Survivor: Cook Islands – Episode 7

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Episode 7 Elimination: Jessica

I’m not one that likes to beat a dead horse, but I’m going to continue with my “Three observations” format yet again.  Unlike past weeks, I actually have time to write a twenty paragraph diatribe.  But this was one of the less interesting episodes of Cook Islands, so cutting this blog entry to three points is probably enough. Here we go..

Wait a second…  Jonathan?  Wasn’t Team CaucAsian’s final four supposed to be Becky, Yul, Candice, and Jonathan?  Wasn’t Candice’s partner all the way through the end supposed to be Jonathan?  So why on earth would she be plotting with to potentially vote him off?

You know Becky and Yul are as thick as thieves.  Why would you even consider voting out your strongest ally for the final four?  Especially when you’d beat him hands down at the end!

All I have to say is that Becky is every bit the assassin I pegged her for back in Episode 2.  Not only does she have Yul and the hidden immunity idol in her grasp, but she’s got everyone scrambling to control “untrustworthy” Jonathan, when she’s the one yanking on all of their strings.

“Hey Candice, you really shouldn’t trust Jonathan.  I know that he’s your strongest ally, and that if you lost him, Yul and I would have a clear-cut advantage in the final four, but there’s just something about him…”

“Oh my goodness, Becky!  You are so right!  Listen, do you want that million dollars in fifties or hundreds?”

2. Brad is a Four-Year-Old.

Brad took a lot of heat after stepping down from the physical aspect of the reward challenge to participate in the “puzzle” part.  As a result, Raro got so outdone in the physical part, the challenge was over before they even had a chance to begin the puzzle.

Hey Brad: Newflash!  The puzzle had six pieces.  Six. Pieces.  A pre-schooler could have put that thing together!

Of course, Brad’s miscue did lead to the most interesting part of the show: Nate mimicking his effeminate teammates rebuttle of “I’m spatial!”

3. Ozzy’s Got One Shot.

In the first half of the show, they were showing clip after clip of Aitu members touting Ozzy’s animal-like abilities, and saying how he needed to go since he’d be a  big of a threat after the merge.  When Aitu lost immunity, I told my girlfriend, “I’d say he’s finished, but they almost built up him getting voted out too much.”  Sure enough, twelve and a half seasons have honed my instincts, as those sentiments of taking out Ozzy quickly shifted to either Jessica or Jonathan.

And it only made sense.  Ozzy’s such an asset in the challenges and almost guarantees that you’ll have numbers at the merge.  Yeah, he’ll be a threat after the merge, but he’s not so dominating that he’ll pull a Terry and run the table.  The smart thing to do would be to keep him around until the merge, and then take him out when he inevitably slips up.

Still, my gut tells me that one more Aitu loss will do him in.  And I would hate to have Ozzy be my first pick in twelve seasons to fail to make the merge.  I still feel that he’s to much of a whiny girl to ever win the whole game, but I do have a reputation to uphold. Anyway, my only hope is that Aitu wins the next two-or-so challenges, or that the bombshell that Jeff Probst dropped in the previews of “You have ten seconds to decide whether you want to change your fate in the game” turns out in favor of the Ozster.

Of course, there’s always the chance that he’ll take Jeff up on the offer and it leads to an automatic elimination from the game.  Hey, they’ve got to come up with some way to eliminate twenty survivors in fourteen episodes, some of them are bound to be dumb.

This is why we listen to DeROK and keep limit the cast to sixteen!