Really, though… how tight is Vee with Rob and Sean? I don’t think that the V/R/S bond is that tight, as possibly foreshadowed by last night’s episode.
Clearly, going in to the merge, the New Maraamu alliance is the tightest voting block, followed by Core Rotu. Unfortunately, New Maraamu is outnumbered. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Vee strengthen her position and the position of New Maraamu by completely abandoning the Lazy Boys and cozying up to New Maraamu.
The only thing that might block this is that Core Rotu may pretend to re-embrace New Maraamu back into the original tribe (before eliminating them and keeping Core Rotu going into the final four), thus keeping New Maraamu from thinking that accepting Vee might be usefull…
I thought one of Rob’s comments was interesting: “By losing Gabe, we put ourselves at a disadvantage.” Does that mean that Gabe actually was planning on throwing in with them? But then they voted for him, too…I’m confused.
John is a fool if he thinks being perceived as The Leader is a good thing. If J/R/T/Z do make it to the final 4 (as seems likely), I bet he’s the first one to go.
That’s the most likely scenario, IMO. I may be wrong, but N & P don’t seem to be much for strategizing. Although you’d think a judge should be pretty sharp at politicking. Perhaps we’re just not seeing it.
In any case, I think this thing is getting interesting. It looked like it would be a cake walk for Rotu, but it seems we may have a game now.
I thought one of Rob’s comments was interesting: “By losing Gabe, we put ourselves at a disadvantage.” Does that mean that Gabe actually was planning on throwing in with them? But then they voted for him, too…I’m confused.
John is a fool if he thinks being perceived as The Leader is a good thing. If J/R/T/Z do make it to the final 4 (as seems likely), I bet he’s the first one to go.
That’s the most likely scenario, IMO. I may be wrong, but N & P don’t seem to be much for strategizing. Although you’d think a judge should be pretty sharp at politicking. Perhaps we’re just not seeing it.
In any case, I think this thing is getting interesting. It looked like it would be a cake walk for Rotu, but it seems we may have a game now.
My only thought about that was that Gabe a nice, altruistic, and somewhat unrealistic guy, who might be expected to treat them as “fairly”, rather than as the lazy jerks they are.
Oh my. Pardon the double post. How the heck did I do that 35 minutes apart? Oh well…
Dinsdale,
Maybe, but it doesn’t seem to me that Rob would be likely to think in those terms. He doesn’t seem to have a clue about how others might perceive him.
I will also miss Gina, her skinny frame and her black bikini.
That was the best challenge ever (the canoe one). Those morons had minutes of lead time and blew it. Isn’t the person in the front supposed to steer the canoe anyways? Whatever. Watching John self-destruct on a daily basis is the best thing on TV since Nicole did it on Big Borther 2.
I also loved how, before the challenge, John was like, "We don’t need immunity but we must win the RC. Then, after they got their asses kicked by girls who came from behind, he tried to act like it was a blessing from God that they lost. Prick.
Gina was on the Early Show this morning looking even more beautiful. She also spit watermelon seeds and spoke earnestly about the health benefits of watermelons.
In all the millennia of human existence there has never been a more pathetic attempt at canoeing. Heck, it takes all of about 30 seconds to teach someone to paddle a friggin canoe. Front guy: stroke, stroke, stroke. Back guy: same thing on the other side of the boat, except flare the paddle in a ‘J’ motion at the end of the stroke so that the boat goes straight. Captain Zoe should have offered some tips, or done it herself.
“Hey Robert! I’m about to go skinny dipping. Look at my unit!” Zoe made note - “There goes my last shred of heterosexuality.” Robert seemed confused. The wheel may be spinning, but the hamster’s dead.
And Rob Corleone: “Don’t lie to my face, cause game or no game, I won’t forget that.” Zoe needed to stand up to him: “Was that a threat? Look junior, I’ll flay you with a boathook. I’ll grind you to powder like a barnacle with my oaken thighs. With the awesome might of my chin alone, I will hammer you till you’re chum.” But Zoe offered neither retort nor canoeing lesson, just another one of her nightmarish grins.
I’m hoping Sean gets to stick around for a while. He does funny commentary.
My buddy and I wagered on the outcome this time. After the first episode, we selected one man and one woman to make it to the Final Four. He’s losing badly so far with Hunter and Gina. Mine were Zoe and Robert, whose chances look excellent. But now he’s accusing me of looking up spoilers on the Web. Lame.
Next week starts a string of three very predictable shows in which Rob, Sean and V get voted off- only immunity challenges will determine in which order they will go. The only wildcard is whether John’s big mouth and inflated ego might get him voted off. For that to happen Pascal and Nelah (sp?) would have to join up with the dynamic dunces to revenge Gabe.
BTW- I wonder how Pascal’s real kids feel now. . . .
Probably not too hot, assuming the old fart made it back alive. They’ve had to ditch the pants (the devil’s wardrobe) and bring the ankle length skirts back out, disconnect the illegal cable hookup, gather round for the nightly prayer meetings, and have sex only in cars and their boyfriends’ homes (“There will be no booty dancing in MY house!, sayeth the judge”)
It was frustrating (since I badly want to see Rob & Sean get dissed) to see Rotu openly discussing throwing an IC–and then they get an IC that would be extremely difficult to throw, unless all 4 are willing.
So The Don and Spike Lee get to last a while longer–probably 3 weeks longer. The alliance will bond with R/S/V to pick off the 3 from Maraamu, then they’ll turn on R/S/V (in that order).
No kidding. Can you say “Sour Grapes,” John? He wanted to win that food soooooo much, but after they lost, all he could talk about was how sick he hoped they all got and how they’d be getting diarrhea or vomiting, and it just wasn’t worth it for fried chicken and soda…what an ass. :rolleyes:
About that RC: I understand that the canoe wasn’t where it was supposed to be, but the Maraamu’s kept saying Rob wasn’t where he was supposed to be. Where was he supposed to be? With his team? I missed that. I did see on the beach he wasn’t keeping up with Zoe (?) while running.