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And not only not rendering aid, but reclining with an umbrella over his head. Having said that, we don't know what kind of shape Peter was in, but I would think he'd perhaps be hovering close, waiting to see if he could at least fetch something for Dr. Joe...or, at the very least, hang out by Cydney, who was being taken care of by a non-doctor pretty much the whole time. The fact that Peter seemed pretty much checked out was really odd. There were three people down. Although, after years of working in the medical field, I can clearly see where a nurse might rush in to help...an ER doctor, perhaps not so much.

One question - is Jeff given a heads-up on who has idols? I'm trying to figure out why, after the IC, he pretty much concluded that Alecia was going home to the point of being cool with holding Tribal right then and there...what if she had an idol back at camp? Is that why he asked Alecia if it was okay with her on the off-chance that she'd want to go back and get it? A big part of this game is the strategy involved after a loss. If I recall, Jeff did this once before with Brandon Hantz, but wasn't Brandon in the process of having a nervous breakdown? Alecia was standing in front of Jeff, giving no indication that she was planning on going down without a fight, yet Jeff had no problem moving right along to TC. I don't understand his thought process there. If anyone had been even a little bit on the fence, Jeff proclaiming that Tribal could happen right away wouldn't have given anyone a chance to talk. No one should ever think that any vote-off is a sure thing, but that seems to be what Jeff thought. Another weird event in a weird season.

Scot & Co. seem to think Alecia was the reason they kept losing challenges, yet it took the Brawn tribe three go-rounds to vote her out. When Jeff asked if Alecia was a sure vote out, Scot replied, "yes, I'm not going to make that mistake again." So why did he make that mistake twice before, I wonder? Which is it? Either you think she's useless and vote her out during the very first TC, or stop talking about her like she's the reason you can't win. To me, it seems like these big, brawny brawns kept her around so they could point to her as the reason they kept losing challenges. Because surely, if she wasn't there, they'd have cleaned up on every single challenge. I feel like they kept her around because they could deflect their anger at losing onto her.

The laughable part is, I don't think anyone on these boards has been able to figure out exactly what is tattooed on his back/shoulders. But I think we all agree, it's most certainly not suitable for TV.

I watch KUWTK, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson. Everyone knows everyone. Their circle is very small, and you're right - it can make one nuts trying to figure it all out. And oh my goodness, little Eva looks just like her daddy. What a cutie. I've wondered how much of Brandon's being grounded comes from Leah.

Would Kris really be that stupid? Yeah.........never mind. Khloe really does not have the Armenian coloring of her sisters and brother at all. Genetics can be funny, but I see very little of Kris in Khloe, and even less of Robert Senior, especially when she was younger. Interesting.

My guess is that he's been dressing like that for so long, he's probably uncomfortable wearing anything else, at least for now. His body image issues go way back. I saw an older episode from a vacation (can't remember which one, they take so many vacays) where he wouldn't take off his shirt because he thought he was too fat, and I think this was shortly after he did Dancing With the Stars. I can't imagine where his body issues came from.... Kim, do you know?

So would I, because those nice, normal people will all eventually have to turn on each other. And from seasons past, we know it can be done with none of the above mentioned qualities.

I appreciate your post, kikaha. Perhaps I have blinders on when it comes to Kyle. What's hard for me is that, having watched each episode a couple of times, I don't understand why the entire Brawn tribe decided to act the way they did towards Alecia in the first place, unless it was because she didn't fit the "Brawn" image. From the very beginning, Kyle made a point of announcing that Alecia wasn't worthy of him even learning her name. Scot, Jen and Cydney followed Kyle's lead when it came to treating her as not important, and at times downright stupid. Kyle made fun of Alecia for spending so long making a fire - but yet, she made fire. He laughed when she went to look for an idol until she found the clue, at which point he and Scot took over, pointedly ignoring Alecia altogether. Now, who knows what footage we don't get to see. Other than Alecia spacing out at the first puzzle challenge, I can't understand where Kyle's dislike of her is coming from. His treatment of her seems out of proportion with what we've been allowed to see. And editing is giving us what we see. The show seems to be trying to show his "go team!" side by his treatment of Cydney, but all that does is make it even more striking as to how he treated Alecia. I am inferring his motivation, true. From what Survivor is showing me, I don't know how else to see Kyle except as a self-serving bully towards a young woman who didn't seem to deserve it.

