So Survivor is back, and this is probably the least interested in the show that I’ve ever been. Obviously it sounds bad coming from a Survivor blogger, but the rinse and repeat style of bringing people back, having a few ‘crazy’ or ‘nerds’ scattered among models, actors or has-been celebs is getting a bit old.

I am not alone, despite the theory that people are not watching simply because they changed the name, the theme is becoming stale and repetitive.  While I agree sometimes I miss an episode because of name change, if I really wanted to watch the show, I’d remember to set the recording.  Ratings for last night’s episode were only slightly higher than the premiere, so either people are just incredibly lazy, or the show is stale.  I vote for the latter.

With that out of the way, let’s talk about the last two shows.  While stale, it still has redeeming qualities of social interaction unlike any other on TV.  Sure, some things are silly, like forcing Cochran to wear a sweater vest (he said he never owned one, and was told to wear it last time he was on), but characters are real and lack of food/sleep can really turn a normal situation into uncomfortable moments.  Toss in characters like Phillip, and you have a show that still picks up nearly 10 million viewers despite the complete predictability each episode heads.

Let’s be honest, did anyone think Francesca was not going home the second she said “If I’m voted out first for the second time, I’ll eat this rock”?  Right away I knew the veterans at the very least lost the challenge, and it was going to come down to Francesca and someone else.  The someone else?  Andrea due to the guy with serious woman issues (Brandon) steering the way once again.  I can’t remember who called him a sociopath, but I think that may have been spot on.  Seeing as Survivor is the lead-in to Criminal Minds, how many times have we seen a Brandon Hantz type on that show?   The young guy full of rage who can never live up to standards his family set, so he lashes out and then is instantly remorseful.   That’s like every other criminal on that show.

Old picture, still relevant

With all that said, it’s hard not to root for the guy, I don’t know why.  Probably the same way Criminal Minds sometimes makes you sympathetic for the abused person who just slaughtered a bunch of people. Brandon is constantly compared to his uncle, and they were so disappointed in his season, most of his family didn’t even show to the reunion episode.  The only reason Russell did was basically to trash Brandon, and get more airtime of course.  I honestly feel bad for the kid who really seems like a good person deep down with some serious issues on the surface.

Moving on, let’s talk about the fans for a minute. What kind of people did they cast?  You have the stereotypical angry black marine, Pippi Longstocking, the possible gay guy, the freaky looking yet well spoken guy, the ‘cool kids’, and a bunch of blondes I’ve yet to really tell apart.

I see the girls bashing the other girls yet have no clue who the hell they’re talking about because they all look the same.  Note: to the girls at the ‘cool kids’ table, you’re not any more or less prettier than the rest of the cast.  Don’t act like you won’t be forgotten 2 minutes after you’re voted out.

Because of the terribly generic casting for the fans, I’m having a hard time rooting for them yet, and will be pulling for the favorites mostly because I’m familiar with them… except Corinne.  I just had to look up info on her because I completely forgot who she is, and apparently she’s the girl who gave the nasty speech to ‘Sugar’ at jury during her season.  I watched that entire season, it was the first one in HD and it’s when Bob won.  However, even after watching her speech, I still don’t remember her from the show.   She had to be like 5th choice from cast members from that season, right?

I didn’t even get to the actual episode last night.  Let’s just say, it was another one where someone ‘randomly’ found the immunity idol (seriously, hide them better), and it put a tiny wrinkle of drama during tribal council but not enough to really do anything.  One of the blondes were voted out, so maybe I’ll be able to start telling the remaining three apart.

I know this is only my second post on the season of Survivor: Philippines, but that’s pretty much because I’ve been losing interest in the show in recent years.  The casting has been horrendous, with weak personalities who instantly idolize returning players and let them dominate.  Last season, they matched up a bunch of fit, smart girls against some of the worst male players of all time, and it was predictable just a few weeks in what would happen.

