This week, on Survivor, it's time for the merge. Also, they steal liberally from Big Brother, which means that the immunity challenge is fixed so that a Donato wins. Just kidding, CBS!
We open after last week's uncomfortable/awesome TC in which Courtney called Jean-Robert out for being sort a douche. After the two of them go at it for a few minutes, Amanda (who pretty much just wants them both to shut up so that she can go to bed, an opinion which I frequently share re: JR and Courtney) tells them that the matter is between the two of them, so there's no need to drag it out in front of everybody. This is meant to close the discussion. It does not. Instead, Todd states diplomatically that he hates Jean-Robert much less than he used to. Complimentary! Courtney takes these two comments to mean that Todd and Amanda are somehow defending Jean-Robert, because she is the exact kind of friend that thinks you should back her up 100 percent of the time, no matter how crazy and messed up their opinions are, especially if those opinions defy all logic and reason.
After the credits we're over at Zhan Hu, where James is waiting for the rest of the tribe to go off somewhere long enough to grab the idol off of the gate. At first, he grabs the wrong tile (there are tiles on both sides, and both are similar in appearance). He notices this and drops the tile on the ground before prying the real one off of its base. Once he gets the real idol down, he doesn't have time to place the other one back up before everyone returns, so he just leaves it laying on the ground. James, all ecstatic: "I'm on Survivor with two idols!" Way to go, Todd.
The next day, Courtney decides to confront Todd about his supposed "defending" of JR the night before. The conversation escalates and gets more and more ridiculous until Todd snaps and is like, "Listen up, Skinny McBitch. I need him to keep a majority, so if you could go over somewhere in the corner and complain to the indigenous animals of the forest, I would really appreciate it. I hear pandas are good listeners. And also, we can't just be voting out people we don't like."
Then, he calls her a bitch in a confessional! I don't know what he's talking about, I actually find her quite rational. You know, for a giant walking pencil.
Later at Zhan Hu, Jaime notices that something is missing from the awning, so Erik goes over to investigate and finds the decoy idol laying on the ground. Jaime and Erik have a pow wow over it, decide that what they have looks a bit like an idol, and are therefore going to keep it until the have evidence to the contrary. Everyone's been all "What idiots!" all week, but I just don't see it, sorry. While there are several holes in logic that occur throughout this episode, this isn't exactly the dumbest thing I've ever seen on this show. I'm pretty sure it's still more embarrassing to have been bested by Dreamz.
Jaime and Erik also want confirmation that what they have is the real deal, and they also correctly deduce that the other plaque is missing too, and that James must be the culprit. They wait until he goes off somewhere with Peih-Gee and search through his bag, which is inside another bag, which is wrapped in something else, which is wrapped in bacon. It's both difficult to get into and delicious.
For some reason, Jaime gets all the way to the middle and sees that he's got not one, but two plaques in his bag. She feels them in his pant leg, and then...puts the bag back together. According to the editing, it doesn't appear that he's coming or anything, but he may have been, who knows. Either way, this part isn't very smart. Maybe she's afraid that there's a bear trap in his pant leg?
The next day, James notices that the plaque he dropped is now missing. "Please, please, please let them think it's an idol. Please let that happen." I can see how eager he is to make the people that screwed him over look stupid, and also, it would be sort of awesome to see a fake idol get played.
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Comments (17)
thanks for the recap, schoonie! i'm sure i'm not alone in appreciating the time you give to your readers.
i loved this episode! i'm enjoying this season quite a bit, i must say.
keep up the great work!
1 of 17 | Posted by ajkc41 | Posted on November 8, 2007 8:59 AM
schoonie, i've been spying on your forever but i had to register so i could tell you "Todd's Super Smart Plan To Finally Capture Moose and Squirrel" was hilarious!!!
2 of 17 | Posted by margot | Posted on November 8, 2007 10:38 AM
Great recap. I agree Jaime had at least a pretty good suspicion what was in her possession wasn't the immunity idol, but since she pretty much had nothing else, she pulled it on the chance it could have been. It was still funny but doesn't rise to the level of when Dreamz flipped on his tribe and we got the famous Edgardo doubletake last season.
3 of 17 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on November 8, 2007 10:48 AM
I must have missed the part where James gave one of his ii's to Todd. What, no??? Again, I am firm in my opinion....TODD IS AN IDIOT!!!!! If Jamie was smart, she would have switched the fake idol in James' bag with the real one, it still would have left him one. Besides, is he really going to need it that much, because 99% of the immunity challenges are pyshical and he is going to win probably 100% of them.
4 of 17 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on November 8, 2007 10:55 AM
I must have missed the part where James gave one of his two immunity idols's to Todd. What, no, he didn't??? Again, I am firm in my opinion....TODD IS AN IDIOT!!!!! If Jamie was smart, she would have switched the fake idol in James' bag with the real one, it still would have left him one. Besides, is he really going to need it that much, because 99% of the immunity challenges are pyshical and he is going to win probably 100% of them.
