Survivor Palau Episode 2 Recap: No Soup for You?
Due to my temporary inability to correctly operate a VCR, I only watched the latest episode of Survivor: Palau once and alas, I can't even go back and check on anything. This must have been how people always had to blog about TV shows before VCRs were invented. Yes, that is a joke. I did not say it was a good joke.
Anyway, I'll muddle through, and fortunately I did make some notes during the ep. If I recall correctly, there are two tribes, Koror, the "older and wiser" tribe, is sort of led by "team captain" Ian. Ian is a young dolphin trainer. He wears glasses and yet is still darned athletic. Last week he was the first Survivor: Palau immunity winner, earning the right to pick his first team mate for Koror. In addition to dispelling myths, Ian enjoys respecting his elders and having a good attitude. I liked him last week but I was afraid to say so for fear of dooming his chances (my favourites rarely win). Either that or that he would turn out to be a jerk. Koror is also sort of led by NYC firefighter Tom. When Jeff gave them the opportunity to pick either their current beach or move to an unknown one, he strongly suggested they pick "a new adventure."
As episode 2 opens, Janu is shocked and horrified to discover three rats. Rats on Survivor! Who woulda thunk it! One or two maybe, but not three! That would be bad enough, but Palau is also on StormWatch. Caryn is the most upset about the wet weather. She insists in the future they take votes rather than acting in haste. Katie knows they made a bad decision, but dislikes Caryn's negative attitude.
Ulong, the "younger and more athletic tribe" is led by no one, and that's the way they like it. Jolanda was their immunity winner a.k.a. team captain, and was as bossy as all get out. Ulong booted her last week and they are thrilled about that move. James is happy without any leader. He says something like, "We're Americans, we can do democracy." I guess he thinks that means having no leader; draw your own conclusions about that. Angie, who was picked last for Ulong, and who received votes at the last tribal council, is concerned that she is still vulnerable. She wants to prove that she can be a valuable asset to her tribe.
Reward Challenge: The Gauntlet
Ian tells Jeff about the missing case of flint but says they will get it back. "We're the Bad News Bears." I try to remember a wacky misadventure wherein The Bad News Bears lost flint, to no avail.
For the Reward Challenge, players have to run through a gauntlet bridge over (pretty untroubled, actually) water, passing over floating obstacles to reach a flag, pick it up, and bring it to the other side. As they try to bring the flag back, two people from the other tribe try to knock them down by swinging bags of sand at them. If they fall into the water, they have to start all over. The first tribe to bring all 10 of their flags to the other side wins mask, snorkels, fins, a fishing spear, and flint.
Willard sits out this challenge and tries to (nicely) offer some coaching help but there is no point. They fell behind quickly and never came close to catching up. Angie's skill at the RC impressed everyone. One of her teammates told her, "Angie, you frickin' rock." One of the women kissed her on the cheek, and the lovefest continued after they brought their goodies back home. Bobby Jon voted for Angie in the first TC but said in a confessional that she "completely dominated" the RC "and it totally changed the whole morale of our whole tribe."
Ian Saves the Day
Meanwhile, the Bad News Korors have sent out their best and brightest to look for the missing flint. Ian dives down, again and again, looking for the steel case. Tom comments on how strong the current is, that they could barely keep the boat steady. At least Mr. New Adventure got to stay nice and dry. Ian finally locates the steel case and after several more trips beneath the surface, even as he is feeling sick, he still manages to tie a rope around the handle, and they pull it to the surface. Two of my favourite players, a brainy dolphin trainer, and a rebel picked last for her team, have become their tribes' heroes! Both are largely responsible for providing them with fire. It represents life, you know. Plus, it's good for boiling water and cooking stuff.
Ulong made soup from a giant clam which was enough to please ... almost everyone. Ashlee refused to eat, and went in the shelter to sleep. Isolating yourself is a bad move in a social game. Kim and Jeff, meanwhile, have taken to snuggling at night. Pre-Romber, I would have said flat-out that forming that sort of alliance is an extremely stupid move in Survivor. Now we can add, "unless the other players are even more stupid." It is still a stupid move, and of course Ulong is paying attention to all three of these players. If Ashlee is truly unhappy or sick, she likely can't help it. Jeff and Kim should know better if they want to win.
