Survivor: Cook Islands Ep. 3 - "Flirting and Frustration"

[rockle]

Apropos of nothing, I had a dream about Survivor last night, and to take up space before the spoiler box, I will tell you about it: I was a castaway, and Draelin and jayjay were there, which is particularly impressive because I have no idea what either of those other posters look like.* Our season was set at Niagara Falls, and we were the Final Three, and one of the rewards was an Amazing-Race-style over-the-falls barrel ride, where we were all hooked up to harnesses and stuff. The traditional "gross food challenge" involved Hot Pockets (http://www.hotpockets.com/) and Genesee Cream Ale (http://www.geneseecreamale.com/). Instead of announcing the winner on a set in NY or LA, the entire Reunion Episode was filmed at center ice during the second intermission at a Buffalo Sabres game. It was all very strange, and I don't even remember who won. I have decided it is time to cut back on the Benadryl at bedtime.

So, from our friends at Yahoo! TV (http://tv.yahoo.com/), a description of tonight's episode:

Parvati tries to manipulate the men; Nate has a successful bout of spear-fishing; another castaway must leave the island.
At this point I have nothing to add, except: thinking ahead to any potential merge(s), what color buffs are they going to use? They're using primary colors for the individual teams now -- is black or white just too obvious, considering the racial-division twist for this season?

* = In my dream, we were all gorgeous, just like IRL, no doubt. Except I was about 6' tall, which ... I am not so much.

[thinksnow]

I try to stay commercial/spoiler-free, but I thought I heard something about a merge already(!)?

[rockle]

thinksnow, all I know is what is in my spoiler box. But that's the first I've heard of what you're saying.

[Draelin]

Regarding previously spoilered spoilers ... (info gleaned from commercials seen this week, no hunted-down tidbits)
It's merge week. I'm guessing we'll end up with two tribes, but I'm really sick of the schoolyard pick'em hooey.

And rockle, I am, naturally, gorgeous as you dreamt, but I can almost guarantee you're taller than me, no matter what. :)

[rockle]

And rockle, I am, naturally, gorgeous as you dreamt, but I can almost guarantee you're taller than me, no matter what. :)
Probably not, but who knows. I'm 4' 11½" ... in shoes.

[jayjay]

Cool! I Final-3-ed Survivor: Niagara with rockle and Draelin! It's like winning Powerball, with more snark! :D

[Draelin]

Probably not, but who knows. I'm 4' 11½" ... in shoes.
Oh. Well, then, I win by a quarter of an inch. :)

[rockle]

SunnavaBITCH. Satellite's out. I'd blame George Bush for this, if I could figure out how. Global warming, mebbe? Anyway, someone's going to have to fill me in later on what's happening.

[rockle]

Yeah, so ... never mind the recap. I only lost a few minutes. And I have to say, for whatever it may be worth, that this much strategy talk so early in the game makes me really squirmy, and I hope the perpetrators feel swift and powerful retribution quickly. Because, listen: there are still 30 days, people. Yes, the object is to win a million dollars, but you have to put yourself in the position where you are still one of the available options first. And if you stick your neck out like that, so early? Might not happen. Because everyone knows who the "power players" are now, and you're making yourselves targets.

And now, with the vagueness and the "threats" out of the way, my additional useless comments (proudly true-spoiler-free since Week One!):


Whale! Oooooh! That shot was awesome.
As we all pretty much predicted, Ozzy is a lot sexier when he shuts the hell up. And he seems so much smarter, too. Love his hair. Frizz is the new black, don'cha know?
Is Parvati really that cute? I don't understand her appeal, but I'm not a flirty, giggly kind of girl, so I guess I'm not supposed to get it. I think Candice and Cecelia are much more attractive.
I think I am beginning to hate Jonathan, and I definitely hate his hat.
What happened to the chickens this week? Have we switched from poultry to pulpo?

[RikWriter]

Is Parvati really that cute?

OOoooh yes.

