I don’t have much to say about this episode, except to point out that I was right! See above.
I also liked the scene where the guys were enjoying their Coke, and one of them said something along the lines of, “Everything went right today. It was a perfect day,” followed by a shot of another guy ripping a big ol’ belch. Amusing.
I agree with Little Nemo on all counts.
My eyes can’t roll far enough back to express my utter contempt for Heidi. “Bigger women with more fat to live on.” Stupid bimbo.
And I was also mighty confused by Shawna’s vote.
I think that voting off Joanna instead of the very pretty but useless Shawna (her “sickness” was way overblown—get over it, frickin’ whiner!) was perhaps the stupidest move in Survivor history*. Joanna was certainly annoying, but she was also by far the strongest of the women, their hardest worker, and biggest asset in challenges. The team is far, far weaker now. It’s the most elementary, obvious Survivor strategy that you vote off the weaker members of your tribe first, and go after the stronger only after the post-merge.
Anyway, I guess the Joanna drinking game is over now. I counted three ordinary drinks, one huge one for her practically singing a hymn in her final remarks, and a bonus sip for “Son of a biscuit!” during the IC.
So what do we drink to now? Every time Heidi makes a disparaging remark about all women who are over 25 or have a spare gram of body fat? Need to make a trip to the liquor store…
[sub]*The only contender I can think of would be the Idiot Brigade voting off Hunter in S4. I’d argue that this was marginally stupider, if any one would care to take the opposing view?[/sub]
But were certainly stupid. But I still think the grand prize goes to Season Four’s Gang of Four and their performance at the shooting challenge. “Hey guys I have a great idea! Why don’t the four of us show the other five players that we have an alliance and we’re going to vote them all off one by one, including the two who think they’re in the alliance! It’ll be fun!”
Oh, I’d forgotten about that one. Yeah, that was pretty phenomenally stupid also.
Still, that falls into the category of inter-tribal stupidity. It hurt the individual members of the tribe, but not necessarily the tribe as a whole. As far as screwing your whole team’s chances, I’d still say my two examples are the worst.
Ferrous, I have to disagree with you. I think the stupidest move in Survivor history was when Silas and his buddies in the Samburu tribe of Survivor: Africa made their bead necklaces and deliberately ostracized the other members of their tribe, when they still needed them.
I missed it – who did Christy vote for?
She had been considering voting for Shawna instead of Joanna. I was stunned that she wouldn’t vote off Joanna in a heartbeat, after the “Talk to the hand” scene.
Also, the Boob Alliance has just got to go. These woman are so unbelievably vain and self-centered (and whiny and lazy), I keep waiting for the less-cute non-alliance to slap-em around.
Hmm, but that was one post-merge, wasn’t it. So maybe not really comparable.
And on preview, Fiver has a good contender too. Obviously, the series provides us with a rich mine of stupidity.
So let me ammend my statement to something along the lines of “the worst strategic move affecting pre-merge tribal balance of power” or some such overly nitpicky, unaesthetic verbiage…
Christy joined Heidi, Jenna and Deena in voting for Joanna
Joanna and Jeanne voted Shawna
Shawna voted Christy (?!)
This season is shaping to be one of my favorites. I love Heidi’s outrageous comments. I love Deena’s non-nonsense confessionals. At least they’re interesting to watch.
The stupidest move ever is still Dr Sean’s alphabet “strategy” in season 1 - Don’t even get me started.
Oh, man. I never thought I say this, but I hope Tambaqui ends up running the table. Now that their most useless members are out, they’re ready to roll.
And it’s about damn time. No, I don’t care about the stupid twists and machinations and bickering etc. I lost the will to slog through all that about halfway through the Africa contest. Right now all I want to see is a strong team competing to win and doing whatever it takes to stay in it. Jaburu is a mess; it’ll take a miracle for them to avoid completely falling apart. I’m sorry, but I just do not want to see that, no matter what kind of politics are involved. Once you’re in, you gotta start playing, y’hear?
