Because she’s a loyal vote. Tasha and Kass have to know that their tribe is in trouble and are banking on getting distributed to the other tribes.
I used to think that telling someone you had an immunity idol was always the wrong play, but I think if Garrett had told Tasha or Kass about it, he would have been able to keep it, and J’Tia would have gone home.
In retrospect, Spencer got totally screwed in the first 5 minutes of the game by David targeting Garrett. I hope that he starts digging immediately for the (presumably rehidden) idol.
Has it happened in the past that an immunity idol gets re-hidden if it’s left behind at camp? I know it has if it gets used early, but this is different…
Immediately after the rice got burned I was thinking it would have been brilliant if J’Tia had just hidden most of the rice but poured enough onto the fire to make it look like she burned it all. She could then secretly tell the other girls it was an act so the guys would think she was an easy vote. As it turns out, she is crazy and now is crazy with no rice to eat. lol.
I was surprised at how Garrett simply cannot read people or a situation. It seems to me that those would be skills that a successful poker player would have. Of course, nothing says he is a successful poker player.
The brains tribe seems to have fallen into the trap that often afflicts those who are pretty smart: they didn’t study. They seem quite clueless as to how the game is actually played. It is as if they figured their superior intellect will carry the day. They may be intelligent, but they’re rather dumb. Why would anyone think that a nuclear engineer’s skills would translate into knowing how to build a bamboo shelter?
IMO, David screwed himself instantly by not answering Probst’s question correctly. When Jeff asked him why he picked Garrett, he should have answered “Well, he 's smart and strong, and I figure you are going to have the three people selected do a challenge of some sort for Reward, and Garrett’s our best shot at winning that Reward.” Total BS, but it would have cemented Garrett as an ally and kept the target off David’s back.
I like any first episode that has a hot woman splashing around in her bra and panties. I’m easy to please that way.
The bodybuilder types always have a hard time. They generally have a nutritional regimen they’re on that requires a lot more food than they’re ever going to get on Survivor, barring reward feasts. Their muscle mass and the increased metabolism it causes demands more nutrition than they’re ever going to see on the beach. Especially the ones who show up all cut. I have no idea what makes them think that near-zero body fat is a good idea going into 39 days of near-starvation and intense physical activity.
Good thing, then, that Cliff foresaw this eventuality and didn’t stay in NBA shape.
Garrett may go into the Survivor Hall of Fame as Worst Player Ever, with bonus points for getting the boot with a HII in his pocket. I honestly believe that Kass and Tasha went to TC with every intention of voting for T’Jia, but spontaneously flipped once he started talking.
I’m thinking more Tony as the opposite of Garrett on this. He’s got muscles (man, does he have muscles!) but he’s also got a good layer of body fat over them. You can’t see his abs. This is a good thing on Survivor. He has the strength of the muscles but isn’t going to feel like he’s on Day 38 on Day 3 as far as energy and hunger goes.
Loving the structure of this season. Three tribes is the only way to legitimize only having one challenge per episode. First place gets immunity and reward, second gets just immunity, loser goes to tribal council. That appeals to me. Not a huge fan of the token reward for second place, but the basic premise is solid.
Love having a beauty tribe to ogle at and objectify. They finally had a real reason to cast a bunch of LA models! Speaking of which, I really like how they divided up the tribes: Whichever trait was more relevant for the way they earn their living. Very good. It makes sense while also allowing them to cast hotties on the non-hottie tribe and smart people on the non-brains tribe, etc…
I couldn’t have been happier to see the nerds crash and burn in both challenges. Having trouble deciding which humiliation was more satisfying. They were both just so good. For most of the first two episodes I hated every nerd, but that final tribal council got me on board with Spencer. Paraphrasing: “Yes, Jeff, that’s exactly what he just said.” Ha!
That was hysterical. There is truth in the stereotype, but we need a new stereotype to point out the true stupidity: Black people who apply to be on Survivor don’t know how to swim?! That’s worse than signing up for The Amazing Race without knowing how to drive stick.
