Russell one of the best Survivor players ever

Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……..

Last night was yet another sweet episode of Survivor. It’s really heating up now. We’ve finally reached the point where the original tribe members (on each side) are starting to think for themselves. They aren’t necessarily going to vote with their original alliance–like Shambo initiated last week. She wasn’t completely exposed as jumping ship though, thanks to the playing of the idol by Russell.

So Thursday’s episode opened with the tribe members returning to camp from the shocking Tribal Council (aired last week). Russell received some congratualtions from many people on his craftines and the shock value of what he did. Then in a personal aside, Laura said, “We should have known the way he sneaks around camp all the time…”

Yeah, no shit. You actually did know. Cutie pie Monica tried to warn you morons. But you wouldn’t even give credence to the idea that Russell could find another idol without a clue. Later, Laura would say some more things that show her to be the narrow minded idiot that she is. And to my small disappoinment, Monica didn’t even express any frustration with any of her tribemates on being stifled about Russell. In fact, she went right back to her blind allegiance to her original tribe. She tried to put a plan in place later to protect Laura from being voted out. I’m a little disappointed in her for being a law student (you assume she’s pretty clever) and being led around the way she allows herself.

She’s still damn cute running around in that teeny, tiny bikini, though.

Somewhat related to that, was that some sort of freakin’ flexibility that Natalie showed in that reward challenge? She must have some damn strong leg muscles to hang on to that swinging gurney the way she did. It’s like she’s got the GI JOE kung-fu grip going on there. Maybe she has a bedroom trapeze back at home or something. But kudos to her and that effort !

After the reward feast in which Russell and the others present were given a clue to the new hidden idol, a comical scene ensued back at camp. Dave tried to follow Russell around looking for the idol. So Russell started running thru the woods to lose him. Eventually, he did. And the nervousness in Dave’s voice was classic when he screamed to Laura, “I lost him !! “

To me, Russell established himself as one of the best players in Survivor history when he found the immunity idol for the third time this season. That’s three idols with a total of one clue. He just got a good, solid meal in him, he’s got Shambo eating out of his hand, and he’s holding yet another ace up his sleeve now. You have to hand it to this guy.

Ya know, one thing kept repeating itself in my head during the last half of the show. One guy seemed a lot more prominent than he has in all the weeks up to now. Where the hell did this guy Brett come from? Talk about flying under the radar for three weeks out there ! Now that the show is down to nine people, obviously he is getting more face time. But when he first said something in last night’s episode, I was like, “Who the hell is that?”

When Mick ended up winning immunity in the individual challenge, the camp maneuvering started to lean toward Russell (as always) and Laura (for the Foa Foa foursome and Shambo). But eventually, the one alliance turned their attention to Natalie instead of Russell. They were hoping to once again flush out the idol if Russell had found it. But the failed ruse by Monica and company to get Foa Foa to vote for John took most of the pressure off of Russell. He no longer felt like he had to play the idol to protect himself. He knew a tie was imminent. And his group seemed to have a strategy to offset the tie. At least they hoped.

And that’s exactly how it worked. After the first vote, there was a 5-5 tie between Laura and Natalie. And in the second vote, John ended up flipping to the Foa Foa/Shambo alliance. The look on Laura and her three remaining cohorts was priceless. That’s three priceless reactions in three weeks. Awesome.

And being the brainless idiot that she is, Laura made me laugh out loud with her closing comments at the end of the show. She is still absolutely oblivious as to why she is gone. She has no clue that she is a conniving bitch. A weak-minded conniving bitch at that. Her voting strategies and attitude have been that of a child. But in the end, she said, “I know there are two reasons that I am out of this game. Number one is that Shambo has had it out for me since the beginning. And number two is that I am such a physical threat. I now know that winning the first two individual immunity challenges wasn’t the best idea.”

Hey clueless !! You weren’t voted out because you won two immunities and are being viewed as a physical threat. If you hadn’t won either of those immunites, you’d already be gone !! You are so freakin’ lucky that you won them. Don’t get me wrong……you earned those victories. But you were lucky to earn them because they saved your sorry hide both times. You were voted out because you are one of those poisonous presences around camp with a bitchy attitude. Quite simply, you are not fun to be around.

In the clips for next week, I gathered that there is yet another all-out assault ready to happen on Russell. It even looked like Natalie and Jaison are ready to get on-board. But I don’t think Russell has shared the fact that he has another idol with anyone yet. So it looks like another entertaining episode next week.

Woooot !