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Jaime thought she had it all figured out. Jaime Dugan by Monty Brinton/CBS
Episode Recap: I'm Not as dumb as I look..."
Peih-Gee was right. They merged at ten and now it is every person for themselves at the new Hae Da Fung (Black Fighting Wind) tribe. And what an entertiaining episode. I spent most of the hour laughing while anxiously awaiting tribal council, both fearful for James and excited to see if Jaime would make a fool of herself.
TC did not disappoint.It all started back before the merge when James, having hurridely retrieved Zhan Hu's idol left an obvious clue to its existence that later had Jaime rifling through his bag. She and Erik, both secure that they had found the secret idol, entered the merge feeling confident -- well Jaime was confident since she made sure to hang onto what she believed to be her trump card. The teams celebrated their joining at a feast prefaced with Jeff's caution that the game never stops. You'd think one of these yahoos would pay attention to what was happening around them given this rather blatant clue that the Chinese cultural performances would be important later on.
Well, they were. Jeff dropped in at the new tribe unnanounced and seemingly unwelcome since Hae Da Fung barely bothered to acknowledge his arrival. Going with he theme that the game never stops I immediately suspected Frosti of playing everyone when he declared that he had a bad memory and would therefore lose this memory challenge. He then easily won the first individual immunity by answering all the detailed questions correctly. Guess I was right. All of a sudden Frosti is the potential swing vote straddling his alliance of five with Todd, Amanda, Denise, and James and his former ties to Peih-Gee, Jaime and Erik. Even better, after Jaime tipped her hand to him about her idol, Frosti was the only one in the whole game who really knew what was going on. Nice postiion to be in.
For the whole show, I wondered (hoped) if James double-checked his bag to make sure he hasn't been robbed by his devious tribemates. Does she or doesn't she have James' idol? What's going to happen at Tribal? The best case scenario, that's what. You see, ever since the giggle fit, I've not been able to stand Jaime and her disrespecting of James's privacy did not help the matter. I could only hope that she would enact the scenario that Yao-Man had hoped for during his stint in Survivor: Fiji. Sure enough, Jaime stopped Jeff moments before he read the vote and gave him her "idol", which he promptly tossed in the fire. This is why I love Jeff -- he does without compunction what we viewers wish we could. Fei Long, who all knew where the true idols lay, erupted into fits of laughter as Jamie edged out Jean-Robert and was sent home.
Speaking of Jean-Robert...Courtney needs to get over her little thing with the poker player. Nobody cares. Yet Courtney insits that she will vote against her nemesis despite what her tribe wants. I'm not sure what game Courtney thinks she's playing but a social one it is not. With each eye roll she further alienates a potential juror but at this rate she'll probably be Juror No. 2. (I look forward to her question at the final tribal.) Who knows? maybe, as Jean-Robert suggested, she'll go far in the game since strength is now targeted in the individual portion of the game.
That's a discussion for another day. Tonight, I'll rest easy knowing that James is safe for now and the evil-doers from Zhan Hu have lost their power.
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Nov 1, 2007 10:33 PM
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what gets me most about that woman jaimie is that she said she obviously made a mistake trusting James when she rifled thu his stuff invading his privacy trust breeds trust she got what she deserved little idiot. I cant stand women who act dumb to get ahead. karma
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Nov 1, 2007 11:05 PM
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Jaime didn't just act dumb to get ahead. She was dumb.
Going through James' bag just irked me no end. I really worried that she had traded her "idol" for one of his.
Great show tonight. I didn't miss a physical challenge. In fact I was relieved not to have one tonight. This is Survivor at its finest. The whole hour was entertaining.
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Nov 1, 2007 11:23 PM
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This was a very entertaining ep. Now this was a great ep unlike the suckfest from 2 weeks ago. So many good lines from so many people. My favorite has to be from Todd when he said, "Deal with it (pause) bitch.". That was hilarious. Courtney was called a bitch by James as well. Very funny.
At least Courtney wised up at tribal council by voting out Jaime. Clever editing by Survivor making you think that she was possibly voting for JR. Courtney did have some good lines as well, but she really doesn't play the game well at all. She is basically laying her cards on the tables constantly by saying she doesn't like JR. That gives PG, Erik and Frosti hope to stick around a little longer.
