Survivor...another unbelievable blindside!

Last Thursday's episode of Survivor: Fans vs. Faves was unbelievable and so funny. What made it so highly enjoyable was this guy, Erik. His stated profession is ice cream scooper. Put it this way, he's not the most intellectual person in the group. Not only is he not intelligent, he also lacks the ability to make a decision and stick with it. He blows with every prevailing wind and the latest wind took him right out of the game. He is good however at winning immunity, which he did again this week. This put a wrench in the girls (Cherie, Amanda, Parvati, and Natalie) plans. Their plan was to have an all girl final four. Cherie, Parvati, and Amanda approached Natalie and proposed that she try to get Erik to give her his immunity. Of course, she said there was no way to do it. However, after a bit of discussion they came up with the plan of appealing to his guilt. You see, last week he turned on Amanda after she had saved his butt in a previous tribal council. The result of that betrayal was his alliance with Natalie. So, Natalie went to him and said that now that he had immunity she was sure to be the next to go, however if he were to give her his immunity, she would be saved and that she had struck a deal with Cherie that if Erik gave her his immunity that that would be a demonstration that he was trustworthy and that Cherie would then vote with Natalie and Erik to vote Amanda out. Initially he showed tremendous common sense and said, "no way." But, Natalie and Cherie played tag team and worked him and worked him. He started to waffle. During one of his interviews he even made a comment about how this game was showing him why he is only an ice cream scooper....Ya think Erik??!!

Then tribal council came and I've got to tell you that those women were masterful at saying things that telegraphed to Erik that he really should give his immunity to Natalie. For example, Cherie makes a comment about how in this game words don't mean anything. It's the ACTIONS of others that tells you whether or not you can trust them. Masterful, absolutely masterful. I wanted to reach into the TV and give her a big juicy one on the lips. Then the time came and Jeff Probst asked Erik if he wanted to keep his immunity or give it to someone else. There was a slight pause and then, and then, and then, HE GAVE NATALIE HIS IMMUNITY! I fell on the floor, the jury fell all over each other laughing, and the look on the women's faces was a mixture of astonishment and pride in a job well done. As Erik saw the reactions of everyone around him you could see a glimmer of realization that maybe he had made the wrong decision...I guess it is time to go back to asking "would you like one scoop or two?" As he is walking up to vote, you heard him say, "I hope this wasn't a bad move." Guess what Erik, this was the dumbest move in all of Survivor history. When Jeff read the votes, Erik was voted out. I have to say a very heartfelt thank you to Erik for providing Dan and I with a wonderful hour of entertaining TV.