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"Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 08:57 PM
Please keep all discussion of the RussHell Show on this thread until after it has aired on the West Coast.

What about sig pics you ask, well since I'm probably going to be talking to my self, go ahead, post what you want, distract me from the searing pain and loneliness. *sob*

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"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 08:59 PM
I'm here, alone also. Hubby is in the woods looking for deer.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:06 PM
Hope the hunting goes well. One less deer to hit on the highway.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:08 PM
Or was he looking for a rat to go with Natalie's rat?
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 09:10 PM
We don't have rat's but tons of mice.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by jbug on 11-13-09 at 10:38 AM
Kircon, LOL I read that first as "looking for dinner"
"Tribal Fall out"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:05 PM
RussHell figures he is next. The girls are gloating about the vote out and the playing of the idol.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 09:06 PM
Laura states that Russell is out next.
"When Blonds go hunting."
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:07 PM
Stick or rock, stick or rock, oh but finish your snack first.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 09:08 PM
LAST EDITED ON 11-12-09 AT 09:09 PM (EST)

Natalie kills a rat with a stick. Then tells it she's sorry!

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:10 PM
Brett is pretty handy with a paring knife.
"RussHell goes hunting"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:09 PM
says he's going to go find the second third Immunity Idol.
"Reward Challenge"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:11 PM
Two teams of five.

Run to get pieces, white coconuts make a number, blindfold a team member who will work a combination by touch.

Rockslide and Chocolate Brownies, one person will not participate. Natalie is odd one out. Twist is will choose one team to support, you get to go if you pick the winning team.

"RE: Reward Challenge"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:17 PM
Yellow team (foa foa +2) does well until the puzzle. Then the 5 galu still whump their butts at the end.
"RE: Reward Challenge"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:21 PM
Wonder how Mika would have liked this reward? Water slides, pools, water everywhere.
"RE: Reward Challenge"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:25 PM
I was thinking of her too. I was thinking there better not be someone pushing someone down a slide they don't wanna do.
"RE: Reward Challenge"
Posted by jbug on 11-13-09 at 10:41 AM
I didn't see Shamboo or Dave go down the slide - or in the water. Did I just miss them?
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 09:20 PM
Interesting that in Jeff's intro, it became "Natalie's plan" to get Erik -- no mention that it was Jaison's idea. He also said "thanks to Natalie" FF survived TC.

And then Nat kills the rat and become a hero....definitely getting a winner's edit.

"Reward"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:23 PM
Rock water slides and big meal.

And a note.

There is a hidden immunity idol back at camp. They plot who from Foa Foa should go. Shambo seems to be protecting Russhell as he is bad a challenges.

"Clue!"
Posted by vince3 on 11-12-09 at 09:23 PM
Another HII is hidden at the Aiga camp, and those at the Reward feast got to find out about it.........

The thing is, though, clue #1 just says that it's back at camp...... no indication where...... and RussHell's scouring the place for it!

"He did it again!"
Posted by vince3 on 11-12-09 at 09:24 PM
This time it was hidden under the dock, without a paper clue!
"RE: He did it again!"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 09:25 PM
Can you believe that? The man does know how to play the game.
"RE: Clue!"
Posted by Riordan on 11-12-09 at 09:24 PM
and he's found it!!
"RE: Clue!"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:27 PM
LAST EDITED ON 11-12-09 AT 10:51 PM (EST)


So... was the simultaneous posting good for y'all?

About five of us all posted within seconds of RussHell finding the clue idol.


ETA: *kicks michel*

"RE: Clue!"
Posted by michel on 11-12-09 at 10:14 PM
You mean he found the clue without any idols?
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:24 PM
Meanwhile... RussHell is back searching for the hidden immunity idol again.

And he finds it again. Under the dock.

"It has to be near a landmark"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:24 PM
and RussHell finds it under the bridge.
"RE: It has to be near a landmark"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 09:28 PM
Gotta love it -- this guy is really playing the game hard. And his quote was great:

"I don't care no damn about a reward...I'm here to win the game." And then he adds, "This can be worth $1 million"...definitely worth missing fried chicken and brownies for!

