Jeff Probst blogs ‘Survivor: Gabon’ (episode 9) | PopWatch Blog | EW.com
November 14th, 2008 | by cwalton |
One of my favorite moments of the entire season happened about seven minutes into this episode.
Jeff Probst blogs ‘Survivor: Gabon’ (episode 9) | PopWatch Blog | EW.com by Jeff Probst
No need to bury the lead. One of my favorite moments of the entire season happened about seven minutes into this episode. Corrine’s reaction to Marcus being voted out. It was almost as good as waiting for Santa to come.
First the Macaulay Culkin “hands to the face” reaction made famous in Home Alone and then the verbal response that revealed the rest of her truth: “I’m pissed. He didn’t deserve to leave the game.”
Which prompted Kenny’s very fair question, “Who does?”
This is why we are still on the air and why I still love hosting Survivor after 17 seasons. Human nature. It is nearly impossible to hide our true selves, especially in times of conflict.
“He didn’t deserve to leave the game.” Only seven words. But judging from Kenny’s clenched jaw reaction, those seven words might have just sealed Corrine’s fate. Charlie was less upset and less vocal, and you saw what happened to him. Gone.
I fully admit that it is sooooo easy for me to backseat drive. I’m not playing this game, living in the middle of Africa on nothing, my mind overloaded with strategy, wondering who I can trust, dealing with those annoying bug bites and having an obnoxious host up in my face all the time.
And hey, I’d be “pissed” too if they took out my ally. Marcus was good. Too good to let stay in the game. Corrine, Charlie, and Marcus had a real shot at going to the end and if so, Marcus wins hands down. He was that good. So I fully lay down and concede that I don’t think I could hack this game, and as I have said hundreds of time, I have the utmost respect for anybody who raises their hand to endure this thing called Survivor. Now that I’ve cleared my conscience…it’s time to get back to lipping off.
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