These people have to be a bumch of pampered ninnies to make such a big deal about the family reuniun thing. It’s just a freakin month or so out of your life. Have you never gone more than a month without seeing your brother, dad or even your spouse? Sheesh.
This is the point we keep raising at my house. This year is probably the first in my kids’ lives that I haven’t been gone for a month or more.
Sharing some extended time with a loved one on a beautiful tropical island would probably be far superior to meeting that same person at home. I too would be pissed off if some 22-year-old kid took that opportunity away from me, in particular since the loved one took a substantial flight+boat trip to come see me.
Oh, come now, that seems pretty entitled to me. Every contestant in the challenge had someone who traveled a far distance (“took a substantial flight+boat trip”) to see them. What makes your loved one better than someone else’s, and why are you entitled to see your SO when whoever Kat chose isn’t? I thought the folks on the show who were butt-hurt about this had no leg to stand on, and to Tarzan’s credit he said as much.
Here is Kat on the crawing on all fours thing.
For any of the younger guys out there… this behavior and her quote is pretty much the definition of “the crazy.”
I don’t care how mesmerizing you think her eyes are… I don’t care how hot you think she is. Remember rule number one… DON’T PUT YOUR DICK IN THE CRAZY.
We still see them wet and cold now and then but the surviving the elements has been toned down over time, especially after the first three seasons. On the other hand there’s been some rather aggressive challenges that have resulted in some game ending injuries, so it’s not just about surviving the rats and snakes sleeping in the hut next to you.
Can someone explain the politics and alliances now? Why vote off Kat instead of finishing Pagoning the guys? Are players still that dense that they don’t realize throwing a challenge (or deliberately going to tribal) is never a winning strategy in the long run?
That’s not what I meant. I meant the reaction they all have when they first get to see the relatives. They act like they’ve been gone for years, what with all the crying and shit. Does Sprint pay them per tear drop or something?
I think it was smart to get rid of Kat. Especially for Kim. As I said earlier, say what you will about her, she’s a threat at the challenges. She might get the anti-Kim vote from the guys.
Yeah, they act like they’re POWs coming home when they see their relatives.
Regarding the strategy, I’m sure Tarzan will make it to the final three. It’s always a good idea to have a nut/loser with you ala Phil the Former Federal Agent? to contrast yourself with to the jury; also it is a good idea to have an unlikeable jerk in the group. So my prediction: Kim with Alicia as the Jerk and Tarzan as the Loser.
It’s only been a few weeks, but it probably seems like an eternity to them. They’re sleep deprived, cold, hungry, and bored out of their minds. And they’re surrounded by strangers whom may or may not turn on them at any minute. I think the net effect is that they never feel “safe.” That is very psychologically wearing. So when someone they DO trust 100% walks up, it’s a huge release for them.
My daughter went on a weekend retreat, and every single girl BAWLED and clung to their parents when they returned because it had been such an emotional weekend.
But you don’t cut off all contact for the month, do you? No phone, no texting, no skype, no email, no letters, nothing? I think that’s outside the experience of nearly all modern Americans.
Never again will I be able to write a phrase of speak a phrase that has this kind of syntax:
If they do, then … but they don’t, then …
without thinking of Kat and her unbelievable small speech at TC in which she said …
“If a blindside happens, then kewl beans and if it doesn’t, then touche whatever.”
That had to be the most jaw-dropping little scene I’ve ever seen.
“Touche Whatever?” What the Hell does that mean? Unbelievable considering the events that happened next.
And it was preceded by some equally amazing shit, such as …
“That had to be the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do in my life (she was talking about deciding which two people to take with her on the reward trip.”
Realy? That was the most difficult thing she ever had to do in her life?
But, coupled with her words were the equally astonishing looks on her face.
All in all, I need to post this was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen on my TV.
I still can’t delete this episode from my DVR. I’ve never felt this conflicted before about saving or deleting a network program.
But Kat and this episode was just amazing. I just can’t delete it. And I’m not sure why. It was one for the ages.
