I'm a Wild Banshee
Last week the new Heroes vs Healers vs Hustlers season of Survivor started in the beautiful Fiji. We saw a new twist with the super idol that could only be played at the first Tribal Council - skinny bellboy Ryan had the idol but had to anonymously give it to someone on the Heroes tribe as they were the first to go to Tribal. He gave it to one of the Mom Squad, Chrissy, and she didn't use it because she was safe, the other mom went home - Katrina.
Heroes - Night 3
Fall out from that first tribal council was that Alan called out JP and Ashley as a "power couple" and all Ashley could do was whine about the fact that they weren't a couple. JP is a man of little words, he just thought it was ridiculous and refused to give it any more energy than that... but he and Ashley are also keeping their distance.
Chrissy, the actuary, has taken all of this as a great thing for her. She has a decoy idol now, that has no power but she can use it to bluff. She also saw the cracks in the tribe and being someone who weighs the possible outcomes for the best course of action, she's coming up with the best plan to keep herself there.
Alan thinks he got what he wanted, whether he was right or wrong, he's created the suspicion he wanted within the tribe. (Ugh, why you got to be like that? It feels like it's too early to stir up the drama... but some would also argue it's never too early in Survivor.) What he did succeed in doing is fracturing the tribe so no one trusts anyone at this point - let's start over shall we?
Hustlers - Day 4
Everybody's working, gathering wood, fishing, doing laundry, getting water... everyone that is except Simone - who is sitting in the shelter swatting at flies and assuring herself she's okay.
-Bellhop Ryan tells us he's made a connection with everyone on his tribe... except Simone. He says, "Simone... she's weird." She is not trying to make any connections and she's not blending in which is usually pretty important, especially in the early days.
-She successfully takes an "aqua dump" and announces it to the tribe. She tells us she is not an outside person so this whole experience is a huge challenge for her. She's trying new things and looks at this as an adventure... but she's also whining to the camera that it's hot all the time and there is no air conditioning. (Oh sweet jebus.) She did volunteer to gut the fish Devon caught, she'd never done it before but she read up on it - (uh, how bout we let the fisherman do it? Just me?) To her credit, Simone gets through it, whatever. She said she has 10 brothers and sisters so she's been fighting to prove herself her whole life (why isn't she better at getting along with people then?)
Healers - Day 4
-Jessica and Cole are out fishing and he's crushing on her - even though she's older than him (I did roll my eyes at that.) They are all flirty - I'm thinking that's going to get old fast.
-Back at camp Probation Officer Joe is getting to know and like Dr. Mike but not enough to keep him around. Joe's kind of painted himself into a corner by planting the idea that Mike has an idol with everyone... because Joe wants to go looking for it but can't be seen looking for it because they'd know that Mike doesn't actually have it.
-Joe gets his opportunity to head out looking for an idol anyway, and he finds a clue painted/carved into a tree. It's a map of sorts with a symbol he can't identify, the ocean and then 5ft with an X marking a spot. We find out that Joe's not a rocket surgeon when he can't figure it out. He thinks the symbol might be a raft and Cole's been fishing on the raft - so Joe goes and jokingly accuses Cole of having the idol but explains he found a clue and then he shows Cole the clue... and Cole knows right away and blurts out, "that's the symbol for the well." (DUDE! This guy is too nice - I don't think it even crossed his mind to try and get the idol for himself.)
-So these two geniuses head to the well and start digging and Joe has himself an idol... and I'm betting he's going to try and get rid of Cole as soon as he can because he knows too much. Joe is celebrating his idol while Cole has the presence of mind to go cut the clue off the tree.
Heroes - Day 5
-JP catches a lobster for the tribe - this is his strategy, to keep them fed and happy and stay out of the drama. He's not happy being labelled a power couple with Ashley because he's not hooking up with her or anything (?) I think he meant to say he's getting the negative without the positive but it could have been phrased less... rape-y.