While there are definitely a decent amount of dopes, there have been some interesting players this year to balance things out. Let’s go through the list of some highlights…

Abi-Maria Gomes

Abi-Maria Gomes has been an interesting character this year.  For one, I can’t recall the last time I heard anyone on the show with such a deep foreign accent.  I know it’s a random thing to point out, but we have been treated to a mix of either well spoken, southern, or pretty dumb over the past few seasons.  It gives a little realism to hear someone who wasn’t born in America.   Of course her accent isn’t the biggest thing, her biggest feature is her crazy personality.  It was hilarious to watch her go from trusting ally to batshit crazy with RC in a matter of only like two episodes.  I still don’t even really understand why she hates RC so much, and I don’t even think she really does.  Maybe all the rain turned her a bit nuts.

continue for more characters this season…

Artis Silvester

When it comes to Artis, people probably didn’t even think he’d rank as an interesting character on the show, but don’t sleep on him.  He has the real potential to be Abi-like crazy as the season progresses.  We’ve already seen bits and pieces like during the reward challenge when the team was asked if they all agreed on a trade for rice, and Artis just sat back fuming.  By his reaction, you’d think he was asked to volunteer to leave the show and give up a chance to win, especially considering he had a vote but chose to just sit back and be angry.  That’s the type of stuff to look for if you want to find a loose cannon.  I expect more blowouts from Artis as the season continues.

Carter Williams

Carter gets the nod to be on the list simply because every time I watch him, I have no clue if he realizes where he is or not.  I know it’s an obscure reference, but if anyone has seen the show “Life’s Too Short”, Carter gives me a huge vibe of the assistant girl who is just clueless. I can see Carter on some sitcom as some guy who just constantly gets things wrong and puts himself into awkward situations because of it.

Denise Stapley

I don’t know what it is about Denise that makes her go on my list, but it probably has something to do with being a sex therapist, 41, and build like a female brick house.  I could tell from day 1 that this girl had potential to kick ass in challenges, but felt she was probably going to get the boot over the barbie girls because she’s the stereotypical ‘old lady’ this season.  Screw that, Denise would probably kick the ass of half the guys on the show, let alone the girls.   She’s like a lot less annoying version of that old farmer lady who felt the need to hang on endurance challenges after she won to prove something.  Denise had the same opportunity, but you know what she did?  She jumped off.  Why?  Because she knows she’s bad-ass and doesn’t need to prove anything to the rest of the cast.  If anything, doing that only puts a target on her head.  Denise and smart and underrated and probably someone I want to see in the finals next to….

Malcolm Freberg

I don’t know why I’m rooting for Malcolm as much as I am, but it’s possibly because he quickly became the underdog thanks to a terrible team, yet survived a forced merge and become well respected on his new tribe.  In addition to that, he hasn’t been cocky and appears his sneaky alliance with Denise is still going strong despite his little side deals with the rest.  If he has a chance to save Denise and pulls it off, and they both sit at the end, I’ll be absolutely thrilled with the results.  If he turns on Denise, he’ll end up being king douche.  We’ll see what happens with Malcolm as the season plays out.

Jeff Kent

I originally had low hopes for Jeff Kent.  I thought he was going to just be a douchebag celeb who didn’t really care about the game, but he has won me over. When he was playing baseball, I heard rumors about him being not very well liked in his clubhouse, so I think I automatically assumed he would be an ass.  Maybe he is, maybe he isn’t, but damn you have to give the guy credit for playing his ass off this season.  The guy wrecked his knee the first few minutes of the season, yet never mentions it and keeps chugging along.  He is committed to getting rid of the veterans, which I also agree with, although for some reason he seems to be backing down on that.

Honorable Mentions:

Blaire – aka Lisa Whelchel –   It’s hilarious nobody recognizes her, and sad she lost all her money from The Facts Of Life, but until this week at least she has been super dull.  She’s nothing like her character, and growing up watching that show, I demand more Blaire and less Lisa!   Blaire wouldn’t jump in the water in a one piece bathing suit that looks like something from an 80 year olds closet… actually, scratch that, she probably would.  Is Lisa just a less bitchy version of Blaire??

Zane Knight – This guy has potential to be very entertaining simply because he has the Abi-crazy vibe going on.  I can easily see tuning in every week to see what type of crazy things Zane says or does, so it’s really a shame he got the boot so early.  It’s the tragedy of the season.

Sarah Dawson – She was a non player until her exit and then I wish she stuck around for the entire season.  The way she banged Jeff Probst with her eyes as she was removing her from the game was a huge mix of erotic, freaky, and scary at the same time.  I am beginning to wonder if production ended up finding Dawson cutting a picture of Jeff into her arm and conspired to get her out of the game for his safety.

Jeff’s future stalker

Anyway, if this post gets a decent amount of interest, I will probably bang out some more this season.  It has been a pretty enjoyable show, and definite kudos to the casting department this year.

