Cheat Work Thursday

"NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT" The thing about these final three is, each of them could make a case for themselves. We were shown that Aubry was the strongest player, turning her position in the minority and going against the threat of a "super" idol, but the jury wants Michele to win. Good thing at this point, Michele won't have to f-ing care if people think she doesn't deserve it. If only the show showed us more of this Michele's "social game", though, then we probably wouldn't end up with this little confusion. And if only Tai was able to present his case better, the race could seem much closer. Because I don't think Tai was a bad player; he turned on people to fend for himself and is still much more likeable than many. Selling himself is just not his best skill. Let's go back a few days. Final Four Aubry wins the first reward challenge, and she brings Cydney along for the lunch, again, leaving Tai and Michele to ...

"WITH ME OR NOT WITH ME" The episode starts on the night of Jason's vote. Good line: " Everybody has a voice, including you, Joe... " ~ Tai, while they are trying to untangle the mess of the night's tribal. Tai then completes the speech by telling Michele that he had two alliances before and none of them included her. Okayy , Tai. The next day, Joe wins an overnight spa and lunch reward and brings Aubry and Cydney along. Meanwhile, back at camp, Michele and Tai realize perhaps they are the low men on the totem pole. So both of them talk, have their own spa day at camp and surprise themselves with the possibility of working together. Aubry, her ideal final three being Joe and Tai, wants to mend her relationship with Tai too, and it seems to be working. But the reward's steak kebab has a say this week. And it's making Joe sick. Even in his last hour in the game, Joe doesn't look like he's in much pain, but I imagine, just lik...

"NOW'S THE TIME TO START SCHEMING" The episode starts with a good line: " ... That's why I voted for Julia, because there's no better way to show my loyalty than to vote out my biggest ally in this game. " ~ Michele. Suddenly, Joe is allowed airtime. We know what this means. Not this week. Next week. By now we also learn that Joe's edit includes him being a liiitle grumpy and bossy, especially with his instructions, but his loyalty to Aubry is mind-blowing. I say edit because I refuse to believe that there are only two sides of Joe for these 30 days of him on the island. Survivor knows what it's doing with its characters. Otherwise, millions of its viewers like myself wouldn't have stuck around this long, season after season. So yes, not highlighting Anna's breasts, for example, will probably break the formulas that have already worked. Reward is a great one. Jason, Michele and Tai win an afternoon at the Wildlife Alliance w...