November 23, 2006: "If I Flip Again..."
I hate to say I told you sobut Nate perhaps you should have worn your glasses to tribal because you should have seen your ouster coming. Though it is clear from your parting words
Jonathan you can kiss my ass. You're a dirty, stanky, whack, fruitcake who sold me out, who sold out our tribe when we brought you in. You trading bastard. So kiss my ass Jonathan that you were somewhat surprised and upset. On the other hand I don't know if anything could have saved Nate. His strategizing has been off for the whole season and he never saw how out there he was so it really was just a matter of time.
Tonight's show was nowhere near as exciting as last week's but it does rate up there as one of the season's best episodes. For the most part it was all about strategizing and deciding on the best move. They teased us a lot about the personal immunity idol. I expected that the idol would finally be used this week but, alas, Yul managed to stage a coup with only the mere threat of a weapon of mass destruction. Sound familiar?
Kudos to Yul not Yuehl, nor Yule or whatever other combination of letters these people can come up with to spell his name for managing to break the Raro contingency and get Jonathan back on his side! As Sundra said, the Aitu Four are strong. Raro continues to underestimate them and as such, their numbers also continue to dwindle.
So yeah, Aitu won immunity. Again. This was a tough one and I was on edge watching it, hoping and praying for anyone from Aitu to win. That Candice showed some strength on the pole but she's no Ozzy. He deservedly won the first individual immunity because he is amazing. I don't even think he got a blister. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention there was a merge and the new tribe is called Aitutonga. I wonder though if Aitu's sequence off the pole gave us a look into their future should they all make final four. First down was Sundra, followed by Becky, Yul and Ozzy. I'm just musing here so let's be clear that I have no idea who is going to win Survivor. No idea. I do not know. Okay?
Jonathan, who I have been on the fence about all season, has put himself into quite the position. I don't think I've ever seen any Survivor player betray everyone on the island as blatantly as he has and still live to tell the story. I kind of like it. He may not be outwitting or outplaying the others but he is certainly outlasting them. He's got to know that he will be the first man out at Aitu but then again he was next to go at Raro so, what the hell, why not make a play? Jonathan could really stab Yul in the back now if he tells Raro who has the idol though I wonder if they'll take anything he says to heart. However, with the canoodling going on between Adam and Candice, I could see Parvati waffling since she's clearly the next person on the chopping block.
No bones about it, Aitutonga is a tribe in name only. The lines are clearly drawn and Jonathan is the swing vote that doesn't really matter any more. I can't wait for next week. Though given that it was Thanksgiving, I could have waited a week for this episode. Again, I'm just saying. Anyway, I hope you all had a great holiday and in case you were wondering, yes that was me you saw at the store at five a.m. this morning!