Immunity Challenge: Heads Up
The survivors' treemail instructed them to learn Morse Code before the IC. For the IC, first the survivors must swim to a marker buoy. They must wait until everyone on their tribe reaches the buoy and then they can dive down, however many at a time they choose, to find a rope attached to a heavy foot locker sitting on the ocean floor. They must pull the foot locker 50 feet -- every 10 feet, markers will be released to the surface revealing their progress. When the foot locker has been moved 50 feet, each tribe must open its locker, releasing the mess kits inside. Each tribe member must retrieve one mess kit and swim back to the beach. Each mess kit has one Morse Code letter written on it, and the first tribe to spell out the word "immunity" wins.
Koror lagged behind at the start waiting for Willard to reach the marker buoy. Then it is all about Tom. If you ever need someone to push a really heavy foot locker, and for some reason you know Tom, you should probably just go ahead and ask Tom. He's really pretty good at it. Strong as all get out and pretty fast too. They make up a lot of time quickly, while Ulong struggles. They try, or at least, most of them try. Kim does not dive down once. Koror easily wins its second immunity challenge in a row.
Who Can It Be Now?
Kim or Ashlee? Ashlee or Kim? Kim and Jeff sure look like an alliance, so they are a threat, and Kim did not even try at the IC. But does Ashlee even want to be there? Kim has noticed she might be a target and starts asking questions.
At TC, Kim claims it never crossed her mind that she and Jeff might look like an alliance. Jeff says it is just about body warmth and about it being nice to have someone to sleep with; it has nothing to do with alliances. Yes, it sounds implausible to me too. Still, when it comes down to it, everyone votes for Ashlee, save two. Ashlee votes for Jeff, and Ibrehem votes for Kim. That's two votes in a row where Ibrehem has not been in the voting majority.
Ashlee was just "ready to go home." Kim was just lucky to have a tribemate who was isolating herself ... who didn't feel well, who was even refusing to eat soup. C'mon, everyone likes soup. When she refused soup, that's when the savvy viewer should have really known there was no way they could let her stay. Something was seriously wrong with this poor lass if she was saying no to soup.
Next Week on Survivor:
Jeff and Kim smooch. James says all she has to her advantage is her sexuality. Koror goes on a hunt for a shark as I go on a hunt for my remote, because I ain't watching that. Immunity is back up for grabs (isn't that part of the show every week?) and the game is somehow taken to a whole new level. That must not involve the kissing, the violence, the trying to kill a shark, or the immunity challenge then. That's all pretty old stuff. And it just figures, Ian the friendly dolphin trainer will try to kill a shark. You just can't like anyone on this show. Grr.
Anyway, I'll muddle through, and fortunately I did make some notes during the ep. If I recall correctly, there are two tribes, Koror, the "older and wiser" tribe, is sort of led by "team captain" Ian. Ian is a young dolphin trainer. He wears glasses and yet is still darned athletic. Last week he was the first Survivor: Palau immunity winner, earning the right to pick his first team mate for Koror. In addition to dispelling myths, Ian enjoys respecting his elders and having a good attitude. I liked him last week but I was afraid to say so for fear of dooming his chances (my favourites rarely win). Either that or that he would turn out to be a jerk. Koror is also sort of led by NYC firefighter Tom. When Jeff gave them the opportunity to pick either their current beach or move to an unknown one, he strongly suggested they pick "a new adventure."
As episode 2 opens, Janu is shocked and horrified to discover three rats. Rats on Survivor! Who woulda thunk it! One or two maybe, but not three! That would be bad enough, but Palau is also on StormWatch. Caryn is the most upset about the wet weather. She insists in the future they take votes rather than acting in haste. Katie knows they made a bad decision, but dislikes Caryn's negative attitude.
Ulong, the "younger and more athletic tribe" is led by no one, and that's the way they like it. Jolanda was their immunity winner a.k.a. team captain, and was as bossy as all get out. Ulong booted her last week and they are thrilled about that move. James is happy without any leader. He says something like, "We're Americans, we can do democracy." I guess he thinks that means having no leader; draw your own conclusions about that. Angie, who was picked last for Ulong, and who received votes at the last tribal council, is concerned that she is still vulnerable. She wants to prove that she can be a valuable asset to her tribe.
Reward Challenge: The Gauntlet
Ian tells Jeff about the missing case of flint but says they will get it back. "We're the Bad News Bears." I try to remember a wacky misadventure wherein The Bad News Bears lost flint, to no avail.
For the Reward Challenge, players have to run through a gauntlet bridge over (pretty untroubled, actually) water, passing over floating obstacles to reach a flag, pick it up, and bring it to the other side. As they try to bring the flag back, two people from the other tribe try to knock them down by swinging bags of sand at them. If they fall into the water, they have to start all over. The first tribe to bring all 10 of their flags to the other side wins mask, snorkels, fins, a fishing spear, and flint.
