(S18E12) Would you prefer what's in the covered dish or what's behind Door Number Two? Okay, I lied. There is no door, just the dish. But, just think a minute ... if there was a door, perhaps Coach would be behind it pledging his never-ending Dragon Slayer hot love and devotion to you! That would make it all worthwhile, wouldn't it? This was the Survivor auction week, always a world of gastronomical goodies. What I'd like to see is Coach on a platter at Tribal Council. Is that asking too much?
Greasy food and schmaltz to wash it down
I was kind of surprised there were no really bad trick dishes in the covered plates. Usually there are bugs or something. I suppose chicken hearts were the trick, but they're not so bad unless they're raw. They go well with gizzards!
But the real story was the schmaltz. Jeff announced the last auction item and it was a (product placement) cell phone. One person could get a video from home and it was the only time they could pool money. Aww, how sweet was it that every single one of them gave their money to Taj? It all turned out all right in the end -- Taj went to Exile Island with her husband while everyone else got a visit from their loved ones at camp. Tearjerking gag me with a spoon material, eh?
I should mention that Coach's "loved one" was his assistant coach. It doesn't really surprise me that he didn't invite a woman. What woman in her right mind would be with him? What man, for that matter, either? He's a Coach who could only be loved by an assistant coach. And, no one calls him Dragon Slayer except himself. He's so not ruling the game!
Whoa Stephen!
The immunity challenge baffled me as I watched it. I tried to remember the math symbols, and there was no way. I was just sitting in my recliner with no stress. While I understand his explanation for memorizing the symbols, there's no way I could remember which symbols I assigned which numbers to and two phone numbers. Y'know, I wouldn't mind if Stephen won this all.
Alliance? What alliance?
I've given Stephen credit for brains and thinking ahead all along, not so much JT. I thought earlier in the game that JT's honesty and country manners would do him in. Ah, no. He's turned into a conniver. I love it! He keeps lying blatantly to Coach (who's not such an example of integrity as his deluded mind thinks). JT and Stephen have an alliance along the line of Rudy and Richard -- loyal to the end and may the best man win. Add Taj in there as the third and there's your final three.
Debbie is shrewd, but wasn't smart enough to realize that they're never going to trust her. Erinn is most likely the fourth of the final crew as she came to them right after the tribe merge. She voted with the Jalapao block this week. Then there's Coach. He's delusional and still thinks it's an alpha male grunt game. Well, if Stephen fits that image, it could be.
Tonight the editing tried to show it to be a struggle between booting Coach or Debbie. In the end, it was bye-bye Debbie. I really want to see those fireworks from Coach next week because the old Jalapao alliance voted to take out his ally Debbie instead of his choice of Taj. Of course, Debbie was sure they were all voting Coach, so she was the sole vote for Coach. So he unanimously betrayed! Bwahaha!
As long as Coach doesn't win, I'd be okay with any of the rest winning.
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5-08-2009 @ 7:20AM
jb said...
I think Coach will be cool with Debbie being voted out once he is told she was trying to stab him in the back and get him voted out.
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5-08-2009 @ 8:39AM
StillBash said...
I found it funny when Jeff couldn't remember what chance the winner would have in winning the million dollars after the challenge - and that he also forgot the Season 2 firemaking challenge when it comes to "come from behind wins" in an immunity challenge.
I guess Colby must be pissed right now ;-)
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5-08-2009 @ 9:55AM
Steve said...
It was hilarious when Coach told his visitor about his nickname. "You know what they call me here, Dragonslayer."
I guess when he says "they" he means "me." What a weirdo.
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5-08-2009 @ 10:44AM
BobBaft said...
That stuck out to me too..."Do you know what they call me?". To your face or behind your back? The only person calling you Dragon Slayer is you...cause you're a freak. Believe me, I'm sure the only reason the Assistant Coach went is for a free trip to Brazil.
I'm surprised Coach didn't invite Logray the Medicine Man from the Amazon Tribe that "wanted going to eat his *******".
5-08-2009 @ 10:26AM
jag said...
Once I saw Coach wrote down Taj's name and Debbie wrote down Coach's name, I knew it was Debbie who would be voted out. But the greatest facial expression came when Jeff said that Debbie was voted out and the cameras showed Coach's face. He knew it's over and has no power.
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5-08-2009 @ 11:40AM
MGH said...
I agree, the best part of this episode may have been Coach's face as Debbie's name got read over and over. That's two times now he's put his fate in JT and Stephen's hands and it costs him.
I can't stand Coach though, and while it's all well and good that he keeps getting slapped in the face every week with the fact that he has no pull anymore .... he's in the final 5. Don't ask me how, but somehow he's hung around this long. All it takes is someone really pissing everyone off on a bad day here .... or an immunity challenge victory there .... and all of a sudden, Coach is sitting there in the final 3 with a real shot at stealing immunity one more time.
