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Car54

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 03:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Posted by "Scott" over at SS...

(This traditionally would be the merge episode):


Episode titles so far:
Ep1, Sept 19: The Importance of Being E...est
Ep2, Sept 26: The Great Divide
Ep3, Oct 3: Family Values
Ep4, Oct 10: Gender Bender
Ep5, Oct 17: The Ocean's Surprise
Ep6, Oct 24: The Power of One
Ep7, Oct 31: Assumptions

The full listing for this episode will be:
Survivor: Thailand
Assumptions
60 min.
A seventh contestant is voted off the island. Jeff Probst is the host.

All seven of the first episode titles are from the same batch. - That is,
our source apparently got all seven at the same time.

Csnog

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Perhaps we are assuming that the tribes will merge.

Mygetaway

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 11:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What's that saying about Assume?

When you assume you make an ass out of you and me? Anyone ever hear that before? ... :)

Chiparock

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 02:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mygetaway, whenever I hear that one, I think of Felix Ungar (Tony Randall of the "Odd Couple") spelling it out on a blackboard and circling the "ass" making a big production of the whole thing, as only he could. It always cracks me up! ball

Mygetaway

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't remember that one Chiparock.. Boy it's been a long time since I've seen that show. I used to love it as a kid.

I was thinking like Csnog...
Assumption that they merge, and they don't?

Robb assumes they will boot Shi, and they boot him?

Wiseolowl

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 08:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So much about all the speculation of "The Ocean's Surprise" relating just to Robb's fish sting. It seems it had more to do with the lost boat. Did we have any spoiler speculation about the boat disapppearing? - I don't recall seeing anything.

Jagger

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 08:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Chiparock that is the same thing I think of when I see or hear that word. I think that was the first time I ever noticed what the word spelled out.

They may be onto something with the assumption that is when the tribes merge, if things go right and the one tribe wins immunity again they may decide to hold off with the merge a few weeks. It seems like everyone is satisfied with the tribe they are in, or at least noone wanted to switch last night.

Car54

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The missing boat thing was in the preview for this week's show. It basically showed the empty beach and Clay yammering about not knowing what they were going to do about it....and they said..one tribe loses something of value.

Fruitbat

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 08:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jeff, in an interview, mentioned that they do not change things as they go. All the challenges and merge time are planned ahead and followed. They do not shift, rearrange or add things to suit the situation at all.

Turgon

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 09:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
although it is stated in their contract as with BB that the producers reserve the right to make changes if they want to.

Djgirl5235

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 01:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You know what's funny - I posted a note on the Episode 5 thread about Chuay Gahn missing their boat, and the next day when I came into see what had been said after I left work, it wasn't there anymore = weird eh?

Lycanthrope

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 10:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I gather from the promo for this ep, that something different is in store for the gang. They assume they're going to merge, and with all of Clay's going on in ep. 6 about the merge being in the next few days, it's gotta mean that they don't. My .02 prediction is that the tribes are mixed and matched, like we expected from 2 episodes ago, and they'll go the next 6 days(2 eps) with the new tribes. Then they merge when there is 8 of 'em left.

Sia

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 11:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Speaking of the missing boat, when the aerial shot spun around (sending me reeling, as the rapid movement made me so dizzy!! guess I'm getting old!), was the true location of the boat shown? I couldn't tell because the shot didn't stay STILL after it reached its end-point--and everything was too distant and tiny for me to see anything in detail! Thanks.

Lycanthrope

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 11:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I didn't see the boat in any of the shots. But maybe I missed something.

Sia

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lycanthrope, I couldn't see the boat either. Remember the way the guys were looking for the missing net a while back, though, and the next piece of footage clearly showed where it was? i was wondering if the missing boat was shown last night in the same way. If they showed it, I just missed it 'cause the camera moved so darned fast!

Twinkie

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw the boat in an alcove out of site of CG last week but didn't see it this week.

Wendo

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Last weeks episode showed that the boat was on the opposite side of the little island. The same shot tonight seemed to show that the boat was no longer there anymore as I did not see the boat anywhere. I think it's gone for good.

As for next weeks episode, I don't think the merge happens. And, I'm starting to wonder if it happens at all, quite honestly. The jury can still sit and watch the tribal councils; they'll just be watching the teams though, that's it. Don't know how that would play out to get a final two, but it certainly is possible, don't you think?

edited to add...isn't it ironic too that, had Stephanie just jumped ship last week like she wanted to, she would still be there since CG won immunity. Whoops.

Sia

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 12:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Forgot to mention this earlier: despite Ted's assertion that he's becoming a stronger swimmer, I was scared to death that he was going to drown on last night's episode! He seemed to be struggling a bit to keep his head above water. At least he has a little body-fat to improve his buoyancy. I kept expecting Helen or some crew-members to have to come to his rescue. Seems dangerous to me. I do hope that there are rescue-swimmers in the water just off-camera when the Survivors are swimming long distances like that.

Badabing

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 05:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If they merge at 8 people, like some of you seem to think, does that mean that the jury would only hold 5 people. The last survivor juries held 7 right? (the first player voted out after the merge was'nt a juror)

Car54

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 05:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is a link to some vidcaps at TDT that seem to be of some sort of merge ceremony:

Merge Vidcaps

Scroll down for the pictures/possible scenario.

Kaili

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 08:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe they do merge, but they merge as teams for awhile (living together but still competing against eachother). That would be kind of interesting. So id one team won a reward challenge, only they would be able to use the stuff but the other team would have to sut and watch them.

Hermione69

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, Kaili, I like that idea of a merge, but continue as teams for a bit. Maybe through one more episode until the jury? How about this-- they merge, but stay as teams and compete for immunity as a team. Then whichever teams wins the IC, that team gets to vote out a member from the other team? That would be a twist!

Kaili

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 09:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I like that- I never even thought about that idea but it sure would make immunity important AND it would force them to try to bond with the other team during that time so if the other team DID win it, they would be safe. It would almost force them to make alliances across tribe lines. Interesting.

Car54

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 09:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey wait...don't we need to have the episode where they each send a tribe member to make the flag and name the tribe and stuff?

When do they do that? Wonder who will go?

I think it would be cute if they sent their original chiefs...Jake and Jan.

Hermione69

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 09:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Do they always do that? I know they did it on S4 and it was a great episode-- Kathy and Boston Rob!! I didn't watch S3 and can't remember how they merged on S2. Seems to me from what I have read, though, that it was a new thing for S4 and may not happen here.

Someone on Blows picked up that there seem to be 5 pairings of 2 each because of different colored paints. Maybe they will compete as pairs for awhile.