Running The Show

So long...

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...Dawn and Whitney. Both are heading to Redemption Island to face off against Ozzy, who dispatched Jim and Keith in their challenge. Ozzy after winning, pretty much told the rest of the players he is in the best position because he won't have to deal with the politics of the game and can get fat on the food HE catches. This implies that he will starve anyone that ends up at Redemption Island and not to expect any food from him. That's exactly what I would do. Why feed your potential threat?

As for the rest of the tribe members, they all talk a good game about making big moves. But when it comes down to actually pulling the trigger, none of them have any balls whatsoever. Why are they content with their position in the game? Make your move people! Sheesh!! Stop living in fear of Coach. He's not that good of a player. Far from it actually.

How stupid are these players? You don't have to look any further than Brandon when he voted off Dawn, he spelled it "Don". Gawd, you really ARE a Hantz. Idiot.

A Closer Look (The Recap Episode)



I never look forward to the Recap episodes because it's just a reminder that I have to wait another long week to pick up where we left off in the game. Just like all the other Recap episodes, it's a look back at the first 24 days as we get behind the scenes stuff that was cut from the original broadcast. This is the time they usually start to promote the players still left in the game and give us insight into possible moves and alliances that are forthcoming.

Even though nothing new came out of this, my opinion of Brandon has not changed at all. He is still an idiot of epic proportions. My guess is that before he came on the show, Uncle Russell pulled him aside and told him that if he wants to assure of himself the opportunity to keep coming back on to the show to make yourself the biggest ass possible. You do that, people will remember you and the producers will gladly ask you back time and again.

Cochran's imitation of Keith at the end of the episode was AWESOME!!!!

Cult Like

So long...

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...Cochran. He's heading to Redemption Island to do battle with Ozzy, who sent both Dawn and Whitney home during the challenge. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Getting back to Cochran and his closing statement, complaining about how the tribe "used" him. That's funny if you really think about it. He wasn't used in the slightest. He had every intention of flipping to the other side to better his postion. He just chose the wrong time to do it. You alienate your original tribe and the new tribe will never get past the fact that you sold out the original tribe, even if that new tribe benefited from it. You can't be trusted, so why would they keep YOU over the 5-strong alliance? You're not the genius you claim to be and you know very little about the game you profess to "know" inside and out.

Now, we move to Brandon. He is full of sh it. I'm not buying anything he sells and the fact that he keeps using tears to garner sympathy tells me he is either emotionally f ucked up or a master manipulator. And his own tribe said that he was too dumb a player to be that. Either way, I can't stand him and I want him gone asap.

So long...

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Edna

...Edna, who is heading off to face Ozzy at Redemption Island. Maybe Ozzy was right all along in saying that going to Redemption Island was the best move he could have made given that all he has to do is just keep his own camp, feed himself and just prepare for his challenges. He doesn't have to worry about maneuvering other players. He can just let everyone else stab each other in the back. If he gets to the final 3, he could easily win it all because he wouldn't have thrown anyone under the bus to get there, which will get him plenty of goodwill votes. Props to the editors of the show on some pretty crafty editing. They even had me believing for a second that Cochran was actually going to beat Ozzy in the challenge.

Cochran

Apparently the d ick doesn't fall far from the tree. Seeing Brandon's dad on the show, it was chilling to see how much he and his brother Russell are alike. That entire family is a pack of ass-holes. I hate them all. Brandon is the worst because he is the biggest hypocrite of all time.

Daddy Dick and Brandon Dumb-phuck

So long...

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Brandon

...Brandon. In his own words...'Thank God'. I for one don't think for one second he is a religious person at all. I think he uses God and religion for selfish reasons. His actions speak opposite of what he preaches. I can't tell you how happy I am that he is now off to face Ozzy at Redemption Island, who once again barely escaped elimination. I truly thought that Edna had beat him.

Edna

The stupidity award goes to...Brandon. Shocking. Not. The guy is just DUMB. Who gives up their Immunity Necklace at Tribal Council? Clearly he doesn't know his math because if he did, he would have been able to count as high as 3 to see what the odds were in who was staying and who was going. Once a Hantz, always a Hantz. I don't care who the 3rd person is in the finale 3 is, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be Ozzy and Coach at the request of Coach himself. He wants to win against the biggest competition out there and see exactly who the better player is of the two. The 3rd person most likely will be Albert given that he is hated by most...outside of Brandon of course. That final 3 will only happen if anyone of those players wins immunity.

So long...

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Brandon

...Brandon. You are extremely lucky to have gotten as far as you did. You have no skills whatsoever physically or socially. I'm sure you will be disowned by Uncle Russell when this all plays out. As for Ozzy, I had no doubt that he would beat you in the final Redemption Island Challenge. All that was left was to compete in the next Individual Immunity Challenge. It was no shock when Ozzy won that as well, which made Rick the odd man out for whatever reason.

Rick

But leave it up to Sophie of all people to win the next Individual Immunity Challenge and send the mighty Ozzy home. I knew that once she had the Immunity Necklace around her neck, she had the game won to go along with the million dollar prize. Or does she?

Ozzy

The final Tribal Council was pretty interesting, not so much in the questions that were being asked, but in the complete surrender of Coach. He talks a good game, albeit a very flawed one, and yet in the final moments, you couldn't even get him to fight for his life. He just shut down and conceded defeat. How could he not when everyone kept throwing the word "Loyalty" in his face? That word is hollow to him and the rest of the jury. Ha. Bite you in the ass much?

The Final Three

The winner is...

Sophie

I'm really at a loss for words in who should have won. I guess she was the lesser of 3 evils. I think if I were on the Jury I would have voted for Coach.

This Reunion Show had one thing going for it that none of the previous Reunion Shows had: Brandon Vs Russell. It was half way through this season that I began thinking of what the confrontation between these two would be like and it's exactly how I thought it would play out on national TV. Russell is very ego-driven and takes pride in being a dick. So, I knew that Brandon's way of playing would surely rub Russell the wrong way. Jeff Probst made a off-handed joke about what the next season should have both battling it out against each other. I already thought of this scenario mid-way and I'm pretty sure so did the suits behind Survivor. Mark my words, this one is coming sooner than you think. I have my money it it being put together for Season 25.

Ozzy won the Fan Favorite Award which netted him a cool 100K. Not bad for coming in 4th place. Cochran was the most entertaining of the bunch in the Reunion Show and more articulate than he ever was on the Island. And Sophie got her check live, which was a first since they usually do that the next morning on The Early Show. I stopped tuning in for the check presentation about 5 years ago and I'm guessing so did a lot of other people. So why not just do it here.

All in all, this was one of the better seasons in it's long run. If the final 3 would have been better represented, it would have gotten a higher rating. So, I give...