Survivor Recap: Idol Hands

I wish Survivor seasons nonetheless experienced humorous minimal monikers after them because I would phone this Survivor: The Deluge of Dummies or maybe Island of Idiots. What are these persons even performing? There is no system, no alliances, and, I just can’t believe that I have to say this, no way. No just one appreciates what they are doing, and whoever makes it to the final three is likely heading to do so by luck on your own. Just seem at how the episode finished, with Hunter creating the rookiest of all mistakes: likely property with an idol in his pocket.

The episode begins annoyingly with Q. I’m not even talking about how everyone is dissecting his blown-up recreation from the past tribal council I’m talking about when he describes the Q Skirt once yet again throughout the “Previously on…” I never want to hear about the Q Skirt or honestly about Q at any time once again. Of all the dummies that dummied this period, he is nonetheless the dummiest, and I am including Bhanu, Jelinsky, and the ghost of Charlie McCarthy in that assertion. (That last joke is for the olds.) After surviving that dreadful tribal council, Q says, “I guess I’m also difficult to get rid of ideal now.” No, mister. No 1 at any time preferred to get rid of him, even when he explained to them to. That is how tiny ability Q has in this activity he just can’t even get persons to vote for him.

Although there was a lot shouting and handwringing about what Q did at tribal, primarily from Liz, who is upset that anyone overshadowed a person of her moves yet again, there are two men and women who summed it up properly. The initially is Tiff, who states, “You did all this due to the fact you could not get your way? Are you stupid? Are you dumb?” The remedy to all of these thoughts is Yaaaaaaas, momma. The second is the slightly extra eloquent Ben saying, “This does not rock.” Just kidding. He did say that like 19 moments in this episode, but about Q, he says, “Q carrying out that at tribal was like, ‘Hey, I’m a coward, and I never want to be at the bottom and enjoy the repercussions of my actions, so you should vote me out so I can appear like I have a moral high ground even although I’m a total idiot.’”

The tribe will get a message that the obstacle will take place in three groups of a few, and it’s up to them to make teams. Lastly, the ideal way to do it since it leaves almost nothing to chance. Ben selects Tiff and Kenzie, who sign on immediately for the reason that they want absolutely nothing to do with Q. Hunter selects Charlie and Maria, who look more and more like twosomes each and every working day. That leaves Q, Venus, and Liz as the misfits staff. The Misfits on Jem and the Holograms constantly experienced the very best music. Just sayin’. (Also, recall Jem?) When they arrive at the challenge, Jeff asks how they chosen who they wanted to function with, and though they look informal, in essence, it boils down to everyone wanting to steer clear of Q, and he will get trapped with Venus and Liz.

Jeff says that he’s heading to be like the people at residence and says that Q, Venus, and Liz are heading to be the first workforce out. What is up with Jeff striving to bring his character to the game suddenly? Then, at tribal, he will get out his cushion and some ill-encouraged popcorn and says he’s prepared for an additional spectacular tribal council. I’m sorry, but if there is just one thing the new period of Survivor desperately does not require, it is even far more Jeffrey Lee Probst. Just cannot he be like the host of Really like Island, who basically shows up at the commencing and finish of the period to walk into the villa in sluggish-mo, and then we by no means see her once more? It’s possible Jeff ought to acquire internet hosting cues from the Lacheys on Love Is Blind. They are actively the worst hosts on fact Tv set, but at least they are the 1 detail Jeff is not: scarce.

Anyway, it turns out Jeff is incorrect, and they aren’t the to start with group out. This problem has three legs, and a single team is eliminated each round, and then the last 3 have to compete for immunity in an endurance challenge. Anything that occurs in the problem does not make any difference (apart from for Jeff getting improper, which often matters in my coronary heart). There’s a final showdown in between Charlie and Hunter for immunity, and also, the whitest human being on television. Who will win? The Swiftie or the REI obsessive and scrapbooking fanatic? Only just one can take dwelling a year’s provide of Kraft Mac ‘N’ Cheez and a classic Dave Matthew’s Band T-shirt. Charlie wins equally the immunity challenge and a symbolic loaf of Marvel Bread.

Again at camp, every person has distinct ideas, but it looks like most men and women want both Q or Hunter to go house, the previous due to the fact he performs as perfectly as a Furby that went by the washing device and the latter due to the fact he wins all the damn challenges. These are both good choices. Having said that, absolutely everyone now is aware of that Tiff has an idol. Kenzie’s idea is to make her feel very secure so that she does not perform her idol and then have everyone vote her out. She techniques Ben, Maria, Charlie, and Hunter about this idea, and they seem to be down. Kenzie, why you gonna do that to your female? They have been through almost everything alongside one another, and she’s not likely to discover any individual else she trusts extra than Tiff, but I guess she doesn’t believe in her any more.

