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[TWoP Pembleton]

Following the first elimination of the season, Brandon targets Dawn as the leader of what he sees as an unsuitable vote and matchless teamwork and disorganization from one tribe leaves little room for competition during a tiered Immunity Challenge.

[jsm1125]

It seemed like the Brandon and Phillip Show on the Favorites tribe, a theme which I am not looking forward to.

[rphnick]

What a crappy season so far. The "Crazy Train" promos were completely spot on!

[cooksdelight]

This is definitely the season of the Island of Cray Cray. Phillip, Brandon, Shamu .... all out of their minds. There was one brief moment when Phillip made some sense, when he hesitated to give Brandon a pat on the head, but then he went off on the whole CEO of the island thing. Poor Malcolm. He must think he's been dropped into a time warp.

Reynold should have hidden that thing someplace where no one could find it, like his personal bag or something. Or between his crack. He smugly put it in his pocket, then *poof* his cuddle bunny is gone.

Things are going to get crazy now. Crazier than the crazy that it is, that is.

[enlightenedbum]

What have we learned?

1) Casting mentally ill people is a bad idea.
2) 6 > 4, something no one on this show ever learns.
3) The show sure loves casting black dudes and editing them as lazy.
4) Laura might be a player, I thought that was relatively smoothly handled, though she was overly coy.
5) Phillip is still ridiculous.
6) Producers still suck at hiding idols.
7) The favorite women would kick the shit out of the fan women.
8) Malcolm is still pretty awesome.

Other thoughts: dudes, you cast like 2 likeable people (Malcolm/Andrea) and a couple moderately likeable if dumb and or not hard enough for this game (Dawn/Brenda/Erik) people on the favorite tribe. Please give them air time instead of the assholes and whack jobs. Hell, I'd take more Corinne or Cochran over Phillip and Brandon.

[sienna gold]

Apparently Sandra Bullock is playing this game.
Don't worry, Allie. You can play Fans vs. Favourites 3.

I am very surprised that Shamar survived. He totally utterly bugs me. I do not understand, (and if I have to go all the way back to Survivor 1 and blame this on Gervase and Ramona (even though she was sick) for doing the whole "lazy black thing"), why he (and anyone else) who come on the show, just stay there, lie down, and go "I'm conserving energy." and then when it is go time - they suck.

Be USEFUL. If you're not going to be useful, don't be antagonistic.

I also can't stop giggling at Stealth R us because I keep remembering how he, Rob and Grant would just say it in staccato. Also, It looks like everyone (Minus Malcolm) is having fun with it. Which I think is the point.

Edited by sienna gold, Feb 20, 2013 @ 9:06 PM.

[Haleth]

One good thing about this season, it's a win-win no matter who gets the boot. They are all pretty much insufferable.

I do kind of like Sherri(?) and Michael(?). I think those are their names.

Edited by Haleth, Feb 20, 2013 @ 9:06 PM.

[cooksdelight]

Sherri is running the show on the fans side. Too bad the pretty people haven't figured that out yet. :)

She just needs to explain it slowly to the two doofus guys that keeping Shamu around is good for getting them farther along in the game.

Edited by cooksdelight, Feb 20, 2013 @ 9:08 PM.

[Lantern7]

Bad episode, could've been worse. If Shamar had been booted out of Gota, Philip would've been the only African-American left in the game. That would have been wrong on many levels.

I want to root for Shamar . . . at least until I saw the teaser for next week. I can see why he can be a pain in the ass, but he's trying to play the long game. Come in at 300 lbs, conserve energy for challenges, burn out the blubber over the weeks. Shit, he wasn't one of the Gota gals that couldn't get the rings quickly enough. And then there's Reynold, who might have well have "ENORMOUS ASSHOLE" stamped on his forehead. He has an entitled vibe, he goes idol-hunting solo (which is supposed to be taboo), he doesn't know how to hide the idol, he whines about how Gota can't have an "idol party" (IIRC) when he gets exposed . . . and his name is fucking "Reynold." Then again, if Shamar's temper tantrum in the teaser is that bad, maybe I'll write them both off.

Meanwhile, Bikal is still a cesspool of suck. As much as I think Brandon is a time bomb, he was right about Dawn and the majority fucking Francesca over, and I thought Dawn was being a martyr over things. I don't think Brandon is a sociopath so much as he needs counseling, medication, and at least one thousand miles from the nearest Hantz. Shit, he can see through Philip's massive piles of bullshit. He's probably someone that can just talk a big game . . . and he can memorize YouTube memes.

