Survivor Samoa - Episode 4

[dr.strangelove]

Sorry this is late again. I did not watch it until Sunday night.
Interesting way to start off the episode. Jaison thinks Survivor was the worst decision he ever made? Thats not good. That usually leads into a playing quiting or being miserable. Of course SociopathicRuss thinks Jaison's mental breakdown plays into his favor, but if Jaison goes, that tribe is doomed.

I liked the Probstless challenge. What was he too busy on the internet to be there. It was fun to see them run for the chickens, but that will get old quick. I hope they never do that again. Props to Dave for the best thrown ball of the day. It was perfect.
Also, while I still like Shambo, she is an idiot. She goes to Foa Foa and complains about the youngings on her tribe,m then hands one of them what he needs to find the idol. What an idiot. Eric is going to drop Shambo in a second. I thought for sure her bone headed move of losing a chicken was going to doom her.

The IC was pretty dull. I liked the rope bridge, but stacking blocks at week 4, come on Brunet, this is grade school survivor. I want something HARD. Monica did shoot herself in the foot when she messed up the bridge, but I also have to give SociopathicRuss credit for FLYING over that bridge. He is amazing at the challenges. I also liked how he laid it out for Natalie that he can use her and she was game for it. She better not give him too much rope. He won;t hang himself, he'll hang her.

I was kind of torn on voting out the weak Monica or the annoying but insanely strong Yasmin. Yasmin was annoying with the coconut, and does not try to hide that she is lazy at camp. The other Russell stepped up into his leader role and put down the law on voting out Monica. I wonder if that will come back to bite him in the ass.

Tribal Council was fun. Yasmin got called out on her lazy camp life. IMO it was a good call in the end to vote her out.

[romana]

1. Episode 4

Players like Yasmin who flaunt their value in physical challenges by being lazy at camp annoy the hell out of me, so I was glad to see her go. Everyone knows that being useful in camp is one way weaker players manage to stick around longer than they would otherwise, but it's to no one's benefit to rub someone's nose in it the way Yasmin rubbed Shambo's nose.

That said, I honestly think Shambo gets the award for stupidest Survivor player ever. OK, maybe the lady who didn't know what a pace was (was that just last season? They're starting to run together for me), but Shambo is certainly pretty high up there. She breaks a piece of fishing gear, lets a chicken loose, and then essentially gives away an immunity idol. What the hell was she thinking? Was she even thinking at all? If her tribe loses another immunity challenge, I predict she's gone.

Block piling? I'm with you, Strangelove, that was dumb and boring to watch. Is Burnett running out of ideas for challenges?

So far, SociopathicRuss is definitely fun to watch. I predict Jaison is going to self-destruct, if he hasn't already, but SPR would do well to keep Jaison around as long as he can to help with physical challenges. It'll be fun to watch SPR once the merge happens. It'll depend on the numbers game after that, but watching him strategize and manipulate should be entertaining.

[murielm99]

2. After the merge, SPR could be in trouble, if

he is still there.

I think there are some smart players on the other team that we have not begun to see yet.

Jaison? I hope he is not a quitter. I hope he is just venting. I was almost, but not quite ready to write him off because of his quitter's attitude in ep. 4.

I am still enjoying this.

[dr.strangelove]

4. I hope you are right about Jaison

I like him and want him to stick around.

[dr.strangelove]

3. Sandy takes the cake

She was just plain old dumb. Whats a pace? That was just hysterical. The clue said to look for the lone palm tree and she was not looking for an individual palm tree but a type of tree called a "Loanpalm Tree." She actually said, "we've got elms, maples and oaks back home, what does a loanpalm look like."

She still is queen on the dumbest survivors. I also agree on watching SPR after the merge. Thats gonna be fun.