And Joanna has no one to blame but herself. Jesus friggin’ Christ, if you’ll excuse the religious reference. When will they learn that you CANNOT antagonize others, CANNOT force your beliefs on others, CANNOT be preachy and annoying and insufferable, CANNOT stick your neck out? No ifs, ands, or buts, no excuses, no qualifiers, you can’t do this if you expect to have any chance of surviving? Maybe ousting her wasn’t the greatest strategic move, but I’m not shedding any tears over her fate.
Sigh…well, still don’t have a favorite, so I’ll leave it at that.
It’s my understanding that Shawna voted for Christy, hoping that Joanna, Jeanne, and Christy would vote for her, and that even if Deena joined the underage bimbo twins, she would force a tie and have a better shot at getting the boot.
Wow. Every time Heidi opens her mouth, I want to slap her. What a bitch.
Shawna’s “sickness” was dehydration. When will these morons learn that even when you’re not eating well, you still have to drink water! Gee, I’m sorry it’s not icey cold bottled Evian, but you still have to drink it!
God, what a stupid move, voting out Joanna. I understand she was annoying, but Shawna was begging to go. Joanna was a productive member of the tribe, and apparently, the best fisherman (or fisherwoman) of the group.
Now is not when you get rid of the stronger members. :smack:
I weep for my gender.
I couldn’t get over Heidi’s comments either. Not a lot of brain cells are rubbing together in her cute li’l head.
More importantly, I think I’ve fallen in love with Dave.
Also, the Tambaqui tribe is a rare glimpse for women to see what a group of men really do/talk about when there are no women present. Somehow, I get the feeling that men watching the show are silently cursing Tambaqui for revealing their secrets.
I like Dave, too, ladydisco. He’s kinda cute.
It’s not like it’s some great secret. We talk about girls and sports, plus make rude noises.
Well, I was going to say “take a drink every time they linger on a close-in shot of Heidi’s boobs,” but I can’t afford that much booze, and I have to go to work on Fridays…
The women made the same stupid mistake that Brooklyn Rob and Lazy Sean made on Marquesas when they voted off Hunter. Oh yeah, vote off the strongest person and practically guarantee you’ll never win another immunity. Great plan, guys.
It’s too bad for Heidi can’t live off her stored silicone like the other “non-cute” women can live off their fat. They may have love handles, honey, but they didn’t just make themselves look like a self-absorbed wench on national t.v.
I’m all for spirituality, but Joanna’s brand of delivering her message is a little, um, hostile.
Not to mention that her boobs are nauseating enough to look at without adding the effects of alcohol.
I wonder if Joanna or Heidi, as they watch these episodes, think to themselves “geez, that was really stupid of me; I can’t believe I said that, or thought that.” Or if they’re truly as oblivious to the effect their behavior and words have on others (both to the television audience and their tribe-mates) as they seem to be.
Has anyone from previous Survivor shows fessed up to having been enlightened by seeing their stupid or obnoxious behavior from the outside, so to speak?
What gets me most about Shawna’s vote for Christy is that Probe-stick DIDN’T READ IT!?
Has that ever happened before? Anyone else think it is complete bullshit?
As far as drinking goes, Joanna got off to a fast start welcoming the dawn with a quick combination “Lordy! Lordy, lordy, lordy, lordy!” By my count, she tossed in another quicky to finish off the six-pack. But then was stangely tired until poor old minty was chugaluggin his entire pitcher of martooties over the closing credits. As much as I wanted to give her credit for her “inspirational” quote, didn’t count in my book.
Things could start getting pretty ugly for the girls pretty soon. Can’t see how Shawna will bbe anything but a drag given her health/attitude. If the guys start eating well, they could start to run the table. Anyone else feel played by MB? The way he had us all crowing about the women kicking the guys butts, and the guys being in trouble? A master of misdirection. You may not value what he does, but he sure does it well!
Previews for next week: Dave “There’s a naked girl in a shower I can see into. This is the greatest day of my life!” What are you, dude - twelve?
For those who want to keep the drinking to a minimum, maybe every time Heidi uses the word “cute” and every time the 8-ball makes an appearance.
Starting to like “Matteo” a lot better. Was Alex even there this week?