Survivor Insider: Episode 10
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Judy | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 02:31 pm   Hi Joan- Here is a spot for your great synopsis I wanted to jump the gun a little bit and see if anyone out there who has seen the Tribal COuncil CLip was as intrigued as I am. And has any thoughts on it. Normally they show everyone's vote at Tribal Council. This week they didn't show Frank's or Teresa's. Frank's is cut off as soon as he holds up his vote and all you hear him say is "Nothing personal"- Teresa's is cut off COMPLETELY as soon as she holds up her card-not a single word she said is shown. I got to thinking that the only reason they didn't show them has got to be that they said something that MB doesn't want us to know. Things that make ya go HMMMMMMMMM |
Hippyt | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 02:51 pm   I thought they showed Frank voted for Kim J. |
Joan | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 05:10 pm   lol Thanks! I am about to post #9 and will work on #10 once I get back from the movies tonight and tomorrow. |
Lilliegirl | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 05:30 pm   Judy I dont know where you live but what I seen was Frank voted Kim off and they showed Teresas vote to and what she said, alot of people do not watch the end, it is shown after the commercials. |
Judy | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 07:05 pm   I am not talking about the TV show...but the Insider CLips. Every week on the Insider CLips they show each person's entire vote. With everything that they say to the camera during voting. This week they showed no more of Teresa's vote or Frank's vote than was shown on the show. I KNOW they said a lot more...so why aren't they showing it on the Insider??!! Teresa and Frank must have said something that would somehow spoil the show. But what?? |
Gina8642 | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 07:38 pm   I think the two of them are trying to work Kim J. By Frank voting for KimJ they made her vulnerable. This will make her more likely to switch. I think it is brilliant. Will it work? Doubt it. But it is the best chance Teresa has. Frank knew he was gone (he's said as much in his interviews) so, he voted for KimJ for Teresa. |
Hippyt | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 08:30 pm   Well that,and Kim J wouldn't join their alliance and save Frank's butt!!! |
Joan | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 01:24 am   Tom’s play-by-play for a bug battle—Tom is squatting on the ground messing with a big black cricket using a stick. A much smaller ant is pulling on the black bug’s leg. Tom cannot believe that he is still hanging on and that he is winning. Tom notices that one leg has already been pulled off the bigger bug. He says that it is like all life out there, “big, little, all of it just trying to hang on.” He says they are like him, he’s just trying to hang on for 11 more days. He describes the bugs to the camera and then says the ant is like him, just trying its best and fighting every inch of the way. Things out there just eat each other, it is a constant battle. Tom and Frank are laying on the ground watching the bugs too. Lex chuckles calling it the WWF of the insect world. Frank says they are stength training tapes for Tom. “It has come to that hasn’t it?” says Lex. He says everyone is getting “bush fever.” Lex is up and looking at the bugs more closely. He remarks that they are “hard core ugly.” (Ok, I have to admit that watching mostly bug footage in silence for 3:11mins was not exactly what I had in mind when I paid $19.99 for Insider. You can see how much was the bugs by how short my writeup is. This is a really drawn out let’s-use-animals-as-a-metaphor-for-the-game clip. hehe) Lex & Frank tell Ethan how to get laid—Lex asks something about making a big batch of chicken soup. Frank says he figures his wife or his mother has made it before but he has never seen it done himself. Ethan walks up and announced that he is not leaving the boma today. Frank says he heard the sounds last night too. Lex says it woke him up. Frank knew that Tom was guarding them so until he heard “scratching and screaming,” he wasn’t getting up. Ethan confesses to having taken Frank’s spear (I actually noticed this in the show! I am a genius!). He tells Ethan, “That’s good. You may die but at least they’ll be able to identify the animal!” Frank says “See what happens with the testosterone level at night with those two males?” Lex asks Ethan whether he was “sh*ting bricks.” Ethan shakes his head a bit and says that Kim was getting worried more than he was. Lex asks whether it was Kim’s first experience with the lions and Ethan says he thinks so. Frank marvels at the lion sightings. “It was like…holy sh*t.” Lex agrees and says “Yup, it’s real.” Frank is sure Kim had heard before but now she knew it wasn’t just “some guy running around with a megaphone.” They can add this to the stories they will tell “back in the big city.” If they don’t get eaten by lions first Ethan says. It would be just his luck to go home with half a leg. Lex points out the bragging rights one would have if that happened, it would be the best scar you could ever have! Frank figures that with fake legs, Ethan would still be able to play ball. It