Survivor: Nice Feather

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By Schoonie | Sunday, April 11, 2010 | 4:53 pm | 28 Comments

This week, on Survivor: Sandra finally figures out that Russell is easily controlled, and Courtney gets sassy all over Jeff Probst. In short, it is my dream episode.Back at camp after Rob’s ouster, Russell is being predictably condescending. “He tried, the poor guy,” Russell says, like Rob is an intramural softball player or something. Parvati and Russell congratulate themselves, as they kind of should, unfortunately.
“I love blindsiding people,” Parvati brags as Coach watches them with contempt.

Then shit gets hilarious: Coach (who wussed out and voted for Courtney instead of trying to actually, you know, save Rob) calls everyone else cowardly. “Russell is a bully and Jerri made a huge mistake,” he says. You know what would have fixed that? Forcing a tie, dumbass. Odds are, Jerri would have flipped to your side to avoid drawing rocks, but whatever, let’s just yap forever about nothing and then cast a throwaway vote.

“I am OUTRAGED about this turn of events, for which I am directly responsible.”

After the credits, we’re at the Heroes tribe on the morning of Day 19, and Colby is doing what he does best, which is swathing the entire earth in the largest Texas flag known to man.

“I hereby annex this beach for the state of Texas. Guns and whores for everyone!”

JT, meanwhile, has other plans. He sneaks off into the jungle to find the idol for himself. “The Heroes decided to look for the idol as a group, but it’s in my best interest to have it myself,” he says. I’m not sure what his plan is exactly; what happens when the Heroes go to find the idol and it’s not there? This seems to be a problem with JT in general this season: thinking exactly one step ahead and one step only.

Just as JT locates the idol, Amanda and her very, very nice butt (which you will be seeing a lot of tonight) approach followed closely by Candace. They both catch him in the act before he can stash the idol, so he pretends very unconvincingly that he was out locating it for the sake of the group. Candace and Amanda don’t buy JT’s story, however. “Good thing you walked up,” Candace says to Amanda’s increasingly present empty stare, “How close was that?” Seriously, what happened to Amanda’s personality? I bet dating Ozzy has turned her into some kind of creepy zombie.

“Braaaaaaaaaaaaains…..”

Back at the Villains tribe, Danielle and Russell eat some disgusting looking crab while the rest of the tribe lies around looking completely decimated. I guess they haven’t had anything to eat in awhile because they’ve stopped winning rewards. When a clue for the next challenge arrives and is intentionally ambiguous, the Villains think that it indicates a merge. They decide to pack up their entire camp, so that they won’t have to leave anything behind just in case. Doesn’t production normally move their rewards for them? I feel like Probst has mentioned that their possessions and rewards will be waiting at their new camp several times in other seasons. Whatever, who can pass up an opportunity to watch idiocy in action, right?

Reward Challenge. The Heroes are floored when they see the Villains enter without Boston Rob. Fuckin’ Rupert seems to think that this indicates that the women have formed an alliance. On one hand: shut up, Rupert, you sexist; you would automatically draw that conclusion, dick. On the other hand, Parvati is involved, so it’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility.

Probst is delighted when he sees that the Villains have brought their entire camp to the challenge. The glee on his face is pretty apparent, as he does the cheesiest thing ever, which is to say “Drop. Your. Expectations,” and tells them that there’s no merge and we’ll be playing your standard reward challenge today.

The producers have decided that the shitty bowling challenge was so riveting last season that we’ll be watching it again, and I have to state that this has got to be the laziest shit ever. Bowling again, seriously?

Anyway, the winners get a pizza party, because when you have your tenth birthday party at the bowling alley, there has to be pizza involved. The tribes will be facing off to see who can knock down more pins. Coach really wants to win the pizza, and tells Probst that Courtney and Sandra are sitting out, which is entirely stupid because: bowling. How much athleticism do you need to bowl?

For God’s sake, Rupert and his girly toe can do it.