I feel like a neglectful blogger.  All summer I was hammering away at Big Brother 14, and even seeing tons and tons of promos for Survivor:Philippines, yet I continued to stick with Big Brother and not even prepare this blog for the season premiere tonight at 8pm est!   I’m doing my first post on the new season just an hour prior to the premiere, talk about slack city.

I haven’t been able to do profiles yet, and all I know is the guy who nearly died giving 100% is going to give 110% this year, which I assume means he will actually die this time.  In addition, you have the girl from The Facts Of Life, which shouldn’t be awkward at all seeing her about 20 years after the show aired.  Also, you have Barry Bonds major nemesis in Jeff Kent.  Those have been three of the most promoted survivor castaways this season, so I have a feeling we’re going to get a heavy dose of them tonight.   I know there are two other returning castaways, but based on the promos during Big Brother commercial breaks, be prepared for a lot of Jeff Kent.

And another confession, I haven’t taken a look at a single newbie so far.  This summer has been so busy, I have no idea what type of cast we’ll see this season.  Prior years I had guesses on where they’ll end up, and felt like I practically knew the people before the season started, but I decided I’m going to go in blind and take it from there.  I’ll gather first impressions and then spend the next week dissecting each player from who I think will win to which female will most likely get the largest portion of airtime due to the skimpiest bikini.   Speaking of, let’s hope they don’t kill us with blurs this season, although they probably will.   “Oh no, her bikini bottoms are slightly out of place and her cheek is showing, BLUR IT NOW!”

So with that said, due to Big Brother, the season premiere blog is going to be quite dull, but I know I’ll do a lot of fun stuff assuming things pick up and it’s a fun season to watch.

Kim Spradlin, the 29 year old bridal shop owner, had this game so tightly wrapped that she was still leading two separate alliances heading into the final 5 tribal council.  The funny part is that everyone at tribal seemed to be well aware of Kim’s double dipping, but fought for her vote instead of realizing they’re fighting for second place (Although to be fair, in Alicia’s thick head, I’m sure she felt she was leading the alliance, but if you’re reading this, you weren’t). That was the domination of Kim’s season, and something that doesn’t happen very often. To be in two alliances, have everyone pretty much know, and still make it out alive shows just how powerful of a player she was.

While that was great for Kim, it was bad for viewers as it was probably the most boring episode, and definitely the most boring season finale I’ve seen on the show to date. Out of the 120 minutes of show, there was probably suspense for about 5 minutes when Kim and Christina were fighting for the final immunity idol.  Even that was curbed with the reality of the complete lack of strategy talk from the remaining four women.  If Christina won, you felt like she was still going to take Kim while securing a third place finish instead of fourth.   It didn’t even come to that as Kim won her 4th immunity idol in the final 5 chances to secure the million dollars and just had to figure out who gets the second and third place prize money.

The final jury questioning, which can sometimes be the one redeemable quality of an otherwise boring finale was one of the strangest and most awkward I’ve seen yet. Half the people didn’t even seem to ask any questions, like Tarzan who went off on some speech about his wife stepping foot on the island, and Kat telling people about her heart surgery and pleading to the jury for a Kim vote. The two biggest chances for some entertainment were Alicia and Troyzan, and while Alicia spent her time praising the best person in Survivor history (herself), Troy asked Kim a very stupid question and said it will decide his vote.  (I don’t even remember the question, it was that pointless… like “What made you vote me out” or something like that).

Like Troyzan’s season, he felt his vote meant more than it actually did and he was going to have an influence on the outcome.  He didn’t. His question, like his time on the show ended up to be a blip on the radar of Survivor history as Kim won easily with a 7-2 vote.  If anything, it made him appear more bitter and self centered than he already appeared throughout the season.  Kim dominated Troyzan just like she dominated each and every member this season. It wasn’t even close.  Alicia may have felt it was her game, Colton may have felt the same, but it wasn’t, and never was.

Survivor: One World will be remembered by two things… one is Colton’s pure ignorance in life, and the second is that it was completely dominated by a 29 year old bridal shop owner from Texas.

Congratulations for the win, Kim Spradlin. You certainly deserved it.

Will this be Tarzan's last stand?

It’s hard to believe this is the second to last episode of Survivor: One World.  While Sunday’s finale will feature the terribly boring walk around the island putting out fires and talking about people they hardly remember (Kourtney Moon anyone?), I’ll spare people the trouble.  The season featured a bunch of early nobodies, a man versus woman feature that was quickly scrapped yet remained as part of the strategy, a gay republican, and a group of male players that had almost no gameplay ability.

