Hmm…up until the end of the episode, I was a little underwhelmed with this episode. I sort of feel as if nothing really happened up until that last moment. So, you’ll have to excuse me if this blog seems a bit brief. I’ll make the best of what they gave me to go on, but that wasn’t all that much!
The episode started off with Eddie telling us that he’s a sitting duck and that he’s all but gone already. So, Survivor common sense would say that he’s not exactly the sitting duck he tells us he is. Perhaps a big move is on its way. Although, at this point in the game, all moves are “big,” seeing as how there are only 6 people left, and 4 days left until the game is over. Tensions are high, paranoia is undeniable, and trust is at an all-time low. Will the five vote out the obvious choice, Eddie, or can Eddie use his smooth-talking ways to talk his way into the final five? And, in case you didn’t catch on to that – all sarcasm with the “smooth-talking” jazz. Eddie is NO smooth talker. Maybe it’s the half-lisp.
Just as much of a sitting duck as Eddie thinks he is, Cochran thinks of himself the same way. He knows that Eddie is the obvious choice to go home, but he’s also aware that it could just as easily be him. If Eddie wins immunity, he’s almost certain that he’s gone. And, Brenda, Dawn, and Erik soon tell us his fears are fairly true, with talking about how Cochran needs to be the next to go after Eddie, possibly even before. I wasn’t sure if I caught some Final 3 talk between Brenda, Dawn, and Erik, but if that were the final 3, I’d think CBS could write Brenda’s name on that check before the live finale airs.
Erik is miserable. And, quite a bit loony tunes for some coconuts. He decides to lay down in the sand and just stare up at the sky, seemingly while the camera crew lays down next to him to film exactly what it is he’s looking at. Look – a coconut tree! It’s about 100 feet up in the air, and full of coconuts that are laughing at Erik down below. So, with little to go on this week, the producers beg Erik to climb said 100 foot coconut tree, so they can waste 5 minutes showing it to us, while Brenda and Dawn stand at the base, waiting for him to fall to his death. I’m actually surprised that CBS allowed him to climb that tree. Here’s a man who is obviously losing it, hasn’t eaten in days, weaker than my three year old daughter, and we’re just going to stand by as he climbs this tall @ss tree while we just film him from below! Great idea. I know they sign all kinds of forms that protect CBS’ @sses, but still, I’d like to think they’d stop him from doing that – especially because, guess what, THERE WERE NO COCONUTS!!! So, obviously all that laughter Erik had heard coming from the coconuts was just something he made up. My best guess is that he just wanted to climb that tree to see if it gave him the same tingling sensation we used to get when we climbed the rope in gym class.
The reward challenge is the family member challenge. Some people like this part of the season – I think it’s B-O-R-I-N-G! I don’t care about people seeing their family. Good Lord, it’s been 35 days. And, they’re playing a game to win $1 million! It’s not as if they were stolen away from their family and chained up in some weird-looking Hispanic guys’ basement for 10 years! Show me those girls crying when they see their loved ones’ again. I don’t need Sherri and Dawn creaming in their unwashed panties because they get to see their husbands after a month-long vacation in the Philippines, where again, they have a chance to win $1 million!
And, shame on Probst for crying because of Brenda! It’s been 26 seasons of loved ones coming to visit and THAT’S the one he cries for? Don’t go soft on me now, Jeff. Maybe he’s just sad because this is the week he learned that his daytime show was being canceled. Who knows. But, whatever, Brenda and her pops end up winning the ladder ball challenge, and will get to choose two couples to go along with them on some joyous daytime adventure!
Oh snap! Maybe not. Probst pulls out a new one. Either Brenda gets to hang out with her dad, as well as Dawn and her husband – or she can allow the other four couples to spend the day with each other, as well as ANOTHER loved one from home! This is all intriguing stuff, but let’s just get on with it, I have sleep to get to. I have dreams of chuckling coconuts I need to have.
She chooses to give up time with her dad so that the other four contestants get to spend time with their loved ones. Selfless move or strategic? It seemed pretty genuine coming from her, and they didn’t show any ITMs of her saying it was strategic, so part of me actually thinks that Brenda was really just trying to be nice. Sure, it was going to be beneficial, and everyone would love her for it, but I really want to believe she did it out of the goodness of her heart. The way she’s been playing this entire season has been as if she’s just on some extended vacation, so I don’t even believe she’s capable of thinking strategically at this point.
I think it was really crappy what they did to Brenda. I mean, it is a game for $1 million, so I can’t be to hard on them (and I probably would have done the same thing) but, come on!, Brenda was the ONLY person that got Dawn her teeth back. Also, doesn’t Dawn cry every episode because she’s a mean and horrible person? And then she does this to her island BFF? She better have breakdown and leave before the end of the game! lol
Anyway, now that Malcolm and Reynold are gone, I guess I’m team Cochran. I hope he can figure out a way to stick around and win the game. He’s probably the only one left that I like at all, as the rest are all pretty boring.
Wow, your paragraph about Dawn’s teeth had me CRACKING UP. I’m going to get in trouble for reading your blog at work.
On another note, really wish Brenda would have stayed. Not that she’s played a particularly fantastic game or anything but at least she’s won challenges or contributed to winning them. Oh well, I was team Cochran anyways.
I haven’t watched an episode since maybe episode 4, so I suck this season. However, I finally watched because I knew the finale was coming and as a viewer, hated what they did to Brenda. I know it’s strategic, etc. and you’re winning a million dollars, but it just plain sucks.
I used to like Dawn, but her crying is annoying me and making me want her to lose. I guess Cochran is the best choice left. Oh gosh…
Cochran is the only one that has made any moves and gotten away with them. I think he plants more ideas than actually goes through with them but he still plans it all! It was smart to get rid of Brenda, she would of won, for NOTHING!