Absolutely astonishing!
Delete it. Buy the DVD if you feel there’s a significant unfulfilled need in your life. 
Hi everyone from France !
We’re here big fans of survivor, started with the french french version (named “Koh Lanta”). When the last season ended, i wanted more so I looked up the internet and found the original US series, watched Tocantins I loved it and fell hook, line, and sinker, watching half a dozen more seasons. The strategy game, “the game” as russel calls it, is so much more developed compared to the french version. Here we’re in the infancy of “the game”, competitors are still whining about betrayals for ridiculous reasons and getting away with it.
Having said that, the french show is better in other aspects : it is physically hard, the challenges are really tough requiring a lot of physical and mental strength, getting fire is hard, no tools, no banana regimes, no chickens or pigs running around, there are almost no stupid puzzles, no ridiculous rewards with tons of sweeties, watching every calorie spent, the people who work to get food for their tribe get more respect. Usually rewards come into the form of a trip into a local village with a lot of touching interactions with the locals and an indigenous meal. The season of “Koh Lanta” actually on air displays a return of very good but unlucky comptetitors, so the “survival” bar was set higher : they start with zero food, no rice ! They have to feed themselves with coconuts, shells, roots, fish or whatever they found on the island. When they meet the locals, they get sometimes useful advices about which berries or plant they can pick and eat in the jungle. It changes dramatically the game, when people are super hungry they cannot think straight, they become easily irritated, it becomes difficult to play a 100% social game even if it is my favorite part. Survivor became only a social game. They could as well shoot it in a studio in New York.
And when the social game is absent or dull like this season 24, the whole show becomes boring to watch because there is nothing more to it. We’re left with the fun of watching the dumbest competitors : Jay, Christina (episode 11 was sick she’s maybe the most stupid survivor of all times), Kat, Leif and even Tarzan are all clueless. Troyzan tried something but he was like speaking to cattle (i really loved how he layed it out during TC ep 10). Even among the girls left, no one whispers about getting out the obviously uber-strong Kim.
Well, i’ll keep dreaming of a super Survivor show getting the best of the US and french versions.
(hope i don’t bothered you too much with my bad english)
I bought a set of DVDs once but I will never buy that kind of DVD again.
IMO, they are terrible for several reasons.
For one thing, they take a very long time to be able to navigate to a particular episode.
Also, modern DVD players are fabulous. They can play programs not only from the old style DVDs - but they can also play “Data DVDs”. The specific technical term is “Divx Certified”. If you buy a DVD player that is “Divx Certified”, it will be able to play all your data DVDs.
I love my new DVD player. It was very inexpensive (around $60) and not only is it “Divx Certified”, but it also plays Blu-Ray.
For those people who may not know, a “Data DVD” is one that you can create using your PC and it’s very similar to the format of a floppy drive. I can take a blank DVD and put it into my PC and use an app like Nero to create a data DVD in about 5 minutes that contains five or six movies. Not only is that an excellent backup of my video data files, but it will store about 5 or 6 times as many movies on a DVD as the old style DVD format will do.
I guess that many people know all about this. But I’ve just recently discovered this. I used to spend about one hour to create an old style DVD that contained one movie using an app like DVD Flick. But I love my new DVD player so much that I just wanted to share this info with everyone here. I hope you all get yourselves a Divx Certified DVD player and that you will enjoy that very much.
And if not, touche, whatever.
A DVD would really be sorta cool beans! Touche’! (drops on all fours)
No, this was wonderful. I miss the survival aspects myself, and your summation is masterful. 
BTW- is the French version topless?
It seems with Kim’s mustache, tallness, and adam’s apple, I’m wondering if she is transgender?
Also said every freaking week:
“Wanna know what you’re plaing for?”
Just once, I wish no one would answer him. Or even better, they all remained silent except for one person who replies with one of the following:
“What the fuck do you think, asshole?”
“No. We don’t care.”
“Don’t you ever get sick of the sound of your own voice?”
“Just tell us and stop asking that stupid question.”