Survivor ep. 5
The start of the episode has Jon making his apologies for being on the losing team, Drew’s team. Blue team is otherwise doing well. The orange team however, is very shocked to find him voted off due to misperceptions of drew’s likability. The host displays his shock to their shock because the impossible is the natural for these people.
Big shock comes, swap the groups up. Everyone was listening closely now as opposed to when they’re put on the spot by the host and try to come up with some passive way to not really answer the question. The swap brings almost couples vs single people with the exception of one single and double per group and life changes noticeably. The blue team apparently doesn’t ration their food at all, so the new people find their tribe in dire straights.
The orange team on the other hand is reacquainting itself with its group. Happiness is privy among the reunited couple. All seems happy in the world for them, which typically has deadly implications in reality television. The odd man out seems worried but relieved he has an idol. The food issue starts reaching a tipping point for some of the people. The mom decides to feed people without worrying about the future and the old man wants to ration, and play smart. The kindling has been lit between these two and it won’t take much for the flames to break loose and these two collide and bad things happen. He literally listens so hard and is so upset, that he needs to bite his lip until it bleeds just to stop him from unleashing himself.
The challenge begins and the blue tribe starts strong, they are the faster and more athletic bunch, and ironically, work best together. The other tribe of pairs are less athletic, older, and weaker, both physically and mentally. Blue team takes a massive command over the challenge and wins immunity on a grand scale. They win immunity, but stay behind to ask whether or not they could illicit a trade for some desperately needed food.The trade did not play out and we will have to wait to see what happens.
The orange team is scurrying to make alliances for tribal and it seems up in the air on who will be voted out. To my complete surprise, they voted off the innocuous girl who created no waves and only wanted to protect her dad. Strategy clearly is not the forte of the beautiful couple. Dale, the father is clearly distraught, but even more angry. The seeds have been sewn and he will be gunning hard for them at his next opportunity. There was no real case of listening strategies, or differences in this episode being utilized, but that’s not to say that it wasn’t there behind the scenes.
