Survivor Redemption Island

"Seriously, that situation could have been, and usually is, a complete disaster and he sailed through it so gracefully"

That was an interesting tribal because its one of the few time Jeff Probst really tried to calm things down.

Usually they shoot two to three hours of tribal where Jeff is trying to get them to blow up a bit. Tribal is usually a beginning calm that leads up to taunts and a bit of words that members probably wish they had not said at the end of the evening. They purposely look to get a few less stable people on the show now to stir things up. In a way, too bad Phil and Russel did not have time together, that would have made things quite interesting.

My husband is convinced Jeff is really into the social experiment aspect of the show. Jeff does stir the pot, and he absolutely enjoys it when people are raw and transparent about what's going on.

It's almost as if tribal council is where he tries to make people face their stuff and put it all on display... but last night he also showed that mediator side of himself.

He showed NO fear of the subject and he was so articulate and fair to everyone. I'm such a Probst fan girl. haha!

All I know is I will think twice before using the word "crazy" again.

It was an interesting show to watch though

Guri said:

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Jeff Probst is amazing... he talked Phil through tribal council with so much skill and tact. I was truly blown away.

Such confidence and wisdom is so rarely seen.

Agreed, it was amazing.

Probst purposely calmed the situation so Philip would stay, I like Philip, i want him to stay so he helps Rob win, but Philip was wrong and anyone who buys his "Crazy"= the N word is an idiot, he was a crazy butthole period, the race card was ridiculous

Probst has sat threw alot over all these seasons. He can handle anything Phillip can throw at him.
Me and my wife bust a gut laughing everytime that Phillip says someones or a tribes name wrong. He always tries to correct himself and still screws it up.
I seriously hope that he finds his shorts I fear the mouse he's got in that house.
But Ashley!! meow... someone should lose her shorts

I have a feeling that the Survivor crew is going to "help" Philip find his shorts. I hope not, but they probably will. What a jerk. I never liked Rob, but I kind of like how he's just playing to have fun now. He keeps Philip because Philip (or whoever else) distracts everyone so they don't see Rob controlling them. I think it will be funny to see the point where they start getting knocked off and figure out that Rob was playing them. Maybe they'll get smart, but the girls are pretty brainless so far.

BoozeBeGood said:

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All I know is I will think twice before using the word "crazy" again.

I saw that while flipping channels and all I could think of was that I never knew that was another term for that word. Does doing background checks really count as being a government agent?

Guri said:

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My husband is convinced Jeff is really into the social experiment aspect of the show. Jeff does stir the pot, and he absolutely enjoys it when people are raw and transparent about what's going on.

It's almost as if tribal council is where he tries to make people face their stuff and put it all on display... but last night he also showed that mediator side of himself.

He showed NO fear of the subject and he was so articulate and fair to everyone. I'm such a Probst fan girl. haha!

You should follow him on Twitter. He live tweets during the show, and honestly that has become just as much fun as watching the show. Lots of cool insight into the game. Also, I learned a bit about how the much he and the crew know of what's going on during filming. When he goes to Tribal, he doesn't really know what has happened around camp and such, he is just that good at bringing things out of people and running with it.

Eopie Herder said:

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You should follow him on Twitter. He live tweets during the show, and honestly that has become just as much fun as watching the show. Lots of cool insight into the game. Also, I learned a bit about how the much he and the crew know of what's going on during filming. When he goes to Tribal, he doesn't really know what has happened around camp and such, he is just that good at bringing things out of people and running with it.

I would, but I never watch it when it's on, so I'd gets spoilers. I guess I could read it all after the fact...

I suspected he didn't know much because he acts like he doesn't and does not come off as a person who would fake ignorance. Glad to see it's true.

LZeitgeist said:

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Phillip is definitely a tool. A crazy tool.

Steve has the patience of a saint. I'm glad he had the opportunity to point out that he's played for years on a team that's only 20% Caucasian and that he hasn't got a racist bone in his body (I forget his exact words).

Rob is still awesome. I don't know that he can stay on his throne much longer, but I want him to win it. He's earned it already.

And not surprising, he's earned his own show. Production starts on "Around the world in 80 ways" after the finale.

Eopie Herder said:

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And not surprising, he's earned his own show. Production starts on "Around the world in 80 ways" after the finale.

Who Phil or Rob? Can you imagine? Maybe send them both. THAT would be something to watch.

I'm sorry, it's Rob.

I was talking to my dad this weekend about Survivor and he said he'd like to see a show where that Dragonslayer moron and Phil were the captains of each team. They can see who can make up the most BS about themselves!

Eopie Herder said:

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I'm sorry, it's Rob.

I know, I was kidding.

Sluis Van Shipyards said:

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I was talking to my dad this weekend about Survivor and he said he'd like to see a show where that Dragonslayer moron and Phil were the captains of each team. They can see who can make up the most BS about themselves!

That would be hilarious, what would be even better would be to have an all-stars with Coach, Phillip, & Russell all on the same team, that would be comedy! I'd also feel sorry for whoever got stuck on their team though, you got one conniving back-stabber who likes to wreak havoc in camp and think he's the greatest player of the game of all time, and two loonies who have over exagerrated senses of honor, are blindly loyal and claim they don't lie and believe it so much that they don't recognize themselves lying when they do. While they may drive their other teammates nuts I bet that Russell could probably actually finally win if he could form an alliance with them and take them to the Final 3; I mean who would honestly vote for Coach or Phillip over Russell considering that although Russell is probably no better liked than the other two but at least Russell doesn't drive others nuts.

Speaking of Final 3, who thinks they're going to do an actual Final 3 this season? My theory is that it will only be a final challenge for the Final 2 with whomever survives Redemption Island becoming number 3 or at least comes back to participate in the Final 3 challenge. I say this because Matt came back after the merge (as I predicted) and the only remaining milestone is the Final 3 and bringing back the Redemption Island survivor would be a big surprise and would throw a huge wrench into a lot of people's plans, especially Rob's.

I've been watching Survivor since day one of the first season with my wife. Love this show. And yeah, Dragonslayer vs. Special Agent season would be funny!