As the season winds down to six, typically it’s when things start heating up, unless of course you’re part of Survivor: One World.  Tonight’s episode pretty much went the path of the rest of the season, sans last week when a surprise actually happened.  Kim remained in complete control, Tarzan lost another challenge, Alicia was worked up over stuff, they blurred out her butt despite wearing large bikini bottoms, and Christina acted like she was making moves when she wasn’t.

In the biggest ironic twist of the season, as soon as Tarzan finally did start to play the game (about 5 votes too late), he instantly became a threat and became the girls main target. This was in part to Kim’s fantastic ability to squash the growing fire, and Tarzan’s inability to actually play the game.  He would have been better off just shutting his mouth and letting the girls keep going after each other, but perhaps he was getting bored.

When Chelsea picked Sabrina and Kim for the reward challenge, Alicia was completely fired up and willing to draw rocks if it meant sending Chelsea home.  Instead of letting her take charge, Tarzan opened his mouth and started making the same promises to Alicia that he made to Kim.  Well, once things were settled down, the girls started talking, and he was exposed for his ‘plan’ (if you want to even call it that).

Tarzan spent the better half of the episode trying to convince Alicia to take him to the final 3, even saying that she’d have a better shot at winning it all over him. When he said it, I rolled my eyes thinking he was BS, however when I saw Mike flip Tarzan off after he was eliminated, it makes you wonder.  Did Alicia make the million dollar mistake tonight by not forming an official alliance with the weakest two players in the game?  I am beginning to think she did.  Hopefully Kim at least takes her out to dinner with the prize money she gets this Sunday.

Since I last checked in, the girls have been dominating Survivor like you’d read about. The remaining male tribe worked together about as congress when passing a bill, so it’s no surprise they were pegged off one by one until the lone wolf, Tarzan, remained just waiting for his turn. It was pretty funny to watch the lack of charisma someone like Troyzan had where he couldn’t even convince the bottom of the totem pole that they were the bottom and will be gone soon. He had the passion, but that’s about it, and it’s why he watches on from the jury now.

Now, you have Kim running the show, Christina and Tarzan trying REAL hard to stay under the radar, Alicia running around like it’s her camp, and the rest just kind of there. While I’d like to pretend it’s going to be interesting to see how the last few episodes will play out, the only situation I can see is Kim taking Alicia and possibly Christina and the rest just getting picked off.

Why Christina?  While she has somehow managed to stay under the radar, is in way over her head, and has shown absolutely no ability to play with any sort of skill so far. Even a disgruntled jury would have a hard time voting for Christina over someone like Kim.  Alicia, well that’s a tough one, and it may be a mistake Kim makes at the end.  While she may be delusional, the jury is full of people who are dumb enough to be there, and could easily fall for some speech about how she was pulling the strings while making Kim look like the bad guy.  Would it be true?  No… does it matter?  Not with this crew.

The only real upset I can see is if the girls get so overconfident that Tarzan is such a non-threat, they take him to the final 4 and he ends up somehow winning that final challenge. That would be hilarious and fantastic to see, but it won’t happen.  He won’t win if he gets to the final 4.  It just won’t happen.  If he did, may as well start writing him a check because you have 5 very disgruntled male jury members waiting to vote for him.

Random notes:

- I could finish this blog by going off on Kat for being selfish about her decision tonight, but let’s not forget that Alicia and Kim were just as selfish. Both of them could have easily passed up the chance to go in favor of someone else, I’ve seen it happen.  Kat was dumb for picking those two, but all three were equally selfish.  Just a little note on that.  I just didn’t want to see one person take the full blame for all three.

- Why do people act like they haven’t seen their family in 3 years every reunion show?  Each cast member has been vetted for many mental tests, yet they all break down to tears when they haven’t seen a family member for a month?  I haven’t seen my parents in about 3 weeks now, but don’t expect to burst out in tears this weekend when I see them.

- Anyone notice the previews that Tarzan is wearing Kat’s bikini bottoms on his head?  I don’t even know what to think about that.  I am kind of creeped out but also respect the power move at the same time.  It’s like putting the heads of your enemies on a stake to warn future enemies.  Those girls now know that he’ll be all up in their panties as soon as they leave, and it has to be in their head now.