-Chrissy meanwhile is on her actuarial mission to find out her best option to move forward in the game. She's talking to JP posing the hypothetical if they were to team up and he laughs, "No one would ever think we were a power couple." (Why, because she's older than you? No one would ever believe you'd lower yourself to be with her?? I'm really not liking JP, it's probably best that he doesn't talk very much.) Chrissy's take - JP will be helpful in challenges, but she doesn't think he's that smart.
-Chrissy talks to Ashley but she's not going to team up with her because Chrissy's not convinced Ashley and JP aren't actually a power couple.
-Chrissy is also concerned about Alan after his blow up at Tribal council and therefore, Chrissy has concluded that Cowboy Ben is the best option for her. She thinks they will compliment each other - him being socially charming and her able to think three steps ahead.
-So Chrissy sells Ben on the thought of her and him partnering up and then they can decide to go with Alan or Ashley... who knows what JP's thinking. Ben thinks this is crazy how it's shaping up but he seems to like it. After Alan's antics at tribal Ben doesn't know if he can work with him, so he's all in with Chrissy, she's smart and wants to work with him - he thinks they can rule.
Hustlers - Day 5
-Patrick is letting his freak flag fly... and he should probably have kept it under raps for a while longer. The big ginger is afraid of crabs and addicted to attention - he is like an ADD toddler on sugar - He says he's a wild banshee wanting to have fun all the time. Meanwhile his constant look-at-me behaviour has fisherman Lauren ready to strangle him. She's used to working alone and having to deal with someone like Patrick is driving her crazy.
-Ali is also double-thinking her early alliance with Patrick, his constant noise and childish behaviour doesn't bode well for his longevity in the game and she'd like to stick around. If people decide to vote Patrick out, she doesn't think she needs him in this game anymore.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They are out on the water for this one. On Jeff's go, three tribe members will jump in the water and swim out to a floating net ring. They will have to swim the ring over to a buoy were one person at a time will have to dive down and untie a bundle of puzzle pieces inside a sunken cage, then work the bundle of pieces along the cage to the opening then bring them up to the net so the next person can go. Once they have all three bundles of pieces they will swim them back to the raft and the two remaining tribe members will have to use the pieces to complete a spinning signpost puzzle.
Along with immunity they will be playing for reward - First place tribe will get a deluxe fishing kit, second place gets a smaller kit with line and lures and the last place tribe is going to Tribal Council.
Healers sit probation officer Joe and Hustlers sit fisherman Lauren.
Off they go and the deciding members in the first part of the challenge are Surf Instructor Devon who apparently can hold his breath for a really long time - he got all the puzzle pieces for the Hustlers and gave them a great lead on the puzzle. JP does a pretty good job for the Heroes where I thought lifeguard Ashley would shine but, not so much. And the Healers brought up the rear in gathering the puzzle pieces... but in the end it was the puzzle solving skills of Dr. Mike and Desi that allowed the Healers to come from behind for the win! The Heroes, Chrissy & Alan were able to work out the puzzle to come in second and the Hustlers blew their whole lead and blamed Simone for not being able to complete the puzzle (though Ali was working with her as well.)
Hustlers - Day 6
They return from losing the challenge and Simone apologizes for her role in the loss - she knows that she would be an easy vote so decides she has to start shaping the narrative of this tribe (too little too late.) She knows that Patrick gets on Lauren's nerves and decides he's the best target for her to get the girls to vote for. Lauren is in of course but it's trying to get the guys to vote him out.
-Meanwhile the guys are all solid that Simone is their weakest link and she's got to go. Patrick is leading the charge against her and he knows he has Ali on his side so there should be no problem getting her voted out.
