Survivor NotesHogeboom gets exposed by one of the gals on the other team as a pro quarterback.
The hotel doorman from New York appears to be shaping up as a villain at first, when he gripes about poor Blake, who despite his obvious breathing problems, still managed to win the reward challenge. But then
Judd the doorman fantasizes about being the hero and sure enough, in the immunity challenge he comes up big. I'm tempted to like him from his bio, but I suspect his personality will prove to be just a little too abrasive over time.
Although the challenges appeared close, they were pretty humdrum affairs with a modest (at best) connection to the Mayan theme. I suppose you could make an argument about the spiderweb that the players had to climb around in being related to the local geography, although we've seen spiders and no webs to my recollection. Blake of course was the man in this challenge, despite the fact that we had just seen him wheezing like a fat man after a hill climb.
Judd comes through in the tug of war, beating Hogeboom, then one of the other players in a sudden burst of energy with only seconds left. Nakum will be tougher than they looked. Burnett obviously wanted us to be rooting for Yaxha today with all the highlighting of what a solid and hardworking tribe they are as compared to the ill and bickering Nakum. But at the end of the day the solid and hardworking guys are now 1-3 in challenges. Although it was highlighted last week that Steph had finally won an immunity challenge, this week there was no mention that Bobby Jon won his first IC tonight.
Morgan gets the knife at tribal council. Although I thought she would be the cutie pie this year (based on
this pic), it seems obvious that Steph was picked for that honor. Morgan turned out to have acne on the other side of her face and really was gaunt to start with; I had a hard time imagining her making it late in the game. Lydia, despite the talk about her not doing well at challenges, did succeed in bringing back a bag in the reward challenge.
As predicted last week, despite all the talk about the crocodiles in the water, folks were dangling their feet in the lake.
