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\\\"Twigs and Sticks and Banana Splits\\\"
Posted by Grimme on 2003-04-03 |
Let’s hear it for hygiene because we sure saw a lot of it this episode. Dave and Deena each got their own personal bathtubs for winning the reward challenge (along with banana splits, strawberry ice cream, brownies and ice tea and probably diarrhea as well…).
Jenna and Heidi thoroughly scrubbed each other’s bodies as Rob, Matt and Alex stood watching with their tongues hanging out. Must get really hot in the Amazon….
Then there were the ever-present bugs which gave each Survivor a “buggy” halo. Unlike our own Dundee in Survivor:Hawaii, Rob claimed there was no food in his hair that would attract the bugs to his head. The “thinking” head, that is, as Rob so thoughtfully instructed us as opposed to that other “head” that had him nicknaming Heidi’s and Jenna’s legs as “twigs and sticks”. With his hated rival Dave now voted out, maybe Jenna and Heidi will see the same smooth-talking Romeo-Rob that we viewers saw tonight.
Running hygiene as a close second for TV viewing time this week was clothing apparel. The tribe hung up the departed Roger’s gray underwear (or were they merely very dirty?) as a final salute, complete with “Taps” hummed by Rob, surely one of any of the Survivor series’ proudest video moments. Deena mentioned that her situation was best described as “panties on fire, going 120 miles per hour”.
And Matthew kept sharpening that machete of his, which “creeped out” the other tribal members but it turned out he was only doing it to “MacGyver” his ruined shoes into a pair of sandals. Matthew is really no threat to anyone as he admits he is “clueless” and that he follows Rob who “knows the game inside out.”
With all of the false and misleading CBS previews this season, like the much touted Heidi-Dave coupling for this episode which never happened, I’m surprised that Jenna’s “Well, screw you, you fat pig!!” was not hyped up as a Ghandia-type rape scenario or a catfight with Heidi over Dave. Jenna actually directed those words at Deena who wanted some supper after feasting all day on the reward challenge’s desserts with Dave.
Dave, in a long tradition of Survivors who win the big reward only to take the “walk of shame” home the same episode, was cast out this week by an incredible 8 to 1 vote after lobbying very hard to stay. Did Butch bolt from his friend or did Dave see the handwriting on the wall and urge Butch to vote for Dave too? At any rate, Dave now becomes the first jury member who will decide who eventually gets the million dollars.
The immunity challenge, won by Jenna, had the Survivors busting up huge, hideous painted masks representing each tribe member. Unlike the cocky John-Tammy-Zoe-The General alliance in Survivor:Marquesas, the major alliance here managed to disguise their tight ties with each other. As Christy said, it surprised her that the four women were the last ones standing while the men eliminated each other.
As far as revealed alliances go, the foursome of Deena, Rob, Heidi and Jenna seems to be firmly allied. Matt, so far, is a reliable fifth vote for the foursome with his primary loyalty being to Rob. Alex seems to be only loosely associated with the foursome although next week’s previews seem (falsely?) to indicate he thinks he calls the shots in the alliance. Christy and Butch apparently stand alone and isolated though even these two knew enough to vote against Dave.
Some questions to ask for future episodes: Will Christy and Butch just meekly be led as lambs to the slaughter? Will Matt wise up to Rob’s duplicity? Will the foursome try to recruit Christy to be rid of the stronger male rivals of Matt and Alex? Anyone else notice that the women are now equal to the men in numbers again?
See you next episode….
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