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:29 PM
What the frack, RussHell? Why are you showing Shambo the HII?
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:30 PM
... and I'm thinking this is the beginning of the "love affair" that RussHell was rumoured to have sucked someone into and then later discarded casually like a pawn.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Outfrontgirl on 11-12-09 at 09:35 PM
Interesting idea, Pepe.
Shambo hit on Mick and Erik, so it appears she's horny or something. (Not that her earlier choices are bad).
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:39 PM
Don't forget Brett, we saw that pic of her nuzzling Brett in the press photos going into the merge episode.

This one was different, RussHell and Shambo were sitting alone on the dock as RussHell showed off his HII - it's clear to me that there is some strategy behind RussHell's showing Shambo the HII, and he was quick to do it with her while showing nobody else.

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by DearAbby on 11-12-09 at 09:41 PM
After Russell shows Shambo the HII, she says she's been with FF "for two weeks." So why'd she for Jaison last TC (three days ago in Survivor time)? Or did I miss something?
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:44 PM
It's Shambo. The same one who gasped that there were hundreds of thousands of fish in the ocean.

*shrug*

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by DearAbby on 11-12-09 at 09:58 PM
My bad! I forgot she's also the one who didn't know who Erik is.
"Immunity Challenge"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:32 PM
Only one this time.

Use a hook to get two bags. first three to get bags move on.

Use those to start pegapalooza and the first with all their pegs in wins immunity.

"RE: Immunity Challenge"
Posted by Outfrontgirl on 11-12-09 at 09:33 PM
Russell, sometimes it's better to keep it in your pants and not show it.
Having nobody know when he plays it would be awesome.
"RE: Immunity Challenge"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:43 PM
Now RussHell tells Jaison he has the HII. What an idiot.

The early talk is revolving around booting Kelly because she's stronger than Monica.

"RE: Immunity Challenge"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:34 PM
Mick
Shambo
Race between Laura and RussHell.

Laura moving on.

"RE: Immunity Challenge"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:35 PM
Laura, Mick, Shambo goes on to the final round.

The "Laura! Russell! It's a race!" bit we heard was from when both got their final bags and they raced to drag their bags back, and Laura edged out RussHell.

"RE: Immunity Challenge"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:36 PM
Laura is simply demolishing the other two in the final round, not even close.

Laura wins immunity in a total rout - the other two didn't even finish half of their pegs.

Ciao, Monica.

"RE: Immunity Challenge"
Posted by emydi on 11-12-09 at 10:10 PM
not so fast!! I should have stuck with my gut of "day of reckoning" was Laura's boot but I had Monica...who knew they'd say she was too weak and then not go after John

BUT NOONE had Kelly on the radar the only thing better would have been Brett and Jiffy saying Brett who?

"RE: Immunity Challenge"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:37 PM
Laura last to get her pegs, but is very fast and wins Immunity.
"*sings*"
Posted by vince3 on 11-12-09 at 09:36 PM
Put the pieces into the block, make the right connection..... But you better be quick or it will *pop*.....Pop goes Perfection!

Grappling hook to two bags that have those kind of blocks, only larger.....

Each piece that they have that they put into the board, will release another piece. The first person of to complete that puzzle will win Immunity...... Only the first 3 to get those two bags will compete, though.....

Shambo, Mick, and Laura...... Shambo started fast but then struggled.......

Laura, however, once she got those pieces into her hands..... was a house on fire! Laura wins Immunity again!

"RE: *sings*"
Posted by Outfrontgirl on 11-12-09 at 09:40 PM
Damn! Monica was certainly on the radar, but only if Laura won immunity. I wonder if Russell even needs to play his idol now. John could be an easy sell.
"RE: *sings*"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 09:41 PM
Could Laura hand her necklace to someone and then get booted?
"RE: *sings*"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 09:41 PM
Loved how Shambo gave RussHell a big ol' kiss and then said, "Dude, Laura's head is getting lopped off." Too funny.

I also thought Shambo had a great point that Kelly is a bigger threat than Monica (if Laura wins immunity).

