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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 5:08 am
I called last night's episode, Episode 6. CBS called the Recap Episode, Episode 6 and last night's episode that have labeled Episode 7. So, from here on out I'm just going to label the thread by the date of the next Episode (less confusing). This is the merge feast. There is a letter, but too blurry to read. Once I see it posted somewhere that it is readable, I'll bring it over.
Far right is Stephen, Joe and Erinn In back is Sierra, Taj and Tyson Foreground, back to camera is Debbie On the left is JT and Coach, and Brendan hidden behind Coach.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 7:44 am
The title for the merge episode is: "The Dragon Slayor"
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 8:03 am
Transcript: Jeff Probst: Next time on Survivor... Merged Tribe <at tribal feast> *Celebratory screams*
JT: <reading mail> Congratulations tribe, you have merged. Brendan <in confessional>: If the old Timbira were to stay together we could eliminate them off one (shot of JT) by one (shot of Joe) by one (shot of Stephen). JT: <confessional>: We're going in this 4 on 6. That's not good odds. We're sitting ducks. ********************************** I enlarged the wording on what JT is reading to the merged group, and this is as close as I could get. CONGRATULATIONS TRIBES YOU HAVE MERGED!! REPLACE YOUR OLD BUFFS WITH THE NEW. YOU MUST COME UP WITH 1 NEW TRIBE NAME, DESIGN A NEW TRIBE FLAG, AND BEGIN THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR ADVENTURE. YOU WILL BUNK AT THE OLD TIMBIRA CAMP. YOUR PERSONAL AND REWARD ITEMS WILL BE AT YOUR NEW CAMP WHEN YOU ARRIVE. GOOD LUCK! ENJOY YOUR FEAST --- YOU’VE EARNED IT!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 11:09 am
Jeff's Blog from EW.com.............. Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Tocantins' (episode 6) Apr 3, 2009, 08:59 AM | by Jeff Probst Categories: 'Survivor', Reality TV, Television, Things That Are Awesome! Okay, first let me address Survivor not being on the air during the NCAA Basketball tournament. On behalf of our entire crew I'd like to say…"We hate being interrupted!! We feel your pain. We have absolutely no say. It's a network decision and college hoops are big business, so that's that. Moving on…. I'm gonna start with Coach. Tonight Coach got to me. Coach has a hard time accepting any kind of blame yet he is always the first to blame others. Tonight, had I been on his tribe, Coach would have irritated me to the point of me saying something that I would no doubt later regret. Like, "Coach, shut up." Or, "Coach, kiss my ass." Or some other unprintable but quite colorful fifth-grade schoolyard verbal laceration. Coach is also a martyr. Whoa, I thought my mom had that market cornered. Move over Barbara, Coach wants the throne. When they lose half a pot of their beans, it's a big damn deal. There isn't a craft services counter just around the corner with Red Vines and donuts. But Coach can't just say, "my bad" and get on with it. When Coach says he'll take full blame he doesn't mean it for one second. Nonetheless, Coach once again wins the quote of the night: Coach: "I probably won't make a second pot…for my beans." I know many of you hate that I love Coach, but you gotta admit that was a funny line. And hey, for at least one week maybe we can all come together and hate Coach equally. Okay, I'm done with that. SMART PLAYER UPDATE: Brendan is now my pick as the smartest player left in the game. Brendan is one smart dude. Brendan could win. Brendan's fate will come down to how he fares with Coach 'cause Coach wants him gone. Beware granola boy…the Dragon Slayer lurks…. Tyson is also a very smart player. He's trying to hover in the middle and stay out of the way. It's a good overall strategy but not for him. He's too much of a threat. He needs to make a big move very soon and try to take this game over or he'll get his throat cut. J.T. is smart and certainly playing a very different game under the heading of "good ole country boy" but he almost blew it tonight. Voting out Taj would have been a huge mistake. You do not vote out someone from your alliance this early in the game. I now have to knock him down a couple of pegs. That was almost a fatal mistake. Stephen is right there too, playing his own version of "Who me? I'm just happy to be here." The jury is still out on exactly how shrewd he is, but one thing is clear…Stephen is a lousy liar. That conversation with J.T. about the immunity idol was uncomfortable to watch. Taj is second tier smart. I know that reading this will irritate her but it's how I feel. She's very good, but she will only win if the others destroy themselves. And Taj, are you out of your mind giving up the idol? Of course you are. You are out of your mind woman. I am 99% certain that your man Eddie George was on the couch tonight saying, "You did what, baby?!!" That was a big time mistake and you better find a way to get that idol back A.S.A.P., 'cause your alliance partners are just dumb enough to vote you out. In case you were wondering, yes, those pigs were ceramic and yes, they hurt when you caught them. Damn, Joe's knee. Whoa. That is ugly. Could anyone still doubt this game is for real? Just look at that little tiny nick and how bad it has gotten in just 72 hours. Joe is a hurtin' dude right now. I felt for him so much that it made it hard to laugh when he found the fake idol. I really like Joe. Joe likes Sydney. Sydney has a boyfriend. Joe has a bad knee and a fake idol and likes a girl who has a boyfriend. Joe is in trouble. He's on the outside