How upset am I that Bikal won and Philip got the winning ring toss? Very. I'm agnostic, and while I don't begrudge people their beliefs in a higher power, I have to roll my eyes at Philip worshiping at the altar of St. Rob. Once again: Rob Mariano? Highly overrated. He was not Jesus, Philip is not an apostle. Thanks to Bikal not jettisoning Mr. Section Eight, we get a repeat of "Stealth R Us," and new code names for Bikal members. Oh, joy. If the remaining seventeen players see him as F3-worthy, I am going to be upset.

And seriously, Survivor? Ring toss?

Edited by Lantern7, Feb 20, 2013 @ 9:10 PM.

[KimberStormer]

I was certainly rooting against the "Pretty People", but I'm afraid I'm still enough of a softie to feel bad for Allie.

I had some hope that Laura was a player from her interviews, but I didn't want to say anything until we saw her in action. I thought she and Sherri were both in pretty good form tonight. I'd rather they run the game than bald glasses dude.

Lazy Black Man, Angry Black Man, Crazy Black Man, and then "Black Men Can't Swim" in the commercial for Amazing Race. Covered all the racist bases there, CBS. I agree, I want little or no Brandon/Phillip, lots more Malcolm, Andrea, Brenda, Erik.

It looks like Cochran is not alone--everyone looked pretty sunburned out there. Julia's face looked pretty painful.

[enlightenedbum]

Racist Bas(s)es seems like it would be an excellent name for an ironic southern rock band.

[callietwo]

As a woman of a certain age, I thought Dawn's checkered top (bathing suit?) was adorable!

Some of these women are scary thin already, I can't even imagine them lasting to the very end and still have their health.

3) The show sure loves casting black dudes and editing them as lazy.

In Shamar's case, it actually happens to be true, at least on the island- per his own words. He admitted that he spent over 19 hours out of 24 in the hut while everyone else was trying to keep the fire going, cooking, etc. But he didn't need to be anything but lazy, as evidenced by the jury vote; he knew he was safe so it didn't matter. He didn't even bother to break a sweat.

[ICGS]

Last week, Laura struck me as being someone to watch with her first comment about how she was watching people and observing, and she proved that even moreso tonight. I'm keeping my eye on her for sure.

[cooksdelight]

Cochran had a long sleeve shirt on, at least. I bought my dad some long sleeve shirts for working outside that contain sunscreen properties. Who knew someone made such a thing? I noticed Shamu, I think, with something over his head when they were standing there waiting for Jeff to give them instructions. He and Phillip run the risk of having a bad head burn with no hats.

[MKX]

Horrible episode. Half the "favorites" didn't even get any airtime.

[jsm1125]

I also noticed that Corinne, Brenda, Erik, and Andrea did not have a single confessional tonight. Even Malcolm only had one. This is going to be a long season if this pattern continues. Though I recall the Micronesia season starting out slowly as well, so I still hold out hope for Caramoan.

[braggtastic]

Apparently Sandra Bullock is playing this game.

Or someone who had plastic surgery to look like Sandra Bullock (but continues to bleach her hair).

[enlightenedbum]

In Shamar's case, it actually happens to be true, at least on the island- per his own words. He admitted that he spent over 19 hours out of 24 in the hut while everyone else was trying to keep the fire going, cooking, etc. But he didn't need to be anything but lazy, as evidenced by the jury vote; he knew he was safe so it didn't matter. He didn't even bother to break a sweat.

From pretty much everything I've read/heard about the experience, there really isn't THAT much shit to do and that the biggest problem is fighting boredom. A relatively efficient five hours probably would do it.

[LanceM]

And the favorites that did get airtime are the ones nobody wants to see.

[katesus7]

I thought it was a fun episode. I've accepted that "characters" like Phil and Brandon are going to keep being shoved down my throat. As long as the others on their tribe roll their eyes and acknowledge the stupidity of it all, I can happily do the same. These two will never win, so whatever. Malcolm was at his cutest tonight!

That TC was great. Glad the cool kids table got broken up early. I'm loving Sherri, and Laura came out of nowhere to be totally awesome. I want to like Shamar, and there are still times I do like Shamar, but there are way more times I just want to smack him.

Still too little of fleshing out who many of these people are. But hey, two episodes in and I don't yet feel the need to kill Corinne. So that's something.

[mojoween]

Meanwhile, Bikal is still a cesspool of suck. As much as I think Brandon is a time bomb, he was right about Dawn and the majority fucking Francesca over, and I thought Dawn was being a martyr over things.

I could not agree more. Dawn should NOT have poked the crazy the minute they got back from Tribal. Honestly. What did she expect him to say? And if I was supposed to be moved by her boo-hooing...well I was not.

