Wanda's Words of Wisdom - Survivor: Cook Islands, Episode 9
Did you hear the thunder rolling across North America on Thursday night?
Did you hear the thunder rolling across North America on Thursday night, from sea to shining sea? That was the sound of Americans and Candians clapping, stomping their feet, hooting, and grunting that satisfied "YESSSSSSS!" as Aitu took out Raro again in back-to-back challenges. YESSSSSSS!
How can we not love Ozzy, smiling and rather matter-of-factly telling us, "To be the underdog is amazing. I'm totally happy to be the underdog." This guy just quietly works away, feeding his tribe, outswimming the competition, winning challenges, and appearing more appreciative than anyone else. Appreciation: What a great quality! When I was a teenager I heard that what parents most want from their kids is appreciation. Such an important trait! Well, Ozzy knows he's been the outcast Latino underdog since the outset. For several episodes now, he's been the only Survivor left from his original Hispanic tribe, still the only original tribe to be down to just one player. Ozzy has always been given only with grudging respect, somehow, by the rest, and he seems to appreciate every little bit of acceptance and every additional day that he's included.
I liked Oscar from the time I read the bio of this Mexican-born boy who has camped from Panama to San Diego and is skilled at wilderness survival. Perhaps along with his skills and abilities, it's his humble attitude I like most. He knows how to celebrate a win, and he knows his own competence, but he's always totally humble and just glad to be accepted on the fringe and not voted out. Not an ounce of arrogance. I love, love, love this guy. He may be my favorite Survivor ever (although he reminds me of two of my previous favorites, Outback Colby and Amazon Matt. Colby and Matt both placed second. Will that be the hero's jinx for Oz? Juries don't seem to like people who win too many rewards and immunities.) Go far, OZ, and don't let me down! You're the quintessential good-guy Survivor, down-to-earth, modest, and a totally unassuming and lovable champion.
Ozzy's tribemates Yul, Becky, and Sundra are doing their part, too. Challenges cannot be won by one person alone. Although I keep remembering Cao Boi's critique of Becky as "a princess out here," I have to believe that the intelligence and physical strength and competence that she brings to the game, as well as those same characteristics in Yul and Sundra, are the things that consistently keep their tribe on top.
Seeing the four Aitu heroes enjoy the "Warriors' Welcome" provided by the Cook Islanders was wonderful. The singing of the natives was beautiful, and their carrying the Aitu four aloft was a grand and well-deserved honor. We had to love every minute of that. As Oz said, another highlight was seeing our "complex, intellectual guy," Yul, loosen up and dance with the islanders.
TWINGES OF SYMPATHY DEPARTMENT:
Billy: I can imagine our poor-departed Billy, watching at home -- with some good friends, I hope -- as his beloved Candice plays kissy-kissy with Adam. Billy didn't make the jury, and Candice has made it, so these two did not see each other after Billy was voted out at number 19. He went home from his Survivor experience thinking he had a sweet girlfriend. I wonder if he tried to make contact with her after they got home, and how much it hurts for him to watch the show play out.
Jenny: As she said, appropriately, in her exit interview, she got taken out on a totally unexpected twist. If she had known that two people were going to be voted out at one TC, she would have worked hard to secure her place. She was a fighter, but she was caught off-guard by this unprecedented type of double-elim with two from one tribe. I think she might probably was next to go anyway, but I'm sure we all would have liked to see her try to negotiate another three days, to see if she could have succeeded. In a sense, we as viewers got cheated out of a chance to see a chopping-block person in the struggle to save her neck, and that's one of our favorite parts of Survivor. Furthermore, Jenny and Becky and Candice were our only remaining non-Californians in the game. Jenny was from Lake Forest, Illinois. Now Washington, D.C. lawyer Becky and South Carolinian Candice are our last hopes for a non-Californian winner. Californians now outnumber the rest of the world 7:2 in the game.
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