Willard sits out this challenge and tries to (nicely) offer some coaching help but there is no point. They fell behind quickly and never came close to catching up. Angie's skill at the RC impressed everyone. One of her teammates told her, "Angie, you frickin' rock." One of the women kissed her on the cheek, and the lovefest continued after they brought their goodies back home. Bobby Jon voted for Angie in the first TC but said in a confessional that she "completely dominated" the RC "and it totally changed the whole morale of our whole tribe."
Ian Saves the Day
Meanwhile, the Bad News Korors have sent out their best and brightest to look for the missing flint. Ian dives down, again and again, looking for the steel case. Tom comments on how strong the current is, that they could barely keep the boat steady. At least Mr. New Adventure got to stay nice and dry. Ian finally locates the steel case and after several more trips beneath the surface, even as he is feeling sick, he still manages to tie a rope around the handle, and they pull it to the surface. Two of my favourite players, a brainy dolphin trainer, and a rebel picked last for her team, have become their tribes' heroes! Both are largely responsible for providing them with fire. It represents life, you know. Plus, it's good for boiling water and cooking stuff.
Ulong made soup from a giant clam which was enough to please ... almost everyone. Ashlee refused to eat, and went in the shelter to sleep. Isolating yourself is a bad move in a social game. Kim and Jeff, meanwhile, have taken to snuggling at night. Pre-Romber, I would have said flat-out that forming that sort of alliance is an extremely stupid move in Survivor. Now we can add, "unless the other players are even more stupid." It is still a stupid move, and of course Ulong is paying attention to all three of these players. If Ashlee is truly unhappy or sick, she likely can't help it. Jeff and Kim should know better if they want to win.
Immunity Challenge: Heads Up
The survivors' treemail instructed them to learn Morse Code before the IC. For the IC, first the survivors must swim to a marker buoy. They must wait until everyone on their tribe reaches the buoy and then they can dive down, however many at a time they choose, to find a rope attached to a heavy foot locker sitting on the ocean floor. They must pull the foot locker 50 feet -- every 10 feet, markers will be released to the surface revealing their progress. When the foot locker has been moved 50 feet, each tribe must open its locker, releasing the mess kits inside. Each tribe member must retrieve one mess kit and swim back to the beach. Each mess kit has one Morse Code letter written on it, and the first tribe to spell out the word "immunity" wins.
Koror lagged behind at the start waiting for Willard to reach the marker buoy. Then it is all about Tom. If you ever need someone to push a really heavy foot locker, and for some reason you know Tom, you should probably just go ahead and ask Tom. He's really pretty good at it. Strong as all get out and pretty fast too. They make up a lot of time quickly, while Ulong struggles. They try, or at least, most of them try. Kim does not dive down once. Koror easily wins its second immunity challenge in a row.
Who Can It Be Now?
Kim or Ashlee? Ashlee or Kim? Kim and Jeff sure look like an alliance, so they are a threat, and Kim did not even try at the IC. But does Ashlee even want to be there? Kim has noticed she might be a target and starts asking questions.
At TC, Kim claims it never crossed her mind that she and Jeff might look like an alliance. Jeff says it is just about body warmth and about it being nice to have someone to sleep with; it has nothing to do with alliances. Yes, it sounds implausible to me too. Still, when it comes down to it, everyone votes for Ashlee, save two. Ashlee votes for Jeff, and Ibrehem votes for Kim. That's two votes in a row where Ibrehem has not been in the voting majority.
Ashlee was just "ready to go home." Kim was just lucky to have a tribemate who was isolating herself ... who didn't feel well, who was even refusing to eat soup. C'mon, everyone likes soup. When she refused soup, that's when the savvy viewer should have really known there was no way they could let her stay. Something was seriously wrong with this poor lass if she was saying no to soup.
Next Week on Survivor:
Jeff and Kim smooch. James says all she has to her advantage is her sexuality. Koror goes on a hunt for a shark as I go on a hunt for my remote, because I ain't watching that. Immunity is back up for grabs (isn't that part of the show every week?) and the game is somehow taken to a whole new level. That must not involve the kissing, the violence, the trying to kill a shark, or the immunity challenge then. That's all pretty old stuff. And it just figures, Ian the friendly dolphin trainer will try to kill a shark. You just can't like anyone on this show. Grr.
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