cdollaz

They may have blown their chance at getting James out in the short-term. He likely now will be on the defensive and be willing to play the immunity idols at any time. He is kinda screwing himself, though, and I give him zero chance of winning the whole thing. Kind of a dick move not to give one of the HIIs back to Todd after he found his own. That may end up screwing him as I'm sure Todd has no trust in him. Plus I think he is too confident. Maybe the vote last night will bring him back down to Earth a little bit.

Robertwoj

I'm not liking the look of next week based on the preview:

Winky

Hypothetically speaking, if James is eliminated next week by not using the HII, can he hand over both the HIIs to anyone on his way out and can they use it in a future TC?

nateman

Same Here; I don’t think he’s quite up there with Rupert but he’s close. I think Chicken might’ve been the one everybody would’ve liked to win, but he got voted off first so we’ll never know. Yau-Man would probably be my second favorite, he was great.

Anyways, I’m glad Jean-Robert is gone but I wanted to punch James in the face for not bringing the Idol’s with him to tribal council. “I’ll wing it!” –James. This is the second time so far this season somebody has had an unrealistic view of themselves after they’ve gotten voted off.

If we are going to be seeing a bunch of crappy reality shows in the New Year because of the WGA strike, they better not blur the naked people from now on.

mwbmis

Here's a question though....why should he just give one back? Maybe if Todd had the guts to ask him for it back he'd get it back. If Todd's not going to ask then why should James volunteer it. It is not like any of James' true allies have been in danger yet. He's probably just holding on to them to see what happens.

I like James, but not telling Denise last night was an error in judgement. His closest alliance (Todd/Amanda) aren't really alligned with him other than for convenience. It's easier to turn on people that you don't really care about.

I agree with Amanda though...Todd is overplaying. We'll see if it costs him.

cdollaz

Maybe Todd did ask for it back. Even so, I would think it would be a smart move by James to offer even if he didn't. Todd took a risk in giving him the idol and James should probably be grateful and be willing to offer it back, moreso since he has both of them. But, we truly do not know what is in James' mind, so we will see how it plays out. Based on Todd's attitude during his comments last night, though, it doesn't appear Todd is counting on James giving either of them up should someone in their alliance need it. As such I think James will be biggest target once the alliance is forced to turn on each other. And I think he is rubbing too many people the wrong way to win a vote if he makes the final. Unless he is up against Courtney or PG. I think anyone else will beat him, based on what we know at this point in the game.

Dr. Henry Jones, Jr.

why did todd even give him the idol if they knew one was at each camp?

BDB

Todd is manic, he thinks he's running the game, but he's not. He'll not win in a vote for sure.

I enjoy what Courtney brings to the table. A lot. She's far too thin, but her sarkiness is fun to watch. And I got a great joy out of her winning the challenge.

Jim

That was an exciting vote last night. At the end I thought "Uh oh, here come 3 in a row for James", but fortunately that didn't happen.

mwbmis

And maybe he hasn't. If I were James I wouldn't offer one up until the guy asked. If he didn't have the guts to ask then I'm keeping them. If Todd wanted an idol back he should have made it a condition to giving James the idol in the first place.

Pretty much everyone out there is rubbing someone the wrong way. I also think it's definitely fair to speculate that there will be another final 3 this year (with Jaime having made the jury).

Because they weren't sure. They thought that might be the case but did not know for certain. Giving James the first idol was hedging their bets...then they couldn't find a way to actually win that challenge even with James throwing it.

cdollaz

Interesting take on her personality. I dig it.

Ravenous

I was having dinner at the time so I guess I missed the probst shut up. WHen and how did this happen? For what? Any help is appreciated.

Amanda is getting hotter and hotter, I wasnt too impressed at first, but maybe the lack of hot chicks and her cool attitude is changing that.

davidh777

Jeff was doing his usual "shout out advice during the challenge" thing when her boat was going down and she didn't like it.

Yeah, I liked her in the funky glasses

DeputyDave

Blind siding James would have been the smartest move all season. Even though I like James, I can't believe they didn't take him out while he was still complacent. I don't see him being taken unaware again.

He will be in the final 4 (if he makes it to the final 3 - he wins it all, no question).