Just look at all the moniker anarchy going on duringSurvivor: Edge of Extinction.
Can they not come to a consensus on this?
Kelley Wentworth is an interesting one.
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Everyone seems to be calling her Wentworth.
On that they can all agree.
But when they have a go at vote her out, they keep writing Kelley.
Or, even worse, Kelly.
Are the rules different for writing and speaking?
But clearly, the most troubling name inconsistency of the season centers on The Wardog.
The best part about The Wardog is the fact that he calls himself The Wardog.
Not Wardog, mind you, but THE Wardog.
It says so in his damn Twitter handle!!
Seriously, go check out@IAmTheWardog!
Instagram?Same thing!Incredible.
He also made sure I understood in our pre-game interview that he was no mere Wardog.
So where does Jeff Probst get off just calling him Wardog?
(There I go with the completely unnecessary quotation marks again.)
Its seriously bumming me out that Jeff is not doing this.
By the way, The Wardog would totally rule the prison yard.
Just tell me you couldnt see him having some sort of racket involving trading smokes for favors.
The most vital part, dare I say.
Get with the program, Probst!
A Scoop of The Crispy (And One Scoop Only)Cliffhanger resolved!
There are lots of steps and lots of heavy breathing.
I dont know what her damage is.
Does the walk interrupt her busy schedule of staring out at the horizon all day?
Seriously, what else is there do to?
Whats so bad about a little island Stairmaster action?
And she felt the need to mother and take care of him.
So easy, in fact, that Ive somehow found a way to make a living off of it.
Okay, lets just get this out of the way right now.
Natural order of things, and all.)
The other main point Id like to make about this challenge is the color of Jeff Probsts hat.
You all know I have given a lot of love to the orange baseball hat over the years.
But I just want to say that the green lid is a solid back-up choice.
And this is a solid challenge from John Kirhoffer and his team.
Way to go, Chris!
That last fun fact is particularly germane in terms of this weeks episode.
She then asks him to be an accomplice.
Not even the OH YEAH!
Kool-Aid man can agree to such shenanigans.
Around this time, I start sympathizing with Wendy.
Look, I totally get it.
I cant help but respect her for that.
Hell, I too would be a vegetarian if bacon grew on trees.
Seriously, I have no idea what to do here.
I certainly dont want to make fun of Wendy for having problems killing and eating things.
Im all for it.
But thats the thing about Big Wendy that I have said all along.
She goes big in pretty much everything she does.
She even stole the tribes flint so they could not make fire and cook the chicken.
Again, that is just a flat-out terrible idea if you are trying not to get voted out.
It is also just kind of terrible to impose your sudden-out-of-nowhere culinary reawakening on everybody else.
Just, you know, dont eat the chicken!
Obviously, Wendy is super lucky everybody seemed to believe that she did not steal the flint.
at the Edge of Extinction.
But Im telling you right now: That entire list is garbage.
Because the greatest thing aboutSurvivorwas not even on it.
I cannot express to you how much I love this.
It is so insanely awkward and uncomfortable.
Only problem: Joe was right behind her.
Shes digging by tree mail, shes searching the side of the walking path, shes reaching into trees.
Hell, shes even GOING BACK IN TIME!
Jesus, is there anything shecantdo?!?
Joy, I say!
Thats becauseEdge of Extinctionwas filmed before season 37 ever aired.
Regardless, its nice to see the ladies getting into the foraging business.
Davids DemiseYo, David Wright!
What the hell, man?
We spoke out in Fiji and you told me how you had basically practiced everySurvivorpuzzle known to man.
Ill admit it: I was impressed.
So Impressed I named you mypre-game pick to winSurvivor: Edge of Extinction.
I put my faith in you, my man.
So I ask you again: What the hell?!
Okay, Im getting ahead of myself.
We have a new immunity challenge this week, or at least portions of a new challenge.
Huge props to all involved for creating, producing, filming, and editing this challenge.
(Also, props to Big Wendy for killing it while her ankle was no doubt killing her.)
Now lets get to the less-than-awesome part.
Eventually, the tribes use the keys to unlock a box of ships wheel puzzle pieces.
I yelled to no one in particular.
Time for David to dominate!
Ummmmm… David did not dominate.
It wasnt even remotely close.
If there was no Tribal Council to get to, they maystillbe there working on it.
Was he not assertive enough to tell the others how it should be done?
Kelley Survives a ScareListen, Im just going to cut to the chase.
Chris gets blindsided at the end of this episode.
But what is fascinating is to trace exactly how and why it happened.
He made just one key mistake.
Does Chris listen to them?
Does he get voted out because of it?
Are you getting sick of me asking rhetorical questions?
But let me say this: I dont fault Chris for going to The Wardog.
So I dont mind him running the plan by The Wardog.
Where he erred ishowhe ran the plan by him.
That way any blowback would come on them, not him.
What do you think about that?
Then you assess his answer and judge how best to proceed.
Instead, you say, Whom doyouwant out?
That way you aregatheringinformation instead of dispensing it.
If youre not good enough to do that, then youre not good enough to playSurvivor.
And because Chris did not realize that The Aforementioned Wardog preferred Wentworth over him, that made Chris vulnerable.
And the fact that he never brought up David and Ricks names is borderline crazy.
(Shift the blame!!!)
Ultimately, they chose the latter.
So why, then, did they change their mind and oust Chris?
Like I said, odd.
And that about does it.
But a few important other notes.
First off, remember when Lauren found an idol last week and then re-hid it?
Well, I went to Jeff Probst and asked him and you canread his response right here.
Okay, now itsyourturn.
Will Aubry and Joe have new life with the tribe swap next week?
And place your bets now on whether Wendy is still eating meat or not.
In the meantime, Ill be back next week with another scoop of the crispy!
