Wanda's Words of Wisdom - Survivor: Cook Islands, Finale
(One small disappointment with S-13: No car challenge. But we're glad they secured one for Ozzy to win. So presumably the "car curse" still holds, though it took a different shape this time.)
Going beyond the final four, we'll make a few comments here yet on numbers five, six, and seven.
Five: Adam. Sorry, but I did not see in him whatever it was that Candace saw. I saw a lazy, sometimes-lucky, lip-locker with a great smile, and that was about it. For every challenge he won (which was one, if you were counting), he bombed another (the balance-beam fiasco -- and I admit those boards looked mighty thin and hard to traverse). Adam should have gone out earlier, and Jonathan should have been the last whitey standing.
Six: Parvati Shallow. First, what do one's ancestors have to be like to get the name "Shallow"? Second, the "Parvati" thing. My favorite (shhh... don't tell the others!) nephew Trevor, who is a genius, "wiki-ed" the name a couple weeks ago and wrote me the following: "Parvati: Hindu goddess, wife of Shiva, the god of destruction. Fitting, as her laziness has contributed to the Raro implosion. Characteristics symbolized by the eponymous goddess include fertility, asceticism, and power. Well, one out of three ain't bad." I couldn't say it better, so I'll let it at that.
Seven: Jonathan! A lot of us really loved this man and were so sorry to see him go! In my book, he should have been in the final three. There was so much that was likable about him in spite of his sporadic social bumbling. He had more of a work ethic than all the rest of the "white tribe" put together, and his candor was adorable. His facial expressions were so alive all the time, and especially notable while enjoying the visits of everyone's loved ones or reacting to tribal council comments. Not since Coby of Palau have we had such candid, reactive expressiveness. And yes, those blue eyes! He's a doll!
Other reunion show comments: Sekou's Survivor song was cool. Billy was a jolly-great-sport about all the flak he took, with show after show recapping his misinterpreted love-at-first-sight with Candice. Jessica/Flica is incredible! You couldn't pay most people to walk around for a day with a multi-colored mop-top like that, but she's livin' it and lovin' it, and while she's having fun being alive, she's bringing smiles to everyone around her. Yep, this show had some fantastic characters!
So --- it's a wrap! Was the "Four Races Survivor" a good experiment? Absolutely. The final five included all four of the original race-based tribes. The white tribe had the greatest numbers for the longest time, but in the end, the Caucasians were the first tribe to be completely annihilated. There was no hostility between races. Some folks (Nate, for example), were so completely into playing the game with what they thought was objectively the best strategy for them that their initial tribemates accused them of abandoning the racial alliances they thought should be automatic and everlasting. Everyone seemed to agree that it was the personality, character, and skills of the individual that determined each person's success in the game, and race had little or nothing to do with any given vote. I agree with Jeff Probst. This was one of Survivor's greatest seasons.
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