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Survivor - 10/9 (spoilers)
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Posted by: connery

As usual the preview from last week of Osten's near drowning was way overblown. As far as I could tell the guy just freaked out for no reason. I was kind of pissed that they threw the immunity challenge, I wanted to see the streak continue. Also seeing Osten pitted against Rupert would have been nice again.

Various notes:

Jon is trying very hard to be the most annoying survivor ever!
The "treasure" kind of sucked if you asked me.
I though Rupert switching sides was going to mess up the vote.
The guys that went for fish never came back did they?

Posted by: faerie

also, that whole "outburst" or whatever it was that was supposed to happen at TC was way overblown too... He was just stupid and annoying. I think he has a drinking problem personally. Second time in 12 days to be completely trashed right?

Posted by: TeeSee

There must be something to the editing that makes Jon look like such an ass. That would explain why he escaped without even a single TC vote against him.

BTW, it's official. Michelle is a cutie. ;)

Posted by: connery

No amount of editing can make someone look that bad who isn't (even probst seemed pretty disgusted by him at TC). He escaped any votes because he wasn't one of the targets when Rupert left. Once he is officially targetted (which will be very soon) he's gone.

Posted by: fmowry

I don't know how soon he'll be targeted. His alliance can knock off the remaining two and then they can knock him off assuming there is no merge before hand. Not sure which way Rupe would vote though. He could shake things up.

Frank

Posted by: GoodN

Great show. Burton looked pissed when he had to swallow his own medicine. He was the one pushing to throw the immunity challenge. And it will be interesting to see how Rupert plays out the reward challenge. I'm thinking he'll make the final three, and then get voted off as the threat to the final two.

Hearing Jon talk about his "power" in the vote really made me miss Rob from last season. Somebody please stop giving him liquor.

Posted by: TampaThunder

quote:
Originally posted by GoodN
Great show. Burton looked pissed when he had to swallow his own medicine. He was the one pushing to throw the immunity challenge. And it will be interesting to see how Rupert plays out the reward challenge. I'm thinking he'll make the final three, and then get voted off as the threat to the final two.

Rupert has turned into the best Survivor contestant ever and is recognized as such by both teams. As huge a threat as he is he is also, by far, the biggest asset and will be safe for some time to come. I think it was Rupert who told everybody else to vote Burton off (he wasn't to happy with the "traitor") and as Michelle was the only other one to vote for Christa she will be next. However I doubt Drake will be throwing any immunity challenges again as this backfired on them big time.

With Rupert spending some serious time with Morgan it only allows him the opportunity to bond with them and strengthen his position. It appears from the previews that he helps them fish and I wouldn't be surprised if they won their first reward challenge because of him. Then they'll be able to plunder Drake and get one of their items back.

Also, if Rupert makes it to the final three he will win unless someone gets incredibly lucky in the immunity challenges. Rupert just has too much brute strength and is a lot smarter than he looks. After the merge he may never lose a challenge again.

Probst doesn't have any problem showing his contempt for people this year. It certainly makes for more interesting tribal councils. And it's nice to see a host not kissing a contestant's butt and holding them accountable for their stupidity, behavior, etc.

I'm starting to think that this is developing into the best Survivor yet though I'm sure there are more "twists" to come that might ruin it.

Posted by: Rob Helmerichs

quote:
Originally posted by fmowry
I don't know how soon he'll be targeted. His alliance can knock off the remaining two and then they can knock him off assuming there is no merge before hand. Not sure which way Rupe would vote though. He could shake things up.

Frank

"His alliance"?!? He was "allied" with everybody in the tribe; he bragged about being in three alliances! And that's not something that's going to escape people's notice--if there's one thing Survivors hate, it's a rat.

I think he might be next...

Posted by: fmowry

quote:
Originally posted by Medieval Guy
"His alliance"?!? He was "allied" with everybody in the tribe; he bragged about being in three alliances! And that's not something that's going to escape people's notice--if there's one thing Survivors hate, it's a rat.

I think he might be next...

