The Blue team, or is it, the “blue” team, returns to camp where they’ve decided to kill Jenn’s last “friend.” As Mike goes to do the dirty deed, he confesses how he did everything on the challenge – while his teammates did nothing – but ultimately, it was his strategy that failed them. That’s neither here nor there, since he’s already Public Enemy #1, so Super Dave is feeling some extra pressure.
Sierra and Rodney also discuss how low they’re feeling, which is really hitting BR hard having won no rewards to recharge his batteries. It’s been “Game Time” 24/7 for 28 days, and he’s in desperate need of some “Rodney Time.”
But before he gets to think about Rodney Time, he needs to hear a little Sierra Time, who wants to mention how strong Tyler’s position is in the game. She points out that Tyler is such a threat on challenges to win some immunities, and since he’s played a very smart and quiet game, the people on the jury will definitely give him the win if he makes it final Tribal. Rodney takes a sec to think about it, and while he agrees that Tyler is a threat, he’d rather get Mike and Shirin out first, and then worry about Tyler at the 6 vote. Sierra is very smart to drop that hint now but Rodney is smarter (or thinks he’s smarter) and boasts about how he’s “running the show.” We’ll see if everything goes as planned and the season is simply handed over to him (because, yeah, that always happens).
At the reward, the winners are enjoying their pina coladas and bacon cheeseburgers while lounging on a catamaran (hey, what happened to the pie!). During this time, a few topics are raised, mostly by Dan talking s**t about Mike, but what struck me the most is that we’re finally seeing Tyler SPEAK! He confesses to us that, yes, the S4 alliance did want to vote out Mike at 9, but Dan doesn’t need to know that. He just needs to know that he’s solid right now, and that anything he considers after final 6 will be from the jury side, and that’s right where Tyler wants him. I think this scene was more a “coming out” party for Tyler as a real player in the weeks to come, and who knows, maybe Sierra was right and we’re looking at the only legitimate player left in the game?
Day 29 and the players file in for the Immunity Challenge. We’ve seen it before (in Blood vs. Water I) where players have to hold a metal bar that has a spool on it. A rope connected to the spool is attached to a sand bag that holds 25% of the player’s body weight on Day #1. The weight of the sandbag will get harder to hold, and once the players let go of their bar, the bag will drop, spilling a large tub of water on their heads. I guess that last part is just to demean the players for being such a sh**ty cast. I only want to know if the water is drinkable, because that would be a welcome bonus in the hot sun…
However, there’s a twist! Jeff reveals another Immunity necklace, this one for the top woman or man who finishes first in their gender (opposite the overall winner). This is particularly interesting for Shirin, IF she can muster the strength to pull it out. But then I notice Carolyn and I think back to Blood vs. Water when Monica Culpeper won this challenge, so let’s see if the “over 40 women” are better at showing their toughness than these young whipper-snappers.
I just re-read that challenge on Wikipedia and recall Jeff offered the B vs. W players the opportunity to sit out and have a feast – remember Tyson, Gervase, and Ciera pigging out? – but I guess S30 doesn’t have the budget it once did, and everyone’s got to play…
Just before we start the challenge, my mind is racing ahead to Tribal. With the two necklaces being won here, and then with Dan’s extra vote, and then Mike and Carolyn’s hidden idols, there’s a very interesting vote coming up later. Please stick around…
The challenge is on and immediately you notice a variety of methods. Rodney’s is the most unique, where he crouches down so his arms are angled up rather than down. The only one who has a really bad approach is Sierra, whose height (she’s 6’-1”) forces her to arch her back in a way that’s got to be uncomfortable. Sure enough, after 15 minutes, she’s the first one to go. I would think that players who don’t have a lot of physical exertion in their careers – like someone who works in an office all day – are probably not going to do well in this challenge. Rough skin from hard work typically goes a long way on Survivor, so you hear that, Mr. Oil Driller man…?
