“Ultimate Survivor” and “Survivor: Cook Islands” Reunion Shows All We Have Left This Season

“Ultimate Survivor” and “Survivor: Cook Islands” Reunion Shows All We Have Left This Season by Roxanne McDonald

It should be exciting but is also disappointing that “Survivor” wraps up the best of the reality TV season.

We made it through “The Amazing Race 10” and said hello and goodbye to this season’s America’s Next Top Model. All we have left this season, this year, really, is the two-part “Survivor: Cook Islands” finale—the declaration of the “Ultimate Survivor” and the reunion show, where, hopefully, we get to see America’s Favorite Survivor, too.

I wasn’t as engaged as I could have been for this season’s “Survivor”, as I usually have to mack onto the most hateful of all players. From Richard Hatch and his nudity to the bikini-clad bitches to Rob Mariano and his

underhanded -ness to that blonde who lied about his grandmother dying, I have been privy to the darkest sides of humanity (as it is, of course, edited for TV).
But this season, “Survivor: Cook Islands just barely did it for me in the evil genius department. Not that many of the predecessors were all that genius, but…. Anyway, Jonathan Penner, thirteenth Survivor voted off the island, just barely came close to being the one we need to hate. He was mutinous, had no integrity, etc., etc..

The remaining survivors are just not all that worth backing—or betting on, if that’s your thing. They seem fairly reserved, save for Adam, whom I respect for being utterly honest, and Ozzy, who is as direct as he is blunt. I just don’t have a need to get all dressed up and celebrative on the final night, peeing in my pants in anticipation over whether my chosen favorite will win so I can cry and scream as if 1) I had something to do with the outcome or 2) I have any benefits coming to me for being related to the winner in some way. I didn’t and I don’t, I’m just a TV reality fiend.

Maybe as Shane of Reality TV says, Adam and Parvati will safely sail into the final three. Maybe Yul is obviously safe now and will make it safely to the final three and then take the final prize.

Then again, maybe under-the-wire flier Ozzy will swoop in and surprise em all.

Maybe a good guy will win this time, without the hullabaloo of heart-wrenching dramatics or terrible trauma or what have you. Maybe, for instance, Yul will win just for being classy, dignified, and as fair as is possible on cutthroat island….

Or maybe I have been spoiled, ruined, wrecked, by the nasties like Will and Boogie winning shows like “Big Brother.”
We will all have just to wait and see how our favorites are treated by the returning evictees, the jury, on Sunday, December 17th, on CBS.

And then, sit in our misery without much else on TV until next season when the new episodes and programs promise to be awesome–again!

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