Survivor: Most satisfying blind-side ever? Spoilers for folks in AK and HI
Disclaimer: Yeah, this post is about a reality show. They all suck and people who watch them suck. Now you don't have to be all butthurt and post and tell the rest of us lesser mortals that, okay?
Holy smokes, that was like a knock of straight single malt whiskey. If you've been watching, Survivor was down to the last 7 contestants. The women have dominated, and are now having to work on each other. Kat, a 22-year-old time share rep, has been a pretty good competitor, but she has also done some dumb 22-year-old stuff. Tonight, she won the reward challenge, and instead of picking people to go with her on the reward, she chose two of her closest allies because she wanted to party and have a good time. Dearie, when you're down to 7 players left, that's a piss-poor time to make a party decision over a strategic one.
At Tribal Council, there was a lot of talk about Kat and the choices she had made. Kat pouted and whined that she didn't want to be the center of attention, and couldn't we talk about something else? So they started talking about something else, but it soon came back around to Kat. Kat was convinced that she and her chums Chelsea, Kim and Alicia were going to join her in voting out Sabrina, and flapped her gums a little too much. Just before Jeff called for the vote, Kat offered that blindsides were "fun" and it was exciting to watch the victim gape in amazement.
Vote: 6-1, and Kat goes home, gaping in amazement. She looked at her erstwhile allies, who all suddenly found something far more interesting to look at in their laps. Kat got her torch snuffed, and didn't even make it out of the area before she started crying. Her interview over the closing credits was a whiny mix of self-pity and pissed off that she didn't outlast Sabrina or Christina. She was going to beg Jeff for a chance to come back. She was the dumbest player ever. And on and on.
Damn, it was good to watch.
= new reply since forum marked as read
...can't wait to see it now! I don't mind spoilers; in fact, knowing what happens makes it more interesting because I know beforehand who to watch.
I was afraid the blindside was going to be Kim -- she has been my pick to win from the beginning. I also like Chelsea & Sabrina. I'm with you on Kat; glad to know she was the one blindsided. Alicia would be my next choice for leaving.
the whole show turned when the gay guy, forgot his name, left. It is getting terribly interesting now thought. 
But the person who was doing it many seasons ago quit doing it. She was wicked funny, and did a lot of analysis of each episode, sometimes almost frame by frame. I can't remember her moniker, though, but she also would make occasional reference to her boyfriend (sort of like Phyllis Diller talking about her husband "Fang"
to bring in a guy's point of view.
I think the final six go like this:
Next to go will be Christina or Tarzan.
In fifth place will be Tarzan or Christina.
Fourth place will go to Sabrina, unless she somehow wins immunity, leaving Kim, Chelsea and Alicia for the jury. If Sabrina wins immunity, then I think Chelsea gets the boot.
The jury is going to be dominated by the men, and if they hang together in a way they never did during the game, I think Kim wins the big prize. If the men are fragmented, and don't vote in a bloc, I think Chelsea or Sabrina win. As the women are eliminated, they are going to be harboring a major grudge against Kim, who I see as the game's mastermind. If the men split their votes, the women are going to favor the not-Alicia and the not-Kim, which means Chelsea or Sabrina.