And sure enough, Tyler and his beautifully manicured hands are too soft for this kind of work and he’s out. Yes, I know he used to be a football player, but he was “only” a kicker. If there’s a challenge coming up using his feet, I’m sure he’ll be solid, but the roughest thing dude has to handle lately is inserting the toner cartridge into the fax machine.
Third out is POS. I guess holding a microphone doesn’t make a man out of you.
And after some crazy Dan antics – would you expect anything else? – he drops out too. We’re down to Rodney, Mike, Carolyn and Shirin. Mike looks solid, his arms and hands motionless as he checks everyone else out. Finally, Shirin’s Yahoo hands can’t take it any more and she lets go, giving the win to Carolyn. Those old ladies are tough, I tell ya…
And with Dan creepily giving Rodney support (seriously, I would’ve told him to “STFU, I’m concentrating!” – Rodney is able to stretch out his hands to reposition his grip. With sweat pouring off their faces, bodies, and hands, this is a battle. Rodney glances over at Mike to see how he’s holding up, but his slight lack of concentration allows the bag to drop a little more. He quickly recovers but Mike still has about 3 loops of rope around his spool to Rodney’s one. Sure enough, those oil driller hands are too tough to overcome and Rodney loses his grip. Mike wins another challenge. And in a perfect example of why Mike bugs me, he releases his grip and jumps to the side before the water can fall on him, trying to prove how catlike he is. Seriously, dude, you were just drenched with sweat, why WOULDN’T you want to cool off under the water? Douche…
And as we head to break, Shirin jokes that it would have been fun if she had won (with Mike) because the “axis of evil” would have been left scrambling. Good line! Now, she’s the one who has to scramble, so let’s see how Tyler peeking into Dan’s bag is going to affect the rest of this episode? Did you forget about that too…?
Everyone gets back to camp and it’s a foregone conclusion the Top Six are going to vote for Shirin. As Carolyn says, “It’s a done deal, an easy vote, right?” But it wouldn’t be Survivor if someone didn’t try something, says something, or f**k’s something up. Shirin invites Dan to go chat with her, and he gives her the old, “alright, I’m here, whaddya wanna say,” kind of treatment. It’s almost disrespectful how he’s not really paying attention to her, but at least he’s not yelling at her. She tries to sell him on the notion that, “Why would you want to vote me out? I suck in challenges, no one likes me, and I’ll never win the game.” Yup, that pretty much sums it up, and Dan is in total agreement with that – or more accurately, he’s “not disagreeing with that” – but he’ll never man up and take a huge risk. He’ll go down with the ship, thinking his alliance will throw him a life preserver from the lifeboat as it
rows away…
Shirin doesn’t seem hopeful of turning Dan, so she lobbies Sierra, who’s at least open to discussing who they would vote for. It seems the biggest threat (after Mike) is Tyler, so he could be the next to go. Sierra is a bit unsure of jumping ship now, but if they had a numbers advantage, she’d vote Tyler out next.
While Dan is away from camp seemingly, Tyler, interested to know what Dan’s advantage is, decides he’s going to play ghetto and takes Dan’s bag. He knows the clue/advantage is in there, and he’s too savvy to just let it remain in Dan’s bag. Without a thought, he grabs it and heads away from camp, where he can open it privately and find out what’s up. He reads the note and returns the bag without Dan ever finding out it was gone. That must have been a long bathroom break, Dan-O! Tyler tells Carolyn about the advantage, and he begins to get a little concerned, realizing that Dan could flip with Sierra and Mike and Shirin and vote Tyler out. This would not be good for Tyler’s end game…
Mike and Dan head off on one of their “Of Mice and Men” walks (of course both are playing Lennie) to discuss what each is thinking. With a few laconic replies back and forth, Dan tells him he’s feeling a bit uneasy because there’s a chance Mike could play an idol, protect Shirin, and have it turn on Dan. Mike replies, “Yep, that’s definitely a possibility.”
