Episode 10 - The Madness of Jamie

Oh my - what an episode we were treated with last Thursday - the best yet!

Was it great to see Jamie go or what? He was, without a doubt, the looniest, most deranged, vindictive, unkind, dim-witted, malicious, self-obsessed Survivor to ever play the game - bar none! And by the way, I don't think it was the "game" that made him go nuts. More on this topic in a second. But first a few observations from my favorite episode of Guatemala.

Is Dannie cute as a button or what? My wife is reading over my shoulder right now so I can't get too detailed - but what a cutie she is - but NOT as cute as my wife. If Dannie were just a bit more strategic (which she may be off camera), she would be my favorite female Survivor of all time. I am a little concerned that she loves her dogs THAT much. What's up with that?

Cindy - I don't like her game play. Enough said.

So now let's get down to Rafe's performance in Episode 10. The first thing I wonder about is his drive to win immunity challenges. I realize that no one's ever "safe" in this game, but there's something to be said for strategic restraint in some of these challenges. I don't think Rafe's reached the point to where people are starting to eye him as a target (after all, he IS Steph's lap dog), but as he said in the show, he may want to start thinking about his winning percentage.

Secondly, it seemed to me from this episode that Rafe was the sole engineer of Jamie's ouster. Jamie finally gets under Rafe's skin. Rafe decided to vote him out. Rafe went to Lydia to get her support. Rafe & Lydia both bring it up with Queen Bee. Things happen. Could this be a foreshadowing of how future people will be voted out?

Top Dog
Did anyone find it telling that in the conversation about kicking out Jamie, Rafe & Lydia approached Stephanie, who came over and took her place as Queen Bee, and granted them her approval. There is no doubt that Stephanie is ruling the roost. As I have said in the past, Stephanie is on her way out.

True colors
I just got done watching Survivor Live where once again Jamie was in total denial about his insanity, raving paranoia and maliciousness. (By the way, Dalton Ross & Jenna Morasco were scared stiff of Jamie - it was so frustrating to watch them skirt around Jamie's stark raving insanity - how lame!) Jamie is the kind of person that if he were somehow reincarnated in 4th century Rome, he would have given Constantine a run for his money. So was it really the "jungle" that was the cause of Jamie's looniness? No. It is my opinion that Survivor, or any other similar difficult circumstance in life, has the potential to bring out the true colors in people. Jamie didn't all the sudden become an obsessed nut in Guatemala - he was just showing what has already beneath the skin. Am I right here or what?

What's next?
Gary and Danni will rally to Judd against Stephanie. Stephanie is going home next episode.

Rafe's current odds for the win - 60%