YAY! It’s Survivor night! I will be using this post to keep everyone’s names straight and to remind myself of their backgrounds. You can click the link if you need more information about this season’s players. Last week, Jackson was medically removed from the game. Then, Zach was the first to be voted out. 🙁 Let’s see what tonight hold for us.
IKA (Blue) Tribe Zach, Drea, Romeo, Rocksroy, Tori, Swati
We pick up with a traumatized tribe after their first tribal council. Tori is already annoying the fuck out of me. Can she please go home tonight? It’s day three and she is whining about lack of food and a bed and crying. Chanelle and Jenny find a couple of crabs and everyone loves them. Hai is vegan and he is conflicted about whether he needs to eat meat to just be able to sustain his body during the game. He decides he needs to eat the crab. He feels, “Good and Guilty.” Drea is happy that she has an extra vote. She is in an alliance with Rocksroy and Romeo but she wants a girl’s alliance. She draws in Swati and Tori. Swati thinks Drea has too much power. So she asks Tori to help her get Drea out. Interesting. Swati may be a silent assassin in this game.
Taku (Orange) Tribe Jonathan, Omar, Maryanne, Marya, Jackson, Lindsay
Finally, we get my girl MaryAnne. She is a maniac with the axe. Lindsay has to go. She doesn’t like MaryAnne because she is too perky. Omar tells people that he is a Muslim and will be praying throughout the day so don’t think he is out looking for idols, he will be on the beach. Jonathan and Omar make a very unlikely bromance. They complement each other well. Jonathan is close to everyone except Marya. Marya tells her tribe about her brother who was one of the first nurses to die from Covid when the pandemic began. She has a picture of him etched on a necklace and plans to bury it on the island to memorialize him.
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Vati (Green Tribe) Lydia, Mike, Daniel, Kai, Jenny, Chantelle
Over on the Vati Tribe, Mike finds the first Idol. It is the three way shared Idol with the stupid secret phrase. Also, he can’t vote at tribal council until all three idols are found. He immediately tells Jenny about the idol. He needs to make friends fast because he can’t vote. Then he tells Daniel. Mike buried the idol and has no idea where it is now. Finally, he finds it. Daniel is going to try to help Mike use his brain. He tells him not to say the phrase this challenge. Smart move, I didn’t know that was an option. Then, Danielle goes to Chantelle and tells her everything. Daniel doesn’t want the idols activated. So he has either got to convince Mike never to say his phrase, or vote him out. Daniel is diabolical and I love it!
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The Challenge
At the next challenge, MaryAnne confesses she has a crush on Zach and was sad to see him go. She also says she has a 100% rejection rate with guys she likes. Because, guys are stupid. The first and second place winners with get fishing gear. The teams have to complete a series of tasks blindfolded and then find the puzzles pieces that they need to solve. It’s total insanity! Vati (green tribe) wins. Ika (blue tribe) gets second. Taku (orange tribe), is going to tribal. Oh God, that is MaryAnne’s tribe! They better not vote her off.
Tribal Counsel: Taku (Orange) Tribe Jonathan, Omar, Maryanne, Marya, Jackson, Lindsay
Jonathan and Omar is going to vote out Marya and Maryanne. Oh God no. They want to send Maryanne home. DO NOT MAKE ME COME THROUGH THIS TV AND BEAT SOME ASS. But, Maryanne has an extra vote. Maryanne goes to look for an idol. I hate Lindsey and Marya. I’m taping that On The Edge Show that premieres after this. Looks like a good Saturday show for me. I really need them to get the hell on with the voting. Poor MaryAnne knows she is in trouble. She goes to vote and finds her extra vote. Does she know Marya is the other option though? Marya plays her shot in the dark, but she is not safe. THANK GOD! Marya gets voted out! My girl lives to giggle another day.
Next week: Mike loses his idol AGAIN. And Jeff stops a competition because someone is drowning.
I have to say, I really HATE this Covid Survivor. I’ve never missed an episode, I remember the 4 different TV Guides when it was introduced in 2000, I’ve weathered the ups and downs but THIS? Horrible. 41 and 42 are nothing but a bunch of whiny overly sensitive pussies! I know it production and editing driven but it’s pathetic!
