Survivor: South Pacific: Let's Give Her a Hug
I am really sleepy today so I am warning you now with peace and love that this
entry may not be up to normal standards. Based on my exhaustion today’s entry
could be shorter than usual, really bad or both. And that’s a shame because
last night’s episode was a doozy.
But before we get to that I just want to mention the passing of Steve Jobs. Why a brilliant man such as that was taken at such an early age I will never know. I think it is just proof that God hates America. If not, why is Steve Jobs dead, but we're still stuck with morons like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry? There is no justice in the world.
We started out Jim speaking to
Cochran about stirring things up a bit. Seems that Elyse and Ozzy have a bond
and we know how dangerous couples can be on the show. The sight of Elyse
snuggling Ozzy in a hammock disgusted me. Not as much as when Elyse asked if
Ozzy if the rest of his family was as outdoorsy and athletic as him. Yuck.
Then it got worse when Ozzy responded with a “No”. At this point I am not sure
if Elyse is just using him or generally is lovey dovey. Either way it’s gross.
So with Jim seeing this he has come to the correct conclusion that they must be
split up. However his wanting to vote out Elyse, despite the fact that he said
she was “so frickin’ hot”, is ridiculous. Why you ask. Because SHE IS SO
FRICKIN’ HOT! You get rid of Ozzy for crying out loud. Ozzy is decent in
challenges, but you’ve still lost twice with him. Ozzy’s strength is individual
challenges, not team. Seeing that this would buy him at least three more days,
Cochran was all for it.
Then a big bag of swimsuits arrived and we got to see Elyse and Whitney in all their bikini glory. This was clearly the highlight of a night filled with great moments. I have to ask why Whitney would have so many dumb looking tattoos though. Look at the body of Elyse. Not you, me. If she has tattoos they are hidden, while Whitney has a giant splotch on her side. The ink takes away from her beauty while Elyse is just perfection.
Meanwhile Brandon was working the apology circuit. First he got up the courage to speak with Mikayla instead of just staring at her. He apologized to her, but she was not completely sold on it. Then he went off to apologize to Edna. Frankly Edna should be apologizing to everyone else for that thing she had been wearing on her head, but that’s a story for another day. Brandon is completely tormented here and it was obvious that Edna had no idea that she had been lied to. Fortunately Brandon is now on his World Apology Tour and now she knows. This clearly upset her. Brandon apparently was not made for this game.
At the Redemption Island challenge between Papa Bear and Christine were set to duel when suddenly Brandon spoke up to apologize to her. I’m sure Brandon also apologized to Jeff as well as the shows producers, but they did not show that. Anyway it was a simple challenge where each player had to toss a bag onto ten different crates. The winner would be the first one with a bag on all ten crates. Christine was the master and took an early lead, but Papa Bear caught up. The score was eventually tied at 9-9 when Christine landed to winning bag. Papa Bear was humble and was appreciative of his time on the game. I will miss him.
Back at Upolu Cochran filled Dawn in on the plan to vote out Elyse and Dawn was all for it. At Savaii Edna was busy trying to be more social and was annoying everyone with her laugh. Mikayla, looking super hot in her bikini, was particularly annoyed.
The immunity challenge was a classic. Each time would select three players (two men and one woman) to hold a pole on their shoulders. As they held their poles the opposite teams would slowly add weighted bags to whichever castaway they chose. As they stood there on platforms in the blazing sun the weight would just get more and more intense. Whoever was the last one standing would win immunity for their tribe. Upolu sent out Albert, Brandon and Stacey while Savaii would rest their hopes on Jim, Keith and Dawn. Please take note that neither Coach nor the super athletic Ozzy were out there with the weights. Again, Ozzy is all about individuality and is dangerous. Get rid of him sooner rather than later. Coach is just all about Coach and probably would have buckled under when he got 40 lbs on his pole. (Yes, that sounds dirty. I am aware of that.)
The players were okay at first, but as more weights were added you could see the sweat and tension on their faces. Keith and Albert went out first followed by Jim and Brandon shortly afterwards. Brandon actually looked like his entire head was going to explode. To say that would have made for great TV is a bit of an understatement. Regardless we were left with two ladies, Dawn & Stacey, to battle it out until the end. While Dawn struggled Stacey appeared to have everything under control as the pole had drifted down to and rested on her butt. (Again, I know) But somehow, much like the Incredible Hulk, Dawn mustered enough power to hang on while Stacey’s butt could take no more pain and pressure from the pole. (No, I will not stop) Savaii had won immunity and Dawn, as she should have been, was pretty darn proud of herself.
As the powers that be at Upolu debated who was to go next Stacey went into full fledged “save
my butt” mode. She even came up with some kooky story about Mikayla and Sophie
wanting him out which got Brandon all worked up. Seriously, does this kid
believe everything he hears? Brandon brought this up to Coach, but Coach just
told him to stop believing everything he heard from people that were not even in
his alliance.
At TC I noticed that guy with the big mustache and cowboy hat. I never see this guy. I don’t even remember his name and probably would not have noticed him last night if Jeff had not called on him to speak. That seemed to shock Cowboy Guy as much as it shocked me that he was still there. Anyway, Jeff apparently had not had enough drama and decided to have some fun with the castaways. Jeff asked them to say something about another tribe member that they did not like. Cowboy Guy was stunned and I can honestly say I have no idea what he said. The guy is practically invisible.
But lo and behold Jeff hit a nerve and got Brandon to break down crying and to start jabbering about how he is not his Uncle Russell (that’s fairly obvious) and how he needs to bring honor back to the Hantz name. Brandon added that he just wanted to be someone God was proud of. I’m not entirely sure what that means since it is my understanding that God loves him (and everyone else) unconditionally and pride is often considered a sin, but whatever.