Can't believe Mick sucked so bad at that puzzle!

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:47 PM
What a tool.

Erik strolled into TC acting all Mafia-like while fingering a purple necklace. As if he's making some kind of a point...

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by vince3 on 11-12-09 at 09:50 PM
Well, he wanted to wear his Galu Buff into the TC........ to make a statement about him being betrayed by Galu......
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by emydi on 11-12-09 at 10:14 PM
but I did like him cheering when Russhell played the HII...I think Russhell just got Erik's vote

Dave is the "smart" one...he was the one saying no way would Russhell find it...they should've voted Natalie or Mick...wonder if Russhell would have given them the idol? Ha! jk no way although it would help him

10 9 8 Russ vote by Shambo...I bet she told him she was going to vote for him

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by goldenmike4393 on 11-16-09 at 06:51 PM
I swear, I thought I saw a puddle of water at Dave's feet while his STUPID mouth was wide open. Talk about looking STUPID.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by vince3 on 11-12-09 at 09:48 PM
Monica nervoused about RussHell possibly doing what he did again.... John tried to poo-poo it but possibly suggested that maybe they go for Natalie just in case......

At TC, John was asked about why Erik was deep-sixed last time and he called Erik a weakening point of the tribe...... Erik's urge.to.kill.RISING!

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:52 PM
For the first time, we hear Jiffy ask if anyone has the hidden immunity idol.

RussHell steps up and reveals his!

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Riordan on 11-12-09 at 09:54 PM
The look on Galu's faces... priceless!
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:54 PM
I may not like him, but after Galu thinking RussHell wouldn't even suspect there could be another idol...did any of them ever watch this darn show before?

Idjits deserve to have one of them voted out.

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 09:57 PM
Wow! like Dave mouthed. I am cheering for Russell. He is really playing the game.
"The vote"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:54 PM
Russell
Russell
Russell
Russ
Russel
Laura looks like she's shitting bricks.
Russell
Russell 10-9-8
Kelly
Kelly
Kelly

See ya, Kelly. 3-0 in favour of her while RussHell grins like the Cheshire cat.

"RE: The vote"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:55 PM
Jiffy says that the HII will go back into hiding again.

Expect a free-for-all next episode as each and every member of the Aigus will likely turn the entire island upside down.

"RE: The vote"
Posted by Snidget on 11-12-09 at 09:57 PM
I wouldn't leave RussHell alone for 2 seconds. Because at least if he always has a shadow people will know when he finds it.
"RE: The vote"
Posted by Outfrontgirl on 11-12-09 at 09:56 PM
Well, per OFG theory, that explains why we got Kelly vidcap on the reward and no one else. I just thought Kelly was going to be around for awhile. They gave her zero story arc. Pulled a Zoe on us.
"RE: The vote"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 09:58 PM
Shambo voted for RussHell. Hmmmm.
"RE: The vote"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 10:01 PM
But she put a date on the vote. I think to show who it was. Can't have the tribe turn against her.
"RE: The vote"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 11-12-09 at 10:03 PM
*head tilt*

Not sure how 10-9-8 translates into a date?

"RE: The vote"
Posted by kircon on 11-12-09 at 10:07 PM
Well I'm not wearing my glasses & it looked like a date. It was still a message.
"RE: The vote"
Posted by DearAbby on 11-12-09 at 10:23 PM
I think it was a countdown: 10 - 9 - 8 -7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

But I don't know what she was counting down! Maybe she wanted the other Galus to think she was counting down till all the FFs were gone?

To quote Pepe in Post #41:

It's Shambo. The same one who gasped that there were hundreds of thousands of fish in the ocean.

*shrug*

"RE: The vote"
Posted by frisky on 11-12-09 at 11:38 PM
I think she was doing a countdown. To Galu, she could say she was counting down the minutes until RussHell gets his due. To Foa Foa, though, they all know that it's a countdown to an "explosive" vote.
"RE: The vote"
Posted by vince3 on 11-12-09 at 09:59 PM
Shambo had the RussHell "10-9-8" vote....... I'm wondering if she's counting down the members that's gone of "her" Galu tribe?
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by vince3 on 11-12-09 at 09:54 PM
Jiffy asks for the HII, and RussHell stands up and gives it to him for the second TC in a row.

