I've tried to update the site with the latest winnings: http://www.woltermanns.com/misc/survivor_2007.htm but I'm having some trouble with it. Might be a while before it is properly updated.
Frosti wins the first individual immunity!
Jaime is the first member of the jury!
Rebecca continues to rule as the big money winner, closely followed by Ed. Everyone now has some share of the purse except for Denise, who has three people left in the running for our final and greatest prize.
On to week 7 thoughts:
Courtney attempts to shatter all previous Survivor records for being widely reviled and yet not get voted off: "I dislike everyone. I just dislike Amanda and Todd less than the others...I guess they mistake that for friendship." Yup. She's got my vote.
Peih-Gee tried to ingratiate herself with James after her plan to throw challenges and vote off Aaron and James fell a little short. Nice try. You're probably hosed.
When James went over to the archway that held the hidden immunity idol holding that cleaver and looked down at the group of people by the water, I had to laugh. He had this serial killer kind of look to him for juuuussssst a moment.
Some noteworthy Survivor Hall of Fame quotes from week 7:
"Just deal with it, bitch!" Todd (regarding Courtney)
"Boo, challenges...Yay, feast!" Courtney (who was likely drunk)
"We're still cool, right?" Peih-Gee (to James)
"I don't know what that skinny lil bitch is playin'...this is Survivor, not Love Connection!" James (paraphrase)
"They think it's an immunization thang!" James (on the brain trust of Erik, Peih-Gee and Jaime)
"I have no idea...some days I do, some days I don't." Jaime
Jaime, Peih-Gee and Erik find the discarded plaque that was the twin of the immunity idol. They note that the other one is missing. This, to me, was a key point.
The threesome get very excited and plot to get James away from camp in order to rifle through his bag.
I always wonder what the Survivor policy is on stealing hidden immunity idols. Is it fair game? If so, would James be allowed to beat the snot out of them until they gave it back? Surely this is in a FAQ somewhere...
Peih-Gee takes James off frog hunting while the others commit a misdemeanor. Jaime notes that James "has got it wrapped up in his pants". I recall that she noted that there were two of them, but for reasons that aren't clear to me, she doesn't take them out and scrutinize them.
The two tribes merge at this point, and they enjoy a feast complete with acrobats, firecrackers and immigrant Mexican dancers.
Back at camp the players settle into groups to decide who should be voted out next. Courtney continues to irritate her "friends" by insisting that they abandon all pretense of a plan and vote off Jean-Robert. I swear Denise was looking her up and down like she was wondering how she might taste with barbeque sauce. Might have just been the light.
Erik takes over Denise's old role as a player laying low and saying and doing virtually nothing. Seriously, is he even spending time in camp? Maybe he's on the outs with the camera guy.
Jeff makes a rare visit to camp to host a memory game challenge. Finally, something Courtney has a chance to excel at!
Alas, Courtney continues her reign as most feeble Survivor contestant. She fails the first question. I bet she could remember how many glasses of booze she had.
The challenge is quickly over and we are treated to an awkward version of the "Frosti shuffle".
Jean-Robert takes advantage of a quiet moment to tell Todd that he trusts him, but if he should cross him, he will hunt him down and feed him his little Elmer Fudd hat. Just kidding. But he will try to turn the jury against him. A good strategy, I think. I don't recall someone threatening another player with jury action before. Based on how much J-R is loved by the remaining players I doubt it is a serious threat.
At tribal council Peih-Gee proclaims that Jean-Robert is "politicking his ass off". Judging by his previous "blur moments", that better be a whole Republican Party worth of politicking.
Jeff displays bad form in attempting to go to the vote tabulation before asking if anyone has an immunity idol. Jaime quickly points this out and whips out the plaque that she found on the ground.
To me, this cemented her as one of the dumbest Survivor contestants we've had to date. Let's review the facts:
They discovered that James had pulled both plaques off of the arch
One plaque was missing, one was sitting on the ground
The rifled through James' bag and find that he has two plaque-like objects wrapped in his pants
She assumes that they startled James into leaving the immunity idol lying on the ground
How many idols does she think there are?
What in the world happened to the other plaque?
Why wouldn't she check the plaques in James' pants?
Why would she tell Todd any of this?
What in the heck were Erik and Peih-Gee thinking during this scientific analysis?
Ah, well. Perhaps Jaime was concerned that James was a just kleptomaniac. Stay tuned next week for more....Survivor! Where I assume that Erik and Peih-Gee will make a concerted effort to get into James' pants. Ahem.
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I was torn between (1) hoping that Jaime had switched the non idol plaque with a real plaque from his pants and pulling that one out at Tribal Council and (2) hoping that she did get voted off and was the first member of the jury (I had bet on her after all and I had yet to win anything in this pool!). So it all worked out for me...she was humiliated on national TV and I won $7. What a world!
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