Friday, May 8, 2015

Episode 12 - 0.0000% chance...

Well, Rodney summed it up nicely and provided the title for this post. Jacked for a Reason is donzo. Drawing dead. GG. Losing Tyler was a fatal blow. Everyone else is still going strong though.

Mike caused quite the ruckus last episode. The teams tried to ignore it through the reward challenge. And were distracted by Rodney's whining about not getting squat on his b-day. But ultimately, Carolyn is deciding people's fate, and just like she denied Rodney's b-day reward request, she denied Jacked for a Reason a chance to finish in the pack for this season's pool. The alliance major had to finally cannibalize itself. 

Tyler was too much of a threat. He wasn't disliked by anyone. He was smart strategically. He couldn't quite win immunity, and as soon as the rest of the alliance needed to pick one of their own, he was a juicy choice. 

Carolyn, meanwhile, is deftly making decisions and including just those that she needs at the time. Now no one even knows that she still has an idol, and she is a swing vote to pretty much all the remaining players. Oh, and she is winning immunity challenges. Pretty impressive. Who will she take to the end with her though? 


The Teams and Points:
(Parentheses indicate order players were picked) 

AndBag: "Maximillion" - 63 points
  1. [Max (2) - 3 pts] - out 3rd 
  2. Carolyn (7) - 29 pts 
  3. [Lindsey (10) - -1 pts] - out 2nd 
  4. Mike (15) - 32 pts 

Michal & Ben: "Jennicide" - 94 points

  1. [Shirin (4) - 30 pts] - out 9th 
  2. [Jenn (5) - 41 pts] out 8th
  3. [Joaquin (11) - 8 pts] out 4th 
  4. Dan (14) - 15 pts 

Moon & Melissa: "Livin' On A Prayer" - 81 points

  1. [Joe (1) - 42 pts] out 7th
  2. [Kelly (8) - 9 pts] out 5th 
  3. Will (12) - 13 pts 
  4. Sierra (13) - 17 pts

    Doug & Bri: "Jacked for a Reason, Bro" - 65 points

    1. [Tyler (3) - 37 pts] out 10th
    2. [Hali (6) - 20 pts] out 6th 
    3. Rodney (9) - 13 pts 
    4. [Nina (16) - -5 pts] out 1st

      Doug's Power Rankings:

      This Survivor season's power rankings are about as reliable as Doug (me) posting up the blog promptly after an episode. 
      1. Maximillion - Catching up in points fast with Carolyn winning immunity and Mike correctly playing his idol. Arguably they have the TWO favorites to win. 
      2. Jennicide - No change from last week. 
      3. Livin' On A Prayer - Sierra won 2 points, but Will lost them right back. The only thing that might bump this team to 2nd is that the jury points increase each week. 
      4. Jacked For A Reason - Rodney... 

      Douche of the Week:

      Rodney gets my vote for his b-day temper tantrum. 


      Other news: 

      We get to vote for returning contestants for next season - http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/second-chance/

      (you have to sign up for an account, lame)

      8 comments:

      Bag said...

      Great episode for Maximillion, but I wonder if the fact Mike and Carolyn are in the second chance voting means anything... Definitely Rodney for my DoW.

      Doug said...

      I was curious of that myself. Hopefully the producers weren't dumb enough to reveal something like that on the website. I guess we'll find out.

      (If this posts 3 times it's because I'm on a plane to Mexico and the internet sucks.)

      TheGraveWolf said...

      ithink maximusmilly are going to win
      i hope anyway
      all the other teams are too awful and dont deserve

      2nd chance vote: i dont think its a spoiler
      too obv
      if they didnt include them that might be spoiler
      in a weird way i think it makes it more likely one of them wins

      dont really like either one but better than others
      mike normal, kinda hypocrite like most of us, religious when suits purpose like most of usa

      carolyn selfish/bitchy/good player

      if mike gets to end with mama c he wins imo

      mike>c>rest>dan

      rod is idiot
      sierra is sheep
      will is still in game somehow
      dan is nut low human + perma dow

      Melissa said...

      Agreed for Rodney as DoW. "Worst birthday EVER!" Wah! Poor baby has to play Survivor on his birthday. I don't doubt it's hard out there but it seems like they often forget that it is a choice, an honor, and temporary.

      GnightMoon said...

      Doug - I loved your analysis of Mama C. She is like a mob boss at this point. Tyler was too well-regarded and as you mentioned, the only one who knew about her idol. So she offed him.

      I am surprised TheGraveWolf doesn't like her - I think she's a great player, an entertaining player and a big favorite to win. And finally it appears we have a favorite in the pool - the zombies of Maximillion! Mike is likely to go next week - will that and a Carolyn win give them enough points?

      Well said by Melissa. Rodney obvious DoW.

      GnightMoon said...

      Who are you guys voting for? Are they just going to take the 10-highest vote-getters of each gender and make that the cast? My votes and power rankings:

      Women
      1. Carolyn
      2. Sabrina
      3. Kelley
      4. Tasha
      5. Peih-Gee
      6. Teresa T-Bird Cooper
      7. Mikayla
      8. Kelly
      9. Shirin
      10. Stephanie

      Men
      1. Vytas
      2. Joe
      3. Jeremy
      4. Keith
      5. Spencer
      6. Stephen
      7. Andrew
      8. Woo
      9. Jeff
      10. Max

      TheGraveWolf said...

      I'd love to see Kass again. Intelligent, crafty, good at reading people, dangerous. I think she tops the women's list.

      Spencer for the men for similar reasons.

      GnightMoon said...

      Kass would crack my top-10 "never again" list. Her "vote for me" was convincing but I can't forget how loathsome, selfish and deliberately obnoxious she was on the show. I also believe she's a lousy player at the end of the day because she's so mean (read: can't get final votes).