Jerri (Villains, left) Amanda (Heroes) in Slip, Slide, Score for Immunity
READ more: Jeff Probst blogs Survivor: Heroes vs.Villians S20x04
Next week: 'Knights of the Roundtable' Candace makes a game changing move, and while Russell goes on the hunt for the immunity idol, Rob goes on the hunt for Russell. Someone else goes down in the game and medics are called in.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains – 'Tonight, We Make Our Move' (S20x04)
Survivor Recap: Let the Blindsiding Begin!
Last night, Survivor demonstrated its awesome powers, turning what was shaping up to be a ho-hum hour of nature TV into a strategic tornado that concluded with a massive blind side. Are you people not watching this show? Why are you not watching this show!? Last night alone had oiled up, half-naked contestants hurling themselves down a glorified Slip ‘n Slide..., stupid scheming, brilliant scheming, Coach crying, contestants in American Gladiator balls, the host freaking, and a tribal-council stunner.
I have to agree with the recapper above who sums up Survivor E20x04 very concisely. The episode did indeed HAVE IT ALL and isn't that the huge attraction? If you've been following this installment so far, overall the Heroes have been thinking like zeroes. No voting strategy what.so.ever. At least none that seemed to make sense. Almost embarrassing and I think that may have been what host Jeff Probst is gesturing about in the screen cap (below). What? Do these people truly want to lose because they are on their way to loserville quickly unless they can turn the tide and pick up the momentum. After Jeff's impassioned speech/ Q &A /diatribe, the Heroes voted and it seemed that they had been on the cusp on making a smart vote and Probst pushed them into it or JT had made up his mind and went with the very iffy, but only viable choice to fully align with Tom and Colby (which in essense was was Probst was pleading for).
Be sure to scroll down and click the thumbnails to get a close up and personal look at your castaways in some moments that never made it to the screen.--Cyn
But first, let’s pour a little out for Coach, who got his feelings hurt at last week’s tribal council and blubbers to Tyson, “I did noble things out here, and I look ignoble.” Did he win a thesaurus in a reward challenge that we don’t know about? Tyson’s advice: don’t wear feathers, tell crazy stories, or do tai chi in public. Rob’s advice: “Act like a man.” Our advice: Get thee to Xenu, stat. Your cluelessness and ego will fit in there.
Let’s pour a little more out for bad boy Russell, who’s flying too close to the sun. Already on the outs because he’s the great unknown (since his season aired after Heroes vs. Villains taped, he’s the most slippery character), Russell aggravates his tenuous status by searching for the hidden immunity idol after the Villains agree nobody will go after it. (How oddly gentlemanly; everyone on the Heroes tribe hits the beach running once they discover their clue.) None of the Villains know that Russell is a literal immunity idol magnet, so much so that the clue for the current one winds up in his hands first, tucked into the tool set they win at the reward challenge. When they spy him digging around under a palm tree, he is so busted. “He’s a stupid ass,” observes Sandra. “Russell’s a bonehead. He’s like the hobbit on crack,” quips Boston Rob.
Read the entire article at:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/survivor_recap_begin_the_blind.html
Cirie Fields, back for her fourth shot at a million on“Survivor: Heroes vs.
Villains,” got a blindside at tribal council and was sent home in
Thursday’s episode, on Day 11 of the competition.
As a member of the Heroes tribe, the operating room supervisor at Norwalk Hospital found herself at odds against a newly found alliance of Tom Westman, James “J.T.” Thomas and Colby Donaldson.
Hidden immunity idols came into play in the episode, though a clue to its location was shared with everyone at each campsite. Westman pocketed one in the Heroes side and ended up using it, discounting the three votes cast against him.
The votes:
Tom plays the immunity idol. Jeff reminds them that any votes cast against Tom will not count, and the next highest number of votes will send someone home.Tom, Tom, Tom, Colby, Colby, Cirie, Cirie, Cirie. Tom’s votes do not count, so Cirie is the eliminated from the tribe and goes home. Jeff comments that this qualifies as the tribe’s first blindside and sends them back to camp.
Read the entire article at:
http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2010/03/ciries-out-on-survivor.html
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Tribal Council Voting
Air Date: 03/04/10
GET IT TOGETHER MAN, I’M SERIOUS
I loved the exchange between Coach and Boston Rob because it brought out Rob’s very limited patience for topics such as feelings and whining. More than any other guy I know Rob is the quintessential “guys guy.” He’s just not one to have long talks about feelings. You’re either with him or you’re against him. It’s so clear that Coach desperately wants to be with him and that is probably at the heart of why he’s feeling left out. He just wants Rob to like him! But with Rob, it’s not so much if he likes you as much as it is if he doesn’t despise you. Coach, he doesn’t despise you, so take his advice – stand up straight and get back in the game. It’s too soon for you to go home.INTERMISSION
Oh, while we’re here… how about another response for those of you who are still screaming at me to get off the Coach topic? Let’s see… hmmm… how about this 8th grade classic… “Up yours.” Ya like that one? I do too. It’s straight to the point.I’m kidding. It’s just a joke. Where’s your sense of humor. Fun. You remember fun, right? That thing you used to have before you became a pain in the a–? Yeah, that thing. Listen, if I can laugh at myself with wet cushions, you should be able to take a little Coach humor.
