Survivor Philippines – Week 2 – Recap

By On 09/26/2012 · 17 Comments · In Survivor

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Welcome Brandon to the team! He’ll be recapping Survivor Philippines for all of you fans out there. Here’s your discussion post. But watch for Brandon’s recap later!

I want to start off by saying that so far this has been the most entertaining first two episodes of Survivor in recent memory. Malcolm and Jonathan, have already emerged as my personal favorites. This week’s episode opens up with the tribes complaining about the constant downpour and how it has brought down there moods. At Kalabaw Jonathan continues his search for the hidden immunity idol after find a clue last week, eventually he finds it when the tribe relocates to a nearby cave. Meanwhile RC and Abi-Maria find the clue for their camp and form an alliance, only to have Abi-Maria suspect RC is going behind her back almost immediately after the alliance formation. Back at Matsing Malcolm and and Angie have been cuddling at night and the rest of the tribe is suspicious and worried about about a romance.

This week’s award challenge is another puzzle, each tribe must pull a box containing puzzle pieces (two members at a time), to their respective table, once all three boxes of puzzle pieces are obtained, they may work on the puzzle. Deja Vu! Kalabaw and Tandang finish first and second place and Matsing is headed to tribal council again, and Russell is furious.

Back at the Matsing camp Roxanne and Angie arise as targets for tonight’s tribal council. Roxanne goes around stressing how dangerous a couple is and warning people that Angie and Malcolm’s potential alliance could be the downfall of everyone. Malcolm and Angie have already suspected that Roxanne is rallying for Angie’s vote, however the tribe as a whole is undecided.

At tribal council Jeff asks Roxanne and Angie each what they each would like to change about their tribe. Roxanne ignorantly answers that she would like the tribes to be less work-oriented (hello! this is Survivor,that is an integral part!). Jeff asks Angie the same question and she answers “Cookies!” Jeff is shocked at her silly answer, and the rest of the tribe looks the same. Before the vote Roxanne and Angie get into a heated argument about who should be going home, with Roxanne seeing confident that tribe will be backing her. That confidence goes to waste because Roxanne is the second person voted out of Survivor and Matsing is now down to four members.

 
  • bannanafish

    Does this mean the other teams will have to have 2 members sit out the challenges next week? Angie would have been the right one to send home but Roxanne sure was annoying. Even Russell voted for her.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=195101108 Stefan Wind

    I’m liking Malcolm, Denise, and Russell so far. I also hope Blair (Lisa) stays around a little longer.
    Jeff millionaire Kent needs to go. He seems nice enough, but I rather someone else get a chance at the money. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Mitchell/515077335 Eric Mitchell

     Yes they will need to sit out two people and unless the rule has changed people cannot sit out back to back challenges.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Mitchell/515077335 Eric Mitchell

     Cuddling seems so innocent but in Survivor it can be deadly. I think Malcolm is smart enough to keep it simply that and make sure Denise knows that but I don’t blame Roxy for pointing it out. A strong two person alliance can take you to the end (ie Boston Rob and Amber) but Roxy did it in such a negative and annoying way.

    Also “Cookies” is the greatest answer ever. Jeff was speechless for a few seconds after that which doesn’t happen often and watching Malcolm try to defend the answer was equally great.

  • http://twitter.com/ClaudeDee Claude Dee

    “If you could change one thing about this tribe?” … “That we could have… COOKIES.” – WIN!!!! I LOVE ANGIE ALREADY. LOL 

  • http://twitter.com/BrandonIsOnTwtr Brandon Mitchell?

    Is it just because he is already a millionaire? or do you not like his personality?

  • http://twitter.com/BrandonIsOnTwtr Brandon Mitchell?

