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Mygetaway

Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 11:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
An unexpected event brings the castaways to tears for what one castaway calls "the most emotional moment of my life."

A newcomer joins the tribe, but the honeymoon is short-lived when it comes time to plotting strategy.

A "young princess" becomes a new target.


What's this newcomer business??? Any news?

Joan

Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 11:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have no idea. At first I thought that maybe it was a 9-11 thing since the Real World airs its 9-11 episode next week. I looked up Vee's birthday thought and it is 9DEC so it isn't that for sure. Someone is shown falling in the preview, maybe someone is injured?

Whoami

Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 11:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, we know the editors like to play things up and blow the previews way out of proportion. Here's what I think....

Vee will win an RC that involves inviting a family memeber to stay a few hours or so with the tribe. Or, better yet, her finance shows up, and the "event" is a wedding on the beach (insert "most emotional moment of my life"). They honeymoon on the beach, with Vee's new husband a temporary new member of the tribe. But, as always, they all have to remember they are still playing a game, and it's time to go back to the plotting and planning.

The "young princess" could be Neleh. They set her up pretty good with negative comments tonight, and one of them calling her a princess. But, that may just be too obvious now. Too much of a setup. The new princess could be a pig they finally catch or something. Anyone notice the pig they keep showing is a nursing mother?

Mygetaway

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 12:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyone notice the pig they keep showing is a nursing mother?
Yes, Who..I mentioned that in another thread.. I thought it looked pretty obvious too, but Robert called the pig a "he". Would they be allowed to eat a piglet?

Bidasea

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 08:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was thinking about that too..Maybe they actually catch a pig, then the general and the others can't really kill it because it has babies running around..I don't think the General is really all that tough. Tammy probably would have done it, but I can't see Sean or Pappy slitting a pigs throat even for food.

Seamonkey

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 08:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe the visitor is the pig and they kill it?
:(

I think Kathy would do it.. no one else.

Sean was the one to dub Neleh the Princess.. he's always been free with labelling others.. starting with Cleopatra.

I think a family visit is likely, I would be shocked if she got married on a grubby beach, tho.
She isn't Mike Boogie, wouldn't use something that important as a gimmick.

Wink

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The fact they spent so much time showing Robert building his pig snare indicates to me that indeed he catches a pig this week. The pig is the "newcomer" and everyone is thrilled with Rob until it comes time to plan the vote because pre-pig he might have been an obvious choice.

Fruitbat

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just on first reading it sounds like one of the Survivors is called home for an emergency and is replaced by a young woman. If this is true it sounds like Neleh leaves (replaced by a young princess), Paschall was very emotional. The promo showed him saying something to the effect....You don't realize how good you have it until something like this happens. Can anyone remember or did they tape it.

I am probably way off but that is what struck me.

Joan

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 07:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't see how they could put another actual tribe member in at this stage of the game. Besides, the precedent has been set with Michael--if someone has to leave, they just don't vote that time around.

With the pig, I don't see why any of them would care about killing one for food. Neleh and Pappy were chowing down on animal products on the boat and no one objected to the bulding of the trap.

Hippyt

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 08:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The first two are tied together,the RC is a visit from a family member. The family member is the newcomer,after he/she leaves the camp,it's back to the game.
Sean is intent on getting Neleh voted off,he has already called her 'Princess.' It will most likely backfire on him.

Seamonkey

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 09:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Speculation over at Sucks/Mess mentions that Vee is to be married this Sunday 5/5 and maybe she is booted and cuts the honeymoon short to be in New York for her interviews..


Just reporting. not my idea!!

Also lots of speculation about what shows in Kathy's glasses.. hexagonal items.. someone put in a link to

http://images.google.com/images?q=hexxagon&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wi

Someone else thought of Othello, and so on.

Sia

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 10:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know anything about the Marquesan government, but if they're a monarchy, could a princess visit the Survivors? (And they could throw sharp knives at her while she stands in front of a target with her outstretched arms tied like the circus sideshow act. . .?) A huge stretch, but we're all guessing here.

Whoami

Friday, May 03, 2002 - 11:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It doesn't make much sense to me that Vee would have to cut her honeymoon short this week to appear in NY for interviews. Remember, this whole thing happened 4 months ago. Vee knows when she was booted, and what week that episode would air. Certainly she wouldn't be dumb enough to schedule her wedding/honeymoon for the week her boot episode airs!

Pamy

Saturday, May 04, 2002 - 01:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami...that is a great scenario!!!! I think you are right!!!! That would be a really cool thing to happen
ps.I think they left for filming this after 9-11

Fruitbat

Saturday, May 04, 2002 - 04:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The newcomer may someone having a relative visit and they come on the island for a quick hello like Seans father did. It has been said that Sean wins that RC and has dinner with his mother. I am saying that the visitor is Seans mother.

The event is the eclipse.

The strategy plotting is about Neleh and Robert. Kathy Sean and Vee decide to vote Neleh after Robert, then Paschall, securing themselves as the final 3.

We won't see all of that plotting. As they go to TC we will be unsure if it will be Robert or Neleh. But we will not be fooled. It has to be Robert, they need Paschall to feel secure for another 3 days. Just makes sense for their own sanity. Why rock the boat ahead of schedule. There would be no point.

Spygirl

Saturday, May 04, 2002 - 07:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm completely in agreement, Fruitbat. That is the way I'm viewing this next week and the way I'm voting. If Robert wins immunity, I'm gonna scream.

