Well that episode was pretty crap :-/
I was excited for a second at the possibility of Shamar quitting/asking to be voted out, but of course it was too good to be true :'( I can't stand him. I mean the laziness alone would be enough to piss me off out there, but it's the fact that he refuses to accept that he's done anything wrong, and flat out lies about what he does that would drive me crazy. Please let him get voted out ASAP. Please :'(
On the other end of the spectrum, Sherri continues to be a delight. The way she keeps calm and manages to reign in Shamar is very reminiscent of Boston Rob and Philip's relationship. She had a bit of a quieter episode but there's nothing wrong with that - she's keeping herself out of trouble and that's all she needs to do at this stage. She definitely still seems like the Queen of the tribe.
Reynold really disappointed me in this episode. I understand that he felt betrayed after Allie was voted out, but having an Ozzy-esque whinge and drawing the lines in the sand as soon as you get back from tribal isn't going to help matters. "The game is on", he says. How is that going to help? He seems like a fairly rational guy but in terms of the game he has no idea what he's doing. Open your eyes man, the cool kids alliance is a sinking ship, and you need to look for greener pastures. Saying 'the game is on' is only going to make that harder for you.
Laura made a big mistake as well, by promising Reynold she'd vote with him and then betraying him straight away...just fuck over your chances of working with him again in the future, why don't you? I do like Laura, though. She's not afraid to mix things up if she feels threatened.
The rest of the fans didn't have much to say. Julia actually spoke which was nice I guess, but I actually got a huge Carter 2.0 vibe from her - she was so expressionless. Michael, Matt and Eddie had reasonably quiet episodes.
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Not much seems to be happening over at the
Favourites camp. I think Andrea is slowly digging herself a hole by playing too hard too fast. Props to her for noticing that Corinne and Malcolm were getting close, but you can't keep targeting members of your alliance like this. She needs to learn to sit on information a bit more, or it's going to bit her in the ass.
Philip is hilarious. I love him this season, and I have no idea why. Maybe it's just because we're seeing less of him? He's still a joke of a player, but the things he comes out with are absolute gold. Cochran is also continuing to be funny. Brenda, Erik and Dawn were invisible this episode.
This season has been
really average so far. I'm starting to worry that the reason Probst has been shouting from the rooftops that it's such a great season is because it has interesting Tribal Councils. I'm not going to dispute that, but good Tribals alone does not a good season make. On top of that, while tonight's episode was 'holy shit - three way split', as soon as it actually happened it was obvious Hope was going home, since the only possibility of Shamar going was if he went on the first vote. Laura was never going to vote for Shamar on the second vote - the only reason she even considered booting him in the first place was because she was paranoid he was up to something. Somebody must have reassured Laura that she was safe and didn't need to flip.
