Survivor – Even Jeff Probst is bored with these people

Two weeks ago, Jeff Probst practically begged the Survivor castaways to make a big move and save either Dawn or Whitney. They didn’t, and both of them were also vanquished by Ozzy at Redemption Island. It seems inevitable that he will return to the game, especially with this week’s newest cast off.

And again at Tribal this week, Jeff saw some potential cracks in the original Upolu alliance, saw that Cochran made some valid points about keeping him in the game for at least one more day, caused Brandon to have a mini breakdown after getting him to admit that he is unchanging in his votes therefore he could be a problem if the alliance scenario changes, and couldn’t even get Sophie to see some of the potential issues facing the tribe if they continue to be so rigid. And, even with all of Coach’s pledges to fight till his last breath to keep Cochran in the game, they all turned (except Edna) on the guy who basically put them where they are today. And yes, even Coach voted for him.

I don’t know whether to feel sorry for Cochran for his sense of betrayal, or just have that “karma’s a bitch” attitude because he basically got what he gave to his old tribe. There’s no way Cochran can beat Ozzy, is there? But it would be utterly fabulous if he did knock Ozzy down a few notches, but he’d never last another Tribal if he did get back into the game, and Ozzy at least has a shot at winning immunity and watching the Upolu tribe cannibalize each other (figuratively, of course). In the end, though, Cochran was right when he said at the start of the episode that the Upolu six were very cult-like, and he became the sacrificial lamb that he feared he would. Hopefully, next week things will pick up when they have no one else to vote out but their own.

Other highlights:

• Edna has finally woken up to the fact that she’s number six in her alliance of six.
• Cochran told of his adolescent prank calls in which he would call girls and tell them he wanted to share sperm with them.
• Cochran thinks Brandon’s devoutness is frightening and that he has something even scarier buried within him (something that Jeff seemed to see at Tribal as well).
• Dawn became the third jury member; Whitney, the fourth.
• Some new guy (a lumberjack?) joined the tribe this week, replacing the other guy with the cowboy hat. And he’s nicknamed Albert “Prince Albert” because he just lays in a hammock all day.
• Coach tried to empower Cochran with tai chi in the hopes that it would help him win immunity. It didn’t.
• Albert won immunity and reward, chose Coach to enjoy the spa day with him, then gave his part of the reward to Cochran as a birthday present. Cochran lied that it was his birthday.
• Brandon is on the verge of totally cracking up, crying at Tribal, insinuating that he does have some real demons he’s fighting to not let out.
• “I don’t want to be Sharon Tate in this scenario.” — Cochran, after comparing the Upolu members to the Manson family.

Clacked by Chuck Duncan
on Nov 30, 2011 @ 23:35 EST5EDT