could get him laid Lex adds enthusiastically. Ethan wonders if this could be true. Frank wholeheartedly agrees that if you went to a bar, displayed your severed leg and told a girl the story of how a lion dragged you out of the boma and you fought it off with your buddy’s spear, “she’ll do you right there on the bar!” “The world would be your choice!” says Lex. Ethan says he saw a guy with a wooden leg but real feet the other day. “What?” says Lex. “Nah, just joking” Ethan says. (Take note: starvation affects the sense of humour first) Kim P.: Getting weaker every day—Today is the 28th day they’ve been out there and Kim’s body has completely changed. She has nowhere near the muscle mass she did when she started and that alone makes a difference just in walking and carrying water because she doesn’t have the muscle she is used to. She is used to getting up and being able to just go and do things but now when she gets up, she feels weak in the legs and not really dizzy but kind of like you feel when you are just getting over the flu “times ten.” Everyone is becoming more lethargic and Kim is surprised by how much more tired she gets every day. Even seven days ago they had more energy than today. They sleep a lot, get up and eat and then want to go back to sleep again. “It’s amazing how the lack of food plays a role in your energy level.” Food is the one thing she has thought about the most out there. It is amazing how much people take food for granted, what can happen to your body when you don’t get enough of it, how you crave different flavours and how much people in the US have at their hands. She now appreciates immensely the variety of food and the ease of obtaining it in the US. “The vibe of the tribe” goes back and forth. Everyone left feels good about themselves so far. They have lasted a long time and are glad to still be there. Fond reminiscences about food—The tribe is strolling back from the auction. MamaKim holds her stomach and talks about her chicken. She has not been this excited since the bow and arrow challenge. She is “waddling in” now. Little Kim is so happy for all of them. Back at the boma she tells Tom she would have kept bidding on the sundae. Tom shakes Ethan’s hand as Ethan congratulates him on his call on the last mystery item. Tom is also happy with the move especially since both he and Ethan were out of money. Tom hugs Ethan and Ethan asks him how he liked the eggs and pancakes. Lex, Theresa and Kim are trying to remember how much Kim paid for her ice cream. They think it was between “6 and 8” but Kim does care. All she knows is that she went through her money really fast and once she had the ice cream and power bar, it was gone. (Seems there was more food than they actually showed?) Cuts back to Tom explaining to Ethan that he is a Caucasian while he keeps touching Ethan on the shoulders. “I’m a…I’m a…What am I? Call me anything! A...uh…bi…bi...” “Bigot” says Ethan with his face in his hands. Tom asks what a bigot is. He suddenly remembers and loudly protests. They both laugh silently. Tom remembers how good his beer was. “I made out like a bandit!” he whispers. He would have had the chicken too if Kim hadn’t hollered at him. He makes a noise of disappointment and shakes his head as if to say Damn! Ethan says he had a bite of her mashed potatoes, some of her ice cream and a piece of her power bar. Tom says the ice cream was good, he bought 500 of that. Ethan bought 500 of the mashed potatoes, 500 of the ice cream and then some chocolate, peanut butter and pasta and the eggs Tom figures there were about 2 eggs there. Ethan concurs, 2.5 or 3. He remembers the syrup and the butter, “we had three big pads of butter!” Now that Tom looks back, he wishes they’d had a hamburger patty (instead of the bacon I guess). He asks whether Ethan is full and he says yes but he could eat again soon. Tom promises to give him some of his mush. Ethan announces that he is going to sell his mush today. Tom calls to Lex wondering what Lex will give him for his corn tomorrow. Lex isn’t about to pay anything for that corn but he will let Tom pay him to eat it. If Tom is selling mush, he’s going to be poor. Kim realizes she spent $200 USD on a powerbar and an ice cream sundae but it was so good that “it was not even a penny too much!” Tom would have spent more than that, he doesn’t regret a penny nor do Ethan and Kim. Tom and Kim would both have paid more. Kim asks Tom whether he got any of the “nice, hot liquidy fudge” with the ice cream he bought from her. He starts to say “The ice cream was…” “Heaven” she says. Mush ain’t good!