of the alliance that he should be a part of. Poor Joe. INSIGHT: At the end of the waterfall reward, you see a very big shot from high above looking down on the Survivors swimming in the water. That shot comes from our helicopter, which is standing by, ready for action 24/7. When a producer needs a shot, they call the chopper crew. Our helicopter cameraman, Mark Hyrma, and the helicopter pilot are up and spinning within 10 minutes. They communicate via walkie-talkie and within 20 minutes they have the shot and are heading back to base camp. This is a major luxury. It comes from Mark Burnett insisting from day one that this show have an epic look. The helicopter shot is a staple of Survivor and one of the many reasons the show looks so good season after season. PERSONAL SHARING: Last weekend, I had dinner with Mark Burnett and his beautiful wife, Roma Downey. They invited some people over to their house and it was quite nice. Okay, reallllly nice. I mean the dude is quite successful, and Roma… anybody remember Touched By An Angel? Yeah, it was a little hit show that she starred in for over a decade, so they're doing fine and what's really cool is that they are good people. They're fun to be around. They know how to throw a dinner party. In fact, they throw such a good dinner party that they even hired some musical entertainment for the night. But here's the best part…they hired a piano player and singer named Mike Darnell to entertain us all. Now to most of you that name might not mean anything, but to Hollywood industry folks, Mike Darnell is a HUGE name. Darnell runs FOX reality. He's the network head of American Idol and every other reality show on Fox. Talk about successful. Darnell is a major player in the entertainment world…and here he is playing piano at Burnett's for tips. He said he just really enjoys entertaining people, but I wonder if maybe he lost a bet or something. I can't tell you who else was there, but suffice it to say that I was the answer to the question, "Who in this room does not belong?" Oh, I almost forgot one last part to the story – I wrote this part of the story on Wednesday. Okay, back to Survivor. Joe is a major flirt. First Sydney, now Erinn, and Erinn likes it. Did you see that hug on Exile? If there wasn't a camera, I think that hug had a chance to become a bit more intimate. Am I reading into it? What do you think? NOTE TO ALL FUTURE SURVIVOR CONTESTANTS: We LOVE fake idols. We "decorate" your camps and tree mails in a way that there are always plenty of "items" you can use to get creative. So do it. It's so enjoyable to see somebody think they have the real idol when we all know they don't. Finally we come to Tribal Council – you knew it was only a matter of time. Sydney is this season's beautiful blonde who no one will remember by the end of the show. I'm sorry, Sydney, just being honest. She was destined to leave early. I'm not sure why but it always goes this way; the beautiful blonde always leaves too soon. We loved having you on the show and our crew HATED seeing you leave, but let's face it, you never really had a shot at winning so it's just as well before the bugs did too much damage. I'm done. Talk next week everyone.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 3:31 pm
Interview with Sydney: So much for thinking Joe might have considered giving Sydney his idol he thought was real. ************************* RNO: On the show, we saw Joe talking about possibly giving you his idol, which he thought was real. Did he ever mention it to you? Sydney: No, he never mentioned it to me. That’s a good question! No, I never even had the idea that it was out there. I mean, I knew it was out there, obviously. But not that it would be in Joe’s hand or Taj’s hand. I thought Brendan already had it, honestly. RNO: Did Joe even mention that you might be in danger? Sydney: I always had paranoia when I was out there. I think it just runs high. Every time there was Tribal Council, I was sure it was me. This time, I knew a little bit more. Joe never really gave me the heads-up it could be me. I pulled J.T. aside after I saw him talking to Taj and Stephen and asked him straight-up what’s going on because he told me this morning we were voting Taj off, and he told me straight-up, “You’re probably going,” because Taj has more pull with the other tribe and we need that going into the merge. RNO: If he thought he had an idol and you two appeared close, why do you think he didn’t give it to you? Sydney: I think he might have been selfish. And who wouldn’t be – I don’t blame him. In this game, it’s about you. He had every right to hold it for himself. I think he knew I was next to go but I think he was really excited to have it and selfish in that respect.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 3:40 pm
Thanks to Dani over at Survivor Skills: ************************* 04.03.2009 THE NEWLY MERGED TRIBE BEGINS TO SCHEME IMMEDIATELY AS OLD ALLIANCES CRUMBLE AND NEW ONES BEGIN TO FORM, ON "SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS -- THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS," THURSDAY, APRIL 9 "The Dragon Slayer" - A power player decides to come into the merge fighting, but his plan may be thwarted before it can be carried out. Meanwhile, an exiled pair makes a shocking discovery, on SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS - THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS, Thursday, April 9 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 4:46 pm
IF the title of the next episode is "dragon slayer", then Coach must be front and center in that episode. I wonder if they are getting close to the medivac episode.
