“Welcome to the bottom.” Indeed, Malcolm. Welcome to the bottom. After they get back from Tribal, and voting out “the gay” (as Corinne would so offensively refer to him as – and, of course, I’m referring to him that way because I barely learned his name throughout the season and am too lazy to look it up – I think it’s Michael, though), the StealthRUS alliance decides to go have a pow wow meeting, leaving Malcolm and Reddie (might as well join the two together now) behind to lick their last place wounds. I think a lot can be said about the difference between the alliances by the demeanor of their conferences. The three amigos were having a light-hearted conversation, realizing their place in the game and that they had nothing to lose at this point and that when the morning comes, their best bet is to find the idol. While they talked sensical, the StealthRUs meeting was filled with angst. They’re freaking out, even though they hold a major majority in the votes, at 7-3. I don’t even think they needed to have that meeting, all to worry about whether or not one of them has another idol or not, and also to bring up their favorite topic of the season – splitting votes. Yes, we get it already! You have enough in your alliance to split the votes because you’re SOOOOOOOOOOOOO worried that someone has an idol. Geez, can we get passed this already? I’m tired of hearing how you guys are going to split the votes each week.
I did get a kick out of their “SRS” chant! No matter what CBS tried to tell us at the bottom of the screen, they definitely said “SRS” and not “S – R – Us.” Whoever close-captioned that one is fired.
Oh dear Lord, Dawn is going to need some help after she gets home! Look, I’m an a-hole, you all know this by now – that freak out was TOO funny! I can understand that she’s self-conscious about losing her dentures in the nasty river/ocean water that she was about to drink (does she not understand that the water is GREEN), but to wail away so that everyone, and every creature on the island can hear you is a little much. I know she’s stressed and whatever, but why can’t you calmly ask someone for help? You know where you lost it. You know you have diving gear at camp. Why are you crying so hard and moaning to the gods as if you just got tasered or something? And, of course Brenda was going to be nice enough to help you out, Dawn. Yes, it’s a game for a million bucks, but these people would still help you out in a situation like this. Even crazy Brandon Hantz would have been kind of enough to look for your teeth in the water. It’s not as if anyone was going to hold your head under the water and make you look for it yourself as they cussed you out for wasting their time. Hell, it’s so boring out there that I’m betting the rest of the tribe made a game out of “Losing Dawn’s Teeth.” It’s like when we were kids and we’d close our eyes and throw a penny over our shoulders into the pool, count to 10, and go find it. Except, this water is disgustingly green and we’re finding teeth! And, dear God, Dawn, can’t you at least dust those teeth off before you pop them back in your mouth? That was one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen. I’d rather eat the beetle larvae than just jam my dentures back in my mouth after they sat at the bottom of that murky water. I’m sure she enjoyed her food tasting like sand and fish sh*t the rest of her time there.
At the reward challenge…oh wait, nobody gives a crap! I’ll just say Malcolm screwed his team by taking way too long trying to find all those bags. The winning team got to enjoy an actual meal, and not just finger foods like the rest of the rewards have been. And, I think we’re all surprised that Dawn didn’t just eat the soap, with how excited she was about seeing it. Although, given what she just got done doing with her dentures, she probably could have used that soap in her mouth.
Jesus, Dawn, you’re not done freaking out yet? Now you’re freaking out that Andrea is trying to get you out? I understand the level of paranoia that must run rampant inside this game, but just because she’s talking to Eddie and Malcolm doesn’t mean she’s trying to get YOU out! If Andrea was going to turn on your alliance, why would she target you, Dawn? You’re lying there, wondering what place you’re in inside the alliance, and you somehow came up with you’re at the top, and the first to get blindsided? No, if anyone should be worried about that, it should be Phillip, because he’s the supposed ring leader. Not you. You’re just an errand girl.
I also thought how gross it was that Dawn didn’t wipe off her teeth before she put them in! I mean it wasn’t that noticeable that her bottom teeth were missing anyway. Just gross.
How ticked do you think that resort was after Phillip got the pool all dirty with the mud and his nakedness? I’m sure they had to drain it after the Survivors left!
” (knowing they’d just go and find them again, the next morning, most likely – all while the now-defunct SRS played “Find Dawn’s Teeth”) ”
Bahahahaha! That was really funny. Perfect comedic timing.
I find it kinda fun to try and figure it out – I know I’m only getting half a story, and that its guided by production, but I guess that’s the fun in it – when its a decent season with the right people, right situations going on where it is fun. This season is fun. Other seasons haven’t been as much fun to do that.
and I might have a case of PBS again – I thought it was hilarious how Reynold had that s**t eating grin on his face from the moment they walked into tribal – and then Eddie and Malcolm followed suit. How awesome of a moment would have that been! I think Reddie deserved that moment – and Reynold is a beast in challenges, it was super impressive how he just flew through it, and didn’t even seem that tired. I hope those three get a little power back – they are putting the fun back into the game, if it would have come down to those 7 only ones left, it would have been a snoozefest for the rest of the season.
Steve, I was amazed at how many other reviewers wrote about this tribal and didn’t fully explain what happened. I have watched every season and this one goes down in the record books. It was such a perfect set up…the three guys letting the other 7 make their confident comments to Jeff. When Malcolm pulled out his idol, there was a brief beat before he gave Eddie the second idol. Once he did the others nearly fell off their fake tiki stools!! I couldn’t believe they were showing their hand and then to announce who they were voting for on top that. First I thought they missed the opportunity for a blindside but as it played out, they needed to make that announcement to get someone to flip. It made for tribal council awesomeness and the scrambling and reaction of the others was priceless. Seeing how most of the 7 blindly followed Phillip and stuck to their original votes I think they took out the right person, but if you were on the alliance of 7, who would you have cast out of your own group? They still had control and it was amazing they cast so many votes that didn’t count. Fake Sandra Bullock would have been mine as the most likely to flip. I am rooting for those three to take it all the way.
How can you’re Harvard roommate ; ) not be who you would root for? He’s been amazing this season, now that he has one under his belt he is playing and reacting like a fan would, and with awesomeness. His insights crack me up almost every episode, and I will bet that if somehow makes the final three he takes it all. Then again he might just get fan fave.