Survivor - Worlds Apart discussion - Feb. 25th

Ditto everything jackie said. As soon as coconut vendor opened his mouth I called him Coach Jr. but he is already worse. And way too territorial on day 2! Speedo guy I liked on first impression but quickly changed my mind. I understand why they shut him down, he has very loud opinions. I cheered when Carolyn said she knew they were looking in the wrong place, and why, and when she found the HII. I thought the guy she told was going to sell her out but it looks like they are in cahoots after all.

I didn't recognize Will immediately, but as soon as he mentioned it, I knew who it was. I love that video!

      As usual Jackie said exactly what I was thinking so I agree with everything she said above

 I watched the cast videos about an hour before the show started and wrote down some names of people that might go far. This was BEFORE the first episode. Vince (coconut guy, feathers in his hair) was one of the names on my list. I thought he might go far because he said he'd been on his own since he was 16 or some young age like that and yet he'd managed to travel to 37 (or some high number) of countries and he was a life coach (so he knew what people needed to hear). Obviously that theory got blown straight out the window half way through the first episode. OMG! This guy is a weirdo who will not make it far at all. His clingy behaviour with the Sailing Instructor (what is her name?), "yes but were you attracted to him"? WTH kind of question is that on day one or two? And then forcing her into a hug! Ick. She didn't like it one bit either. 

The other name I had written down was Max who is the Survivor expert and former professor who taught a course on Survivor. He's in the white collar tribe. I did notice when Jeff was asking for a volunteer from each tribe or for a tribe to pick a leader Max's voice came on saying that in Survivor this is something you never want to volunteer for because it always comes back to bite you in the end. He was so right! He's the bearded guy. I'm not sure how he'll do socially, but he knows this game inside and out. Certainly better than So or Joachin (can't spell it) the two who volunteered and decided to lie about their choice did. Not sure how athletic he's going to be though or how he'll do socially. At least he knows what he has to do.

I also wrote down Joe's name who is on the No Collar team and I really like what I saw of him last night! I think he's got a really good chance of winning it all. As usual I make a prediction of who's going to win it all at the beginning and my prediction is Joe. He's got it all-he's the one who made the fire first. He's got looks for the girls, he's got charm and he's got athleticism.

I also think Hali might go far although we didn't see anything of her last night. She's on the No Collar tribe but she's in Law School-that means she's got brains, but it could be all book smarts too. We'll just have to see. She's also got looks that she can use to manipulate the men with.

Like Jackie said above it was interesting to see two tribes make fire and then the White Collar tribe struggle so much saying, "We hire people to make fire for us". Geez, Louise! You know you can't hire people out on the island-at least get your stuff together ahead of time and learn some fire making skills before you get there!

That's all I've got other than I was glad to see So go after the "I've made so many people cry who work under me" just like Jackie mentioned. That is NOT something to brag about. I too disliked her immensely after that comment. A good boss/manager doesn't resort to this kind of behaviour in order to manage the folks beneath him/her. Obviously she's never heard of the phrase, "you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar". Or that positive discipline will gain you better results than negative.

Debbie in MD.

I haven't watched Survivor for many years!! This one seemed great from the get-go, however, about an hour into it, I felt jaded enough by other reality shows to see signs of these people acting. I really hope that's not the case, but So in particular, seemed to be a really bad actress.

Good point Tiffanytwisted. I like Caroline too. When she revealed that she had the idol to whoever it was (I can't remember but I know it was a guy) I immediately thought, "What are you doing! Crazy move to trust someone, anyone this early in the game!" But upon further reflection I think that might have been what saved her at the first tribal council. She let him know that So and Joquin (I really have to learn how to spell his name) didn't have the idol since all of the rest of the tribe knew they lied about the beans and knew they'd gotten the clue. They'd already proven themselves untrustworthy to the other 4 and I'm sure had the targets on their backs.

 Personally I thought at first it was going to be the girl who messed up at the Immunity Challenge so badly with the puzzle-she lost that challenge for them. She should have tapped out much earlier and let someone else have a chance but she just stood there with only 2 pieces done for ages. Anyway, once I realized it wasn't going to be her going, and So was going around camp with Caroline's name I think what Caroline did with revealing that she had the idol made sense. Or she could have just kept her mouth shut and played the idol. That would probably have been a lot wiser because now with the idol she does have a target on her back.

Oh how I love this game! It has so many twists and turns and possibilities. I've watched every single episode since the first one-this season looks like it's going to be a great one. I'm so happy they didn't bring back all former players or half and half for their 30th season. All new players is my favorite option and I think Jeff and the Survivor executives are starting to realize that the fans prefer this too.

Debbie in MD.