- Someone really has to fire the person in charge of censoring episodes. Immediately.  One shot you see the girls from behind, each butt is blurred out, then a minute later the same shot is there with no blur, and nothing TO blur. The same with Kat and her chest. One scene it’s blurred, the next it’s not, and she’s in the same exact position.  Did something magically jump out of her bikini top and then back in a second later?  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s too distracting to see blurry things.  Blur out slips, but let’s not act like the show is on at 11am on the Disney channel.  Butt’s don’t need to be blurred.

I’ll try to check in next week if it’s another good episode, hope you enjoyed the read!

I’d like to introduce my occasional guest writer, Rathe.  He is a Survivor fan and may be more passionate about the show than I am, so I wanted to give him an outlet to express his opinions when something on the show gets him going.  Here is his first piece…

Today’s 7-up hangman blog puzzle is  K T  F  HT!!!

Kim might have finally made her first strategical mistake tonight by not picking Kat for the reward picnic.  Troy was ultimately sent home but Kim allowed Troyzan the opportunity to plant those seeds of unrest in Kat’s head.  Time will tell if they will grow but the previews for next week certainly indicate things will no longer be smooth sailing for the ladies of Tikiano.

Does anyone else think the producers sat around a table thinking about how to get ratings up and came up with: oil Chelsea up?

This should help ratings. Oil up the women!

I think my favorite player tonight had to be the wild pig.  I could just hear the Benny Hill theme song as the tribe chased it around with a rope, axe, and Tarzan’s stained briefs.

The pig has more charisma than Troyzan

These next few episodes are traditionally my favorite ones to watch.  The alliances that got the remaining folks to where they are currently will be exposed for what they really are.  Big moves need to be made by the folks at the bottom if they want any opportunity to claim their shot at one million dollars.

This episode, we were lucky enough to be treated to non-stop talk of 7-Up through the first 30 or so minutes.  I have to admit, I didn’t even know 7-Up was still in business, so it’s pretty smart to allow the cast of Survivor to drink it.  I mean if you want to make a product seem good, give it to a bunch of people who have been eating dirt for the past 20 days.

When the game wasn’t revolved around the product placement, it was actually a pretty good episode.  Kim is clearly taking control of things and is an easy favorite to be in the final 3 right now.  She’s the best player remaining in the game and there isn’t even a close second.  The only thing that will stop her from winning is if the remaining people got together and collectively put together some type of strategy. However, I don’t think that would even work because one of those people would be Tarzan, who thinks Chelsea is annoyed at him because she had a botched surgery before.  Right, it has nothing to do with putting your dirty stinky bottoms in with her clean clothes.

The only remaining player who seems to be doing any type of thinking is Jay, surprisingly.  He went into the game kind of ditzy, but seems to be the only one aware of the girls quietly taking control of the game.  However, that’s about the extent of it because instead of doing something about it, he simply sat back and even voted for Mike to go home. Well played, Jay.  Well played.

While these aren’t exactly the type of episodes that leave us on the edge of our seat, after a few snoozefest seasons, I’ll take what I can get at this point.

Regarding the pain
It turned out that Colton had a severe bacterial infection, and never ended up having his appendix removed.  He told zap2it…

“I’m obviously 100% better. What happened was I was taken to a hopsital where they determined it was a severe bacterial infection. They gave me a round of antibiotics, I got back to the States and I had to do another round of antibiotics. They thought it might still be appendicitis when I got back to the States, but I still have my appendix.”

I’m glad to see he is ok, I really am. I don’t like anyone leaving the game for medical reasons, as I seen it happen to one of my favorite all time players a few times.  Whether you’re a good guy, or a dirty player, everyone should leave the game through a vote or as the winner.  I hate seeing anyone leave any other way, whether they’re forever branded as quitters (looking at you, Naonka and Kelly Shinn), or especially through injury.

I think Colton deserved nothing less than to be completely blindsided and knocked down a few pegs, but it never happened and this injury robbed us of that.  To be fair, I’m not really sure any of the remaining players had the guts or brains to pull that together.

Not turning over the idol
This is something I do feel slightly bad about. Colton was certainly victimized by poor editing as he did want to give the idol away, but according to The Insider, he wanted to give it away to Jay, who was on the other tribe.  Sure, he could have given it to Alicia, but apparently the cameras didn’t show the close friendship he had with Jay.  Colton did not want the idol to eventually come back and haunt his good friend, and for that I can understand.

