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Survivor Cook Islands: Ozzy Ousts The Metalhead
Episode 2 Recap by Professor Dan
September 22, 2006
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After showing us the demise of Sekou from the Hiki (African-American) tribe on last week’s show, and after rolling the credits, we start this week’s Survivor extravaganza at Hiki’s camp.
It’s Day 4, and Nate is frustrated, because try as he might, he can’t get the fire started with their newly-acquired flint. They are all basically clueless (the main problem, I think, is that they didn’t have enough easily-ignited material. You need stuff that will flare up quickly when a spark hits it, and you need to be striking the flint very close to it.) Nate takes a break, and Rebecca has a go at it. Lo and behold, she and Steph get it going! Rebecca: "Guys, it’s lit. What do we do now?" (Like I said, clueless.) Nate starts dancing around, because now they’ll have water. "Burn baby burn," he exults!
Over at Aitu, the Hispanic tribe is catching fish. And crabs. And clams. Compared to other Survivors, there is food galore on these islands. J.P. tells us "Latinos are good workers. It’s kind of in our blood, in our heritage." Afterwards, Cristina shares with her tribe mates the fact that she’s a cop, and almost lost her arm due to being shot in the line of duty. They all look suitably impressed.
Next we see that there are wild chickens running all over the place (so the loss of the chickens last week was not a big deal after all!) Cristina has an idea: spread their net on the ground, get a chicken to run across it, and have some method to scoop it up like in a bag. Ozzy (whose real name is Oscar) wants to suspend the net above the ground, entice a chicken to walk under it, then drop the net on it (which is, of course, how it’s done!)
Cristina is pissed that Ozzy is like Mr. Know-it-all (even though she admits that he DOES have extensive outdoor experience, and she doesn’t.) Gee, so her position is that they should listen to her instead of to the guy who actually KNOWS WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT? Good plan, Cristina. Anyway, Ozzy’s take on the conflict between them is that maybe it’s because she’s a cop, and maybe it’s because she’s 10 years older than him. 24-year-old Ozzy tells us "If I had a 14-year-old telling me what to do, I’d probably get a little pissed off myself." Of course, they do it Ozzy’s way, and of course, it works, and now they have chicken AND seafood to eat. Cristina goes off by herself in a bit of a huff.
Puka (the Asian tribe) is out for chickens, too: Yul tries the tried-and-true "crate propped up by a stick with a rope attached" ploy. And sure enough, TWO dimwitted birds wander in to sample the offerings Yul has to entice them; he yanks out the stick, and voila! A two-fer! Becky likes Yul, and as they are plucking the fowls down by the water, an alliance is formed. Both Becky and Yul are Korean, so Becky tells us they have a natural alliance for that reason. She says he is like an older brother to her. (I like Yul, a lot. This could be a very beneficial alliance down the road.)
Raro is happy: the Caucasian tribe gets their "Papa Bear" Jonathan back from Exile Island. Jon isn’t too thrilled, though, to find that their poor excuse for a shelter hasn’t been worked on at all in his absence, and he wants them to get to work making a bamboo floor to sleep on so they’ll be off the wet ground (aww, no more "cuddle puddle?") Only Jessica and Jon are working, though, while Adam, Parvati, and Candice goof around. Adam speaks up, saying he thinks that wasting energy on the shelter is "crazy". Jon is pissed at Adam, and Candice warns Adam to be careful not to antagonize Jon.
Aitu Day 5: Billy, the metalhead, is sleeping while the others gather food. He tells us that it’s stupid to "waste your time doing something you don’t know anything about" (like fishing or getting coconuts.) No, instead he’ll let the rest of them do it, and then he’ll "just have some of whatever they catch." We see him chowing down on food that he didn’t help get. What a moron! Yeah, you’ll last a long time in this game, leeching off the others, pal—GREAT strategy! Sure enough, Ozzy informs us that Billy has to constantly be asked to do stuff, and he’s tired of it. We then see Billy, chatting with Cristina and Cecilia ("Cece".) He tells them that "Metal is his culture" more than being Hispanic is. They urge him to try to fit in more, and say they want him to feel included. Okay, so do we have the picture now? Fat, lazy metalhead leech who doesn’t fit in. Gotcha…
Over at Puka, Cao Boi’s magic fingers relieve another tribemate’s headache. It’s Jenny this time, and she ends up with a red mark between her eyebrows just like Brad a few days ago. That night, lying under their shelter, Cao Boi is trying to make Asian jokes, but Brad and Yul both complain to him about it, Yul saying that "making jokes based on racial prejudices and stereotypes just confirms them to people who don’t know any better." Cao Boi thinks they need to be able to laugh at themselves.
It’s still Night 5, and now.....
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