My bad, I have been using Lurch improperly. That's Scot. In my post-episode rage, I am mixing things up. I must've missed "Cupcake." I like it.

Respectfully disagree. I think he did it for attention. If Alecia had been lying there, I cannot see him doing the same. It also brings to mind the challenge from last week when Cydney was maneuvering the ropes to land the balls, and Bounty was yelling out instructions. Probst helpfully pointed out to everyone (because we all couldn't hear Bounty screaming like a lunatic) that he was doing a great job of "helping" Cydney, at which point I'd swear Bounty started screaming even louder. I think everything he does is calculated to make himself look better, but only in certain situations that do not involve a young woman named Alecia.

I don't know how they got anything accomplished, what with cameramen and the catering staff running into the melee, responding to Probst's "all hands on deck!" call, while people were dropping like flies and Jeff had to provide running commentary on the whole mess. I thought the whole thing was a real cluster, based on the fact that there clearly weren't enough medical staff to go around...since Cydney's medical care came from Bounty, and they seemed to bail on Debbie when Caleb dropped, based on her telling them that she was okay. That had the potential to be much worse than it was.

I watch because I have a strong sentimentality for this show for many reasons. I have never missed an episode. I still recall my mom (who is no longer with me) calling me during Season One, Episode One, and saying, "You have to watch this show! It's crazy, they vote each other off!" At the time, there was nothing like it. I keep hoping against hope that the direction this season is taking is NOT the direction in which it will continue. Yes, I want it to be real and I also want to be entertained. But the bullying is not strategic. I don't necessarily want to see a group of tribemates sit around and sing campfire songs in five-part harmony, but I would like to see everyone treated like a human being. Maybe I'm asking too much for a show that's gone on this long. If the point is to get people talking...well, mission accomplished. I'd like to think that my beloved Survivor wouldn't stoop to the level where any publicity is considered good publicity. I don't think it needs to go there yet, if ever.

I am really trying to figure out her strategy. Perhaps it will come to light after the merge, but was she really okay with sitting idly by, watching two grown men try and break her female teammate? Sometimes I think she's being very quiet to stay out of the line of fire, but she makes these weird facial expressions that makes me think more is going on. When Alecia was voted out, she said, "Good luck, Cydney." I couldn't decide if Cydney was smirking or smiling. I am also not a fan of how Cydney picked up right where Jen left off, with taking anything Alecia said and twisting it to make herself look better and Alecia look stupid. It's not just that Bench and Lurch bullied Alecia, it's that Jen and Cydney seem to be going along with it willingly. This kind of strategy makes me stabby. It's an "as long as it's not me" mentality and if this is indeed the case, Cydney can take a seat alongside her moronic tribemates and wonder where it all went so wrong.

Get off my television, Bounty. Go find Foley and you can both cry in your beers because you're just so misunderstood. Pick up Bench on the way.

And just when I thought I couldn't hate on Lurch and Bench any more than I already do...I agree with the fact that they couldn't defeat Alecia and it ticked them off. What I cannot understand, though, is once they realized this - why not back the hell off? What purpose did it serve for a big, bad bounty hunter and a professional champion basketball player to try and break a 23-year old girl's spirit? And they both have daughters of their own?? Perhaps it's because Bounty Hunter isn't so great at his job. Same with Bench. And facing a self-assured young woman threatened their fragile egos, so to protect themselves, they had to go after the person they saw as the weakest. If Jen had stayed, would they have turned on her in Alecia's absence? Alecia appears to have more strength of character in her little finger than those two jerks combined. Throw Cydney in there as well for going along with everything. I don't know if Survivor ever brings back contestants who clearly got the short end of the straw as far as tribemates, but I hope to see Alecia back and placed on a team of non-neanderthals.

Come back soon, Beast Mode. We never even got a chance to see you judy-chop a tree......(sigh)

I don't even want to see this jerk dragged to the end as a goat (along with Lurch) because then he will: A: get a chance to talk some more and attempt to justify his bullying of Alecia, and B: get a decent payday for coming in either 2nd or 3rd. Go away, go away soon, and don't ever come back, Benchwarmer.

