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Ooga Ooga wrote:

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Archibald C wrote:

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I want to second whoever said that Samoa didn't have a bitter jury. None of them like Russell, but I don't think it had anything to do with the fact that he voted them out.

I think some bitter juries are amazing, while others are hard to sit through:

Vanuatu had was the best final tribal period. Eliza's crazy screaming at Twila, Julie crying, Sarge saying he never wanted to see Twila again, Scout saying Chris was up to his ears in bullshit. Great.

Fiji, on the other hand, was painful to sit through. Every jury member yelled for no real reason, with people like Alex and Lisi being particularly horrible.

Thailand had some great bitter jury moments, especially from Helen Glover grilling Brian.

Gabon was hard to sit through, as they ripped apart a 40-something mother of 2 for no real reason other than she was a little annoying.

So I guess it's a real toss up.

The jury was not necessarily bitter at Russel. John was vey bitter at all the other members of his tribe. Remember his poignant speech when he called them all idiots and said their analytical skills were pitifuly short of the skills of the Foa Foa tribe?

The rest of the jury was probably far more bitter at Shambo than they were at Russel. After all, it was Shambo that started the Pagonging rolling. But there is no mistake. The rest of this jury had every right to be angry and bitter at someone. They had a solid 8 to 4 lead but then blew it. The rest of the jury doesn't like Russel. But they are too angry at him to be bitter. They just think he is human slime and want nothing to do with him. After all, he was just acting according to his nature. I wouldn't call this jury bitter at Russel. They despise him because he acted down to the lowest level of his nature. But if they are bitter at anyone, they're probably bitter at some of the other members of their tribe who turned on them - like Shambo and John.

Shambo was probably bitter at everyone because that is just the way she rolls. The one person who lied to her and backstabbed her was Russel. And she seems to love him. So, go figure. That's Shambo for you. What a nut! Shambo can't control most anyone or anything in her life. So to cope, she's just bitter at everyone. I can't figure it out. And I know better than to even try.

But it seems obvious to me that bitter juries make for better TV. I love to see the expression of betrayal on the contestants' faces when they get backstabbed and blindsided. But they try to cover it up and usually do. I want to see the effect that Russel has had on people when he lies, backstabs and blindsides them. But they hide it because they don't want to look stupid.

This jury should be bitter - mostly at themselves. They were responsible for the single biggest Pagonging in the history of the game. And they did it to themselves. John was right. The analytical skills of the Galu tribe were just for shit.