Survivor Fans vs Favorites - Episode Two

So episode two begins of course with a recap to remind us that Johnny Fairplay has left the island. I am not sure how I really feel about this. Although I don't like Fairplay, I think he could have brought some good drama to the show and created some problems. As a possible fifth for the two 4-people alliances that are already in place, he could have potentially been a power player. Now Cirie has the power.

This week, in celebration of Valentine's Day, we get our first peek at love in bloom. James is digging himself another hole and looks to be on the path to making another huge blunder in the game by messing with Parvati. I know she is smoking hot, but didn't he learn anything in China. She is stringing him along and will flip as soon as she has to. I can hear Parvati now..."hey diddle diddle, let me play James like a fiddle".

As for Ozzy and Amanda, they are the first couple (this season) to make out. Some heavy petting and passionate kisses take place at night when they think no one is watching. But unbeknowst to them Cirie and Jonathon have caught then swapping spit. This will prove to be Ozzy's undoing for sure. And I say Ozzy because he is so strong in comps that he will be the one that is choosen to go first over Amanda.

The fans seem to be having difficulty getting their island life together. No fire, no food, no water and a half ass shelter. As they try to work together to get shelter, it seems like everyone wants to talk at the same time. This only causes more confusion and you quickly see the tribe split, 7 to 3, with the three being Kathy, Chet and Tracey. However the three work together and get a pretty decent shelter built while the 7 decide to clean out the "cave" so they can sleep there. Only problem I see is the cave does not look like it would be big enough for 2 let alone 7. Finally the 7 come to their senses (after they see the shelter the 3 built) and finally decide to ask for help to get another shelter built. They finally get fire going and are able to get water boiled.

This week the immunity challenge and reward challenge are one in the same. Reward is fishing stuff and a fishing boat. Winner gets to choose someone from the losing team to go to Exile island. There is also another twist that they learn once the challenge is over and that is the winning team also has to choose someone from their own team to go to Exile island. Two people will be exiled and there is one idol on the island. That should prove interesting.

The challenge involves 5 people running over "lilly" pads in the water to a platform then diving off and swimming to another platform where they will have to climb up to another platform (too many platforms). From their they will jump out and try to bust a hanging tile which will release a key. they have to retrieve the key and swim back in. One team member will collect the keys from the 5 swimmers. Once all keys have been retrieved, the "key master" will use the keys to unlock a trunk that has puzzle pieces in it. Then 3 "puzzle makers" will solve the puzzle. First team to correctly solve the puzzle, which is a map of Micronesia wins.

Ozzy is first out of the gate and gets a commanding lead for the Favs. But the Fans stay strong....that is until Chet can't find the key after he busts the tile. Looks like the Favs have this one in the bag but then the Fans make a good comeback, but it's a little too late. The Favs win immunity and reward. They choose Kathy from the Fans tribe to go to Exile Island and Cirie from their tribe. So off they go in search of the hidden immunity idol at Exile. The clue they received leads them to another clue, which leads them to another clue and another clue. Funny thing is the clues lead them back and forth from island to island. Their final clue instructs them to go back where they began....lol. We never find out if they find the idol, but my guess is no.

The next day is tribal council day for the Fans and Kathy returns to her tribe. It looks like Chet may be the one to go. Mikey seems to have figured out all the angles in case Kathy found another idol. The only thing Mikey hasn't figured out is that he is getting too close to Mary and The Hulk sees this and hatches a plan to get Mary out thereby crushing Mikey and taking out his biggest ally. As we get to tribal council it appears this will be a total blindside for Mary. Mikey and Mary have no clue and instead think Chet will be leaving. So Mary is voted out and Mikey is left there stunned. Jeff was pretty surprised to and leaves us with this quote....First Tribal Council, First Blindside. Next weeks challenge looks like it is going to be brutal....we see the Survivors all made up with war paint and atacking each other.

All in all a good episode. I just so wish James would come out of the Parvati fog and not make the biggest mistake you can make in this game. If you are gonna fool around on the island don't get caught. You can not show that you are getting too close to someone this early on in the game. Same goes for Ozzy...wake up dude. Jonathan seems to be playing a better game this time around. As for the Fans, I am still not there yet with them. I have no favorite, but if I had to choose I would say Mikey, but that is a bad choice because he will be out soon. I hope The Hulk (can not remember his name) goes soon.

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