How’s this for “soon enough.” I just finished watching Ep. 8 about an hour ago.It’s impossible to determine a percentage of applicants based on age or race, so it is futile to debate those hypothetical statistics. Here’s what we do know—CBS has committed to cast at least 50% Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) for Survivor each season. There’s no way you, or anyone, will make me believe at least 50% of EVERYONE who applies for Survivor is BIPOC, yet Production will force-feed that 50% percentage REGARDLESS how the application percentage pans out. They could do the same with age if they want to...but they WON’T because Production/CBS continues to be guilty of age discrimination.
Due to the horrible job Production does casting a majority of “misfits,” I actually credit Heidi for playing to that ineptness and surrounding herself with casting “misfits.” I’ll continue to appropriately bash Production for this shortcoming, not necessarily Heidi.
I don’t know what you were watching last night but if any episode solidified the existence of the ADS, it was this one.
On to the episode 8 bashing...
Day 15: Post Tribal Council/Sanctuary
HOUSTON, we have a Squonk sighting... Frannie tearfully tells us she’s “marooned” without her dork magnet. AHHH, not really Frannie, you still have your Soka tribemates so please spare us the drama and don’t cry yourself into a puddle.
Lauren conversed with Yam-Yam to tell him all is well by saying, “you know you’re working with us.” That’s enough confirmation for me to verify Yam-Yam and Ratu went into last TC “working together” to boot Matt and no un-advantage was going to alter that plan.
AHHH yes, the POWER of being RIGHT
We also see Carson and Yam-Yam together relishing their roles as part of the Three Stooges with Tika conveniently falling into the position of middlemen between Soka and Ratu.
The third stooge, Carolyn, who was not with them at the time, individually tells us how she will “TRY” to be “UNDERESTIMATED.” ROFLMFAO!! Holy Smoley, did she think up that “strategy” all by herself? Now that’s something she’ll be able to accomplish without Production’s direction or Jeff’s instructions. Hey Carolyn, while you’re at it you may want to “try” breathing as well. This clown is a natural born comedienne.
We hear from the castaway who was very instrumental in this episode—Heidi. She explains why/how she used the non-advantageous “advantage.” First off, she felt fairly certain Matt was a goner regardless of how it was played. She acknowledged she could have used the “advantage” differently by causing commotion and targeting either Lauren or Jaime but A) Matt, most likely, would still get booted, and more importantly B) she did NOT want to deal with any repercussions from Lauren or Jaime or BOTH returning to Camp Va Va. I’m not going back to count how many times I pointed out that fact in the Ep 7 thread, but it was more than once.
AHHH yes, the POWER of being RIGHT
CHALLENGE TIME
It sure didn’t take the inept Production crew much time to recycle a challenge copying a format from only LAST season. How lame!
The remaining castaways pair off in five pairs and complete in a series of elimination stages until the last two pairs (final four) compete individually for sole immunity. Pairs are NOT by random draw but by choice prior to the challenge.
Carolyn volunteers to pair with Carson who’s been yakking all night over what he believes was the result of PBJ sandwiches at the last reward feast. As a member of the “Three Stooges,” he was understandably hesitant to blame Carolyn’s cooking. It actually was quite astute on Carolyn’s part who might now be able to mask her pathetic challenge ineptness on Carson’s illness. But OH...the best laid plans of mice and men...
Before Carson even had a chance to participate, Carolyn’s embarrassing ineptness reached monster proportions listening to her squealing like a trapped animal in the nettings while Probst tried talking her through the efforts of an escape. Can anyone even entertain the possibility she will NOT be sitting at FTC?? Geezo Peezo!
The two final pairs (four players) competing in the final leg for individual immunity are Lauren, Danny, Brandon, and Kane. Last season Production took a fair-minded approach by conducting an endurance test to determine who would be able to hold up a bucket of water 25% of their body weight making it proportional to each finalist’s different weight. It was won by S43 Champion Mike Gabler.
I suppose for this season Production put their feeble heads together to decide how could they intentionally take a LESS fair-minded approach? They came up with an endurance test where the final four would have to stand/balance on the SAME size planks of decreasing narrowness REGARDLESS of one’s weight or (more importantly) one’s foot size. Given that explanation, we now have three certainties in life: Death, taxes, and the smallest finalist with the smallest feet would win immunity.
While the finalists were competing, our attention was temporarily drawn to Carolyn’s bodily gyrations while spectating with the others on the Sandra Sit-Out Bench. UMMM Carolyn, if you’re going to do a pole dance you need a pole.
Well, I paid my income taxes last week; I will eventually die; and the obvious occurred with Jeff placing the immunity necklace around Lauren’s neck.
Returning back to Va Va camp, Ratu intended to continue its plan to pick off the Soka tribe, making Squonk Frannie its next target. Danny may have expressed his desire to target Ratu, but it was Heidi who put the plan into action to blindside a Ratu. But which Ratu? Heidi’s prime candidate was Brandon because (as she SPECIFICALLY stated) he’s ”BIG AND ATHLETIC”.
Those three words need to be repeated for those who have a challenging time wrapping their minds around the existence of the Anti-Darwin Syndrome. ”BIG AND ATHLETIC”.
Heidi did NOT use words spun by those who refuse to acknowledge this truth, i.e., “dumb,” “stupid,” “inability to form alliances,” Yadda, Yadda, Yadda...Blah, Blah, Blah... One more time boys and girls, ”BIG AND ATHLETIC”.
AHHH yes, the POWER of being RIGHT
With Ratu having the numbers to boot Frannie, something needed to be done to negate that advantage. Enter Danny wearing his shining armor galloping on his white horse to play his II on Frannie to set the ADS in motion. When Danny informs Frannie of his intention, she tells us she could “cry.” OH Lordy, not ANOTHER Squonk sighting.
Heidi informs Tika about Danny’s idol and his intention to save Frannie. This understandably worries Danny if the Frannie voters catch wind of it and switch their target to Danny who used his idol on Squonk Frannie.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
At least this TC was not a “sanctuary.” Only small-footed Lauren was immune. Brandon was definitely getting ADS votes. The question was will old Ratu along with NuRatu Carson and the player (Yam-Yam) they saved at last TC stick with the plan to cast votes for Frannie, or switch to Danny if they knew he might play his idol on her.
After some trivial ho-hum TC jibber-jabber, combined with sappy dork magnet eye contacts, the moment of truth arrives. Frannie, who received six of the ten votes, owes Danny a big fat sloppy kiss for saving her ass (and may consider a menage-a-trois with Heidi for setting the ADS in motion.) Sorry Matt.
With four votes “BIG ATHLETIC” Brandon gets anti-darwined out of the game.
AHHH yes, the POWER of being RIGHT
As Tommy Lee Jones was quoted in the movie “The Fugitive,” playing the role of Deputy US Marshall, “Don’t ever argue with the BIG DOG. The BIG DOG is always right!”
You’d have to believe Jaime must now realize her II is fake. If not, she could be establishing a new standard of idiocy among the morons casted for the show.
In his parting words, Brandon acknowledges the ADS by understanding why the others wanted the “BIG FISH” out.
Next Time on Survivor
We see Danny, who was quoted at the beginning of the season, “the way NOT to find an II is to NOT look,” continuing to swallow doses of his own medicine by going on what appears to be an II scavenger hunt.
Apparently, this does not sit well with Carolyn who, “is sick of Danny.”
Yam-Yam is bellyaching over his name possibly being written down again.
Carson is getting cocky over how Tika fell into the middlemen role.
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