...but that’s perfect for the BASHER Forum.With Tika returning from TC, we see Carson continuing to burn the candle at both ends playing the intermediary between his Trio-Alliance with Yam-Yam/Carolyn and odd-tribemate-out Sarah. Most would regard that approach precarious at best, but when you’re aligned with two off-the-wall characters like Yam-Yam and Carolyn, Carson may just be able to pull it off.
At Ratu we must endure Kane belting out the Canadian National Anthem. Personally, I regard “O Canada” as one of the nicest sounding anthems. I enjoy listening to it at an NHL game; what place it has on Survivor—I do not know. CBS could be potentially opening a can of worms. In this present-day ultrasensitive tissue-paper thin-skinned society we live in, the Latino community may be asking why equal time was not given to Yam-Yam singing the Puerto Rican National Anthem. Stay tuned...
I did enjoy the up close and personal done with Brandon to portray what an all-round well-rounded individual he is. Normally, that would be commendable; but with the pathetic job Production does with its casting, poor Brandon is a true anomaly in this “new school” game of Survivor. How sad.
Back at Tika we watch the male version of Maryanne (add about 100 lbs.) perform some ridiculous antics much to the head-scratching delight of his tribemates. With S42 being the last full season this cast viewed, how in the world can they NOT see the similarity between Maryanne and Yam-Yam? Throughout season 42, I repeatedly stated the players will rue the day they allowed Maryanne to advance to the endgame. I am making the same claim now with Yam-Yam.
BTW, Jeff...you don’t need to be fluent in Spanish to know they pronounce their Y’s like J’s. His name is pronounced Jam-Jam, not Yam-Yam. Geez Louise...or as Jiffy might say, Yeez Louise?
At Soka, we got to see what a slick operator Danny is by using the fake idol from the cage to bait one of his tribemates into finding it. Matthew also had a fake idol at Tika, but he actually created a fake one from scratch. Jaime bit hard on Matthew’s bait and is ecstatic over Matthew darn near pointing her to the direction of a worthless idol. Not sure what Jaime bit down harder on—Matthew’s bait...or the worms?
Meanwhile, Carolyn (not surprisingly) has done nothing with her fake idol. I guess she’s waiting for Production to direct her to plant the fake idol in the same manner they needed to direct her on how to do a confessional. * snort *
Matt became the victim of Danny’s clever ploy. What we got to see is Matt having more of a make-out session with his fake idol than with his real rebound.
Speaking of Frannie...her exaggerated embellishment has become nauseating. Starting with everyone’s look at the “new Ratu Tribe” with Helen voted out. You’d swear someone reached into Frannie’s chest and ripped out her heart. Over some player she had NO connection with thus far in the game?? Her euphoric expression over the SECOND-PLACE reward of what was comprised of barely enough fruit to fit in a cereal bowl and what looked like a hammer was beyond laughable. And don’t get me going with her obnoxious reactions at TC. If this was the NHL, she’d be spending more than half of the 26 days in the penalty box.
Events that transpired during the challenge portion is what really solidified this episode as sucky. It started immediately with Claire (yet again) occupying the Sandra Sit-Out Bench. Even with her third occupancy in a row, she’ll need more to get that bench named after her. It’s true pathetically inept Sandra never occupied the bench for three consecutive challenges...but that’s because with “old school” Survivor she was not ALLOWED to. Apparently, it’s allowed now. Boy does that SUCK.
Sadly, the challenge went from bad to worse. It started fine with Ratu dominating to win the challenge. Perhaps with the wood Matthew has left over after building his Ep 2 challenge replica in his backyard, he was also able to construct wooden crates with multi-colored sides.
What ensued was a mad rush by the two loser tribes to copy the winning formation. We’re not talking about a subtle peek...this was physically running over to be pathetic copycats. I guess some viewers might regard that as “new school” Survivor gamesmanship? Well, this viewer regards that tactic as old-fashioned cheating! A surefire way to prevent this deplorable gameplay is to GO BACK TO TWO TRIBES. You’ll have a winner and a loser. A tribe wins—Challenge over...clear cut and simple.
Yeah, Yeah...I know the social butterfly enthusiasts will say with a third tribe you get another layer of “social dynamics.” Yadda, Yadda, Yadda...Blah, Blah, Blah... Well, guess what folks...you also get cheating. So, Tika bursts out into jubilant celebration for, yep that’s right, being the better (or IMO, most pathetic) copycats and avoids TC. The only silver lining in this disgrace was watching Carolyn’s bouncing plastic boobies as she jumped up and down in celebration.
Back at Soka camp, Production tried desperately to muddy the water in a meager attempt to misdirect the viewers from a slam dunk obvious Claire boot. Other than her well-documented avoidance to participate in challenges, her main contribution this season was getting all crotchety over the dork-mance in her tribe.
What was noteworthy during tribal was the exchange between Claire and Heidi. Contrary to Matt, arguably the worst liar in Survivor history, how Heidi lied through her teeth and her ability to still maintain eye-to-eye contact with Claire appeared way, WAAAAAAY too easy for her. You could even say “natural,” because after all, you are...who you are...who you are... In the end, Claire was the obvious and unanimous boot. During her parting words she lamented that she wishes she could have seen more. HMMMM, I guess the view was not that good from the Sandra Sit-Out Bench??!
Next Time on Survivor...
There’s a boat on the horizon heading toward shore. We see Embellishment Queen Frannie’s best impersonation of Edvard Munch’s painting, “The Scream.”
Oh boy...I can hardly wait! * snort*
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