Episode 9 Missing Intelligence Award
Survivor: Fiji, Episode 9 Missing Intelligence Award – Close Your Eyes and Point by Heathyr Fields Ford -- 04/18/2007 So much was going on in last week’s Survivor, with several possibilities coming out of the results of the vote, that it might be difficult for Heathyr to pick the winner of the MIA. At least we can be pretty sure it’s not Yau-Man, right? Well, it’s Wednesday, and I only finished watching Survivor late Sunday, so this is my first chance to whip out an article. Yikes! I’ve been pondering it since watching though, and I still can’t decide on a winner of the Missing Intelligence Award. We’ll ramble our way through it, and you can be as surprised as me at the end, okay? Groovy. Did anyone else wish the tribal “split” for the immunity challenge was actually a real split again? We’ve ever seen a merge and then a split, and that would totally rock. Give them an individual reward challenge and a few days to scheme, plot, and otherwise screw each other over, and then screw them over by separating them again! YES! Since that didn’t happen, this was a good second choice, even if it did cost us Michelle. Mookie at least gets a mention for telling Dreamz about the idol in front of Alex. Way to set Alex and Edgardo against you, dude. Seriously. They had told you NOT to, and you had all agreed, so it was definitely not the thing to do as far as I can see. Cassandra gets a mention for having had the cushy Survivor for this whole time. You know something is wrong with the show when people are upset about losing a bed and a couch! Sheesh. I do wish the camp marauders would have left a note like, “you were going to get all your food still, but since you cooked it and wasted it, forget it!” so that the Ravuites would turn on Moto in a feeding frenzy. What I found interesting about this episode was the confusing dynamics. You had two groups of four, one from each tribe, and Boo and Stacy on the outside. Each of the two “power groups” felt in control and as if they had pulled over someone from the enemy to “their side” and in reality, everyone just wanted Boo gone. I wonder if he would have gone if the other fivesome had lost? Probably. Alex & Edgardo may have screwed up a bit by mentioning a deviation in the Boo then Stacy plan, because that pushed Mookie and Dreamz together, and they both have ties with the other foursome. Honestly, to carry on David’s analogy of a sitcom plot, my head is spinning worse that watching a Three’s Company episode that involves Chrissie, Jack, and Mrs. Roper. You know, that Stacy bit came after finding out about Mookie telling Dreamz about the idol. Maybe they decided to cut their losses and pull in their old teammate? Maybe if Mookie hadn’t done that, they would have stuck to the Boo/Stacy plan, and the whole confusion at tribal wouldn’t have happened? The head whirls. Oh yes, a cheer goes up for Yau-Man for once again delivering in the challenge. For a stringy, old guy he certainly has been successful in challenges where few others are, hasn’t he? You go! He totally nailed that weird bag retrieval process, which was integral to their win and avoidance of Tribal Council, and Boo’s probable ouster. Speaking of Tribal Council, I was impressed with how Alex definitively let everyone else know how he was voting. What I can’t decide is whether Mookie did the wrong thing or Dreamz did the wrong thing. I could argue myself in circles about this until I’m sitting on the ground gently pounding my forehead Pooh-bear style, “think, think, think.” This is why I cannot figure out who to give the award to this week! Was it Mookie for not sticking with the vote Alex dictated? Quite possibly, because now the target is on him. However, if Dreamz had stayed with him, Stacy would be gone, and Alex and Edgardo would be on equal footing with Dreamz and Mookie for discussion purposes, and Dreamz and Mookie could flip. But Dreamz didn’t vote with him, so now Mookie is out there on his own. So, is it Dreamz then, for not voting with Mookie? Possibly, for many of the same reasons above. But what if that show of loyalty gets him to the final three with Alex and Edgardo? Not looking so unintelligent now, eh? All that rambling aside, however, I think that in the end, Dreamz made the wrong choice. He and Mookie could have gotten rid of Stacy, claimed “Four Horsemen” status still with Alex and Edgardo, reminded Alex that the plan was Boo then Stacy and they had no Boo to vote for, and hopefully smooth things over. If that didn’t work, Michelle might have been grateful enough to join with them, or any other number of positive scenarios that run through my brain like a derailed train. Therefore, Dreamz, I’m not sick of you any more, but this week, you do get to hold the Missing Intelligence trophy. Maybe next week you can give it up to someone else!
