OK, I have gone from being amused by Colton to hating him in the span of two episodes. But at the same time, he still fascinates me. He's the sort of villain who doesn't even realize that he's a villain. He sees himself as the outsider, but that's all his fault. He judged his tribe way before they ever judged him, as Bill (Who Colton hates to the point that he directed the phrase "Go Kill Yourself" towards Bill in a confessional) pointed out because he assumed he would be judged for being gay. And although I definitely don't want Colton to win, I'm glad that his presence at least resulted in a massive tribe shake-up for the boys. So let's get to this weeks 5 Things I Liked About Survivor.
1. Battle Of The... Lesser Minds: The girls gain some momentum right off the bat by winning the reward challenge (Though, since many of the women I know are killer in memory games, this isn't that surprising) in a sweeping 5 points to nothing, but the real hightlight of the challenge came from watching Kat face off against Troyzan. Troyzan barely looks at the thing before trying to solve it and gets it wrong. So does Kat. They try again. Wrong again. Soon funny music is playing as we watch this accelerate as both keep getting it wrong until Kat finally gets it on her seventh attempt. Oh, Kat. Keep being part of great moments like this, please.
2. Women Get Needy and Men Get Frustrated: A running theme through the first half of the episode is the girls relying on the guys for warmth due to the cold. They get an ember, but when the boys ask to use the boat the girls won sometimes, the girls won't give them a straight answer (Though they don't say no), but keep warming up to the boys frustration. This is an interesting scene. The hightlight has to be when Alicia and Chelsea interrupt the boy's discussion on whether they should cut the girls off to warm up. Awkward.
3. Oh, How The Tides Change: For a while there, I was convinced that the girls were going to lose again, destroying the momentum they had and ending up worse than ever. With Sabrina not being able to reach through to Christina and Monica for a while, it seemed for sure that Bill would solve the puzzle and win. But suddenly, Sabrina (Still one of my favorites) comes up from behind and starts catching up. At the last second Sabrina pulls of a win and the boys finally go to Tribal.
4. Matt Makes Himself A Target: If Matt had kept his mouth shut, then Bill (Who Colton also calls Ghetto Trash) would've gone home. Just because Colton hates him so much. Colton has convinced his whole alliance to vote Bill (And these guys have also roped Jay into it), even though Tarzan thinks Matt is the bigger threat. But Matt sees a lot of guys talking and decides he better form an alliance of "Roosters" or something with Troyzan or some others. And Troyzan firmly put himself in my mind as an amusing character (Though not enough to crack my favorites to win list) by hearing Matt out, making an alliance with him, then telling the cameras that it's not Survivor without lying and spilling everything to his alliance. So now, even Colton doesn't know if he should target Bill. And Colton hates Bill. But Matt thinks he safe and thinks he's about to show the "Average Joes" (Seriously Matt? What a douche.) they don't run the show. Yeah, good luck with that.
5. The Boys Are Just As Much A Mess As The Girls Were. If Not Moreso: Man, Tribal was great. Secrets were revealed (Colton just won't keep that idol a secret). More secrets were almost revealed (Matt almost got Tarzan to reveal who the top 5 were). Probst called out Colton with a reverse duh double dare. Bill got excited. And when everything was said and done, Matt went home with 5 spoken votes. Tarzan asked for the last two votes to be read, but Jeff denied him the right (They were both for Matt though.). Things are exploding on the boys, and I'm excited to see where things go next.
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