Survivor: JR loses the hand

One thing that has really characterised this lot of Survivor contestants this season is that they’re really slow on the uptake.

Yes, even more so than usual. Even some of the more savvy players only seem to cotton onto certain things much slower than they should.

Take the devious duo of Todd and Amanda who are only now realising that giving the most physical player and one of the biggest threats in the game access to two immunity idols was probably a Bad Idea.

Todd especially was pissed off at James for having such an easy ride to the final four. He took over the role of Lead Complainer from Courtney and started bitching about just about everyone, but especially James himself. Maybe Todd should turn some of that bitchy attitude towards himself for having put James in that position rather than being snitty about everyone else. Maybe if Mr Mastermind hadn’t told James where the other idol could be found or made James promise to give him the other immunity idol in exchange for the information, he might not be in such a foul mood.

Get a clue

Jeff must have been feeling exceptionally cruel during the Reward Challenge because it was a two-team challenge featuring a schoolyard pick. With nine people, it meant one person didn’t even get a shot at playing for a reward. As expected, it came down to Courtney and Denise, but since this was a rare challenge which called for a weigh-nothing, Courtney was the one picked. Poor Denise looked like the saddest lunchlady in all the land sitting on the sidelines.

Courtney still performed pretty badly, just in case you think her getting picked was somewhat justified. The other team, consisting of Jean Robert, James, Todd, and Amanda, won a trip to an ancient Chinese village for a traditional meal, as well as the last clue to the not-so-hidden-anymore immunity idols.

As the four of them enjoyed Chinese fare like fish and chicken feet (I kid you not, they really seemed to be enjoying the chicken feet), they discussed the clues to the immunity idol. JR was surprised that there even was a hidden immunity idol. Memo to JR: Rosebud is a sled, Vader is Luke’s father, and Bruce Willis was dead all along. All caught up to the rest of the world now? Good, let’s move on.