Re: Reynold's tight pants – I believe Survivor has been actively costuming the players for quite a while now. The players don't pick out their own clothes. (Cochrane has pointed out in interviews what a pain in the ass it is to wear the goofy "I'm a nerd" sweater vests they put him in.)

Cool mom FTW.

@avclub-858b67085072a6f2403cf500871f4068:disqus "I have no idea how [Brandon] passed the routine psych evaluation necessary to make the show (TWICE!)"

Liked for Lost reference. That brings me back.

Shhhh! If you say his name out loud three times he'll climb out of the mirror and strangle us all.

Laura: "I won't identify the person with the idol by name."
Probst: "But you're looking right at Reynold."

Won't you get lonely when Malcolm periodically heads off to Moloka'i to teach lepers Esperanto while rescuing them from burning buildings?

This is starting to sound like the rules to Fizzbin. Or Calvinball.

Man, y'all impress me with the details that stick in your minds. My brain's Survivor partition is wiped after each season's final episode.

Brandon was actively looking for something over which to feel sleighted so he could unleash the crazy. I'm sensing coaching by Uncle Russell.

Jeebus. Why do I have to repeat this every season? From my upcoming (totally not trademark-infringing) book Survivor For Dummies™:

I was also scratching my head. Why blab such juicily valuable information? I would've thought being a "fan" implied she had seen the show before. (Yes, I know, the "fans" aren't necessarily actually fans.)

Michael: "So, I'm looking around, trying to figure out: Who's the best pitcher? Who's the best catcher?"

I cannot agree more strongly with Carrie's first bulleted stray observation. I'm sure the producers think it's good TV and all, but the whole ease-of-locating-the-immunity-idol situation is just ridiculous.

Cochrane (paraphrase): "Brandon has these moments of extreme rage, followed almost immediately by extreme pleasantness. He's like a sociopathic murderer or something."

Special Agent Phillip: "Brandon is narcisstic [sic]."

♫ …Ba-Donkin Donuts, the Hole with a Soul… ♫

I'm weird and tend to laugh most at throwaways. So I was rolling when, after being locked in the supply room, it's revealed that the only thing Malory could find from which to drink her Scotch was a paper clip dispenser. That detail was [falsetto] awe-some.

[Rocks back and forth in fetal position, repeating, "it can't be real… it can't be real… "]

Did Malcolm straighten his hair? Or did he have a perm last season? Seemed much curlier before.