That's Why They Play the Game - 
by J-Unit
Is it just me or is anybody else out there kind of so-so when it comes to evaluating the current state of Survivor: Vanuatu: Islands of Fire? So far, I lay the blame solely on the casting. After a summer with what I believe were two well-cast shows in The Amazing Race and Big Brother, CBS seemed to have dropped the ball on the grandaddy of the reality shows. Mark Burnett's other big fall production, The Apprentice has a great set of characters that people can't stop talking about, but Survivor has some women with big boobs(I think I was the last person to find out Ami was in Playboy several years back), a guy missing part of the leg, and not too much else right now. At least I can count on the cattiness of the women to get me through another sixty minutes.
Yasur returned from their tribal council a deeply divided team. Eliza had bolted the group to vote off Dolly, and Mia and company were pretty upset. Mia didn't like the way Twila talked about her work ethic, and the next morning the two got into it pretty well. I think Mia believes she has it all, but she was really monumentally stupid at the beginning of the show. Her alliance had just failed to vote off the member they saw as most dangerous, but she was talking like she still had the greatest power in the camp. Even with Eliza trying to call back to the side of the young and the restless pack, at best Mia was in a draw in terms of numbers. The way she was arguing put a target on her back, not to mention was kind was a little suspect, considering Twila was simultaneously sharpening a machete, perhaps to lop of some of that huge ego Mia has been carrying around with her. On top of that, why do you argue about who does the most work with the hardest worker in the tribe? And if I was going to give a suggestion to Mia, it would be try and come with a better argument than "We don't do any work because you have decided to do all the work" and "You just want to play the role of the martyr".
On the other side of the aisle we have Rory. There really isn't a lot to get excited about when it comes to Rory, and any time they mention him on the show it is pretty much the same. Rory goes off and does his own thing, Lea can't stand that he doesn't listen to authority, Rory can't stand being told what to do, and people sit and wonder why Rory wasn't a team player. This time, some people were complaining that Rory wasn't doing enough physical labor and was just going off for walks, to which Rory replies he was looking for food, as evidenced by some fruit he brings back. Case closed, right? Well, not really, because everytime something like this happens, it gives JP, John K, and Brady a little hope that they will eventually be able to snatch one of the old guys alliance away and give the other guys a shot at sticking around.
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