“Survivor: China” - Week 2
We’re back with more “Survivor” goodness this week! If you need to catch up, check out these faboo recaps:
So we check in with our castaways and they don’t look like they’re doing so hot. Zhan Hu is squabbling about shelter building and it’s all rainy and miserable. Sounds like “Survivor” to me! Dave is trying to run things and everyone is just sort of digging in their heels against him. Doesn’t seem too wise to me to be making power plays this early on in the game, but what do I know?
Over on the “other” team (let’s just call them red tribe and yellow tribe, okay? so much easier for me), they’re complaining about Jean-Robert who is always tired and snores very loudly. A little alliance is budding already, with two devious sorts, Amanda and Todd, enlisting the more powerful Aaron to “do their dirty work” for them. I was a little surprised that Aaron went for it. J-R sticks up for himself and insists that he is NOT lazy. He also insists that this is all part of the plan, because he’s a mad poker genius. Yeah, how’s that working for you J-R?
Dave over on yellow tribe talks about getting the shelter built. Everyone else is feeling pretty snarly about not having anything to eat. I’d say “buck up” but I’m pregnant right now and if I have to go 4 hours without eating, I start getting DANGEROUS so I don’t have room to talk. Ashley is parading around in an amazingly small amount of clothes. I mean… wow. I bet the men of the world are glad she wasn’t booted out last week. Dave meanwhile is being a bit of a turd but he is trying to get things done. So I don’t know. Jury’s out. I think he could be a little more diplomatic though.
So it’s time for a reward challenge. Basically, the tribes have to push giant balls through a mud pit. Fun! Reward is fishing gear (wootness) plus a little twist to be revealed later on. Of course, as they’re ready to begin it starts pouring rain. Jeff notes that this is true “Survivor” environmental conditions and I can’t argue with that. Dude, this is like mud wrestling or something. Amanda’s pants are falling down, hee! I’m such a child sometimes, I swear. Jamie’s top falls down! Hee! Amanda is trying to pull off Sharea’s bra! This is TOTALLY mud wrestling. So the “red tribe” wins. And I have to take a moment to recover from the laughing fit I had just watching that. Oooh, they get to snake someone from the yellow tribe to come live with them until the next challenge. They steal Jamie, which I’m not entirely sure WHY. But okay. She gets a private note from Jeff to read later on.
So after the challenge, the yellow tribe’s camp is all but washed away in the rain. Everyone is surprised by how much it rains. Uh, duh? And apparently the red tribe took Jamie because she’s a “ray of sunshine” and without her, the yellow tribe is demoralized. Huh? She reads her secret scroll. It’s a clue to a hidden immunity idol hidden at the red tribe’s camp and she has to pick who to give it to without reading it herself. It’s convoluted, but it makes sense. Aaron and J-R start bickering, right in front of Jamie and the rest of the tribe is like, “dude, keep it down! not in front of the spy!”
Meanwhile, Ashley and Dave continue their bickering. Is bickering the theme of the week here? Ashley is sure that Dave will shoot himself in the foot while I think she’s not doing herself any favors by confronting him all the time. He’s a de facto sort of leader for a reason here, you know?
Leslie is struggling. Missing her bible, feeling sick, tired. Jamie wants to give her clue to the “weakest link” so she picks Leslie. Pretty smart, considering. Leslie is convinced The Lord gave her this clue as an answer to her prayers. The idol is supposedly in plain site (and the camera zooms in on an ornate decoration hung on their gate) but she can’t figure out where it is. So for whatever reason she decides to enlist Todd’s help to find the idol. Yeah, doesn’t make sense to me either. Todd is astounded, as well he should be. Naturally, he wants to find it and then boot off Leslie so it’s all his. DUH. Oh Leslie. I’m so disappointed. But shows that Jamie did her job right, didn’t she?
Jamie is sent back to the yellow tribe at the immunity challenge. The challenge this time is a mix of mental and physical, as is the style of these early immunity challenges. Jamie sits out the challenge for the yellow tribe and Courtney and Leslie sit out for the red tribe. Dave is letting the log make him his bitch, for whatever reason so the yellow tribe isn’t doing so hot. The puzzle sort of kicks everyone’s ass a bit, but the red tribe ultimately triumphs and wins immunity.
I’m just gonna guess that the names being discussed at tribal council will be Ashley and Dave. Who’s with me? Dave apologizes to the tribe at large. Which was a good move on his part, to put out that fire before it grew any larger. Dave is confident he’s not going and it’s obvious that he thinks Ashley is a goner. She’s trying to figure out a way to get the target off her back. The rest of the tribe agrees that both of them are pretty much a big hot mess. They do agree that one of them needs to go, if only to reduce the conflict at camp.
So at tribal council Dave is put forth as the tribe leader, which Ashley disagrees with. I’m wondering if Ashley would have been better suited to “Big Brother” than “Survivor”. I know which show *I’d* rather go on. Anyhow, things sorta dissolve and this tribe is just on a destruction course if you ask me. Ashley comes right and says she’s voting for Dave. No dancing around the issue for her! It’s the only vote he gets, unfortunately. The rest go towards Ashley, and it’s a shame because she’s rather enjoyable, if a little confrontational. I think she and Evil Dick would have gotten along GREAT. That or they would have killed each other. Anyhow, Ashley promises Dave she’ll be seeing him soon. I’d argue with that but she’s probably right. Unless he straightens up his act, that is.
And so ends another fabulous week of “Survivor”. You’re free to go about your business now.
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