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That Mama Kim Feeling Again!
'keeta:
I think Scout is still around, because she is not a threat. I think, after the merge, the guys might get tired of the granola lesbian and vote her off.
I agree on the hook. I think she meant to throw the challenge. Why didn't someone take the hook from her?
puddin:
?:) ?:)? :)* :()()
Car84:
Here's a rule change - something that the producers can do in order to take care of some useful business that the players are unwilling to do ...
Merge at 12. So, right about now, they're all one tribe. Immunity Challenges, for this week and for the next three weeks, are replaced with Elimination Challenges. Everyone but the two laggard weaklings gets immunity. A weak player gets sent home. The strong survive for a change.
It would be like taking the best part of Amazing Race and using it to make Survivor look less like The Weakest Link. Tell me, which of those two shows does a better job of producing worthy winners?
It would be an utter travesty if Scout wins. Though I can understand why she is still there, that understanding is hidden under layers of disbelief, obscured by every shred of straight-line reasoning I can muster, and shrouded by the murkiest mists of my worst nighmares.
I just can't contain myself. The producers will come up with some Immunity Challenge that will include some token role that ol' Scout can be assigned to do. Jeff: "Which one of you will take the role of cheering on everyone else?" (Car84 looks to see if a loose shoe is within reach.) "Okay, Scout it is!" (Car84 misses the TV and must watch Scout slip the noose again.)
Scout must go! It's imperative. It's a matter of my mental health and the well-being of my TV and the wall behind it. I want to see her in the mud again, or doing pull-ups, or dragging stumps, or pushing or lifting or throwing heavy things. (Same for Julie and Leann and Eliza and Amy, but for different reasons.)
I don't want to have to be consoled at around 8:45 p.m. Eastern on Thursday. The woman who is named after thousands upon thousands of dogs must go. For the love of Mark Burnett, she must go!
Car84:
Right church, wrong pew. Okay, Scout did pretty well with the slingshot in the Immunity Challenge. The blind squirrel found a nut.
But, previously, on Survivor ...
... was the Reward Challenge. I was pumped and primed to see Scout fumble and stumble and bumble her way through the obstacles with her precious payload of coconut juice. And then it happened. Instead of taking a turn, she immediately spilled her juice and went to the end of the line, leaving the others to win the challenge. And her tribe was fine with that.
Okay, there was the strategy in All Stars when one tribe "fell" off the course in order to put Rob C's ability to balance to maximum use. But in that case, otherwise useful players took strategic dives. Scout begged off because she could, and she would have hurt the team if she didn't find a way to sit this challenge out. She had the luxury of giving up - something that Chris or Eliza or Leann were denied when they faced a narrow beam, a muddy pig, or a series of dives. What a farce!
So then, everyone else, rewarded for their physical output enjoyed coffee and croissants with Scout, who was thoroughly worn out merely from the amount of energy it took to have the nerve to share in the spoils.
I'd feel a little better about this if Scout appeared to be in some sort of danger. But there are no banana peels in sight for her. I can only imagine what I'd say if I were in Scout's tribe. Suffice to say, it would be a rich mixture of good TV and bad manners.
Am I the only one who is put off by this?
puddin:
She sounds perfect to take to the final two .. ;) think Brian H. and Clay ..Thailand
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