This latest episode was TOTALLY supposed to make people think PATRICK, the giant ginger was going to get voted off. Everything the whole episode was about him being a pain in the ass, loud, crazy, annoying. Probsts questions at tribal were STEERING this. Most discussion were about voting him off.So as a seasoned viewer used to seeing this over the years, you could bet the house the girl was going home instead! We're supposed to think this was a big blindside or something? The girl was about as useful as a poopy flavored lollipop.They're NEVER going to get rid of a useful idiot early, it's too entertaining to watch! The more outlandishly foolhardy you act, the longer you go.So fake and horribly acted you might as well watch cartoons, they're more real.

the basic idea is a group of strangers get dumped somewhere interesting to survive with little or no basic facilities. they usually starve a bit and may have no water until they discover fire to boil it. they then either survive or fail a series of tests getting one person voted off each week by the other competitors. it starts with two competing teams and as numbers dwindle it becomes individual competition.it's all very American in style. lots of excess emotion and temper tantrums. cries of 'oh my God' abound. It seems they are all told that they cannot use any other expletive.There's lots of gushing, hugging and crying when relatives are brought on for a day after four weeks. it's like nobody ever travels or lives hundreds of miles away from their family no matter what age they are. even ex military sob and gush when they see their partner after the four weeks. maybe they have never had a posting away from home. lol so they build alliances and the weak gang up on strong individuals as they are a threat to winning. it's one way that everyone has an equal chance and people lie, cheat, deceive and betray to win. the winner gets 1 million dollars.when it gets down to four people they have a program where they show excerpts of those that have lost with smaltzy music in the background. they say nice things about people that they have screwed and cheated.the last eight voted off then vote on who should win the 1 million.so, is it worth watching. sort of, it's irritating how stupid, ignorant, snide and prejudiced and downright unpleasant some of the people are. the winner is often the least worst of those left and often not deserving. it can be entertaining tho.

The first Survivor series has a lot going for it and was somewhat enjoyable. Every series after that was just repetitive and uninteresting. From there I vowed to stop watching the show and I have never watched Survivor since.Every time a new series of Survivor rolls around, I groan. Seriously, how much longer can this crap continue on? Surely they must be scrapping the bottom of the barrel by now. You would think that they would be running out of ideas by now but it appears they haven't. Yet it still has a loyal legion of fans which has stuck by the show since 2000.Survivor is right up there with Big Brother as one of the long running shows that I look forward to seeing the show end someday.The tribe has spoken...1/10.

Back from a real crazy tribal council were Jeff went home. Penner tells Abi that he voted for her and she seemed surprised. Penner then finds out that he could have draw-ed the votes if he did not vote for Abi. Lisa feels that her game plan was blow-ed but still people forgive her. Malcolm is still nice to her while she feels uncomfortable about staying. In the morning Penner sees how everyone is split and he thinks he can get Mike and Lisa on his side. Penner talks to Lisa and almost becomes her psychologist. After their talk Lisa seems to be made happy by how he was able to get to her inner self. Reward Challenge time and it is set in a muddy pit. The reward is giving and receiving back to a small town in the Phillipines while they cook for them. The teams are picked and once again Abi is left out. The red team of Malcolm, Penner, Carter and Denise win. The remaining five head back to camp. The reward winners head to the little town while all the children run to them. The contestants even play local games while everyone watched them. Malcolm there reconsiders changing his life when he gets back home. While on reward everyone talks about considering Lisa and Mike to join their alliance. Back at camp Pete thinks he can get the two on the outside to their alliance. Abi once again is annoying thinking she knows everything. Lisa is now thinking that she should go with the Kalabaw tribe because it makes more sense. Immunity challenge and everyone has to get six balls to balance on a balance. The winner of the challenge is Mike with close competition from Pete who lost the plot at the end. Back from the challenge and Abi wants Mike gone but she feels Penner is more of a threat to her. Denise brings up some ideas to vote of Artis because Abi will never win. Penner and Lisa continue their talk and Penner thinks Lisa should think about what she does and how it will reflect on the show. Mike and Lisa then talk on their next move. To tribal council and this could change the game to evil or good. While Lisa talks Abi just looks annoyed about everything she says. Abi then brings up that she still does not trust Lisa. People go to vote and no one is clearly gone. When the votes are revealed they are Penner (4) and Artis (4) with Artis eliminated. Just as he leaves Abi is shocked by the change that happened. Lisa needs to give up her loyalty because Abi is just a horrible person and needs to be eliminated.EPISODE GRADE: B+ (MVP: Lisa)