[Little Nemo]

This episode could have been so much greater. Picture it:

Jeff: "And you now get your first look at the new Aitu tribe with Billy voted off."
Candice: "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! NOT BILLY!!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!!"

[StarvingButStrong]

It took me a few times to realize that Jeff was saying "Parvati" instead of "poverty" with some weird accent. See, in my head I've been pronouncing it "par VAT y".....


Yeah, the new Red tribe looks to be riding for a fall. At the very least, Jonathan has been so blatant and heavy-handed I can't help thinking the target on his back is not just glowing but flashing neon.

[Johnny L.A.]

I just want to say that I really like Alan Alda's hat.

[John Mace]

Thank God for the semi-merge. This is so much better!

Man, how stupid is Jonathan? He almost blew it with his oblivioiusness about Flika. He needs to spend less time talking and more time listenning.

Yul is definitely the man. He dodged a bullet tonight and now his alliance is set.

Best line of the evening: That's a lot of meat!

[silenus]

I love's me some early back-stabbing. Ditching Blondie to Exile Island didn't work too well, though. If Parvati was any more blatant with her flirting, she'd need a streetcorner and a red light.

[NoClueBoy]

I forgot to record it, so..., spoilers?

What tribes merged? What was the challenge? Who left? Who backstabbed who?


Thanks in advance.

[jayjay]

I forgot to record it, so..., spoilers?

What tribes merged? What was the challenge? Who left? Who backstabbed who?


Thanks in advance.

It was a total shuffle. They really mixed them up. The two current tribes are each made up of people from all four of the original tribes. Although one of the new tribes has most of the beefcake.

The challenge was the "Chase Each Other Around The Course With 15 Pound Weights" thing they did back in Palau. The Beefcake Tribe caught up with the other tribe and the winner got to send someone to Exile Island. Tribe Beefcake unanimously sent Candice (mostly to keep her safe from eviction and having to spend the next month with Billy in Stalker Lodge).

The losing tribe had !!Intrigue!! with Yul and Becky joining forces with Candice and Jonathan (before the challenge...they didn't know that Candice wouldn't be at TC), and Jonathan promises to deliver his friend Flicka, who, like any good horse being led to the glue factory, shies away from the plan to evict Cecelia. Especially since Ozzy had already manufactured an alliance with everyone who wasn't young & Asian or Jonathan to oust Becky. Jonathan really tries to work Flicka and Yul really tries to work Cao Boi, but we're left unsure just how successful they are.

At TC, it turns out that they are successful. The tribe votes out Cecelia instead of Becky, and Ozzy get a disgruntled look on his face like the universe somehow took a wrong turn because he didn't get his way, the sneaky bastard...

[jayjay]

Incidentally, the other tribe is Tribe Beefcake because the only real beefcake on the Other Tribe is Yul. Ozzy's a skinny bitch.

[NoClueBoy]

Cool! thanks

[jayjay]

Tribe Beefcake (new Raro) - Nathan, JP, Adam, Parvati, Brad, Rebecca, Stephanie, Cristina, Jenny.

Other Tribe (new Aitu) - Jonathan, Yul, Cao Boi, Ozzy, Sundra, Candice, Jessica (Flicka), Becky, Cecelia (now out).

[John Mace]

Other Tribe (new Aitu) - Jonathan, Yul, Cao Boi, Ozzy, Sundra, Candice, Jessica (Flicka), Becky, Cecelia (now out).
"The Others"?

[Green Bean]

"The Others"?Nah--Team Tofu!

[rockle]

OOoooh yes.Hmm. OK, I'll take your word for it. Just seems very predatory to me, but then again, I seduced my husband with my knowledge of hockey and my mad Trivial Pursuit skillz, so I'm not the best judge of these things. Also, she seems to have about 40,000 teeth.

