SURVIVOR: FANS VS FAVORITES FINALE
(Hot. Fresh. Spoilers.)
Team Fo'Shizzle
Amanda
Cirie
Natalie
Parvati
Done and Done! What a ride this season has been. Blindsides, injuries, more blindsides, more injuries, the dumbest move ever, and the Smoke Monster for good measure.
We're down to the final four women, and today being Mother's Day I was at dinner for the first 20 minutes of the show. We tune in time to see the first-
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!
I'm sure the first 20 were just laughing about Erik and a re-cap of what's happened. Right now the four femme fatales are racing to assemble a ladder with specially crafted rungs. A rung will only properly fit in it's proper slot. First one to the top of their ladder is the winner. Amanda and Parvati are pretty close to each other with Natalie nipping at their heels, but slowly and surely Amanda starts pulling ahead. Natalie looks to have a window of opportunity when Amanda gets to the last run and the piece won't fit, but she quickly finds her wrong piece and scrambles back to the top. Your winner is Amanda and Natalie knows she's on the way out.
Natalie tries to do some talking, but there's no reason not to stick to the original alliance at this point and we'll see that once we go to-
TRIBAL COUNCIL!
Amanda and Cirie get in a tiff, because Cirie points out that she's always been the "and" of all the alliances. James, Ozzie, Parvarti, Amanda AND Cirie. Parvati, Amanda, Alexis, Natalie AND Cirie. Amanda, Parvati AND Cirie. Amanda takes offense at this, even though it's true, and they bicker back and forth for a while. Probst also keeps talking about "what would it be like if you were going to a final two?" Wait... what? Have you... have you been reading my blog, Jefftholomew Probstowski?
Natalie gets the boot and the other three girls head home to yell some more. Amanda starts crying, Cirie starts yelling, Parvarti actually agrees with Cirie, and then, like any chick flick, everyone resolves things way faster than you think they would and they all hug. "Rescue Me" by Aretha Franklin plays in the background.
Amanda has started crying. It must be the last episode. You can set your watch by this stuff. It should also be pointed out though, as a mitigating factor, that she came basically right from China to Micronesia. As she points out, in the last 7 months she's spent 2 1/2 months in the jungle. Rupert, when he went straight from Pearl Island to All Stars, actually started to trip out and actually convinced himself he was dreaming the whole thing and had to be talked back to reality by Jenna. So maybe a little crying is acceptable. You know, just so long as she keeps it together from here on out. ...what are the odds of that?
The next morning Cirie, Amanda and Parvati wake up. They release the last chicken, G-l-o-r-i-a. Gloria. Gloria doesn't really want to leave though, so she just makes a nest in the dirt and continues to live with them. *sniff* It's kind of like "How The Red Fern Grows". The interesting thing is, there's no feast. So they go to look to see if there's something by the Tree Mail spot annnnnnnnnd-
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!
Oh, THAT'S RIGHT, it's a Final Two! The three ladies will do the normal/boring "Remember this Person" walk of filling time and then they will have another immunity challenge! Whoever can handle balls the best will be the winner and will get to choose their opponent at Final Council. Not so fast Parvarti, you gotta balance a ball on a beam. Every five minutes a new piece of bar will be added. Parvarti, not a surprise, is the first to drop out. What IS a surprise is that Cirie is really giving Amanda a run for her money. Cirie slips up once, but it's during the grace period and that's as shaky as she is for the first 15 plus minutes. And then suddenly she blinks or gulps or something and the ball falls from her bar and her hopes crash down with it. Amanda, much like in China, wins the last two challenges.
But now comes the question. Who does she take with her to the Final Council? If she takes Cirie, Cirie could talk her way into victory. If she takes Parvarti, Parvarti has played a devious game that might be respected by the jury. What can Amanda do? Besides cry, I mean. Cause she does that. A bunch. It continues on to-
IMMUNITY COUNCIL!
Where we see more crying. So much crying the jury is rolling their eyes. Poor Amanda, she always plays a fine game up until the very end and then she starts crying at the last couple of councils and no one wants to give a crier a million dollars. After much crying, she finally gives Cirie the heave-ho and picks Parvarti as her final dance partner.