Wonderful tribal council with Jaime being played. That was very funny. Even though I would have liked to see her last a little while longer for eye candy reasons, she was an idiot. If she was going to look in James bag, why not look to see what he had? She would have then seen that the immunity idol had the writing on the back. I still wonder if there is a rule where you can't steal anything from another person's bag. Even if she did steal one of the idols, I believe James would have known it. Adios Jaime. That only leaves one hot woman left.
James may be only a gravedigger, but he does make smart comments about the game. James and Todd both seem to know how to play the game. It will be interesting to see what their next moves are.
Glad that the immunity challenge was a memory one. Any of the players could win that. I actually don't think Frosti was playing possum. I think he was being truthful about his memory. I can't believe the players didn't heed Jeff's warning. This was also one of the few eps in recent memory where Jeff didn't say, "Come on in guys." Probably only interesting to me.
Next week looks intriguing. I will leave it at that. Not everyone watches the previews. And if anyone was wondering, the vote was 7-3 to get rid of Jaime. Why exactly did Jaime think that James was going to vote with them? Is she insane? After the nonsense of 2 weeks ago, there was no way that James would have voted with PG, Erik and Jaime. Heck, Frosti clearly isn't with his old tribe. Seems like she would be more mad at him. Once again, great ep.
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Nov 1, 2007 11:24 PM
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Time to let go of the going-through-others'-bags hatred, guys. It's a game. We've now seen it at least a few times. With hidden idols in play players will go through bags to learn who has them. What's this privacy BS people keep bringing up? This is Survivor. The players don't have anything in their bags other than a change of clothes. It's just not a big deal, guys. I guarantee if winning a million bucks depends on me going through someone's bag to find out if they have an idol, I'm going to do it. I would be stupid not to.
And if James went through Jaime's bag there would be much less anger directed toward him because he is a fan favorite(like Yau-Man last season, who also went through Sylvia's bag). Some viewers are trashing Jaime for doing it because they already disliked her and they are just looking for other reasons to support their hatred. Unfortunately, that's what people tend to do with people they dislike.
And, no, players are NOT allowed to steal anything... including idols. There is no rule against going through others' bags because it's good for tv. I'm sure the producers love it when players do it.
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Nov 2, 2007 12:05 AM
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I don't agree about not being able to steal anything. Because Rupert clearly stole some stuff in his first season on Survivor. Unless they have changed the rules since then to discourage that. But it would make sense for them to make a rule where you can't steal an immunity idol. I didn't have huge problems with what Jaime did. It was a matter of survival, so she did what she had to do. Still a sneaky thing to do though. She could have used the info to her advantage. She may have confronted James and said she knows that he has those idols and she would tell everyone else about it to keep herself safe. Something along those lines.
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Nov 2, 2007 12:37 AM
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speedy, I had forgotten about Rupert's shoe stealing. But, I am quite sure they can't steal idols.
The problem with confronting James about it is the fact that Todd has pretty much already told everyone about the idols. Other than Erik and Peih-Gee, I think everyone knows James has both of them. Now, if they all want to win they can't allow James to coast to the end with two idols in his bag.
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Nov 2, 2007 1:00 AM
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I've actually only seen this season twice, two weeks ago when they threw the challenge and tonight so i had no feeling about Jaime whatsoever until she said that she was going to keep on acting dumb like Jessica Simpson, then I started to hate her. Women like that make it hard for other women to be taken seriously and I cant like any woman who does stuff like that. and my comment about her going thru James' bag was just to showcase that she was a hypocrite to whine that she couldnt trust James after she had gone thru his stuff.
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Nov 2, 2007 1:44 AM
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James was pretty entertaining tonight but I agree with Speedy... best line of the night, hands down was Todd's "Deal with it, B*tch." LOL!
Even though I didn't like Jaime going through James' bag, why did he leave it out in plain sight anyway? That did set the tone for the entire episode...Does Jaime have the idol or doesn't she? Did she switch the (fake) idol for one of the real ones in James' bag? Did James check to make sure he still had both idols? We were thinking that surely there was no way she'd actually believe that there were 3 immunity idols, since "she's not as dumb as she looks", right? Karma aside, she's actually dumber and when she handed over the fake idol to Jeff, that was the payoff we've all been waiting for since Yau Man planted the fake idol last season. We're still laughing over here.... 