I am torn on the producers not allowing him to give the idol to Jay.  This whole season was based on the premise of “One World” where we looked forward to opposing tribe members having secret alliances. They also allowed something crazy, for the guys to just hand over their team idol after they’d won it.  Sure, this was one week when the two tribes were completely separate, but I still don’t really agree on the decision.

On Being Mean
After reading some of his comments, I almost applaud his effort, despite still being incredibly obnoxious.  His goal on the guys tribe was to literally be their queen, and that’s what he was doing.  He sat there, didn’t lift a finger, but for some reason he had full control before the swap.  He did so by playing like a Russell or Rob in a very controlling way, and those who were just there to get a little fame easily bought into it.  It’s the reason he spoke to Christina the way he did, simply to put fear into the rest of the tribe.

Coming out of it, my hope is that people would appreciate my game play. Let’s be honest, a little 20-year-old gay boy convincing a group of men to do what he wanted, without ever lifting a finger? They’ve never had anyone like me. It would be one thing if I helped out at camp, but I did nothing. I literally was their queen.

Could he have taken a different approach?  I think so.  Rob was very controlling but charming, Russell was controlling while … hmm, Russell was pretty bad now that I think about it.  He was also incredibly lucky at times, unlike Rob who literally had his tribe locked down air tight.

Did the editing make him look bad?
According to Colton, everything you seen was true, but the editing definitely didn’t help.  It’s not like they forced him to say mean things, but they left out a lot of his strategizing, and mentioning that was his game plan going in.  He knows he did a good job making himself look bad, and has learned a bit from it, but he also stands by a lot of things he said.

To his credit, some questions were kind of trap questions.  I personally hate when the question is used “Do you have any black friends” to prove you’re not racist.  It’s a no-win situation.  You can either say ‘Yes’ and start naming a few people off which looks strange, or you can say ‘No’ and appear you don’t because you hate them.  I don’t have any black friends, but that’s because I don’t have many friends at all haha. People generally don’t once they leave high school or college.  I don’t have any alien friends either, but it doesn’t mean I hate aliens!

It looked like it was going to be another season of that when Colton Cumbie was running the show, and every other person was sitting back and letting him.  He was getting so arrogant that he had no problem telling Christina that it was her turn to go next.  I understand trying to be the big shot right before tribal, but he’s telling her this before they even played for immunity.  If he said that to someone on an All-Star season, or blatantly showed his own idol, he would have been one of the first to go.

Nobody is really playing the game.  It has basically been to form an alliance, stay together, peg off those not lucky enough to get with the ‘in crowd’, and hope they don’t shake the game up on them.  It may be a sound strategy to get further in the game if you have the numbers, but as we seen last year, when you play games like that, people get all emotional and hurt when you betray them.   That’s why Russell lost a few times, and why Coach lost last year.  You almost get punished for outwitting people now, so nobody does it.  It’s a joke, and a bore to watch.

I didn’t watch Survivor until about 11pm so I was already getting wind that something big happened in the game.  When I saw Christina chatting with the guys, I thought “Ok, this is it. She’s going to convince the guys to backdoor Colton (not literally), and finally we’ll see a real shakeup in the game”.  Of course, she targeted Alicia instead, which would have caused Colton to use his idol next week and therefor potentially peg off one of their own alliance, but hey I’ll take whatever strategy I can get at this point.

Did it happen?  Nope.  Colton woke up really sick, turned out he had appendicitis and was removed from the game, which made me wonder a few things:

• Why were we given the impression Kourtney would have been allowed back in the game if x-rays were negative, yet Colton was going to be removed from the game the second he left?
• When did Colton put on all the same clothes and head back into the jungle to film his interviews?  Did they bring him from the hospital, drive him to some random place and sit him in front of trees?  I understand why they did it, because interviewing him in the hospital midway through the episode would have given it away, but it still seemed weird.
• If I’m ever sick, please keep Jeff away.  I don’t want him narrating my painful ordeal and interviewing doctors as they’re treating me.
• This makes me wonder if karma really exists.  Colton is so negative and arrogant, telling Christina to jump in the fire to leave via med, but then has to leave that way himself.   Or perhaps it was staged that way?  Nah, a reality show would never do that!

What are your thoughts on how it went last night?

Oh and before I close this post, I forgot to mention yet another change.  Now the tribes have been merged to one complete tribe.  This has to be the earliest this has ever been done, further proof of the train wreck they got themselves into with the men versus women gimmick.