First things first, congrats to the Chicago Cubs for winning a post-season game! I guess all it took was keeping Steve Bartman away from Pittsburgh and it was a lock. Well, that and Jake Arrieta… Dude’s a monster. And I presume this will make Mr. Scott Ottersen happy, and it’s always good to see my RealitySteve.com compatriots with a smile on their face. Not sure who Mr. Carbone is rooting for this post-season (who he bet on?) but let’s hope he’s rooting for a Dodger win on Friday. Can we snap the Kershaw postseason jinx?! And why is he pitching before Greinke? And is Puig gonna play? Too many questions, just gonna say that if the Dodgers win, Fish would be happy, and that’s what we need right now.
And just for the record, Fish is back to drinking vodka. Woo-Hoo! Toss all those expectations of sophisticated drinking with me out the window. You’re lucky we’re not drinking some crap American beer. Allow me the unpleasant joy of drinking my Burnett’s and Dragon Juice. Mmmm….it’s soooo average. And only $8 a bottle! Gotta love Burnett’s. Come for the price, stay for the acid reflux…
Alright, I’m not going to be feisty tonight. I promise. We already said goodbye to one of the folks who needed to be voted out (Shirin) and we only have a handful more to go: Abi, Keith, Stephen, Kass (please don’t hate me for having favorites. You have yours too.) And throw Kimmi, Woo, Spencer, Peih-Gee, Kelly, and Ciera in the fold too. Just don’t want them to win…not sure why. I guess I have my own criteria for a winner:
-awesome dude
-hot chick
-stellar game
-big boobs
Just let me pick my winners. Okay, fine, you can stick Kimmi back in as one of my choices…but only because of the boobs.
(the Burnett’s is evidently working…)
So let’s “crack open this coconut” (darn it, why won’t Probst make that one of his catchphrases!?) and see where we’re going this week. We all know the 2 tribes are morphing into 3, so let’s see who’s getting totally screwed/rewarding by that completely random act of show bulls**t… To the episode!
Jeff’s intro reminds us:
-everything’s aces at Bayon
-things are “Abi-normal” at Ta Keo
-the editors make it seem Terry is being nicer to Abi than he probably was (those “Frankenbite” sentences need to be cleaner, guys…!)
-Spencer is stuck playing a “Survivor Spencer” game again
-but is promising big things…
As Ta Keo returns to camp (Night 6) Spencer immediately throws himself at everyone’s mercy and reiterates his promise to turn over a new leaf. And hopefully for him, Peih-Gee’s admission that, “Things can change overnight,” will come to fruition. Something tells me he won’t be making any friends using words like “ostensibly” and “iteration” (unless someone’s personal item was a dictionary) but he only uses those big words in confessionals, and dumbs it down for camp talk…
Terry is on top of the world since he was on the bottom of the world a mere 2 days ago. He’s lauding his own social skills and making statements about not feeling any fear about getting voted out and being on top of the world. Comments like that tend to work against you on Survivor, but let’s see if we’re being misdirected, or set up for the big tribe swap resulting in Terry falling to the bottom again.
The next morning (I presume) Jeff welcomes everyone to a sandy beach and takes stock of the game. Both tribes (claim) to be having Cambodian Love Fests, which makes it all that much more fun for Jeff to announce:
“Drop your buffs…”
And with that, everyone flips into panic mode, especially Savage, who confesses about his past misfortune with flips/switches/twists. But…hearing Savage lament about having to possibly lose his advantage allows us to have some nice screen time with Monica, who just looks so damn cute reacting to stuff…
The details. The two tribes will be broken up into 3, with the new tribe (Angkor) having to head to a new beach where they’ll have to build a new shelter. Sounds kinda shi**y that one tribe has to suffer more than the other two, don’t you think…? Shouldn’t the show be like, “One of the new tribes is going to have to work harder than the other two, and in exchange, they won’t have to go to Tribal next time…” Or something similar…? You feel me?
After a blind draw, the new tribes are:
Bayon
Jeremy – B
Monica – B
Kelly
Stephen – B
Spencer
Kimmi – B
(B = 4 original Bayons are still together)
Ta Keo
Keith – B
Kass – B
Joe – B
Ciera – B
Terry
Wentworth
(another 4 original Bayons)
Angkor (or maybe we should just call them the “F**ked” tribe)
Varner – T
Woo – T
Savage
Peih-Gee – T
Tash
Abi – T
(4 Ta Keo’s and Savage gets f**ked again…)
Spencer takes us to the main title and reiterates how this game is all about him.
I would pay good money to hear Probst include “let’s crack open this coconut” in his pre-challenge/pre-tribal speeches. Love it.
I’d like to say I’m smiling, but I’m a Yankees fan. No smiles here…I used to be a Cubs fan as a kid, but as I got older, baseball got boring and I stopped watching. Being a Yankees fan is perfect, I can say I’m a Yankees fan and never have to watch a game because they’re not televised here. So, if they make the World Series, I can just watch 10 seconds of each game to say I did and celebrate when/if they do win like I’ve been watching all season long…
Continuing on with a non-Survivor comment, I can say that I gave up on Gotham last season. It became too crime-of-the-week for me when I was hoping it would be more serialized like The Walking Dead is. Speaking of which, what did you think of Fear The Walking Dead? I’m confused on whether I like it or not. I’m leaning towards not, but mostly just because there weren’t enough episodes for me to care enough about the characters/story. I think I’ll only watch season 2 if they’re giving us 13 episodes. Any less and I’ll cut it from my watch list.