IDOL PLAY
I was a bit surprised at the different way the two tribes approached the idol clue. I never would have guessed that it would be the Villains who chose to not look for the idol, while the Heroes were tripping over each other in a mad dash to uncover it. Further proof that at this point, the Villains are more in control of their game. They just have it more together than the Heroes.Game Changing flip:
READ more: Jeff Probst blogs Survivor: Heroes vs.Villians S20x04
Screen caps credit: http://heroesvsvillains.survivor.com/
Rob thinks the Tribe should find the Idol together and get rid of it, which Russell privately thinks is stupid. He later decides to go for a walk, but Rob becomes suspicious and asks Sandra to follow him. She think she sees him on the beach and reports back to the camp, prompting Rob to describe Russell as a “bonehead” and reveal that he doesn’t trust him and the safest thing to do is get rid of him. Over at the Heroes camp, Tom discovers the same clue in the coffee jar, but again the entire camp learn the contents. Tom eventually locates the Idol, and manages to slip it into his sock while Amanda and James search nearby – but not before Amanda sees him. She informs the other Tribe members, while Tom and Colby discuss how it could help them.
Read the entire article at: http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/s76/survivor/news/a206909/survivor-heroes-vs-villains-episode-4-recap.html
After the Heroes managed to lose two more challenges this evening, they were back in a familiar place: Tribal Council, and the majority appeared (appeared!) ready to vote out another strong player in either Tom or Colby. Probst went to town on the tribe for being more concerned with alliances instead of keeping the people who gave the tribe the best chance to win.
When Rupert then openly disowned the vote he himself was about to cast due to the alliances he had made, Probst went off: “What part of that makes sense? Keeping your word in a game called outwit, outplay, outlast?… ‘Cause I’m looking at a tribe that, you’re all keeping your word. Great. All it’s doing is giving you more time with me at Tribal Council.” When Rupert then noted that “being at Tribal Council sucks,” Probst was incredulous. His response? “You’re a part of the reason based on that philosophy, Rupert!”
This was merely the first shocking event of Tribal, however. The second came when J.T. split from the majority to join Tom (who used his hidden immunity idol) and Colby in voting off Cirie —someone he had been looking to get rid off before the game even began, according to his pre-game interview with me. It capped off an action-packed episode that also involved a slip-and-slide, an epic Coach meltdown, the return of an infamous challenge, and the search for two hidden immunity idols.
Read the entire article at:
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/03/04/survivor-heroes-vs-villains-jeff-probst-rupert/
After the jump: Slip,slide immunity challenge video
Slip, slide immunity challenge videoConfucius says: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
In tonight’s episode of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, tears were shed and glory achieved for one united tribe, while the other tribe’s dissension resulted in defeat and betrayal.
Tonight’s surprising backstabber says: “Tomorrow we make our apologies, tonight we make our move.”
So which tribe delivered a Tribal Council smackdown? And how do the Castaways really get to Tribal Council anyway? Let’s break down the breakdowns…
The Cure for Crybabyitis: Last week, Randy said Coach is an “honorable guy…His confessional last night brought a tear to my eye.” Tonight it was Coach who wept. (Aw, maybe he really is “more sensitive than most people.”) But while the Heroes alliances’ were tearing their tribe apart, Coach’s tribemates rallied to support the downcast Dragon Slayer, who moaned, “Why doesn’t anybody ever say anything good about me?” Incredibly, caustic “assistant coach” Tyson blew the whistle on his former mentor’s pity party (offering advice the self-proclaimed King Arthur will never follow). Boston Rob got tough, ordering Coach to “pick your f–king head up and act like a man.” Rob and Tyson’s good cop/bad strategy enabled the fallen “legend” to rise again, quote Confucius and slay Tom (Tom!) in the Reward Challenge.
Russell, Get a Clue! The first individual immunity idol was revealed to all, but each tribe—tellingly—responded in opposite ways. Again, the Villains banded together, while the Heroes scattered like their chickens, racing to be the first to find the idol. All the Villains agreed that “it’s not fair for one person to use it” and instead focused on building their shelter. Only Russell decided to find the idol on his own, sneaking away from what he called a “bunch of idiots.” Au contraire—as Sandra said, the “stupid ass…sealed his own fate.” Regardless of how they vote next, Russell has made himself a virtual outcast. Immunity offers safety but it does not grant power—especially when your rival is Boston Rob. (You know, that guy who again singlehandedly led his tribe to victory in the Russell Swan Song Immunity Challenge.)
Read the entire article at:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b170105_survivor_insider_heroes_villains_are.htmlIn case the voting sideswipe got confusing here's the tally from the official CBS recap:TRIBAL COUNCIL
Russell (Villains, foreground) Cirie (Heroes) in Slip, Slide, Score for Immunity
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