The 3 who voted with him are certainly and alliance and will surely knock off the other 2 first. Jon despite being obnoxious played Burton's crew masterfully.

We really don't know Ruperts relationship with Jon but I think he'll want to get rid of Michelle and the other guy for wanting to throw the competition first.

Why wouldn't people want to keep Jon around. You don't vote someone off because they are an a-hole, you vote them off because they are a threat.

Frank

Posted by: zyzzx

quote:
Originally posted by TampaThunder
I'm starting to think that this is developing into the best Survivor yet though I'm sure there are more "twists" to come that might ruin it.

I'm worried about the same thing. Just let it play out! If Drake kills them in every challenge, so be it. It's funnier that way, anyway. I don't like when they throw in twists and changes just because the producers don't like the way the show is going. Keep things the way they are because this season is turning out to be my favorite after the very first.

Seeing Rupert switched to the other side wasn't any big surprise to me. I was ready to see MB switching it up to give Morgan some momentum. We'll see what that does to the tribes next week.

Don't go so hard on Jon! :D Sure he's "Drunk Boy" but he's damn funny. I'd hate him if I was on the show but since I only see him from my living room he is hilarious. Who else would have the gall to show up to TC drunk? Amazing!

Posted by: Big_Daddy

Rupert's temporary swap to the other team is very interesting. Clearly he's the most valuable Survivor. A few points about this:

1. Will Morgan value and appreciate him more than Drake? Drake knows he's important, but their winning streak has made them cocky. I don't think anyone at Morgan will pick on him the way the other guys of Drake were doing. If Rupert can build good relationships with Morgan, he may be in good shape when the tribes merge.

2. In next week's previews, Rupert had his spear gun! And I think he was still on Morgan's side! I wonder if in fact he doesn't return to Drake. The image would make sense if Morgan wins next week's reward challenge and Rupert (or someone else) raids Drake and takes the spear gun. That would DEFINITELY signal a shift in fortunes.

3. These survivors are definitely more likely to vote out snakes and people who try to rock the boat - Burton's escapades last night, and the girl with no underwear from the premiere (sorry can't remember her name).

Good episode.

Posted by: LooseWiring

quote:
Originally posted by Big_Daddy
Rupert's temporary swap to the other team is very interesting. Clearly he's the most valuable Survivor. A few points about this:

1. Will Morgan value and appreciate him more than Drake? Drake knows he's important, but their winning streak has made them cocky. I don't think anyone at Morgan will pick on him the way the other guys of Drake were doing. If Rupert can build good relationships with Morgan, he may be in good shape when the tribes merge.

2. In next week's previews, Rupert had his spear gun! And I think he was still on Morgan's side! I wonder if in fact he doesn't return to Drake. The image would make sense if Morgan wins next week's reward challenge and Rupert (or someone else) raids Drake and takes the spear gun. That would DEFINITELY signal a shift in fortunes.

3. These survivors are definitely more likely to vote out snakes and people who try to rock the boat - Burton's escapades last night, and the girl with no underwear from the premiere (sorry can't remember her name).

Good episode.

1: Per the preview of next week's episode Morgan absolutely LOVES Rupert. Looks like he takes them fishing, and is otherwise a great assett.

Also, his very presence is a reminder that they won the Immunity Challenge and things are turning around for them.

2: In this weeks episode Drake already had a spear. Both teams evidently started with one.

3: I hope you're right. If there was ever a candidate for CBS to play around and rig the voting it would be now. Survivor needs Rupert like you wouldn't believe.

Taking a big hippie/biker like him and throwing him on an island to play pirate was the BEST damn casting they've ever done.

Hmm, I wonder if it is too late to get him on Survivor All-Star for season 8?

Posted by: TheDewAddict

I think it would be interesting if at the end of Rupert's "temporary" stay with Morgan, they let him choose which tribe to go to. He'd probably be appreciated more at Morgan, but he knows what's going on at Drake, and has won with them.

Posted by: jradosh

quote:
Originally posted by zyzzx
Don't go so hard on Jon! :D Sure he's "Drunk Boy" but he's damn funny. I'd hate him if I was on the show but since I only see him from my living room he is hilarious. Who else would have the gall to show up to TC drunk? Amazing!