"I've been waiting to play this game for half my life." Sigh.

Not much likability spread around the island. But damn if the cameramen aren't having a ball. The scenery is most gorgeous and I loved that cat...was it an ocelot?

[susannot]

The last 3 posts were superb. I agree that Sherri is running things and I like her, except that she appears to be the victim of excessive plastic surgery. Where is she from? She looks like one of the Real Housewives of CBS. Is it CBS that is so blatantly racist, or is it Mark Burnett?

[cooksdelight]

Even the critter with the big brown eyes was laughing at Phillip when he was making his speech. The cat was in a tree looking down sadly at Dawn when she was crying, like a mother wanting to console a cub. Love the animals this season, makes up for the other stupid crazy stuff.

[JudyObscure]

What a shame they can't have a double eviction night for both tribes. I would love to see Reynold and Shamar walk the trail of shame together. Reynold because he's a conceited idiot and Shamar because he has every social habit I hate -- talking over people, repeating everything three times, not doing his fair share, shouting shut-up at people. Also Shamar, this isn't The Biggest Loser, no one cares how much you weigh, how many calories you've had today, or whether you're conserving energy.

For the favorites I would like to see Brandon and Dawn walk off together. I used to have some sympathy for Brandon back when he seemed to be at least trying to be a good guy but now that's over and he's just weird and "revengful." Dawn is just like she always was, constantly crying because while she is the nicest person in the whole wide world, some others are not.

[Lantern7]

"I've been waiting to play this game for half my life." Sigh.

I know, right? It's more about me seeing the game since the first season (I did jump in late) rather than Allie making it a lifelong quest.

The scenery is most gorgeous and I loved that cat...was it an ocelot?

Babou???

But hey, two episodes in and I don't yet feel the need to kill Corinne. So that's something.

I'm still rooting for Burnett to ship Sugar in for a day, just to stomp the shit out of Corrine.

Quick impression of Brandon and Cochran while they talked with Philip: "Don't look at his dick, don't look at his dick, don't look at his dick . . ."

[cooksdelight]

Quick impression of Brandon and Cochran while they talked with Philip: "Don't look at his dick, don't look at his dick, don't look at his dick . . ."

Or the major crotch shot we were forced to look at when Shamu was lying in the shelter yelling at Reynold. The one time I wished I didn't have HD TV.

[Unconditional]

I thought it was mildly amusing that the Hantz runt claimed "he's a honey badger" when the sad piece of human garbage cares way more about meaningless things than the average drama whore could ever pretend to. I'll never understand why CBS continues to put this loser family on their shows season after season after season.

I like Dawn, I don't understand why she burst into tears at the start of this season similar to how she began South Pacific. What's more is that she played with Brandon, you'd think she'd be immune to this nonsense by now. I was surprised that Cochran nailed Brandon's personality defects perfectly, and it was even more surprising that Philip picked up on the situation as well. I think it's evidence that most of the "favorites" spent a lot of time analyzing the recent seasons, especially their own, to learn how to manage the players they could have potentially been playing with.

I like how this "favorites" tribe is not super-loaded with challenge ability like FvF's cast of favorites was. Malcolm, Andrea, Dawn, and Erik are the only people on this tribe that stood out as being versatile in challenges, the rest of these people were either decent or horrible in their first seasons.

Though they likely won't need challenge prowess to dump this group of fans. At least they're mildly entertaining, especially when Shamar channels Sherea from China hardcore.

[awaken]

Philip is being edited as so much more likable this time! (so far) He was actually enjoyable to watch. Love the "Stealth R Us" show!

Why did Allie wear her buff on top of her hair, like she had a bandage on a head wound?

I'm having a hard time distinguishing the Fans tribe. Several of the girls are difficult to tell apart! I think Allie and ?Laura look really similar- oh well, I guess that will improve after this week, with one blonde voted off.

Shamar, ugh. It was so obvious that he was NOT going to get voted off this week since they talked about it the entire episode, so I rightfully did not get my hopes up! Cannot be gone soon enough for me! It isn't just being large and loud, it's being obnoxious, lazy, and downright scary.

Brandon, so sad. He really does have psychological issues, and it scares me for him and his wife and kids.

EVen though they barely showed her so far, love Brenda! Hope they begin to highlight her smarts and deviousness as the season goes on. She left too soon last time!

[bagatelle1]

I found it odd that they were speaking directly to the camera. They don't usually do that. Although I remember Boston Rob doing so.

[cooksdelight]

Erik is starting to remind me of the kid from Malcolm's group last time who stood around with his mouth open all the time. Wish he'd say something. Anything.