Yeah, the new Red tribe looks to be riding for a fall. At the very least, Jonathan has been so blatant and heavy-handed I can't help thinking the target on his back is not just glowing but flashing neon.And it's not very smart gameplay, either, because eventually someone's going to realize the sheer stupidity of agreeing to be the 5th person in a 4-person alliance. Here's what I don't get: everyone who isn't Jonathan, Candice, Yul, or Becky knew what was going on, and they knew that Jonathan was the mastermind. Why didn't they target him this time?

Ozzy's a skinny bitch.Yeah, but he has excellent hair. On the other hand, it looks like he's starting to grow a sleaze-stache, which -- eww!

[Draelin]

Hmm. OK, I'll take your word for it. Just seems very predatory to me, but then again, I seduced my husband with my knowledge of hockey and my mad Trivial Pursuit skillz, so I'm not the best judge of these things. Also, she seems to have about 40,000 teeth.
I'm with you. I just don't like her. Her flirting seems obvious and heavy-handed, and on top of that, she just bugs me.

[Nutty Bunny]

I'm with you. I just don't like her. Her flirting seems obvious and heavy-handed, and on top of that, she just bugs me.

That's what my mother and I thought, too. Then I pointed out that the guys will fall for it anyway. :rolleyes:

She also thought that it was too soon for a merge, but at least it lasted longer than the old/young/men/women tribes. Didn't they merge in the first episode?

Dreadlocks (I don't remember her name) is toast. Soon. If you don't pick a side, no one will trust you. She can't play floater like she's on Big Brother.

[An aside: I love when my mom's in town and we can snark on our shows together. It's so much better than trying it with my husband, who just says, "Save it for the internet, honey."]

[DeVena]

jayjay, it's funny that you mentioned Flicka and the glue factory. Every time she's onscreen, I swear I hear a horse neighing. OK yeah. So I'm doing the neighing but I'm mean like that. To add to the sound effects, Parvati's presence now demands shouts of "Slut!" as in Rocky Horror.

And I really hope that Candice lasts several more episodes, just so she'll have extra witnesses for the restraining order against stalker!Billy.

But my head is filled with bad wind today, so just ignore me. :)

[Dinsdale]

Nice to know that as far as Flicka goes, appearances aren't only skin deep - she truly is as dumb as a post.
Has Becky shown anything other than an eagerness to pair up with a fellow Korean?
All this worrying about being in an alliance of 5 - if these guys don't get their act together, they won't have to worry about being 5-strong going into the merge. The other team looks mighty strong.
Whaddya think - did Yul give Becky the mini-idol going into TC?

[Draelin]

Whaddya think - did Yul give Becky the mini-idol going into TC?
I wondered that myself, but it would have been a galactically stupid move. Burn the idol when there's still eighteen players left? He'd be Chapter One if Survivor Stupidity if he'd given it up on day nine. Or eight. Day something-in-the-single-digits.

I think I like the producers' decision to give them a little more food (or more access to food) this time around. Listening to them whine about how hungry they are isn't good television. Nor is watching someone's hair fall out from malnutrition.

[Ethilrist]

As dumb as some people think the knee-socks-and-shorts looks on girls is as nothing compared to one knee sock and shorts. What the hell was up with that?

The TWOP recapper mentioned last week that Cecelia was just gorgeous in a whole-body, healthy, eats real food and works out kind of way, rather than the big teeth and huge, sparkly eyes cute skinny girl kind of way we normally get on survivor. Parvati would be the latter type (along with Jenna, HeiDDi and their ilk). I'm sorry to see Cecelia go.

So, is it my imagination or, after voting off Sekou and Billy, did they really have no dead weight left? Even Cao Boi's holding his own in the challenges.

How the hell did the rest of the asians not point out that Cao Boi could go home right now?

[silenus]

Here's what I don't get: everyone who isn't Jonathan, Candice, Yul, or Becky knew what was going on, and they knew that Jonathan was the mastermind. Why didn't they target him this time?

Mainly because they saw Becky as the bigger threat/sneak/puppetmaster. They also need Jonathan's strength to win the challenges coming up. You don't kill off your strongest members until you absolutely have to.

