Hello again, my friends, and welcome to a double-shot of Survivor! I know, I know, you’re thinking it’ll be like watching 2 hours of paint drying, right? And why 2 episodes? Did the producers realize they need 2 whole episodes to get the drama, gameplay, and brilliant decisions of a regular episode? Are all the good players gone so we need to see THAT MANY MORE bad moves?

Am I being too harsh? Am I justified? I can’t say which because I HAVEN’T WATCHED THE DAMN THING YET, but it’ll be interesting to see what I say about it at 2am when I’m still writing this recap, that’s for damn sure!

Okay, maybe it’s just a scheduling thing. With the Christmas holiday coming up, they don’t want to air the finale on Christmas Eve, so I understand you gotta squeeze 2 in tonight. Hey, I get it. And we’re all the benefactors of tonight’s big double episode. Just don’t ask me what those dark circles under my eyes are tomorrow as I’m dropping off my … Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Not sure if you’ll actually be reading this on Thanksgiving, since I don’t even know if I’ll be able to finish it by then, but let’s assume it’s been posted and everything is good. Okay? I’m sure we all have something to be thankful for, and as this week has proven, there’s a hell of a lot of things that people are pretty pissed about too. I don’t want to go off on a rant here…so I won’t. I think I said enough about it on Twitter this week, so let’s just get into Survivor mode and crack open this turkey (see what I did there?).

But first, let’s get right to the biggest news I’ve had for you all season. As I’ve been mentioning/tweeting for the past couple weeks, I was fortunate enough to get the one and only Coach to answer a few of your show questions. As fans, we’re probably all a little bit curious about certain things that never get addressed on the show, in exit interviews, … Continue reading →

Hey guys! We’re already at episode 9 and I still have no idea who’s going to the finale. There’s usually a front runner by now, but something tells me this is not going to be one of those seasons that plays by the book. And considering all the criticism it’s getting – which I don’t totally agree with – I’ve decided to just keep an open mind on how the rest of the season will play out. As long as Jeremy wins because he’s the only one who deserves it…

But first, I want to go back and review the odds I gave at the beginning of the season, just to see how accurate I was. I know this may be a bit self-indulgent on my part – a theme in tonight’s episode – but I need a shot in the arm right now. They’re listed in descending order from favorite to least favorite:

Missy 9/2 Jon 5/1 Jaclyn 8/1 Alec 8/1 Kelley 8/1 Jeremy 10/1 Wes 10/1 Baylor 10/1 Josh 101 Reed 11/1 Val … Continue reading →