Survivor

Nov 102010
Survivor Nicaragua: 'Three Idol Monty'

Previously on Survivor:
The last three weeks have seen some noteworthy moves by this season’s castaways… not necessarily good moves, but certainly noteworthy ones. Unfortunately due to a mix of real-world illness and an insane work schedule, I was unable to recap the last two episodes, so I’ll start out this recap with quick notes about [...]

Oct 272010
Survivor Nicaragua, Episode 7: The Aftermath

Previously on Survivor:
Brenda and her alliance on the La Flor tribe executed a master-plan, in an attempt to either flush the Immunity Idol, or to put the Idol holder. Marty, at risk and send him home. Their plan was executed well and despite some odd quirks at Tribal Council that should have made him suspicious, [...]

Oct 202010
Survivor Nicaragua, Episode 6: The Line Between Genius and Madness

Previously on Survivor
The older Espada tribe found themselves slowly but surely losing momentum, and challenges to the younger La Flor tribe. Eliminating Jimmy Johnson, and Jimmy T didn’t improve their chances and things looked like they were going to take a permanent turn for the worse. Then last week, we watched the inevitable shake-up of [...]

Oct 132010
Survivor Nicaragua: Episode 5 - Paradigm Shift

Previously on Survivor
The younger tribe slowly wore down the older tribe, winning any challenge where the older tribe did not use the Medallion of Power. NaOnka emerged as the leading candidate for most annoying Survivor ever on the La Flor tribe, and Jimmy T made a big stink over not leading his tribe to defeat. [...]

Oct 062010
Survivor - Nicaragua: Episode Four: Fishing for Leadership

Previously on Survivor
Last week Coach Jimmy Johnson was voted off of the show as Marty made a power move to be the alpha male on the Espada tribe. While Jimmy J had been down-playing his status and chances of winning, his insistence on calling himself the weakest member of the tribe played right into Marty’s [...]

Sep 292010
Survivor Nicaragua - Episode 3: Culling the Weak

Previously on Survivor
Well last week I took off, on what ended up being one of the most epically crazy episodes in the history of Survivor. We had two or three different Survivors legitimately make a case for ‘craziest Survivor ever’.
La Flor
La Flor returns back to camp short of the self-destructive presence of Shannon. We immediately [...]

Sep 222010
Survivor - Nicaragua - Episode Two

Previously on…Survivor:  Episode One happened and 20 castaways were split into two tribes based on age.  Espada – Everyone over 40, and La Flor – Everyone under 31.  We also have the most famous contestant ever in the person of Jimmy Johnson.  Jimmy J was able to avoid the vote last episode, can he keep it [...]

Sep 152010
Survivor - Nicaragua - Episode One

Survivor is the Grand-daddy of Reality Television and is now entering it’s 21st season on American Television. Last season we watched one of the best seasons of the show ever, with the greatest Survivor player (Parvati Shallow) falling just short of winning her second title of ‘Sole Survivor’.  With this season featuring all new contestants [...]

May 172010
Survivor Heroes vs Villains: The Greatest Survivor Player of All Time

In this season of Survivor, we saw just how much the title of greatest player to ever play the game means to some of these players. Even the ones whose names we wouldn’t generally put in that conversation (Rupert, Amanda) would like to be able to step forward and identify themselves as ‘Last name ever, [...]

May 162010
Survivor Heroes vs Villians, Finale:

Initial Thoughts
Well, here we are, the end of one of the greatest seasons of Survivor.  Will the finale live up to the rest of the season?  Let’s find out.
Previously
The producers focus the “previously” segment on the entire season.  The Villians jumped out to a lead and Russell, Parvati & Danielle took control of the Villians [...]

May 162010
Survivor Heroes vs Villains Finale - Part III: Final Tribal Council

Previously on Survivor
Jerri Manthey became the last member of the Jury, and my jaw hit the floor when Russell decided to bring Sandra and Parvati to the Final Tribal Council with him. As Jerri leaves us she states that she feels like she’ll be voting for Russell, because he’s played an amazing game so far [...]

May 162010
Survivor Heroes vs Villains Finale - Part II: Second Tribal Council

Previously on Survivor
Colby Donaldson joined the Jury.
Yin Yang Tribe
As the Villains wander back to camp, they talk about how Rupert looked like a crazy person at Tribal council (though to be fair to Rupert he might just have been hopped up on desserts from the Ponderosa chef). In the morning after, Russell and Jerri discuss [...]