Big Brother. He was a huge Survivor fan, but after he saw Africa he thought he'd much rather do Big Brother.

I feel like I agree with you on most things Survivory, but I do not get the unabashed Savage love. I'm curious, have you rewatched Pearl Islands since it originally aired?

The day he learned that his sister didn't hold herself to a "higher standard" than guys do.

I think Asian women are particularly seen as "scheming" or "untrustworthy" in Survivor. Chauvinism and unconscious cultural biases play into the game in a subtle but powerful way.

Carolyn did not set herself up well, particularly considering the fact that this tribe is in all likelihood going to lose A LOT. She went from being in a four with Kelly either as the number four, or her partner with a pair of twos where they could have picked off the other three with challenge weak Will as any easy…

Hey, we don't know that, maybe he'll be "cool, calm and reflective."

You can eat fertilized eggs, Some people just choose not to because they are potential chickens.

Eh, I don't see it. My kids have the same middle name (my last name) they also have the same last name (my husband's last name).

It absolutely could have gone down either way. Once we've seen more of his game we'll probably know which of these scenarios was more likely and which was fan fiction, either way I think he'll be fun to watch.

I absolutely agree with you on China. That is a season which I I think is generally over-rated, I don't understand why it is so loved. I also think that Todd is overrated as a winner. He had pretty much no strategic competition out on the beach. In terms of South Pacific, I have trouble rating the season that brought…

We think that we end up in them, but we actually create them. The empowering thing is the realization that since we create them we also have the opportunity to change them. I've never heard any of the Survivors talk about their experience in those terms, perhaps because there is just so much else at play. But, being…

Rob is still pissed that the fire burned up his leftover auction money.

Liked despite the fact that Joe is on my pick four team.

I would venture that it is actually the opposite, that part of Nina's strong reaction was that this is something that she has experienced a lot since losing her hearing and it was that pain that she was reacting to more than not being invited with the younger, prettier girls. I learned by attending something called "T…

Yeah, that was world class terrible, particularly since the two have such a tight bond you would think whe could finesse the conversation at least to some degree. More than the blow-up that conversation showed Nina to be a terrible, terrible Survivor player.

Can I upvote this times a thousand? I am so glad Vince is gone, I did not need to watch any more of that.

I'm giving Will the benefit of the doubt. Vince was clearly a lunatic, Will was a swing vote who could have been number four with the three younger people, or in the midst of a tight three which included a person who is clearly irrational. Once he learned that the irratonal personal was throwing his name around I…

The two call backs to Amazon last night were a little crazy. Mike channeling Butch and the firewood and the hearing impaired woman feeling left out when the "younger, cuter girls" got naked in the water.

I was thrilled to see him go, I know there is a large contingent of people who love the big, wacko characters who make "good tv" but to me after an episode or two an unstable narcissist does nothing but upset gameplay.

The fact that her name was not among those getting votes at tribal after her puzzlapocalypse says a lot about the strength of her game.