Mike knows there’s a chance he doesn’t win the next Immunity challenge, so he still has a lot of work to do. He gives Dan the same spiel as Shirin did, that if they don’t make a move to take out Tyler, he’s going to win the game. Again, Dan doesn’t disagree with that theory, and Mike reminds him that he’ll need to make a few big moves to win the game. Feeling tested, Dan expounds on why he could win at the end,
“…because if I get to Final Tribal, I will have made a lot of big moves, and I’ll tell everyone what those were…”
Uh, Dan, that’s not exactly true. Hell, some people have won by just BEING at Tribal, so maybe you should be thinking about THAT approach.
But Mike is left to reminisce about the good old days when he and Dan used to be in an alliance, building stuff, cooking stuff, fixing stuff, touching soft rabbits…so Mike is feeling a little disappointed that Dan turned out to be so different than who he was at the start of the game. And if Dan is unwilling to make a big move, Mike might have to make his own big move and considers whether to give his hidden idol to Shirin and really shake things up.
Or, better yet, he could really f**k with everyone’s heads and give Shirin his necklace – right when they walk into Tribal – and then play it like “I might have an idol, I might not,” and watch as the others start scrambling. That would be an epic move, to see how an alliance, seemingly in total control, would be forced to scramble – in front of us and each other! – and then have to vote. I wonder if Dan would then be targeted, or if his “extra vote” would be revealed by Tyler, thus causing a brouhaha for having gone in Dan’s bag. Because you know Dan wouldn’t handle that well. He’d act all butt-hurt and violated and want to play the victim, but you know what Danny boy, that’s karma for YOU, b***h…
However, I’m getting way ahead of myself. Let’s see what really happens…
I have never seen Warriors, so that all went over my head. Did read Of Mice and Men, and actually saw the last 20 minutes of the movie this week (the 90’s version)
Unfortunately did season is making me hope someone treats me like Lennie and ends it all.
There could have been so many good moves this episode, but no.
I can see why Mike held on to the idol, but that is more of the live one more week strategy. I think he should have saved Shirin, telling her in advance and the two voting for Tyler.
As for Tyler and Mama C, I cannot figure out how close they are to Sierra and POS, but learning about the extra vote, Tyler perhaps the move would be to share that info with those two and gone for a Dan exit.
As for the barrel challenge, I am shocked blue did as well as they did with the stupid rolling the barrel strategy. I am not happy with the immunity challenge giving the women the advantage. Jeff’s answer in some website I read was just pathetic. He claimed everyone should be happy, since two idols in play. No, men still get screwed. Why is Jeff still bringing up the Shirin/POS crap? Too much talking from Jeff at tribal. At least the players seem to be ignoring Jeff’s advice.
I did not need to see the mama C crotch shot during the immunity challenge.
So losers get to kill a chicken, a new rule?
As for the extra vote box. I could not read the fine print. Does Dan need to produce the box? If not, why the heck did he not throw that in the ocean. If yes, why are players allowed to go through others players belongings? How did Tyler know Dan had something hidden in his bag? Did he figure Dan was too stupid to dispose of the evidence?
I have to say I just don’t get the Will vs. Shirin situation. How could no one there stand up for her? I am pretty sure he told her at one point that she was entirely “without worth” if he is a POS I get that, some people just suck. But for everyone else there to just sit back and let it roll is mind boggling. How shitty is this cast? And I have to say, I think Dan is a bigger ass than even Will. Basically everything that comes out of his mouth is either smarmy, ignorant, ridiculous, cruel or a toxic combination. I feel like he went and said “sorry you cried” or whatever out of some desire to be involved in the drama of her past and be the big hero he fancies himself to be, quickly realized he still didn’t like her and moved onto embracing the “I tell it like it is” side of himself. I would think someone with such a false sense of self like he has could really benefit from seeing themselves on TV, but most likely it will go well over his head.