So I don’t need to tell you that this challenge is boring as shit, and that the Villains end up losing anyway. They gutter ball so much it’s just sad; they need those bumpers that the alley gives to old ladies and little kids. So the Heroes get to enjoy their pizza, and they discuss further how the women have obviously banded together. Even Amanda seems to buy it. In fact, JT goes so far as to say that they could probably get Russell to flip and work with them. Russell, by the way, is delighted that the Heroes have mistakenly made this assumption. “If I’m in trouble, I’m going to go to them like ‘help!’ he laughs in confessional. I will say this: while Russell has gotten some of the luckiest breaks on this show, he certainly knows how to capitalize on them.

Back at the Villains camp, Jerri is furious about the loss and the fact that they packed up all their shit. “Rob would never have let that happen,” she says, upset. “I regret my decision, I made a huge mistake.” Good to know, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to blame you if Russell wins.

Jerri bitches to Russell and Danielle about the loss, yapping about how they’re going to lose the next immunity challenge because they have to play Sandra and Courtney and talking about how useless they are, all while Sandra sits five feet away. “You know I’m sitting right here, right?” Sandra says amazingly. When Jerri continues to complain, Sandra asks why it’s her fault they lost when she didn’t even play, which is an excellent point. Jerri’s obviously mad at herself for getting rid of Rob, but she and Sandra continue to shout at each other anyway. Jerri then proceeds to sell out Coach for choosing to sit out Sandra and Courtney. Essentially, Jerri is already mad about a loss they haven’t even given up yet.

“I don’t even know why I’m here; I should be with the Heroes!” Sandra says. “I can’t stand Jerri, I hate Coach, I hate Danielle, I hate Russell even more!” Sandra tells us that they’re most definitely coming for her and Courtney if they lose, and she’s not just going to sit back and take it.

“I can get loud too!”

And then: things get awesome. “Russell is the kind of person that thinks that if someone’s coming for him, he’ll get rid of them,” Sandra says, reading him perfectly. “We could put a bug in his ear that Coach is gunning for him. I bet you Russ will believe me, and we will be saved again,” she laughs.

Sandra puts her plan into action, waiting until she can see Courtney having a conversation with Coach to strike. She pulls Russell aside and points at the two of them, telling Russ that she overheard them saying that they made a mistake getting rid of Rob and that they are going to correct it by getting rid of him. Russ buys it hook, line and sinker, and it is amazing. “He’s digging his own grave, just like Rob did,” Russell says amazingly, “It doesn’t matter what my alliance wants, I’ll tell them how to vote, and that’s how it’s gonna be.”

I keep waiting for the editors to show us a confessional where Russ tells us that he knows exactly what Sandra’s doing, but it just…never comes. Amazing. Sandra is so awesome: Identify a weakness, exploit it, and capitalize on it. That’s how you play this game. I believe it’s called “finesse”, and we have yet to see any of it here in the Russell era. Remember when this show was nothing but smart people doing this kind of stuff to each other? Those were the days.

“I’m digging this hole, and then I’m going to bury you in it. Now go wash your stank ass.”

“Russell, he don’t know how to play this game,” Sandra says, laughing. “He ate that crap up. Yeah, he’s done good so far, but he don’t know what he got himself into,” she cackles. Now this? This is something I can get behind.

Russell continues to play right into Sandra’s trap: he goes directly to Parvati, telling her that Coach is out to get them. He also knows that if they get rid of another guy that it will further the illusion that the women have an alliance, which will allow him to take advantage of the Heroes in some undetermined way. Parvati laughs and makes Mr. Burns motions with her hands at this, excited to deceive the other team. “I’ve seen that before,” Russell says, unaware that it probably bodes poorly for him.

Immunity Challenge. Tribe members will be belted together in pairs and will navigate a muddy obstacle course, retrieve a flag and return to the starting line. The first tribe to score two points wins immunity, and one round will be run with a single person because there are only five Heroes remaining. In the first round, Russell/Sandra face off against Amanda/Candace, and they predictably get smoked due to Sandra’s inability to do, well, anything. In fact, Russell just gives up and watches the other team score, knowing they’re screwed, leaving Sandra stuck under one of the obstacles. Amanda’s ass is also on full display yet again, and that’s alright with me. Hey, I never said I wasn’t shallow, people.

