South Pacific: Ep 9

Overall an excellent episode, especially since it led to the immediate demise of Moon's team. Initially a juggernaut, his team was hamstrung in a quick 47 minutes. I'm disappointed that they now have 3 people on RI though. I read an article before the season started that said they weren't going to do that this season. Those liars. Having it be a heads-up duel is far superior to these weird 3 and 4-person competitions. I hope they eliminate two people (ideally Ozzy & Jim!) in the next episode before bringing anyone else back there. 

The Standings: 

Team Top 3: Moon - 73 pts
1. Ozzy (34 pts)
2. Sophie (16 pts)
3. Jim (23 pts)

Team Baseball, Belts & Bibles: Doug/Bri - 55 pts
1. Albert (16 pts)
2. Rick (16 pts)
3. Dawn (23 pts)

Team Dungeons & Dragons: Me - 53 pts
1. Cochran (15 pts) 
[2. Elyse (12 pts)]
3. Coach (26 pts)

Team Hide Yer Kids, Hide Yer Wife: Bag - 45 pts
[1. Mikayla (13 pts)]

[2. Christine (18 pts)]

3. Edna (14 pts)

Team ICRWYNISTB: Dachui - 41 pts
1. Keith (17 pts)
2. Brandon (16 pts)
[3. Stacey (8 pts)]

Team Country Bears: Courtney - 32 pts
[1. Papa Bear (7 pts)]
2. Whitney (23 pts)
[3. Semhar (2 pts)]


Power Rankings: 

1. Dungeons & Dragons - It's a really close call between my team & Doug/Bri's. The reason I ranked myself higher is because I think Coach has better options for the end-game than anyone on BBB. For that matter, Cochran seems to have a better end-game too. If I was Coach I'd be planning on taking Edna, Brandon, and Cochran to the final 4 with me, and then feeling pretty comfortable with whoever ends up in the finals with me.

2. Baseball, Belts & Bibles - BBB is definitely a huge threat in challenges - both Dawn & Albert could bring in a lot of points in this post-merge era. But they are at greater risk at the moment of being voted out, which keeps them in the #2 spot for at least this week. Rick continues to ghost it up and is a non-player.

3. Top 3 - This was a terrible episode for Top 3... which should really be named Top 1 now. Or maybe Middle 3? Terrible spot for Moon, who was correct in saying the following: "Ozzy just isn't a smart player. I have only myself to blame for picking him. I knew what I was signing up for."


4. ICRWYNISTB - I'm surprised that Brandon hasn't done better in the challenges. He's a little guy, sure, but he still seems strong. I think in any game that has a large mental factor he'll probably drop out early, but he should be doing better in the physical challenges. Keith has a tough couple of challengers ahead of him, but if he can survive Jim & Ozzy, he won't have much competition on RI after that!

5. Hide Yer Kids, Hide Yer Wife - Bag's team lost points this episode, while Courtney's gained some. This could be a real horse race for last place!

6. Country Bears -Bag sent me an article that was all about Courtney's lone survivor. Apparently Whitney was secretly married before starting the show, but told everyone on the show that she was single! Then, upon returning back to the USA she dumped her secret husband (even their friends just thought they were only engaged, not married) so that she could spend more time with her Survivor BF Keith. Country Bears is creatively finding new ways to suck even harder than they already were.