Survivor Caramoan - Episode 11 Discussion Thread - NO SPOILERS PLEASE
Sorry my episode reporting has not been prompt and for missing a few, but life just seems to get crazy at times and I don't watch until the following Tuesday night and it seems crazy to post a summary the day before the next episode airs.
Anyway, let me say that last week's surprise ouster of Phillip was fun to watch. I love Malcomb playing those idols, but how he and the two muscle boys did it was stupid. I mean Reynold had to hear Phillip and Dawn say the Andrea was the next to go. By playing that right, it would have turned Andrea and secured Erik and maybe they all keep the idols. Crazy. Still fun to watch though.
This week, it was the dumb moves at the auction and later that did in Malcomb. Everyone who has ever watched this show should know this one rule, if you are in a season with a food auction you DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT, spend any money until Probst offers an advantage in the game and then you jump up screaming the max bid as fast as humanly possible. So first thing out of the chute, Malcolm spends $20 on beer and trailmix. Idiot!. But that dumb mistake was undone when suddenly the rest of the tribe let him get the idol clue with his remaining $480. Only spend money when it will help you, and keep that help out of the enemy's hands. They lucked out because Malcomb got a clue and messed up his play with Andrea later. Perhaps the only thing dumber than this was anyone still in the game not immediately bidding all they had for the challenge advantage. Cochran gets it for $340? Seriously? How stupid is this. so cochrane gets the advantage, Andrea gets beans and rice for the tribe and everyone else gets peanut butter. What a terrible batch of bad play to witness. The only fun moment was Brenda asking if brains were good for you and Probst saying, I don't know. Loved that exchange. Cochrane sucking PB off Sherri's fingers was pretty funny too.
After the token crying over letters from home, Reynold and Malcolm pitch Sherri. why she does nto is beyond me. She is a sure fourth and probably final 3 in that group, in the other she probably goes home earlier. But honestly, at this point she is the best person for any twosome to take to the finals because I can not see any way she beats anyone left int eh game except maybe Andrea. But their pitch is horrible. It essentially was at worst fifth place fifth instead of saying, for sure we are final three. We will take you over Malcomb because no one can beat him, but against us, you have a solid chance of getting all the favorites votes. So those two bozos pretty much killed Shari flipping, but the editing was there to make you guess. My wife and I were sure she was not flipping though.
Then Malcolm messes up getting the idol. He leaves early and can not find it, so he gives up digging. Why not deal with her. Why not tell her how she was clearly the next to go and she should join him and take Shari to the finals and let the best one win. Why not try anything that would have been such good TV it could not have been cut. Instead, she sits on the well and Malcomb does nothing. At least dig and find it first.
So he does nothing and then it is IC time. Cochrane continues to play an amazing game and uses that advantage perfectly. He spared his muscles ten minutes of agony and kept the knots to hold on to. So team cochrane splits the vote, Sherri and Erik do not flip and Malcomb goes home. HAd he found the idol or got the real next victim, Andrea, out, he would have had a chance. But he never had Eddie work on her and he never did either, so he got ousted for bad play. so three fans are still there, which is surprising. they need to get rid of Reynold, because he can win this thing if they let him. Those two have to gather whatever they can to say we are two votes, use us, and hope they win ICs. Erik is in a great place and Cochran may just win this thing if they can keep the tribe together one more week.
Good season so far.
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