“Russell, this fencepost said that it wanted to vote you out.” (Russell rips fencepost out of ground with bare hands)

The next round is solo and is Coach versus Rupert. Hey, why isn’t Colby or JT doing this? Maybe the Heroes are succeeding this point, but you’d think they would put Rupert in a pair, especially knowing that Courtney still has to play. Coach handily beats Rupert, and the last round is Parvati/Courtney versus JT/Colby, so you can guess how this one’s going to end. The Heroes win immunity, and Colby looks like a big scary mud monster with a scary white mouth.

“BRAINS!”

Back at camp, the Villains wash the mud off and complain about Courtney. Danielle in particular really, really wants her gone. Coach, by the way, is his typical self, flexing and talking about how he’s in his element; he has no idea that he’s on the chopping block. “Part of me wants to get rid of Russell, but the way we’re losing, getting rid of him would be a mistake,” he says. “I’m going to stay with the Force Five alliance and vote out Courtney.” Force Five? Whatever, Pulp Dick-tion.

Danielle, on the other hand, is not down to get rid of Coach. When she tells Russell that Courtney is a better option, he takes it as a personal insult, yelling at her about how she’s not willing to put her butt on the line (?), and telling her that she’s not making any sense. The discussion descends into screaming pretty quickly, and it concludes with Russell storming off like a child, telling Danielle that he doesn’t want to “fucking talk” to her and scampering away on his tiny bandy legs. Wow, Sandra really got to him, didn’t she? This is a win, right there.

It’s a toss-up in the competition between Russell and Danielle’s torso as to who is the bigger, faker boob.

“He just has to be so in control of this game. Everything has to go the way HE wants it to go,” Danielle says disgustedly. Sounds to me like the walls might be crumbling, no?

Sandra, always watching, notices that Danielle and Russell are keeping their distance from each other and decides that they must have gotten into a fight. In the meantime, Russell has decided that it might not be the worst idea to get rid of Courtney; we see him randomly walk up to Danielle and tell her that he’s had a change of heart, and there’s no real context at all for it, and based on how the votes go later, I’m not sure it makes any sense. It seems to me like something Russell did to make sure that the editors had enough footage to make us think getting rid of Courtney is an option, but hey: I just watch the show.

Tribal Council. Probst points out that the Villains have gotten rid of Tyson and Rob the last couple of times, and that this has resulted in a string of failures. “Tyson and Boston Rob would clearly be more useful in challenges than Courtney,” Jeff says. “Thank you, Jeffrey,” Courtney responds snottily. Probst deserved that one. Way, way over the line for a host.

Courtney responds to Probst’s accusation: “I don’t have a big ego; I don’t have to run and play in every single thing. Also, I’m not the person who got rid of Rob or Tyson, I didn’t vote for either of them,” she says, defending herself adeptly. Don’t get me wrong, Courtney is useless in challenges, but she shouldn’t have to be defending herself to the likes of Jeff Probst.

“Hey, I’m just making observations,” Jeff says. Actually, you’re presenting opinions, which is an entirely different think than making “observations”. Stay out of it, Probst.

When Probst asks about tribe morale, Coach tells him that he was doing his best to energize people and get them motivated for the challenge; Courtney rolls her eyes at him. She calls him out for sitting her out of the challenge without thinking of strategy. “So the reason why morale is down is because of me?” Coach asks, and Probst interjects, all “That’s what I heard.” Oh. My. God. We get that you don’t like Courtney, Probst. There’s no need to act like a Mean Girl.

“Thanks Dad,” Courtney responds amazingly. I love how bitchy she is, and who hasn’t been waiting for someone to call bullshit on all of Coach’s shenanigans?

Jeff concludes that the team is making decisions about who goes home based on alliances, which: duh. “I realize that I’m like, the poster child for a weak Survivor, but I’m a determined little bitch and I’m going to do everything I can to stay in this game,” Courtney says, earning herself a fist bump from Sandra. I would referee a bumfight to get a first bump from Sandra, I’m not even kidding.

Time to vote. Coach and Courtney vote for each other. “You’re a frickin’ lunatic, and also: nice feather,” she says. Call me!

