February 22, 2007: Slip-sliding Away
OK, so we had a little action this week. And by little I mean watching Michelle make fire with her glasses. At least we had two challenges instead of the combo immuno-reward thing the show had been sporting for the past weeks. Regardless, Ravu lost both, but still it was entertaining. Perhaps because there were no puzzles to solve. The reward challenge involved grown men and women throwing themselves, face-forward, down a slick mat and then tossing a ball into a basket. Simple? Sure. Enjoyable? You bet. It's not often that you see a person actually try to swim on land and kudos to Sylvia for that brave effort. Yau-Man versus Dre at the net (thank god we're not calling him Dreamz anymore) was unexpectedly nail-biting. The Rita/Cassandra face-off was exciting, but can we please get these ladies some support? You know what I mean. Would it kill
Victoria's Secret to sponsor the show and give some of these women
Survivor's first underwire buffs?
On to the torturous immunity challenge. Yes, it was a food challenge. Since we've gone a few seasons without one, my initial thought was: oh nice, Ravu will get to chow down on some hot dogs and burgers.... They'll have this in the bag over Moto. Blah blah blah.
No-no.
Let me be clear, there is nothing that I hate more on
Survivor than the food challenge. On the menu: raw clams, octopus tentacles, peanut worms, sea cucumbers, fish eyes and hirsute pig snouts. Granted, there have been worse selections in past seasons some of them still writhing. Like Anthony, I would have "no spit to swallow" any of those delectables. It says a lot that the starving tribe did not win the challenge. Seriously, if I want to see that mess I'll watch
Fear Factor.
Speaking of fear, I felt some for Gary when he was having labored breathing, but when he uttered that he didn't want to die in Fiji, I almost lost it. Poor guy. But not for nothing, his pain got us another visit from the
Survivor doctor though this time I was checking to see if he was high instead of if he had dimples. Is that wrong of me?
It's probably just as wrong for me to be enthralled by Rocky. It could be residuals from a childhood crush on Stallone, but it cracks me up how Rocky is ready to get into it with anybody and everybody. With this latest exchange of words between him and Boo, that makes two Moto members he's fought with. Any takers on a third?
Now tell me this, did Earl search at all for the idol? Did he even notice Sylvia digging? Two people know the idol is at camp. If you're one of them and you see the other one digging, are you not going to sniff around their hole? I'm just saying. Anyway, Sylvia bought it at tribal. I felt bad for her because let's face it, she got shafted during her weeklong stay on the show: two stints on Exile Island, her tribe hated her, and she didn't get to live in the chateau she built. She just had no luck. Maybe it was for the best that she left sooner rather than later.
Next week, we'll see if Rita's lone vote for Earl has any consequences. Until then, keep the faith. The show has got to get better, right?
