I couldn’t be more happy about that! Thankfully now I can take joy in watching the rest of the season!
Why did the Yau-Man/Johnathan group want to depend on Fairplay anyway? Couldn’t they have taken Celie and been 5?
BTW: is it just me, or is clean-shaven Ozzy the living embodiment of a younger Matthew Broderick? Flippin scary similarity.
She was one of a kind. She seemed completely gobsmacked by the presence of the gay dude. I thought she was going to ask him if he lives by eating food and drinking water.
And implants! She’s never seen 'em, but if she’s intrigued, she’s on the right show to learn all about them.
Not excited to see Parvateeth again. I wonder what would happen if her lips actually touched each other for a second. She looks like she’s eternally trying not to unseat her Crest Whitestrips™. Someone vote her out quick before everyone’s opinions of James are ruined.
What, no mention of Eliza’s face plant?? That had to be one of the funniest things on Survivor in a loooooong time.
I don’t think Fairplay was scheming. He said the same thing in confessionals, which isn’t like him. Usually he says one thing to the players, and the truth to the camera. I honestly think he just couldn’t hack it, which pleases me to no end!
Oh, and another thing. James had better stay focused on the game, and not Parvati, or he’s going to find himself out.
i am really disappointed to see James going ga-ga over Parvati. Sex kitten, indeed. I hope he’s just exploiting her and not being taken in.
Eliza still annoys the crap out of me, and Amii was surprisingly human for all of like 3 minutes or whatever. Although I am kind of hoping that many of the “Favorites” don’t last very long, because I hate factions, and they’re all kind of acting like bullies.
Except Yau-Man, who will always and forever be the cutest little thing on two legs.
Ugh, Eliza…she reminds me of a twitchy, borderline psycho Jennifer Love Hewitt, with smaller endowment.
It was great to see Yau-Man smash Fairplay’s head against the boat, and then see Fairplay get the boot after Jeff exposed his fakery. I’m pulling for Ozzy. I know he isn’t popular, with his Christian values thing and all that, but not to worry — if I’m pulling for him, he won’t win. Finally, I am consoled about there being no Rob by the fact that there was no Rupert.
Jennifer Love Hewitt? I was thinking something more like this. And yeah it looks like she should have a nice shiner from that crash.
Agreed about James and the distractions. It’s way too early to be getting lovey dovey like that. First, it annoys people, and second it puts the idea of an unbreakable two-person alliance in the other players’ minds.
Interesting beginning. I really enjoyed this episode, just as I really enjoyed the early episodes of All-Stars before they all started acting like imbeciles. There wasn’t that awful ramp-up period where I struggle to remember who was who - I know all the “Favorites” and the fans were generally pretty distinctive people - the weenie ice cream scooper, the crazy lady, the terrifying monster, the guy-who-wants-to-be-a-writer-but-isn’t-because-his-observations-are-lame.
I think the Fans do have a distinct advantage in the very early game. They obviously have more enthusiasm and eagerness, which is going to translate into an early challenge advantage. But I also think that that early enthusiasm is going to wear off, along with the furious motivation to beat the Favorites purely because they’re favorites. Once the game evolves into the mid-game slog, I think the people with experience are going to emerge with a sizable lead. I mean, they’re already thinking strategically, pairing off, grouping off, planning for the mid-game. The Fans are so focused on the “Whee! We’re on Survivor with Yau-Man!!!” aspect of the game that I think they will be collectively unprepared when things start getting dirtier and the novelty fades.
I actually disagree, in this particular game, about the wisdom of the pairing-off going on. Amanda/Ozzie and James/Parvati would ordinarily be making huge problems for themselves by pairing off so early, because they’d be isolating themselves as two against eight. But in this game, there is another factor - an implicit James/Amanda bond - that will hold that group of four together pretty tightly, I’d expect. But because the group of four is really two groups of two - as opposed to one unified group of four, like Jonathan/Yau-Man/Ami/Eliza - I think it would be to Cirie’s advantage to go with James/Amanda/Ozzie/Parvati. She has a better chance of moving up from fifth to third in such a situation. So over there, I’d actually say the Quartet of Obscenely Attractive People (And Parvati) is in the best early-game position.
I’m so happy this show is back.
What Christian values thing? I don’t remember that.
I DO remember a certain video of an adult nature, however…
Another Fairplay theory I’ve seen advanced elsewhere: They paid him a whopping appearance fee just to show up, and then take a dive immediately, just to publicize the show. Because, let’s face it, how many of us tuned in to watch Fairplay get his a second time (or at least will admit to it)? That may have been a way to satisfy Probst’s objections to having him, too – he knew he’d only be there till his first appearance at tribal council.
And my two favorite moments of the show (besides Fairplay walking off, of course): Yau Man tackling Fairplay into the boat (and Fairplay’s whining about it), and Eliza’s face plant in the cart. To her credit, she didn’t complain, just got back in and winced with every movement – she’ll have a shiner for sure. Hee!
I am so thrilled to see Yau Man and Jonathan back, I can hardly stand it. I really, really hope those two make it a long way in the game – they make as fun a pair to watch as Yau Man and Earl did. And Jonathan is one of my top 3 favorite Survivors ever.
I haven’t watched every season, and although I’ve heard his name here, I’ve never seen Fairplay before. Sounds like I should be glad!
Eliza reminds me of another Eliza more than Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Oh, yes…be very glad. His original season was Pearl Islands, and he was a major tool from the get-go. He had a story planted with his friend from BEFORE THE SHOW BEGAN about his grandmother having died while he was on the island, to be dropped into the game when they had the “relative/friend visit” challenge. It gave him a lot of sympathy and probably got him to Final Three. Of course, his grandmother didn’t die…it was all fabricated. To those of us at home, his being dumped at Final Three by the Den Mother was just beautiful.
Afterward, he continued to stink up the reality show circuit and the professional wrestling circuit (and apparently, the America’s Next Top Model circuit), as well as piss off Jeff Probst to the point where, before this season, he’d publicly declared that Dalton would not be welcome at any event that Probst was involved with.
There is a little more of a resemblance, but I don’t even know who that person is, let alone recognize a resemblance to her before I saw that pic…
Actually, the past few seasons, most of the contestants have been recruited by the producers, not selected from the applicant pool. All they did this time was use the applicant pool exclusively.
I enjoyed how Jeff didn’t even try to hide his contempt for Fairplay. “You look like you’re drunk already.”
Does anyone else think Yau-Man resembles David Lo Pan from “Big Trouble in Little China” ?
I’m not liking the “favorites” at all, except for Yau-Man. And Parvati, but only because she’s hot. I am soooooooo glad they voted that asshole Jon off. He was an absolutely insufferable tool until the very end. Acting like he was in complete control and the only one who really knows how to play the game. What an idiot.
The whole Jonny Fairplay storyline seems a little contrived when you think about it. He wants to go see his unborn baby? Isn’t he headed to Loser Lodge for a month first?
I don’t think you need to hypothesize a conspiracy with the producers to explain Jonny Fairplay’s participation – he would see it as an opportunity to rake in a few more dollars (everyone gets some money, right? based on how long they last?), extend his 15 minutes of fame for another 45 seconds, and piss off Jeff Probst – they get someone who will draw in viewers for the season premiere.
I don’t think there could have been any illusions on either side that he wouldn’t be voted out ASAP, given his persona and reputation.