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by Jim Van Nest Published: February 28, 2003
A LITTLE TIFF AND A HUGE MESS So our day starts at Tambaqui as the guys are busy working on their shelter. Seems a couple drops got through the night before and they're just not going to be damp, dammit. Rob tells us that he's quite sure the women don't have a shelter anywhere near as nice as theirs. Meanwhile, Sgt. Roger brings the water jug over and asks/tells Daniel to get some water. Dan says ok, but doesn't drop what's in his hand immediately, so Roger asks him if he needs help. When Dan doesn't respond to him, Roger gets pissed off and just goes and does it himself. Then is heard complaining about how lazy Dan is and how he's tempted to smack him around. Dan, of course, does not like how Roger is barking orders. Writer's aside: If I may interject just for a second. While I agree with Roger that Daniel is the laziest of the men. I have to say, he was out of line this time. I mean, Dan said he would do it. Where's it written that if Roger asks you to do something, you stop everything and do it immediately? I mean, I honestly think that if one of the guys was, um....indisposed (for lack of a better term), Roger would actually expect them to pinch it and get moving. And then the positioning begins. Roger is talking with Dave and Alex about Dan. Matt and Dan are talking about Roger, in Chinese, no less. Apparently, these two have bonded with, I guess you could say their cultural similarities. They are discussing how Roger has to go. Dan takes this time to let us know how truthful Matt is and how he's a good friend. As we join the Jaburu tribe early in the morning, we realize that their camp is absolutely disgusting. It seems these women are as inept at simple cleaning and hygiene as they are at building a fire. Someone "forgot" to clean the pot, so it's not home for at least a dozen wasps. There are tarantulas all over the place and mold on their food. I'm quite certain, that left to their own devices, these women could have caused the fall of the Roman Empire. Jeanne has had enough and calls a meeting of the tribe. Shawna is woken from a dead sleep to attend. At this meeting, Jeanne says the tribe needs to have a leader and nominates (not initiates, Jeanne...nominates) Deena as the leader. In a confessional, she tells us that nominating Deena is part of a strategy between her and Joanna, as the leader is usually the one to go down in flames. Deena is no dummy, she's well aware of what usually happens to the leaders, but it seems she has a plan because she accepts the duty of getting this tribe back on its feet. As we lead up to the reward challenge, Heidi is telling us about how bad the women are kicking the guys' butts. Writer's aside: Heidi, darlin', I hate to break it to you, but you've won 2 of 3 challenges. After 3 challenges, it was bound to be 2-1 in favor of someone. That is not a butt-kicking. Not to mention that the guys camp is night and day different than yours. And yours SUCKS! Right now, the tribes are even and you won the first reward. You're not kicking anything! REWARD CHALLENGE #2 So, we get to the Reward Challenge and this looks to be the first time the tribes really get to interact with each other. This Challenge is a cross between the game of Memory and Go Fish. Each person has a box with 5 items in it. They will ask another person if they have an item matching one of theirs. There are 35 pairs of items. So, the first one to 18 pairs will win the reward. And, the reward? Well, it's a basket full of hygiene supplies. (Wow, they mentioned hygiene at the beginning of the show...it seemed extraneous at the time...) This game essentially becomes a big flirt-fest as Dan takes the first shot referring to Shawna as "the cute girl with the curly hair." Then we have Alex flirting with Jenna and Rob paying a lot of attention to Heidi. As he is participating in a little inter-tribe banter, Jeff interrupts him to ask him if the whole witty repartee actually works. Rob tells him that it actually does not. And then Jenna interrupts to say that he should hear what they're saying about him at camp, it's all good. Rob has just been put into 7th heaven. I'm pretty sure, he doesn't even remember what he's doing there at this point. Oh yeah, by the way, the women win the reward. WATCH OUT GUYS, THE WOMEN ARE MAKING THEIR MOVE Back at the guy's camp, they don't even seem concerned about the fact that they're now 1 for 4 against the ladies. All they can talk about is how they hope to score. Rob is very excited about what Jenna said and is hoping that one of the girls might want to "get with me." Dave jokes that he'll gladly forfeit his spot in the shelter for Rob's young lady. HE talks about Heidi looking pretty rough now. He says she is normally a 9 1/2, but after 8 days in the Amazon, she's closer to a 6, which is getting closer to a range that is achievable for him. Dan seems to think that he and Shawna had a "moment." Meanwhile, Alex tells us that Jenna has a powerful stare and he seems to think THEY had a "moment." But not all things said are this ridiculous. Rob also mentions how he does not like Joanna. The entire tribe seems to be in agreement on this one. He mentions how she thanks Jesus for everything. Writer's aside: I have to say, when I heard Jenna whining about the all girl tribe and not being able to use her "assets" against the men, I thought she was a little full of herself. Don't get me wrong, she's a cute girl, but I thought the guys would be more into playing the game and if anything, they'd use her for her vote until they were done with her. (Like Boston Rob did with Sarah in Marquesas.) However, having seen these idiots in action, Jenna, Shawna and Heidi would have these guys eating out of the palms of their hands. (Well, except for Butch and Roger.) And now we come to the moment the guys would kill to have seen. The bathing. It was in all the previews, so we all