The next day is basically soaking up sun, finally having that feast and waiting for Final Council. Amanda feels confident, Parvarti feels confident, but only one of them is going to be the Lone Survivor.
FINAL COUNCIL!
Everyone is trotted out. Cirie looks kind of angry, uh-oh. As does Natalie, actually. C'mon ladies, can't we go back to hugging?
Amanda goes first, and basically thanks all of the also-rans for all of "the help". Parvarti gives the speech Amanda should have, telling everyone that she played a devious game, she picked some strong players off and she'll give truthful answers tonight.
First up is Eliza. She just yells at the both of them for a while. She calls Parvati a mean person, and then calls Amanda a stupid, poop faced whore. Well, not exactly, but she wasn't happy with either of them. Erik is most upset that sweet Amanda chewed him out. Amanda explains that he had it coming, but he doesn't seem too convinced. Alexis comes up next, she looks fabulous. She wants to know why each girl considers herself a role model for other girls. Parvarti again seems to give the better answer. Natalie comes up next. She, if I'm NOT mistaken, basically asks Parvarti if she'll have sex with her. Seriously. She asks her how her flirting translates into the bed room.
After that bizarre encounter, Jason asks Amanda if she would have betrayed Ozzie. She says no. He asks Parvarti something... maybe about being devious, I can't remember. Parvarti ends a lot of her answers with "is that good enough? Is... that what you wanted?" James says that Amanda has it in the bag but he wants Parvarti to re-do the conversation they had after Ozzie had been voted out. She fails on the first try ("Yo, you got played. What? Uh. Na-na.") and mostly fails on the second try. Cirie comes out next and asks Amanda why Parvarti should be sitting next to her instead of Cirie. Amanda accidentally makes it sound like Parvarti deserved it more, which doesn't make Cirie happy. Cirie then asks Parvarti why Cirie should be there, and while Parvarti doesn't technically answer her question, she gives the answer that Amanda should have given, "I couldn't have beat you." Which is the truth.
Last is Ozzie. First he drags Parvarti over the coals for casting away their friendship for a shot at a million dollars. He doesn't even give her a chance to explain, he's so angry at her. He then shifts gears 180 degrees and confesses his love for Amanda. He tells her she's great and special and schmoopie and the smile on her face is really great and genuine.
But now it's time to vote. Ozzie votes for Amanda (natch), Erik votes for Amanda (kinda natch), Alexis votes for Parvarti (with a heart) and Natalie votes for Parvarti (also with a heart). Maybe we WILL see more hugging at the reunion special.
Probst then takes the bucket, tells everyone he'll see them soon and walks off. While I'm glad to see the return of a final two, I would like to see more jetski/helicopter/bungee jumping from Probst as he gets to David Letterman's theatre. Instead he just walks in the door. *yawn*
Oh, it should also be mentioned that Parvarti gets a little round in the face. It's not a bad thing, it's just something I noticed.
Vote time!
Parvarti
Amanda
Parvarti
Amanda
Parvarti
Amanda
Parvarti
Could we actually see a tie???
PARVARTI!!
Parvarti Shallow is your Survivor Micronesia winner!
Never would have seen it coming.
Couple of quick lessons from this season:
1) If you find the Hidden Immunity Idol, play it.
2) You are only really safe if you are ineligible to be voted out.
3) You can't always be dominate, so it helps to be lucky. If you can't be lucky, find a woman to do your talking for you.
4) Don't cry. If you have to cry, don't do it at a tribal council.
5) If you have to screw someone over, own it. It is rare that "the best liked" person will be winner, it is more often that "the grudgingly respected" will win. Hatch, Jenna, Ahhhhmbahhhh, Tom, Todd and now Parvarti are all great examples of that.
6) If you get on the show know how to start a fire, or swim, or build an even halfway decent shelter. Take James' example. "I don't even like eating off of paper plates. But I went and got a book on Wilderness Survival before I came here. ...20 minutes in Barnes and Noble and I'm Crocodile Dundee."