Survivor: Fiji, Episode 9 Missing Intelligence Award – Close Your Eyes and Point by Heathyr Fields Ford -- 04/18/2007 So much was going on in last week’s Survivor, with several possibilities coming out of the results of the vote, that it might be difficult for Heathyr to pick the winner of the MIA. At least we can be pretty sure it’s not Yau-Man, right? Well, it’s Wednesday, and I only finished watching Survivor late Sunday, so this is my first chance to whip out an article. Yikes! I’ve been pondering it since watching though, and I still can’t decide on a winner of the Missing Intelligence Award. We’ll ramble our way through it, and you can be as surprised as me at the end, okay? Groovy. Did anyone else wish the tribal “split” for the immunity challenge was actually a real split again? We’ve ever seen a merge and then a split, and that would totally rock. Give them an individual reward challenge and a few days to scheme, plot, and otherwise screw each other over, and then screw them over by separating them again! YES! Since that didn’t happen, this was a good second choice, even if it did cost us Michelle. Mookie at least gets a mention for telling Dreamz about the idol in front of Alex. Way to set Alex and Edgardo against you, dude. Seriously. They had told you NOT to, and you had all agreed, so it was definitely not the thing to do as far as I can see. Cassandra gets a mention for having had the cushy Survivor for this whole time. You know something is wrong with the show when people are upset about losing a bed and a couch! Sheesh. I do wish the camp marauders would have left a note like, “you were going to get all your food still, but since you cooked it and wasted it, forget it!” so that the Ravuites would turn on Moto in a feeding frenzy. What I found interesting about this episode was the confusing dynamics. You had two groups of four, one from each tribe, and Boo and Stacy on the outside. Each of the two “power groups” felt in control and as if they had pulled over someone from the enemy to “their side” and in reality, everyone just wanted Boo gone. I wonder if he would have gone if the other fivesome had lost? Probably. Alex & Edgardo may have screwed up a bit by mentioning a deviation in the Boo then Stacy plan, because that pushed Mookie and Dreamz together, and they both have ties with the other foursome. Honestly, to carry on David’s analogy of a sitcom plot, my head is spinning worse that watching a Three’s Company episode that involves Chrissie, Jack, and Mrs. Roper. You know, that Stacy bit came after finding out about Mookie telling Dreamz about the idol. Maybe they decided to cut their losses and pull in their old teammate? Maybe if Mookie hadn’t done that, they would have stuck to the Boo/Stacy plan, and the whole confusion at tribal wouldn’t have happened? The head whirls. Oh yes, a cheer goes up for Yau-Man for once again delivering in the challenge. For a stringy, old guy he certainly has been successful in challenges where few others are, hasn’t he? You go! He totally nailed that weird bag retrieval process, which was integral to their win and avoidance of Tribal Council, and Boo’s probable ouster. Speaking of Tribal Council, I was impressed with how Alex definitively let everyone else know how he was voting. What I can’t decide is whether Mookie did the wrong thing or Dreamz did the wrong thing. I could argue myself in circles about this until I’m sitting on the ground gently pounding my forehead Pooh-bear style, “think, think, think.” This is why I cannot figure out who to give the award to this week! Was it Mookie for not sticking with the vote Alex dictated? Quite possibly, because now the target is on him. However, if Dreamz had stayed with him, Stacy would be gone, and Alex and Edgardo would be on equal footing with Dreamz and Mookie for discussion purposes, and Dreamz and Mookie could flip. But Dreamz didn’t vote with him, so now Mookie is out there on his own. So, is it Dreamz then, for not voting with Mookie? Possibly, for many of the same reasons above. But what if that show of loyalty gets him to the final three with Alex and Edgardo? Not looking so unintelligent now, eh? All that rambling aside, however, I think that in the end, Dreamz made the wrong choice. He and Mookie could have gotten rid of Stacy, claimed “Four Horsemen” status still with Alex and Edgardo, reminded Alex that the plan was Boo then Stacy and they had no Boo to vote for, and hopefully smooth things over. If that didn’t work, Michelle might have been grateful enough to join with them, or any other number of positive scenarios that run through my brain like a derailed train. Therefore, Dreamz, I’m not sick of you any more, but this week, you do get to hold the Missing Intelligence trophy. Maybe next week you can give it up to someone else!