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Anyway, my props to Beatles for compiling this. A job very well done indeed.

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Don't mention it. I needed something to do during the offseason.

Episodes 70 - 61...


70. Episode 215…The Most Deserving
May 3, 2001

In order to pay their respects to the land they lived on for the past 40 days, the final three created their own idols to give to the land. After spending a few moments reflecting on their time out there, Tina, Keith, and Colby tossed their idols into the river. They then took time to remember the 13 Survivors who didn’t make it this far. That prepped them up for the final three immunity challenge, which tested how much they knew about their past tribemates. Colby won, and chose to pick Tina, the motherly strategist, over Keith, whom Colby would have easily beaten. The jury decided that the sole Survivor would be Tina Wesson, the mother and nurse from Tennessee, who got into the final two with strategy and not physical strength.


69. Episode 203…Trust No One
February 8, 2001

The strongest members of each tribe (Colby for Ogakor and Mike for Kucha) faced off to see who could endure carrying a heavy amount of weight on their back for a longer period of time in the reward challenge. After all the buckets were given to the two, they ended up holding over 400 pounds of water on their shoulders. Mike’s pole broke and the challenge became a timed race to see which tribe could carry more water to the opposing team’s strong member. Ogakor won fishing gear, and after they began catching fish, Keith proved how valuable a chef could be to the tribe when everyone loved his fish. At Kucha, two pairs begin to form: Elisabeth and Rodger, and Alicia and Jeff. Meanwhile, at Ogakor, Jerri and Colby began to flirt; their relationship would end up being one of the season’s best story arcs. Both tribes’ older members (Rodger for Kucha and Maralyn for Ogakor) stumbled in the immunity challenge, but Kucha pulled through. Maralyn was the obvious target at Tribal Council, but Keith felt she was more valuable than Mitchell. In the end, Keith was the only one who felt that way, as everyone else voted Maralyn off.


68. Episode 403…No Pain, No Gain
March 13, 2002

At Rotu, John is stung by a sea urchin. A remedy for this is for a person to urinate on the injury. After Paschal was unable to deliver, Kathy rushed over and gave John some much-needed urine. While constructing a raft for the challenge, Robert sliced his toe on a rock. John was hurt yet again when an eel sliced his finger. And everyone was having a tough time dealing with the no-no bugs. Rotu won immunity yet again, and a Godfather-influenced Boston Rob used fear to convince three other members of his tribe to vote off the strong Hunter.


67. Episode 1004…Sumo at Sea
March 10, 2005

When the tribes had to pick a representative, it became clear to Coby that he, Janu, Caryn, and Willard were in the minority at Koror. Ian was selected for Koror, and James was chosen for Ulong. The representatives got to choose tools the tribe would use for the reward challenge. Koror won, and the Survivor crew came to their camp to build them a shelter. While Angie and Steph did well at the immunity challenge for Ulong, Koror pulled off another win, and Kim was finally voted off.


66. Episode 702…To Quit or Not to Quit
September 25, 2003

In the reward challenge, the Survivors each had to dig up a buried treasure chest on their beach. The first tribe that did won not only part of a map, but they got to raid an item from the other tribe’s camp. Drake won, and Sandra soon came over to Morgan to take their tarp. Later, Shawn had taken Rupert’s spear to go fishing and lost the head. An angry Rupert looked for it in the water, and soon found it. When Drake won immunity, Osten asked his tribe to vote him off. He didn’t get his wish; Ryan S. was the next to go.


65. Episode 1008…Neanderthal Man
April 7, 2005

After losing to Tom in the reward challenge, Bobby Jon became frustrated that Tom was always beating him in the challenges. Later, Bobby Jon began to, in the words of Steph, act like a caveman. Despite Bobby Jon and Steph’s best efforts, they were unable to pull off an immunity win. Instead, they went to Tribal Council, where the two faced off in a fire-starting competition. Steph won, and as Jeff Probst snuffed out Bobby Jon’s torch, he abandoned his signature phrase, saying, “The tribe definitely did not speak tonight. Nonetheless, it’s time for you to go.”