Seriously, Google Survivor AU S08E01 and watch how the Australians did their Covid seasons, it was probably the best season of Survivor anywhere ever. Their cast is just as diverse but they aren’t being singled out one by one for their “category” and asked to expand on it endlessly and then expand some more in the tribe setting and then again at the merge. They also aren’t whiny at all like our Covid Survivors (except Maryanne). They also have a larger group of people (24) which they stuck to rather than reduce the group and squeeze two boring seasons out of one group because of quarantine. They also don’t have any of the stupid “twists” like making people say stupid shit at challenges or hiking up hills to maybe get an advantage. CBS blew it imo.
For the first time in Survivor history, after tonight I will be watching the show sometime over the weekend or whenever I get around to it. No rush.
I don’t really look at this like Covid seasons at all. Covid really doesn’t effect Survivor other than everyone having to quarantine first. I kind of like that they are mixing things up and making the idols more difficult to play. /shrugs
I still love this show but don’t like the stupid idol phrases at all. Mike losing his was hysterical! And maybe losing it again! Has this ever happened before? I don’t remember it happening before but then, yesterday is usually a blur for me these days 🙄. How can you not love Maryanne?
Maryanne is super sweet, humanity doesn’t deserve kind people like her. She embraces her cringe, ie watch Red Panda if you can.
Thanks Tamara for doing all this stuff
Thank YOU for commenting about Survivor. I LOVE THIS SHOW and wish I had more discussion about it here!
Survivor seems to be good so far! I love the cast this season. i already have my early faves. But…. I don’t agree with your opinion of Maryanne. I think it would be exhausting 24/7. I can’t wait to see what happens next week!
I agree.
Agree too. I like Maryanne’s joy. Wonder if it will change after the real hunger and weakness sets in. That kind of energy can accentuate how weak you feel if you’re around it all the time. I’m sure it will get to someone.
What brings me joy about Maryanne is her joy for life, that she looks for the positive, she reminds me of Tina from Bob’s Burgers a bit I guess. Maryanne may be a bit much for some, but I would take her over a Hantz any day of the week.
I did not see the Daniel move coming. This is getting interesting. Why do these people share that they have an idol with anyone? To say it to one, is saying it to the whole tribe. Every time. Yet they continue to believe their alliance member will keep their mouth shut. Entertaining to watch.
Survivor is my favorite reality show by far.
I did watch On The Edge because Eboni Williams was one it and I wanted to see how she presented herself filming with people who weren’t scripted housewives. The cast hooked me in. I will watch. The one thing I thought was lame though was the copycatting of Survivor that went on. They used their format, and changed some lame stuff up (instead of tribal council you have a lantern ceremony where you are given the option of quitting by ringing the bell). Teams are chosen. Challenges are similar.
I wonder if anyone asked why Jeff is saying, “Come on in”, rather than “Come on in, guys”?
Because of the first episode of maybe last season, Jeff asked if saying guys was sexist and a couple of idiots said yes. So not he doesn’t say it anymore. It’s ridiculous. Hey you guys! has become a genderless exclamation over the years. People are paranoid about being “cancelled.”
I remember that. I just wondered that since none of this cast saw that season did anyone ask why he’d changed his phrase.
Boston Rob tweeted how he can’t believe how NONE of them can keep their mouths shut. It’s so true and so aggravatingly idiotic!
Love the recap TT! It really is the best reality show ever.
PS: Canceling in the C’mon in GUYS is such utter bullshit
I know, now I am just pissed off every time.
Meanwhile, I laid down to nap at sometime today and just now woke up at 8 pm. On a normal day/night I wake up 57 times to pee and sleep for about 30-45 minutes before getting up to pee again. I’m not sure how long I have been asleep, but it’s been hours without getting up.
I slept for 8 hours straight last night and it was glorious. That sounds like an awesome nap.
Based on my inbox, I went down sometime around two. The thing is I am still exhausted and am about to go to bed again. I don’t know what my problem is but someone is coming tomorrow to help me try to get my cleaning back on track.