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.[sup]*[/sup] 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 and Genesee Cream Ale. 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, 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?
[RIGHT][sup]*[/sup] = In my dream, we were all gorgeous, just like IRL, no doubt. Except I was about 6’ tall, which … I am not so much.[/RIGHT]
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.
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!):
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[li]Whale! Oooooh! That shot was awesome.[/li][li]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?[/li][li]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.[/li][li]I think I am beginning to hate Jonathan, and I definitely hate his hat.[/li][li]What happened to the chickens this week? Have we switched from poultry to pulpo?[/li][/ul]
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.
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.
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…
