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Of the 20, I remember 12. The rest are mysteries to me.

I've always heard it's the producers who decide what the players wear.

And give up their skimpy underwear and bikinis? And they already did that in the season Darrah was in. The winners of a reward challenge went to a nice room, and their own clothes were laid out on the bed. Darrah 'proved' how much editing was done by pointing out that one of her Talking Head interviews was shown earlier. In it, she was wearing her blue bathing suit. Which she wasn't even given until maybe 3 episodes later after winning the reward. I remember reading that in an interview.

I wouldn't say that about Janelle. Both her and Britney were talking about how they had to coddle Corinne and Eliza when it came to other teams. The Reilly sisters asked for a gummy bear from Janelle, so she gave it to them. Then Corinne and Eliza went to them and asked if Janelle was pissed that the Reilly sisters asked them for a GUMMY BEAR. And she said, 'Oh Yeah...I was so pissed that they asked me for a gummy bear'. She might as well have said WTF? Because really...getting pissed you were asked for a Gummy Bear?

One thing I feel sure of. No matter how they figure into the game, I'm sure they were paid a butt-ton of money just for BEING there.

That was Kel. Season 2. Funny, I remember almost everyone thru the first seasons, but nowadays, when the season is over, I forget almost everybody. It took me until the finale of this season to realize I kept mixing up Lauren and Victoria's names.

I think he's still trying to look younger and 'hip'. (It's an old term).

Rick is too boring...and annoying...for me to be interested enough to watch. I don't mean to be mean, but I just can't stand the guy. And he WASN'T in the final 3. So isn't that a moot point?

I might watch that some day when I'm at home with the flu, but as of now, I'm not interested in seeing them so long after the fact.

I watched the final episodes online, and the reunion show clocked in at 16 minutes and change. At first I was pissed, 'cause I miss the days of the finale being an hour long and everybody got a chance to speak. Then I was over it. 'Cause it seemed like EVERYBODY Jeff spoke to initially had the same answer. Because he basically asked the same question: What has this Survivor experience meant to YOU? 'I went on Survivor to prove to my husband, wife, girlfriend, children, my 1st grade teacher (RIP), my old paperboy, the lady that did my Granny's hair (RIP), my grandchildren and their friends and my cat...that you can be Anything you want to be and accomplish whatever you think you can't do and I proved that to myself so everybody else should be able to, too. I'm a changed person!' I had to laugh a little when he went to Wardog and asked him a question. You could tell that Wardog was all ready to answer it, but before he got to even squeak one out Probst said, 'Now moving on to this other chick, what did you?...Blah blah blah.' Stole Wardog's thunder. I have to admit, this was the most interesting episode of this season. Until the Final Tribal Counsel. That was a yawner. And somebody got another SIA award. Is that supposed to be some kind of accomplishment? Rick was fishing for a better job as a news caster. I hope he doesn't get one in my area. The news programs around here are fucked up enough as it is. Agreed.

I concur. I can't STAND Rick, and his smug face has been plastered all over every episode. I've been so bored with this season, you may well ask me, 'Then why bother watching the ending?' And I'd get it. It's only because I've watched every episode of Survivor, so I ain't gonna stop now. And there's still one EoE to return? I hope whoever that person is wins. Just to finally sink this season down the toilet.

It's their lives to live. And apparently, it's been working for quite a while now.

I noticed that too. There was a quick shot of Colin and Christie running up to the mat and Christie's hair was up, but immediately after when they were ON the mat with Phil, it was down. In Janelle and Britney's thread, there's a very good interview about just this.

As I recall, Zach ended up getting a LOCAL to row them down that river or whatever, to get them from point A to B. It caused some complaining by folks on the message boards, because they didn't row themselves. Now that my least favorites are gone, I'm fine with everyone else. Including Rachel. I find her 'endearingly annoying, but not nasty'. That phrase probably doesn't mean anything to anyone else but me.

Thanks everyone, for your kind thoughts. Netfoot, sending good thoughts your way. I have a friend in Texas who went into the hospital on Monday for surgery. Then the surgeon won't be available till Friday. They're keeping him till then. He's already dreading the mountains of paper work and all the phone calls between himself, his insurance company, his additional insurance, and his workman's comp after all this is over. They always seem to fight over who's going to pay for what. He sent me a text saying, 'Until then, they just to intend to take all my organs out and scrub them with antibiotics.'

I don't think I've ever posted in this thread before. I feel like posting about Becca and Floyd crossing that busy street, and thought it made more sense to post it here than in their thread, because it's not race related. My sister lived in California. She had for years, but we were very close and spoke on the phone 3-4 times a week. In late December, she was hit by a car while crossing in a crosswalk on a busy street. Nowhere near as busy as that one in the show, though. She was flown by helicopter to a trauma center, where she was determined to be in a deep coma and brain dead. I found out about it on Christmas morning. She died on December 30. I'm only mentioning this because I kind of cringed watching Becca and Floyd cross that street. I've seen some people post that was the 'proper' way to do it, but you never know. I've always been careful to look both ways when crossing a street. But now I check and double check. Thanks.

I will never get why people were weirded out over this. Fer Gawd's sake, it was father and daughter. And I think it says more about the people who were 'weirded out' by it than it does about their embrace. If it hadn't been brought up so much here, I never even would've noticed it.

And maybe one of the reasons I don't care about all the Talk Talk Talk about strategy is because of these newfangled TC's where everybody runs around whispering to everybody while Probst just sits there, mouth agape, and the plan changes anyway. Probst, you can't shut up during the challenges. TC's are the time you should be taking control. I, for one, am not a fan of these free-for-all TC's.

I have absolutely no idea what's going on this season. I may be stupid ;). Or it could be that as I watch the episodes, I have trouble following them. I don't do anything else but watch (no phone calls, texting, etc.), but this season I find my mind wandering constantly. And looking at the clock. Which has never happened before. And during scenes of strategy, I keep thinking 'I don't care!' That's it. I think I rate this season the lowest because I can't focus on it. And nobody on it interests me.

Did I hear Rupert say he was one of the strongest Survivors ever, but the Amazing Race kicked his ass? He still lives in his own delusional mind. And believes his own publicity even though THAT publicity was years ago. Never liked him, even in his first Survivor season, and I'm glad he's gone. I'm not one to avoid a show just because a certain contestant is on it, so I wasn't gonna let his presence deter me from watching this season of TAR. But it'll be more enjoyable now.

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That's right. Thanks for reminding me. I remember she was deeply concerned about when that sound bite was inserted. TAR is known for inserting comments that were actually made elsewhere, and also 'Frankenbites.' Dallas was the son. I was at that TARcon and you could say Dallas was buzzed when he got there. Several times I heard his mom say, 'Oh, Dallas! NO!'

Yep. And grabbed John by the neck. This youth counselor, or whatever he calls himself.

Yep, she's the one who immortalized that line. I met her at a TARcon once. Don't remember which one.

Agreed. Even friggin' Rupert seemed sort of...downtrodden, shall we say.