RussHell votes are invalid!

RussHell x7
Kelly x3 shown


Laura whispers a swear of vengance!

"Oh, and BTW Survivors?"
Posted by vince3 on 11-12-09 at 09:55 PM
We're gonna re-hide the HII again!
"RE: Oh, and BTW Survivors?"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 09:59 PM
AWESOME TC....reminded me a lot of when Amanda found the HII and played it at TC in Fans vs. Favorites.

Smart of Russhell to go with Shambo's suggestion (vs. Monica) to cement her trust and make sure she stays on his side, even though it might have been better to take out Dave or John.

Dave's Face and Erik's fist pumping were priceless. And those stupid Galus are not even thinking about jury votes when they dis Erik. He is voting for an FF for sure!

"RE: Oh, and BTW Survivors?"
Posted by Outfrontgirl on 11-12-09 at 10:00 PM
That's OK, Squid. Funny thing is, Erik is nursing his revenge fantasy, but he won't have any other choice than to vote for Foa Foa, so it's not going to be a statement at all. Poor lil Erik.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Outfrontgirl on 11-12-09 at 09:58 PM
So Jeff kept all the Galu in suspense about who was going to get the FF votes? How nicely evil of him. I bet Monica soiled her bikini.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 10:04 PM
Well this nicely sets up the Day of Reckoning and a possible tie. Guess who's going to be sucking up to SHAMBEAU now!

P.S. Smart for Shambo to vote RussHell since it didn't matter anyway and this way it doesn't give away that she flipped (although Jiffy didn't show them all anyway).

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 10:08 PM
Gotta say I've gone from hating RussHell to loving him. I am definitely rooting for this guy to win. Sorry, but Nat has done doo-doo comparatively...and Mick can't even win a stinking puzzle challenge vs. Shambo and Laura.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 10:14 PM
There was really no way to see that Kelly vote coming based on the clues and caps we were given this week...and certainly not the editing. Yes, there was the Kelly reward shot but there were other OFG candidates too.

It was all based on Shambo's suggestion and wanting to keep her loyalty. Logically, FF would have gone Monica or Dave/John if Shambo hadn't suggested Kelly. (And I think that RussHell would have preferred to get Laura's goat by voting out Monica 1st...but he showed some deference to Shambo.)

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Scarlett O Hara on 11-12-09 at 10:26 PM
Yes, I am starting to cheer for RussHell myself! Finding two HIIs without even one clue is impressive. Of course, like us, he's probably watched the show enough to know where they would be hidden. Can he find it again next week? That would really be funny!

I did think it was interesting in the beginning of the show when Jiffy gave Natalie all the credit for Galu turning on Eric. He called it "Natalie's Plan." He also is now describing the FoaFoas as the FoaFoa Four, as in "Aitu Four." Looks like it bodes well for them and I'd venture to say one of those four will be our winner. Sorry, couldn't resist ... I know this stuff belongs over in Veruca's thread.


"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by michel on 11-12-09 at 10:38 PM
I agree with you Scarlett. Veruca's thread is off-limits until midnight so may as well post our initial thoughts in here.

I liked seeing Galu shadowing Russell and Jaison but we had a shot of Natalie poking around alone just as Jeff says: "Finding the next idol means everything."
(John was also seen but does he really matter?)

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 10:49 PM
Scarlett, I noticed the same thing about it being "Natalie's plan" and no mention of Jaison. He also said something in that same intro about "Thanks to Natalie," the FF survived TC or something to that effect. (See post #13)
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Loree on 11-12-09 at 11:17 PM
I am starting to cheer for and enjoy Russell. He definitely is playing the game. That makes it more enjoyable for us.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by michel on 11-12-09 at 10:32 PM
The episode was good but wasn't the TC anti-climactic? They told us everything that would happen. They could have edited out Dave's rejection of Monica's idea. They could have kept us a little more in the dark about the switch of target to Kelly, maybe leaving only Shambo's initial suggestion. The only fun things were Galu waiting to see where the guillotine would hit and Kelly's "It's me!" which reminded me of Gretchen's reaction.