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Antkaki
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07-20-2005
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 5:04 pm
there's a medivac episode...where can i read about that? who is medivaced out? oh i hate not knowing what everyone else already knows!! lol
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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 5:31 pm
We know THAT it happens but not who it happens TO, so you are still on a level playing field with the rest of us!
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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 6:34 pm
Who was the one with the infected knee? Was it Joe or JT? The knee looked pretty nasty.
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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 7:25 pm
The knee belongs to Joe -
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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005
| Friday, April 03, 2009 - 7:52 pm
Maybe Joe is the one medivac'd out due to the infected knee.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 7:28 am
It's premature, but some of the other boards are speculating that the medivac is going to happen this next episode (April 9th) and that it is Joe. So far, the only pics are the merge feast and Joe is there. Over the week-end we will hopefully get some challenge clues, and in camp pics, etc. Wouldn't it be funny if Joe had to be taken out by Medivac and before leaving he gives his Hidden II (which is a fake) to JT or Stephen. How is the world would they keep a straight face?
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 12:09 pm
Thanks to Survivor Phoenix: Next Time on Survivor ************************ A feast brings a welcome surprise for one tribe and foreboding news for the other as the unequal tribes are merged at last! The newly merged tribe begins to scheme immediately as old alliances crumble and new ones begin to form. Who will emerge as the leader of the new tribe?
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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004
| Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 4:31 pm
I would love to see the CTA bring in Erinn. She has no love for Coach and it could make for a fabulous blindside.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 7:08 pm
Well ... here we go. We know that Thursday night, April 9th, is the Merge of 10 (6 Timbira and 4 Jalapao). There will be no Reward Challenge as the Merge Feast takes place. Here's the pictures of 4 Survivors at the Individual Immunity Challenge:
And here's the Individual Immunity Necklace
And here's what appears to be the medivac candidate:
********************************** Transcript: Announcer: The Survivor tribes merge. JT <in confessional>: I'm just here to make sure everybody hates each other. Announcer: Who will win immunity? Coach <in confessional>: Call me the dragon slayer because I'm cutting the head off of the dragon. Tyson <in confessional>: I can mold this game however I want right now. Announcer: And one courageous castaway.... Joe: I want to stay in the game. Announcer: May be forced to leave... Joe <talking to medics>: I want ya'll to tell me "if you don't go home right now you're going to lose the leg".
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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005
| Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 7:53 pm
What if Joe wins immunity and then is medivac'd?
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 6:15 am
Well, he obviously is doing the IC. I doubt very seriously if he wins the IC. But, if he did, he could do the TC and then be medivac'd, but knowing that this would probably cause the previous Jalapao tribe to lose 2 instead of just 1 this episode, I think he would medivac before the TC and that film footage would replace a TC (IMHO). Don't forget, if he did win, he is allowed to give it away...so he could save one of his previous Jalapao tribe members that way, plus he still have the hidden II that he thinks is real that he could give away. Here's some more pictures from the IC that appeared this morning at Survivor Fever:
Frankly, if Joe doesn't have enough sense to medivac with blood poisoning, I think the other players will do his thinking for him and boot him anyway.
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 9:27 am
I say Coach is first out and he will blame it on JP.
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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 9:59 am
Is it me or does Brendan look quite comfortable on the pool when compared to everyone else? If Coach is going after the 'head' of the Dragon, that would probably be someone on the other team.. JT?
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 11:17 am
Erinn also looks to be quite comfortable. It's been pretty well spelled out in Jeff's Blog in one of the above posts, that Coach considers himself the Dragon Slayer and that Brendan is the Dragon. I've cut and pasted that part out of the Blog here for you. SMART PLAYER UPDATE: Brendan is now my pick as the smartest player left in the game. Brendan is one smart dude. Brendan could win. Brendan's fate will come down to how he fares with Coach 'cause Coach wants him gone. Beware granola boy…the Dragon Slayer lurks….
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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 12:53 pm
Okay, I missed the Coach / Brendan link. I tend to watch closer after the merge (less people for me to keep track of) But, does Coach know that Brendan has an HII and an alliance with part of the other team?
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 2:06 pm
Hopefully only Taj knows Brendan has the HII and only other alliance members know about one another.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 2:15 pm
Coach doesn't know about the HII or the 4-way alliance. Brendan did tell Sierra that he had found it. Seems to me that Brendan also told Stephen at Exile that he had found his and asked if Taj had found hers, and Stephen confirmed she had, and Brendan said "Good". So...unless I'm remembering incorrectly...Stephen, Sierra, Taj and Brendan all know that Taj and Brendan have found Hidden II's. JT also knows Taj found a Hidden II, but doesn't know anything about Brendan or Sierra. And Brendan and Sierra don't know that Taj actually gave the idol to Stephen. Very confusing........very interesting......and makes for a really good show!!!
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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001
| Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 6:53 pm
Just as long as Coach doesn't know ANYTHING!
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