Sunday, April 26, 2009
Survivor: Tocantins - 1809
Great episode. After last week's I thought that this week would be a bit of a letdown. Especially once Sierra lost the Immunity challenge I didn't think that she'd have anything left in the tank. I didn't believe that the rest of the tribe would go for a major game changer. Boy, was I wrong.
Another question I had during this one was "why does everyone hate Sierra so much?" Tyson was really mean to her but one person could just have an irrational hatred of someone. When JT and Stephen were talking about how much she needs to go and JT said she's a "lying bitch" I just didn't see that at all. Another example of the show getting cut so that the audience doesn't really understand the characters.
Reward Challenge
Coach gets very excited about Capoeira. That's not really a surprise to anyone is it? Works really well with his whole Steven Seagal thing. Of course he's going to have to start winning some of the challenges. The challenge was interesting but not too compelling to watch. I was glad to see Debbie trying to spell out words that might be in the anagram that they were doing as a method to solve it faster. I'm surprised that they don't do that more often.
I liked JT sending Stephen to Exile again just in case there would be another immunity idol. That's the kind of forward thinking that doesn't come up every time. Even with so much time to think about it, people tend to not consider all of the angles
The reward looked pretty cool. As they showed stuffing yourself full and then trying to do martial arts dance is a bad idea. After going to Dim Sum it's hard enough to try and lay on the couch.
Immunity Challenge
I love the choice of food vs immunity. People always make decisions that are questionable. I was surprised to see Coach go for the food and shocked to see JT go for the food. Stephen not so much. It shows you who is comfortable, but the warriors went for the food. Does Coach think that the samurai would sit out the battle for some extra tonkatsu? And then it also builds up tension within alliances as people like Tyson feel they have to support the whole team's chances in the challenge while the other people are rewarded.
The rain looks like it made that challenge significantly harder. Now there were lakes and rivers on the map to match the highlands that were on there as well. The rain also looked completely miserable, how cold was it? People were shivering like nothing else.
The drama was great too. Sierra with the second to last chance rocked it right down there and it looked like she was going to mix it up with a win. Then Debbie snatches it away. Super exciting. The minute that Sierra lost I thought to myself, well there goes all the chance for excitement in this episode.
Strategy Analysis
Major strategy move in this episode. JT and Stephen pretty much decided to take out Tyson instead of Sierra and slay the dragon that is the "Warrior Alliance" Coach was not pleased with that move. I can't wait to see what happens next week when they get back to camp.
Sierra did a great job of really laying it all out there and trying to stick in the game. Too often it seems like people get deflated when they know they are going and just accept their fate. Much like Coach was suggesting to Sierra. When you keep gaming you never know what might happen and that saved Sierra this week for sure.
Jeff really got on Coach about taking out Brendan and seemingly going against his ethic of taking the strongest people to the end with him. Pretty much the same question that I had been asking. While Coach was blabbering on about Brendan picking a fight with him it became clear to me. Coach was still bitter that Timbira thought that Brendan would be a better leader than Coach. It was all about that. In Coach's mind, he had to defeat Brendan to show that he makes a better leader, even though those two questions are actually pretty much unrelated.
My Prediction
Sierra. Her time had come. Oh snap! Tyson. The season of blindsides continues!
Season total: 3-6 (.333)
Spell Check
Right: 7
Wrong: 1 (Siearra)
Other: 0
Season total: 45-11-2 (.804)
Quick hit thoughts
Another question I had during this one was "why does everyone hate Sierra so much?" Tyson was really mean to her but one person could just have an irrational hatred of someone. When JT and Stephen were talking about how much she needs to go and JT said she's a "lying bitch" I just didn't see that at all. Another example of the show getting cut so that the audience doesn't really understand the characters.
Reward Challenge
Coach gets very excited about Capoeira. That's not really a surprise to anyone is it? Works really well with his whole Steven Seagal thing. Of course he's going to have to start winning some of the challenges. The challenge was interesting but not too compelling to watch. I was glad to see Debbie trying to spell out words that might be in the anagram that they were doing as a method to solve it faster. I'm surprised that they don't do that more often.
I liked JT sending Stephen to Exile again just in case there would be another immunity idol. That's the kind of forward thinking that doesn't come up every time. Even with so much time to think about it, people tend to not consider all of the angles
The reward looked pretty cool. As they showed stuffing yourself full and then trying to do martial arts dance is a bad idea. After going to Dim Sum it's hard enough to try and lay on the couch.
Immunity Challenge
I love the choice of food vs immunity. People always make decisions that are questionable. I was surprised to see Coach go for the food and shocked to see JT go for the food. Stephen not so much. It shows you who is comfortable, but the warriors went for the food. Does Coach think that the samurai would sit out the battle for some extra tonkatsu? And then it also builds up tension within alliances as people like Tyson feel they have to support the whole team's chances in the challenge while the other people are rewarded.
The rain looks like it made that challenge significantly harder. Now there were lakes and rivers on the map to match the highlands that were on there as well. The rain also looked completely miserable, how cold was it? People were shivering like nothing else.
The drama was great too. Sierra with the second to last chance rocked it right down there and it looked like she was going to mix it up with a win. Then Debbie snatches it away. Super exciting. The minute that Sierra lost I thought to myself, well there goes all the chance for excitement in this episode.
Strategy Analysis
Major strategy move in this episode. JT and Stephen pretty much decided to take out Tyson instead of Sierra and slay the dragon that is the "Warrior Alliance" Coach was not pleased with that move. I can't wait to see what happens next week when they get back to camp.
Sierra did a great job of really laying it all out there and trying to stick in the game. Too often it seems like people get deflated when they know they are going and just accept their fate. Much like Coach was suggesting to Sierra. When you keep gaming you never know what might happen and that saved Sierra this week for sure.
Jeff really got on Coach about taking out Brendan and seemingly going against his ethic of taking the strongest people to the end with him. Pretty much the same question that I had been asking. While Coach was blabbering on about Brendan picking a fight with him it became clear to me. Coach was still bitter that Timbira thought that Brendan would be a better leader than Coach. It was all about that. In Coach's mind, he had to defeat Brendan to show that he makes a better leader, even though those two questions are actually pretty much unrelated.
My Prediction
Sierra. Her time had come. Oh snap! Tyson. The season of blindsides continues!
Season total: 3-6 (.333)
Spell Check
Right: 7
Wrong: 1 (Siearra)
Other: 0
Season total: 45-11-2 (.804)
Quick hit thoughts
- Tyson's comments on Sierra were over the top. What was with "I can't imagine her boyfriend is that cool"
- No new idol, another departure from the past
- The Capoeira was actually pretty cool
# posted by Andy Hejl @ 11:36 AM 
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