When the votes are read, there are three for Coach and three for Courtney, and when the last one is for Coach, he’s done, and also the first member of the jury. Sandra FTW! I realize that some of you think that Russell did this to fool the Heroes, but it’s pretty apparent from his reaction to Sandra’s news that this is not the case. It might have bolstered her argument, but this whole thing is pretty much Sandra. Also, I’m a bit confused, because the votes reveal that Russell voted for Courtney, but the rest of his alliance voted for Coach, including Danielle. The videos on CBS.com reveal no useful information, so who knows. Maybe Russell’s out of the loop with his alliance?

Also, I must say that I find it to be poetic justice to see Coach voted out this week after being a total coward last week when it came time to stand up for Rob. Reap what you sow, buddy.

Oh, and the previews for next week look pretty damn awesome.

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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.

28 Comments

1

carol

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:20 am

why does probst think he is a player in the game? Yes, he has seen the game many times but he is still the host and only the host. It would be awesome to see him as a player and get another host (joe rogan??).
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bambinoitaliano

Posted April 12, 2010 at 3:50 am

Whats the exchange between Russel and JT before the reward challenge? If the heroes got any brains all they need to do is to find out how many votes were for Tyson and Rob to figure out if there is a all women alliance. By voting Courtney It could be Russell smart move to get a vote from Coach if he gets to the final. We will know if Sandra is really a good player by next week assuming the villain loose another immunity challenge.
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soapboxx

Posted April 12, 2010 at 6:13 am

OMG I love Sandra. And Courtney’s a hoot. Coach must have brain damage since he doesn’t seem to understand until too late that he’s made the wrong moves. It made no sense to sit out Sandra in the bowling challenge. It’s not very athletic and even drunk old fat men bowl.
Also the Villians were stupid in the immunity challenge. It would make the most sense to pair up Sandra and Courtney. That would be a throw away point, but much better than throwing away two points. Why didn’t bandy-leg troll or coach-almighty think of that?
JT seems to have drank his own kool-aid. He’s certainly not as sharp without Stephen. Great recap Schoonie, you nailed it all!
Oh yeah Courtney looks like a Holocaust victim, she’s scary skinny.
4

qupert

Posted April 12, 2010 at 6:31 am

Awww, you forgot when Courtney awesomely told Probst “Insulting me won’t bring [Tyson and Rob] back,”….hahaaha
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LisaMay

Posted April 12, 2010 at 6:47 am

thank you Schoonie, for letting up a little on the Russell insults.
I for one CANNOT STAND Sandra. She won a million dollars last time for flying under the radar and doing NOTHING!!! All she is good for is taking up shelter space and eating the food!!
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cattyfan

Posted April 12, 2010 at 8:45 am

“I am OUTRAGED about this turn of events, for which I am directly responsible.”

So true. What did Coach think was going to happen when he failed to vote for The Troll?

“Remember when this show was nothing but smart people doing this kind of stuff to each other? Those were the days.”

And that’s what I long for. The game where people had to actually work to survive¦where they had to strategize to stay in the game¦and where the people playing had wanted to be on the show so badly, they applied. Someone didn’t just walk up to them in Starbucks and say, “You’re a pretty awesome barrista. Wanna play a game?”

That picture of Muddy Colby should be a toothpaste commercial.

Soapbox is right about Courtney looking like a walking skeleton. But she’s hilarious, and right to snap at Probst for basically encouraging the team to get rid of her. If the game was only for big strong people, the teams would be made up of all clones of James. But part of the game is (or at least used to be) about THINKING, at which Courteny is fairly skilled.

I don’t understand why JT, a member of the Heroes tribe, would be considering giving the idol to someone ON TH OTHER TEAM¦unless the producers put a bug in his ear. Because Russell just hasn’t had enough idols to keep him in the game. I call shenanigans.

I’m sooooooooo sick of The Russell Show.
7

Damian

Posted April 12, 2010 at 9:23 am

At this point, I’m in it for Amanda’s ass.
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Mr Dangerous

Posted April 12, 2010 at 9:28 am

Sandra thinks about Russell’s ass almost as much as I do.

I’m not sure what’s going on because we’re OBVIOUSLY not seeing everything.

I don’t care who goes as long as it’s not Russell.