I've know funny drunks. Some of my best friends are funny drunks. Jon... he's no funny drunk!

I can't think of too many individually annoying Surivor contestants that are more annying than Jon seemed last night. There were groups of annoying people (the lazy bunch in Survivor Africa for instance). But Jon wins the individual competition hands down (so far).

Funny? No, not by a long shot. :rolleyes:

J

PS. YMMV of course :)

Posted by: LlamaLarry

LOL, I truly despise Jon and his cheesy s-faced grinning. Every time I saw him on the show I was stunned at the level of my hate. ;) Makes me glad I don't live in Danville. :D

And WTF with Burton and Shawn being such losers and picking on Rupert who has pretty much carried the balance of the tribe around? Teen Mentor or not in real life, I think Rupe owes Shawn a serious ass kicking.

Posted by: Fleegle

Jo gets on my every nerve. I absolutely can't stand him.

I see two options regarding Rupert and the spear. Either Morgan has a spear similar to Rupert's and he teaches them how to actually use it, or he gets the spear from Drake and teaches them how to use THAT one. The only reason I can see for Rupert showing him how to use HIS spear is if he's moving over to Morgan permanently.

Posted by: Big_Daddy

quote:
Originally posted by TheDewAddict
I think it would be interesting if at the end of Rupert's "temporary" stay with Morgan, they let him choose which tribe to go to. He'd probably be appreciated more at Morgan, but he knows what's going on at Drake, and has won with them.

I'd wondered that same thing. I think that such a choice could potentially be disasterous for Rupert as far as his long-term success in the game - especially if he stayed with Morgan. Drake would likely be highly pissed off. No matter what he chose, he'd be alienating a tribe.

And if he DID stay with Morgan, that would be horribly bad news for Drake. That would mean that in one episode, they lost their two most physically capable tribe members (Rupert and Burt). Quite a blow to their winning streak.

Posted by: youbetcha

quote:
Originally posted by jradosh
I've know funny drunks. Some of my best friends are funny drunks. Jon... he's no funny drunk!

I can't think of too many individually annoying Surivor contestants that are more annying than Jon seemed last night. There were groups of annoying people (the lazy bunch in Survivor Africa for instance). But Jon wins the individual competition hands down (so far).

Funny? No, not by a long shot. :rolleyes:

J

PS. YMMV of course :)

:up: :up: TOTALLY agree - Jon is not a funny drunk - he's annoying as hell!
I want to see more of the TC footage to see if Jeff gave Jon some grief for being wasted.

I love Ryan and Andrew hiking to the other side of the island to try and fish - aren't there any fish right by camp :confused: ? I haven't seen them use their spear before (before this episode I didn't even know they had a spear). I guess Rupert's going to save the day and show them how to use their spear to catch a boatload of fish - hmmm, helping the enemy...would a pirate help a competing band of pirates - I think not. ;) It looks like the nice guy in Rupert prevails over his pirate side in the previews for next week.

Posted by: Fleegle

quote:
Originally posted by Fleegle
Jon gets on my every nerve. I absolutely can't stand him.

I see two options regarding Rupert and the spear. Either Morgan has a spear similar to Rupert's and he teaches them how to actually use it, or he gets the spear from Drake and teaches them how to use THAT one. The only reason I can see for Rupert showing him how to use HIS spear is if he's moving over to Morgan permanently.

Posted by: LlamaLarry

Yeah Morgan definitely has a spear now - but I feel certain that they never had it before. Why go all mental on Lil about losing the hook if you have a freaking spear *AND A NET THAT HAS YET TO SEE THE WATER*.

Ryan O was tossing the spear around so something tells me that they have no idea that you can shoot it. COURSE WE NEVER SAW THEM GET IN THE WATER!!!

Thank goodness Rupert is headed there for a while as maybe Morgan won't die a horrible death - despite all my hopes that Osten would have a near drowning.

