Survivor: Philippines - Episode 2
Don't Be Blinded By The Headlights
By Ben Willoughby
September 27, 2012
In interview, Abi blames Lisa for not being part of their alliance, because Lisa did not try to connect with everyone. That’s not exactly true – it was because RC wanted to be in an alliance with Michael and Abi thought Peter was dumb and cute. There was no room for anyone else. Lisa, on her own, talks about how she is not fitting in, and that she has been on her own since she was 12 when she moved away from her family to be on the Mickey Mouse Club. In real life, Lisa’s trying to open up and trust more and depend on other people, and she realizes that spending 39 days starving on a tropical island might not be the best place to experiment at connecting with people. That’s good learning. Please give that lesson to every on-again-off-again couple wanting to go on The Amazing Race to “test their relationship.” Back at camp, everyone complains about Lisa, while Michael is forced to smile and nod. Lisa voiceovers that “maybe she is not able to play this game,” like we are supposed to feel sorry for her.
Day 6, and we are back at Matsing. It’s halfway through the show and we have had nothing but rain so far. Malcolm interviews that Russell is looking after the fire, he and Denise are taking care of the shelter, while Roxy is just out of it and not working and everyone’s noticing. Not mentioned? Whatever it is that Angie is doing. Roxy interviews that she thought her Christian faith would help her, but there has been nothing but rain and cold and she is not in her comfort zone. She starts to cry in front of everyone at camp, and Russell is the only one we see saying anything nice to her. Roxy says she is having difficulty in coping without friends, family or church, and that it makes her think she is in Encounter in Christ all over again. Wouldn’t going through a comparable experience be an advantage for Roxy?
Finally there’s sun, and Roxy lies down on the beach and thanks God, first in English and then in something else. I’m assuming it was just some language that is not English, but Denise and Russell seem to think she was speaking in tongues. Russell complains that he thought Roxy would have shown more strength of character. I think he’s talking about her zoning out and blubbering in camp. In interview, Denise says that believing in God is not really her gig and that praying for God to help you in a challenge is no help at all. Her thinking is to “dig in, dig deep and make it happen.”
Probst sighting! He hasn’t been around this episode, probably because all the rain would make his Just For Men run.
It’s challenge time, and Kalabaw and Tandang get their first look at the Zane-free Matsing. He takes back the chicken idols from Kalabaw and Tandang, and then explains the challenge. The tribes will go out in pairs and pull back sleds stacked with puzzle pieces. There are three sleds so at least one person from each tribe will have to run twice. Then the tribes will solve the three puzzles, with one caller and two people doing the physical solving. And there's reward – winners get blankets, pillows and a tarp, steak knives gets a tarp, and third goes to Tribal Council. Abi from Tandang and Dawson from Kalabaw sit this one out.
In the pre-challenge discussion, Jeff Kent volunteers to run twice without mentioning his knee, while Russell does not take leadership by asking everyone who wants to run twice. Malcolm volunteers, Angie does not and Roxy does not want to because even with all the rain, she hasn’t been drinking much water. Unfortunately, that’s not a dig at Russell. Come on – Russell is running twice, Malcolm has volunteered to run twice, why would you insist the tiny, skinny girl with bony arms who so obviously the worst possible choice to drag a heavy sled laden with puzzle pieces do it twice? That’s just dumb. Russell looks disgusted. You can always rely on him finding someone to pick on come challenge time.
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