I like Coach but he brought it on himself.
9

hostile7teen

Posted April 12, 2010 at 10:00 am

soapboxx hit it on nail about JT. He isn’t as smooth as he was during his season. Stephen really helped finesse his gameplay.
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juddfan

Posted April 12, 2010 at 10:04 am

Great recap, Schoonie!!! There’s still a mystery though, and that is who the third vote for Courtney was (I think it was Jerri) so that means Parv is about to blind side, tho it seems like Danielle is running this particular switch-a-roo. Didn’t really see a reaction on lil russ’ face, so I’m a bit confused. No matter what tho, both Rob and Coach exits needed to be delayed until the weak were weeded out. I give props to Sandra (and I don’t hate her, or Court) for coming up with a plan and playing Russ, but in the challenges, she’s not only weak, she doesn’t even try . . . bothersome, that.

So, my guess is, the heros think that they need Russ to keep their tribe after the merge, he is the last guy, and it does look like the all-female alliance has taken place (it did, right!?) Anyhoo, they must think that keeping him in another week gives them a better chance of him flipping after the merge (and likely, and truly, realize he’s toast if they don’t)

How is it that mr. idol hasn’t gone looking for the one at his own camp . . . must be slipping, or over confident.
I def don’t hate russ, he’s one of the things that keeps me watching, but seeing him get blindsided should be gold. I wish there was a way the girls could have laid back their plan more. He’s likely to be going CRAZY next week if he didn’t know they all turned on him.

Loved Court reading Probst–deservedly so, why does Probst act so gay in all his little preferences for his pets. He practically got on the mat to save his precious Colby . . . . is it me!?
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channel dasher

Posted April 12, 2010 at 10:48 am

Juddfan:

I think that the rules are that the tribe only gets a clue about the hidden immunity idol IF they have won a reward challenge – and the villians haven’t won one of those since Russell played the idol (through Parvarti) to vote out Tyson.
12

moocho

Posted April 12, 2010 at 12:59 pm

Russell signed his vote for Courtney so that Coach would know he was “loyal” and did not vote him out, thereby being the last one to talk to Coach and will win his vote on the jury.
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juddfan

Posted April 12, 2010 at 1:21 pm

Channel Dasher:

but last season, didn’t he just decide there was one there and go hunt it down. If he waits for a reward challenge win, everyone will know, if he just goes hunting, he could potentially have some real blind side power, altho we all know bandy legs can’t keep his mouth shut.

Very telling to see his reaction to being told what to do by a girl. . . . (or probably anyone, for that matter) He is a jerk!
14

considerthis

Posted April 12, 2010 at 1:55 pm

You made a good point and brought up yet another way this show is controlled and manipulated by the producers.

Who does determine the pairings and in what order they go for reward and immunity challenges??

They clearest thing to see is that they run them all to edit them in an order for max “drama”

Agree that Russ wrote Courtney so he can play that with Coach as a jury member.

Sooo sad and I too long for the good old days before the production team ran the game.
15

slutty_whore

Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:38 pm

Courtney blasting Probst for saying, ultimately, that she didn’t deserve to be in the game and pointing out that her going won’t bring back Tyson or Rob was one of the more awesome exchanges with Probst in a long time.

Sandra proved why she is a better Survivor than Russell. With her social skills, her ability to read people, and being so wily, and being in a group of women will help her get much further in the game.

Also, LISAMAY, the reason that Sandra won is because she was able to understand that the jury resented that Lil came back into the game, burned alliances after she came back into the game (all the while preaching loyalty and honesty in her Cub Scout leader uniform), and took her to the end, and won! That game play is as valid as any other winner in Survivor, IMHO.
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Mr Dangerous

Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:47 pm

uh, it’s six on one team and five on the other team. If the merge happens this Thursday then there is a good possibility that RUSSELL will be the swing vote [since there's a girl alliance and all].

That means whomever Russell wants gone would be gone. Who would Russell want gone?
Let me think? Hmmmm.
17

here4beer

Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:49 pm

All I could do every time Coach’s stupid ass showed up on my TV was yell “YOUR FAULT.” I can’t believe he spent half the episode bitching and moaning about Boston Rob being voted out when he could have prevented it. I’m glad he got the boot!

