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Survivor 16: Fans Vs. Favorites Minicap episode 8 Part One

Okay, I feel like channeling the sweathogs here….”Welcome back! Your dreams were your ticket out. Welcome back to that same old place you used to laugh about.”

Welcome back to Survivor:Micronesia – on Thursday, where it belongs. I realize it was only two weeks without our favorite show in its regular slot, but it just felt so long. And speaking of “so long,” we finally have a week where only one Survivor leaves the game, so let’s get to it, shall we?

We find ourselves on Loser Beach (AKA the Malakal site), where Erik is feeling a bit blessed at still being around. Which, considering he’s the only fan left on the tribe, is worth noting. He figures he’ll be the next out, since he can’t break the bond between the favorites. Ah, but is he underestimating how far hero-worship of Ozzy can take you?

Speaking of which, the Oz-man is still grousing that he was fingered as tribe leader at the last TC. He says he just has a lot of “good opinions and know-how,” but certainly isn’t the leader and doesn’t want that target on his back. Which, Ozzy? If you don’t want to be thought of the leader, maybe you should stop bossing people around. Remember the time you told Tracy to forgo the reward and “take one for the team” without consulting anyone else? Or the time you forced Cirie to boat to the reef? Or the time you 86’d the chicken-roasting idea in favor of “renewable resources”? Sure, you may think your opinions are the best – everyone thinks that. But when you think your opinions are the law, my friend, you have become a leader. (In fact, we call these particular leaders “dictators”).

Hunting trip! Cirie and Ami go on a crab hunt using machetes. (That’s one sentence I never imagined writing.) They bring back a decent haul (proving Ozzy is not the only provider on the beach), but Ozzy is still sulking about the leadership thing. He complains to Ami, who tells him to get over it already because nobody cares who’s the leader. But Ozzy remains single-minded, saying that they’re entering the part of the game when people do care about this sort of thing. Ami assures him it was just Tracy taking a “say anything” approach to save herself, but that Ami stopped anything from happening. Which, huh? Ozzy seems to notice this spin as well, saying that Ami is a little too adamant about being on his side, which makes him uneasy.

And what is the other tribe doing while Malakal hunts crabs and deals with the crabby? They’re talking about the food they miss. Then an arrogant rat tries to join the conversation (“I really miss me some brie!”) and Jason decides it looks good enough to eat. So he captures and kills the rat, patting himself on the back for continuing the fine Survivor tradition, since no one has eaten rat since the first season. (And, oh Jason? If you’re that into tradition, no one has fallen into fire since the second season. Just a thought.)

Parvati points out Jason’s been trying to impress the favorites since they were co-mingled, but she still thinks he’s a loser. And she formed that opinion without benefit of seeing the stick he’s carrying around as his safety net. Astute girl, that Parvati.

Parvati also recognizes the need to pull in the fans to make it to the merge, so she recruits Natalie and asks her to bring along Alexis. She promises it will be the two of them, Alexis and James to the merge, at which point they’ll dig the big guy’s grave and bring in Amanda. Since none of the women would win against James or Ozzy, this isn’t a bad plan. Since when did Parvati become the brains of the beach?

Up next – Part II in which Erik gives his all for immunity. Ouch!

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