First duel tonight!

My money's on Matt.

The Talker called at 8 and we talked til 9 so I'm going to have to avoid this thread til I can watch it. Arg! Men! ;)

Tribal council result:
:D:D
That's all I have to say about that.

I read the first half of this post and thought "Did I click on the wrong thread?":p


There for a minute, I thought Russell had pulled it off again, winning the TC vote with a perceived minority. I can't tell whether Julie was smart or not...Stephanie did have a point when she said that Russell knows how to get to the end and probably could have gotten her there at #4 (instead of at the bottom of a six person alliance). And Russell may play dirty, but he's shown that he's capable of sticking to alliances. Now, she's just put a target on her back if Russell makes it back.


My money is on Russell this next duel. Matt beat Fran, but neither one did all that well, really. If that were an Immunity challenge with multiple competitors, someone would have won before Matt got his first key.

:D:D and raise you one :D

I wondered if that will be the case every week. There may come a point when they don't get to know anymore. In the meantime though, those who see it can decide what to tell, like they did with Russell. (Though I really didn't see the point in that lie.)

True, but I thought it was a good move. Julie strikes me as thinking well (like she did with her hesitation on throwing the challenge, which I think she was right about) and she had no reason to trust Russell. Other than Stephanie and maybe Krista, the tribe needed Russell gone.

I'd bet on Matt, for one simple and probably misguided reason: in the finale last season, Propst talked to Boston Rob some. Russell was sitting right behind them with a scowl on his face the whole time, and Propst never talked to him. It gave me the strong feeling he hadn't done well this season. So, based on not much more than that (well, that and Matt's million dollar quote last night), my money is on Matt. And I could be all wrong.

I hope Russell is sent home by Matt, and that we have seen the end of one Russell Hantz.

And, I hope Russell goes home and finally gets his teeth fixed. How mean is that? :)

I'm also wondering if, at some point, when close to the merge, a tribe would consider sending a really strong player who they are confident could beat other people sent there, so that they still have an alliance advantage when that person is brought back. It's risky, but I could see them attempting it.

I can get behind this logic.

While Survivor does try to throw people for loops. I can't see them faking Russell being pissed off at the previous reunion. That's just taking the cover too far.

I thought for sure The Talker would end up calling tonight at 8 again. So relieved he didn't :)

ETA: Loving every aspect of this episode. I am really liking the idea of Redemption Island and how it is playing out.

Quote of the week "I haven't even thought about sex in two weeks. All I can think about is food."

That cracked me up.

I am really enjoying this Survivor edition. Boston Rob is playing his team like a drum. I am a little bummed and surprised Russell is out, he is such a whackjob. But he is (ummm, was) a big weenie.

A big, super-arrogant weanie. I just hope he sticks to his promise never to play Survivor again; I didn't want to see him this go-around. He never had a chance of winning.

Meanwhile, Phillip will more than compensate for the whackjob factor, while Ralph is the icing on Phillip's whackjob cupcake.


And I was right, AF! :p

You know, the second season that Russell was on, the first season was airing while they were filming the second. The players from the second season hadn't seen how bad he was. By the third time, everybody had seen his first go around and knew what a jerk he truly was. He would never stand a chance on Survivor again. I'm so glad MC was right about this outcome! I also liked the description that he was sobbing and then got his Russell back, or something to that effect. I laughed out loud several times during this episode.

I think Rob was right in the strategy. She was too shrewd and a much bigger threat. If the duel is less physical and more mental, I think she could win against Matt too. What was up with Rob doing half the challenge though? It seemed like he did every other task in that challenge and I think it hurt them. They do seem to be following him like sheep. Will any of them be smart enough to break out from that and get rid of him when he least suspects it?

Things in particular that I like about this season: combined reward/immunity challenge, the duels, the concept that someone will come back from redemption island. I feel like we are getting to know the tribes better, earlier because of having one challenge. I like that they can talk during the duel and that the people present can say what they want. Phillip acting like the information that they got was so golden was pretty humorous to me.

I'm okay with you being right. I like Matt and hope he does come back and win it. He shouldn't have much trouble taking Kristina out next challenge. I was holding my breath when his dominoes didn't work the first time. It seemed like if he would have pushed the first one a little harder, they might have made it. Neither one seemed to do more than tap their first tile, and I think that was a mistake.

I'm pretty over Phillip's crazy. I want them to muzzle him and make him keep his freakin' pants on. It's one thing to have to look at the 20 year old girls' blurred out butts from their bikinis falling off from weightloss...it's quite another to look at a grown man's blurred out butt in pink panties.

I really thought Ralph was pulling a Larry the Cable Guy (who actually has a master's degree and is a pretty smart guy), but he proved that theory wrong. He went from saying he wasn't telling anyone about the idol, to telling his whole alliance (which is too big at this point for that kind of info), to announcing it to the other team, just to one-up Russell. Fail.

I can't wait to see what those two girls that had teamed up with Russell have cooked up. If they can come back from a 2-7(?) minority, I will be totally impressed.

I know the 2nd time Russell played that the teams had not seen his season, but I always wanted to yell at them, "Hey! He's on the Villains team! Don't you think there might be a reason???"

Place your bets:

Who is going home for good tonight, and who is going up against Matt in next week's duel?

Yeah, I said it...I don't think Kristina has a chance against Matt (and also think MC was onto something with the million dollar quote-spotting), which I guess answers my first question.