Thanks for reading this season's recaps. For those of you who don't enjoy them, don't worry, we're (more or less) Survivor free until the Fall.
Team Fo'Shizzle
Amanda
Cirie
Natalie
Parvati
Done and Done! What a ride this season has been. Blindsides, injuries, more blindsides, more injuries, the dumbest move ever, and the Smoke Monster for good measure.
We're down to the final four women, and today being Mother's Day I was at dinner for the first 20 minutes of the show. We tune in time to see the first-
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!
I'm sure the first 20 were just laughing about Erik and a re-cap of what's happened. Right now the four femme fatales are racing to assemble a ladder with specially crafted rungs. A rung will only properly fit in it's proper slot. First one to the top of their ladder is the winner. Amanda and Parvati are pretty close to each other with Natalie nipping at their heels, but slowly and surely Amanda starts pulling ahead. Natalie looks to have a window of opportunity when Amanda gets to the last run and the piece won't fit, but she quickly finds her wrong piece and scrambles back to the top. Your winner is Amanda and Natalie knows she's on the way out.
Natalie tries to do some talking, but there's no reason not to stick to the original alliance at this point and we'll see that once we go to-
TRIBAL COUNCIL!
Amanda and Cirie get in a tiff, because Cirie points out that she's always been the "and" of all the alliances. James, Ozzie, Parvarti, Amanda AND Cirie. Parvati, Amanda, Alexis, Natalie AND Cirie. Amanda, Parvati AND Cirie. Amanda takes offense at this, even though it's true, and they bicker back and forth for a while. Probst also keeps talking about "what would it be like if you were going to a final two?" Wait... what? Have you... have you been reading my blog, Jefftholomew Probstowski?
Natalie gets the boot and the other three girls head home to yell some more. Amanda starts crying, Cirie starts yelling, Parvarti actually agrees with Cirie, and then, like any chick flick, everyone resolves things way faster than you think they would and they all hug. "Rescue Me" by Aretha Franklin plays in the background.
Amanda has started crying. It must be the last episode. You can set your watch by this stuff. It should also be pointed out though, as a mitigating factor, that she came basically right from China to Micronesia. As she points out, in the last 7 months she's spent 2 1/2 months in the jungle. Rupert, when he went straight from Pearl Island to All Stars, actually started to trip out and actually convinced himself he was dreaming the whole thing and had to be talked back to reality by Jenna. So maybe a little crying is acceptable. You know, just so long as she keeps it together from here on out. ...what are the odds of that?
The next morning Cirie, Amanda and Parvati wake up. They release the last chicken, G-l-o-r-i-a. Gloria. Gloria doesn't really want to leave though, so she just makes a nest in the dirt and continues to live with them. *sniff* It's kind of like "How The Red Fern Grows". The interesting thing is, there's no feast. So they go to look to see if there's something by the Tree Mail spot annnnnnnnnd-
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!
Oh, THAT'S RIGHT, it's a Final Two! The three ladies will do the normal/boring "Remember this Person" walk of filling time and then they will have another immunity challenge! Whoever can handle balls the best will be the winner and will get to choose their opponent at Final Council. Not so fast Parvarti, you gotta balance a ball on a beam. Every five minutes a new piece of bar will be added. Parvarti, not a surprise, is the first to drop out. What IS a surprise is that Cirie is really giving Amanda a run for her money. Cirie slips up once, but it's during the grace period and that's as shaky as she is for the first 15 plus minutes. And then suddenly she blinks or gulps or something and the ball falls from her bar and her hopes crash down with it. Amanda, much like in China, wins the last two challenges.
But now comes the question. Who does she take with her to the Final Council? If she takes Cirie, Cirie could talk her way into victory. If she takes Parvarti, Parvarti has played a devious game that might be respected by the jury. What can Amanda do? Besides cry, I mean. Cause she does that. A bunch. It continues on to-
IMMUNITY COUNCIL!
Where we see more crying. So much crying the jury is rolling their eyes. Poor Amanda, she always plays a fine game up until the very end and then she starts crying at the last couple of councils and no one wants to give a crier a million dollars. After much crying, she finally gives Cirie the heave-ho and picks Parvarti as her final dance partner.
