I was hoping somebody would step up to the plate and make this season worth watching again and it happened. Troy and his "Everybody is against me," attitude worked. The everybody is against me attitude usually works until "The everybody beats those who which everybody was against." Did that make sense to everybody?
Day 25
Troy lashes out at Alicia who reminds him that she didn't vote against him last week. Oops dude, everybody wasn't against you afterall. Chelsea tells Troy that it is just a game and to take it like a man the way Jay did last week when he was voted out. And Sabrina tells him to "don't take it personnally." As I have mentioned before many, many times, it is always the guy who is holding the gun that says, "Don't take this personnally," just before he shoots his buddy.
Auction
If I hadn't watched one episode of this season and tuned in just to watch the auction, it would have told me a lot of where people stood in the game simply by watching what items they bid on. You must be a historian of this game to realize each time they do an auction there is always one item being sold which will help a player later in the game and it was announced prior to the game that such an item existed. The player voting on the valuable item usually is hanging on and on the short side of the vote. When Chelsea, Sabrina, Kim and Kat all bid on food items and a shower that was the indicator they think they are in charge in this game.
Troy realized that already. The best part though was Alicia buying a letter from home from her father. My Cardinal Rule #7 states, "As in baseball, there is no crying in Survivor.......except when you get a letter/video/or visit from a loved one." BUT ONLY THEN AND NEVER ANY OTHER TIME....EVER. Troy buys the item which gives him an advantage after a bidding war with Christina. I question why this became a bidding war when Troy knew if he simply bid $ 500.00 that it would be his. Oh yeah, Kat buys a cake that she has to share with everyone and they have 60 seconds to eat it.
Best commercial line of the year
The commercial with the non-athletic guys playing basketball. The one guys says he saves money by, "Having my kids hitchhike to school." Now that's God Damned funny I don't care who you are.
Back at Camp
Troy reads his note from the auction and finds out he gets a free ride into the second stage of the next challenge. He openly starts looking for a hidden immunity idol so Kim attempts to rally the troops to look for the idol as she announces to them, "It is eight against one." Troy's mouth and actions have everyone nervous and Kim says, "If Troy wins the next immunity, that throws everything into Chaos." So why didn't you bid on the valuable item at the auction instead of the food and shower? I think she is getting a little too cocky now.
Challenge
The first four people to untie a huge knot moves on to the second round. Troy gets a free pass so Kim, Tarzan and Chelsea earn their way to meet Troy. The second round is taking coconuts and bouncing them off a trampoline to break targets. Tarzan and Troy move on. Troy then wins immunity by breaking his next set of targets with a slingshot. He taunts the group with "This is my island." Yeah Troy, but you are still out-numbered 8 - 1.
Back at camp
Tarzan approaches Troy and asks him to calm down. Tarzan then goes out into the water to give Leif a sponge bath. I guess that's what plastic surgeons do on vacation? Troy starts working Alicia and Christina to come over to vote with Tarzan, Leif and him. He points out that Sabrina, Kim, Kat and Chelsea are four and that they could have five. I think Alicia is really considering this now.
Tribal Council
Sabrina and Troy go back and forth like they were brothers and sisters, don't get me started on brothers and sisters. The only thing Troy said that was totally stupid was "We are going to vote Kim out." Why would you say that in front of everybody? However, going back to being a historian of this game, this would have been the best time to vote her out as she has a hidden idol. The past has shown us that people who have an idol and get blindsided are usually voted out right about this point of the game. Their ego tells them that no one will vote for them this early. Leif gets voted out but something strange happened here. Sabrina, Kat and Chelsea voted for Leif while their fearless leader Kim voted for Tarzan. Something tells me Kim isn't as secure as you might think.
Next Week.
Troy continues to work his magic and has the ear of both Sabrina and Kat. Sabrina might be the person who knows this game the best. She hasn't said or done anything stupid and realizes Troy doesn't have any friends so he might be a good person to align with and take to the final. She does continue to push him to say dumb things in front of the group then backs off.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment