
Last night on
Survivor: Samoa, 39 year old Laura Morett, the lobbyist
enabler from Salem, Oregon, became the third member of the jury. Facing
a deadlock and the possibility of picking rocks, rocket scientist John
Fincher switched his allegiance on the Tribal Council revote to send
his long time ally packing.
Laura was a different kind of player than
Survivor has seen in recent
seasons - an athletically strong, strategically-involved older woman
who defied stereotypes. She avoided the pitfalls of several past
outspokenly Christian contestants and became a leader of both male and
female contestants, older and younger. Some of her strategic decisions,
such as alienating Shambo and cutting Eric loose, were game-changing
mistakes in hindsight. But I'll miss her presence on the show.