Break Time Reviews
Extinction Island The show wastes no time in resolving last week’s cliffhanger, as we see Keith arriving at Extinction Island, reuniting with Reem. We again don’t spend a ton of time here, but we do see the two receive a nice little (emphasis on little) surprise in the form of a map to their rice […]
Normally I don’t start at the end, but how can I resist this time? Poor Keith gets voted out after a rough episode and makes his way down to Decision Station (Not a great name, I know. I’ll keep workshopping it). And, well, let’s just say anybody who wasn’t thinking about Chris Traeger was thinking […]
Survivor premiere day got me like I love Survivor (no shock there). But I have to say it. As much as I enjoy everything else about News From The Couch, covering Survivor is my favorite thing I do. The show, and the entire connected community, just has this certain energy about it. It’s hard to explain, but if you’re […]
With a 2+ hour finale – and a reunion show (Which I can tell you now I will not be addressing again after this mention. It was fine, nothing noteworthy except the absence of Alec (duh) and Jeremy (?)) to get through, there’s no point in having a lead in (except for this small one […]
Survivor: David vs. Goliath has been garnering rave reviews from the moment host Jeff Probst welcomed the new castaways onto the beach in Fiji. It started off hot and has not taken one second to slow down. We had Natalie Napalm, Jacketgate, the man of a thousand nicknames in John Hennigan, Christian’s epic six hour immunity […]
Reward Challenge Each castaway was attached to rope. They raced to gather rope before going over and under obstacles. When they though they had enough rope, they threw sand bags to knock over a stack of blocks. It was a pretty standard reward: all-you-can feast at a beach resort. After Davie wins, he picked Nick […]
Post Tribal Nick is understandably upset about Carl being voted out. He feels betrayed by Christian and in his eyes the Mason-Dixon alliance is now finished. And thus begins the weekly discussion of someone wanting to vote out Christian. Could Nick be the one to have the magic touch and finally oust the fan favorite? (No.) […]
Well folks, we had a Survivor-flavored treat this week. That’s right, a double episode, an extra scoop of the crispy (shouts to Phillip Shepherd for that glorious phrase). With two hours, there’s a lot to cover, so let’s get right into it. There ain’t nothing to do but to do it. Hour 1 Post-Tribal This was […]
It’s Thanksgiving and I’m going to mix things up a little bit with this week’s recap. Rather thang going through the episode beat by beat, let’s take a look at what some of the castaways have to be thankful for after this week’s episode. This should keep it somewhat shorter and let everyone get back […]
In the post-Tribal post-mortem, Angelina is trying to smooth things over. She says in a confessional that she didn’t expect Elizabeth to “drag her through the mud” like that, which was an…interesting? reaction. What else would she have expected Elizabeth to do in her situation? Anyway, she starts spinning her web of lies, saying Elizabeth […]