It's all well and good to dangle this over his head that he's a sitting duck, but how long until one of the other ducks has one of those moments of "....you know .... JT/Stephen doesn't have immunity...." and gives them the knife in the back leaving Coach to pick up the pieces? Scary thought, let me tell you.
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5-08-2009 @ 12:23PM
Darren said...
Why wouldn't they have voted Coach out last night? He's going to whine like a little girl for the next 3 days. He's a liar, he's delusional and he's irritating to the group. GET Rid of him already.
The other thing that just isn't survivor was the super easy decision Taj had to make for the reward. It should been - either you see your husband back at camp OR you send him back home without seeing him and the rest can see their loved ones. Who wouldn't have said yes to the offer that was made - especially a husband/wife where they can be alone in paradise.
Coach and his lover was just pathetic - he needs to go!
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5-08-2009 @ 12:38PM
saint libido said...
Coach is playing everyone masterfully. I think everyone is undermining everything he has done. This is going to be the ultimate upset in Survivor history. Especially when he starts winning those immunity idols.
Pure genius the way he's played the game.
GO COACH GO!!! YOU ARE THE DRAGONSLAYER!!!!
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5-08-2009 @ 1:00PM
makb said...
Will this really come down to 3 people in the final or 2 ? Right now the jury has 4 people - Brendan, Tyson, Sierra & Debbie .... at least 2 more of the remaining five will join the jury and that will make a 6 person jury if they intend on sticking with the 3 person final forumula. Survivor has never had an 'even' number of jury members so I wonder if this will actually come down to a final 2 / 7 man jury and no one realizes this yet.
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5-08-2009 @ 1:00PM
Scott said...
Dang, Coach lasted another week. I wondered who his "loved one" would be, and wasn't surprised when it was his lover... err, "assistant coach". LOL Coach needed to go home weeks ago. Can't believe he's still in the game. He's the most arrogant, delusional, ridiculously self-righteous contestant in Survivor history, in my opinion. "Dragon Slayer"... LOL
Brick Layer is more like it. Oops. Sorry, I take that back. That's an insult to brick layers everywhere....
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5-09-2009 @ 8:17PM
theConundrumm said...
brick layer like a chicken is an egg layer...
5-08-2009 @ 1:28PM
Sancty said...
Here's the thought I was proposing to the in-laws last night
As of right now, with Debbie gone - Coach is on uber-alert and he'll be scamming at maximum levels for the next 3 days... anything can happen and hurt the Stephen/JT ruling party
BUT
Had they voted Coach off instead. Debbie would have felt secure in her two guys (there is no way she was planning a coup for the next vote!), life would have been hunky-dory for the next 3 days and you blindside her then!
I don't get what was gained from Debbie going this week?
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5-08-2009 @ 1:42PM
Eric said...
they have have been more worried about Debbie, for a couple of reasons, one she is a smart player with coach gone, she could have tried have shown some light on the JT/Stephen alliance, and tried to get a women's alliance going. Two she is pretty good at challenges, and as it gets more towards the end, they start going with more mental challenges in the mix. She has won individual immunity before and was right there with JT and Stephen this time. Third she is a nice person and they may feel that there is more Jury dislike for Coach then her. With the current jury, JT and or Stephen may be thinking of keeping coach around, because he has shown he will vote how they want him to vote, if they feed him the right bs, and he is the most disliked player and they may feel that they could easily beat him in the end.
5-08-2009 @ 1:49PM
Sancty said...
While I heard Stephen/JT pontificate on how big a threat Debbie is... in truth she's really not - The Individual Immunity she won was that stupid disc throwing bit when Coach/Stephen were mowing down on Pizza - she won because luck gave her the final shot!
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5-08-2009 @ 2:29PM
Mike said...
They know it's going to the final 2 because they were commenting about Debbie giving up immunity and going home at third place.
Do you guys watch this show? They said that like 4 times....
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5-08-2009 @ 5:42PM
Joyce N. said...
There are five people left at the camp and four at the elimination station. Next Thursday, one more will leave camp, leaving four there and five at elim. The Sunday after is the two hour finale where one will be voted off again during the first hour, leaving three at camp and six for the jury. The second hour will be the final challenge and the winner of that chooses one of the other two to stay with him/her for the final two, while the unchosen one goes to jury, making it a jury of seven. Then the jury votes on which of the two will be the winner. Isn't that the way it works?
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5-08-2009 @ 10:43PM
dbobilin said...
Is it possible that Coach is related to Johnny Fairplay?
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5-09-2009 @ 3:55AM
Martha said...
Have you all seen this? www.susansymphony.com. It is Coach. Appears he is telling the truth. Go figure!
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5-09-2009 @ 11:56AM
Faith said...
I sometimes think Coach is just some paid actor, who is there to make the show more "interesting"...I just find it hard to believe that someone like him really exists outside the walls of a mental institution :)
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