Rupert would not pillage his own tribe as he *is* going back to them. Why wouldn't he? He owns Drake and has built bridges with the smaller numbered Morgan. Why piss off the majority every way you slice it pre-merge?

Posted by: KevinG

I had a few thoughts while watching this. The fact that Probst didn't tell the teams what the little "extra" prize was for winning the immunity challenge was interesting. Would Drake have still thrown the competition if they had known what the "extra" prize was? I wonder if they would have had time to discuss it.

Furthermore, since no one knew the contents of the extra prize, I had to wonder if the prize would have, in fact, been different if Drake had won. In other words, might the producers have swapped the prize if Drake had won.

What might it have been? Who would Drake have brought over if they hadn't thrown the competition, and the prize was the same?

Discuss. :-)

Posted by: LlamaLarry

I'm with Kevin, the prize depended on who won the IC in an attempt to help balance the Morgan tribe and give them a shot to compete down the road.

Left to their own devices they would just die off - and no one on Drake seemed to be acting all magnanimous about leaving the sole Morgan water pot so the producers must have told them it was off limits.

Posted by: mrs-j

I believe that if Drake had been able to pirate someone from the other team they would have chosen lawyer guy. Osten can't even keep his pants up and the other two girls don't stand out for their strength. Ryan O also seems to fade into the woodwork.

The key is that I believe each team would pick the perceived "power player" from the other team. And lawyer guy seems like the leader so they probably would have taken him.

Posted by: KRS

I can't believe how badly Morgan sucks.

"Looks like the tide is rising and getting within feet of our crappy shelter. Oooh, I know - let's build a wall out of sand and a couple logs."

"Hey Rhino - you wanna go on a daylong hike to the other side of the island to see if any fish will jump out of the water and into our laps? Water....naaah, who needs it."

"OK guys, for this reward challenge, we're gonna send our two worst swimmers into the water one after another. What's that Austin? You can't swim? Don't worry so much, it'll be fine."

Whatta bunch of maroons.

Posted by: connery

So far Osten has proven to be pretty much a joke. I half expected him to lose the immunity challenge to one of the girls half his size. No doubt they would have taken the lawyer instead of him but I agree the prize would have been different had Drake won. Plus Jeff only mentioned the mystery surpise after they chose who would sit out. There's no guarantee he would have said anything had they not thrown the challenge. Word probably got out to the producers and they decided to teach them a lesson.

Posted by: jradosh

I loved the fact that Andrew and Ryan looked at the map, saw there were fins painted in the water on the other side of the island and said "look, there are larger fish over there!" As if the map were some kind of real-time display device... a web-cam or fish-sounding sonar or something :rolleyes:

LOL!!! They are so pathetic.

Posted by: David Platt

quote:
Originally posted by jradosh
I loved the fact that Andrew and Ryan looked at the map, saw there were fins painted in the water on the other side of the island and said "look, there are larger fish over there!" As if the map were some kind of real-time display device... a web-cam or fish-sounding sonar or something :rolleyes:

:D :D

I forgot all about that. They go from not being able to see that the water source is clearly marked on the map, to reading things into the map that aren't there!

Posted by: betamax

quote:
Originally posted by jradosh
I loved the fact that Andrew and Ryan looked at the map, saw there were fins painted in the water on the other side of the island and said "look, there are larger fish over there!" As if the map were some kind of real-time display device... a web-cam or fish-sounding sonar or something :rolleyes:

LOL!!! They are so pathetic.

Wonder what they would have done if it sayd "Thar be monsters here!"
Run away! Run away!

Morgan really needs a boy scout right now. Building your shelter so close to the water is just stupid. Logs and sand are not going to keep the waves away, didn't any of them play at the beach as a kid? My 4 year old knows that.

I really wish Drake would have humiliated Morgan in the immunity challenge, making them truly the losingest tribe in history.

Oh well, Morgan will eat well for a couple days.

Posted by: zyzzx

quote:
Originally posted by jradosh
I've know funny drunks. Some of my best friends are funny drunks. Jon... he's no funny drunk!