It was fairly obvious that Stacey was going to be voted out and would be going to RI, but I did not realize it would be unanimous. I figured one or two would toss Brandon’s name in the urn just for crying and generally being annoying. Though if you have a guy on the tribe that absolutely refuses to lie you could certainly use that to your advantage. But the most bizarre thing of the night was when Stacey got up to go get her torch and Coach said “Let’s give her a hug”. Now I found this a tad bit creepy and not the best idea. To her credit, Stacey rebuffed the advances of Coaches hug and made her exit. Upolu better hope she does not get back into this game.
So Stacey was reunited with Christine on RI and I am sure they had a lot to discuss. It was a great episode, but we still need more Elyse in her bikini.
But before we get to that I just want to mention the passing of Steve Jobs. Why a brilliant man such as that was taken at such an early age I will never know. I think it is just proof that God hates America. If not, why is Steve Jobs dead, but we're still stuck with morons like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry? There is no justice in the world.
Then a big bag of swimsuits arrived and we got to see Elyse and Whitney in all their bikini glory. This was clearly the highlight of a night filled with great moments. I have to ask why Whitney would have so many dumb looking tattoos though. Look at the body of Elyse. Not you, me. If she has tattoos they are hidden, while Whitney has a giant splotch on her side. The ink takes away from her beauty while Elyse is just perfection.
Meanwhile Brandon was working the apology circuit. First he got up the courage to speak with Mikayla instead of just staring at her. He apologized to her, but she was not completely sold on it. Then he went off to apologize to Edna. Frankly Edna should be apologizing to everyone else for that thing she had been wearing on her head, but that’s a story for another day. Brandon is completely tormented here and it was obvious that Edna had no idea that she had been lied to. Fortunately Brandon is now on his World Apology Tour and now she knows. This clearly upset her. Brandon apparently was not made for this game.
At the Redemption Island challenge between Papa Bear and Christine were set to duel when suddenly Brandon spoke up to apologize to her. I’m sure Brandon also apologized to Jeff as well as the shows producers, but they did not show that. Anyway it was a simple challenge where each player had to toss a bag onto ten different crates. The winner would be the first one with a bag on all ten crates. Christine was the master and took an early lead, but Papa Bear caught up. The score was eventually tied at 9-9 when Christine landed to winning bag. Papa Bear was humble and was appreciative of his time on the game. I will miss him.
Back at Upolu Cochran filled Dawn in on the plan to vote out Elyse and Dawn was all for it. At Savaii Edna was busy trying to be more social and was annoying everyone with her laugh. Mikayla, looking super hot in her bikini, was particularly annoyed.
The immunity challenge was a classic. Each time would select three players (two men and one woman) to hold a pole on their shoulders. As they held their poles the opposite teams would slowly add weighted bags to whichever castaway they chose. As they stood there on platforms in the blazing sun the weight would just get more and more intense. Whoever was the last one standing would win immunity for their tribe. Upolu sent out Albert, Brandon and Stacey while Savaii would rest their hopes on Jim, Keith and Dawn. Please take note that neither Coach nor the super athletic Ozzy were out there with the weights. Again, Ozzy is all about individuality and is dangerous. Get rid of him sooner rather than later. Coach is just all about Coach and probably would have buckled under when he got 40 lbs on his pole. (Yes, that sounds dirty. I am aware of that.)
The players were okay at first, but as more weights were added you could see the sweat and tension on their faces. Keith and Albert went out first followed by Jim and Brandon shortly afterwards. Brandon actually looked like his entire head was going to explode. To say that would have made for great TV is a bit of an understatement. Regardless we were left with two ladies, Dawn & Stacey, to battle it out until the end. While Dawn struggled Stacey appeared to have everything under control as the pole had drifted down to and rested on her butt. (Again, I know) But somehow, much like the Incredible Hulk, Dawn mustered enough power to hang on while Stacey’s butt could take no more pain and pressure from the pole. (No, I will not stop) Savaii had won immunity and Dawn, as she should have been, was pretty darn proud of herself.
As the powers that be at Upolu debated who was to go next Stacey went into full fledged “save
At TC I noticed that guy with the big mustache and cowboy hat. I never see this guy. I don’t even remember his name and probably would not have noticed him last night if Jeff had not called on him to speak. That seemed to shock Cowboy Guy as much as it shocked me that he was still there. Anyway, Jeff apparently had not had enough drama and decided to have some fun with the castaways. Jeff asked them to say something about another tribe member that they did not like. Cowboy Guy was stunned and I can honestly say I have no idea what he said. The guy is practically invisible.
But lo and behold Jeff hit a nerve and got Brandon to break down crying and to start jabbering about how he is not his Uncle Russell (that’s fairly obvious) and how he needs to bring honor back to the Hantz name. Brandon added that he just wanted to be someone God was proud of. I’m not entirely sure what that means since it is my understanding that God loves him (and everyone else) unconditionally and pride is often considered a sin, but whatever.
It was fairly obvious that Stacey was going to be voted out and would be going to RI, but I did not realize it would be unanimous. I figured one or two would toss Brandon’s name in the urn just for crying and generally being annoying. Though if you have a guy on the tribe that absolutely refuses to lie you could certainly use that to your advantage. But the most bizarre thing of the night was when Stacey got up to go get her torch and Coach said “Let’s give her a hug”. Now I found this a tad bit creepy and not the best idea. To her credit, Stacey rebuffed the advances of Coaches hug and made her exit. Upolu better hope she does not get back into this game.
So Stacey was reunited with Christine on RI and I am sure they had a lot to discuss. It was a great episode, but we still need more Elyse in her bikini.
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