This brings me to the latest scourge of the new Survivor: everyone’s worried about their resume. Charlie and Ben have a chat and say they would appreciate to get rid of Q, but it is a vote that makes so much feeling that they wouldn’t get any “resume” credit rating for it. Okay, so players have to make mad, nonsensical moves rather since they are huge and flashy and the jury remembers them? But what if they do that and preserve Q, and he keeps behaving so erratically that no one can enjoy their actual sport? Get rid of him, and then determine the rest out.

The same is genuine of Kenzie and Tiff’s problem. Kenzie should probably keep the person closest to her in the match, but if she receives rid of her bestie, then she scores details with the jury. This reminds me a bit of Olympic diving. There are athletes who do big, showy dives due to the fact the reward is tons of factors, but the disadvantage is they simply cannot land them half the time. But the serious winners are the types who can do a lot less splashy points but nail it every time. These gamers have to have to start out executing all those dives for the reason that not a single person has successfully landed a flashy one up until now.

As everybody is leaning towards Tiff, she tells every person she’s enjoying her idol that night just to get rid of it simply because it is essentially my beloved position on Earth: an enormous Target. Her only fear is that if she plays it, then it will appear back in the activity, and who appreciates who will get it. I believe it was a bone-headed transfer not to perform it at this tribal council. Sandra Diaz-Twine, for my cash, the greatest participant of all time, says an idol that other people know about is worthless, and she is right. Just get rid of that thing because now Tiff has to go by means of one more 7 days of people today coming just after her, including what made use of to be her bestie.

Hunter also ruins his own idol by telling all people about it. When Tiff tells everybody she’s enjoying hers, they all choose it’s time to get rid of Hunter, but Liz, Venus, and Tiff are all settled on voting for Q. Hunter then starts off telling persons he has an idol and would like to get rid of Ben. This is the dumbest factor at any time. He suggests that classic Survivor thing about not wanting to engage in an idol to keep harmless he needs to use it to make alliances. I’m confident that this hardly ever truly comes about. An idol really is only to get the consumer out of a person tribal council — it’s meant to maintain them alive. Discover yet another idol the up coming working day, earn an additional problem, keep grinding absent. Jeff loves that variety of gameplay and that system took Ben Driebergen to a $1 million verify. (Hey Jeff. How about paying out a lot less on popcorn and perhaps elevating that prize dollars right after 25 many years?)

There is one particular way I could have observed Hunter’s idol doing work, but neither he nor everyone else on the tribe is smart or strategic plenty of to pull it off. I could see him heading to, say, Q and Venus and indicating, “Hey, all a few of us are on the bottom. I have this magic formula idol. If these persons vote Q and these men and women vote me, I can negate the votes against me, and we can decide who goes dwelling.” Once again, that only operates with people you rely on and people with whom the idol holder has now designed interactions. This is a activity of relationships, and individuals hoping that the idol will help create associations are by now way too late, and your game is toast.

At tribal everyone is talking when again about Q and how he blew up the complete match. I will begrudgingly give Q some credit rating which is that he entirely ruined the standing quo at camp. The outdated Yanu A few is damaged up, we haven’t heard Siga Sturdy and other than Charlie and Maria it is approximately not possible to determine out who is participating in with whom. It’s a bunch of singles just hoping to muddle their way by means of.

Speaking of which, my preferred element of the tribal council flawlessly illustrates this. Hunter is worried that everybody is voting for him even with everyone expressing how tricky it is to have Q continue to be in the match. Hunter is looking from man or woman to man or woman, making sure they’re voting for Q. When he asks Venus, she says, “Are you having to pay interest? I’ve been telling you it’s Q all working day.” Okay, position taken, Venus, but when you communicate to people today like that, it is not a shock that no one ever would like to do the job with her.

The point I will under no circumstances have an understanding of about Hunter is why he did not engage in his damn idol. He already told absolutely everyone he experienced it, he was already a huge concentrate on, and he was fearful he got votes. If I considered for even a scintilla of a 2nd I may get a single vote, I would perform that idol. It is much better to waste it and know you are safe and sound than not engage in it when you need to have to, and that is just what transpired to Hunter. Originally, there is a tie mainly because Q voted for Ben for the reason that he was even now performing on a system that was obviously like four strategies back. At the revote, just about everyone just gets rid of Hunter mainly because now he’s not only a challenge beast, but he also has an idol. One factor neither he nor everyone else on this demonstrate has, having said that, is a clue.