Survivor: South Pacific, Ep. 4

Last episode, the Survivors got their bathing suits. This week, Brandon will be getting a straightjacket.

 

I thought there was a chance that Coach's alliance was going to dump Brandon. He's simply too unreliable and they had the numbers to do it. Though it didn't happen, one has a feeling it's coming soon. However, Brandon acquitted himself well in the challenge, and might be a bit of an athlete. He could go on a run, a la Matt, once he's sent to Redemption Island. It seems like his breakdowns are caused by having other people around. A stint of isolation on Redemption Is. might be the ideal environment for him - a place where he could thrive. He has no business being around people.

 

As for the challenge, it's always been one of my favorites, and this version didn't disappoint. What fascinates me is that they continue to make strategic blunders with the wieght distribution. Near the end, they kept putting weight on the remaining guys, who were about to buckle, when they should have been wearing down the girls. The last set of weights which knocked out Jim and Brandon were gratuitous - they were about to collapse anyhow. The tribe who sent that weight to either Dawn or Stacey would have won - when you consider how close it was at the end. In short, you should rarely be putting weights on the same person back-to-back, but I wasn't there so maybe I'm missing something.

 

Has Stacey ever watched Survivor? The whole end of the episode she was so ticked off, as if she didn't understand voting people out was the point of the game. She has no alliance with anyone, yet she seemed infuriated by the idea that she might be voted off. What did she expect - she could sit on a beach for 39 days, at the end of which she'd get a million dollar check? Stacey, you have to play the game a little bit. At the end, Stacey told Christine that Coach was the mastermind, and Christine exclaimed: "I knew it!" Boy, are these two putting the puzzle pieces together. Nothing remains hidden from them. They are a couple of real-life Nancy Drews.

 

I've never seen two people bumped off so easily.

 

I get the feeling Jim's scheming with Cochran will go nowhere. I wish I was half as smart as Jim thinks he is. Dawn is the player to watch among the outsiders on that tribe.