Survivor: Blood vs. Water (Page 2)

I'm a hugger. I've never sat around with a guy in my arms at the campfire.... not that there's anything wrong with that.

Okay, I finally got a decent enough internet connection with my VPN working to watch the first two episodes.  Hopefully I can keep up from here on out.

I personally think they should have split the tribes in such a way that no one was on a team with their loved one BUT the teams were mixed between loved ones and returning players.  Too much of an advantage to the returning players this way.

I find it interesting that the two returning winners are now in an alliance together....

Next week looks like it should be fun...Tyson takes the bait?  I predict candace and tyson survive that truel.

And Colton?  WTF????  Definitely not the returning player I wanted to see back...tired of the drama.

I wonder why that immunity idol is so hard to find...that clue seemed fairly specific?  Like it's laying in plain site?  Or under a log or branch that would make you trip?  John should probably pick his most trustworthy partner and maybe share the clue if he doesn't find it soon....if he DOES find it then he should maybe share that knowledge with his most trustworthy partner...keeping it a secret is not working well for him.

Interesting level of voting added by the opportunity for a loved one to take their partner's place.  I think the moms would definitely sacrifice for their daughters.  And Rupert was a given.  Not many other folks out there I think would sacrifice?  They are all too competitive?

Not feeling it.   Probably just put it on while I do other things around the house and sort of listen in.  Not too excited.

BTW, just checked out some cast pictures.  See if you can spot the difference in Candace from Season 13 and 20 to this season. 

They were split up with returning players on one team, loved ones on the other.   Rupert's switch ended up having his wife on the returning players tribe, but no pairs ended up together.

Otherwise, I agree with your assessment.  They really blew over the idol search in a strange way too, I thought, editing wise.  Or maybe I just fast forwarded through that stretch out of boredom.

I'm going to wait it out and hope I start to really care about someone.  I can't imagine what Colton's fiance seems in him...

I just would rather have seen the tribes be a mix of returning and new players vs being new v returning completely....and more than just Rupert's wife!  I think they should have had 20 castaways (10 pairs) and had each tribe have 5 of each returning/new.  Or give each pair rocks to draw for teams...or schoolyard pick...anything other than straight new vs returning...that ALWAYS goes the way of the returning players....

Oops, totally read that wrong!  I read it about 5 times thinking "How did she miss that?"  D'oh, I'm the dummy.

Woo Hoo!!! So glad not another minute will be wasted on that guy.

The season still isn't that good. Another slaughter. Another threat taken instead of a liability. Culpepper is an idiot.

Yep.

I think it's funny that CBS clearly worked hard to make changes this season and yet we're all the most bored we've been, collectively, for many seasons. 

I am enjoying this season too and now I will even more since Colton quit. Probst showed him no mercy. He flat out said it was a mistake to bring back a quitter and called him out for faking illness the first time. I don't think they will bring him back again - what for? The kid cries more than my 5 year old little girl.

I like the complexity of it all. I mean I can't even imagine trying to sock it to my mother in a challenge, or any of my loved ones for that matter. I know my son would come after me 100% just to be better than Mom though. But the same time you are celebrating a win you have to worry that your loved one will be voted off. And Tyson mouthing off to Culpepper - it comes back to the tribe with him because the dudes wife is now upset and she is living with you!

And now Candace and John will have to compete against each other at Redemption Island. It was easy for her before, she had no allegiance to either team because they kicked her to the curb from the start but now what? How do you play that? Who wants it bad enough?

Just finally watched the most recent episode a few nights ago...

The voting IS more complex...though, I would expect that most would not swap for their loved ones...the way these people talk in interviews...they all say that they know only one person can win.  The ONLY ones left I could see swapping are moms for daughters...

I think Candace and John go 1-2 or 2-1 at RI....I mean, depends on the challenge but I don't really see the other girl being better than those two.

Re: Colton.  Wow, just wow...Probst was mad.  I know he doesn't like quitters...he must have been arm twisted into allowing Colton back and I bet it was in the contract that if Colton even mentioned quitting Probst was allowed to rat him out.  Talk about whining.  He definitely does not have what it takes to play this game.

I felt bad for Colton's BF as well.  How humiliating.  You have to support the person you care for, but it has to be tough when they are a whining baby.

I know a ton of gay guys and I bet all of them would tell their SO to stop being a little "B*tch" and play the game.

That open another question, I wonder if this game will open the eyes of some about who their loved ones REALLY are.  Like the brother that asked for a "time out" in the game then tried to get a cheap shot in?  SO uncool.

I thought Aras had his bro down, then Aras backed off and said "get up" and while resetting his bro took the shot.   Cheap? I dunno, this is not the TdF where there are established but unwritten rules of conduct, it's a physical challenge and you take advantage of any weakness.

I guess.  I wasn't watching that close.  Doing other things at the time.  I figure if someone had me "down" and at a disadvantage (using this as an example), if they gave me the courtesy of getting on equal footing, I would let them reset as well.

BUT, he didn't ask to be let up, so game on?  I guess if you ask for relief, then take the shot?  Just sort of reminded me of all the cliche "punch the boxer when you should be touching gloves" or "kick your opponent during the bow" scenes in the movies.

ORRRRR... you could actually dislodge your head from your rectum long enough to act like an adult play the game like a human being. Just a thought.

I have a hard time believing Colton has a single selfless bone in his body.