I was surprised that there wasn't a thread for this yet, so I went ahead and started it myself. I guess we can just make this the thread for the whole season.
Where to begin? I liked the difference in reactions between the tribes when Rob (cheering) and Gollum (shocked silence) stepped off the second helicopter. Fransesqua (I won't use Francesca's very easy to pronounce real name, as an homage to "Special" Agent Philip. She's Survivor's version of Astrid from 'Fringe') mentioning how dangerous Rob and Gollum were right off the bat was a bad move, regardless of how true it was.
Both sides did well with setting up their respective shelters, the toolbox obviously helping a great deal in that regard.
It was a bad idea for Kristina to look for an immunity idol clue in the toolbox where Rob could see her, but her finding the immunity idol without any clues just by checking around landmarks was pretty clever.
Unfortunately she ruined it by trusting an obviously unstable and unpredictable player in Philip. Why you would team up with a guy with an massive ego like that bragging about being a federal agent and therefore absolutely trustworthy is beyond me, especially after he revealed his need to dominate and control everyone in his circle. Kristine and Fresca should have teamed up with Rob and used his skills to get them as far as they can as a team by winning reward and immunity challenges and then vote him out later on before they start playing for themselves.
I don't think we can really judge the Rob/Gollum contest solely by the immunity challenge, since Rob's team was weaker physically, losing a huge amount of ground, and Rob still nearly helped them make it up in the puzzle section before losing.
That was arguably the most entertaining tribal council yet, and definitely the best first tribal council. What is with people not learning to not shoot their mouth off in tribal? Jeff was just stunned by Philip's insanity, but somehow he managed to cast enough doubt on Kristina and Fonzieca to split the vote between the three of them and ultimately get Frozone voted off.
I'm glad to see Rob still hanging around since he really makes the show enjoyable, but a little disappointed to see Francisco get voted out in the first round. She seemed really smart and didn't put up with any of Philip's crap, so I liked her. But hey, maybe she can hang in there on Redemption Island and come back, but somehow that seems unlikely since she's got to outlast everyone else that goes there to until they decide to bring the person back from the island.
Anyway, the show got off to a very entertaining start, and I'm looking forward to seeing how Redemption Island plays into the game.
Where to begin? I liked the difference in reactions between the tribes when Rob (cheering) and Gollum (shocked silence) stepped off the second helicopter. Fransesqua (I won't use Francesca's very easy to pronounce real name, as an homage to "Special" Agent Philip. She's Survivor's version of Astrid from 'Fringe') mentioning how dangerous Rob and Gollum were right off the bat was a bad move, regardless of how true it was.
Both sides did well with setting up their respective shelters, the toolbox obviously helping a great deal in that regard.
It was a bad idea for Kristina to look for an immunity idol clue in the toolbox where Rob could see her, but her finding the immunity idol without any clues just by checking around landmarks was pretty clever.
Unfortunately she ruined it by trusting an obviously unstable and unpredictable player in Philip. Why you would team up with a guy with an massive ego like that bragging about being a federal agent and therefore absolutely trustworthy is beyond me, especially after he revealed his need to dominate and control everyone in his circle. Kristine and Fresca should have teamed up with Rob and used his skills to get them as far as they can as a team by winning reward and immunity challenges and then vote him out later on before they start playing for themselves.
I don't think we can really judge the Rob/Gollum contest solely by the immunity challenge, since Rob's team was weaker physically, losing a huge amount of ground, and Rob still nearly helped them make it up in the puzzle section before losing.
That was arguably the most entertaining tribal council yet, and definitely the best first tribal council. What is with people not learning to not shoot their mouth off in tribal? Jeff was just stunned by Philip's insanity, but somehow he managed to cast enough doubt on Kristina and Fonzieca to split the vote between the three of them and ultimately get Frozone voted off.
I'm glad to see Rob still hanging around since he really makes the show enjoyable, but a little disappointed to see Francisco get voted out in the first round. She seemed really smart and didn't put up with any of Philip's crap, so I liked her. But hey, maybe she can hang in there on Redemption Island and come back, but somehow that seems unlikely since she's got to outlast everyone else that goes there to until they decide to bring the person back from the island.
Anyway, the show got off to a very entertaining start, and I'm looking forward to seeing how Redemption Island plays into the game.
