Survivor: Heroes v Healers v Hustlers - Episode 2 Recap

I'm a Wild Banshee

By Jim Van Nest

October 10, 2017

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Ok, let's go see the Healers tribe. They keep winning, so we don't get much from them. Maybe we'll get an idea of some tribe dynamics tonight. And the music turns light and playful. Not quite dodo music, but not far from it. We join Cole and Jessica on a fishing trip. Jessica is having a hard time catching any fish. She is spot on, however, in catching a wilderness survival guide. But, she's, like, 30 and stuff, so he's probably just a silly kid to her. Or something like that. Either way, love is blooming. Back at camp, Mike and Joe are grilling Desi about being Miss Virginia. Joe suggests that he and Mike are on the wrong tribe, because they're the ugly ones on the Beauty tribe. Joe is really starting to like Dr. Mike, but he's still telling everyone that Mike has the idol. So, he must not like him that much. Also, he hasn't been able to have near the time to search for an idol like he wants to.

Eventually, Roark, Desi and Mike head to the well leaving Joe alone in camp. He quickly Vlachos his way out looking for clues and idols. After searching in all the obvious places, he's still empty handed. Looking around an interesting tree, he notices a treasure map drawn on the trunk. A CLUE!!! But Joe can't figure out what the clue says. It has a square drawing on it that is quite obviously the well, and suggests that the idol is 5 feet away from the well and buried. I can only assume Joe has not gone to get water yet, because he has NO idea the drawing means. He thinks it's a raft. And who's been out on the raft a lot? Cole. So, Cole might know and may have already found the idol. So, Joe runs off to Cole to tell him what he found. Joe explains the clue and it makes no sense to Cole who has not seen anything to suggest an idol anywhere. So, he has Joe take him to the clue on the tree. In like 2 seconds, Cole is like, "It's the well, dumbass." The idol is 5 feet from the well.




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So, now Joe has an idol hunting partner and they make their way over to the well. After about 10 seconds of digging, Joe has an idol in his hand. He tells us that sharing the clue was a huge risk and that Cole knowing he has the idol could turn out to backfire on him, so he'll be watching Cole closely. The cameras are also watching Cole closely as he returns to the scene and machete's the clue off the bark of the tree, never to be found again by anyone. Ultimately, a duo and alliance can be made over an idol find. Look at Kyle Jason and Scot Pollard. But, I don't think Joe's cut out that way. Cole looks to be super loyal and a bit naive, which will make it that much easier for Joe to clip him the first chance he gets.

We come back from break to join JP on a fishing expedition. Doesn't catch any fish, but brings in a really nice looking lobster. It's a good thing he can fish, because he is about as dull a Survivor "character" as anyone ever has been. He's a walking sports cliché. If I had more time and space, I'd list a bunch of quotes and see if you could tell who is JP after catching a lobster and who is Tom Brady after throwing a TD. There's just nothing here. One game we do have time for though is to play the JP game, where you tag "and things like that" at the end of every sentence...and things like that. He tells us that he's still worried about being branded a "power couple" but he wants to talk to some of the other people and straighten that out...and things like that.


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