64. Episode 608…Sleeping with the Enemy
April 3, 2003

Matthew creeped out the tribe when he constantly sharpened the machete. Dave won a reward of a relaxing bath, and some dessert. He chose to take Deena along with him, and the two discussed strategy. Rob took notice of Dave sleeping next to Heidi at camp, and he didn’t like it. At Tribal Council, Rob managed to send away former ally Dave in a unanimous vote.


63. Episode 606…More Than Meats the Eye
March 19, 2003

At Tambaqui, Butch enthused Christy by telling her how inspiring she was. Meanwhile, at Jabaru, Rob aligned himself with both Deena and Matt. The immunity challenge forced the contestants to bite into a huge slab of meat; the tribe that bit off the most would win. Tambaqui won, and Rob decided to break apart Alex and Shawna’s bond, and Shawna was voted off.


62. Episode 803…Shark Attack
February 12, 2004

Amber began to realize her attraction for Boston Rob when the tribes had to build a shelter in the reward challenge. At Mogo Mogo, Rich faced off against a shark, and won, but not before the shark took a bite in his arm. When the tribes assembled for the immunity challenge, Jenna M. made a tragic announcement: fearing that her mother was losing her battle with cancer, she needed to leave the game. Eight days after returning home, her mother passed away.


TIE: 60. Episode 709…Shocking! Simply Shocking!
November 13, 2003

Rupert won the reward challenge but gave his reward to Burton, who took Lill with him for breakfast, where the two plotted to get rid of Rupert. A very vulnerable Ryan O. attempted to make alliances at the last minute, but it was no use. He was unanimously voted off.

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I think everyone's going to be happy that the Outback finale finally showed up. It really should have been a lot lower, but at least it didn't get into the top 50. Outback episode 3 is good but not very memorable. I was surprised that Hunter's boot didn't get ranked higher. As for Palau episode 4, I actually think that if it weren't for the immunity challenge (and Coby beating James), it would probably be a lot lower. Pearl Islands episode 2 was great, and should have been ranked a little higher, but this is a pretty fair slot for it. Palau episode 8 I think definitely belongs where it is; it's a good episode but other than the Tribal Council challenge with BJ and Steph, no big events. The two Amazon episodes also belong where they are IMHO. And I agree with tullfan on PI episode 9, it probably should be a little lower on the list.

More episodes posted later tonight.

Here's the last batch of ten...from now on, I'll be posting them five at a time until we get to the top ten.

Episodes 60 - 51...


TIE: 60. Episode 410…Two Peas in a Pod
April 25, 2002

Tammy confronted Zoe about which side she was on. Zoe blatantly told her that she never liked Tammy the entire game. Meanwhile, the reward challenge had the tribe split into four pairs. The always-at-odds Paschal and Sean ended up winning the challenge and embarked on a helicopter journey, horse ride, and Marquesan feast. During this time, Sean and Paschal learned to appreciate each other. Back at camp, a vulnerable Zoe made jewelry for everyone. Tammy won a stilts-walking immunity challenge, and Zoe’s disloyalty to either side cost her the game.


59. Episode 301…Question of Trust
October 11, 2001

After the two tribes (Samburu and Boran) were dropped off, they had to hike to camp, bringing along whatever supplies they felt were essential. Samburu’s snail pace aggravated Frank, who yelled at the tribe to speed up. Meanwhile, the supplies proved to be too heavy for Boran, who decided to dump some of their water to move along faster. By using a telescope lens, Samburu was able to make fire to boil contaminated African water. Boran lost the first challenge when Diane collapsed before the challenge was over. When Diane and Clarence were alone, he opened a can of beans that they shared. Because the tribe didn’t have much food to eat, Tom was angered at this, and berated Clarence for it. When Diane claimed that she didn’t ask Clarence to open the beans, the strong Clarence became a vulnerable first-Tribal Council boot. But instead, Boran decided to vote off the weakest link, Diane.


