Survivor

[rockhpi]

So Coach decided to not honor EITHER of his loyalties. Now, he could have voted Russell and forced a tiebreaker, thus giving them an equal shot at staying and (by his weird logic) not been disloyal to either person but he decided to go the douchebag route. Asshole.

[Babalu]

Rob's final words (extended)

Sigh

[OneAnne]

Dangnabbit... if the season is going to now morph into the Evil Russell show, I may be done.

[M. Darcy]

Shut up Coach. You're the reason that Rob is gone. All you had to do was vote for Russell which would have forced a tie.

I love Courtney. Anyone who calls Jeffrey on his bs is awesome.

[rockhpi]

Courtney OWNED Jeff during tribal. I like her a lot too. And as much as I am glad Sandra was able to engineer Coach's ouster, is it in her best interest given that she's really only allied with Courtney at this point? Maybe she's expecting merge soon and doesn't care.

Also, though I'm not a big Sandra fan, kudos to her for figuring out Russell's trigger and how to aim him.

And between Coach and Jerri, I was caught in a whirlwind of delusion. Nothing in their conversation made sense, given what they said in the last episode. They are both out of their tiny little minds.

[Rachel RSL]

Sandra FTW! And I agree with her, why the hell is she on the Villains tribe?!

And as much as I am glad Sandra was able to engineer Coach's ouster, is it in her best interest given that she's really only allied with Courtney at this point? Maybe she's expecting merge soon and doesn't care.

I seem to recall that Sandra's winning strategy for her season was "anyone but me". She really didn't care who went every week as long as it wasn't her.

Loved the montage of "dumbest Survivor moments ever" at the end (although I disagree that poor Ian was stupid, he was just delirious from standing on a pole for 12 hours while being bullied by Tom) but I'm praying it's just misleading editing. JT wouldn't be that dumb, would he?

Agreed, Courtney is, indeed, awesome! I always thought Probst kinda had the hots for her.

[AndreaInNC]

so do you think they will even merge? With Coach being the first member of the jury - it makes me wonder.

Brilliant move Sandra ..

and Russell voted for Courtney, did he know the others voting for Coach? Next week should be interesting!

[PhilG]

Looks like it will be a 9-person jury and 3 finalists.

The Villains tribe are really idiots., Every one of them say they want Russell out, and he doesn't even get one vote.

And did you see who voted for whom? Danielle, who fought with Russell saying Coach shouldn't go, voted for Coach--and Russell didn't!

[M. Darcy]

Sandra FTW! And I agree with her, why the hell is she on the Villains tribe?!

Because she's not a buff guy ergo not a hero.

so do you think they will even merge?

Yep. There is one more episode and then they merge.

[AndreaInNC]

And did you see who voted for whom? Danielle, who fought with Russell saying Coach shouldn't go, voted for Coach--and Russell didn't!

yep - i anticipate fireworks next week when Russell finds out someone didn't vote with him. They will be next on his list to target is my guess.

best quote of the season comes from Coach's final words .. banished from the kingdom of idiots .. lol

[Babalu]

Yep, Sandra's my girl. She's the only one I'm really rooting for now, even though it seems like it will take a miracle to make her get to the end. She makes final 3 and may very well win.

This is not a placement spoiler, but it's a spoiler nonetheless. After the final tribal council, the jury and final three apparently spent a few days together at Ponderosa or wherever it is they stay, and Russell got into a physical altercation with Coach, Colby, and J.T., and they had to be pulled apart. I HOPE there's footage of that!

[M. Darcy]

I would pay money to see that fight. I can't wait to see that, Sandra making Rupert cry and Russell getting no votes at the end.

[AndreaInNC]

well after last night - it is safe to say that if Sandra makes it to the finals - she made it without riding anyone's coattails.

[evening]

these villians have just come apart... Its a shame none of them saw the previous season, to know what Russell is really about. If Coach and Jeri had a brain, they would have joined forces with Sandra and Courtney, before Sandra thought to go to Russell....

[grubsneerg]

these villians have just come apart... Its a shame none of them saw the previous season, to know what Russell is really about. If Coach and Jeri had a brain, they would have joined forces with Sandra and Courtney, before Sandra thought to go to Russell....

It's true that the rest of the All-Stars may be at a disadvantage because Russell is an unknown player to them, but they would have to respect that he's a good enough player to be included in All-Stars. But Russell himself is at a disadvantage because he thinks he's playing great. He's doing what he did the last season and thinks it's working for him. He doesn't know yet that it didn't since this season was finished filming before the live finale of his first season was filmed. I wonder if that's why he looked so defeated on that first finale. He realized he just played two seasons in a row completely and utterly wrong.