—Frank walks over to Tom and asks him if he is going to get some mush. Tom mumbles something. Frank walks off saying “Mush is good.” Once he is gone, Tom repeats “Mush is good? Mush is good?!” with this priceless look of bewilderment on his face. “You been eating a different place than I have! Mush ain’t good! Mush is dog dook!” He pretends to gag. Cuts to Theresa and MamaKim making food. Theresa tells her she is beginning to love this stuff. She pours soup into bowls Theresa hands her commenting that they can always add more water to it to make it last longer. Everyone comes to get a bowl. Ethan sits down on the cart to eat while we see Tom sitting bowl-less on a blanket away from the group. We then see him with a bowl and he explains to the camera that he is trying to choke this down and usually he can but he is lucky if he gets half of it down. It is one of the biggest chores he has every day. He’d rather go get firewood. He doesn’t care who you are, breakfast today is hard to eat. Even the hyenas wouldn’t be able to do it “too good.” It is “mind over matter” eating this stuff because all it is is watered corn and the corn is not even for human consumption, it is animal feed. All he can think about is the fact that there are only 12 more days and he just has to eat enough to keep him going until then. He can tell from hauling water that he is getting a lot weaker though. He rubs his shoulders, squeezing at them slightly as if feeling his atrophied muscles. He knows he needs to eat a little more he says as he holds the bowl up to his mouth again. Take me to the river—Frank explains that they are all planning to take a trip down to the river “with caution” and look at the beauty of it “cautiously” then come back to the spring, do their laundry and get some water. He points to a troop of baboons in the distance moving toward the river. “Crocodiles, hippos, cape buffalo, water draws them all so we have to be quite concerned about our trip down there.” They all need to keep their eyes open and their mouths quiet. The cape buffalo are the animals Frank considers the most dangerous because they are aggressive, mean and they own everything. Cuts to everyone walking to the river then to Tom standing at the river looking out across it. Ethan, Tom and Lex find a pool with a ton of little fish in it. Ethan wants to catch one to at least add a fish flavour to the soup. “That’s a meal and a half right there!” and he assumes there are bigger fish than that in the river. MamaKim remarks about the number of fish in the pool. Lex wouldn’t care what was in the water if there was something bad enough behind him plus the bottom of the river is probably marsh and mud. They look around for Frank and Theresa explains that he is behind them with his spear guarding. Tom climbs a tree (and actually makes it this time). He stands on two branches with his legs apart and fiddles with his canteen swaying forward and back. The women ask him what he is doing and Kim says he is waiting for an accident to happen up there. Lex warns him that he is going to fall if he gets a dizzy spell. Tom makes fun of Lex saying “Ooooh I’m scared! Mommy! Crybaby Ti**ysucker, help me!” Tom looks around and asks again where Frank is. Tom can see where the baboons have been in the tree. MamaKim asks whether it was a challenge to get up there but Tom says it was easy and encourages her to join him. He shouts to Frank to come on down because he is guarding now. “Check the river out! Don’t be an old man!” Frank shouts something back. “Yeah old geezer! Come on in here!” Kim climbs the tree with her little buff miniskit and Tom makes baboon noises. She pretends to kick him out of the tree. MamaKim, still on the ground, asks about the view. Lex calls them and Tom says he can’t come down because he’s scared. “Call the fire station! Tell Frank to bring his spear and help me!” MamaKim says if he could put the ladder together, he could get down. (A reference to the last IC) Tom laughs because he and Kim couldn’t fix the ladder. MamaKim helps Kim down. “They don’t call me Tom cat for nothing!” Tom says as he climbs down. Buster the Boil—Tom is feeling great. He was feeling a little weak and once he got the boils, he had the worst three days he has had since he’s been out there but that was because his body was fighting the infection. Now he is starting to get “on the plus side again.” The tribe named his boil “Buster” and have declared it a new tribe member, Tom’s had a baby. It’s the size of a golfball and it is funny but at the same time it isn’t because it has really made Tom weak and kinda groggy but it is getting better now. It is hard to describe but a boil is a really painful thing and out there, there is no way to get away from the dirt and the “nastiness” so there is “nothing they can do about this.” The boil is very hard but he cannot lance it because it is too dirty out there and there is too much risk of disease. He has to just let his body heal from the inside. “This boil is a miserable thing!” he says chuckling. It is like having a toothache except it is in his neck and has lasted for four days. His bottom lip is cut in the middle and he explains that it is a sunburn. He has never used Chapstick in his life and has never had his lips burn before. His wife uses it everyday and carries it in her pocketbook but she always brags about how Tom’s lips can stay soft with nothing. He has not had a boil since he was 12 years old and now he’s had two since he’s been out there. “This is a harsh environment.” He had told someone earlier that he was adapting well. He had gotten used to not wearing socks or a shirt and his body had got used to the environment and the sun but he spoke too soon because now he has boils and his lip is busted. “It’s hard on your body out here.” He has lost about 40lbs. He weighed 285 before he came and right before they started he was 265 so he figures he now weighs about 230 or something and in 12 days he will have lost 40lbs. It is hard to describe how tough it is out there. Before he came, everyone tried to tell him how hard it would be but he didn’t think it would be that