Survivor: Don't Get Sick!

I'm late with last week's Survivor comments partly because I didn't watch the show live. For years, at least through season 15 I sat down every Thursday evening turned off the phone and spent 60 minutes in front of the set. Not any more. The DVR (the greatest invention since electricity) and the sameness of structure of the show has lessened my interest.

In Survivor getting sick means almost certain elimination. I'm amazed that more people haven't gotten seriously ill over the last nine years. We have seen injuries, emotional melt-downs and some quitters, but only a few people actually got sick. Unfortunately Jerry could not handle it out there. And in true Survivor fashion the tribe decided that the one unforgivable sin in the game is to be physically incapacitated. So out he goes - even if they all liked him and had someone else in mind.

Not much more to comment on in episode 3. The only thing that interests me is the strategy of sending the same people to Exile Island. I guess one line of thinking is to make sure you only have to deal with one person potentially having the hidden immunity idol. Makes it easier to force it out later in the game. That never seems to have worked in the past. But we shall see.

Of more interest is the possibility of a cross tribe alliance this early in the game. I don't remember any such attempt previously until tribes were scrambled before the merge. The twist of having two people from opposite tribes at Exile Island might make for a very different game.

That would get me back in front of the tube live on Thursdays.