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17. Survivor:Thailand

"They were like lost sheep, longing for their master(s)"

I know, I know. How could I possibly like this season? Its dull, filled with unlikable cretins who are more uncomfortable to watch then to talk about? Is Survivor:Thailand is slow, where nothing interesting or entertaining happened? No, it isn't. At least to me its not. Not only do I find it underrated, but I find it supremely entertaining and watchable in its own right. Granted, it is a very predicable season, and many people see Survivors only merit as a group event where people speculate who wins, but I don't see it that way. I watch Survivor episodes over and over again because I find them entertaining and someties informative. Survivor:Thailand to me was very entertaining, the very definition of a solid season of Survivor.
Whos that man in the picture? Survivor Sucks' regular golden calf, Brian Heidik. Aside from Jonathan Christ(who,lets be honest, is just a pretender to the throne), the Lord and Master Brian Heidik is the narcissistic and cruel(he shot a puppy!) hero of the entire forum. Hes a porn star, hes a used ar salesman, he seems to be well to do, hes an icon around here. While I debate myself constantly over whether he truly is one of the best players ever(if not THE best), he left an impression on us. I thoroughly enjoyed him walking all over everyone in Thailand, a "good game" doesn't matter to me as much as whether I enjoyed it, and I did, very much so. Actually, aside from that awful puppy incident and him being drunk while his infant son needed him a few days before the finale were bad, we know nothing about him. He may very well be an affable guy, but his "Mr. Freeze" was one hell of a character. Pithy quips, good commentary, delicious arrogance and a touch of menace make him rememorable.
What about the rest of the cast? I LOVED them! I think it's interesting how a lot of the rationalization around Thailand hate comes from peoples prejudges. Before I started reading Sucks regulary, not for one second did I ever find Clay to be a racist, sexist or asshole. He was a funny, funny character,who I'm suprised isn't as popular as he should be, and he had a top notch goat stratagy(*Clay said Brian told him to "take it easy" on the work load, so he was never lazy on purpose, and his arguments with Jake are irrelevent since Jake was probably going to vote for Brian anyway. Not to mention he was thrown a curveball by Helen telling Ted that he was a racist). The Chuay Ghan tribe in general is one of my favorite tribes. If you notice, unlike many tribes, they actually enjoy each others company and laugh and sing and party together, instead of different factions. I like that, I was smiling many times throughout the episodes because you could see these people were actually having fun when they busy out toughing it out. All this nonsense about Thailand being depressing is refuted by just that, or am I hallucinating? You can see Jeff smiling at the castaways and enjoyg himself as well, which is puzzling since it's supposed to be one of his least favorite seasons too.
I also liked everyone on Sook Jai, maybe sans Penny and Erin when it comes to personality. Again, I didn't pick up on the whole "Shii Ann is being mistreated" thing. She was disliked, there was no evidence of xenophobia at all. I played in an online game as Bobby Mason where I was practically hated by the whole cast, but I always knew it was my fault. No, Shii Ann was just disliked, whether or not it was fair is also irrelevent. That, as well as there disenfranchisment of Jed and Stephenie, its a game, and someone must be scapegoated. Other then the unpleasentries, Sook Jai was a lovable group of morons, save Jake, who had just as much bad luck as one can have in the game. Robb is a great choice to have on, and his "rebirth" of sorts was genuinly touching. Ken seems like an asshole, but I like him, and I liked the rest of the tribe as well. All in all, this was a great season. Now treat yourself after my longwinded diatribe to a viewing of "The Virgins of Sherwood Forrest".