Friday, March 20, 2015

Survivor 30 Episode 4 Part 2: Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner

Back to the grind for Survivor 30 episode 4. We're entering the first swap of the season and the dynamics are all over the place. The second hour of this episode contained a lot of alliance shuffling and the foreshadowing of future betrayals and blindsides. Let's get to it.


Blue Collar Blindside


So Blue Collar comes back from tribal and it's pretty awkward. They know that they have essentially cut out Sierra from the group. Dan decides that he must point out all the flaws of Sierra TO Sierra in order to bring her back into the fold. Gotta love Dan and his social game.

I don't think it would have been impossible to bring Sierra back into the group, but since this group has the social prowess of a rock, they only pushed her further away. Luckily for them, they have an easy person to vote off next round...I mean...unless there is a swap...


TRIBE SWAP


The time has come! The collars have been dissolved and reformed into two tribes. Looking at these new tribes, it's like that changed the theme from collars to David and Goliath.  Seriously though, the blue tribe is absolutely stacked with challenge threats, where as the red team is just kind of...well...I mean most of them will make merge!!!

Blue team wins immunity, something we'll probably be seeing for a while, and we anticipate how everyone reacts back at camp. A swap is a great opportunity to start anew, learn from mistakes you might have made from the first few rounds and change it up...

Well, unless you're Shirin and Max. Shirin and Max go back to their weird antics and start annoying their new tribe immediately. I feel like Shirin and Max are just so caught up in the entire experience that they aren't really paying attention to the effect their words and attitudes have on their tribemates. Shirin just comes off as so fake to Kelly. Really Shirin? You get a great vibe from the person that happens to be the swing vote on your tribe? Goodness.


New Tribe Dynamics

So right out the gate, the original BC boys are fearing that Sierra is going to try and pull something with the other guys on the tribe. I don't blame Sierra for pursuing something with other people, she's learned that she is on the outs of her original tribe so why not attempt to put herself in a better position somewhere else. As far as her actually making a counter move though, I predict that their tribe is going to win immunity long enough to where the anger in Sierra settles a little bit. As long as the BC boys don't say something stupid (jury is still out) then I think Sierra will stay loyal. Only time will tell.

Meanwhile on the other tribe, Max is teaching us what NOT to do on Survivor. His first lesson was to stick his wart foot into the drinking water, an act that will surely pave the way to the million dollars. This is just another one of the many examples of Max and Shirin being so socially disconnected with everyone they're around. Max is practically asking to get voted during the entire episode. I think if he just played it cool with Kelly then he wouldn't have so aggressively pushed the target onto himself.


Chaos Carolyn and Voting Out Max


This swap was a godsend for Carolyn. She might not have landed in as great of a position as her original tribe, but she gained the ability to axe Max. Whether or not this was the best move for Carolyn really depends on what Kelly was going to do. If Kelly was planning on sticking with NC, then 100% Carolyn did the right thing. 

My only problem with voting out Max instead of Shirin is that they have lost one of their best challenge competitors. If this tribe wants any chance of winning challenges they need to keep the stronger people in the game. Is getting Max out so much more important than taking out Shirin, someone who was equally as annoying? I'm not sure if I agree.


 Next Time on Survivor

I don't know if this blue tribe is going to lose but if they do, it looks like the first vote will be complicated. I'm not surprised that Rodney is gravitating to other people because of Dan and Mike's antics. I would love for a Dan or Mike boot, I don't think either of them has played a smart game. 





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