I wish they would do a season of survivor composed solely of “threats” all the joes and Malcolms–strong, easy going, good looking, intelligent leaders who were voted out simply because everyone knew they were winners. The gay couple from last season (can’t remember their names) and the firefighter from last season, Joe, Malcolm, off the top of my head, John from last season, and I can think of several girls from previous seasons but they were too long ago for me to remember their names. Basically having no weak links, no “following” personalities. I think it would make for a crazy, exciting season where everyone would be rooting for someone different. And all of them would be in it to win it. There would be alliances but every one would be trying to be in charge and making independent decisions. I think it would be awesome.
It is a sad, sad day when the only big boobs to look at are on a man. I’m sorry. There isn’t any man candy either, le sigh. There are some things that annoy me about Shirin but I did notice that when she isn’t getting beat up she looks like she is having fun.
I think Mike accomplished exactly what he was trying to do. Create a fracture in the alliance that he may be able to break open. As he said at the end, “Dan got 2 votes”. I think, he can try to use that to his advantage to show both Sierra and Dan that they are at the bottom of the alliance. However, this plan will require Dan to show some brains, so who knows if it will work. If he can get Dan and Sierra to flip, with Dan’s extra vote, the game could get very interesting the next couple weeks….
Hey Fishy, Yeah we are good. Making up is so much more fun right! Never saw the Warriers either, sounds familiar though. Maybe more of a boy movie. But it did make me think of The Outsiders which was around that same time too I bet? Mike is def. Johnny. My 6th grader had to do a big report on that and I forgot how many famous people were in that movie! Anyway, stop getting so upset about POS! One of the great things about this game is that it will fix itself. He won’t win, no matter who he’s up against. Shirin will have ample time to make the jury hate him even more, and he hasn’t done anything to warrant a win. Plus, I really think the verbal abuse is sort of part of the game. Yeah its yucky and I think if it was racial everyone would be freaking out more, but still, if that’s his game so be it. He’ll loose because of it. Case closed. Poor Mike. He has such great plans that all fail, and he’s a doofus but he’s one of the nicer people playing. So if you hate Will bc he’s mean, than you must love Mike because he’s nice. Logic 101! Dan is really smarmy. His stupid comments about being adopted were lame, I’m sure his adopted parents really appreciated being put on an equivalent level with domestic violence. Shirin has def. drank the Silicon Valley kool aid though with all her men are mean etc. But she actually did become more lovable if that’s possible. Did you see in the Ponderosa video that she said the only reason she was naked was bc she was boiling her undies. SO GROSS! Between Max’s feet in the pot and Shirin’s undies, I’m shocked anyone has survived past day 10! And I loved the commenter above saying the only big boobs we have now are on the men. Classic! Sierra has smaller boobs than Dan and POS, though that’s not saying much. Poor Fishy, only 2 A cups to watch and one’s on a 50 year old woman. I don’t think Sierra will get a clue, she’s pretty and probably has pretty girl disease where it never occurs to her that she won’t win. Dan may wise up but he’s such a weirdo, its hard to say. There is something odd and sort of serial killer like about Tyler. Thats all I got this week.
Wow! Really great comments… I am honored with your input.
doc – Thanks for “stopping by” every week. Love that… Truth be told, I’ve never even read Of Mice and Men (Don’t tell anyone!). I’ve read a lot of classics, but that’s just one I never got to. Yeah, I know what it’s about (kinda hard not to) so the analogy was just an easy pull…
-You really should watch The Warriors. It was a cult classic from that era, kinda like “Escape From New York” where you’re in an alternate reality. Walter Hill directed some other great movies too (Southern Comfort, 48 hrs., The Long Riders) and he produced a bunch of huge films.
-I agree about moves. This ep was set up where huge moves could have been made, but this crew is just so damn chickenshit to try ANYTHING. At least Mike, in his failed way at the auction, TRIED to do something. Adorable as it was, it was like a cat-burgler dressed in black, trying to sneak into a building…in the daytime.
