Let me start this thread by saying that there only 19! more! days! until Survivor and The Amazing Race are both on again, thereby making my schedule normal and completing the Circle of Life. Or whatever you call it when it involves me hunting down some milk and Oreos and cheese curls.
Anyway … tonight’s episode description:
I will repeat that I am trying to remain spoiler-free this season (so far, so good, but then again, it’s only Episode Two), so what I am about to say is based on nothing except the fact that I watch entirely too much television, and I allow Burnett’s editing team to sway me even though I know the stinkin’ previews always lie:
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[li]Since Osten isn’t here this season, I’m going to guess that the “quitter” is Shane – but I’m also going to guess that he doesn’t actually quit. Bruce will talk some sense into him, and failing that, he will unleash his kung-fu action grip and at least shut Shane up temporarily.[/li][li]No idea how the tribes are going to realign themselves, but if I have to see another playground-style pick-'em I might lose my lunch. There needs to be some kind of “strategic incentive” in place here – like, first tribe to finish the Reward Challenge gets to pick one other tribe to join them. But, of course, if the young guys win they’ll pick the young girls, and then I’ll have to hurl because it will be like Amazon all over again.[/li][li]The “vulnerable” contestants? No clue on this one either, but I know women like Melinda and Cirie far too well, and I know they’re not as popular as they think they are when they have to fraternize outside their own kind. Ruth-Marie strikes me as an OK person who will go with the flow and fit in anywhere.[/li][li]Jeff will continue with his Parade of Ugly Stupid Hats and Shirts.[/li][/ul]
As is our usual custom in these parts, if you have spoilers, please box 'em until airtime. And as is my usual custom, I will be cheering for the wildlife until someone gets especially cool. Go mosquitoes!
I really appreciate this. I know I’ve been particularly vocal on the subject. It’s just that Survivor is the only show that I make it a point to watch. (Well, there are HBO shows, but they’re available here at the same time as on the East coast.) Thanks.
I can’t see Shane quitting. As someone pointed out last week, they’re focusing on his nicotine fits. I’m sure there will be some drama, but if anyone quits it won’t be he.
From a comment in last week’s thread, there is speculation that there will be a merge of some sorts tonight. I like having four tribes. But with small tribes there is the chance that they one will be wiped out early. It makes sense to make two larger tribes. If they merge later, then the smaller tribe would be Pagaonged.
I’m looking forward to Cirie’s lack of outdoor experience. Not looking forward to her too-loose top.
Well they’re going for good tv here, so those split ups only make sense to cause the most drama. Old men will get grumpy at the young women. Young men and older women will continue to bumble about and be destroyed me thinks. However the young men hold number majority and so they’ll hopefully (if someone among them has a brain) hold the number majority and get rid of the older women.
I’m still shaking my head at the Older Women’s TC vote.
One of my standard schticks is to put on a lower-class English accent: 'I got brains! In fact, I’ve got more brains in me lit’le finger than I got in me 'hole ‘ead!’ This is how I saw the OW last week. A merge is their only chance.
If they have to combine tribes, I’m also hoping for the Older Men/Younger Women idea, because it will be absolutely worth it to see the look on Bruce’s face as he watches the girls go “What do you want to do?” “I don’t know, what do you want to do?”
I would prefer they give it another episode or two before combining, if only so the older women can truly appreciate the huge mistake they made last week.
I have to go to a farewell party for a coworker tonight, and even though I did set the VCR, I plan on faking an “Oh no! I forgot to set the VCR!” moment around 7:15. I know it’s awful, but I spent all day with these people. I’d rather go home and watch complete strangers have meltdowns in the jungle.
Oh, pshaw. You know you’re bailing on the party because it’s way more fun to spend the hour with us while we make fun of bozos on television, all the while thinking to ourselves, “Hell, I could do that, except for the dirt and the pelicans and the malaria!”
That reminds me–since I moved into the new house (about three weeks ago), I’ve had the computer in the library, as opposed to right next to me while watching the important SDMB shows. I’ll have to drag that sucker out into the living room tonight. Because most of my cutting wit and pithy observations are forgotten come Friday morning.