tough on him. “Anybody that I try to tell will be as hardheaded as I am, I’m sure.” Everyone will think it won’t be that bad for them. The lack of sleep, lack of food, working with food and water are all hard but metal survival, the worrying about getting kicked off is about as hard as anything you’ll do if you let it be. Something is always pulling at your body. The other day at TC he thought about how much they walk a day and they probably walk about 3-4 miles. When you walk that much with no food, it takes its toll and he thinks that that is why he is having so many problems. Lack of sleep is also a problem because the danger at night is real. In the last few nights he has probably slept 5 hours. Tribal Council voting—MamaKim votes for Frank saying she respects his sense of honour, integrity and his “no nonsense work ethic.” She has enjoyed him as a person and she knows they will be friends but they have to vote someone off and he is her “next logical choice.” Ethan votes for Frank saying he is a man of honour and he wants to thank Frank for teaching him a lesson in respect and fair play. His vote is purely strategic. Frank votes for Kim Johnson saying it is nothing personal (sounds like he got cut off). Theresa votes for Frank (she gets cut off totally). Kim votes for Frank saying she said she would cast this vote about 10 times 15 days ago—“3 days in the game, 6 days in the game, 9 days in the game”—but she is actually glad he was able to stick it out this far because it has been good for her to be around someone so different from herself and to learn from him. She is glad they got to spend some time together. Tom votes for Frank saying “You’re ornerier than a damned mule and hard headed as one too but other than that, you’re an awfully good fella and probably had as much in common with me as anyone here.” (Would you believe my spellcheck didn’t go off with “ornerier”? I just cannot adequately capture what Tom says sometimes without quoting him.) He hates to vote against Frank but he’ll see him at the fishing bank in NY or VA when this thing’s over. “Cya partner!” Lex votes for Frank saying it has been nice getting to know the “kinder, cooler” side of Frank these past few days and admits that he was a bit “harsh and hasty in judging you before. You’re actually a pretty cool guy.” That being said, it still doesn’t change the fact that Frank is a threat to “my game and it’s time to send you packing. Later.” (*…and America wipes a tear at Lex’ revelation*) |
Car54 | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 05:27 am   Awesome Joan- Thanks. Looks like Lex saw Nicole's votes on BB2. |
Judy | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 06:46 am   Great job Joan! Even though I can get the clips- I still read your write up Now pleease tell me...did you find the way they cut Teresa & Frank off at all unsusual?? Hopefully it's because their comments will be featured on the next show. fingers crossed. |
Tntitanfan | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 08:04 am   Joan - Thank you for taking the time to summarize the clips for those of us who can't get them. You do an awesome job and are much appreciated! It seems to me that you must have a Southern spellcheck which recognizes "ornerier" as a perfectly correct spelling - |
Whoami | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 08:25 am   Great job as usual Joan! It really is wonderful of you to spend money to get these clips, and to share them so generously with the rest of us! Much appreciated. Tntitanfan-"Southern Spellcheck?" LOL LOL LOL!!! Too hilarious. |
Wink | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 08:52 am   Thanks for hanging in there Joan. Much appreciated. Interesting how Lex is making an effort to redeem himself with Frank after his nasty comments last week during the vote. |
Willi | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 09:48 am   Thanks Joan! Very interesting stuff. |
Lancecrossfire | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 12:02 pm   Thanks Joan!! I sure would like to know what Teresa said when she voted! You indicated a few days ago that they promise 30 minutes of clips. No telling what another hour or two would expose about these folks! |
Joan | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 12:30 pm   Yes, I found it very odd that they cut off T and Frank, especially since they did show a bit more of T's vote on TV. Weird weird! And maybe my spellcheck is Southern! I do live in TX and it always flags stuff like "colour" and "neighbour." |
Urgrace | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 12:44 pm   Thank you Joan, for taking the time for these insider posts, again! I read someone else's once, and although it was nice, your recounting is just better! Maybe we all feel 'ornerier' about your posts! Yee Haw! |
Resortgirl | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 12:46 pm   Thank you Joan! You made my weekend!!! Spending a few moments away from the stresses of the Holidays is always a welcome diversion and your Insider posts are awesome!!! |
Knightpatti | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 04:08 pm   THANKS JOAN! |
Snee | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 11:24 pm   you're the best, joan! oh, and happy mssilh's birthday to you! |
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