Survivor: 3+2+1+1 =Fun!

Wow. I really have to hand it to the Survivor producers for coming up with a cast that exhibits such a diverse array of personality disorders. If we hadn't witnessed the total abandonment of all the shopworn strategy usually employed in this game at tribal council, that would have been a very dull episode indeed. The challenges were the worst I've seen in awhile, Bobby's virtuoso performance in dismantling the fish notwithstanding. And the action at one camp was limited to a too-long depiction of the bean-related G.I. distress. Please. Unless it's performed as a deliberately antisocial statement interlaced with some choice slang (i.e. Bobby "dropping the deuce"), I'd rather not hear about the messier consequences of life in the jungle.

About that vote. When was the last time more than two people got votes at a tribal council? Pre-merge Season One? I can't believe the outcome essentially was decided by a thrown vote for a fringe candidate. It was like the 2000 Presidential election all over again. And it could have been so simple, if only these people weren't so dumb. I mean, the women decide to go against Aras and vote off Bobby instead of Bruce. But they need a fourth vote. So they ask. . . Shane? Why not ask, like, BRUCE to vote with them?!? I can't be 100% certain of this, since he's as irrational as the rest of them, but I suspect he would have been a guaranteed vote against Bobby if he knew it would keep him in the game. You get your 4-3, and a new alliance to boot. But no. . .gotta make it interesting. And for that I thank them.

Bobby's open contempt for his tribemates meant he wasn't going to go far in the game. But he did come up big for Casaya in a few challenges. I wonder if his ouster will hurt the them in that respect? Plus, given their personality disorders, idiocy, and mutual animosity, it's tough to see any kind of Casaya "alliance" holding up, even if they go into a merge with a numerical advantage. Terry and whatever allies he brings with him should be able to pick them apart. It could be interesting. Or it could get dull in a hurry.