And then Coach goes on talking like he’s Michael Jordan in the NBA Finals and that it’s his game to lose. Well, knowing Coach, he’ll lose it.
At the Immunity Challenge, we find out that Sophie owns a book on building “house of cards” towers. Geesh, must be a lonely life. I hope she got it in a White Elephant gift exchange or that it was left behind at her house/apartment by the previous owner and she just kept it. Anyway, as Sophie is building her stack, she realizes she doesn’t have enough pieces to build it high enough to win, so she starts taking it apart and the pieces eventually crumble to the ground and then she TELLS Albert to drop his stack and come pick up her pieces. WHAT?!?!?! She was DEMANDING him to do it. I’m even guessing it went on for longer than CBS showed. I’m also guessing she started stomping her feet and yelling at him to do it. That was the most awkward thing I think I’ve seen on Survivor. Probst was annoyed, as well, and I didn’t hear quite exactly what he said, but I think it was along the lines of “If you want Ozzy out of this game, you need to beat him on your own you stupid b*tch.” Something like that. Survivor isn’t a team sport after the merge. I guess they don’t teach that in medical school.
Anyway, even with the desired team effort, Ozzy still pulls out the victory. And, even though Coach thought he was super close, that’s just the story he’s going to have to tell for the rest of his life, because he was always “this close” in challenges but just never could pull it off.
After the challenge, they head back to camp, and we get Coach talking about how Rick could actually win the game. PUHLEEEEAASSSE!!! What the f*ck are they talking about? Do they actually hear themselves when they are talking? This has to be a Production Staff intrusion, because what has Rick done that they honestly believe he could win the game? I think CBS truly realized how crappy this season was and that none of the remaining contestants other than Ozzy deserved to actually win (as much as people say Sophie has done enough to win, I can maybe see it, but still don’t think anyone from Upolu truly deserves to win since all they did was sit on the their thumbs the entire time), but that Rick was THE WORST contestant and he just needed to go, because there would be no justification for him making Final 3. Even Albert “believed” Rick was a threat to win and even told Ozzy this exact sentiment. It’s reasons like this that make these people unworthy of winning. It doesn’t really have anything to do with game play, I just truly believe all of them suck at thinking. None of them understand what would put them in the best position to win, otherwise people like Edna, Cochran, and Rick would have stayed in the game. And, sh*t, wasn’t Albert JUST talking about how Sophie is the biggest threat in the game and all of the sudden now he’s talking as if Rick is God’s descendant and how he would win in the end?!? Yeah, the producers have no say in how this game goes…
I want to go off on a quick tangent. I am having a hard time with this season. In all reality competition shows that involve teams, I always end up getting mad at people who turn on their alliances when they shouldn’t, backstab people I like, etc. And, here we have a team of players who stayed “true” to each other and the team for the entire season and I think I hated it more than all of the past seasons I hated when people didn’t stick with their alliances/teams. I find that I’ve learned something about myself that I never would have before. I am a changed man because of this season of Survivor and I want to thank God for shining his Glorious Light down from Heaven onto my head so I can SEE now. I once was blind, but now I see. Glory be to God and Brandon, Coach, and Albert for showing me the way through the Lord. Wait…shouldn’t they be in church right now? Isn’t it Sunday?
At Tribal, Rick makes his pitch and he basically says he should be kept because he blows goat testicle at this game. And, to tell you the truth, that is the BEST reason to keep someone in the game. But, all of the producers were screaming into the contestants ear pieces “Don’t listen to him. Vote Rick still.” And vote Rick they did, only after Sophie “brats out” on the tribe, crying about how she wants to change as a person. Yeah, sure. Blah blah blah. Typical woman, voting on feelings.
At least they didn’t do that boring-as-hell “memory walk” (aka filler time) where they walk up a hill, looking back at their fallen comrades and burn their torches. That was excruciating! I HATE that Sophie won, but Coach really dug himself into a hole with all his “honor/man-of-God” crap–the jury really had no other choice. Boo.
Hahaha, you sound like my wife, because that “memory walk” is her worst part of Survivor, too! We always fast-forward that crap…
I still think people should have listened to Edna and not voted with bitter taste in their mouth. Coach “got” everyone, so they should have just gave it to him since all Sophie ever did was follow his every word. What can you do, though?!?
I agree with mpas, THANK GOODNESS they cut the memory walk!
No real comment about the actual episode/game. Stupid Final 3. I felt bad for the jury because I would have had ZERO idea who to vote for. And yes, if Ozzy were in the final, obviously he should have won, but I really can’t stand the guy as a person, not gonna lie. He seems like a real jerk.
