I’m still watching it; we stopped about halfway through to read the nightly Hobbit chapter to SqueegeeJr. Its MrsSqueegee’s turn to read, so I might as well start the thread.
[spoiler]OMG, Hot Amanda’s sister’s butt is pixelated, too!!! It does run in the family! Is it a tragic birth defect, inherited from one of their parents?
I guess I’m not the only one who smelled Johnny Fairplay in the air, though Courtney was such a B about it. At least we have some indication that these players have ever watched the show before, considering their firemaking skills.[/spoiler]
Wow, I was so close to starting this thread. It popped up from the time I typed it in in the search field.
I think James at Tribal Council should have been giving those dirty looks to himself. As soon as I heard about Todd’s sister, I turned to my wife and said “I wonder if this is like Johnny Fairplay.” But I don’t see how it would have helped him any really to get sympathy during this challenge.
I wonder how Courtney will react when she finds out it was true or if she didn’t find out until she was at home watching it tonight and how the reunion show will go.
I really hope PG does not win it all. She is smugness incarnate.
At this point, this is how I would rank people in order that I would want them to win:
Amanda (maybe she’ll address the pixilation on the reunion show)
Courtney (hated her at the beginning, still find her somewhat annoying, but at the same time irresisitable)
Denise
Todd
PG
Amanda has to be among the greatest players in Survivor history. She steps up and leads when it is to her benefit and stands back when the group is moving in her favor. She still hasn’t received a vote against her.
She is beautiful, but she isn’t stupid. I would play the game the same way she is if I had the opportunity.
Something that just occured to me – in many, many past seasons there’s been a male vs. female vibe. Not just when they deliberately split up the sexes, but we often ended up with the men on a tribe forming a tight ‘boy’s club’ and the women complaining about being left out, generally trying to form a counterbalance women’s alliance to save themselves from being eliminated…and generally failing to be able to hang together.
This time the only male vs. female discussion I can remember what when Jean-Robert and James were tubing around in the lake, and that came across more as basically JR being a MCP and James sort of playing along to get along.
And, without any scheming (that we’ve been shown, anyway) the players are down to four women and one man – and he’s pretty far from being a big strong manly man.
Now Amanda appears to be aiming to get rid of him. Which is a sensible move on her part – He’s undoubtedly physically stronger than PG or Courtney, and possibly Denise – but it’s going to seem strange if the final four are all women.
The way Todd was acting trying to convince everyone it was true made me disbelieve him more. I believed him when his sister came out initially, but afterwards in the water he just sounded so callous about it (wanting to be believed instead of being grieved).
I mean, did I actually hear him say “Well she was only 3 months along” in kind of an “oh well” tone?
I’d applaud if the final four were women. 'Bout time the ladies stepped up.
But, back to the important topic, hot Amanda’s blurry butt. For some reason, said bottom was unblurred for a moment during the IC, as she turned away from the lockboxes…and we see: No corporate logo, just cammy. No holes her bikini bottom. Nothing remarkable. So maybe her suit rides up, and the censors are offended by that? I don’t get it.
OK, back to the show:
Boy, can James look daggers, or what? And after that nice speech last week. I wonder what he found out from the rest of the jury? J-R probably has him bullshitted about something.
The vote was entirely expected. Every time some player says, “Let’s force a tie!” it will never, never happen. Or at least, that record is holding true so far.
I liked Lunch Man: “oh my god you smell terrible”. LL: “Can I have your socks?”
What was with Courtney’s father? So, he doesn’t wear shorts, he’s English, I get it. But he seemed distressed or even offended at helping his daughter win a challenge? And Courtney’s all “I’m sorry, Dad!!” That was just weird.
That part actually came off as reasonably genuine to me. The sequence I recall was, somebody asked Todd how far along the pregnancy had been. Todd answers “three months”, and then his sister corrected him, that it was two months along when the miscarriage happened. Todd looks surprised, answers, “so it happened just after I left?” Sister: “yeah just about”.
I couldn’t help but think of Johnny Fairplay, but there’s just no way anyone would ever try to pull that again. It’s a retired tactic. Besides, the miscarriage of a fetus carries nowhere near the sympathy factor of the death of a beloved grandmother.
I’m nor sure why Denise flinched on defecting. I mean, what does she have to lose? She’s pretty darn sure she’s at the bottom of her alliance, so why not roll the dice at that point? If she was really devious, she could claim that it wasn’t her who cast the 3rd vote for Todd.
Just as those guys brought back that piddling amount of chocolate from the reward, I was wondering what happened to the Survivor tradition of bringing back food. Still, that was pretty weak. Remember when they always used to “smuggle” a reasonable amount of food back for those still at camp?
