This is my first ever posting. I'm a survivor sucks virgin, so be kind. I'm so obsessed by this TWIST! We've heard about it for a lonnnng time, so I think Mark Burnett(Satan) planned this ages ago. There's a flaw in the game, which is the strong tribe votes off the weak. I agree it's two tribe set-up seems to be a strength, but the alliances, the alliances have to go. Did anyone notice how last year(s) the alliances were much more hidden? For instance, we NEVER saw Colby/Tina alone AT ALL! If we'd seen that, then the whole plot of S2 would be given away. Something similar may be going on here, but it's going on at the Boran, and not at the Sambucco tribe, where everything is far too painfully obvious.
MB(Satan) had to spice things up A LOT, and yes, the ratings are sagging, sagging, sagging. So this couldn't come at a better time. It's not a merge. That's a couple of episodes away AT LEAST.
Jippy Fop has been talking about the merge as a set thing at Epi.7. HOWEVER, the arbitrary swap of three people, well, I thinks that's what's gonna happen. It's quick. It's easy. It comes in tree mail form. They draw straws.It's fair. It's square. It's a done deal.
And I think this TWIST has to live up to its hype, or let's face it, this whole show is going down. It needs something big to lift it, and a three-three swap would do it. It would only be for one, or maybe two episodes and then we're at the traditional merge point,anyway. Then things will be more "normal" or will they ever. And why should they be? Isn't that tantamount to PREDICTABLE? Who wants things to be "Normal" on Survivor? WE WANT GRRRRREAT TELEVISION!
We all know too much(except, it seems, the Beadie Babies.) Also, SURVIVORNEWS lists this as first choice in their current poll. They must be on to something.
The water is a non-issue. The three going to Sambucca bring jugs and water with them. They will be welcomed. I'm guessing it's Lex, Kelly and Kim J. Or at least for sure Kim J. and Lex. This puts her and Kim P. onto the same team, and FINALLY explains their nicknames.
This is also totally bust up ALL alliances, including Lex's and Tom's since that's what's promised, not just the Playskoolers. Frank, Lindsay and Brandon end up with the Boran. And Frank and Teresa BOTH spill the beans on the Playskoolers. In the Boron tradition of ONLY voting off women, they get rid of the Walking Mistake - the Linzer Tart.
Maybe it's only one episode that stays this way. Then they go back and the Mallbrats gang up on Teresa, hence her place on Diane's list. OR it doesn't revert and the NEW SAMBUCCOS vote off Silas.
I think it's more interesting to let the two new tribes sit with each other for two episodes and then they merge,anayway, after all. And will new alliances be formed? Hmmmmmm...Maybe,this makes it all VEDDY INTERESTINK, but I'm betting these first ones like the Tom-Lex-Ethan one will last. There's a Colby-Keith-Tina bond there, or maybe it's Lex and Ethan who are the Colby-Tina clones. We're not seeing it, of course, but then we never saw the depth and power of that alliance til the final episode. If Diane's list holds then the Linzer Tart and the Wood Chip are going on a Surfin' Safari with the Postwoman,The Policewoman and the Dentist.
Also, I don't think Mark Burnett gives a flying buck about lawsuits. It's HIS SHOW and he owns it and these are HIS rules. Also, remember there's a Standards and Practices person standing right there on the set this time. No. It's not against the Mawlers, though they are going to react that way, at first, and that's the way it's gonna play. He HAD to set this up WAY in advance, and Les Moonves, in his comments, knew all about this and couldn't have been happpier. Sorry to go on, but do let me know what you all think. Hey, you guys are more entertaining than television!