South Pacific: Episode 5

Hurray! I lost a player, but it's totally worth it when it's an episode like this one. FINALLY, people have actually started playing the game. This is why I watch the show - for the backstabbing, bright ideas, and intrigue. For the underdogs to come through & take out Goliath... or at least Goliath's girlfriend.

Ben thought that it would be better for my team if Elyse had stayed instead of Cochran. That may be true, but I'm happy to keep him in the game - I like his personality and attitude. It's much more fun for me to support a doer than a clinger.

Overall, I'd say the biggest losers of the Savaii vote were Keith & Whitney. In an effort to not appear to backstab Ozzy, they voted for Dawn instead of Elyse. Ozzy isn't going to be fooled by that. If they didn't vote for Cochran they were obviously backstabbing him, no matter whose name they wrote down. This was a stupid idea & only puts bigger targets on their backs & also makes it look like an incohesive new alliance. Not a good way to make a good impression with your new best friends.


The Standings: 

Team Top 3: Moon - 47 pts
1. Ozzy (22 pts)
2. Sophie (13 pts)
3. Jim (12 pts)

Team Dungeons & Dragons: Me - 47 pts
1. Cochran (12 pts)

2. Elyse (12 pts)

3. Coach (23 pts)

Team Baseball, Belts & Bibles: Doug/Bri - 38 pts
1. Albert (13 pts)
2. Rick (13 pts)
3. Dawn (12 pts)

Team Hide Yer Kids, Hide Yer Wife: Bag - 36 pts
1. Mikayla (13 pts)

2. Christine (12 pts)

3. Edna (11 pts)

Team ICRWYNISTB: Dachui - 33 pts
1. Keith (12 pts)
2. Brandon (13 pts)
[3. Stacey (8 pts)]


Team Country Bears: Courtney - 21 pts
[1. Papa Bear (7 pts)]
2. Whitney (12 pts)
[3. Semhar (2 pts)]


Power Rankings: 

1. Top 3 - Moon's team is a force to be reckoned with, especially now that Jim is coming into his own. In the war of the Savaii Alpha Male, the score is now Jim: 2, Ozzy: 1. Will the team implode though & take each other out? That seems like the biggest danger at the moment. I'm also eager for Sophie to make a move. I think she's laying low now, which is smart, but she's currently in a position to pull some major upsets, which will hopefully be entertaining.


2. Dungeons & Dragons - I'm keeping myself ranked 2nd because of Coach & his new bling. A big thanks to Team Baseball for giving me the 10-point assist on that one! I think Elyse will get crushed in the next RI challenge. On the other hand, I think Coach is currently the favorite to win this season. I can't remember this - did Coach tell Albert & Sophie that he found the idol? Or are they still looking around for it?


3. Baseball, Belts & Bibles - Albert & Dawn are making some moves... and Rick is our newest ghost of the show. Cactus Rick? If Al & Dawn keep their wits about them, they may go far in this game. Ben also pointed out that CBS is announcing a new romance; whenever they show Albert's talking head they also say that he's "Dating Coach." What a cute couple!


4. Hide Yer Kids, Hide Yer Wife - Bag's team is the scrappiest of the season. Christine is clawing her way through Redemption Island & probably bringing in more points there than she would have by remaining in the game. Mikayla is crushing by the skin of her teeth - her grab of Rick's dropped meat in the immunity challenge essentially won them the game. Edna's annoying, but safe.


5. ICRWYNISTB - Dachui's team may get renamed "Shootin' Myself in the Foot" depending on how the next episode goes. Their guys make ALL the wrong moves. Sometimes that's an advantage; after all Phillip made all the wrong moves & made it to the finale. However, having an entire team of wrong-movers is never a good thing.


6. Country Bears - Courtney doesn't have a chance to win this game, but she does have a chance to break the "lowest score ever" record! Good luck with that one. ;) Also, congrats on the busting of the guy who stole your purse! "Bad Shad, bad Shad, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they arrest you?"