-You’re spot on about him holding onto the idol. Like I’ve said before, I think players are aware of the escalating payouts, and the difference between 7th and 6th (or possibly higher) could be significant. This is never discussed on the show, but I’ve always wondered about it. KInda like Kass making some of the choices she made, just to finish higher in the game, but knowing she had no chance to win with that gameplan.
-Re: Tyler’s choice to not move on Dan. Same thing I said above, no one’s making any moves. This whole, “We’re 6 strong and then we’ll decide how to splinter,” is not the best strategy. Flip it up and create new alliances. That’s how the game is supposed to be played. He seems afraid to rock the boat too much.
-Blue had a bad combination of players. Mike is no genius, and when you let dumb people lead you, you’re gonna fail. Plus, guys like him seem to let their ego get in the way, so in that moment of possible failure, they try to overcompensate and “fight through” the failure, not wanting their pride to take a hit. Typically, they fail, and even worse off.
-Maybe there should have been 2 necklaces for men and one for women, based on the uneven gender balance (5-3)?
-I read somewhere Jeff’s rationalization for his lack of involvement on the Shirin/POS situation. He’s claiming he was in “host” mode while it was going on, but he’ll definitely be addressing it at the reunion show. Can’t wait for that!
-Maybe Dan thought he wanted to keep the box as a souvenir? Kinda stupid to not bury the clue somewhere. Seems a pretty easy thing to do considering other people have gone through bags in the past. Silly, silly Dan…
oyoung – Thanks for joining the conversation! Re: the Shirin/POS thing, I agree with you 100%. The only thing I’ll add is that I hope THAT’s the way it went down and it’s not some Production cockamamie “story line” that they had the contestants play out. Since they can’t reveal for 3 years any Production secrets (per their contract) it would be nice to know someday if it actually went down as it’s shown. Let’s all meet up somewhere in 3 years to discuss… How about Bergin’s Tavern on Fairfax on May 2nd, 2018? Say…6pm. See you there…
-I LOVE your idea for a “Demi-gods” and goddesses season. That’s kinda what I’ve been craving for years. Give us the superheroes season so the “game” takes precedence over the “drama.” Let’s give this some idea some legs people! But, I don’t Josh and Reed could play, unless it became a “B vs. W” season too. Just unfair to have them both play, lest they become targets on Day 1. You’d either have to “pair up” demigods (by season? race? finish order? tats?) or…just invite Reed because his jury “question” to Missy will go down as one of the best ever. He deserves another shot. Neither are in the running for the “Second Chance” season, which is a surprise, but I’d guess the show asked Reed and he said he couldn’t do it unless Josh is with him. (Because, yes, I know how everyone in the world would respond to anything…). So maybe they’re saving them for a future “Legends” season…?
susie – Hiya Toots! Definitely something’s wrong when the only candy is on a reward! And it’s like they conspired to get rid of every sexy body early: So, Vince, Lindsey, Max, Joaquin Dead, Hali, Joe. I’m not saying that all of these folks are sexy, but they’re all a hell of a lot in better shape than the bucket of rocks we’re left with. You get to fantasize about Rodney, but I’m sure you have to turn the volume down for that. I’m stuck with Sierra (who’s friggin hot in real life!) but right now she’s looking more like Andy Rooney with those eyebrows…!
-I look at Shirin and I can just know who she is. Just a dorky ugly duckling who grew up and made something of herself, but is still that dorky kid inside. Good for her. To have gone through as much shit as she has and still be able to smile, have fun, and remain dedicated to the game (at least to the outcome of it) is worthy of praise. I’m sure she gets a lot more respect in the real world, which is a sad commentary on how this game works. There’s a reason why the military works and that’s because there’s rank and order. In business, you have supervisors and subordinates, however, in Survivor, everything starts out equal and the “ranks” are established quickly. She immediately became a subordinate, but she probably didn’t see it going that way… Thankfully, she’s a big enough fan to realize that was happening…
sheila – Welcome! I appreciate your input.
