It's not your imagination: Everyone on reality shows says "I'm not here to make friends." (At some time or another, many also claim to "step up," and I predict the continued popularity of "throw [someone] under the bus.") Anywho:
Well, I am sorry this is so late, but better late than never...right?
This one will be short and sweet and not all that clever -- just the facts ma'am. (Name that show....)
As far as the outcome of the show, I was not surprised. Having sat in on the final tribal council it seemed pretty clear at the time that JT would win. I didn't expect it would be a total sweep but I think Stephen did himself in when he admitted he wouldn't have taken JT to the end. Stephen would have been foolish to take JT if given the choice. JT knew that and it poured the "pretend shock and hurt" on thick trying to garner jury votes. It worked.
Final Tribal Councils are quite tricky because the jury is almost always very upset that they are not in the final and so they are looking to get the last word in edgewise. Stephen was a sitting duck next to JT.
No, I don't feel sorry for Stephen. He played a very good game, but JT deserved to win. In fact, I'd go further and say that JT is one of the best overall players ever to play Survivor. He has it all and he has to come back if there is ever another All-Star season.
Was J.T. really angry with Stephen during Tribal Council, or was he just acting for the jury? Is Taj still upset about being deceived and discarded? And what does constant critic Erinn now make of the self-proclaimed Dragon Slayer? We get to the bottom of these and other burning questions as the Survivor: Tocantins final four get put through the Survivor Talk ringer. Secrets are spilled as they tell what truly went down in the final days of the game. The first clip features J.T. and Stephen, while Taj and Erinn sit down for a spirited chat in the second video, so make sure to keep watching for that. Survivors ready…GO!
Had the medics looked at him, he wouldn't have been judged fit to come to our studio. But Coach Wade waved off the men of science, fighting immeasurable pain to sit down with me and guest host (and former Survivor champ) Jenna Morasca and talk about his recent ousting. Whether you loved him, hated him, or dreamed of being his assistant coach, you're gonna want to see this. Is he a renegade or a B.S. artist? I'm still not sure...
I loved some of the subtleties of Survivor last night -- particularly the [scary knife!] sound effect perfectly timed to one of Taj's best eye rolls, and the utterly random zoom-ins on a giant turtle that looked like it might attack Taj and Erinn in the water. (I had to rewind and make sure I hadn't missed the turtle "making its move." Nope. Just a turtle. Possible metaphor for Taj and/or Erinn.) Not so subtle last night: The highly amusing Working-On-a-Pole reward challenge. I think Probst, a junior member of the PopWatch writing staff, is at his hosting best when he embellishes the sexual language just for the hell of it. Jump to 2:30 in the clip below for some of his finest narration of the season. "JT, already workin' on his pole...Everybody's now workin' on their pole!...Coach now in on it! Will his pole reach?" It would not. Do you like it when Survivor tries to get cute?
And then there were four. And who better to talk to about Survivor's final four than the all-seeing, all-knowing host Jeff Probst? He stopped by the EW offices for a chat about Coach, Coach, a couple of other people, and Coach. Seriously, how can you stop talking about the late, lamented Mr. Ungoogle-able? I also wrested a major, MAJOR scoop about the finale out of the usually tight-lipped host, and he's a broken man from all my investigative intensity. If you want to see a grown reality host cry, watch on...
Were you as bummed as we were when Kate hopped in the sub with Sawyer and Juliet? Jessica Shaw and I discuss the love triangle and more as we preview the big Lost season finale. And here’s a challenge to all you experts: Think you can identify an episode of Lost after seeing only a second or two? If you can name all the episodes in our special Lost video montage, then you could win free Comic-Con passes, a hotel room, and access to our exclusive Entertainment Weekly Comic-Con party (where people from Lost were hanging out last year!). Check it out and see how you do (nitty gritty contest rules can be found here). Also on tap, we’re previewing the season finales for The Office and Survivor: Tocantins—the former of which has been totally creatively revitalized, the latter of which I still can’t pronounce properly. Plus, I try not to drool when Jennifer Love-Hewitt stops by to tell us what’s on her Must List. So who should it be for Sawyer—Kate or Juliet? Watch the video below and tell us what you think.
Is her math really that bad? Would she have kept her promise to give up immunity to J.T. later in the game? And why was she the only woman that Coach didn't completely despise? Survivor: Tocantins' Debbie answers all of that and more in her visit to Survivor Talk. We even try to trip her up with some easy addition. Well, easy for most. Watch it all go down below.
Okay guys...
No sense in burying the lead. It finally happened. You all got your wish....
Jeff: Debbie, how will tonight’s vote change this game?