If I have to add something about Survivor to this comment to streamline it, I’ll say this: Go Boobs! However, I’m more of a butt guy, so Go Butts, too!!
rex – Thanks for writing in! I just tweeted to Probst to use it. Fingers crossed…
Scotty – Just goes to show you how little I know you. Oops. “Upon Further Review” I now see the cap you’re wearing in your twitter profile pic is a Blue Jay cap. I just took it for granted and assumed it was the Cubbies. My bad! Those pics are small though…
I know what you mean about growing weary of baseball. I used to read the boxscores every day on every game, but now, I just wanna go to a couple Dodger games and hope they make the playoffs. It’s tough being a Dodger fan because 1) the stupid Time Warner deal that blacks out the games if you’re not with TW, and 2) the Boys in Blue (and the Angels too, for that matter) always seem to be “west coast tough.” As in, “if we don’t make the playoffs, no biggie, check out this weather…” So the teams always under-perform. Who knows, maybe playing for Vinny this year will inspire them… and 3) it’s so tough to love them when everyone’s ripping Donnie Baseball. I don’t like that he’s so blase, but the guy is a Yankee legend, lay off him.
-Dude, Gotham is so good. Last year, it was all about Don Falcone and the other mafioso and Fish Mooney. With them all gone, it’s all about the villains. That Joker guy was great, the Riddler (Edward Nigma) is starting to take shape, and there’s just a lot of evil starting. Plus, Bruce Wayne just found the Bat Cave, his squeeze is getting horny everywhere, and there are so many other characters who pop in for a scene here and there. And there’s some real violent shit being shown. You gotta check them out online…
-FTWD – the problem I saw (and I agree with you that we needed to see more) is that TWD is so ingrained in our psyches — the characters, what they’ve been through, what/who they’ve lost, where they’re going — that we went into FTWD with a lot of precognition of what was to come. So we almost have expectations of how the characters should react to the outbreak, since we know where the world is headed. I don’t know about you, but I’m almost “plugging the FTWD characters into TWD scenarios, and trying to decide if they mesh. Kinda sucks for the FTWD characters, since they have to play “catch-up” to their audience, but I’m sure those paychecks (and future ones) will ease the pain of a biased audience. I am hooked though, regardless of where it goes…
-Yeah, you Midwestern guys have much larger butts to look at, so you learn to appreciate them. We West Coasters live in “silicone valley,” so it’s all about the Tittays…
Thanks for the comments! Love it!
Fish
Finally catching up, Fish. Abi makes my skin crawl almost as much as Carl in TWD, almost.
You would think Probst’s man crush love for Savage would have saved him from a losing merge, I guess not – at least so far he hasn’t been burned by it.
Kershaw has one more chance to redeem himself, will he do it? If anyone can, he can. My WS hope is still the Cubbies – need that Back to the Future prediction to come to fruition.
Completely enjoyed FTWD, even if some of their reactions infuriated me (how many walkers do you need to see before you quit asking if they’re alright?), but cool to see the part we pretty much missed out on since Rick was in a coma during this time in TWD.
Erica – gonna throw it back to you since the Dodgers won and I wanna increase my comments and collect another .17 cents… (seriously, I don’t get paid…)
I’m with you on Carl. I want one of two things to happen: 1. Carl becomes a Super Star for a bus load of walkers, or 2. They just replace him with a “lighter skinned black woman.” Oh wait, that was “Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” Hell, that’d work in this case too. Just bring in some kid who can act. And I don’t care if you bring in another British actor, just find me someone who can act. What about Peter Dinklage? Just slap a “Carl mask” on him and tell him to push a baby stroller around… C’mon producers, we want thespians!
Funny, you and RealitySteve want the Cubs for that BTTF thing. I don’t even know who you are any more. What about Trout?! What about the Los Angeles Angels of Orange County and Anaheim in California!?
Kershaw comes through. Nice. And now we have Greinke (the best pitcher this year) at home. Can’t ask for anything more. Oh, yes I can. I can ask for a win. Tell ya what, I’ll trade you. Gimme a Dodger win and I’ll never look at Playboy again. Hmmm…seems like that’s not a big deal anymore.
Agreed on FTWD. Wonder where it’ll go. The world is their oyster, so let’s see where the writers go. Please tell me they won’t suddenly be encircled by an invisible, impenetrable dome…
XO
Well – here’s another penny (up to 18 cents?)
My Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the OC of Southern California in these here United States blew it. So…I’m left with what I’m left with. Hey I might even make it to a Dodgers game if they’re in the NLCS or WS. Glad Kershaw got that monkey off his back.
My favorite part of FTWD is that the heroin addict is the smartest person in the world. Of course he is. His mom could use a little help in some of her reactions – she just does not freak out when you would think she would. Especially for a mom. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that actress does not have kids.
Well – here’s to Carl being consumed by a walker or the very least – shooting himself in the foot with one of his guns he twirls before he puts it in that damn holster.