5 of 17 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on November 8, 2007 10:56 AM
"she would have switched the fake idol in James' bag with the real one,"
You actually can't steal other people's things. So, that sort of wasn't a possibility, or the whole concept of the idol would turn into one big steal-fest.
6 of 17 | Posted by schoonie | Posted on November 8, 2007 11:08 AM
Probst is totally Survivor's Wooderson.... just gotta keep on livin' man, L I V I N
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Posted on November 8, 2007 11:22 AM
"You actually can't steal other people's things. So, that sort of wasn't a possibility, or the whole concept of the idol would turn into one big steal-fest."
I always wondered whether there were "Survivor Rules"...because I was thinking why Jamie just didn't take one of James' idols as well.
8 of 17 | Posted by moasey | Posted on November 8, 2007 12:15 PM
Schoonie, love your recaps, but why so short in length this season?
I miss your epic dissertations on the psychological ramifications of Lisi falling and Dreamz being homeless while he was a kid. How about padding out next week's recaps to at least 5 pages? :-)
9 of 17 | Posted by angiemarie | Posted on November 8, 2007 3:35 PM
I'm still doing that kind of thing (see: two paragraph rant about James and the Giant Fake Immunity Idol up there), I just don't do as much stupid detail about what happens in challenges and boring stuff that has nothing to do with anything fun. Plus, as the season gets longer and we get to know the people better, you get more stuff like that from me. It's a process, yo.
10 of 17 | Posted by schoonie | Posted on November 8, 2007 9:25 PM
If I was Jaime I would have kept/played the fake idol as well. I haven't watched every single season of Survior but the seasons I have seen don't necessarily actually SAY "Hidden Immunity Idol" do they? Especially when the idol is.. well.. an idol (Yul) and not a piece of wood with enough space to write on.
Or am I just not remembering correctly?
11 of 17 | Posted by Firthguy | Posted on November 9, 2007 9:24 AM
#9: angiemarie:
Schoonie, love your recaps, but why so short in length this season?
Schoonie, is inadequate length a common complaint you get from women? LOL.
12 of 17 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on November 9, 2007 10:50 AM
#9: angiemarie:
"Schoonie, love your recaps, but why so short in length this season?"
Is inadequate length a common complaint you get from women? LOL.
13 of 17 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on November 9, 2007 10:51 AM
Didn't Yau Man's idol get stolen?
I don't recall hearing/reading about any rules forbidding theft.
Can anybody confirm please?
14 of 17 | Posted by sweetblondie | Posted on November 9, 2007 11:15 AM
They didn't steal Yauman's idol, they just looked in his bag and saw that he had it (I don't understand why going in other people's bags is allowed). The funny part was that Yauman made a fake immunity idol and hid it back where he found the real one.
15 of 17 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on November 9, 2007 12:11 PM
Also also
love it schoonie.. I miss talking with you Or seeing you in the forums this season.
Did BB burn you out?
Then what the hell are you going to do in January ?
16 of 17 | Posted by giffordsaz | Posted on November 10, 2007 11:38 AM
DANG! poor misguided, socially backward parisa. i actually felt very bad for her this epi. the girl’s so traumatized by her experiences in the house that she can’t even open up to the attempts of a complete stranger to be friendly to her.
"It felt like she wanted my backstory to assess me better,"
NO SHIT, silly, that’s what people do when they’re trying to get to know you!!
it’s like she can’t win for losing! one minute she’s trying to be all super bubbly and flirty like the other girls and the next she’s playing the victimized social outcast. DUDE, just be *YOURSELF* and quit letting your external environment determine your self-worth.
it’s very disappointing and plain pathetic to see her carry on after the way she came into the house as this seemingly mature person who could bring a different perspective to the cookie cutter Real World. i actually think that parisa is a pretty girl and could do well by expanding her social circle outside of the house instead of continually extending herself as the punching bag/punchline for the majority of her roommates. i really hope that she overcomes her insecurity and low self-esteem after she watches this season.
on to trasha. this girl really has a lot of nerve trying to pass herself off as some spiritual, moralistic, nice person.
i know that she’s young and probably very sheltered/ ignorant. nobody's perfect, but publicly Bible-thumping while simultaneously being a nasty, arrogant person that tears down other people makes her a horrible model for Christianity. she's oblivious to the fact that she comes off as a big-mouthed hypocrite who name-checks Jesus just to further her favorite pastime of acting like she’s superior to others.
UGGHH!! >: - ~
in the wise words of our recapper “No, actually. Nice, fun, bubbly and outgoing are pretty much the last words I'd use to describe Trasha.”
AMEN TO THAT!
i hope that once she sees herself on tv she'll come to realize just how distasteful she has been this season and stop being so freaking high and mighty.
word of the day –
dimepiece (n.)
a very beautiful and appealing woman; a woman achieving the highest ranking on an attractiveness scale of 1 to ten; Syn.: a dime, a 10, a perfect 10 ; see Bo Derek in 10.
17 of 17 | Posted by naijababe623 | Posted on November 13, 2007 11:04 AM