[Dinsdale]

I remember seeing Candace walking(?) to EI, but don't recall them showing any of her time there. Do they keep giving the exiled folk clues, and have them futilely dig up the sandspit? Sounds kinda cruel, but it could make for a few entertaining moments.

[silenus]

I think they have to, otherwise it becomes apparent who has the Immunity Idol. I think they just edited out the futile digging because it would be boring TV.

[Ethilrist]

Actually, in the rules Yul read, they made reference to individual immunity idols, plural, so I'm thinking they're going to bury more than one, which would be awesome, particularly if Yul gets sent back and they bury it in the same place...

[Little Nemo]

Once again, because nobody else is doing it:

The imitation RICH RANKINGS:

FORGOT TO FILE A 1040- I guess you couldn't outwit everyone!

Cecilia: We warned you this would happen if you didn't do something interesting

EATING BEEF JERKY- You're still playing, but you're praying for a tribe scramble!

Ozzy: No personality, not enough allies, not much hope.
Sundra: Merge-whacked. Went from a great position to a terrible one.
Parvati: Do you honestly think men are going to hand you a million dollars because you smile at them?
Jenny: Still has not managed to do anything of note. See what happened to Cecelia.

WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A MERGE?- Middle of the pack players, the lotta ya!

Cao Boi: As annoying as ever and now seen as a potential threat.
Adam, Christina, and JP: You guys all had a quiet week.

HEY! LOOK AT HIS MOHAWK-You might make the merge, but you're grimacing from the jury row!

Jessica: Stop dithering and pick a side.
Rebecca and Stephannie: Two more people who had a quiet week. But they're in a pretty good position.

LOOKING FOR A BIG TOM TO ENGLISH DICTIONARY- Big Tom has spent more combined days on the show than anyone. But he didn't quite grab the brass ring.

Brad: Quickest recovery from the merge. And probably immune to Parvati.
Nathan: A huge jump forward with the merge. Went from 'odd man out' to 'fearless octopus hunter'.
Jonathan: You're playing well. Just don't make too many enemies.
Candice: Why did she get targetted for exile island? Do the others see her as a leader?

ARE YOU A RAT OR A SNAKE?- Reserved for a MAXIMUM of two players. You have to be in the driver's seat for this spot.

Becky: Might be able to ride the "quiet #2" strategy all the way to a final twist.
Yul: Managed to break up the rebel alliance; the Force is strong in this one.

[jsc1953]

I'm with you. I just don't like her. Her flirting seems obvious and heavy-handed, and on top of that, she just bugs me.

Oh god, yes. Mwaahaha, watch me seduce the poor innocent male with my Feminine Wiles! And it'll probably work, because we men are dumb.

(Has she gone through her whole life with people saying "Havarti? Like the cheese?")

[jsc1953]

And thank God that they've shuffled the tribes, since the entire nation has been on the brink of race war for the past 3 weeks.

;)

[silenus]

I will go on record right now and say that I'll bet her flirting is being played up in the editing so that when the guys all turn on her and she gets voted out, it seems like a shocker. It was just too....obvious to me. Draelin hath called it.

[Ethilrist]

Parvati: Do you honestly think men are going to hand you a million dollars because you smile at them?

This strategy worked for Jenna Morasca. Remember, we're not playing Global Thermonuclear War, here. Other winning strategies have been "I'll vote for anybody but me", "I'm a nicer person than Lil," and "I never lose a challenge."

[Borborygmi]

Little Nemo, thanks so much for handling the Rich Rankings. I've gotten hooked on the Café Society Survivor threads in recent seasons (mostly as a lurker, obviously) in large part because of the Rankings and it's great to see them being kept alive. And, not only alive but in fine form to boot.

Middleman, if you're still around in lurk mode, thanks to you, too, for all the work on the previous seasons.

[jayjay]

Candice: Why did she get targetted for exile island? Do the others see her as a leader?


I seriously think this was a move to keep her safe from ouster, at least until there are more people at Loser Lodge to keep her from stalker!Billy.

