Survivor: Cook Islands - Aired Nov. 09 - Commentary
Ooooooooh, interesting twist this week!
But before I get to that, I have to say there is no one person I am really cheering for this season. There is no Cirie, Rupert or Stephenie to get the old heart a-pumpin' hoping they make it through the next Tribal Council. There is a tribe I'm rooting for, but no individual. I guess Yul is a good choice, and Ozzy's hanging in there despite some unfortunate comments he made earlier in the season, but meh, they're just choices for choices' sake.
Alright, the twist. They called it "mutiny", but it was really that. If it was mutiny, the tribe would have the chance to toss perceived leaders to the other side. No, this was defection, and it brought about a couple of really stupid moves.
First was Candice, who had to trust that Adam has enough pull in Raro to keep her safe. Then there was Jonathan who... what the hell was he thinking? And safety concerns are only part of the reason this was all spectacularly bone-headed. Candice and Jonathan were both in a pretty rock-solid alliance in Aitu, with the a merge looming in who knows how many days. Going into a merge with their alliance, then getting together with Adam and Poverty... er, Parvati and their alliance, they could then decide at that point which people outside of their initial alliance they want to dump as being most dangerous.
Thanks to Candice missing her little cuddlebunny, they completely alienated themselves from their Aitu alliance and showed themselves to be untrustworthy to most of the members of Raro.
Luckily for them Brad had managed to completely bungle his game and was at the top of the Raro evict list. And you know you bungled your game badly if your tribe votes you out instead of the easy choice newbies.
Normally Brad's ineptitude at the game of Survivor would have made him the smartest choice for elimination, and considering some of the nonsensical moves this season, this was one of the smartest eliminations yet. But it wasn't the smartest one they could have made.
Everyone on Raro other than Adam and Poverty... er, Parvati, should have been a hell of a lot more suspicious when the only two people to defect were the only two members of the original caucasian tribe in Aitu coming over to join the other two members of that original tribe in Raro. It's one thing to trust in your alliances, but considering that those two just screwed over whatever alliances they had in Aitu, you really need to have to wonder what's up. If there is even the slightest chance that those four are going to hook up again, you have to nip it in the bud. Jonathan would have been the safer choice because it would have kept Adam happy, but it was Candice who really needed to go. Nobody trusts Jonathan at all, and they still would have had enough numbers even if there were a merge to get rid of Brad later.
It was great to see Aitu kick ass in two consecutive challenges. I really hope they win every immunity up until the merge. I know it's driving the overly smug and way too comfortable in their untouchability Adam and Nathan crazy.
I will give one thing to the men of this season, they do seem to be running the show. Sure, the women got together and got rid of J.P. earlier, but they fell apart the very next day and it's been all about the men since then. It would be nice to see this result in a female winner though.
Go, all-but-invisible Rebecca, go!
But before I get to that, I have to say there is no one person I am really cheering for this season. There is no Cirie, Rupert or Stephenie to get the old heart a-pumpin' hoping they make it through the next Tribal Council. There is a tribe I'm rooting for, but no individual. I guess Yul is a good choice, and Ozzy's hanging in there despite some unfortunate comments he made earlier in the season, but meh, they're just choices for choices' sake.
Alright, the twist. They called it "mutiny", but it was really that. If it was mutiny, the tribe would have the chance to toss perceived leaders to the other side. No, this was defection, and it brought about a couple of really stupid moves.
First was Candice, who had to trust that Adam has enough pull in Raro to keep her safe. Then there was Jonathan who... what the hell was he thinking? And safety concerns are only part of the reason this was all spectacularly bone-headed. Candice and Jonathan were both in a pretty rock-solid alliance in Aitu, with the a merge looming in who knows how many days. Going into a merge with their alliance, then getting together with Adam and Poverty... er, Parvati and their alliance, they could then decide at that point which people outside of their initial alliance they want to dump as being most dangerous.
Thanks to Candice missing her little cuddlebunny, they completely alienated themselves from their Aitu alliance and showed themselves to be untrustworthy to most of the members of Raro.
Luckily for them Brad had managed to completely bungle his game and was at the top of the Raro evict list. And you know you bungled your game badly if your tribe votes you out instead of the easy choice newbies.
Normally Brad's ineptitude at the game of Survivor would have made him the smartest choice for elimination, and considering some of the nonsensical moves this season, this was one of the smartest eliminations yet. But it wasn't the smartest one they could have made.
Everyone on Raro other than Adam and Poverty... er, Parvati, should have been a hell of a lot more suspicious when the only two people to defect were the only two members of the original caucasian tribe in Aitu coming over to join the other two members of that original tribe in Raro. It's one thing to trust in your alliances, but considering that those two just screwed over whatever alliances they had in Aitu, you really need to have to wonder what's up. If there is even the slightest chance that those four are going to hook up again, you have to nip it in the bud. Jonathan would have been the safer choice because it would have kept Adam happy, but it was Candice who really needed to go. Nobody trusts Jonathan at all, and they still would have had enough numbers even if there were a merge to get rid of Brad later.
It was great to see Aitu kick ass in two consecutive challenges. I really hope they win every immunity up until the merge. I know it's driving the overly smug and way too comfortable in their untouchability Adam and Nathan crazy.
I will give one thing to the men of this season, they do seem to be running the show. Sure, the women got together and got rid of J.P. earlier, but they fell apart the very next day and it's been all about the men since then. It would be nice to see this result in a female winner though.
Go, all-but-invisible Rebecca, go!
posted by Tabby at 5:30 p.m.
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