"Contagion"

Wow, so I only got one pick right this week for my NFL predictions. That puts me at 3-5 on the postseason. Not good at all. But I can turn it all around this week with the Championship games.

AFC: Pittsburgh over Denver

NFC: Carolina over Seattle

Survivor Time!

Now is where it gets real interesting. At this time (5th episode) Saboga had lost two members (Rudy and Tina). Mogo Mogo and Chapera had only lost one member a piece (Jenna M and Rob C respectively). It was announced at the reward challenge that of the 3 tribes the one to finish last would be absolved and it’s members be taken in by the other two tribes, whichever tribe finishing first getting the first pick. Fittingly, Saboga lost, while Mogo Mogo came in first. When it became apparent to Mogo Mogo that Chapera would beat Saboga, they immediately began scheming on who to take first. Colby convinced them to take Ethan first so that they could vote him off immediately. So Mogo Mogo took Ethan and Jerri, while Chapera took Rupert and Jenna L.

The perfect plan to vote Ethan off quickly turned for the worst for one Richard Hatch. Ethan, Colby and Lex decided to form together and vote the first ever winner out of the game. The girls, Kathy, Jerri and Shii Ann were none to pleased with this decision but decided to go ahead and vote for Richard anyway. This was the first mistake of many for Mogo Mogo, which will be analyzed in depth later on.

***Quick side note*** During the immunity challenge which Mogo Mogo lost, Richard (naked as usual) brushed provocatively up against Susan (his ex tribemate from Borneo), causing her to FREAK OUT big time ---more on this next time.

Why Richard was voted off

He was the 1st ever winner. His male tribe mates recognized the threat he was to them if he could make ti to the individual immunity section of the game. They were able to sway the girls against their better judgment to their side. Plus Richs arrogance was just becoming too much to bear at times. He thought that he was safe, and did not try at all to get in an alliance with the women.

What could he have done to stay in the game?

As I said, he could have worked the girls into an alliance with him; they did not want to vote him off at first anyways, and during the next episode Shii Ann and Kathy both remarked how they felt they had made a very big mistake.

NEW PART: What Mogo Mogo SHOULD have done:

They should have voted off Jerri right away. She was one of the weaker members on the tribe. As the merge was still 5 episodes (roughly 15 days) away the tribe still needed strong men to win tribe immunity. She was a terrible instigator, and as we will see later, she used her she-devil (bitch) charm to make one member of the tribe make some down right dumb decisions.

Aww fuck it lets give you a two for one special.

The next person to leave the show was Susan. She was disgusted with Richards actions towards her and decided she could not go on any further with the show so she just up and quit. Easy as that. Only she was pretty loud and obnoxious about it.

How could she have stayed on?

Not been a whiny bitch. Sorry, but I am totally unsympathetic towards her.

All right, I’m done.

~Oz