knew it was coming. We start with Jeanne, Deena and Christy getting cleaned up. Christy is telling us how she was not invited to go with the other young girls, and that's ok with her. At which point she decides to make fun of them a little and in a way suggest that they might be into each other. She was really poking some fun at them. Then we hear Heidi talking and she is blowing me away with her comments. She starts by saying, "So, the cuter girls ..." referring to herself Shawna and Jenna. Then she goes on about how they're young, cute and have good bodies, so the older women have a problem with them. As she talks about this, Jenna and Shawna both get topless and get clean, Heidi leaves her top on. Writer's aside: Ok, this might be a long one, I have A LOT to say on this portion. First, someone must have pissed in Christy's cornflakes this morning. I mean, every time she speaks she is so full of contempt. I'll buy that the "Miss Thangs" aren't being all that nice, but we sure haven't seen where they've been mean, rude or otherwise awful to her. Second, where the hell is Joanna during all the bathing sequences? I mean, everyone is getting clean but her, it seems. One word...EWWWWW! And last (and most important), I am SO disappointed in Heidi. With the ties to Missouri, I have been rooting for her (and Butch and Janet) from the get-go. And she really let me down with her little speech tonight. Ok, yes, she, Jenna and Shawna are the cute ones. Fine. But where did the whole "they hate us cause we're beautiful" attitude come from? I would've expected that from Jenna, but not from Heidi. She lost some serious Jim points tonight. Oh, and to make it worse, Heidi (who DIDN'T take her top off if you'll recall) tells how when the tribes merge, it'll be to their advantage to bathe topless in front of the guys, because they'll lose their focus and that could help her advance. With the women at least pushed to the back of their minds for a few minutes, it appears that now is the time on Sprockets where we plot! Matt and Dave are fishing and Matt seems to be feeling out Dave for a possible vote against Roger. What happens is the guys begin discussing whether Roger or Dan should go. Dave is very solid in his belief that Dan should go. Next we see Rob telling Alex that he thinks Alex is the strongest player they have and that he thinks that he is the most underestimated. Then he goes into his sales pitch to get rid of Roger. Alex agrees. Back to Matt trying to convince Dave...it's not working. Rob is very excited about his possible alliance with Alex. While all the plotting is going on, we see that Matt and Dave have managed to catch some itty bitty fishies. They bring em back and cook them and everybody gets a couple bites. At this point, Dave is telling us that after talking to Matt that he learned there is a lot of stuff going on that he doesn't know about. Ahhhh, Dave is the "holy cow, I forgot we were playing a game out here" Survivor this time around. Well, allow me to be the first to welcome you to the game, Dave. Alex then tells us that he can tell Rob had decided before the show to play the part of the goofy kid. He also mentioned that Roger came to him with Dave and Bitch in his pocket, while Rob came to him with Matt and Dan in his pocket, so he's feeling like the swing vote. He also tells us that he really doesn't care whether it's Roger or Dan. Back at Camp Chaos, things are turning around. Under Deena's leadership, this camp has done a complete 180 and is finally on track. They had boiled 5 pots of water, FINALLY put a roof on their shelter, made a fire shelter and cleaned up the camp to make it look like someone actually lives there. Shawna says that Deena got a little bossy, but that's exactly what they asked her to do, boss them around. Writer's aside: This is beautiful. Jeanne and Joanna thought they'd paint a target on Deena's head with this whole leadership thing. Instead, they've just guaranteed that Deena will be going no where for quite awhile. I mean, what Deena did with this tribe and this camp is nothing short of amazing, considering what a wasteland it was the day they asked her to take charge. And WOW, did I underestimate Deena. I predicted her gone first from this tribe. Right now, she seems to be in the best shape of any of them. *sigh* To make things even better, Jeanne, Joanna and Christy are catching the hell out of some fish. They manage to put on quite a fish fry when the day's catch was brought back. Quick note, Joanna thanked Jesus after every fish. The next little section of the show, in my opinion, really summed up what's going on right now. The guys (including Roger, believe it or not) are all sitting around asking the Magic 8-Ball about the women. Meanwhile the women are getting geared up to head out for the Immunity Challenge. Sure, it's clever editing, I know, but it says a lot. The women are playing the game and they're out to win. The guys seem to think they're just gonna coast through and are most definitely more concerned with T & A. IMMUNITY CHALLENGE #3 The immunity challenge this time around is a very big team effort challenge. The tribes will both be locked in cages. They will need to navigate through a web of ropes and knots (uh oh, Shawna) to free a machete. Once the machete is free, they will need to untie 10 more knots, and cut through another rope with the machete. This will free a board, which they'll need to toss aside, freeing up a pole. This pole will be used to reach and collect 3 keys. These keys will unlock 3 locks that will allow them to open a hatch on top of the cage. The first team to open their hatch wins. Of course, the first thing that happens is Jeff collects the Immunity Idol from the guys and it seems the guys have added some of their blue feathers to the Idol. I guess they're trying to psych the girls out a little. Um, yeah...whatever. Readers ready? Go! This is a tough challenge to talk about as you really can't tell what's