-Ali knows she has the power now to make this decision - should they take out Pat because he's so unpredictable and keep Simone because she's easily controlled. OR, keep Pat for his strength and get rid of Simone because she's useless in helping them win challenges. Ali talks to Ryan and they're talking about their three, Ali, Ryan and Devon... wait, when did that happen? Ryan likens Patrick to a newborn baby, you want to like it but it requires constant attention and is really annoying (oh man, he should not become a parent any time soon) but then Simone scares him because she's really smart... and in the end, smart is more of a threat than annoying.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
This tribal was a little boring they were all towing the Survivor line - it's about physicality and winning challenges but it's also about building trust and keeping people around that can benefit the tribe but also your own game. Yes, we all know these things.
-Then Patrick says he knows he can trust MOST of the people here. And that stirs things up a bit - but he backpedals and says he meant to say ALL.
-Ryan jokes, "Well I'm sold." (We know he said exactly what he meant, but it didn't help his cause any, especially with Lauren.)
-Simone pleads her case by saying this is 100% real, she comes from a city, she's never been camping before and she's terrified 100% of the time but the good thing about being a hustler is that you challenge yourself - "so send me back to the bugs, I don't want to go home." (Whatever.)
Time to Vote:
Simone votes for Patrick
Tallying the Votes:
No one has a hidden immunity idol.
Votes:
Patrick - 1
Simone - 1, 2, 3, 4... and Simone is sent packing - B-Bye. They took out the low hanging fruit, how boring.
Oh and with Simone leaving that also took Trish J., Tori K., and Jamie S. out of the pool. (Is it really that much of a loss? She had no social game whatsoever.)
Next week:
A war erupts between Lauren and Patrick on the Hustlers tribe and Cole spills the beans about Joe's idol to Jessica over on the Healers, trying to wrest that power away from him.
Simone's exit speech was as reasoned and unemotional as everything else she's said - she's proud of herself for trying something she was uncomfortable with. Her Survivor adventure is over and she's sad, but she's living with it. (Bye Felicia, you will not be missed.)
So, second episode, no surprises - I hope they do something to spice this up (am I just jaded?)
Have a great Thanksgiving weekend everyone,
Coleen
Last week the new Heroes vs Healers vs Hustlers season of Survivor started in the beautiful Fiji. We saw a new twist with the super idol that could only be played at the first Tribal Council - skinny bellboy Ryan had the idol but had to anonymously give it to someone on the Heroes tribe as they were the first to go to Tribal. He gave it to one of the Mom Squad, Chrissy, and she didn't use it because she was safe, the other mom went home - Katrina.
Heroes - Night 3
Fall out from that first tribal council was that Alan called out JP and Ashley as a "power couple" and all Ashley could do was whine about the fact that they weren't a couple. JP is a man of little words, he just thought it was ridiculous and refused to give it any more energy than that... but he and Ashley are also keeping their distance.
Chrissy, the actuary, has taken all of this as a great thing for her. She has a decoy idol now, that has no power but she can use it to bluff. She also saw the cracks in the tribe and being someone who weighs the possible outcomes for the best course of action, she's coming up with the best plan to keep herself there.
Alan thinks he got what he wanted, whether he was right or wrong, he's created the suspicion he wanted within the tribe. (Ugh, why you got to be like that? It feels like it's too early to stir up the drama... but some would also argue it's never too early in Survivor.) What he did succeed in doing is fracturing the tribe so no one trusts anyone at this point - let's start over shall we?
Hustlers - Day 4
Everybody's working, gathering wood, fishing, doing laundry, getting water... everyone that is except Simone - who is sitting in the shelter swatting at flies and assuring herself she's okay.
-Bellhop Ryan tells us he's made a connection with everyone on his tribe... except Simone. He says, "Simone... she's weird." She is not trying to make any connections and she's not blending in which is usually pretty important, especially in the early days.
