Brief spoilers for last night’s Survivor coming up after the jump:
I’ve been following Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains only on and off, but after watching last night’s events play out, I can see what the Russell fans out there see in him. Credit it to Russell’s cunning or J.T.’s dimness, but either way, when you hand over an immunity idol to a player on the opposing tribe, you havepretty much by textbook definition been outwitted. Either by your opponent or by yourself.
Parvati, Russell’s partner (and eventually to be nemesis?), put it best: “Why would you hand a villain your heart? J.T. gave Russell his heart today. And Russell is just going to stab it a million times over and hand it to me. And I’m going to eat it.”
Parvati’s reading J.T.’s letter aloud to Russell—like two junior high kids giggling over an intercepted love letter—had to be one of the most delicious moments this season. And it raises the question: if Parvati and Russell are in deed the queen and king of this season, as she termed them last night, who will rule in the end? Who is the power, and who will be dethroned? I don’t know, and I’ve been burned enough by Survivor’s editing to even hazard a guess, but I’ve been increasingly impressed by Parvati’s play this season.
Finally, a sad goodbye to Courtney, an old favorite of mine who never really made much of a mark this season. Maybe she’ll finally have a chance to eat a sandwich.
