'Survivor: Samoa': Well, finally
I'll admit it; I was really distracted when I watched Survivor last night. (I'm doing the Baltimore Half-Marathon in the morning, and I had a lot of packing to do.)
But anyway: Wasn't it totally obvious that Galu was finally going to lose once the tribe started getting screen time?
First, there was a highly amusing reward challenge -- and finally, a separate reward challenge. Three representatives from each team showed up and found two boxes, one of which contained chickens. But: No Jeff. Totally confused, they decided they were just supposed to fight it out for the chickens. A couple of the folks decided to actually look in the other box, which had instructions. The chicken-kidnapping was put on pause, and a bocci game commenced.
It looked like Foa Foa had it in the bag, and then Dave landed an insanely precise (or lucky) shot, winning it for Galu.
Mick just couldn't believe it. I could. (The "dramatic" build-up made it pretty clear that Foa Foa was totally going to lose again.)
Back at camp, for some reason Shambo had shared her immunity idol clues with Erik, and he found the idol. What was she thinking? But this was only one of her dumb moves. The self-declared country girl took on the care of the chickens and then accidentally let one free while trying to get an egg out of the cafe. "I didn't know they could fly!" she exclaimed as the tribe watched it alight into a tree. It's got wings, and it's not a penguin or an emu, so chances are fair it's a yes on the does-it-or-doesn't-it-fly question.
At the immunity challenge, the teams had to build a tall tower of blocks that didn't fall for five seconds, then run across a ropes and net course, then build another tower. It was really close, but thanks to Jaison's height advantage, Foa Foa finally brought home a win.
At tribal council maneuvering time, I thought Shambo would be toast. (She. Lost. A. Chicken.) Then it looked like Monica's total uselessness in the super-close challenge was going to cost her the game. But the tribe decided Yasmin was too annoying to deal with anymore and voted her out instead.
At some point, I remember thinking that Dave was really hilarious, but the morning after, I can't actually remember his punchlines. If anybody else does -- or if you have anything else to discuss about the episode -- let's talk in the comments.
Update: I should just link to this every week, but here is Jeff Probst's take on last night. Don't let them go hostless, JP! We all saw what it did to Trading Spaces -- and what almost happened to those chickens!
Comments
My first thought when Shambo started with the chickens was, "Oh No! This is the person who took the snorkeling gear, broke it and lost the mouthpiece." No, really. That was my first thought.
TA-DAAAAA!
But, no I wouldn't have voted her off...she is no threat to anyone, is she? Does she even know what the game is about?
The whole thing with Jeff being absent was odd. You have to think that it wasn't just a one-time thing, but foreshadows something else that will happen along the way.
Posted by: Bucky | October 9, 2009 1:51 PM
It was obvious that the Galu tribe was going to lose when most of the filming was at their camp and why didn't a member of the FOA Foa tribe get to visit the Galu tribe? Unfair
I like Shambo but she needs to make a plan and try to make relationships within her tribe or she will be gone to soon.
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Posted by: COFFEE NUT | October 9, 2009 5:50 PM
Survivor in my opinion, is going down hill. Each season seems to get much easier on the contestants. What ever happened to the real challenge? Make camp, foraging for food. What ever happened to eating those nasty bugs etc. The characters they have chosen in the past few seasons, are boring and lack personality. The first few seasons were fantastic. If this going to continue as it is, I will not be watching much long.
An where did they get this self proclaimed oil millionaire. He is such an ass. Lucky for him I am not there, I can not tolerate such an ass. I pray the others will get wise to him and vote him off.
Posted by: jafo | October 9, 2009 10:50 PM
My question is, how come Foa Foa didn't get to send someone to Galu's tribe when they won like Galu did all the other times? Do they think it just doesn't matter because Foa Foa sucks so bad?
SKK: We were wondering that at our house, too, but we didn't come up with a good reason.
Posted by: Chris in KS | October 10, 2009 7:26 AM
Dave's punchlines were:
"WE WIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!! WE WIIIIIIIIIN YEEEES!!"
"However, I won chicken - What did you do? Not that?! Peace!"
Also he called Erik and Shambo (when the ran after the chicken) "Tweedeldee and Tweedeldum" lol.
Posted by: Anonymous | October 10, 2009 6:35 PM
Dave's best punchline was "He got clothes lined by a clothes line!" when Erik was chasing the escaped chicken and was, well, clothes lined by a clothes line. Shambo drives me insane. With an entire ocean at her disposal she choses instead to bathe in a swamp. Who does that?!!? And then takes the snorkeling gear in with her. Why?? She was afraid a dingo would run off with it if she didn't? There are catfish in the swamps of Samoa? And then comes home with it broken. Nice. Everyone had to know with Shambo in charge it was only a matter of time before the chickens made a run for it. Cripes, it's like Monty Python's Flying Circus at Galu. And to think that woman used to be a marine. Terrifying! Meanwhile over at Foa Foa Evil Russell has ruined all my fantasies about leprechauns and their pot of gold. I'll never be able to look at a leprechaun in the same way again.
Posted by: Anna | October 10, 2009 10:12 PM
I have no patience for those that practice the "I'm not doing jack around camp" strategy. Not only are they lazy, they're irretrievably stupid about the game." Layabouts always get voted out, later if not sooner.
Posted by: bluzdude | October 12, 2009 11:13 AM