I can't think of too many individually annoying Surivor contestants that are more annying than Jon seemed last night. ... Funny? No, not by a long shot. :rolleyes:

Ah, if he was a friend of mine you are absolutely right. Jon would be annoying as hell. But as an annoying drunk contestant on a TV show? Funny! :D

I just meant that watching him act like a complete idiot on Survivor, drunk no less, is hilarious. :)

He stirs up trouble and makes his tribemates annoyed at him. That just makes for interesting TV. That's why I think Jon is funny. ;)

Posted by: LlamaLarry

quote:
Originally posted by betamax
:::snip:::Building your shelter so close to the water is just stupid. Logs and sand are not going to keep the waves away, didn't any of them play at the beach as a kid? My 4 year old knows that.:::snip:::

The selection for housing locations in all the Survivors have been pretty suspect. Every time I see them built their shack right on the beach, in a river bed, etc I am stunned at their stupidity.

I am left with the belief that their site is either chosen for them or that they are strongly encouraged to choose one location vs another - to accomodate filming and an open enough space to mask all the camera men milling around.

Posted by: Philosofy

One thing that struck me last night: two of the contestants (can't remember who) were discussing if they went to college and if they graduated. Huh? 11 days on a deserted island with someone, and you're just finding this out now? One of the keys to success at Survivor is knowing your teammates and opponents, and making them think you care about them. Knowing details like this can be key to your own survival!

Posted by: TivoDaddy

Why hasn't anybody mentioned the way Christa talks. OMG, it's so grating with that up and down, whiny voice. Ahhhh! She reminds me of that Jewish character on SNL always trying to pick up women at Adult classes.

Rupert rocks. I can't believe Burton and Shawn were mocking him for knowing or learning how to sew. I love the looks he gives after an assinine comment from one of those. If they were real Survivors they would have died long ago.

Posted by: mrs-j

Christa's voice is really deep, but I don't find it grating. I think it's kind of neat. I am not the highest-pitched woman myself, so I always like hearing women with "interesting" voices.

I felt so bad for Rupert. I could see that Burton and Shawn were being typical "frat boy" type guys and joking, and Rupert took it good-naturedly in front of them. But it seems like Rupert's probably been teased a lot in life and I hate that. He seems like a good soul.

I was delighted at last night's outcome. I don't like Jon, but I liked that Burton got blindsided. Wiped that smirk right off his J. Crew face. :D

Posted by: KRS

quote:
Originally posted by mrs-j

I felt so bad for Rupert. I could see that Burton and Shawn were being typical "frat boy" type guys and joking, and Rupert took it good-naturedly in front of them. But it seems like Rupert's probably been teased a lot in life and I hate that. He seems like a good soul.

I agree - while Burton and Shawn were probably only teasing Rupert in an attempt to be funny/have a good running joke, they really need to know when to stop. Some people take jokes better than others, and since Rupert wasn't exactly joking back with them, they should have laid off and found a new source of humor.

And I am thinking that since Rupert is a teen mentor, he has more of a problem with picking on someone thinky disguised as humor.

edited to add:
How does Drake still have alcohol left after this many days (especially with a lush in the camp)? Seeing as we have seen them drinking several times, I would have thought that they would have run out long ago. And what are they drinking exactly? Whiskey?

Posted by: jradosh

KRS, I think that (1) they got more booze in the Treasure Chest, and (2) didn't they show them watering down some of the hooch? That'd make it last longer.

quote:
From betamax

Wonder what they would have done if it sayd "Thar be monsters here!"

Great one! Eek!!! :eek:

Posted by: brianric

quote:
Originally posted by Big_Daddy
I'd wondered that same thing. I think that such a choice could potentially be disasterous for Rupert as far as his long-term success in the game - especially if he stayed with Morgan. Drake would likely be highly pissed off. No matter what he chose, he'd be alienating a tribe.

Drake is resposible for throwing the IC. Reminds me many years ago when I finally got tired of the neighbor hood bully and was giving him a sound beating until my dad broke up the fight. My mom gave my dad hell that night saying to never break up a fight that your son is winning. Same thing here. Never, ever let someone who is down a chance to get back into a game.