[jayjay]

Just a note on that, because it seriously occurred to me as it happened last night: I think Cecelia unwittingly helped take Candice to at least the Final Six by telling her about Billy's confession of LOVE in front of everyone else on the tribe. I think she's going to be able to avoid torch-snuffage on the strength of people wanting to make sure there are plenty of people at Loser Lodge already to get between her and Billy. I'm also pretty sure that this aspect of it never occurred to Cecelia.

[Little Nemo]

Candice just seemed a strange choice to me. As it turned out, she was a key player and her absense threw off the five way alliance that had been set up. But how did the other team know this? Is the alliance so open that every sees it, even the people on the other tribe?

Or is it a case where we the viewers haven't been seeing all that much of Candice but the people on the island have? Maybe they know something about her we don't and realized she was likely to be a member of an alliance.

Another possibility I considered was that Parvati, who had in a sense been competing with Candice for the role of "cute girl on the tribe" might have put in a word against Candice when they were picking who to send. Or maybe Adam and Parvati had an alliance with Candice and sent her to Exile Island to protect her from being voted off.

A final factor in the decision is the idol. Nobody on the winning tribe knows that it's been found. So Jonathan and Yul would have been the safe choices. They either found it already so no additional harm done or they hadn't been able to find it so they were unlikeliest to find it now. Sending a new person out to the island to look raised the possibilities of the idol entering play. From now on, most of the players are going to have to consider the possibility that Candice has immunity.

[rockle]

Mainly because they saw Becky as the bigger threat/sneak/puppetmaster. They also need Jonathan's strength to win the challenges coming up. You don't kill off your strongest members until you absolutely have to.But ... Becky? It didn't look like she talked to anybody but Yul about anything. (I know, editing, but still.) And while hypothetically Aitu needs Jonathan's strength: Koror. But, then again, it does look like Raro is stronger on paper and in practice, so who knows. I just don't get these people, maybe. I'm curious why Cecelia was targeted -- she's at least as useful as Becky or Flicka, if for no other reason than that she knows where everything is at camp. Is Ozzy next in line to be booted? If so, then it belies their "weakest link" vote-out strategy, because he's stronger than Cao Boi.

Parvati: Do you honestly think men are going to hand you a million dollars because you smile at them?This strategy worked for Jenna Morasca. Remember, we're not playing Global Thermonuclear War, here. Other winning strategies have been "I'll vote for anybody but me", "I'm a nicer person than Lil," and "I never lose a challenge."In Jenna Morasca's defense, she also had boobs and the sense not to go up against Cesternino in F2, so I don't know how much her smile actually helped.

[interface2x]

Okay, I must not have been paying attention to one of these episodes - why are they calling that girl "Flicka" now?

[silenus]

She said to call her that, IIRC. As for Cecelia...I think she just got tagged as a ringleader of the opposition. It could have been anybody, and they just picked someone they thought was in the middle of the other alliance. Plus you keep the strong ones around for awhile, especially after that immunity challenge.

[Ethilrist]

In Jenna Morasca's defense, she also had boobs and the sense not to go up against Cesternino in F2, so I don't know how much her smile actually helped.
True; however, in one of the early interviews in Amazon, she said that her big strategy was to take advantage of her feminine wiles to cloud the minds of the men around her. Imagine her surprise to find herself on the first all-female tribe...

[Little Nemo]

I don't think Yul and Jonathan realized it was Cao Boi who organized the anti-Becky group. Yul and Jonathan both seem to think they've got the same position; themselves, a strong female ally from their original tribe (Becky and Candice), and a weaker sacrificable ally from their original tribe (Flicka and Cao Boi). They apparently assumed that the outsiders were Ozzy, Cecilia, and Sundra. Based on their own perceptions they probably assumed Ozzy was the leader, Cecilia was Ozzy's strong ally and Sundra was his weak ally. Jonathan and Yul might have gone after Ozzy directly but probably figure they want him around for challenges. So they targeted his closest ally to weaken his position instead. If this logic holds, Sundra's the next to go.