– I’m not sure Mike is clever enough to have thought it through that much. We could ponder if he said,
“If i give my necklace to Shirin at the beginning, ____ will happen, so I need to do ____
And if I give my idol to Shirin, ____ will happen…
And if I keep everything secret, _____ will happen…”
I really don’t give him that much credit. I think a great player would run through all those scenarios, and then consider the outcome of each. And then consider what might happen for each outcome, and then commit to one. At least, that’s the way I think I would play. But Mike, I think he just thought, “If I pretend to give my idol to Shirin, chances are they won’t vote for her, and maybe one of them will go home.” But, look what happened, 4 people STILL voted for Shirin, and while they may have been possibly throwing their votes away, they accomplished what they wanted. So, Mike’s only saving grace is that he still has his idol. That’s great for one more week, but if he had given Shirin his idol, that may have made Dan play his second vote against (Tyler?) sending him home, and that would have reshuffled the Top Six into:
Mike/Shirin/Dan/Sierra
vs.
Rodney/Carolyn/POS
And then it’s just a walk in the park from there.
Hindsight is 20/20, but I just wonder if Mike put as much thought into it, as we just did in 6 minutes of typing… Meh, we’ll never know…
kinb! – Welcome Back! You know we can’t quit each other… :-*
– I dig what you’re saying about The Outsiders, but I’m now leaning more towards a film where you just hate everyone. The only film I can think of is Glengarry Glen Ross. There’s another movie (or TV show) that I saw within the last few years. It’s slips my mind. After seeing it, I just realized that no one was likable. I can’t friggin remember it and it’s bugging me. If anyone can remember it for me, please do…
-Let’s PRAY that POS doesn’t win. If he did, I’d be done with this show. Yes, Shirin will definitely have time to prepare the jury, but that shouldn’t be hard to do. Remember how a few weeks ago, one of the big comments was how little game he was playing? And now he can go to the finale? That is the one thing that needs to be fixed on this show. Not necessarily by Jeff, but by the players. Again, the farther you go, the more money you make, so just from the standpoint of who “deserves” to get paid, that kind of player should be eliminated. I know it’s a huge part of the game to drag losers along, but that’s why I think it should be: win and get a million, or come in 2nd-18th place and get $10,000 (or similar). It’s just the way it should be… I read that everyone gets $10,000 for being on the reunion show, so that’s $20,000 for losing out on 8 weeks(?) of work.
(Damn, I’m writing a novel here…)
-I know what you’re saying about Mike, but I have 4 criteria for liking someone:
1. Don’t be mean/don’t be a dick
2. Don’t be stupid
3. Be good at the game
4. Be hot
POS is obviously #1 and Mike is #2, and none of the other players are really doing any of the 4 for me. Like I said, Sierra (in her present state) is borderline #4, so I’m leaning towards her.
-Dan is disgusting. Period. I hate everything about him.
-Undies in the food pot! Fantastic. Should we put our toenail clippings and dead skin in the broth now to make soup…?
-Maybe you hit the nail on the head. I don’t “not like” Sierra because of her eyebrows, it’s her boobs… Probably.
-and finally, I know what you’re saying about Tyler. It’s like his earlier attitude toward Shirin when she was naked. Like, he couldn’t even look at her. Really? I’d like to see that guy at a strip club, he’d be looking at the DJ or the pole, or the other customers. Weird…
3 weeks to go! Can’t wait to see us all eat our words and LOVE the final episode…
Carpal tunnelingly,
Fish
At the heart of it all, it’s a GAME. Play to have fun, with a general game plan, knowing that at any moment it can’t be turned around. That’s why you have to be pliable in your game plan. The only super serious decisions to be made are at the top 5? 4? THAT’s when the end is in sight and only then should the possibility of winning the game be considered. People spend WAY too much time thinking about end game when they need to think about other things. That’s why Woo’s decision to take Tony to the end will never sit well with me. You play to win, not play for “honor.”