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Nov 2, 2007 1:59 AM
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Best moment of the show for me was when Jaime pulled out her "fake" Immunity Idol. Poor Jean-Robert looked like he was going to faint. He knew that he would have a few votes and he thought that he was a goner. When Jeff threw the worthless piece of wood in the fire, he took the biggest, deepest sigh of relief I've ever seen!
And yes, Jaime, YOU were dummer than you looked!
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Nov 2, 2007 2:47 AM
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Sorry hawkeye, but just because you're on Survivor doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want. There's no reason to rifle through someone's bag. What about when people have reward challenges and are allowed to bring food back? Should people just be allowed to rummage through their stuff and pick what they want? I disagreed with Rupert stealing the shoes as well, but that situation was slightly different. Those shoes were left outside one of those trading shops in the middle of the street. Still wrong, but that's a bit different than being wrapped in clothes and stuffed in a bag.
Jaime was a liar, a cheater, and an idiot. She deserves all the embarrassment that this is going to bring. An immunity idol would have some kind of message letting you know that it is in fact real. Even if James did see them coming, he still would've tucked it away. The best part of tribal council was seeing everyone laugh at her. They sounded like a bunch of hyenas.
Considering the fact that he's a professional poker player, Jean-Robert has very poor social skills. What was the point of bringing Courtney's name up in tribal council? He already knew she hated him, and there was already a chance that she might jump ship. Why continue to anger someone that could very well get you kicked out? I long for the days when people used to keep quiet at tribal, and Jeff would have to poke and prod to get info. Now it seems that everyone just says the first random thought that pops into their head.
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Nov 2, 2007 6:32 AM
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There has to be some rule against the stealing of the immunity idols or else all chaos will break loose on the show. Particularly when the immunity idol this year is that big (so you can't just hide it in your pocket the whole time), the odd of a player' immunity idol being swiped by another is very high (not to mention that that makes bad TV).
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Nov 2, 2007 7:35 AM
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My problem with Jaime was she proclaimed not to be dumb and then she opened her mouth and removed all doube. I was glad also that James told JR to shut his mouth and to vote with the group. For a player on thin ice, you would assume he would already know that.
I agree with the other poster, next week epi looks interesting. I will leave it at that.
I also agree with everyone else. Wondering whether or not she had the real idol.
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Nov 2, 2007 7:40 AM
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Jaime and her fake idol was one of the best Survivor moments ever. Awesome. Why didn't Jeff ask if anyone had it before he read the votes? Usually, once the idol clues start going out, he asks, but not this time? Weird. I'm glad they aren't allowed to steal from someone's stuff. I think when Rupert stole the shoes a few season's ago was different because they were out in the open. I also think it prompted a rule change not allowing contestants to take anything from another contestant. I'm glad because Jaime was made to look foolish. I'm also glad she decided to look into James' bag in the dark so she must not have seen the writing on his while hers was blank. And did CBS go overboard showing Courtney excited about the feast and showing her eating? I hope at some point someone points out how thin she is and she tells us if she ever had an eating disorder or has some medical condition, or is just naturally very thin. I hate people calling her anorexic when nobody knows, and I still doubt CBS would allow someone on Survivor who had that condition, but I would like to know what the story is. I wonder if she was a preemie. I've know 2 preemies and both were girls who were chronically stick thin. I saw this woman named Isabel on one of those entertainment shows (Insider?) and she was deathly anorexic and looked entirely different than Courtney. Courtney is thin yes, but still looks human. Isabel looked like a walking skeleton. But back to Jaime, as Nelson from the Simpsons would say, Ha Ha!
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Nov 2, 2007 8:14 AM
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I may be a minority, but I'm sorry Jaime is gone. My favorite survivors (along with Boston Rob & Colby!) always seem to be the sweet, attractive young women--Elisabeth, Amber, Jenna M., Colleen, Candice--whom I would like to have for a best friend, a sister, or a daughter. Jaime (but NOT Courtney!) falls into that category. Also I was hoping that Jaime & Eric would be the new Rob & Amber or at least the new Jenna M. & Ethan and that a serious relationship would develop. I really don't like Jean Robert at all, and I also dislike Peih Gee. I would have been much happier if one of those two were gone. However, I have heard that Jaime & Eric are still seeing each other, so maybe. . .
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Nov 2, 2007 8:18 AM
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