All brains and no brawn makes the Heroes very vulnerable...
We're
now five episodes into the season, and the Villains have managed to
jump out to an astounding 4-1 lead in immunity challenges. I never
would've seen this coming, considering that the Heroes tribe contains
some of the best physical contestants the game has ever seen and, well,
all of the Villain men combined are smaller than James. In the game of
Survivor, however, brains tend to trump brawn, and the Villains clearly
have more between the ears than their opponents. It seems that no
matter how large of a lead the Heroes may have, when it comes time to do
the puzzle portion of the challenge, the Villains always manage to
catch up. I would bet the house that the next immunity challenge
involves some combination of rolling boulders, sledge hammering cinder
blocks, and the shotput. There's no way the producers want to see a
lop-sided 9-5 advantage for the Villains.
Quick Note: How ridiculous was Colby's "I don't want
chocolate! I'm focused. Let's start the challenge!" act? Colby =
tool. I've been saying it for the past decade, and finally, he's
managed to go so far over the top with this "good guy" routine, that
America can't help but notice that fact. America, you are noticing
this, right? I feel vindicated.
This week wasn't the most strategic, so I'll keep this blog post
short. Really, the only big question raised was whether JT would flip
back to Amanda/James/Rupert after flipping on them for Tom/Colby who he
had earlier flipped on by voting of Stephenie. Thankfully for my
"pick", Amanda, he proved yet again that he is completely
untrustworthy.
JT really kills me. Just two weeks ago I wrote about how he was in
prime position to take over the game. Then he made the dumb move to
take out Cirie, completely outing himself as a lying weasel and
crippling his position in the game. If I had to pick the one person
with NO chance to win this game right now, it's JT. Who's voting for
him now that he's lied to everyone and already has a million dollars?
That's how bad of a move taking out Cirie was.
JT's logic was that Cirie couldn't be trusted after the merge.
Let's think about this... JT could be sitting with his reputation
intact, potentially with a hidden immunity idol that he suckered from
Tom, and have a tribe consisting of James, Rupert, Amanda, Candice, and
Cirie. Instead, everyone can't stand him, he has no idol, and he's on a
tribe with James, Rupert, Amanda, Candice, and Colby. My question is
this: Is Colby so much more trustworthy after the merge than Cirire,
that it was worth sacrificing your reputation and possibly the immunity
idol?
Not. A. Chance.
If Colby's still kicking at the merge, you
can rest assured that he'll be making a deal with the devils. Cirie may
have stuck with Candice, Amanda, and James. Colby is flipping, no
doubt. The Heroes have made it quite clear that he's not a part of their
alliance, but there will certainly be some Villains using his vote to
swing the game. In all honesty, if Colby can survive to the merge (and
it's doubtful), he may be in the best position of all his tribe mates.
The dude is a free vote.
Before I wrap up, let me just say that I'm glad Russell found
that idol. After all, he put a major target on his back by looking for
it, and it would've been a shame to see him picked off so easily. I'm
also glad because it means we're about to see perhaps the greatest
Survivor showdown in history: Boston Rob vs. Russell.
I've always felt bitter that the producers pulled out a gimmicky
"three person final" in Cook Islands and robbed us all of watching Ozzy
and Yul go head to head in the final immunity challenge. Yes, whoever
won would've taken Becky to the final and cleaned up, but I would've
glady dealt with an obvious and boring final tribal council to witness
that epic battle. Yet, while Ozzy/Yul would've been a classic physical
contest, what's about to unfold between Boston Rob and Russell will
clearly take things to a whole other level. These are two of the
sneakiest, dirtiest, strongest personalities to ever play the game, and
they are dead-set on taking each other out.
By my count, Rob has Jeri and Sandra in his pocket. Russell has
Parvati and Coach. (Loved King Russell knighting the Dragon Slayer, by
the way!) That leaves three votes to settle the score - Tyson, Danielle,
and Courtney. I couldn't begin to tell you which way those three will
vote, but I will tell you one thing - Russell has the idol, and that's a
HUGE advantage. With the idol, he doesn't even need the numbers to
take Rob out. And once he does, then King Russell will rule the island
once again!
...Until the Black Queen Parvati chops off his head!
