So from what I can gather, Survivor has taken a hiatus for a couple of weeks due to the College basketball finals, which is both good and bad. Bad because we have to wait almost 3 weeks for a new episode of Exile Island but good as it allows us poor Aussies to catch up, well catch up a little. This season starts down under next Tuesday, which puts it at about 6-7 weeks behind. So given a couple of double episodes along the way, we may not have the ending spoiled by David Lettermen, various gossip magazines or yahoo.com as it has been in the past. For me, and others like me, the introduction of torrents has been the best thing since sliced bread….just don’t tell the FBI! So I’ve been logging on around Friday afternoon Australian time, and by Saturday morning, I’m having breakfast over the latest episode. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, god bless the internet!

 

So, no formal www.survivorshrine.com/s12 blog this week, but I’ll talk about the recap show nonetheless. Its actually been a while since I’ve seen a recap. Common practice in Australia is that the network just skips it as we are normally a week or two behind anyways. So it was good to be able to reflect on the first 6 weeks. I typically hated the recaps and rarely saw anything that made me sit up and notice, and this recap wasn’t really an exception. Having said that, there were a few things I picked up from the show.

 

1. A re-affirmation that I would have loved to have seen Bobby make more of a splash. It always frustrates me when the big personalities go before their time. Had a long discussion about the Bob Dawg with my partner, and we agree, the dude just plain threw in the towel. I appreciate the fact that Shane, Aras, Danielle & Courtney excluding him from the get go. And I applauded him getting his own back with the bottle of wine. But 1-2 weeks out of a merge, he just needed to stay solid and perform like he was performing and he still might have been there long enough to flip on the old Casaya. He needed to take a leaf outta Cirie’s book.
3. Sally. I had noticed there was a lot of support out there for her and I wondered why. To me, she’s just like every other blond-haired, pig-tailed young-en that’s come before. But what the recap afforded me was a bit more of an insight into her. I like her, she’s still boring, but Miss Knee Socks is cool with me. Also, if you didn’t think Terry was being played, think again. Austin has Sally pegged as a potential ally and getting Terry to turn on two of his own in preference for Sally is truly a master-stroke. Perhaps the most under-rated strategic move (not that there’s been to many made) of this series.
5. Just when I thought there was no chance in hell that anyone could match the irrepressible Sir Johnny Fairplay in car-crash television style, here comes Shane Powers. Did anyone notice his son’s name is Boston…..Boston Powers….Its not 1999 so I’ll leave the Dr. Evil jokes out of this blog. Nevertheless, this guys a classic. But I feel his time is short.