Survivor - Fans vs. Favorites - Episode 5 discussion thread

[dr.strangelove]

Okay, while I think it was an insanely stupid move for Ozzy and Amanda to oust Joel at this point in teh game, Joel really did this to himself. Cirie is playign a great game, but if Joel had shown even a little bit of teamwork or tried to hide that he is only out there for himself and would go as far as to physically hurt someone who got in the way, he would stil be there.

The tribal mix up was an expected but nice twist. Ever since it first happened in Africa, it no longer has the impact it once did, but it is fun to see alliances scramble. That Ozzy and Amanda stayed together was great. Telling the others about the idol was a HUGE mistake. It never should have been said. Jason got a good deal, he wound up oin a better place. The new Airai tribe is a strong and smart tribe. I think they will do pretty well, but Jonathan is toast.

Joel killed himself by failing to use his head and just use his brawn in that first challenge. If he would havbe used his strength to his advantage, they could have caught Eliza and Parvati. His failure to recognize that it was a team event and not one where he could win by just draggign Chet was his failure. He should have used chet to teh best of hsi abilities, rather than try to do whatever he wanted.

Oh yeah, amanda just got ten times sexier to me. Any girl who can bring home a shark for breakfast is my kind of girl.
Cirie is playign this game like a champ, but she is not hiding it well enough, it will be her undoing. But she is really Really good at this game.

[Auggie]

1. I think it was smart to oust Joel

He's a disruptive force. And a bully. At the challenge he intended to hurt Chet.

Ozzie and Amanda will survive until the merge and pick-up the allignment with Parvati and James. Until then they have the others on their side.

Agree about the idol. WAY too early to play that card.

[dr.strangelove]

3. True

Thats why he had to go, but it will hurt his tribe without his strength until the merge.
If there is another challenge where there is carrying aheavy weight involved, they will be at a huge disadvantage.

Ozzie was a fool to brag about the idol. It will get around that he has it and he will be going down.

[Demit]

2. I loved that Joel's karma came back on him so fast. He seemed to get the irony, but he

couldn't seem to grasp how what was done to him was exactly what he had done to Mike B the previous week. Ego is truly a blinding thing. Still, it was tres stupid of the tribe to deliberately vote out a strong guy. Ozzy knows how worthless Chet is, calling him a waste of space, but between acquiescing to stealth manipulator Tracy (is that her name?) and bragging about finding the idol—well, it's a shame, I was starting to pull for him to win the whole thing, but he's proving he's not as good a thinker as he is a swimmer.

[Qanisqineq]

4. well, my Survivor pick left last week

Mikey. He looked good on paper!

That challenge where they were tied together -- ouch! Chet was dragged around and watching him hit his head gave me a headache. I really wish that guy would start to do something and not seem like such a wet noodle. Parvati's lip looked very painful after the challenge, too. And Jonathan's puncture wound -- dang, some challenges are rough!

Was Kathy really that naive to think Ozzy wasn't looking for the immunity idol? And while Ozzy's idea was great, his fake idol didn't look like much! Was it Yau-man that made a fake last time? I thought Ozzy was going to be screwed when the tribes were shuffled -- he left his immunity idol in a crevasse of a rock and if he didn't make it back to the same camp -- but he ended up at the same camp.

[dr.strangelove]

5. Mike was a good pick

Mikey did look good on paper, but he got played by an aggressive player. You always have to doubel check you alliance. He failed to do that. So he is gone.
Chet honestly deserves to go, he got lucky again, but he should step it up or they should vote him off. Then again, if you can carry him, he is an easy vote to keep with promises opf protection. Parvati looked funny with that fat lip, but I think Jonathan's puncture wound is goign to do him in. It looked bad and in those conditions, its gonna get infected. He was seen in teh previews talking to the medics again. I bet he goes out soon, whether he likes it or not. If he gets an infection, he is no valuable to teh tribe.
Kathy is a mystery, she seems smart when looking for votes, then she seems like an idiot when she trusts Ozzuy not to look for the idol. Ozzy did luck out that he went back tot eh same camp. His sad idol was no where near Yau-man's painted rock, but since he already told the rest of his crew that he has the idol, I bet it comes out this week anyway.

[qanda]

6. I can't believe I picked Chet to win it all

He really is a "big ball of goo"!

[dr.strangelove]

7. Yeah, chet was not a good pick

He looked good on paper, but he really just sort of gave up. How can he really be a fan.