Survivor: I know none of you want to hear about this

Posted by Dan May 1st, 2008 at 11:48am In Survivor

I try to only bring Survivor up only once or twice a season.

And it’s primarily because I know you all don’t care. In fact, I feel like every time I bring up Survivor I re-explain the fact that I know you guys don’t watch it, but I can’t help but love it.

So, I’ll give you guys a quick briefing on one particular highlight of this current season, gimmickally themed “Fans vs. Favorites.” That is to say, “Nerds like me who watch this show for almost ten years Vs. People who have already played and lost and are determined to get it right this time or go back to their life of auditioning for KFC commercials.”

The biggest turn of events this season occurred the week before last with one of the biggest blindsides in history. It was positively glorious.

If there’s one feature of reality TV contestants that I revile it’s smugness. And if there’s one feature of reality TV contestants that I love, it’s a person’s status as an underdog. Psychoanalyze this as you see fit. In any case, two weeks ago we saw the Survivor demise of the show’s top dog Ozzy at the hands of perennial underdog Cirie. Ozzy was the strategic mastermind, tribal leader and physical powerhouse — and he knew it. He was pretty sure of himself during every interview, always comfortable that he had every tribe member curled around his finger.

Then Cirie, the unintimidating nurse wised up and this happened (watch it quick before the CBS narcs take it down):[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/33OFySys4gs" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

Other than jury member Eliza’s huge reactions, there’s not a lot to go on in this clip unless you watch the show. But you should know that it was a pretty colossal and satisfying moment in a pretty decent season.

Thanks for indulging me. I’ll try better to get you some sort of amusing chart or something tomorrow.