Posted by: Big_Daddy

quote:
Originally posted by brianric
Drake is resposible for throwing the IC. Reminds me many years ago when I finally got tired of the neighbor hood bully and was giving him a sound beating until my dad broke up the fight. My mom gave my dad hell that night saying to never break up a fight that your son is winning. Same thing here. Never, ever let someone who is down a chance to get back into a game.

AND RUPERT KNEW THIS!!!! He commented on how stupid it was that Drake wanted to throw the IC, but if it was their will, he'd go along with it. Now Drake may well pay the cost.

Posted by: DLiquid

quote:
Originally posted by TivoDaddy
Why hasn't anybody mentioned the way Christa talks. OMG, it's so grating with that up and down, whiny voice. Ahhhh! She reminds me of that Jewish character on SNL always trying to pick up women at Adult classes.

I think it's Darrah that has the most annoying voice. She's the one you see across the room at a bar and then she opens her mouth and speaks and it's all over, run for your life. :p

As far as the speculation regarding how the producers do what they do, I was under the impression that the plan of the show is very heavily scripted. They might be able to choose from different challenges and rewards every RC/IC, but the challenges and rewards themselves are all planned out before the show even starts. This is to avoid problems like the lawsuit from season 1. They can't just tailor the game to favor a certain tribe or contestant, it's all planned out. I'm sure stealing a member from the other tribe was planned long before the survivors landed on the island. That's how I think it works, at least.

Posted by: Uther

quote:
Originally posted by KRS
How does Drake still have alcohol left after this many days (especially with a lush in the camp)? Seeing as we have seen them drinking several times, I would have thought that they would have run out long ago. And what are they drinking exactly? Whiskey?

There was booze in their "treasure" chest.

Posted by: LlamaLarry

Yeah, the treasure chest was a *serious* let down - and my stake in it was purely entertainment, so I cannot imagine what a bummer it would have been to be on the cast. :(

Posted by: bobsbizzy

How lame is it that Morgan have been on the Island for 12 days and not caught a fish, and then Rupert comes along and catches fish for them.

Hopeless or what?:rolleyes:

The good news from my perspective is that Rupert has shown on this episode that he has the brains to play this game as well as the brawn.
e.g. Agreeing to throwing the IC even though he knew it was dumb, striking an alliance that held even when he couldn't participate, (not including drunk Jon in that, but the 3 ladies not incl. Michele), looks like he builds some rapport with Morgan to help him after the merge, without ratting on his own tribe. He may go further than we think - lets hope so.

Also, Osten (sp?) must be one of the worst contestants ever. A big cry baby.

Finally, I cheered when Burton got his come uppence. Nice to see when the "pretty" alliance doesn't win. His whole idea of throwing the IC to get rid of someone who's "annoying" - how pathetic. Could end up seriously negative for his whole tribe - self centered idiot. These reality shows always seem to get the most arrogant ones first. :up:

Posted by: TreborPugly

I'm convinced that if Drake had won immunity, there would have been no "choose a member from the other tribe" business. I think that for the last episode, and this episode, that if Morgan had won ANYTHING, they would have let them pick a member from the other tribe to even things up. This strategy has probably been in their arsenal since season 2.

Could Rupert have looked more disgusted about the whole immunity challenge? And I would have loved to see him go up against Osten on the balance beam.

But I loved Rupert's claim before the challenge, that if he didn't sit out, there was no way they'd lose! I love Rupert, but that's a bit overconfident...

Treb.

Posted by: TreborPugly

quote:
Originally posted by bobsbizzy
striking an alliance that held even when he couldn't participate, (not including drunk Jon in that, but the 3 ladies not incl. Michele),

I found it interesting that Shawn also voted for Burton, even though he was apparently on Burton's side. Make's me glad that Jon was not a swing vote.

Posted by: Chandler Mike

quote:
Originally posted by zyzzx

Don't go so hard on Jon! :D Sure he's "Drunk Boy" but he's damn funny. I'd hate him if I was on the show but since I only see him from my living room he is hilarious. Who else would have the gall to show up to TC drunk? Amazing!