And what about the HII? Isn’t anyone thinking that they got put back somewhere after James got the boot? Did Jeff say anything at all about it this time?
I was really happy for Denise that she and “Mr. Denise” (as one of the others called him) won that challenge. Given that she’s so low in everyone else’s esteem, I thought it especially nice that she got an opportunity to be with someone who values her.
I was also amused by Courtney’s apology to her father for making him help her on the challenge–after all, this was not a particularly physically challenging reward challenge–nor was this one where the family had to eat gross foods or something. Just walk around blindfolded in a maze, hook up with your loved one, and find the center. Ok, so it’s easier said than done. Still . . .
Yeah, I’ve wondered the same thing. It’s been several seasons since reward-getters managed to stuff their pockets full of goodies for the folks back at camp. It seems like a prohibition must have been set. So I can just see the scene on the feast boat:
Players: “Let’s bring back some of this cake to the rest of the guys!”
Show staff: “Nope, sorry. We don’t allow that anymore.”
Player - looking pissed, splortches his hand in the cake remnants: “Oh. Darn. I just got a bunch off chocolate on my hand. And nowhere to wash up. Whatever shall I do?” Glares at show staff.
Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but did anyone else notice how Courtney, spoiled bitch that she is, just stood there with her arms out when she saw her father? I’m here, daddy, walk over and hug me. I can’t be bothered to move my lazy ass to greet you.
As for her apology, maybe she made some promise to her dad that he wouldn’t have to participate in any games if he agreed to visit her. Which, of course, would be a stupid promise to make. Somehow, though, it’s not hard for me to imagine her lying to a relative in order to get what she wants.
I don’t look on the Survivor website (where they have biographical info on the players), so I was astounded to see that Denise was a married woman with children. Her mullet decieved me into thinking she was a lesbian. Anyway, I’ve always liked her and I’m glad she won tonight. She was my favorite part of last episode – watching her enjoy herself at the Temple. I wish she had flipped at Tribal Council – exchanging number 4 for number 3 seems like a no-brainer. Still, if Todd had won the tie-breaker, she’d have been worse off than before.
I’ve gotta say – the ‘loved ones’ challanges always irritate me. All the crying! Geez, people – you’ve only been away from home for a month!
Yeah. I can maybe see it if you husband or wife is visiting and it makes you think of your kids and all. But your sister or brother? Jeez, I don’t think I even talk to my siblings more than 3 or 4 times a year.
Maybe it’s just that you’re beaten down with lack of food and crappy weather. Still, it’s gotta be a blast doing all the stuff they get to do, and it’s not like they’re really starving like the first few seasons. Africa especially comes to mind-- those guys were hurtin’ for food like nobody’s business. Seems like after that season the producers made sure the players had some decent food all the time.
The OP read my mind with the whole Amanda’s sister’s butt thing. My first thought was “oh, it is an hereditary disorder”. Today we got two clear shots of Amanda’s butt, though. One at the reward challenge and one lying down in the shelter.
Now, why would Denise not choose PG for reward? I couldn’t have imagined not choosing her after she chose me for the coolest reward ever.
And why try to get rid of Todd with a tied vote? If you know there will be a tie breaker, then choose Courtney, who you know can’t do squat right. Get rid of Todd later on with a sure vote.
It was great to see Denise win and enjoy her husband. You can tell they are a real couple. I always think it is kind of a loser’s thing to have a sibling go to see you.
Denise may have done right sticking to the 3. If she even has an inkling of what Amanda is really like, she knows Todd will be gone before the final 3 (one hopes).
Todd is getting really lame. I liked him a lot at the beginning but now I am just sick of him. He thinks he is smart, while he is just desperate.
And James was such an idiot at the TC. What’s the point of all that hairy eyeball crap? You are out, you are bitter. Who woulda thunk? Get over yourself. As someone said, I am sure J-R is having a field day messing with his head.
Being stuck at loser’s camp must suck big time. Has this been covered in any interviews before?
What would be awesome is if there were one of those silly “Tribal Romance” things happening (e.g. Erik and Jaime) and one of the (or both!) player’s boyfriend or girlfriend from back home show up at the reward challenge, esp if they stay the night. Ooh, the night of the flying dagger-eyes. I can totally see someone like Boston Rob getting in this kind of jam.
Dunno the answer to your question, but it seems to me it’d be a nice vacation – up to a couple of weeks in paradise, with food and showers and a real bed. You just need to work for 15 minutes every 3 days. Hopefully you get along with the other former-players in Loser Lodge. Sure, you lost. But everyone you’re hanging with at this point also got voted out, so it’s OK.