Bad news: The hourglass is back.
Good news: It’s slightly less terrible this time.
I ate at an Applebee’s once.
The Vati tribe on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
(And before you ask, the answer is no… my mother-in-law’s name isnotKarishma.)
It wasfiiiiine, I guess?
But man, doSurvivorplayers love Applebee’s.
Omar Zaheer on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
But it’s not justSurvivorplayers.
Some things are just too easy, even for me.)
Because if you know anything about me, it is that I love cheesySurvivorproduct placement.
Lydia Meredith on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
(I see you,Survivorchallenge producer Chris Marchand.)
I love it all!
And lord knows I needed it this week with the dreaded hourglass twist making its not-at-all awaited return.
I really do believe that had they seen viewer reaction to the hourglass, they would have scrapped it.
But all they had was the reaction of a very angry Danny McCray.
And, to their credit, they listened.
And, in the process, made it undeniably less terrible.
Notgood, mind you, but less terrible.
Again, a change for the better.
Should one of the winners have swapped with Rocksroy?
So I don’t blame anyone for not trading places.
One, because people hate it.
But also, because everyone knows about it now, so it has lost its power.
Some might say its…Medallionof Power.
And those “some” people would be me.
Okay, let’s look at what else is on the menu this week.
And then we got straight to the drama.
“I will never trust Chanelle ever again.
Hai and Lydia, I will take a bullet for.
Chanelle, I will step to the side.”
Gotta love him!
It’s a bummer, but I’m giving the producers a bit of a pass on this one.
So like I said, cool challenge!
And Jonathan once again was an absolute beast.
There was talk that could have been misconstrued as sexual about drivers and passengers that actually wasn’t.
There was talk about being a virgin, which I suppose is decidedly non-sexual in a very extreme way.
(Also, is Omarreallya virgin?
Judging by hisrectal palpitation mishap story, I’m not so sure.)
And there was alotof talk about how nobody trusted Tori or Chanelle.
But we all knew which way this was going to go.
And Rocks indeed returned to the immunity challenge and announced the switcheroo.
It’s a classic (if a bit overused)Survivorcompetition.
God, I love this show.
The Alliance Eats Its Own
I’ll admit it: I was scared.
But with Chanelle and Tori now safe, it wasnotlooking good for my girl Maryanne.
Becauseof courseeveryone was going to vote for her.
It seemed to be a fait accompli.
And then we all took an official detour to the town known colloquially as Scramble City.
And he got it from Omar.
How effective was he?
Yes, Hai voted for Lydia!
In fact, the only member of the alliance that didnotvote for Lydia was Rocksroy.
Hey, Rocksroy gonna Rocksroy!
And yes, I just like writing and saying the word Rocksroy.
Well, not unlike Drea and Maryanne, we’ll just have to agree to disagree.
(Or is it disagree to agree?)
So we say goodbye to Lydia.
Shared some personal stuff about body image acceptance which I really appreciated hearing.
But enough about losing Lydia.
I want to hear more about teenage Probst moving from Wichita, Kansas, to Seattle!
Oh, the adventures he must have had!
(Working title:Come On In!)
