Survivor: Fiji - Ep 7: "An Evil Thought"

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Ding dong, the dude is dead!! :slight_smile: :smiley: :slight_smile: :smiley:

There are two Asian ladies left–the coffee-bitch with the bad skin but beautiful hair is Stacy; the cute perky Valley Girl is Michelle. Michelle fell off the platform and then climbed right back up! I would have just lain there and whined like Rocky.

Yau Man reached positively Gollum-like levels of happiness, and I loved his subterfuge with the fake II. Nobody but he and Earl know that the Moto camp idol is gone, so none of the folks I still like–them, Michelle, and Cassandra–are in danger of searching for it.

I do wish that when Earl arrived on Earl’s Island (which it now shall forever be) he went up there and opened the box to see if the clue had changed at all. Production had time to change it after Yau Man found the turtle and Earl was chosen. However, I fear that Yau is on the chopping block if and when Moto loses, so he’ll have to play it and then he and Earl are on square one unless they’re sent back to Ravu and find THAT one.

As for Ravu, Lisi is right to enlist another guy to help her with the idol but it’ll be a problem if more than one other person finds out. After all, three people can keep a secret if two are dead–hey, put down that fishing line, ya stupid bro-awd!

I myself am still doing the Bro-awd Dance of Happiness and Female Empowerment that Rocky’s gone. I hope that we learn in this season what it takes to get your ass thrown off the jury. There’s two things I’m looking forward to, only one of which I’ll get to see:

  1. Rocky under fire from Jenna, Dalton, and the concentrated disgust of every caller on SURVIVOR LIVE tomorrow, and

  2. Anthony’s face when Rocky is the next one to show up at the Loser Lounge! :smiley: :smiley:

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I actually think it was quite smart of him, in a “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” kind of way. They almost never show us strategies that actually work, but I can actually picture the conversation(s) that were had. Dreamz really wanted to get rid of Rocky, but is also smart enough to know that Rocky and Mookie would have been valuable allies. So there had to have been some assurances made by Edgardo at the least, and probably by Alex as well, that at the next T.C., Mookie would be the target and Dreamz would get a fighting chance.

It’s kind of not a bad deal, either, at least on paper (although we know how well that worked out for Ulong before, and Ravu before this). Magic Merge Number is usually somewhere around 10. And Ravu should win at least one Immunity Challenge soon. You would think, anyway.

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Did I sneeze and miss where the jury selection starts now? I heard Rocky say he was gonna be on the jury, but I figured he was just being stupid and did not know how the show worked.

And they cut off his final words. I wanted more rant! Now I have to go to CBS to watch it.

I agree that Yau Man is great. He is quickly become one of my all time favorites. It will take real luck for him to make the final 2/3 but he is working harder and smarter at it than anybody we have seen in a long time.

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I enjoy the fact that she is so goddamn cute! I’ve totally got a thing for her.

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I was wondering about the jury too. There were twelve people left before last night’s TC, right? So two finalists and… ten jury members? That’s just odd. What if there’s a tie? I wonder if Burnett has another surprise up his sleeve. Or did I count wrong?

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Well, they did have a final three at the end of last season, so they might have a final three again this season.

(Can’t tell you whether you counted wrong).

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These damn Survivors keep following me. First I was in a debate class with Liza from a few seasons back, now Michelle and I go to the same school.

(Totally bragging)

She is adorable, isn’t she? When I saw the fall on the ads I thought they were doing some sort of MXE blindfolded balance beam challenge. Oh well. Gotta love blindfolded Survivors smashing into things. (opens with music. Work safe.)

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Definitely! Aso, imagine that someone will shell out serious money for them on the (Elizabeth Glaser?) auction when the show wraps…

Personally, I think they should boil them cushions and mattress and make some “Survivor tea”…

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I’m assuming Rocky is just too clueless to know he’s not actually on the Jury. Last season, when the jury started at 12, Jeff clearly stated, “The next person voted off AND THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE JURY is …”. When everyone expressed shock at what he said, he told them the jury was starting early. Since he didn’t say that last night, I’d say Rocky is making unfounded assumptions.

