My mind is spinning because I’m trying to guess what’s going to happen tonight. Will Natalie get emotional when she sees Nadiya is gone? (guaranteed) Is Rocker going to find out that Julie is snuggling up to someone else? (I heard a rumor) Is Wes going to quit the show? (Damn you, Twitter!) And is anyone going to figure out what those markings on the well mean and discover a hidden immunity idol? (probably tonight)
Per my routine, I tuned off Twitter at 5pm tonight, lest I see any spoiling tweets from fans back east. Plus, I saw that Probst was going to be live tweeting, so I really wanted to stay away. I like to watch my Survivor unfettered, so each twist and turn is revealed to me like a new flavor to Violet Beauregarde.
But I did see that Probst is tweeting for fans to send in their applications and videos, so it looks like they’re either casting for Season 30, or quite possibly Season 31, since there are rumors that Season 30 will be Survivor: Legends or Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains II. We’ll see about all that, but the point is, start working on those videos, and for f**k’s sake, write out your script and practice before you shoot it (sorry, that was a “note to self”).
So, now that we’re into a “regular” episode, there should be a lot more information presented, and not so much “getting to know ya” bulls**t. We know the players now; we’re seeing some alliances develop, so I think we’re going to get an exciting episode. At least Mark Burnett seems to think so, based on his tweets today…
Actually, I’m more anxious to get to tonight’s episode than provide commentary unrelated to the game. As always, there’s a lot going on in the world on which I’d love to expound, but this isn’t the time or place, and I know you all want to get to the show. So, no commentary on Utopia tonight, no discussion of Major League Baseball playoffs, and most importantly, no rants on baseball players’ beards, the Ebola virus, whether Tom Brady is washed up, or that f**king idiot, Vitalii Sediuk…
Great recap, thanks so much!
I didn’t like Val or Jeremy to begin with, and I have no doubt that he will absolutely blame JRock for not somehow saving his poor, defenseless wife. There’s going to be a testosterone explosion for the ages when those 2 face off.
I’m not really connecting with any of the players yet, so I’ll need another few episodes to pick out my preferences. They always show up eventually.
Ok, first I have to pat myself on the back just a little for calling it last week that Josh was going to run to Baylor to do damage control for his vote. Maybe that was a no brainer but I still congratulated myself! 🙂 Moving on, I think Val was an idiot for lying to Rocker that she had 2 idols. He comes clean to her that he’s going to protect her so she lies and says she’s overprotected already! Seems so stupid. If she’d just been honest with him, he maybe would have given her his idol (not that she knew he had one but she should have suspected it was possible). And hey, I can’t see what happens next week but Jeremy shouldn’t expect Rocker to keep Val 100% safe. Me thinks Jeremy’s “I don’t give a crap” about Rockers’ past comments was a bit disingenuous. (did I spell that right?) For some reason, Dale is starting to annoy me, Jon looks like a cartoon character (and kind of like Shoney’s Big Boy), and I swear—Rocker’s girlfriend’s boobs look like 2 balloons about to pop. My final complaint–Jeff’s dumb grandstanding about the other team asking if they could make a deal. I don’t get his point. Of course they wouldn’t ask unless they won and you showed everyone what the prize was before the game is even played. He acted like he was so offended. I like Probst but sometimes he is WAY too arrogant. Ok, I’m done.
Thanks, angelfish, I’m glad you found some humor in it. Sometimes I don’t even know if I’m connecting on some of my jokes. And I agree about Jeremy/Rocker. I think Jeremy will turn on him and reveal his past to everyone on his own tribe, but I wonder how Julie will fare because of it.
Sometimes your dumb wife’s lies are more than one man can overcome…
For some reason, I’m liking Baylor, but I get that she could be on the outs. And look what I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGdMgJ-OREk
Looks like our little crybaby has some hidden talent. Although, I have to say that’s one poorly written song…
Kinb!…my biggest fan 😉 Yeah, Josh HAD to say something, right, or did he? Could he have just denied it? IDK… And I don’t know if Rocker would have ever given her his idol, he doesn’t strike me as a generous guy… Dale is “meh” but so are a lot of players this season. It’s still early, so let’s see what develops. You recall all the drama with Trish/Lindsey, and the Kass flip, and the shit with X’XXX happened a few episodes in. The real show doesn’t begin until they merge, and by then, we’ll be invested. Thanks for mentioning Julie’s boobs, so I didn’t have to… ;-))) They do look amazing… And might this be our little girl…? http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/22060312_last-vegas-stacey-julie-mcgee-advertisement
Jeff’s just creating some drama. Maybe he thought there isn’t enough yet so he’s gotta get involved. I see he’s been asking on Twitter for one-liners to improve his dialogue so at least he’s open to new ideas… Thanks!
I’m sorry this has been driving me nuts. Why do you keep referring to this current season as season 28?? This is season 29, and both seasons 29 and 30 have already been filmed since they go with the format of filming 2 back to back, but they won’t be showing 30 until the spring. So casting going on now wouldn’t be for season 30, it’d be season 31 at the earliest.
Thanks, angelfish, I’m glad you found some humor in it. Sometimes I don’t even know if I’m connecting on some of my jokes. And I agree about Jeremy/Rocker. I think Jeremy will turn on him and reveal his past to everyone on his own tribe, but I wonder how Julie will fare because of it.
Sometimes your dumb wife’s lies are more than one man can overcome…
For some reason, I’m liking Baylor, but I get that she could be on the outs. And if you wanna see something “amazing,” just go to YouTube and search for “Baylor Wilson, Sticky Situation.”
Looks like our little crybaby has some hidden talent. Although, I have to say that’s one poorly written song…
Kinb!…my biggest fan 😉 Yeah, Josh HAD to say something, right, or did he? Could he have just denied it? IDK… And I don’t know if Rocker would have ever given her his idol, he doesn’t strike me as a generous guy… Dale is “meh” but so are a lot of players this season. It’s still early, so let’s see what develops. You recall all the drama with Trish/Lindsey, and the Kass flip, and the shit with X’XXX happened a few episodes in. The real show doesn’t begin until they merge, and by then, we’ll be invested. Thanks for mentioning Julie’s boobs, so I didn’t have to… 😉 )) They do look amazing… And might this be our little girl…? http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/22060312_last-vegas-stacey-julie-mcgee-advertisement
Jeff’s just creating some drama. Maybe he thought there isn’t enough yet so he’s gotta get involved. I see he’s been asking on Twitter for one-liners to improve his dialogue so at least he’s open to new ideas… Thanks!
Pattyc! What have I done?! I see that I called it Season 28 a couple times in my first column. Whoops. Not sure how that happened since I do a lot of Wikipediaing as I write the recaps. All I can do is blame the vodka… Terribly sorry. And I hadn’t heard officially that Season 30 has already been shot, so that’s why referred to getting casting tapes in for Season 30. I did qualify that by saying “quite possibly Season 31” so I’ll use that as my excuse. I don’t want to spoil too much, so if they’ve already shot Season 30, I don’t wanna know about it… Kinda ruins the fun a little, don’tcha think?