We learned two things last night: the Heroes didn’t need chocolate since they’ve manufactured their own brand of Cocoa Puffs, and JT is terrible at being a villain.
It’s no surprise the Heroes continue to lose challenge after challenge, considering the latter games of Survivor have all boasted lopsided teams going into the merge. Plus, every single booted contestant admits the Villains have fewer egos, and have bonded better.
The Heroes went into this thing with predetermined alliances, with plans for post-merge. You could see it no Parvati’s face when she found out last night Cirie was eliminated. JT can spin his vote reasons all he wants, but he’s aware of that power and is trying to use it to his advantage. Unfortunately, everyone knows he’s lying, and now it looks as though his strongest ally, James, won’t be able to walk the rest of the game.
That won’t matter for now, because when the show returns Russell and Boston Rob will have the showdown I’ve been predicting for weeks. If they don’t lose the challenge, I think Russ will somehow throw it or play with his teammates’ minds beforehand, and it looks as though Coach and Parvati will follow. After all, they have that blasted hidden immunity idol, and there’s a way to sucker Jerri, Danielle and Sandra into the Boston blindslide.
Welcome to Kingdom Russell.
If things go down that way, it will be great to have Candace stick around for a while longer. I could give or take Tom, whose minds games were growing old. They worked in Palau, against weaker minds going into the finals, but some of these players have more experience — and more previous seasons of gameplay — to draw from.
It’s sad, in a way, because Tom, Colby and Steph really came off as the true versions of Heroes so far this season, with Candice stepping in to substitute as a fourth. It really seemed as though the latter would stick with Colby in this game to have a strong foursome, which might have made for a more unified tribe by this point. It surprises me that Rupert didn’t get in on that side of the tribe, but his disdain for Stephanie clearly won out.
Speaking of the hippie, he won’t be winning any fan favourite medals this time around, which is pretty sad. It’s interesting to see how his edit has changed in this game, as his true colours come to surface. The same can be said of James and his “roid rage,” as many of you readers are calling it.
In the end, the Heroes have no clue what they’re doing, and by the time they get to the merge, they’re going to be Russell’s court jesters. Watch and see.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains returns in two weeks on Wednesday, March 24, 8 p.m. ET, Global/CBS.
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