Survivor: Redemption Island (The Return of Boston Rob & Russell Hantz) — Page 4

Russell was such a sore loser! I am glad he's gone.

Of course, Phil, the federal secret agent can tell when people are lying! He is TRAINED to know these things, so he would have figured it out! He KNOWS things about people and is the one who DOES things to keep the tribe together. He is a former FEDERAL AGENT. Attention MUST BE PAID!

(I think I would barf if I had to watch his junk swing around out of his droopy drawer pink tighty-whities!)

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The ending was a little disappointing as I was hoping Phillip would be voted out, but it was a smart move to keep their numbers and know they can still cut Phillip loose. It's just nauseating watching him. Rob is really playing smart. A bold move will have to be made if these guys want any chance at beating him.

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Watching Russell snivel about losing was icing on the cake. Knowing Russell didn't even make the jury was sprinkles on the icing.

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I seem to be the one person here who actually liked Russell, but that's beside the point. Russell said in an interview that in their contracts it says they're not allowed to throw challenges. Anyone know if this is true? If it IS true, he has a legitimate gripe.

I still think throwing the challenge was a damn stupid move. They REALLY couldn't just wait to vote him out until they lost a challenge?

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I seem to be the one person here who actually liked Russell, but that's beside the point. Russell said in an interview that in their contracts it says they're not allowed to throw challenges. Anyone know if this is true?

I don't think it's true. There's nothing like that in the rules that have been posted on Reality Blurred. That's not to say that it's not a rule now, but you'd think someone in the group would point out it was a violation if they were thinking of throwing the challenge.

Technically, people throw individual immunity challenges all the time, like any time someone makes a deal with another play during them or leaves the challenge to eat food Jeff brings out.
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LOL. Plus if they weren't allowed to throw challenges, the players would never be so open with what they were doing, even talking to the camera about it.

I'm glad that one of Russell's sidekcks got voted off. There was no point in keeping them around.

SO glad Matt won!
He deserves to win the entire thing at this point!

So, I decided to check out the Live Tweeting

www.cbs.com/jeffprobst

It's actually entertaining. Jeff's live commentary on the show.
The part that makes my brain hurt is the scroll of tweets on the right side of the page. But, Jeff's comments are interesting and fun.

Jeff is letting us know that all of the contestants get sunscreen, a med box with band-aids and condoms. Yep. Condoms.

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A merge already?? Seems way too soon for that, doesn't it?

I call her Penelope. Lol

These are the most boring-to-unpleasant group of people to play this game since the season when the racist dude and the used car salesman/porn star were the final two. If it doesn't get more exciting within the next few episodes, I'm about to call it a season.

Calvin - I don't know which season was the worst. Marquesas (Vecepia), Thailand (Brian), Vanuatu (Chris), Panama (Aras) or Fiji (Earl). I'd probably go with Fiji. But didn't we have a season recently we were ALL moaning about how dull it was and how we didn't like a single person on the show and then suddenly...it turned into one of the best? I remember a tribal council that was HUGE and suddenly turned a dull season into a must-watch nail-biter. But as per usual, Survivor never kicks into gear until after the merge. There are too many peripheral contestants with no screen time and the focus is only on the crazy or repeat players. I never judge a season until after the merge. That's when the fun starts. Everything before that is just exposition.

I'm not a big fan of the whole Redemption Island thing so far. To me, it exhausts the moment rather than boosts it. I'm like, oh yeah, now we have to go through this before we continue. I forgot that they aren't really gone yet. I liked it better when someone is voted out, then they are gone and we move along. And putting someone back into a reality competition once they are out almost never works well. They always have a huge target on them and can only rely on immunity. Has anyone ever returned to the house on Big Brother after being evicted to go on and win? I can't think of a scenario that worked out that way, but maybe it has. It's a device to heighten drama and increase tension. Nothing more. That said, I hope Matt goes back in and does well. Despite all the God talk, I like him and he's impressive player when it comes to challenges.

Who are all these girls on the show. I swear every episode, there is a girl I've never seen before. Like the snotty teen mean girl who is underage for alcohol. I don't like Phillip, but honestly, the immature behavior of the others over the stupid crispy rice and the way they HAD to report to Rob so they could smugly laugh and giggle was so pathetic. It reminded me of those "middle" girls. The ones who aren't in the popular crowd, but they aren't outcasts, either. The ones who will become lap dogs to the popular crowd if given the chance and the attention. So they latch on to any little thing to ridicule so they can feel superior to at least one person just to try and prove themselves in hopes of moving up the social ladder. That snotty girl had that exact same look when she talked to Rob about Phillip and I wanted to punch out all her teeth. Phillip may be annoying and an ass, but he's not intentionally cruel. That's something I cannot tolerate. And if there's one thing that is worse than a mean girl is a girl who wishes she were a mean girl. WHY?!?!

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