Sorry, he isn't even CLOSE to being funny...he's damn annoying :)

Mike

Posted by: jradosh

quote:
Originally posted by Chandler Mike
Sorry, he isn't even CLOSE to being funny...he's damn annoying :)

Mike

I'd say he was "close" to being funny. Like if he had fallen drunk into the fire... that would be funny. Or if had pissed himself in a drunken stupor... that would have been funny too.

But as he was... not funny.

J :D

Posted by: Chandler Mike

quote:
Originally posted by jradosh
I'd say he was "close" to being funny. Like if he had fallen drunk into the fire... that would be funny. Or if had pissed himself in a drunken stupor... that would have been funny too.

But as he was... not funny.

J :D

rotfl, yes...and I think someone we were watching it mentioned him falling in the fire...that WOULD be funny.

Mike

Posted by: TampaThunder

quote:
Originally posted by jradosh
I'd say he was "close" to being funny. Like if he had fallen drunk into the fire... that would be funny. Or if had pissed himself in a drunken stupor... that would have been funny too.

But as he was... not funny.

J :D

Now if he had pissed himself in a drunken stupor then sat on the fire to dry his pants off. . . . That would have been really funny.

As it is, he's just an annoying pooper shooter. :D

Posted by: TampaThunder

quote:
Originally posted by TreborPugly
I found it interesting that Shawn also voted for Burton, even though he was apparently on Burton's side. Make's me glad that Jon was not a swing vote.

I really think Rupert's the head of a very strong alliance that Burton and Michele were not a part of. After Burton approached Rupert about throwing the immunity challenge I can just see him telling everybody else that he had to go. Because Michele didn't vote the party line I think she's next to go when/if Drake ever loses another immunity challenge.

Posted by: loopey

quote:
Originally posted by TivoDaddy
Why hasn't anybody mentioned the way Christa talks. OMG, it's so grating with that up and down, whiny voice. Ahhhh!

No one's mentioned it because they started letting Darrah talk. :eek: oh my gosh I can barely understand what she says. I just want to bang my head against a wall when she starts talking. I hope she doesn't make it too far in the game and they limit the interviews they show with her.

But Christa does have an annoyingly deep nasal voice.

Posted by: Fleegle

quote:
Originally posted by loopey
No one's mentioned it because they started letting Darrah talk. :eek: oh my gosh I can barely understand what she says. I just want to bang my head against a wall when she starts talking. I hope she doesn't make it too far in the game and they limit the interviews they show with her.

But Christa does have an annoyingly deep nasal voice.

Same here. I really heard her for the first time last week and thought she was just tired or they got her at a bad time. Surely they couldn't have put someone on TV that talks like THAT!

She has a VERY deep, deep backwoodsy southern accent that's more nasally than a Boston accent. It sounds like a very lazy speaker than can't be bothered to use her diaphragm. She just pushes the words out of her lungs.

(Dammit, I need to stop talking to my speech therapist friend!)

Posted by: hookbillswife

I am not this best map reader in the world, but weren't those "fins" the morganites saw actually depicting strong waves? Which is exactly what they (eventually) found?

Posted by: David Platt

quote:
Originally posted by hookbillswife
I am not this best map reader in the world, but weren't those "fins" the morganites saw actually depicting strong waves? Which is exactly what they (eventually) found?

Oh, wow-- thinking back on it, I think you're right. That makes it so much funnier!

Posted by: hearth

I guess that this hasn't reached "common knowledge" yet (especially since it hasn't been revealed yet on the show), but "Jon" has a second job, on the weekends. He is an professional wrestler on the Indy (non-WWE) circuit. His "stage" name is "Johnny Fairplay". If you go back and watch the last 15 minutes of the show, you will hear him refer to himself as "Johnny Fairplay" several times, as well as make numerous pro wrestling references (Ric Flair, etc). If you notice, he likes to strut around making the "peace sign" with both hands, which was made famous by a couple of major pro wrestlers. He is strickly a small-time performer (the kind that wrestles in front of 500 people at the local high school), but this fact may explain alot of his behavior.