-She successfully takes an "aqua dump" and announces it to the tribe. She tells us she is not an outside person so this whole experience is a huge challenge for her. She's trying new things and looks at this as an adventure... but she's also whining to the camera that it's hot all the time and there is no air conditioning. (Oh sweet jebus.) She did volunteer to gut the fish Devon caught, she'd never done it before but she read up on it - (uh, how bout we let the fisherman do it? Just me?) To her credit, Simone gets through it, whatever. She said she has 10 brothers and sisters so she's been fighting to prove herself her whole life (why isn't she better at getting along with people then?)
Healers - Day 4
-Jessica and Cole are out fishing and he's crushing on her - even though she's older than him (I did roll my eyes at that.) They are all flirty - I'm thinking that's going to get old fast.
-Back at camp Probation Officer Joe is getting to know and like Dr. Mike but not enough to keep him around. Joe's kind of painted himself into a corner by planting the idea that Mike has an idol with everyone... because Joe wants to go looking for it but can't be seen looking for it because they'd know that Mike doesn't actually have it.
-Joe gets his opportunity to head out looking for an idol anyway, and he finds a clue painted/carved into a tree. It's a map of sorts with a symbol he can't identify, the ocean and then 5ft with an X marking a spot. We find out that Joe's not a rocket surgeon when he can't figure it out. He thinks the symbol might be a raft and Cole's been fishing on the raft - so Joe goes and jokingly accuses Cole of having the idol but explains he found a clue and then he shows Cole the clue... and Cole knows right away and blurts out, "that's the symbol for the well." (DUDE! This guy is too nice - I don't think it even crossed his mind to try and get the idol for himself.)
-So these two geniuses head to the well and start digging and Joe has himself an idol... and I'm betting he's going to try and get rid of Cole as soon as he can because he knows too much. Joe is celebrating his idol while Cole has the presence of mind to go cut the clue off the tree.
Heroes - Day 5
-JP catches a lobster for the tribe - this is his strategy, to keep them fed and happy and stay out of the drama. He's not happy being labelled a power couple with Ashley because he's not hooking up with her or anything (?) I think he meant to say he's getting the negative without the positive but it could have been phrased less... rape-y.
-Chrissy meanwhile is on her actuarial mission to find out her best option to move forward in the game. She's talking to JP posing the hypothetical if they were to team up and he laughs, "No one would ever think we were a power couple." (Why, because she's older than you? No one would ever believe you'd lower yourself to be with her?? I'm really not liking JP, it's probably best that he doesn't talk very much.) Chrissy's take - JP will be helpful in challenges, but she doesn't think he's that smart.
-Chrissy talks to Ashley but she's not going to team up with her because Chrissy's not convinced Ashley and JP aren't actually a power couple.
-Chrissy is also concerned about Alan after his blow up at Tribal council and therefore, Chrissy has concluded that Cowboy Ben is the best option for her. She thinks they will compliment each other - him being socially charming and her able to think three steps ahead.
-So Chrissy sells Ben on the thought of her and him partnering up and then they can decide to go with Alan or Ashley... who knows what JP's thinking. Ben thinks this is crazy how it's shaping up but he seems to like it. After Alan's antics at tribal Ben doesn't know if he can work with him, so he's all in with Chrissy, she's smart and wants to work with him - he thinks they can rule.
Hustlers - Day 5
-Patrick is letting his freak flag fly... and he should probably have kept it under raps for a while longer. The big ginger is afraid of crabs and addicted to attention - he is like an ADD toddler on sugar - He says he's a wild banshee wanting to have fun all the time. Meanwhile his constant look-at-me behaviour has fisherman Lauren ready to strangle him. She's used to working alone and having to deal with someone like Patrick is driving her crazy.
-Ali is also double-thinking her early alliance with Patrick, his constant noise and childish behaviour doesn't bode well for his longevity in the game and she'd like to stick around. If people decide to vote Patrick out, she doesn't think she needs him in this game anymore.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They are out on the water for this one. On Jeff's go, three tribe members will jump in the water and swim out to a floating net ring. They will have to swim the ring over to a buoy were one person at a time will have to dive down and untie a bundle of puzzle pieces inside a sunken cage, then work the bundle of pieces along the cage to the opening then bring them up to the net so the next person can go. Once they have all three bundles of pieces they will swim them back to the raft and the two remaining tribe members will have to use the pieces to complete a spinning signpost puzzle.