Also, I sure as hell hope Survivor doesn’t end at Season 25!! I’m Canadian, so I still need enough time to marry an American, get citizenship and then apply for /get on the show before it’s cancelled. That’s my version of the “ticking time bomb” 😛
So how do we find out how the jury voted? I hate that Survivor never tells us how the votes went. What is up with that? We know how 2 people voted but that is all they showed us. Why do they think we don’t want to know how the rest of the jury voted? How can I find out how the vote went? Was really glad Coach did not win. Absolutely hated that he talked about what a good person he was and how he never lied!
The only thing I can think of as to how you can see the votes is to check on the CBS.com/survivor website. Maybe they have something up there. I don’t care to know, so I don’t care to look. I hope they have the answer for you, though…
I do have lots of comments about this season of Survivor so stayed tuned..
1) You didn’t comment about Edna being preggo. NO idea she was even married, too bad Coach can’t get in on that 🙂
2) Coach is so lame. I have to admit, I was actually starting to like him a bit more this time around until all of his lies and horrible game play the last 5 days or so. What was he thinking getting rid of Rick and not Sophie? Are ALL of these people SO stupid they don’t see these kinda things? He lost because he lied the MOST out of everyone out there, yet claims he’s honorable. Here’s a clue to anyone ever playing Survivor in the future: STOP SAYING YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO LIE. Because you will. What did they think was gonna happen when the 5 of them are left? You HAVE to vote someone out, so stop lying. And he was a fool for even talking to Ozzy about being in a final 3 with him. UGH!
3) I laughed so hard when Sophie demanded Albert go pick up her pieces. I kinda stopped liking Sophie this whole episode. Why are you crying because Ozzy called you a selfish brat? You acted like one the whole time, regardless of how “you have a hard shell.” She never made any time to get to know anyone else, and I think her social game sucked. Too bad she had to win because she was left with useless Albert and lying Coach.
4) I can’t believe Loco’s wife and kids weren’t there? That was strange to me….maybe they figured out he’s nuts too. The only thing I liked about him was when he screamed at Albert YES OR NO during the jury questions. At least he’s not totally stupid and knows Albert lied.
All in all, this season was blah, but it did have a couple of moments that made me laugh like Loco writing Dawn’s name wrong, Sophie demanding Albert write her name down, Loco giving away his immunity necklace, and Papa Bear jumping up and down ridiciously at the reunion. Did anyone else catch that?
That’s it. 🙂
Oops, meant when Sophie demanded Albert pick her pieces up, not write her name down. Too many thoughts in my head 🙂
Hahaha, Papa Bear jumping up and down was definitely hilarious!!
As for Edna being pregnant, I didn’t care much about the latter portion of the reunion, so I didn’t take notes and her being pregnant was definitely not something worthwhile for me to remember without taking notes, so that’s why I didn’t mention it.
As for Coach, he would have won if he brought Rick instead of Sophie, although Ozzy would have won that last Immunity if Sophie wasn’t there, so Coach was basically screwed once Ozzy won that first Immunity necklace and they had to send Rick packing instead of Ozzy. Oh well, Coach was an idiot the ENTIRE SEASON. From the get go, he played like a moron. Only kudos he gets is for having a tribe that had the “Boston Rob” syndrome where they just blindly followed the veteran around like a puppy. Only Coach isn’t Boston Rob and he played a TERRIBLE strategic game, so that’s why he lost. I have to believe Coach will play Survivor again.
Coach even says himself he has terrible strategies. I think he may have done better this time if he lied like he did and cut out the talk of honor/integrity. That is why Russell Hantz should have won his first season of Survivor and why jury votes piss me off. Russell was not a “honorable” player, but he never said he was! All in all, I think next season seems like it COULD a good one, as long as they cast someone good players!!!
I heard the next season will be men against women with both tribes staying in the same camp.
Yeah, the same camp twist was told to us on the finale night, but I think the men vs. women tribes makes the most sense since both tribes living on the same island would get confusing as to which person was on which tribe, at least in the beginning. I guess we will just have to wait and see, right?!?
I feel like they just seriously need to cast better people. Most of the players are SO lame! How do they beat out so many other auditioners??? Like how the heck does someone like Rick even get a chance to be on this show?
Maybe they should make it part of the show now that people HAVE to lie to each other about certain things. LOL. That way, no one will know who to trust, and they won’t whine like little babies when someone backstabs them. That’ll even out the playing field and would certainly make for better entertainment.
Thanks for a funny season by you!! The show was same old same old, but you did make it good! I think Rick probably did talk more and do more things than they showed in the one hour. On the recap show they showed a few interviews by him. I decided that it just sucks to be on a season when there is returning players because the producers are just going to focus on them. Oh well, I have high hopes for February! Thanks for the laughs!