Survivor - Worlds Apart discussion - April 15 **SPOILERS!**

Mike played it last night for Will and found out it was a fake, that is why I don't get why Joe gave it to him.  It didn't change his vote and didn't protect him.  I just don't get it.

I was surprised too to find out that Joe's chest burns were from the pole challenge. Honestly, I just assumed it was from that last challenge where they had to go down that completely DRY wooden slide out in the water. That looked painful. And I still can't get over some of the images on that slide--particularly Will looking like a slug slowly slipping down it. I'm still chuckling in my head at Dalton's description of him.



I think Joe is the first to admit that his strategy wasn't the best. He was kicking himself over it at Ponderosa. I think that Joe is so damn likable, he's just used to people probably gravitating toward him, wanting to be his friend, etc., that he just assumed his social game would be good and people would want to align with him. And yeah, Joe himself regrets that he didn't wear the idol into TC. I think he believed that if he offered to give it to Mike, that it would buy him Mike's loyalty and that would help him last throughout the game. I don't think he expected Mike to out him and to then play it that night.



The idea of Jenn pretending to want to go home would be briliant--I think it would be a fantastic strategy which I would have to give her kudos for. But, I am almost certain that it wasn't an act and she DOES want to go home (not enough to actually quit and be in that hall of shame but she still wants to go home).



Someone mentioned the killing of the chicken. I forgot to talk about that. First, Jenn was obnoxious where the chickens were concerned. I totally understand getting attached to them--I would too--but she's ridiculous calling them "her" chickens and being mad that they killed them without asking her. But, as others have mentioned, I would be PISSED if I were the group that won the reward. That's pretty ballsy to kill the chickens while they are away. I would have rather at the chickens than all that chocolate. Although the cold drinks (even if they're drinks that don't typically go with chocolate) looked delicious. I think cold drinks is a BIG thing that I would crave while on the island. All they have to drink is tepid water. How wonderful would icy cold drinks taste out there?

Also, as far as product placement, I do have to laugh at that. But like Pjaye, I'm okay with it if pays the bills. We, as consumers, brought this on ourselves you know. TV shows pay the bills through advertising and DVRs have really lessened the impact of advertising. I know I generally record a show far enough in that I can fast forward through the commercials. If we aren't seeing their ads in commercials, they gotta get to us some other way.

I really like Shirin the most right now, but I know she will never win. I guess I COULD be okay with Mike (he's playing pretty hard and is generally not terribly offensive), Carolyn, or Tyler. I do not want Dan to win for sure. I also don't want Will to win. I can't stand Rodney, but he's also playing pretty hard and his impressions alone won him points from all of us.

Okay, my response to the spoilers


I just thought of something and wondered if any of you watched or heard about it. Did you know that Tyson and his girlfriend went on that Couples Boot Camp show? I lost a lot of respect for him when I saw that. That show seems so sleazy and dumb. It's one thing to challenge yourself physically and strategically on shows like Survivor, but to air your dirty relationship laundry for voyeuristic viewers is just creepy to me. I think I saw commercials that Jeff and Jordan from Big Brother are going to be on there next season. These are some people who are seriously addicted to being on reality TV (aka media whores). It's kind of sad. 

Yes to all of this!

Just tucking the fake idol in his pocket so there was a noticeable bulge and then leaving the string just peeking out would have been a better way to play that.

And yes, they needed some type of meal before all that chocolate.  However, since it's made in my town I'm all for product placement, lol.

I never really liked Shirin, but everyone else is really pissing me off, so she's becoming my favorite as well.

I said the same thing about the chicken.  It belonged to all of them, so why did they think it was OK to eat it w/out half of them?  Just wrong.  Can't believe that wasn't a huge issue, especially since they didn't get a real meal as reward.

And isn't it funny how Jen basically called Nina a crybaby when she accused her & Hali of shutting her out.  Who's the crybaby now?  Barf.

And Dan makes me want to barf, too.  Can't wait til he goes.  And I so wanted to like him.  Yuck.

Rodney's impressions were hilarious!  Made me like him just a little bit more.

I'd heard rumors about this twist and I'm a little surprised they didn't keep it under wraps until the show Wednesday. I'd love to see Jenn or Shirin win the advantage and shake up things a bit.