Survivor: Edge of Extinction Premiere

Things might be a bit different in this blog than it usual is because Lent won’t be starting for a while and this blog will thus be on Wednesdays as usual until it starts. I’ll be sure to make a note later about when the change will be. I’ll also let you know if any job of mine changes things.

I still don’t know if I’ll ever hear back from the two missionaries that I wanted to include in this blog that did not reply to my requests to put them in here. What I do know is that it might not matter if you want to support any of them as long as the others that I mentioned are still there where they are. I also know that I could include a Christian song called Survivor here in this blog. Maybe I will. I felt that I wasn’t able to include as much as I wanted to in those blog posts. I started out good, but didn’t finish that way.

Something that I need to keep track of in this post is the number of people who found idols based solely on what gender they are. If a person found more than one idol, I have included them more than once as a result, although the listing might change in the future. Men who have found idols: 23. Women who have found idols: 7. This counting only goes up to season 22 right now. Let’s continue on to the next set of seasons and there’ll be one for each previous season in each post this season.

Regarding the idols from South Pacific, Ozzy found one and continued to have bad luck with it. When he did his ploy of getting voted out to eliminate a potential ally for the other tribe from returning to the game, he gave his idol to John. John gave the idol back to Ozzy when Ozzy returned to the game. Ozzy then played this idol for Whitney at a tribal council, only she didn’t have any votes cast against her. This would have kept her safe had there been a rock draw, but John flipped instead. Coach find the other idol in the game, but never needed to use it nor did he give it to someone else.

Since Ron Clark is a contestant on this season, I thought that I would make a note about him. I have a movie called The Ron Clark Story that is based on part of his life. I might do a recap of the movie in the future and post it in this blog. I am not making it a priority to do now. If you want to see it, let me know. Just know that you won’t see it unless the blog is on hiatus and I’m not posting about a past season of this show at the time.

Speaking of past seasons of this show that I might blog about in the future, know that I have Survivor: Gabon on DVD, in case I hadn’t told you that before. I also still want Survivor: Blood versus Water on DVD, but do not have it yet. Once I’m done watching Survivor: Borneo on DVD, then I will add Survivor: Gabon to my list of things to watch.

I have no idea yet how Extinction Island will work and really don’t like the fact that they aren’t being open and honest about what it is like with Redemption Island. A lot of people don’t seem to like it, but I will still give it a chance before I see whether or not I do. I think it’s a bad idea, but I guess that I’ll have to wait to see until later if it really is or not. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, we get to the introduction of players. Wardog doesn’t want to tell the other people that he’s training to be a lawyer. Joe thinks that he’ll be a target. Wendy is a super fan of the game and doesn’t know what to expect. Jeff mentions to the new players that four of them will be on this season with them. Lauren loves Kelley and Joe. In fact, she could be in a showmance with Joe if things get far enough in the game.

Jeff does some recaps of who these players are with a sort of recap about who they are in his terms. I do wonder why they picked four returning players for a season as it seems an unusual number for now. I guess we’ll see if this works or not. Jeff starts them off with a sort of challenge of getting supplies ready as people dump things into the water and people get it. A man, a new player, gets a secret advantage. I wonder if they will ever go away. Keith struggles in the water. Is Survivor trying to portray some sort of unfair stereotype that black people can’t swim?

The two tribes continue to their beach where Rick introduces himself to the others as a huge fan of this show. Kelley wants to make sure that she gets in a good alliance with someone and wants to be more open as she felt that she didn’t do as well the previous times around. David also wonders what to do in the game and wants to make sure that people can trust him. It turns out that one of the contestants has Tourettes Syndrome. This is Wendy from earlier. She says hers is mild. Well, I guess this dashes my hopes of being the first player with Tourettes Syndrome. But I could still make firsts on the show.

Joe wants to offer help to the new players in the game, making sure that they get the help that they need. He also needs to make sure that he doesn’t stand out as a target like the other times he has been in the game. Victoria has good perspectives in the game. Aurora is gay. Ron has the secret advantage. He is told to dig next to the treemail. He gets an advantage menu and it only lasts until the third tribal. I do wonder when or if he has to decide what advantage to use.

In the second segment of the show, we get to the people on Kama, the yellow tribe, as two people seem to briefly wonder what Edge of Extinction means. Aubry wonders how to handle herself with newbies. Galvin wonders what to do with his time. Eric wants to turn on the returning players, specifically Aubry. Reem thinks that everything is going well thus far, but people don’t like her strange mannerisms. Reem, Keith, and Wendy seem to form a link among themselves which irritates the other players and might make them targets in the future.

In the third segment of the show, we get to the immunity challenge. It is also a reward for flint as well. Flint is a place in Michigan, right? David helps his tribe, despite its struggles in the first part. Kelley tries to cross the balance beam and it looks like she is injured as a result. Despite some struggles at the puzzle towards the end, the yellow tribe of Comma, I mean, Kama, wins the challenge, sending the blue tribe to tribal council where Kelley is worried about how things will go. She wonders if there is Wigglesworth, I mean, wiggle room.

In the fourth segment of the show, we get back to Manu, the blue tribe, after their loss. Keith wants to make sure that they know what to do next. Will Kelley or Lauren go? Keith wants to play this game for himself. Who doesn’t? Is he implying that most people don’t? Wendy wants to get rid of Reem. Wardog wants to take out Wendy and that’s what he tells David. Reem learns that she’s a target and this seems to set her on the warpath. This sends them off to tribal council.

In the fifth segment of the show, we get to tribal council. I still don’t know if I like the fact that it gets its own segment now, but I think that it makes sense and works for the most part. Jeff asks how the tribe is working well together. Reem mentions that he name has been thrown out as a target. Kelley wonders why David’s name wasn’t thrown out when hers was. Wardog mentions the problems that he has with Reem whom he says doesn’t have a personality that he likes.

Why would you touch someone’s stuff without their permission and wonder why they get upset when you touch it? Why would you need them to tell you not to do it in advance? Reem must be neurotypical. Reem is surprised by some of what is going on. The votes are then cast next. Some votes seemed to have been randomly cast, but it is Reem who is voted out of the game. She wants rain to be poured down on these people. She then has a choice to make and she takes a torch and gets on a boat. Bring a torch, Jeannette Isabella. She is then shown arriving at Extinction Island and notices that there is nothing at the island before she looks for more information there.

On the next Survivor, it seems like the returning players are targeted and David is quick to throw Kelley under the bus. Reem looks like she might have struggles on the Edge of Extinction. I guess that we will find out more about what happens later in the next episode because that’s only when these promos might make some bit of a lick of sense.

Joe- 2, Victoria- 1, Aubry- 1, Julia- 0, Ron- 1, Reem- 2, Dan “The Wardog”- 1, Rick- 2, Wendy- 3, Eric- 1, Aurora- 1, Lauren- 2, Julie- 0, Keith- 3, Chris- 0, Kelley- 2, Gavin- 1, David- 1.

I know that I missed a confessional from either Julie or Julia, although I don’t think that I know of any other one. Outside of those two, I have Chris as not having a confessional. As for the highest, Keith and Wendy have both three a piece. I don’t know what else to say right now about things so I’ll end this post here. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.