Last week brought with it the Survivor premier.
A night of excitement we get twice each year.
My thoughts and analysis follow with rhyme.
A recap of sorts; Hope you have a good time.
Introduced are three tribes: Brains, Beauty, and Brawn
Right out of the gate they become Jeff Probst's pawns
Each must choose a leader, first impressions alone
then the leaders chose weakest whilst inside they bemoaned.
Brawn Sarah? She chose Trish, slightly older but wise.
She's a tough chick from Boston but wasn't surprised.
Then LJ, who mused that his beauty was inner,
chose Morgan, the hot girl - a flirty soon-winner?
Brain David, with suit coat, his choice quickly came.
Garrett could be dangerous late in this game.
His choice, it left Probst with a much puzzled look
To choose strength and not weakness, and little time took.
Probst then told the fate of these weaklings, three.
Sent ahead; one decision to make for their teams.
The three were relieved to still be in the game
but a decision for all, that could lead to disdain.
Garrett was the first to read his choice to you
Twice the rice for his team or a lone idol clue.
To him the decision was quite the no-Brainer.
An idol for him could only help him later.
Trish was more pensive - help team or help self?
In the end she picked rice showing trust, and for health.
Morgan was more sneaky, like LJ suspected
She searched for the idol in case she's rejected.
Garrett followed the map to his tribe's waterfall
and attached to a rock was his coveted haul.
Morgan went searching near rocks by the beach
but tribe arrived fast before idol was reached.
The Brawn tribe was thankful - good will it bought her
Garrett dodged the question and spoke of the water.
Morgan came up with a devious ruse
Claimed she gave up comfort for tools they could use.
At Brawn tribe Sarah suspects Tony's a cop
but he denies all, fearing strategists get popped.
Tony says that if he'd been chosen the weakest
He'd have searched for the idol, not settled for meekness.
Brainiac J'Tia leads construction of shelter
sits and gives directions, but it seems helter-skelter.
Tasha sits, shelter collapses from construction shoddy
making J'Tia's early Survivor worth spotty.
Next began the first challenge for Immunity
objects hit, chains snagged, brain tribe fell back quickly
disassemble your cart, it and trunks passed through rails
trunks opened, fell pieces of puzzle. Brain fails!
The puzzle part came down to Brawn vs. Beauty
First team wins reward, both win immunity.
Brawns Sarah and Lindsey solved well this 3rd day
but lost to Alexis and and leader LJ.
At Brain camp: discussons - Garrett, David, or J'Tia
The tribe must decide to whom they will say "see ya".
Kass says straight to J'Tia that she's leaning towards her
But then Garrett and Tasha indicate they're not sure.
Garrett decides David, claiming that would be best,
but Spencer's fear of an idol provides him unrest.
Tribal council had lightning and thunder and rain
and discussions of who in the tribe was a pain.
In the end it was David sent packing along.
His mid-game strategy made him seem too strong.
Episode 1 is over, now what do we do?
Thanks to CBS, we start episode 2.
Garrett dislikes manual labor and starving.
Thought it'd be an adventure with only the good things?
He and Spencer tried to recruit Kass to their side
realizing she was a swing vote after last night's blindside.
On Brawn, Woo, Trish and Lindsey bonded with Cliff
an ex-NBA all-star who flipped their outriggered skiff.
Beauties Jeremiah, Brice and Morgan form bonds.
Start targeting Jefra, is it just cuz she's blond?
Brawns Lindsey and Trish get in a verbal tussle
over work life at camp, although both seem to hustle.
To launch a stealthly strategic eavesdropping attack,
Tony layers many palm fronds. He's building a spy-shack.
Again for immunity, swim, untie, fetch fish traps
then a puzzle commences, no time for a brain lapse.
Brawn/Beauty sit one each, and America gripes,
as both sit their black man. Darn stereotypes!
Amazingly Brain tribe jumps to quite the lead
A win here's important, it's just what they need.
The Brawn tribe in second, don't want to be duds
but two become injured - begin loosing blood.
J'Tia starts solving the puzzle with much time
Lead quickly erodes. Brawn hits the finish line.
Sarah solves this fish puzzle, and does it with flair.
Leaving Brains to beat Beauty so they could be spared.
J'Tia has 1 piece, but needs to solve all 8.
With Beauty almost back, this drama is great.
LJ starts the puzzle and solves it with ease.
Brains meager 2 pieces - a tough loss indeed.
Reward for the Brawn tribe: spices and fishing supplies
In the basket, an idol clue found by Tony the "spy".
Immediately went off to search in a pond
and found his advantage tied submerged to a log.
Brain tribe, led by Garrett, held an open vote forum
In confessional, Spencer declared him a moron!
J'Tia was told it would be her to go
Tasha's side talk and strategy? Garrett declares, No!
They would sit in the shelter with no game-play speak,
but later Kass and Tasha go wash their feet.
Garrett and Spenccer join them, J'Tia left with ire
How does she react? Dumps the rice in the fire?!
At tribal they tell Jeff J'Tia's a jerk
but Jeff explains that's why, so well, blindsides work.
Garrett talks of alliance, then backtracks to team
his semblance of control quickly losing steam.
Kass betrays this "alliance", Garrett's ousted 3-2
Couldn't work with that numbskull. I can't blame her, can you?
And amazingly, twice being told to her face,
the rice dumper survives removal from this place.
In the show's final moments we just couldn't believe
Garrett, Poker player, kept his ace up his sleeve?
Not quite, as the idol was left back at camp.
As a fan I must give the Brain tribe a "Dumb" stamp.
With that comes the end of this springtime premier
The Brains tribe with heads firmly stuck up their rears.
Will next week go better? They'll certainly try.
I'll be watching on Wednesday, same place and time.
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