going on. You can see that the women get their machete first, but not all that much faster than the guys. They both head to the 10 knots and the big board. Well, the women get their knots quickly and cut the rope releasing the board and subsequently, the key pole. The men get hung up somewhere, and by the time they release the board, the women already have 2 of the 3 keys. With little effort, they get the 3rd key and finish the win. And the first thing they do after winning? Get rid of the blue feathers. You go, girls!! Writer's aside: Ok, Heidi. You finally got your tribe in order and you've won 4 out of 5. NOW you're kicking their butts. WHO WILL IT BE? The guys are really bummed back at camp. But I have to wonder if it's because they lost another challenge, or because none of the women even acknowledged them. The first thing we see is Rob talking with Roger about getting rid of Daniel. Then we see Rob talking to Daniel about getting rid of Roger. Our next pairing is Dan and Alex, and this, in my opinion, was a VERY important exchange. Let's break it down. Needless to say, Dan is trying to save his own butt, right? Right. But, in the middle of it, he says something that could turn out to be huge. He tells Alex that Rob has told him that he plans on voting however Alex votes. So if Alex votes for Dan, so will Rob. To me, this is really big for a couple reasons. One, it shows Alex that Rob can be trusted and is taking their little alliance seriously. Two, it sets Alex up in a position to where he knows now, he really has 2 votes at every Tribal Council. With a tribe soon to be down to 6 members, holding 2 of those 6 votes is a pretty powerful thing. Right before we head out to TC, Dave is telling us that he trusts no one out there and really thinks Alex is playing everyone. Which has me wondering, how long will it go on before they start to realize it's Rob that's playing everyone? TRIBAL COUNCIL # 3 Well, Jeff gets right into it by asking Rob how they're doing. He says they're not doing well at all. They're at TC again. He asks Dave the same question and Dave says that a group of guys is never going to like losing to a group of girls, but he thinks they'll be able to bounce back. Jeff then asks Roger if he feels a little like Bobby Riggs against Billie Jean King. Roger mentions that they did their best on that challenge and the women just beat them. Jeff moves to Matt and asks him on a scale of 1 to 10, how hungry he is. Matt says an 8 and he's having trouble keeping the food down, so they need to find some food. Alex says he's between an 8 and a 9. Jeff then asks Daniel how many hours they spend fishing. Dan says a couple. Then he asks how many hours of daylight they have, Dan answers about 10. Jeff toes his point together by asking Matt if he feels they're putting forth the necessary effort to get this thing figured out. Matt says he feels that more time needs to be spent fishing and trying to get food. Then the topic turns to friendship. Dan? He says that he's friends with Matt because he also speaks Chinese. Writer's aside: Don't think for a second that this comment didn't get noticed by everyone sitting there. Everyone had some sort of expression. The most interesting one was Matt's. He was looking at Dan with a "shut the hell up" expression. Not sure what it really means, but it looks like it could be an issue. Dan then gets to rattling on about being an Asian in a group of white guys and how he's looked at differently. I'd normally have a writer's aside here, but Rob jumped in to say that this comment is no where near the truth. Everyone there has been treated the same and to say anything otherwise is completely false. Roger says that his frustration with Daniel stems from the water incident. Daniel mentions that he doesn't appreciate being ordered around. The one thing I'm thanking God for at this juncture is that likely one of these 2 is going to be gone, so we don't have to hear this argument anymore. So, we get to see 2 votes this time. Dan voting for Roger and Roger voting for Dan. Big shocks there. But in all seriousness, there was an actually shock when it turns out Daniel landed the votes of everyone else in the tribe and he becomes the 3rd person tossed from The Amazon. JIM'S PREDICTIONS Well, I had predicted Daniel to make it to the jury. Guess that prediction didn't turn out so well. But, I still have my final four in tact, and right now, it doesn't look like any of them are on the chopping block yet. Alex is doing well, Butch is under the radar. Jeanne seems to have an alliance with Joanna and Deena, so she's looking strong. Heidi has an alliance with Shawna and Jenna...but they do not seem as strong as I think we all know Christy will side with the older ladies. It'll definitely be interesting to see how it goes. QUOTE OF THE WEEK Well, this week's QotW has to go to Rob. When the topic of Joanna came up, he was quite funny. And bottom line, after Joanna's Reality Show Hall of Shame performance last week, I think she deserves to have at least one more shot taken at her. When she came up at the Tambaqui camp, Rob's comment was about Joanna saying, "Jesus loves Jaburu. I didn't know that Jesus had a vested interest in Survivor cause as far as I've seen, every picture of him, Jesus is a guy. I would think he'd want the guys to win." Very well said! And there w have it kids. Episode 3 of Survivor: The Amazon is in the books and things look like they're gonna start to get real interesting. The vote history chart has been updated for your perusal. Also, one programming note from CBS. Due to the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, the weeks of March 17 and March 24, Survivor will not be shown on Thursday. Survivor will be shown on Wednesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 26 to accommodate the tournament. And with that, I'm outta here kids. Until next week, take care and God bless.
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