The question is, when/if will this fact be revealed on air...

Don

Posted by: pmyers

Did anybody else notice Drake tribe making coffee? That tribe really does have it together (well except for the whole throw-the-immunity-challange thing).

Posted by: chrisnorton

I still think Rupert will be one of the final three contestants. Unless after the merge everyone sees how strong, not just physically, he is, they might vote him off. Going to the other tribe before the merge will help him a lot. Although I don't like the guy, Jon did play Burton quite well. I think that might be Jon's only move, and he might have used it too early, but I hated Burton and it was fun to see the plan backfire.

Posted by: timr_42

quote:
Originally posted by hearth
I guess that this hasn't reached "common knowledge" yet (especially since it hasn't been revealed yet on the show), but "Jon" has a second job, on the weekends. He is an professional wrestler on the Indy (non-WWE) circuit. His "stage" name is "Johnny Fairplay". If you go back and watch the last 15 minutes of the show, you will hear him refer to himself as "Johnny Fairplay" several times, as well as make numerous pro wrestling references (Ric Flair, etc). If you notice, he likes to strut around making the "peace sign" with both hands, which was made famous by a couple of major pro wrestlers. He is strickly a small-time performer (the kind that wrestles in front of 500 people at the local high school), but this fact may explain alot of his behavior.

The question is, when/if will this fact be revealed on air...

Don

I wondered why I thought I heard him doing a Randy Savage impression.

Posted by: uncdrew

I just don't see Rupert winning.

Once they merge, he can't possibly win all the challenges. And when he loses one, the others will be smart enough to know that this may be their only opportunity to vote him off.

And you all saw Rupert trying to untie knots. He lost that "part" of the challenge, so there are things he can't do as well as some others. Not to mention I think he's going to have endurance issues soon.

Posted by: Fleegle

quote:
Originally posted by pmyers
Did anybody else notice Drake tribe making coffee? That tribe really does have it together (well except for the whole throw-the-immunity-challange thing).

The coffee was part of the buried treasure, wasn't it?

Posted by: pmyers

quote:
Originally posted by Fleegle
The coffee was part of the buried treasure, wasn't it?

I don't believe so. I think it was part of the stuff they originally bought.

Posted by: Frylock

quote:
Originally posted by uncdrew
I just don't see Rupert winning.

Once they merge, he can't possibly win all the challenges. And when he loses one, the others will be smart enough to know that this may be their only opportunity to vote him off.

And you all saw Rupert trying to untie knots. He lost that "part" of the challenge, so there are things he can't do as well as some others. Not to mention I think he's going to have endurance issues soon.

The man isn't Superman, that's for sure. He's good, but he can't win everything. I wonder if people won't want to kick him out though because he's so esential to their survival.

Posted by: pmyers

I was a little disappointed that Drake didn't make more clothes. If not for comfort then at least to rub it in to the other tribe.

Posted by: KRS

Wait, I knew Jon had posted on some messageboard about illicit drug use (SmokingGun - big bird did too apparently), but I did not know he was a wrestler. Wouldn't he get snapped in half like a twig....or is he a transgender wrestler like Andy Kaufman?

Posted by: DLiquid

quote:
Originally posted by KRS
Wait, I knew Jon had posted on some messageboard about illicit drug use (SmokingGun - big bird did too apparently)

I think that was actually Ryan S.

Posted by: loopey

quote:
Originally posted by KRS
Wouldn't he get snapped in half like a twig....or is he a transgender wrestler like Andy Kaufman?

You're talking like wrestling is real....

Posted by: KRS

Ah yes, Jon was only busted for DUI. Christia and Ryan S were the drug newsgroup chatters. Ryan O got busted for what sounds like driving on people's lawns in his pickup truck while drunk.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/hastiemain1.html

Posted by: hearth

Here is a link to a pro wrestling website that has a Pre-Survivor interview with "Johnny Fairplay".

http://www.belowthebeltshow.com/multimedia.htm

Here is a link to a page that has more info about his wrestling career:

http://powvideo.com/jondalton.html