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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Friday, January 15, 2010 - 10:44 pm
Well, I am rooting for Tyson, I really like his spooky eyes. Also, I still like Sandra.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 6:00 am
I am really looking forward to the clashing of the alpha males! Hopefully that will give the gals time to figure out how to keep themselves in the game - at least for a while! Not that I don't love some of the alpha males - J.T., Colby, Tom, and Rob. I also love Rupert and James but see them more as sweethearts than alpha males!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 6:47 am
YAY, I am so happy to see Sandra! I just loved her in her season. She was a little bit of a villain. She had that attitude that she doesn't care who goes home as long as it isn't me, and she turned on people. And it got her the win. I am pretty sure Sandra is the one I will be rooting for. Count me in as one of the baffled who doesn't understand Parvati getting to come back so many times. I find her to have zero entertainment value. When I heard it mentioned Tom will be back, I thought they meant the goat farmer Tom was back again...LOL
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 9:03 am
NO! Hunky fireman Tom!
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 11:17 am
Was Tom the science teacher who wore the bow tie? I liked him.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 11:21 am
Gary was the science teacher. Tom was the fireman who killed a shark with a machete in Palau.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 1:29 pm
I'd have liked to have seen the bow tie guy again. I never liked Tom, although I know I was in the minority. I can't remember why now.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 1:32 pm
Oh, wait, actually I think Bob was the science teacher. Gary was the former football player. Sorry 'bout that!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 2:05 pm
Yes Bob, that sounds right!
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 4:03 pm
Yes, Bob sounds right. I liked his clever, brainy way of playing. I wish he had come back.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 4:19 pm
Kitt, I was not a fireman Tom fan either. If I recall correctly I thought he was kind of condescending and manipulative of Ian, guilting him into playing how he thought was honorable, etc. Nope, not a Tom fan here.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 7:14 pm
Glad I'm not alone on that. I was going to say, above, that he used emotional blackmail, but I couldn't think of any instances so wasn't sure if I was right. Sounds like you saw the same thing.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 7:39 pm
Emotional blackmail sounds about right. Emotional bully. Yeah, I remember being rather disgusted with how he treated Ian. But I think we are clearly in the minority on that one!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 8:38 am
I'm really glad they decided to leave Fairplay out of it.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 10:49 am
AMEN to that Nick. If Fairplay had been on, I'd have been dreading watching. I'd watch because I like so many of the other people, but I'd not have enjoyed it until he was gone.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 11:11 am
Can't stand Fairplay. I am very glad he is not on. Jeff P. doesn't like Fairplay at all. Re: Tom, I don't remember much about emotional blackmail. I can excuse it for Survivor though. Loved Bob, really smart player.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 11:20 am
I thought Katie was the one who emotionally blackmailed Ian. She got him to give her his final two spot.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 12:29 pm
Merry, that's how I remember it. I thought Ian backstabbed Tom by taking Katie.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 12:32 pm
According to Jeff Probst, Fairplay will never ever be on any Survivor ever again.

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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 8:51 pm
Now I love Jeff even more - he's cute AND he's got a brain!
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, January 18, 2010 - 1:11 am
Tom made Ian feel guilty for just considering a vote against him in a previous TC. Ian then made one of the dumbest moves in Survivor history -- he threw the F3 competition after 12 hours to try and regain Tom's respect. I think it was revealed in interviews after the show that Tom and Ian had agreed that whoever won F3 would take Katie to the final (because she was sure to lose). It was some macho thing about deciding the victor on the "battlefield" instead of leaving the fate of the two strong males to the jury.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, January 18, 2010 - 7:20 am
Yes, Ian made a dumb move, but I blamed Tom for manipulating him, using that calm fatherly, fireman hero stuff on him, convincing him he wasn't honorable because he considered voting strategically, etc. Ugh. If you want to be "macho" you take your strongest competitor with you to the finals, right? Isn't that what they always talk about being the most honorable way to win? (Not that I agree with it -- I'd take the weakest).
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, January 18, 2010 - 11:57 am
I don't disagree about Tom manipulating Ian, and it wasn't even a strategy -- he really was angry at Ian. That's why I'm not much of a Tom fan either. I think taking the strongest competitor to F2 is the "honorable" way only if you believe that the final Tribal Council is a fair hearing where you convince an impartial jury to give you their votes. I don't agree with that so I wouldn't do that either. I think Tom and Ian believed (like many people back then) that Survivor should only be about physical survival skills and winning alpha male competitions. By taking Katie, they *assumed* they could effectively decide the winner through the F3 competition, taking it out of the hands of the jury. (It would have been funny to see them proven wrong if Tom had ticked off more jury members like Coby, and Katie had done more to play the game.)
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 2:26 pm
This is news from today: (So Sad!)
'Survivor: Palau' contestant Jennifer Lyon dies at 37 Jan. 20, 2010, 2:16 PM EST Zap2it.com Jennifer Lyon, fourth-place finisher on "Survivor: Palau," has succumbed to breast cancer at the age of 37. Lyon was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2005 and shortly thereafter had a double mastectomy and started undergoing chemotherapy. Austin Carty, a contestant on "Survivor: Panama," briefly dated Lyon three years ago and told US Magazine Wednesday (Jan. 20) that "Jen was a genuinely selfless, sweet-natured person. She always had a smile. She cared about every person. This has really rocked the "Survivor" community." "Survivor: Palau" was the season Tom Westman took home the prize. Jenn was Tom's ally going into the Final Four and when the vote was split between Jenn and Ian, there was a fire-building challenge to decide the winner. Ian pulled it out and Jenn finished in 4th place.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 5:05 pm
She found the lumps before going on Survivor but did not have medical insurance to go for treatment. From KATU.COM HOOD RIVER, Ore. – A local cast member for television's "Survivor" series shot in Palau has lost her own fight for survival. Thirty-seven-year-old Jenn Lyon died of breast cancer Wednesday morning, at her mother's Hood River home surrounded by her family. In 2004, shortly before filming "Survivor," she discovered a number of lumps in her breast. She told KATU that, because she didn't have health insurance, she delayed seeing a doctor. Lyon was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer the year after filming the reality show. In 2005, at age 32, Lyon began chemotherapy. She was featured on KATU's "AM Northwest" television show while undergoing chemotherapy and facing her illness with a positive outlook. Those who knew her say Lyon did not "die" with breast cancer. Instead, she "lived" with it. Lyon spent much of this past holiday season selling Oregon Christmas trees at a lot in Hollywood, Calif. Proceeds went to further breast cancer research.
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