. this was clean strategy and a huge WTF!!! I don’t know why Kelly was chosen for such a perfect chance to eliminate whoever was the strongest or biggest threat–they said she was tight with Laura as the reason, but I couldn’t not get rid of Dave–and he deserved it for underestimating Russell’s determination (and the favoritism of the producers)

    Call me crazy, but I’d love to see Russ and Shamwow final two. If they were up against Laura, that might be equally fun.

    I hope the whole show doesn’t devolve into idol chasing, but it looks kinda funny to me!!!

    what ever happened to those chickens?

    The rat scene was a complete riot, i would’ve been just as girly too!

  16. 16
    scooter
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 11:31 am

    JasonR – OMG! You owe me a new laptop “much like a pig can find buried truffles” RE: Russell

  17. 17
    marijai
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Definitely one of the best episodes of the season.

    I really would have loved to play on the sliding rocks.

    Did anyone else think Russell threw the challenge? He had his second bag on the hook and was watching Laura out of the corner of his eye. When he just about had his bag to the line, it looked like looked over at Laura and the purposefully dropped the bag. Boyfriend and I rewound it 3 times, and it really looked like he threw the challenge. Anyone else notice?

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    thisshowrocks!
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    zerocool said:
    “And how awesome was Shambo. I did a complete 180 in my opinion of her. The acting she did in tribal council (by voting for Russell she’s keeping her alliance with Foa Foa a secret, duh) was too great.”

    I addressed this in my comment…Perhaps this is Shambo’s plan – the keep her alliance a secret.
    BUT…I also said that I’d read where Shambo and Russell shared a “treehouse” of sorts instead of living with the others. Who wouldn’t naturally suspect her of working with him?

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    zerocool
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Because they’re either very dumb or they already suspect her loyalty but are doing nothing about it.

    And I think Shambo wanted to take down Kelly as a personal jab at Laura. Shambo’s in good with the guys, so she doesn’t want to target them.

    Also, it’s 5 to 5 now, if you consider Shambo on Foa Foa’s side.

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    dani2526
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    The rock slide looked a tad painful. And, whenever I see these food rewards, I can’t help but wonder if they get uber sick afterward. I cringe every time I see these segments!!!

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    dani2526
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    I haven’t looked at the comments so I don’t know if this was said already, but didn’t Russell say explicitly that he wasn’t going to tell anyone this time about his found immunity idol?? And then he goes and tells everyone!

  22. 22
    soapboxx
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    Dani: Yeah he did say he wasn’t going to tell anyone. That lasted all of about 5 minutes though, short man, short memory. I loved the look on Kelly’s face when she realized the jig was up. And Eric didn’t even try to hide the anger from his blindside last week. The producers have manipulated this show from Survivor 1. Remember the voters being coerced into keeping Rudy scandal? Oh well, reality TV started with a group of out of work teenager/20 somethings having sex and spending money in million dollar big city lofts on Real World so I guess that says it all. I think both S and AR need more physical challenges. You’ll know the producers are trying to keep Russell around if the next challenge is strength/endurance. I’m kind of rooting for Shamwow now just because her whole team was so mean to her for the first 20+ days. I hope it comes back to bite them in the ass. Also Shamwow and Russell living in a tree together? Do the monkeys circle around and watch them for entertainment? We’ll know they had sex if they show a bunch of monkeys walking around with their eyes gouged out.

  23. 23
    itchy
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 1:03 am

    Arg! Soapboxx! I’m trying to eat breakfast here!

    It would never have occurred to me to imagine the Leprechauan and Shambot having sex together!

    Ick! Ack! Retch!

  24. 24
    Snootchy Bootches
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 3:55 am

    Dani, I bet they do get sick. Their systems just can’t handle it. I remember a few seasons where people talked about it. The most obvious one was the season when Ethan won. He and the guy with the tattoos (Lex?) went on a reward thing and they both talked about it giving them the runs.

    Sorry that my only comment was about pooping, Schoonie. No reflection on you! I came into this one a bit late and everyone has already said what I would have said so I will just leave it with: Thank you for another funny recap. My husband and I always wait for this after watching the show.

  25. 25
    Mr Dangerous
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 7:36 am

    Soapbox:

    I had forgotten that SHAMBO’s team had been mean to her for the first 10 days or so and treated her like an outsider. I suspect SHAMBO hasn’t forgotten though.

    I hope SHAMBO gets her revenge too. Wouldn’t that be delicious to watch.

    The monkey thing was funny.

  26. 26
    Damian
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 7:37 am

    juddfan – I’m with you on the voting thing. Foa Foa essentially had free reign to SEVERELY weaken the physical strength of Galu by voting off whomever they wanted. I understand the Laura thing I suppose, but as soon as she got immunity, I would have targeted John immediately. He’s quiet, smart, and seems to be very very handy in the challenges. Kelly is a non-issue. A hot, faux-dreadlocked, non-issue.

    itchy – I was on the Monica bandwagon of eye candy, but Laura impressed me this week… Also, I think they’re real.

  27. 27
    pappy44
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 7:57 am

    For poster #8, its 5-5….it was “7″ to 4 (11), and we now lost one…so it is 5-5 (since we know dog the bounty hunter, i mean, shambo) is with the troll…

    Mmmmmmmm…natalie….mmmmmmmmm…..woot…

    I love blindsides….they are the best.