An interesting possiblity is what Cao Boi is doing. He may just be going back and forth with no plan. But he might have masterminded a move where he created a threat for the alliance to focus on and then slipped back out into the bigger alliance. Flicka seems to like him. If Cao Boi really is a strategist and is able to play Yul and Jonathan off against each other, he might go far.

[Pashnish Ewing]

Was Yul really planning on "fighting them off" during the challenge? Did he think he could somehow turn the tables and make them go the other direction? Or fight them to the death? I mean, I admire the never-give-up spirit, but at that point, save your energy and take a dive.

[PunditLisa]

Oh how quickly karma comes and nips us in the ass. If the Latino tribe had not deliberately thrown off the challenge, it's very likely that Cecilia would not have gotten voted off. With 2 tribes of 5 + 2 tribes of 4 being merged, there were two tribes who are under-represented. (That would be the blacks and the Latinos or the tribes that lost the first 2 challenges.) It's no shock that the person voted off was one of the minority tribes.

I hate Pavrati or whatever her name is. What a skank.

Jonathan is annoying and strong handed. Clue: You don't try to strong arm a ROLLER DERBY chick.

I, too, wondered if Yul would honor his vow to Becky and offer up the immunity idol if she were to lose the vote.

[The Controvert]

Was Yul really planning on "fighting them off" during the challenge? Did he think he could somehow turn the tables and make them go the other direction? Or fight them to the death? I mean, I admire the never-give-up spirit, but at that point, save your energy and take a dive.I think the idea is to have two men fight off the attackers in a stall tactic. If they can stay upright long enough, the other two can circle around and attack the opposing team.

Cecelia was chosen because they had to break up the Ozzy / Cecelia tie and Ozzy is stronger. Same reason Becky was chosen... there is a (correct) perception that Yul and Becky are thick as thieves.

[Ethilrist]

I think the idea is to have two men fight off the attackers in a stall tactic. If they can stay upright long enough, the other two can circle around and attack the opposing team.
... but not if he's still shackled to the rest of his team... I think the idea was that, yes, he was going to try to fight and maybe cause the lead guy on the other team to fall down, thus keeping his team in the game just a few seconds longer. This has shown up in challenges before: he doesn't stand a chance of winning, but he didn't come here to quit.

re: Cecelia not getting voted off if Billy was still in the game: this would only be true if Billy ended up on the same team as Cecelia. I don't remember how the voting turned out; would he even have been on the team that lost the trudge match? I doubt he would have had enough stamina to affect it, either way...

[John Mace]

Oh god, yes. Mwaahaha, watch me seduce the poor innocent male with my Feminine Wiles! And it'll probably work, because we men are dumb.
Certified man checking in. Yes, we are that dumb! As you know, God only gave us enough blood for one of our two critical organs.

[John Mace]

Candice just seemed a strange choice to me. As it turned out, she was a key player and her absense threw off the five way alliance that had been set up. But how did the other team know this? Is the alliance so open that every sees it, even the people on the other tribe?
I just assumed that she must've been the first one to quit the challenge, and was therefore determined to be the weak link. The other tribe didn't want them to be able to vote off their weak link. Did anyone notice if Candice was the first quitter?

[Little Nemo]

The Aitu tribe seemed to have a mass quitting; from the version we saw (which admittedly might have been edited) it appeared all of the women except Flicka quit almost simultaneously. The Raro women (especially Rebecca) dragged themselves around for awhile longer. The result was that the Aitus got tired faster and the Raros where able to beat them in the final conrontation.

It's an indication that a lot of these players have difficulty grasping the concept of team competition. They're playing as individuals. Yes, it's good to have strong players on your team. But once you've got all the strong players you can get, grab all the weak players you can as well. They're still assets, even if not as valuable. Josef Stalin (ultimate winner Survivor:CCCP) put it best when he said "quantity has a quality all its own."

