“The countdown has begun.Survivor: Heroes vs Villains begins in 72 hours. I challenge anyone to watch first 20 minutes and not be hooked.”
That was a tweet from Jeff Probst 3 days ago. I was going to watch this season no matter what, but decided to take him up on the challenge. I only hoped that he wasn’t making my expectations going in too high.
I like this idea of all-stars, I like the setup. I wish Survivor had waited until the summer for the 10th anniversary edition in order to fully recognize and celebrate the feat of the show.
As Probst did his welcome speech to everyone, I realized this was the first season of Survivor I may actually be sad to see the first castaway go.
My thoughts about the episode, and who was voted out after the jump.
(Photo courtesy of CBS)
- Seeing Russell starstruck was very interesting and not expected. Imagine how he would have been if Hatch had come, the man would not have been able to function. If he can’t get his bearings, he may not last long.
- First challenge: Stephenie’s shoulder popped. Just watching her with James, my stomach churned a bit.
- Oh and the 20 minute thing, Probst? You kinda ruin it when it gets leaked about Stephenie’s shoulder. Perhaps if I hadn’t known that, it would have been more compelling.
- I hate Coach, but man that was awesome seeing him drag Colby to his mat to score that point. And Sugar really redeemed herself to the other Survivors and a lot of viewers that she deserved to be there.
- “I’m the best player who ever played this game. And guess what? Now I get to prove it.” (evil laugh). Awesome.
- Tom noticing the chickens cracked me up. (Good thing Shambo was not invited to this one, eh?)
- Will the first Island romance be Coach and Jerri? Oh God.
- Sugar did herself in by trying to get with Colby way too fast. It’s too bad because she could have gone very far after her performance in the first reward challenge. I liked Sugar
Anyone else have thoughts about the first episode? Anyone sad to see Sugar go home first?