And was Boo all kinds of stupid at the immunity challenge or what? Michelle’s screaming “LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!” as he’s slowly stepping right. Finally he sticks out his left arm and asks “Do you mean this way?” Then, after Michelle has kicked ass as the caller, he tells her to get down “Because I’ve got a loud voice”, and when Yau Man asks him what to do, he says “Wait a second, I can’t see anything.” Maybe if you can’t see the game course, YOU SHOULDN’T REPLACE THE CALLER. Dumbass. I hope Earl and Yau Man crush him like a bug.

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Can someone steal the immunity idol.?

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Huh? I was sure that I heard Jeff say “And the first member of the jury”. Anyone else?

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That’s exactly what he said. Rocky’s the first member of the jury – so if we have a Final 3, there’ll be 8 on the jury.

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Yes, he did. “The seventh person voted out of Survivor and the first member of our jury is … (dramatic pause) … Rocky.” I think nobody expressed shock because either (1) they were still muddy-headed for overindulging on beer and nitrites from the hot dogs, or (2) more likely, they’re just not as smart as they think they are. Although, based on the previews, somebody gets that something is up, since there’s a mad scramble for the hidden idol at Ravu camp.

So, brownie55 – no, you didn’t sneeze. Although we don’t know yet whether there is going to a Final Two or a Final Three or what, it’s probably a good bet that they’re going to do F3 again. It certainly changes your strategy when you’re going to be up against two other people at the end, instead of just one. In a lot of ways, it makes every decision in the game more important. You can’t just buffer yourself by taking the most loathesome person with you, and you can’t necessarily win ever challenge and still win the game. Plus, you have more people to schmooze now, and for a longer time. It emphasizes the social aspects of the game, that’s for sure.

(Imagine, for example, if there had been three people at the end of Palau, instead of two. Tom would still have beaten Katie, sure, but what about Ian? What calculus would have been involved for the jury then? King Stud vs. Dolphin Boy vs. Psycho Bitch – now, that Final Three would have been a sight to behold. Except for that Katie would still have had a 1-in-3 shot at a million dollars, but whatever.)

This is actually another reason why I think Dreamz absolutely did the right thing in voting with Alex & Edgardo at this point. Lisi’s vote was cast in the interest of self-preservation, but Dreamz’s was also politically expedient: don’t piss off the people whose vote you might need later. The “anyone but me” stratagem should not be underrated when it is still a tribe effort. In a game like this, the argument “I think you should vote to give me the money now, because when you needed my vote, I gave it to you without incident” carries great weight (and it already worked at least once, for Sandra) – Dreamz could have voted for Lisi and forced the tie and all its accoutrements. If Lisi lost the tie-breaker, then things could have gotten ugly later when Alex & Edgardo had other allies. Dreamz would have been “untrustworthy,” somethat that will matter to two guys who think they’re “honorable” plays, and Dreamz’s vote would then become dispensible. Once you have a shot at individual immunity, all bets can be off.

gonzomax: I think so, but it wouldn’t be a Good Idea. Because it can only save you once, you know?

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I’ll be so glad when we get the DVR.

Second question: Did Lisi really say that the clues were vague? My dog could read those clues and know where to dig.

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She certainly did. The latest clue was something like “the idol is at the entrance to your cave. Under the highest point. High, meaning farthest above the ground. Cave is that big rock thing you sleep in.”

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Which is pretty funny, because at this point, the clues practically say “Look for the goddamned ‘X,’ dummy!” And she still wouldn’t be able to find it. But, then again, she probably can’t find her own ass with both hands, a flashlight, and a map – and her ass is pretty big.

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The idea of someone pulling that fake Immunity Idol out at Tribal Council and seeing the look on Jeffs face is extremely funny.

“I have the idol! Aha!”

“Ummmm…no you don’t.”

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Has anyone ever been forced to produce the HII?

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I don’t know. To the best of my knowledge, the use of the Immunity Idols so far has been to let everyone know you have it so they don’t bother to vote for you in the first place. I think that’s why they changed the rules to “reveal after the vote but before the votes are read”.

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Gary Hogeboom (aka Gary Hawkins) found the first Hidden II, and used it. His was a little different though - you had to use it before everyone voted, and then it was just like a normal Idol - no one was allowed to write your name down. He was the likely target on the night he used it, so it was slightly useful - he got voted out 1 or 2 shows later anyway.

I guess I missed hearing Jeff say Rocky was on the jury. Sorry about my post.