A great finish to a great Survivor season. Did anyone else think Russell was drunk at the reunion show?
Jayne, you'll scare the women.
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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Scrappy - May 17, 2010 6:23:15 am PDT #13805 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Strega - May 17, 2010 7:15:38 am PDT #13806 of 23273
Would Parvarti have won if Jerri had been there instead of Sandra?
I was wondering that too. I always wish they'd spend more time talking to the jury about their votes. Particularly now that there are 3 choices. My hunch is that Parvati would have won against Jerri. Although I think Russell might have at least gotten one or two votes that way.
le nubian - May 17, 2010 7:27:23 am PDT #13807 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't think there is anyone on the jury who would have voted for Russell. I think that is the truth that Russell finally gets.
I literally think the only person Russell could have won against is Randy.
Scrappy - May 17, 2010 7:32:13 am PDT #13808 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hell, I could have won against Randy, and I wasn't even there. Useless and sour is a very bad combo.
Jessica - May 17, 2010 7:34:49 am PDT #13809 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My hunch is that Parvati would have won against Jerri.
I think so too, unless Jerri was doing more strategizing offscreen than we ever saw.
Scrappy - May 17, 2010 7:45:29 am PDT #13810 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Also, I don't think that Russell even now understands what he did wrong. As Jeff (who was looking very fetching in his black sweater last night) said, Russell may have won a different game, but Survivor is about the same people you play against judging you at the end.
Jessica - May 17, 2010 7:52:04 am PDT #13811 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Has anyone won with the "I hate you but respect your gameplay" strategy since Richard Hatch? It seems to me there's always someone in every season who thinks that's the way to go, but it never works out because the social game is what's important.
Stephanie - May 17, 2010 8:09:42 am PDT #13812 of 23273
Trust my rage
I only got to see up until the reading of the final votes and then I had to go to bed. Russell looked so angry, which was so different from how confident he had looked the first time around and at the last tribal council. I'm so eager to see the reunion and see how it went.
le nubian - May 17, 2010 8:46:04 am PDT #13813 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Prepare yourself. That reunion was a trip. It really is the Russell show for the first half.
Stephanie - May 17, 2010 9:17:14 am PDT #13814 of 23273
Trust my rage
I suppose this is not really news to anyone who has thought about it but one thing I did learn from Russell is that most people (but not him) are still constrained by rules of common decency and honesty, even when they are "playing a game". When they lie to people, they feel bad about it and they have tells of one sort or another. But not Russell. Parvati is the perfect example. I think she was as devious as Russell but she didn't do it in a way that made everyone hate her.