Along with immunity they will be playing for reward - First place tribe will get a deluxe fishing kit, second place gets a smaller kit with line and lures and the last place tribe is going to Tribal Council.
Healers sit probation officer Joe and Hustlers sit fisherman Lauren.
Off they go and the deciding members in the first part of the challenge are Surf Instructor Devon who apparently can hold his breath for a really long time - he got all the puzzle pieces for the Hustlers and gave them a great lead on the puzzle. JP does a pretty good job for the Heroes where I thought lifeguard Ashley would shine but, not so much. And the Healers brought up the rear in gathering the puzzle pieces... but in the end it was the puzzle solving skills of Dr. Mike and Desi that allowed the Healers to come from behind for the win! The Heroes, Chrissy & Alan were able to work out the puzzle to come in second and the Hustlers blew their whole lead and blamed Simone for not being able to complete the puzzle (though Ali was working with her as well.)
Hustlers - Day 6
They return from losing the challenge and Simone apologizes for her role in the loss - she knows that she would be an easy vote so decides she has to start shaping the narrative of this tribe (too little too late.) She knows that Patrick gets on Lauren's nerves and decides he's the best target for her to get the girls to vote for. Lauren is in of course but it's trying to get the guys to vote him out.
-Meanwhile the guys are all solid that Simone is their weakest link and she's got to go. Patrick is leading the charge against her and he knows he has Ali on his side so there should be no problem getting her voted out.
-Ali knows she has the power now to make this decision - should they take out Pat because he's so unpredictable and keep Simone because she's easily controlled. OR, keep Pat for his strength and get rid of Simone because she's useless in helping them win challenges. Ali talks to Ryan and they're talking about their three, Ali, Ryan and Devon... wait, when did that happen? Ryan likens Patrick to a newborn baby, you want to like it but it requires constant attention and is really annoying (oh man, he should not become a parent any time soon) but then Simone scares him because she's really smart... and in the end, smart is more of a threat than annoying.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
This tribal was a little boring they were all towing the Survivor line - it's about physicality and winning challenges but it's also about building trust and keeping people around that can benefit the tribe but also your own game. Yes, we all know these things.
-Then Patrick says he knows he can trust MOST of the people here. And that stirs things up a bit - but he backpedals and says he meant to say ALL.
-Ryan jokes, "Well I'm sold." (We know he said exactly what he meant, but it didn't help his cause any, especially with Lauren.)
-Simone pleads her case by saying this is 100% real, she comes from a city, she's never been camping before and she's terrified 100% of the time but the good thing about being a hustler is that you challenge yourself - "so send me back to the bugs, I don't want to go home." (Whatever.)
Time to Vote:
Simone votes for Patrick
Tallying the Votes:
No one has a hidden immunity idol.
Votes:
Patrick - 1
Simone - 1, 2, 3, 4... and Simone is sent packing - B-Bye. They took out the low hanging fruit, how boring.
Oh and with Simone leaving that also took Trish J., Tori K., and Jamie S. out of the pool. (Is it really that much of a loss? She had no social game whatsoever.)
Next week:
A war erupts between Lauren and Patrick on the Hustlers tribe and Cole spills the beans about Joe's idol to Jessica over on the Healers, trying to wrest that power away from him.
Simone's exit speech was as reasoned and unemotional as everything else she's said - she's proud of herself for trying something she was uncomfortable with. Her Survivor adventure is over and she's sad, but she's living with it. (Bye Felicia, you will not be missed.)
So, second episode, no surprises - I hope they do something to spice this up (am I just jaded?)
Have a great Thanksgiving weekend everyone,
Coleen
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