The next day is basically soaking up sun, finally having that feast and waiting for Final Council. Amanda feels confident, Parvarti feels confident, but only one of them is going to be the Lone Survivor.
FINAL COUNCIL!
Everyone is trotted out. Cirie looks kind of angry, uh-oh. As does Natalie, actually. C'mon ladies, can't we go back to hugging?
Amanda goes first, and basically thanks all of the also-rans for all of "the help". Parvarti gives the speech Amanda should have, telling everyone that she played a devious game, she picked some strong players off and she'll give truthful answers tonight.
First up is Eliza. She just yells at the both of them for a while. She calls Parvati a mean person, and then calls Amanda a stupid, poop faced whore. Well, not exactly, but she wasn't happy with either of them. Erik is most upset that sweet Amanda chewed him out. Amanda explains that he had it coming, but he doesn't seem too convinced. Alexis comes up next, she looks fabulous. She wants to know why each girl considers herself a role model for other girls. Parvarti again seems to give the better answer. Natalie comes up next. She, if I'm NOT mistaken, basically asks Parvarti if she'll have sex with her. Seriously. She asks her how her flirting translates into the bed room.
After that bizarre encounter, Jason asks Amanda if she would have betrayed Ozzie. She says no. He asks Parvarti something... maybe about being devious, I can't remember. Parvarti ends a lot of her answers with "is that good enough? Is... that what you wanted?" James says that Amanda has it in the bag but he wants Parvarti to re-do the conversation they had after Ozzie had been voted out. She fails on the first try ("Yo, you got played. What? Uh. Na-na.") and mostly fails on the second try. Cirie comes out next and asks Amanda why Parvarti should be sitting next to her instead of Cirie. Amanda accidentally makes it sound like Parvarti deserved it more, which doesn't make Cirie happy. Cirie then asks Parvarti why Cirie should be there, and while Parvarti doesn't technically answer her question, she gives the answer that Amanda should have given, "I couldn't have beat you." Which is the truth.
Last is Ozzie. First he drags Parvarti over the coals for casting away their friendship for a shot at a million dollars. He doesn't even give her a chance to explain, he's so angry at her. He then shifts gears 180 degrees and confesses his love for Amanda. He tells her she's great and special and schmoopie and the smile on her face is really great and genuine.
But now it's time to vote. Ozzie votes for Amanda (natch), Erik votes for Amanda (kinda natch), Alexis votes for Parvarti (with a heart) and Natalie votes for Parvarti (also with a heart). Maybe we WILL see more hugging at the reunion special.
Probst then takes the bucket, tells everyone he'll see them soon and walks off. While I'm glad to see the return of a final two, I would like to see more jetski/helicopter/bungee jumping from Probst as he gets to David Letterman's theatre. Instead he just walks in the door. *yawn*
Oh, it should also be mentioned that Parvarti gets a little round in the face. It's not a bad thing, it's just something I noticed.
Vote time!
Parvarti
Amanda
Parvarti
Amanda
Parvarti
Amanda
Parvarti
Could we actually see a tie???
PARVARTI!!
Never would have seen it coming.
Couple of quick lessons from this season:
1) If you find the Hidden Immunity Idol, play it.
2) You are only really safe if you are ineligible to be voted out.
3) You can't always be dominate, so it helps to be lucky. If you can't be lucky, find a woman to do your talking for you.
4) Don't cry. If you have to cry, don't do it at a tribal council.
5) If you have to screw someone over, own it. It is rare that "the best liked" person will be winner, it is more often that "the grudgingly respected" will win. Hatch, Jenna, Ahhhhmbahhhh, Tom, Todd and now Parvarti are all great examples of that.
6) If you get on the show know how to start a fire, or swim, or build an even halfway decent shelter. Take James' example. "I don't even like eating off of paper plates. But I went and got a book on Wilderness Survival before I came here. ...20 minutes in Barnes and Noble and I'm Crocodile Dundee."
Thanks for reading this season's recaps. For those of you who don't enjoy them, don't worry, we're (more or less) Survivor free until the Fall.
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