Survivor: South Pacific (Survivor Season 23)

[AlphaFrog]

It's two vs. two and two left over...it really sounded like a good chance for Rick to make a big move. But I bet he doesn't.

[AlphaFrog]

Well, Edna and Mikayla are certainly NOT the strategic masterminds they were accused of last night...

When it was all lain out before them (everyone pretty much said how they were voting), how was the third choice there not obvious for Edna and Mikayla? You got Coach and Brandon going one way and Sophie and Al going another. That means it only takes 3 votes to decide the outcome. The girls should have decided to work together and pull Rick in. Taking out Brandon would have been a fabulous move for the 3 of them. I don't think in Edna's case she would have voted for Coach and Mikayla probably wouldn't have voted for Al. Sophie is sort of a non-entity for me at this point, which is why I said Brandon. Their other option would have been to forgo Rick and try and pull Sophie into an all-girls alliance. She's a bit higher on the totem pole, though she might have fine for it to get Brandon out.

I like Cochran more each week. For as awkward as he is, he's also extremely self-aware. It's strange to me because I generally feel like the awkwardness in people like him comes from not being self-aware....and OMG, I just realized who he reminds me of (I was thinking Anthony Rapp or Anthony Michael Hall before, but that wasn't quite right...) Sherman from American Pie! That's it, what's been escaping me about him!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

When it was all lain out before them (everyone pretty much said how they were voting), how was the third choice there not obvious for Edna and Mikayla? You got Coach and Brandon going one way and Sophie and Al going another. That means it only takes 3 votes to decide the outcome. The girls should have decided to work together and pull Rick in.

I was so disappointed in them for not trying. But all I could think was that the crazy from Coach and Brandon just provides too much interference for actual thinking.

But after Brandon's TC speech (seriously, what an idiot), can't you just see the reaction coming when he realizes that Coach lied about the HII. (Sorry, Coach, you didn't just withhold info, you lied. He asked whether you thought someone else could have found and it you said no.)

I like Cochran more each week. For as awkward as he is, he's also extremely self-aware.

Agreed. But he also seems to be remarkably weak. He seemed clueless and worthless on helping them up-end the wheel-barrow. He's lucky they won the challenge.

And I'll just say -- one thing I like about this season is how neither tribe has gone on a rampage and decimated the other tribe. They're both at six people (not couning RI) with merge coming. Keeps it interesting.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I like Cochran more each week.

Interesting. I really wanted to like him, and I do to an extent, but he seems to disappoint week after week. Never in my Survivor-watching history have I felt so sorry for someone so consistently. And what's weird is that he's not trying to do it (the way some Survivors blatantly play the victim). He just seems lost, out of place, and yes, like MC said, weak. I can't stop feeling sorry for the poor guy. Only once I stop feeling like his heart needs blessed can I start really liking him. I'm ready for him to step up so that can happen.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

the crazy from Coach and Brandon just provides too much interference for actual thinking.

lol - yes, this has to be it. My brain hurts just thinking about what it must be like to be unable to escape from those two.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

And I'll just say -- one thing I like about this season is how neither tribe has gone on a rampage and decimated the other tribe. They're both at six people (not couning RI) with merge coming. Keeps it interesting.

Agreed.