[YWalker]

We had a thunderstorm come through, and our satellite went out during the last 10 minutes or so of the show. The last I saw was when Yul was talking to (I think) Cao Noi to try to convince him to vote for Cecelia.

So, I know the final result ---- but what happened in between?

[jayjay]

We had a thunderstorm come through, and our satellite went out during the last 10 minutes or so of the show. The last I saw was when Yul was talking to (I think) Cao Noi to try to convince him to vote for Cecelia.

So, I know the final result ---- but what happened in between?

Cao Boi had a long talk with Flicka, which we were only shown very choice bits of. They were very sure to edit it so we couldn't tell which way the two were leaning.

[Little Nemo]

So, I know the final result ---- but what happened in between?
At Tribal Council, Cecilia surprised everyone by confessing she was in love with Candice.

Okay, seriously, Yul pushed up on Cao Boi, Jonathan pushed up Flicka (who said she hated being forced to choose sides and play the game this way). Jonathan and Yul got togteher and admitted they didn't know how the other two would finally vote.

Nothing too interesting at Tribal Council - no last minute pleas or complaints about other players or sinister threats. Unusually, they showed almost everyone's voting statement (except Cao Boi and Flicka's). Most people were classy, saying they liked the woman they were voting against and it was just part of the game. Ozzy was the exception and said he was voting against Becky because she hadn't bothered getting to know him.

Jeff's words of wisdom after the vote were that they were clearly still a divided tribe.

They wisely decided to drop the family moment this season. That was a waste.

Scenes from next episode: Nothing too amazing. Apparently the Raros are going to have some problems along gender lines. The women will feel they're doing all the work around camp while the men laze around on the beach. Parvati says she's had enough of that.

Cecilia seemed a little pissed off at her departure but not too extremely. She said that the people who voted against her had underestimated the contribution she would have made to the tribe.

[Sweetums]

jayjay To add to the sound effects, Parvati's presence now demands shouts of "Slut!" as in Rocky Horror.


Okay, that made me laugh, since I started saying "asshole" whenever Ozzy shows up on screen!

[YWalker]

Thanks for the recap, Little Nemo. Durn satellite......

Most people were classy, saying they liked the woman they were voting against and it was just part of the game. Ozzy was the exception and said he was voting against Becky because she hadn't bothered getting to know him.
Yes, "not classy" definitely defines Ozzy for me. I liked him in the first episode, when he climbed the tree to get the coconuts --- after that, he's just seemed like a bigger jerk every time I see him. Last week's episode especially turned me off him.

[Evil One]

Jonathan is annoying and strong handed.

I disagree. It was painful watching him try to spoonfeed logic and common sense to flicka and watching it all go right over her head.

[BiblioCat]

I disagree. It was painful watching him try to spoonfeed logic and common sense to flicka and watching it all go right over her head.
I agree, Evil One. You can be the smart swing vote or the stupid swing vote. The fact that she acted like trying to figure it all out was giving her a brain cramp made me yell, "You guys need to vote her off!"

[RikWriter]

I disagree. It was painful watching him try to spoonfeed logic and common sense to flicka and watching it all go right over her head.

Totally agree. Were I Jonathan or any of the group of he, Yul, Becky and Candace, I would strongly suggest voting out Flicka and/or Cao Boi next and keeping Ozzy around as your fifth.

[Mama Tiger]

At least Cao Boi seemed to understand what being on the outside of an alliance and being a swing vote meant. Apparently Flicka just thought she'd coast through to the end without actually participating in the social part of the game, which is so far beyond clueless that it's positively imbecilic. And her look of true and utter stupidity when Jonathan was trying to give her a tutorial in Survivor 101 was appalling -- Papa T. and I were initially trying to figure out if she really could be that dumb or was just playing dumb, but by the end of it we agreed if there were two brain cells in that badly dreaded head, only one of them is apparently capable of firing at any one time. Even our golden retriever can't look that dumb, and it's not without a lot of trying!

[lisacurl]

At Tribal Council, Cecilia surprised everyone by confessing she was in love with Candice.
That would have been awesome.