Ugh, that would be terrible. I can go to the mall to watch fat and/or old people.
While there are a lot of people on the tribes with two of the three attributes so far Sarah is the standout for me with all three. She’s tough, pulling her weight on the brawn tribe, definitely pretty and smart enough to kill in both the puzzle portions of the challenges. Her social game seems okay so far, I’m a little concerned about the preview of Tony confessing his profession as a way to ally with her but as long as she doesn’t cut off the rest of her tribe and/or they keep winning I have high hopes for her.
I’m also a fan of the Cliff/Woo duo. Friendly, genuinely nice guys with a lot of skills.
The beauty tribe is impressing so far with their abilities and their ability to work together. Not a lot of slacking off and they were the only tribe to get fire on their own. Bit of a collapse on either working together, swimming or brute strength in the second challenge but thanks to the absolute failure of brains they were saved.
Brains is suffering from the inability to accept that someone should lead even though they all think they’re the smartest. Well that and J’Tia’s insanity and horrendous puzzle completion ability and her failure of a shelter design. The only thing that saved her was the girls knowing they would never get Spencer to flip on Garrett so they had to get him out now. Helped that he ran his mouth off SO badly in tribal that anyone wavering was convinced he had to go. I’m hoping that Spencer soon finds he’s not on the bottom J’Tia is.
Is it possible we can keep individual threads for each episode? Last season we had a seasonal (i.e. one big) thread and the posts were way down. For me – and I would not likely be on the Brain Tribe by any stretch of the imagination* – Lordy, it made my head hurt trying to find where the posts for each new week started. Evidence suggests other Dopers felt the same way.
Well, Brandon was just doing it to throw a monkey wrench into the works with no rational reason otherwise. J’Tia, on the other hand felt she had nothing to lose - it was to be her final ‘fuck you all!’ to the tribe that was ousting her. I’m sure no one was more surprised than she was when she survived tribal council!
Did everybody also notice that the Beauty tribe co-operated to make fire? Two guys providing the friction, others the tinder and the cultivation. No chance of the Brains thinking of that!
This was a very meta-game kick. I don’t think Garrett would have been dumped if he hadn’t basically tried to change the rules of the game. “We’re all going to sit here until TC so we can’t have any side-conversations!” That’s not Survivor, you dumb galoot! I was right with Tasha when she went on her rant about it. If you’re going to be a paranoid asshole, the way to do it is to go tearing around trying to be everywhere at once, not to try to force everyone else to sit around where you are at all times.
No, they can’t really trust J’tia, personally. But they can’t trust Garrett’s GAME, such as he has one.
The thing is, if he had just started the group conversation and got everybody to spill their feelings that could have worked. But instead he had to try and force it so obviously, right up to following the girls around.
Not to mention putting his tentative bottom ally on the spot, about as subtly as a brick. The way he was almost badgering Kass to throw her opinion into the ring sounded more like someone interrogating a tribemember whom they suspect of planning to vote THEM out rather than someone trying to draw out support from an alliance member.
Then, of course, he definitively outs the alliance of 3 at TC because he can’t speak strategically, even if he somehow has reserves of strategic THINKING we can’t see.
Speaking of paranoid assholes…what is going on in Tony’s head? He thinks he would be a huge disadvantage to reveal he’s a cop (and when one of his tribemates has already done so?) I think he’s over-estimating the opinion people have of cops.
And building a “spy shack” to spy on his own tribe? Holy crap. Although I will be truly stunned if it ever gets put to use.
Morgan doing her jiggly walk while telling tribe mates she lives in silicon valley.
Tony making bizarre sex sounds and gestures while searching for the underwater idol; wife and I and older kids in fits of laughter while 11yo is asking what’s so funny.
Not giving away the twist at second TC. Sure Gordon made their job easy on this one, but even going to the vote I thought J’Tia was a goner.
