Episode 35.2

Remember what I told you about seeing a story in the news about a local person in the current Survivor season? It is Jessica from the healers tribe that is local to me. She is good enough to get a story so I wonder if I’ll see more of her on the news in the future. I’ll tell you if I do. There wasn’t much to the story, but I still thought that I would tell you about it. I’d have to check to see where exactly she is from in order to know more about her. I’ll have to see if she’s on another local news channel such as my other CBS affiliate or even non-CBS affiliates.

I was confused with how hustle could be considered a good thing. So I looked up the definition at the site mentioned below. I am most familiar with definition two, to con or deceive. On the show, they must have gone with definition eight, to put a lot of effort in one’s work. I guess that this is a good alternative definition for the term, but most people would give hustler a negative connotation. Have you ever heard of it in a good way before?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hustle

After doing a bit more research into Jessica, she is sort of local to just one of the areas and not the more major one. She also used to live in this area so I’m not sure why she got some focus, but I guess that it was because she used to. Also, I have considered doing Survivor watch parties where I live, but I doubt that I would ever do that unless I become a contestant on the show or get married to someone who was on the show. I don’t know who it would be but I don’t think that she is the lost love Jessica of mine who has probably moved on by now. But the Jessica on this show seems to be in a showmance so there isn’t much of a point in being with this one. In fact, I could settle for a Jessica who isn’t this person that I last saw in 2^nd grade. Or I could be with a woman named something else entirely. Hopefully, I’ll find a person at some point. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, we return to the heroes tribe. The real name isn’t known to me. Chrissy thinks things are going well for her. She wants to use her powerless idol to bargain with. People talk about the alliance falling apart already. Who names a group the core four? I guess that isn’t as bad as calling yourself the final four alliance even if that other alliance was the final four that season.

In the second segment of the show, people on the hustlers tribe think that Simone is weird although she does her best to prove herself. Romance continues to bloom between Jessica and Cole, I think. I can’t keep track of everyone right now. Joe looks for an idol, finds a clue, and gets Cole to help him search for an idol that they had the sense to bury when they normally put it in a hole in a tree. The idol is found, but I can’t keep track of who has it or if I’m talking about the right people.

In the third segment of the show, JP gets people lobster. And they didn’t have to pay a thing for it. Chrissy thinks again that she has power somehow. I’m getting really confused with her. Is she full of it or does she really understand what is going on? But she does get to form a much needed alliance and finds the idea of twosomes to be bad, I think. Patrick is scared of crabs. Who wouldn’t be scared of an STD? Oh wait, maybe he has seen Moana or the song Shiny too much. I might share that in the next blog post. There is something else that I want to mention at some point. Lauren thinks that Patrick is a good target for the future. Why hate a red head?

In the fourth segment of the show, we get to the immunity challenge. Ryan doesn’t know how to feel about Chrissy just yet but she is a player even if she seems a bit full of herself. The reward that they are giving away is the fishing gear that they always give away as the second reward. Well, always in beach themed seasons, that is. The puzzle portion contains Survivor history but doesn’t seem like a good design for a puzzle. Healers solve the puzzle first, coming behind from their late start in the challenge. The heroes tribe comes in second sending the hustlers to tribal council. Devon thinks that Simone will be voted out next.

In the fifth segment of the show, Simone tries to shake things up to prevent her own elimination. Is that a good idea? I guess it is if you know the right way to go about it. Will Patrick shine on like the star that he is and join his friend Spongebob in the sea? Or is he someone they can’t trust since he is ginger? Why don’t they trust him? We then get to tribal council. It is called a birthday party for someone that you don’t like. What? Since when it is a birthday party?

A lot of discussion happens but I can’t tell what all is going on. Patrick admits that he only trusts most of the people here. I don’t think that you could trust everyone and if you do, you are likely getting voted out, even if it is possible that you could win. Simone has never been camping before. Why do Survivor if you haven’t camped once? Simone gets voted out with a little more to her story than Katrina got. Just how little are we going to see of people this season? Jeff thinks that they get knocked down, but then back up again.

On the next Survivor, people aren’t for Patrick. Joe has power. Ryan might try to rustle feathers. There isn’t much to be gained from the promo but it could be because there isn’t much to the episode just yet. What can they say if you can’t say anything? I hope that more ends up happening later this season. I shouldn’t be disappointed only two episodes in as a lot can still happen but it seems like things will need to pick up. Maybe we are in for a great merge.

Total confessional count: Simone- 2, Ashley- 4, Devon- 2, Lauren- 3, Ryan- 8, Desi- 1, Mike- 2, Alan- 4, Patrick- 2, Ben- 3, Ali- 5, JP- 2, Chrissy- 3, Jessica- 2, Roark- 1, Cole- 2, Joe- 4.

New confessionals this episode: Lauren- 2, Ryan- 3, Desi- 0, Mike- 0, Alan- 1, Patrick- 1, Ben- 1, Ali- 3, JP- 1, Chrissy- 2, Jessica- 0, Roark- 0, Cole- 2, Joe- 2, Simone- 2, Ashley- 1, Devon- 1.

Simone had two new confessionals this episode, the same number as Chrissy, Cole, Lauren, and Joe. The only people higher were Ryan and Ali with three each. Everyone else was lower. The lowest this episode were Jessica, Roark, Desi, and Mike who had no new confessionals, if I’m counting right, which I might not be since I’m getting people confused. In terms of total confessionals, Simone had two, the same number as Patrick, JP, Jessica, Devon, Cole, and Mike. Lower than them are Roark and Desi with just one a piece. Everyone else is higher with Ryan as the highest with eight. I can’t tell if I like the guy or not so hopefully he can be good if the early number isn’t made to mislead us. I guess that I’ll be back for the next episode next week. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.