Fruitbat

Saturday, May 04, 2002 - 09:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
>>>"Plus a surprise visitor joins the tribe...and you won't believe who it is" <<<<

Another theory: The visitor is a former Survivor that has come for a very quick visit and pep talk.

This would be good strategy on MB/s part. This is when the players start to lose track of the game. Some start thinking with their hearts and emotional stress can unravel the best of plans. A breath of fresh air and reminder just why they are there is needed. A very good boost for the final stretch.

It worked on BB. Susans reminder that it was just a game and play to the end helped reel them back into the competition. "Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser"

If this is true, the visitor may be the one to present messages or items from home. I don't think they will do videos or computer contact again. Letters? Pictures? A special gift? A few little food treats?

Whoami

Saturday, May 04, 2002 - 12:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ooohhh! I just came up with a most evil challenge! This isn't a theory on what I think will happen, just an evil plot (I really could do MB proud sometimes).

The reward is the family contact. Each survivor's family member is driven up to the beach in a boat. The member stays on the boat, the survivor can see them, maybe even hear them as they shout out encouragments. But they can't physically go and hug them or anything.

The survivors proceed with the challenge. The winner's family member jumps out of the boat and they run to each other and hug and all. The rest of the family members are driven away, never being allowed to get out of the boat. The clips showing the tears are from the survivors happy to see a loved one, even if from a distance, and very tearful cause they can't hug them! And crying as they see their loved one get driven off in the boat!

Hippyt

Saturday, May 04, 2002 - 06:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Somebody came up with this on (close anyway) on another board. That would make sense as to why they are all crying so hard. I mean Robert and Pashcal look like they're having breakdowns in one clip! It would be a great challenge,sure would stink to be the losers,though!

Muse

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 12:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That would be a pretty interesting challenge. Not sure if that's what it is, but I don't see why it's not possible. I do definitely think it's a family member visiting, though. This is usually about the time that they do that, and it'd explain all the reactions. Everyone would enjoy having them around for a little while, but as soon as they left it'd be back to strategy.

As for targeting a young princess - it's too obvious for it to mean that Neleh will be a target at TC. But if by some chance she is, I think it's almost safe to say she doesn't go. From screen caps from the preview showing Vee with a slingshot, I would guess that the IC is something where they take out their opponents. And for some reason people try to take out Neleh's name...maybe she wins the family visit earlier in the RC, and they want to give someone else a chance to win.

Fruitbat

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 05:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Does anyone remember if there was a family member that visited Africa?

I agree that Neleh will not go this week Promos are not usually that direct. I think there will be plenty of talking about it but that will be next week. Good theory on target being in a challenge.

An old Survivor visiting is still in the back of my mind.

Car54

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 08:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There were letters from home but no visit.
From what I have read, they put that at the end of the series because it is a logistical problem..
you have to have a family member ready to travel for each player, and then whoever wins....etc. I would imagine getting 4 or 5 family members ready to fly to Africa would have been a headache, and I wonder about people wanting to travel overseas for this series since it was so soon after 9/11.

If there was a visit this visit, it would mean 6 family members would have to be ready to fly on a moments notice if their player won.

Hippyt

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 10:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know why,but I had always assumed MB flew all the family members over before the challenges. Then just sent the losers home when their relative didn't win.

Lobster

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 10:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I kind of remember with Sean in Survivor 1 that they had everyone at the same airport like LA, and the winner's family were the only ones to actually fly to the site. That was how Sean's father got everyone's care packages, and also why he had to wait a day for his reward.

Sunshinemiss

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 02:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That makes sense- it would be incredibly expensive and complicated to fly all of them.

Who, that would be fiendish! It could really break the spirit of the ones who dont' win; "so near and yet so far". If it was me, I would rather even not get a peek. I don't like the carrot on the string sort of thing. Wouldn't put it past MB though.

Gina8642

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 03:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought their tears looked like tears of joy or relief. Like something bad happened but they heard a positive resolution to it. They way they were choked up kinda reminded me of when you don't know whether to laugh or cry. The clip was so brief, I could be completely off.

Maybe someone's parent gets sick? Seems like we would have heard if that happened. Something happens to someone on the production crew in a boat - where the survivors could see? The possiblities are endless.

I did wonder if they were told of some world event or not. That was around the time the first americans were killed in Afganistan. It does seem a little extreme to tell the survivors about it and then show their reactions on film. 'Course MB is extreme.

Gina8642

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 04:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe it is Richard Hatch that visits them?

Crazydog

Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 04:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like the idea that the newcomer is the pig. Robert went on and on like Michael Skupin about how if he got a pig he would be safe. But I think it backfires because it doesn't save him. As far as Robert calling the pig a "he", Robert doesn't strike me as someone who has much upstairs so I just think he doesn't know the difference. I think it will be one of the others to point out that it is a nursing mother, which will cause the Survivors to "adopt" it into the tribe and not eat it.

I can't see anyone but Neleh being the "young princess". Sean has clearly shown his dislike for her, but he'd be stupid to get rid of her until Robert is gone. I can't see Pascal wanting to align himself and Neleh with Robert after the coconut fiasco. So perhaps Kathy aligns with N/P, Sean catches wind and tries to target Neleh? I agree that it likely means that Neleh is not voted out.