I think Russell voted for Courtney to get Coach’s jury vote, since Russell actually signed his name on his ballot.
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pappy446

Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:57 pm

I have been saying it since she was first on…amanda has the best ass EVER in survivor history…

can’t believe you left out the soft core pron of her rubbing the mud off her breasts (and as I have said before during this season, they are a bit disappointing, those breasts) in slo mo….dayum…

i love how the villians are decimating themselves…but please tell me there is something more in the preview than they just want to give the immunity idol to russell…the damm things are like the one ring to rule them all, and russell is gollum…they are drawn to each other…
19

arta

Posted April 12, 2010 at 3:21 pm

Much better article this week.

Sandra fooled Russell because usually she’s so blunt that people think everything she says is “real talk” and they don’t doubt her for an instant when she lies to their face. It’s probably the best way to lie to someone who usually spots bullshit from a mile away.

I prefer Sandra’s version of “coat tailing” because she doesn’t SIT ON HER ASS AND DO NOTHING like Natalie last season and hope she lucks into the endgame. Sandra knows when to take control when bad vibes are headed her way.
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juddfan

Posted April 12, 2010 at 3:25 pm

pappy, Russell as Gollum . . . hahahahahahah!!!!
21

Theo

Posted April 12, 2010 at 4:09 pm

Is there a way to bring back Cirie? She’d own Russell’s ass.
22

itchy

Posted April 12, 2010 at 4:53 pm

Oh, I’m a bigger fan of Parvati’s ass. Amanda’s just too mushy.

Yep. Yet another one of my intelligent insightful comments.

It’s pretty clear now that Stephen was the mastermind behind JT’s win.

And I agree, winning as a skillful social player is way more interesting than just having the athletic ability to win challenges.

And lastly, if Russell makes it to the final, it will be for the same reason he made it the last time: because ANYONE will beat him for jury votes.
23

zerocool

Posted April 12, 2010 at 5:09 pm

Random stuff:

I thought the votes were Coach, Jerri and Russell for Courtney and Courtney, Sandra, Parvarti and Danielle for Coach. (From memory so it could be wrong).

By picking on Courtney, Probst was clearly trying to save Coach because he makes good tv. And to be fair, I’m sorry to see him go. I could always count on a laugh or two each episode with him.

I bet that the pairing in the challenge is by random draw and that’s why Sandra and Courtney weren’t paired together, but that’s just a guess and who really knows with the producers.

Lastly, Schoonie, the funniest moment for me was when Sandra said (with a straight face) that she should be on the Hero side. No way! She’s a classic behind-the-scenes manipulator as she awesomely showed this episode.
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slutty_whore

Posted April 12, 2010 at 5:11 pm

Arta, I kind of disagree with you that Sandra “rode coat-tails.” If, by your own admission, she takes control of her destiny, that is the exact opposite of riding coattails. Natalie, last season, made the key social move that kept her alliance alive when they were down in numbers and had the foresight to know that Russell was no threat to win in front of the jury. I believe that if Russell makes it to the end this year, it will be much the same result. Unlike he and Probst, the ACTUAL players respect GAMEPLAY vs BRAWN.
25

ohhhyeah

Posted April 13, 2010 at 5:02 am

As disappointed as I was to see Rob go, I actually think it made this episode more interesting because other people are now being forced to scramble and play the game instead of just riding coattails. It was good to see Sandra actually do something, and she did play it brilliantly. She fell into the same trap as Rob though (and a good many others who make it a general habit during confessionals), she started bragging about how (in this case Russell) was playing in the big leagues now and that he didn’t know what he was in for, as if her opponent were already as good as gone. She might want to reserve those types of statements until after her opponent is eliminated. On a related note, if Sandra’s still around when the tribes merge I wouldn’t give Russell much chance of convincing the Heroes that he’s not in alliance with the women from the Villain’s tribe. If Sandra’s not around I don’t see the Heroes having much shot of lasting very long.

I think Russell realized he still needs Danielle as an ally, and rather than take the chance of her turning on him he decided to play it safe and concede that voting off Courtney was a consideration. He may have even put her name down as an act of good faith (although the jury vote idea seems more appealing). Parvati was there as well, and she probably had the final say that they should vote out Coach. I don’t see this as some elaborate plan by the women to get rid of Russell, because Parvati and Danielle still need and can trust Russell more than anyone else at this point. It’s a stretch to think that those two would suddenly switch alliances (for no good reason) and put their fate in the hands of Sandra, Courtney and even Jerri. Why go from the top of the totem pole to the bottom? It doesn’t make any sense.