    Im liking Malcolm, Denise, Jonathan and Skupin thus far. Malcolm because he is extremely likeable, knows what’s going on around him, and could be a physical threat.  Denise because she is equally conscious of gameplay and is also very nice.  Jonathan becaus he is one of my all-time favorites, he is a strategic mastermind and would have probably won Micronesia had he not gotten a knee infection. Skupin because I like to root for the older guy, he also seems to know how survivor works now, and goes along with the popular vote which is very smart in early gameplay.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=195101108 Stefan Wind

    When he was playing baseball he used to do really well against my Mets lol.

    Seriously though, I don’t think a multi-millionaire should be competing against others for the money. If he wants a challenge, then he should go to Toysrus or Walmart. They have plenty of board games he can play at home lol. 

  • chillj

    That was a very good show; thanks CBS for the alternative to Simon, it was fun.

  • http://twitter.com/toastyred Sara Traynor

    Solid 2nd week.  I like that most people have a personality.  Roxy was the right choice and I’d say that it was more based on her laziness around camp more than anything else.

  • http://twitter.com/Miztig Miz

    It was a really enjoyable episode. I was glad to see Roxy go home. I’m not a fan of Angie though. Wonder how soon they’ll merge tribes.

    I feel sorry for Lisa and am rooting for her. I think she needs to open up and befriend one of the women on her team. Just don’t know who. They all seem to be pretty anti the ‘old woman’.

  • too-cool-for-school

    I think Roxy was the right choice. Even if she was more strategic than Angie is, she was unhappy and didn’t seem to have any alliance or actual plan going forward. Anger wasn’t getting her far and it definitely wouldn’t have had she stuck around.

    She wasn’t on the wrong track though, as Denise and Russell really should try to get Angie out next. Splitting her and Malcolm up is the best option if they want a strong tribe. They might actually win a challenge then!

  • poipugirl

    Love Jeff Kent!  He’s obviously there as a fan of the Survivor game.  He’s a fierce competitor!  I hope he goes far!

  • overthetop1

    I hope Russ stays in the game for a while.

  • Valentin432

    I like the season so far, the 3 tribe format has worked for me, it makes it easier to understand the dynamics in each tribe. 

    As far as gameplay, I have a hard time rooting for people who come back but Skupin is a special case because of what happened to him in Australia and he seems to have a really good strategy so far.

  • Hugh29

    As a lifelong SF Giants fan I’ve got to say that Jeff Kent’s being on the show brought me to watch Survivor for the first time ever.  He was one of the all-time best characters in major league baseball, mostly loved by Giants fans for two reasons:  he hit a lot of home runs for a second baseman, and two, he was the only player or media-type person in the organization that stood up to egomaniacal lunatic Barry Bonds.  (He is a bit of a lunatic himself but has a good sense of humor about it.)  His downside for Giants fans was that he ended his career with the hated rival LA Dodgers, lied about an off-season injury, and had some degree of shadiness about him.  For example, he was born and raised near Los Angeles, but bought a ranch in Texas  (ala Massachusets-born George Bush Sr) and always passes himself of as a psuedo-rancher-Texan.  Overall, I like the guy, even with his millions, I hope he does well.  Pressure should definitely not be an issue for him.

  • Hugh29

    As a lifelong SF Giants fan I’ve got to say that Jeff Kent’s being on the show brought me to watch Survivor for the first time ever.  He was one of the all-time best characters in major league baseball, mostly loved by Giants fans for two reasons:  he hit a lot of home runs for a second baseman, and two, he was the only player or media-type person in the organization that stood up to egomaniacal lunatic Barry Bonds.  (He is a bit of a lunatic himself but has a good sense of humor about it.)  His downside for Giants fans was that he ended his career with the hated rival LA Dodgers, lied about an off-season injury, and had some degree of shadiness about him.  For example, he was born and raised near Los Angeles, but bought a ranch in Texas  (ala Massachusets-born George Bush Sr) and always passes himself of as a psuedo-rancher-Texan.  Overall, I like the guy, even with his millions, I hope he does well.  Pressure should definitely not be an issue for him.