Unwritten Survivor commandment number three...Thou shalt not commit any deed that could be perceived as good for it will not go unpunished.
Brenda and her daddy rocked the Reward Challenge, only to be faced with a painful choice courtesy of those sadists on Probst's crack production team. It could have been because she possesses a kind heart, or maybe she wanted to curry favor with potential jury members, or perhaps she just couldn't stomach another moment of this...
Whatever the reason, Brenda chose to bestow the floating barbecue reward on the four remaining survivors and their loved ones, denying herself, Dawn, and their loved ones the reward that she had won, making Dawn break down and weep uncontrollably. AGAIN.
Brenda, who had already spent an unconscionable amount of time as Dawn's caretaker this season, wasted an entire afternoon putting that emotional train wreck back on its rails while having to endure the sights and sounds of her fellow survivors partying down with their loved ones nearby.
Dawn's selfishness raged on at the Immunity Challenge, where she begged Brenda to throw the challenge because she wanted to win one. Again, I can only guess at Brenda's motives, but the challenge was indeed thrown and it was done in a way that made it look as though Dawn won it for real instead of by default. With the exception of anything involving Phillip, Dawn celebrating her faux victory was the most revolting moment of the season.
Given the circumstances, blindsiding Brenda was a particularly cutthroat move. It was also unbelievably stupid. Cochran, who has successfully manipulated others into doing his dirty work for him, and Sherri, who is nothing but a shameless floater, probably won't suffer too much jury hostility, for this at least. But, Dawn, who had betrayed three of the five jury members, could not afford to stab Brenda in the heart in such a cold-hearted manner, bringing her tally of disgruntled jurors to four. Dawn's emotional instability, which may or may not be fueled by her full-blown menopause, clouded her judgement and, barring a miracle (someone committing an act more heinous than hers), cost her any likability that she may have garnered with the jury.
Of the five remaining survivors, Cochran probably has the best shot at winning. He's played a shrewd game, manipulating outcomes without appearing to do so, thereby making few, if any, enemies, and hovering just below the radar by winning too few challenges to be perceived as a legitimate threat, or the "challenge beast" that he proclaimed himself to be.
The last Amigo (formerly known as Douche 2) could find himself sitting at the Final Tribal Council due to an oversight by the tattered remains of Stealth R Us, who have been way too preoccupied with blindsiding each other to dispatch Eddie to the jury where he belongs. He might even find himself with enough votes to win the game since two of the current jury members were allied with him once upon a time and the other four bear no grudges against him.
If shameless floating is a legitimate strategy in Survivor, and if performing atrociously in challenges and possessing an abrasive personality command an iota of respect, then, by all means, give the million dollars to the irritating woman that erroneously believed that she could control Shamar.
Erik's Survivor vacation was frequently interrupted by pesky challenges that required him to exert himself, and meetings with Jeff, who made him write names that weren't his own on pieces of paper, which required him to pay attention. The irony? Erik has a decent shot at winning a million dollars if he's parked next to the two most reviled players left in the game, Dawn and Sherri, at the Final Tribal Council.
After the first episode, I predicted that this season was not going to make me happy. Sometimes, I hate it when I'm right.
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