November 2, 2006: Who You Calling a 'Nancy Boy'?
Clearly Candice is just a loving person. She loves Billy. She loves Adam. But she really loves peanut butter. Like,
loves peanut butter would make her declare, "I'm in love with everybody that I can see right now." I mean, it's only been 17 days. Maybe I just don't eat peanut butter that much, but I'm pretty sure that a two-week hiatus from it would not have me kissing on Flicka. And what's up with Brad? I'm sorry, but peanut butter and potatoes just don't go together. I don't care how forward-thinking you are.
OK, how badly did you feel for Rebecca and her
Tara Reid take on the reward challenge? "Pull your top down, baby!" I don't know who yelled that out, but I'm quite sure it wasn't Nate, who was just a-grinnin' at the whole scene. And
Jeff, who's always yelling something useful during the challenges, couldn't come up with a quick, "Rebecca, you're flashing your tribemates," in between play-by-plays?
Kidnapped at the last tribal council, Nate was made by Aitu to sit out the reward challenge against his own tribe. But I liked his sideline coaching for Raro. And why
did Brad pass on the swimming? Is he really, as Nate says, a "Nancy boy," and when was the last time you heard that phrase used in conversation?
Can we talk about Ozzy, or, as I call him, Aquaman? At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he started to communicate telepathically with dolphins. This guy is amazing in the water. It's ridiculous.
Adam had the funniest line of the night in describing his tribe's tendency to lose. "It's hard to soar like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys." You can't argue with that. While we're talking about Adam, did he search for the idol at all while on Exile Island, or did he just cower in his lean-to during the storm?
Over at Aitu, this week's immunity-challenge losers, I have to wonder at the validity of an alliance that is already discussing its own pecking order before that is even an issue. Poor Jonathan thinks he's in tight - at least until the final four - while they're all just waiting to cut him loose.
Kudos again to the producers for some interesting challenges. Liked the stairway build and the zip line and the tile-smash key-drop. But does everything have to end in a puzzle?
As you can tell, this week's episode has left me with a bunch of random thoughts. Flicka getting voted out was neither here nor there. She never really managed to make the impact on the game that her roller-derby background had us anticipating. She seemed nice, but, as Jonathan said, maybe she would have fit in better with another group of people.
One last thing. I'm no member of PETA, but I'm not that thrilled with all the animal killing happening this season. Fish I can understand. But this whole thing with Ozzy going to pee and coming back with dinner is getting a little much. How many animals need to die so one of these guys can win a million dollars? It's just a game, people. Can we let the animals be?
