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Survivor: Exile Island: Bamboozled
by Deidre Woollard, posted May 4th 2006 11:58PM
(S12E13) One of the best things about Casa Dysfunction is that you can never truly call which way things are going to go. I think this is one of the reasons Terry keeps being frustrated. There's no logical order. There is a pattern but it doesn't make sense to Terry and so everything he tries seems to fall apart. Another multi-level challenge of ridiculousness gives the Survivors a chance to fight to see their loved ones. Why do they keep having these physical challenges when Terry always wins? It makes for boring viewing (especially for those of who aren't Terry fans). This season's twist means Terry gets to play God: two loved ones get a reward challenge, one person gets to bring a family member back to camp, one person gets a hug and one person gets Exile Island. Terry lets Shane be with his son which is a pretty cool thing to do. He also lets Cirie be with her husband. Terry exacts a bit of revenge sending Danielle to Exile Island. His choices make me like Terry just a bit more. And as happens to me every season, the family reunion episode leaves me all weepy.Seeing someone's family always adds a new facet to what each Survivor is like. Cirie is pretty bossy with her husband but also loving and maternal. Super-achieving Terry is softer around his fit and blonde wife. It's also nice to see Shane with his son, who is clearly the adult in that relationship.
When they get back to camp. Aras gets angry because he didn't get to be with his mom and feels like Terry devalued his relationship with his mom. A long discussion of family relationships ensues and Terry delights in making Aras upset.
The immunity challenge involves both balancing on a pole and filling a shoot with water. It seems there isn't a challenge that Terry can't win. Shane is clearly angry and even mocks the sacrosanct Jeff.
What's interesting is Terry's reasoning that if he takes Shane to the finals he will win. Terry believes in the performance-valued system that has served him his entire life. That isn't the way Casa Dysfunction rolls. He may well get to the final two and not get the million no matter how much he he was . Danielle says she trusts Cirie and Aras. Cirie is the linch pin in a couple of alliances.
They bring in the jury, Courtney doesn't look much cleaner but she sure looks angrier. I'm tagging her to give the impassioned betrayal speech at the final tribal. At this tribal, Aras says that the challenges are only part of the game but they seem to be the most important part since they can't get rid of Terry. His faux-hawk only contributes to his spoiled boy demeanor. Shane who though he was safe is completely flummoxed to be voted out. Terry covers his face, he's foiled again! I'll miss Shane but at least we are spared seeing him wander around in his underpants any longer.
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