Hey Fish, sorry I didn’t leave any comments earlier. Friday was a PTO day. Avengers and all that which pretty much left me spent the entire weekend.
Now that I’m back at work, plenty of excuses to goof around.
The final seven… One step closer towards my nightmare final three now that Shirin is gone. I hear you on why you don’t like Mike, but he’s honestly the only hope I have for someone winning that I can stomach unless Tyler gets a LOT of positive editing these last few episodes.
Mike may be the proud owner of a couple of stupid moves, but Dan is so ignorant… so clueless that he’s being played…. I just can’t even. I finally understand the meaning of that phrase. Still think it’s a stupid phrase, but with Dan, I just can’t even.
POS is POS. No need to go on about why he’s a part of the nightmare scenario crew. I’m with you, if he somehow wins… I’m for sure out season 31, potentially out of Survivor for good.
Carolyn… I liked her so much at the White Collar camp. Felt like she was making moves, hunting down hidden idols without clues, I loved it…. Then she got it and pretty much decided to just sit there and do nothing. She’s not given me any reason to hate her, but man, she’s just not exciting.
Tyler… I liked him a little more after last week’s episode, but I’m not a fan of suddenly appearing to be in control in the last few episodes. I won’t cry if he wins, but like Carolyn, it’s not exciting for me. Plus anyone who really thinks they “share” a Hidden Immunity Idol with someone else is a fool, and I loathe people sneaking around in other people’s bags, even idiots like Dan.
Boston Rod… I’d love to hear Boston Rob’s opinion on him. Rob being an amazing player in my book, would surely have a lot of things to say about Rod and his game play thus far. Thinks he’s in charge, but maybe he’d be a disappointment in the eyes of Ultron. Rod may have strings attached and the real puppet master here is Tyler… Maybe…
Sierra… is boring. She’s done NOTHING. No big moves, no big flips, no game changers… Would be a disappointing wrap up to the season if she were to win.
Mike’s move at tribal, I think is the right one. If he played it for Shirin, Dan and his advantage would go home. By keeping it, he lost an ally, but has hopefully caused the shots that will start the fracturing and the start of the civil war within the Axis of Evil. Dan got two votes. If nothing else will make him realize that he’s CLEARLY at the bottom of the “six strong” totem pole, nothing will.
As for Boston Rod announcing that he’s ready to go home in next week’s sneak peek… I can only hope that it really happens.
I agree with thatguy…Mike did an interesting thing by seeming to offer his idol to Shirin. Sussing out those two votes for Dan. But I can’t bring myself to credit Mike with such clever tactics…I think for him it was a happy accident. If Dan doesn’t really get a clue as to where he stands with his precious alliance…he is an even bigger fool than I thought. (and that’s saying something)
I’m torn on my opinion of this season. Without doubt this is one of the worst casts as a whole…and we are now left with the least likable folks as potential winners. (I’d most rather see Mike win of those left though). On the other hand…I have had a bit of entertainment with some of the antics of this group. When Shirin raised her hand thus denying POS his letters…I literally cheered! That was hilarious. And Jenn was pretty entertaining as well….wish she had stuck around longer…droopy drawers and all. But mostly I spend the hour rolling my eyes at the screen when Dan, Rodney or just about anyone else opens their mouth. This is Nothing like Chochran’s season. He was fun to cheer on. This is not a rooting for your favorite kind of a season…more like a cringing and hoping the lesser of the remaining losers can somehow come out the winner sort of season.
I’m not one to say that “If so and so wins I’m not watching Survivor again”…I enjoy the show too much really. But…my gosh….if Dan or Rodney win…I can’t even… 😉
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