I usually snag a roommate’s laptop while watching Survivor and so I join you all to do :smack: and some :rolleyes: with a dash of :dubious: and in the end I just go :wally
I do think we need to get some ratings going, I don’t recall seeing any last week. Of course it’s hard after the first week, but I’m eager to see other people’s opinions on the players.
Rockle, you say you’re going to be spoiler free this year and then post unboxed spoilers. Fortunately, I’d already heard the spoilers you posted.
Here’s my predictions of tonight’s episode, based on what I’ve seen:
[spoiler]I’ve also heard that the four tribes merge into two this week. And last week’s previews had Cerie commenting on Shane’s smoking with a familiarity that indicated they were now on the same tribe.
So my guess is that the older men and older women end up merged together with the two younger tribes merged into the other team. My prediction is that the reward challenge will be for the merge; the winning team out of the four will get to pick which other team it merges to and the two remaining teams will form the other.
My further prediction is that the young women will be the winners who’ll make the pick. I think all four of the tribes are too wrapped up in youth and macho - if either male team won, they’d have picked the other male team. And if the old women team won, they’d have picked the young male team. The young women team is the only one that would make a pick that would end with the two old teams together.
Of course, there may be unforeseen factors. It might be a random shuffle. The teams might be restricted on their choices. A friend of mine says he thinks he saw players mixing together in the preview and he thinks the players are going to be divided up on an individual basis not by tribe.
One more prediction: Shawn won’t go this week. Anything dramatic they show in the preview won’t happen in the actual episode. He’ll probably be thinking about quitting (the show not his nicotine habit) but circumstances won’t work for it. Either his tribe will win immunity or somebody else will be targeted as a weaker player (we’re looking at you Cerie).[/spoiler]
As for the tribe shuffle/combining, my digital cable description sez:
(rockle, don’t read it!)
[spoiler]The four tribes combine into two by way of a playground style pick-'em. The last one picked fears the worst, but then is surprised when Jeff reveals a new twist.
I hate the playground-pick-'ems. It makes for too many hurt feelings and, IMO is just mean.
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Wait, what? What spoilers? The stuff in the Yahoo! TV quote box? I didn’t realize that counted as a spoiler, since it’s been promo’ed forever. I mean, my TiVo’s been telling me that for a week. When I said I wanted to be “spoiler-free,” I meant that I wasn’t going to look at any of the usual spoiler sites, read any insider info on other boards, etc., and I wasn’t going to share anything I accidentally came across.
I thought that “mass media data” was spoiler-proof, since it’s already out there. Is that an incorrect assertion? Or am I working with a different definition of “spoiler” than other people? And aren’t speculations “allowed” to be unboxed, since it’s speculation and not based on any insider info?
(Not trying to be defensive about this if I come off that way … I guess I am actually ignorant about this one.)
BiblioCat – thanks for the heads up! Did not read!
My single prediction is that all other 14 players, in unison, will insist that Cirie wear a friggin’ t-shirt over her bathing suit in all competitions henceforth, so people don’t go blind from the sight of her falling out of her top over and over and over again. What on earth would possess her to wear a suit that not only provides zero support, when she’s going to be living in it, basically, for (hopefully) a month, while simultaneously also providing only 5% coverage? Does she really want her boobs to be hitting her knees by the time she goes home? :wally
Someone usually posts the rules in the opening post, but stuff from previews and ads are fair game and aren’t considered spoilers, AFAIK.
I assumed this also applied to TV Guide episode descriptions and cable TV guide blurbs.
I usually don’t box the episode description from my cable guide, but I did this time because it’s something rockle doesn’t want to know about - it gives away how they merge the tribes.
JFTR, they give away that and much more on the CBS site. There’s a rotating bit that goes between a shot of the one Old Guy (Pasty White Guy), a shot of Jenna Morasco and the girl who was voted out last week, a shot of two of the Young Guys, and a big blurb about tonight’s episode. You can click on whichever one you want for more info.
I know I’ve been particularly vocal on the subject. It’s just that Survivor is the only show that I make it a point to watch. (Well, there are HBO shows, but they’re available here at the same time as on the East coast.) Thanks. 