I’m a little unsure as to the timetable with the show. If I understand correctly, the last season was filmed, and then this season was filmed, and then the result show for last season was filmed? If that’s the case, then considering Russell’s attitude about being the best player ever during last season’s results show, he must have gone pretty far this season as well, or you’d think he’d have been a little less adamant about it. But then again it’s Russell, so who knows.

I’m in full agreement about Amanda’s ass. It’s funny how scenes are always edited to show the women just as they are walking away, climbing over an obstacle or bending over, and I’m not complaining in the slightest. On several occasions while watching this show I’ve thought that the survivors should be treated like true survivors – how funny would it be if they weren’t given razor blades to shave with. Force the women to wear bikinis and not shave for forty odd days. I suppose though that the producers made the right choice to completely dispense with reality on this point.
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Snootchy Bootches

Posted April 13, 2010 at 5:09 am

Random comments:

1. I think Sandra won before because she adopted an “as long as it isn’t me” attitude. She totally flew beneath the radar by doing whatever she needed to make sure it wasn’t her being voted off. I know people discount those who don’t use power plays to win, but if someone wins, OBVIOUSLY they had a winning strategy, right? Even if it is riding someone’s coattail or flying beneath the radar. It earned them a million dollars so by definition it was a winning strategy. Doesn’t mean it would work a second time or that it would work for anyone else.

2. I have to pick a tiny bone with you Schoonie… you can’t attribute something to the edit if you don’t like it and claim that it was masterful strategy when you do. ANYTHING on this show can appear to be bigger than it is because of editing INCLUDING Sandra’s suggestion for Russell to get rid of Coach. We don’t know because we only see what we see. But given that Russell voted for Courtney, it seems to suggest that he wasn’t that swayed.

3. On that topic, I wonder if they decided for everyone to choose which one they wanted off because it was a win/win situation either way. Though I will point out that Courtney is good in puzzles and strength alone does not always win challenges.

4. JT is no different this season than he was last season. He is not a strategist. The difference is that he doesn’t have Stephen to do his thinking (and take his fallout) for him.

5. I loved JT’s comment to Russell to hang in there at the challenge. That was classic and I can’t wait to see it play out! I am SO hoping that Russell makes it to the merge and the Heroes think he is on the outs with the tribe. That would be classic tv to watch them “save” him.

Thanks for another great recap!
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chemgal

Posted April 13, 2010 at 11:22 am

ohhhyea, yikes you should have put a spoiler alert at the start of your comment because me thinks you must be right in your thinking! he wouldn’t have been quite as cocky if he hadn’t made it to the finals in both “seasons”. I have a feeling he thinks he won both seasons, which means he had to have been in the finals both times. One small step for bandy legged gollums………
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ohhhyeah

Posted April 13, 2010 at 1:39 pm

A possible reason for how people voted occurred to me.

“I thought the votes were Coach, Jerri and Russell for Courtney and Courtney, Sandra, Parvarti and Danielle for Coach. (From memory so it could be wrong).” – (thanks for the handy guide zerocool)

If the agreement was to get rid of Coach, those votes make the most sense. Who is the one person other than Coach who would not be OK with Coach leaving? Jerri. There are several good reasons not to tell Jerri about the vote, the two strongest being she would most likely go to Coach and tell him what was about to happen, and the other being that she would see it as a betrayal by her alliance and possibly work something out with Sandra and Courtney to flip her vote. So the best thing to do is not tell her about the plan. If Russell is the one who informed Jerri that everyone was voting out Courtney, it makes sense that his vote would stay the same because when Jerri confronts her “allies” about their vote switch Russell could claim he wasn’t privy to the switch either, and thus maintain some measure of trust and loyalty from Jerri. Russell, Parvati and Danielle have probably already concocted some reason for Parvati and Danielle’s last minute switch that will keep Jerri somewhat mollified. The plan isn’t perfect, but the alternative is for everyone other than Jerri to vote out Coach, with the result that there would be no doubt in Jerri’s mind that her entire alliance had turned on her. That would make her a total wild card from that point on.

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