Gosh, so they don't want their daughters to have qualities like fortitude (spending hours starting a fire which is essential to survival while her tribemates called her names and took lil' nappies under the shelter)? Or smarts, leading Alecia to find an idol clue (while her tribemates laughed and proclaimed that she was far too stupid to find it)? Or the backbone to stand up to two obnoxious bullies and not back down from their demeaning comments, which were clearly intended to break her? Gee...I have a daughter and I think those qualities are pretty kick-ass, myself. Casting needs to be careful going forward. I, for one, have had my fill of of Dan Foley-type pigs. Some discord makes for interesting and compelling television, but out and out bullying and misogyny is just not all that entertaining, especially on a show that's done it before.

THANK YOU. Along the same lines was Scot trying to backpedal on his "just stand there and be a cheerleader" comment at TC...trying to make it sound like he was actually encouraging Alecia to keep cheering because it was helping the Brawn tribe dig the sand. What a crock of crap. I was thinking about giving Scot the benefit of the doubt, thinking perhaps he was being a gigantic tool because Bounty was rubbing off on him, but forget that. Scot is a bully, plain and simple, and needs to take several seats. And Bounty - I don't even know where to start with this moron. I found his tender care of Cydney completely self-serving, because if that had been Alecia, he wouldn't have been anywhere near her. And Probst, sitting there with Caleb, but cooing to Cydney that she was in great hands with Bounty?! WHATEVER. All that did was fuel Bounty's enormous ego. I am a die-hard fan of this show, so I won't quit on it. But I am about at my limit for watching misogynistic bully morons get a chance to speak about anything at all, let alone Alecia - who, if I recall, made them a fire and found them an idol clue. Combined with Caleb's evacuation, I don't recall an episode of Survivor ever making me so angry, sad, and frustrated at the same time. Bring back both Caleb and Alecia, and do it soon, Burnett.

In the picture at the top of this page (with ombre hair) I think she looks very cute. Not necessarily a show-stopper, but a pretty girl. It's too bad that simply being pretty or cute is not enough in her family. One must start in on the plastic before one graduates high school to keep up with the Kardashians. I find it sad, because there was nothing wrong with how she looked before. Now, she looks comically enhanced and much older than her years.

So her little sisters are stealing the spotlight. Kim, however, has two little people at home who call her "mama" and need her to be present. Clearly, they are not enough of a distraction for her sad, plastic life, and she needs the constant fawning from strangers to boost her ego.

I am never sure where to put my questions, but here's another one: Why would Lange have put crime scene evidence in the trunk of his car and kept it overnight? I just can't even fathom the thought process at work there. I feel like I'm missing something huge.

GAH!! This episode put me through the wringer. Did Judge Ito really say, "Good morning, Ms. Clark - I think?" DID HE REALLY SAY THAT?! As far as the hair goes, I thought last night's episode was going to show the point when she went from curly to straight hair. I was all in an uproar early on because her longer hair didn't match what I remembered. Now it does. Sadly, those poodle perms were once in style. I also kind of hate myself for vividly remembering her various hairstyles. Because it shouldn't matter one bit. But it did. I kept wondering when - not IF, but WHEN - Clark would finally break down. A person can hold their emotions in check for only so long. And unfortunately, I know that when the emotional breakdown does occur, it tends to happen when you're doing your absolute best to hold it all in. If Judge Ito really did call for a recess when Marcia simply couldn't continue, I give him a small prop for doing so. He could've jumped on the misogynist bandwagon very easily at that moment and forced her to continue. Before I burn out on all things related to this case, I need to get my hands on Marcia Clark's book. I watched this as a young, married and childless 20-something. Watching it now with kids of my own, I cannot imagine the intense pressure on her shoulders every single day of this fiasco of a trial. I keep thinking this show cannot possibly get any more disturbing to watch, and every Tuesday night, I am taken aback.

Well, that was 2 hours of second-hand embarrassment. But this is my first time watching the tell-all so maybe it's par for the course. Chris: "How are you feeling? Are you sad? You look sad." Awkward silence. "Your eyes look sad. What's going through your head? Sadness?" Awkward pause. "OOH I SEE A TEAR. So why are you sad? Do you have the sads yet?" GEEZ, man! Did the chicken have to be there the whole time? I found myself more interested in it than the women. The weird camera cuts from audience reactions to what was going on up on stage rarely felt logical. Very odd editing. The Lace tattoo guy? Was that supposed to be funny, scary, or awkward? Or all three? That was beyond strange. Rewatching Caila's limo meltdown, I felt like she was acting big time, and clearly auditioning for her upcoming role on The Bachlorette. Can't wait for next week to see which one Ben is really in love with.