    Schoo, you are right. If they split the votes, the best they could hope for is a split at 4-4 (with three votes going to the person with the idol). That would put one of their own at risk, and if they guessed wrong, they would lost the vote 3-4. It wouldn’t make sense to vote 5-2 or 6-1 either, cause they are at risk the same way. Too early to make that split vote.

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    itchy
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 8:22 am

    Judging from the Ponderosa videos, Kelly cleans up quite nicely indeed. We wuz robbed, gentlemen!

    At least we can look forward to long lingering camera pans of her taking her seat at every Tribal Council. Which will mean she’ll get more camera time than she got while still in the game.

    Also according to the Ponderosa videos, Eric is apparently living on Pepto Bismol a week after getting ejected.

  29. 29
    2muchbravo
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 10:31 am

    I’m not sure Sham’s on Russell’s team (if you know what I mean). Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I just don’t think we’ll be seeing any little Russbo’s running around in the future.
    I would have taken Dave out instead of Kelly. He seems to be the one people listen to. And, he’s a douche.
    Why would Russell have thrown the challenge and let Laura win? He had a smug look on his face like, “I got this one Bitch,” and jerked his rope a little too hard and the hook fell off. The last thing they wanted was for her to get immunity. BTW, her girls don’t look real to me.

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    Mr Dangerous
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 10:45 am

    I agree with 2muchbravo. Sham’s not on Russell’s team (not that there’s anything wrong with it).

    Russell probably needed somebody to clean up the tree house and that’s why he allowed her to live with him.

    I don’t know why ALL you PEEPS don’t see why Kelly was taken out. Russell is not only a misogynist but he’s a sexist too. I suspect Russell doesn’t think women are smart enough to go to the final five with him. I’m guessing he only wants MEN with him because he only sees men as his equal so he’s not going to get rid of PONYTAIL guy or Scientist guy when he can get rid of another one of those “dumb girls.”

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    Clair
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 11:40 am

    My take on Russel throwing the challenge is that for his plan to work, a) he couldn’t win immunity so he wasn’t trying very hard, and b) Laura couldn’t win immunity either. So when he looked over at her and saw that she was gaining on him, he tried harder but failed.

    Great recap, Schoonie!

  32. 32
    juddfan
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 11:54 am

    I agree, I agree . . . Shamwow isn’t on R’s team, but since she’s so . . . Rambo, they probably get along fine.

    I also agree John was probably the strongest player to be rid of, but I agree Ponytail is the douchiest, and I agree Sham is tight with the guys, so likely targeted a “dumb” girl instead–they were all doing yoga after all!!!!

    I’m honestly enjoying this season more than I can recall any other since Judd’s reign . . . and goodness knows my reasons are suspect for that ; )

    I doubt it’s R’s turn to go, or they wouldn’t be hinting at it on the ads . . .

    Laura . . .hmmm . . . she does seem to be old enough to want to add a little perk, but I haven’t noticed them looking like bags . . . not meaning to offend, but I’m in CA here . . . ain’t no one gonna drown in this town . . . hee . . .

  33. 33
    itchy
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Mr. D, I’ve already discussed my understanding of why Lil’ Russ only targets women.

    He’s clearly infatuated with the big tall guys. And even if it isn’t a sexual thing, he’s trying to win their approval, become one of the boys, instead of the one who never grew after junior high.

    I knew a couple guys like that in high school. They were unbearable.

    And it’s not in his nature to throw a challenge. Remember how high he jumped up and down the one time Foa Foa actually won something?

    Also, there’s no way Laura’s tits are real. I’ve been to the Snootchy Bootch School of Fake Titty Spotting. Same goes for Natalie.

    Monica and Kelly are clearly natural girls. Which is why they’re so damn sexy.

  34. 34
    Damian
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Dammit – Scratch my post. I meant NATALIE, not Laura. Laura’s are clearly enhanced. It’s Natalie’s that I’m vacillating over (take that how you want)

  35. 35
    soapboxx
    Posted November 18, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    Mr.Dangerous:
    LOL @ Russell probably needed somebody to clean up the tree house and that’s why he allowed her to live with him.

    You’ve got your little Leprechaunskidpants nailed. Maybe he blames his mom for being so short. I also think the women seem to figure him out faster.
    Shamwow is very interesting right now. When Russell pulled the second idol out and played it she acted totally surprised, turning to her tribemates with her mouth gaping. Then when Laura made the “he stirred up hell” comment Shamwow nodded her head vigorously.
    Shamwow has her foot in the FoaFoa door and has kept a quiet alliance with the other 4 males on her tribe. She could turn out to be quite a surprise and walk into the winner’s circle bass-ackwards.

  36. 36
    slutty_whore
    Posted November 19, 2009 at 5:50 am

    The reason this seasons sucks so bad in regards to the Immunity Idol is that the Idol has, in the past, been hidden on Exile Island, where one had to be sent. It led to more intrigue, scheming, and strategy. Whereas, Russ just looks in his camp. What would have been better is if Foa Foa had their II at Galu’s camp and vice versa. Because it isn’t like that, and there’s no Exile Island, the excitement behind finding it is muted.

  37. 37
    Snootchy Bootches
    Posted November 19, 2009 at 7:00 am

    Itchy, you crack me up.

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