October 23, 2009
When you‘ve seen guys fall in the fire, suffer terrible collisions,break out in red spots and get carried away in helicopters it‘s hard tobe shocked by an evacuation. But there was one genuinely chillingmoment on tonight‘s
October 23, 2009
During Tribal Council, the surviving Russell boldly claimed, or at least implied, that Foa Foa is the stronger tribe this time around.Could‘ve been believable, except that the odds are actually stacked against them. They‘ve lost four members to the vote, with a fifth one out due to injury. It seemed, especially at the very beginning, that the tribe is close to breaking up, perhaps because of the actions of a few, or because they just can‘t get along each other. Galu, on the hand, was almost perfect: there was a consensus, they were able, and they were winning when it mattered.
October 22, 2009
At this point you can‘t help but think that the same old will happen on Survivor: Samoa--Galu wins immunity, Foa Foa votes someone off again, everything descends into chaos. It happened last week: Galu won immunity, Ashley was voted off, and everything descended into chaos--Shambo feels alienated, Russell feels cornered, and of course, the strong rains. Talk about insult to injury.
October 22, 2009
Talk about literally weathering a storm.Last week‘s Survivor: Samoa ended with a pretty bad downpour, so bad that for once, Foa Foa--the tribe who, let‘s face it, has had a lot of rain, figuratively, going down on them--appreciated being on Tribal Council. Of course, Pacific storms are the scary sort of stuff, because they happen forever, especially when you‘re in an island and there‘s no mountain range to break the storm apart.
October 19, 2009
We rank the fourteen remaining castaways on Survivor: Samoa.
October 16, 2009
No one seemed to enjoy being a part of Survivor: Samoa quite as much asAshley Trainer. After 15 days of losing, starvation, torrential rainand Russell Hantz, Jaison has cracked like an egg. But Ashley didn‘tstop grinning the whole time.
October 16, 2009
I adore Ashley. Over the 19 seasons I have been watching SurvivorI‘m not sure if I have ever seen anyone so excited to compete in thegross food challenge. When Mick read the tree mail Russell Hantz - thebig man who bullies other people around - looked very intimidated. Lizwas whining. Natalie was making monkey faces. But Ashley‘s eyes got aswide as saucers and she started jabbering excitedly. To hear her talkyou would have thought this was the peanut butter and chocolate eatingreward challenge. Despite apparently being a coconutatarian, Ashleymade sure to brag that she‘ll eat anything.
October 16, 2009
Sure, I understand where Russell (the one from Galu, note) was coming from when he decided to send Shambo back to Foa Foa and, as a consequence, deprive her on well-marinated and hastily-grilled meats. But I feel bad for her all the same, and not because she badly needs her proteins, or so she claims.
October 15, 2009
It was a tumultuous week for Galu last week on Survivor: Samoa, when they found themselves in their first Tribal Council, and Yasmin found herself voted off by everyone but Shambo. And Erik found himself an immunity idol. And I haven‘t mentioned the chickens yet.
October 15, 2009
It finally happened: Galu shed a member, and suddenly it isn‘t rainbows and sunshine and angels anymore. Never mind that Foa Foa‘s sort of crumbling apart, too. But that‘s already a given, right?