That's Baked, Barbecued and Fried!
Given the fireworks of last week's show and the previews that promised a continuation of the Cirie/Jonathan showdown I have to say I was somewhat let down by tonight's follow-up. It was like going to see
Captain Ron, remember that movie with Martin Short and Kurt Russell? All the funny parts were in the trailer. It's the same situation here. We saw all the fireworks between the factions at the end of last week's show. That said, Jonathan still continues to amuse me with his penchant for busting into people's private strategy sessions. This week he followed Parvati and Eliza as Eliza was trying to position herself in the couples' alliance.
Lucky for Eliza, the favorites, divided as they are, certainly work well together during challenges. They won both reward and immunity and in the process earned three hens, one rooster and chicken feed. Ozzy, who was sent to Exile Island along with Kathy (on her third visit), returned to his tribe with the hidden immunity idol and no one was the wiser. Overall it was a good week for the favorites.
The Fans, however, have fallen apart so thank goodness "intuitive" Tracy is stepping up to lead this group. Seriously the last thing I expected to hear from Tracy was that she has 'the sight'. As master schemer of her three-person alliance she masterfully played Joel and got him to vote against Mikey B. instead of Chet. Much like Cirie, Tracy managed to eliminate a strong player and keep a much weaker one. Now she's on her way to having 'the numbers' and while all her younger, testosterone-driven tribe mates attempt to power their way to final tribal Tracy may just strategize herself to the same place. Let us recall that though she is not a guru, Tracy does have "feelings" about people.
Turning to Ozzy for a second: great athlete, lung capacity of a whale, team player. He worked those coconuts and led his team to victory. Taking a cue from Yau-Man he replaced the idol with a fake one. Yet somehow I'm a little disappointed that he was the one to find the idol. It's not like he
needs it. This man can take care of himself. Though he does have a point that his prowess makes him a target.
What's up with Kathy not wanting to search for the idol? Is she daft? I almost feel like Jeff when he gets mad at players who give up. Remember
Osten from
Pearl Islands? The big, healthy guy who quit the show because he feared he might catch pneumonia if he went into the water. He's permanently on talk-to-the-hand mode with Probst. If you're not even going to make a little effort to win Kathy there are plenty of people who would love be there in your place. You might say the same of Chet who makes me wonder if he even wants to be there. He mopes around the camp. He mopes around the challenges (when he's not sitting them out). Chet is so lucky that Tracy needs him because Jason has had it with the man.
"Please leave the island!" This is probably now one of my favorite quotes from the series, spoken with such passion by Jason as he cast his vote against Chet. Moments earlier Jason tread on Jeff's toes and delayed the voting merely to implore his tribe mates to recognize the importance of their pending vote meaning vote Chet out. Priceless. Jason's efforts were in vain though as poor "you have to give trust to earn trust" Mikey's torch was snuffed out instead. Will this turn of events cause an even bigger rift at Airai? Probably.
Here's the big question. As it stands now, Kathy on her multiple trips to Exile Island is the only fan who is getting to know the favorites. Do you want to see this fans/favorites split last the whole game or do you want the see them mix it up? And speaking of
Pearl Islands, wouldn't you have loved to have
Andrew Savage on this season as a favorite?
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