Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interesting turn of events with Elyse getting kicked out. I didn't really care about her either way, but I'm glad to see that Ozzy won't be in control like Rob was last season. Looks like he's going to be pouty in the next episode, so it will be interesting to see what happens. He has the immunity idol, but it seems like the rest of the tribe is strong enough to still get rid of him in two rounds if they want.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Saw the last few minutes of the episode and it was pretty good. Ozzy holding an immunity idol and begging to be sent to Redemption Island. They seemed happy enough to grant his wish. I'm glad Cochran is still in there.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Ozzy's an idiot. I don't just mean that he's a fool for volunteering to get voted out (which he is), but he's also just not very smart. If the redemption challenge is a puzzle, I don't think he has the mental faculties to beat Christine. I also really don't like when people try to be a hero. I really hope it comes back to bit him. Also, if I were the producers, I'd push the merge back another episode or two, just to see what happens. If I've learned anything from watching this show before, it's that you should never rely on something being certain. If Cochran can make it to the merge, I think he has a really good chance of winning. He's not enough of a thread for most people to vote against him, and he hasn't done anything (so far!) to make anybody hate him either. In the other tribe, things have been getting strangely religious. Don't get me wrong, I go to church and everything, but it seems like every single thing that tribe does involves a prayer circle, and it was kind of making me uncomfortable. For me, you pray for really important things; not for finding an immunity idol or winning a challenge. It just seemed really forced and fake to me. To each his own, I guess.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>It just seemed really forced and fake to me.<< Very much so. Especially in a game that involves constant lying and back-stabbing. Here is Coach, praying to God that they will find the immunity idol, and he's got it in his pocket the whole time. Just play the game and stop dragging religion into it. Especially a disingenuous, self-serving version of it.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I haven't watched much of the show (I saw most of last season, and the first few seasons, but none of the other recent ones), so I don't know what's normal, but this season has had a lot of religious-type stuff going on. Is that pretty standard for Survivor? There were a couple references to things in the Redemption Island season, but not nearly as much as this season, regardless of the most recent episode. It just seems strange, since I don't remember any of it from the early seasons.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interesting that the merge happened right away. I was hoping that Christine would at least put up a pretty good fight, but Ozzy won quite handily. I did like that the other team saw straight through his Oscar-worthy performance (have I mentioned how dumb he is?), and started really playing the game. I'm also glad that Keith got sent to Redemption. I would have rather seen Ozzy go, but Keith is kind of a jerk, so I'm okay with it. It will be interesting to see what happens this week, since it's the first time that there's really been a huge move that nobody expected. Hopefully Cochran isn't next...
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I did like that the other team saw straight through his Oscar-worthy performance (have I mentioned how dumb he is?) >>> I wonder if it would have worked had he not over-done it with his performance? Perhaps just acting a bit pissed but not saying anything at all would have been better.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Getting to watch only the last 15 mins of the episodes is getting me confused---especially with Ozzy bouncing back and forth. Who will win? I haven't seen anyone stick their neck out on this one yet.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Ozzy called Cochran a 'wiener'. I wasn't aware that we were still in 3rd grade here. I think it will be interesting to see who wins the Redemption challenge. I suspect it will be Jim, since he seems to be goot at the physical stuff and the puzzles, but there are always surprises. I would be shocked if Ozzy stayed around long enough to make it back into the game. I also liked how Whitney did her best to intimidate Cochran at the very beginning of the episode, and later claimed that he was trying to unfairly bully her. She hasn't shown much of a personality, but what she has shown, I don't really like. I'm not sure who will win, but I think you can tell who I don't want to win. There really aren't any stand-out great candidates. It will be interesting to see what happens once the strong tribe has to start voting itself out.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Ozzy called Cochran a 'wiener'. I wasn't aware that we were still in 3rd grade here. >>> There's a great many things that seem like 3rd grade, or perhaps as advanced as high school, this season. The way Ozzy and Jim treated Cochran was classic: those types of people usually are very mean to people like Cochran, unless that is there's something they need from them, in which case they're all "buddy buddy." We saw both sides of that coin this season. And, when Cochran turned on his tribe at that vote, I think that Brandon called a spade a spade: "If you don't treat people like that, then things like this won't happen to you."
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The more Ozzy talks about how great Redemption is, the more it sounds like the knight from Monty Python saying "It's just a flesh wound!". I'm sure he loves being there...rather than being in the jury already, but it's pretty easy to see that he's compensating for something (maybe several things)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm bummed that Cochran got sent to Redemption. Although he can be annoying at times, he brought a really good balance to things with a completely different perspective. I hope that the next redemption challenge is a puzzle/brainteaser, since there hacen't really been many of those yet, and Ozzy doesn't seem like the puzzle type. And the more Ozzy talks about how great Redemption is, the more it sounds like the knight in Monty Python saying "It's just a flesh wound!"