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-12-09 at 10:45 PM
Well, it's hard to live up to the "most memorable TC" hype . I do think to the average viewer, this was a huge surprise and a great episode....and people love rooting for the underdog.

I agree that they seemed to telegraph every move, esp. around RussHell finding the HII....but I don't think anyone on any of the boards was expecting Kelly, so that was an interesting twist. Personally I kinda liked not having the entire episode spoiled and having different opinions on who was going.

Can't wait to see the fallout next episode!

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by michel on 11-12-09 at 11:19 PM
I'm not talking pre-episode spoiling; during the episode we found out everything that was about to happen at TC.

Sometimes a TC when we know who goes is memorable for the laughs at the expense of the victim(Rodger in Amazon, Billy in Cook Islands, JR in China come to mind) but there was nothing to laugh at Kelly. They even had to caption Laura's words after the vote to re-direct our laughs at the right person.

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by television on 11-12-09 at 11:40 PM
Well, keep in mind that the non-spoiled viewer doesn't know the boot order, and usually doesn't even suspect. If I were 'unspoiled', it would have been a great TC, with the first drama of 'will he use the idol' and the second drama of 'will they have outsmarted him and voted for Natalie'. They threw enough uncertainty in beforehand to fool most people, I think.

Plus, if I were editing the show I don't know how else I would have told that story. The drama of both sides trying to anticipate what the other would do must have made for great tv - I mean I enjoyed it and had a pretty good idea of how it'd turn out.

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by michel on 11-13-09 at 00:25 AM
I don't know the boot order and I don't think anyone needed one to figure out that Russell wasn't leaving. All they needed to do was cut out Dave rejecting Monica's idea and that little scene where Russell told the other Foa Foas to vote out Kelly.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by SquidProQuo on 11-13-09 at 00:48 AM
I agree with your suggested edits, Michel...but of course CBS is not known for its subtlety .

It is a bit ironic that Monica, the alleged weak link, was the one to bring up RussHell using the idol, while meanwhile Dave, the alleged high IQ guy, dismissed the idea!

I wonder if next episode the Galus are going to blame Shambo for leaking the clues to Russhell (since she was on the reward), vs. realizing that he found it without any clues? It will be interesting to see if they try to woo Shambo to keep their majority or if they just give up on her. Will we see the purple rock???

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by michel on 11-13-09 at 08:41 AM
Will it matter what they say to Shambo? We are down to 10 and Foa Foa is now a solid 5 with Shambo while Galu is a fractured 5 with John vs Laura!! Galu would split even more as soon as someone would bring up the purple rock rules.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by television on 11-13-09 at 06:53 PM
yeah, you're right michel, it would have changed little in the presentation, and kept the uncertainty up. For the record, I've lurked this board enough to know that you're not a 'boot order' spoiler type of person, but I meant to suggest that most viewers don't pick up on editing cues as sharply as you or others here. I still think it might have been suspenseful for the unspoiled, but I'll wait until I talk to my sister later to confirm that judgement, haha.
"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by Outfrontgirl on 11-13-09 at 08:24 PM
the thing is, one of the best moments for me was seeing Dave's jaw drop when he realized that Monica was right. That was priceless. If they had left out Dave's dissing her concerns it wouldn't have been nearly as good.

There is always the chance that strategy changes after the last conversation we hear, so it wasn't set in stone that they wouldn't split the vote.

Actually, they didn't have the numbers to split the vote. They had seven votes, including Shambo. Five of those needed to go towards their target. The other two don't trump the Foa Foa 4. So it didn't matter. All they could do was to switch targets as happened in Fiji, but in Fiji they had an informant.

"RE: Survivor #19 Episode #9 East Coast Spoiler Thread"
Posted by vince3 on 11-13-09 at 08:42 PM
.... and unfortunately for the ones with the majority in this case, the informant is within their ranks working for the minority group with the HII!