58. Episode 507…Assumptions
October 31, 2002

The Survivors were instructed to paint themselves five different colors, one for each tribe member. The contestants painted the same color would get to meet and have a conversation. They randomly chose baskets. Clay and Shii Ann went off to Chuay Gahn Beach, while Ken and Helen went to Sook Jai Beach. The four of them decided on which beach the ten remaining players would live at, Chuay Gahn. Assuming the tribes had merged, Shii Ann decided to join Chuay Gahn in voting off Penny. When they went off to the immunity challenge, Jeff Probst revealed that the tribes had never merged. Sook Jai lost immunity and voted off the disloyal Shii Ann.


57. Episode 212…No Longer Just a Game
April 12, 2001

Colby wins a reward challenge allowing him to hang out with Australian cowboys for a night. When the rest of the tribe returns from the challenge, they’re shocked to find that they’re camp has been destroyed by a flood. At night, Keith and Tina spot the rice can, and save it from the raging waters. Reconstruction of the camp commences, and when Colby returns, he feels guilty over what the rest of the tribe went through. At Tribal Council, Ogakor (with the exception of Colby and Amber, who vote for Rodger) decides to spare the remaining Kucha members, and Amber is voted off.


56. Episode 414…The Sole Survivor
May 19, 2002

With just three days to go, all the Survivors were suffering from the intense physical conditions they’d been put through in the past 36 days. The final four immunity challenge tested the final four’s knowledge of Survivors already voted off. Vecepia won, and right before voting began, Kathy made a deal with Vecepia to force a tie. After the tie was revealed, they had two minutes to come to a decision as to who should leave. When they couldn’t, everyone except Vecepia had to choose rocks from a bag. When he pulled the purple rock, Paschal left the game. At the final three challenge, Kathy fell more than four hours in, and Vecepia struck a deal with Neleh to go to the final two. Neleh agreed, and Kathy was voted off. But before the vote, John (a registered nurse) revealed that Paschal had collapsed before Tribal Council of dehydration. However, he was ok. The next night, Vecepia and Neleh faced the jury. Tammy criticized them and called them hypocrites. But there still had to be a winner. In a 4-3 vote, Vecepia became the sole Survivor.


55. Episode 213…Enough is Enough
April 19, 2001

The Survivors get an opportunity to talk to their loved ones online at the reward challenge, which Tina’s family wins for her. But she’s not the only one to emerge victorious from the challenge: Keith proposes to his girlfriend, and she accepts. Back at camp, Keith and Colby argue over rice rations. Colby won his third immunity challenge, and considered dropping Keith in order to keep around Rodger and Elisabeth, the former members of Kucha who he felt were more deserving than Keith. But Colby stuck with Ogakor, and Rodger was voted off.


54. Episode 307…Will There Be a Feast Tonight?
November 22, 2001

The two tribes merged into Moto Maji, and the ten players competed in a test of endurance for immunity. It came down to Clarence and Teresa. In a game of rock-paper-scissors, Teresa won the first individual immunity challenge. Teresa promised Clarence that she wouldn’t vote for him, while Lex straight up told Clarence that he was going. Teresa’s vote ended up going towards Lex, and Clarence voted the same way. The other eight, however, all decided that Clarence was too much of a threat to continue playing.


53. Episode 202…Suspicion
February 1, 2001

The morning after Kucha voted off Debb, they wake up to find that Mike began cooking rice, which upset the tribe since they hadn’t all agreed on it. When the tribes got Tree Mail, Rodger began to panic because he was a very novice swimmer and was afraid of heights. The challenge involved jumping into the rapids, and when it was Rodger’s turn, he inspired his team by making the jump. Despite all his efforts, Kucha still lost the reward challenge. But all was not well at Ogakor either. When Kel was off taking a walk, Jerri told the tribe that she thought he had been eating beef jerky. She, Tina, and Amber searched through his bag, upsetting Maralyn. The immunity challenge made the contestants have a taste of some Australian delicacies (although four lucky players got either a candy bar or an apple slice). Vegetarian Kimmi refused to eat cow brain, setting Kucha back. But Tina was unable to keep down her tripe, and it went into a tiebreaker where one member from each tribe had to consume a worm. Kimmi managed to get it down before Tina, sending Ogakor to Tribal Council, where Kel’s antisocial nature caught up with him, and he was voted off.


52. Episode 106…Udder Revenge
July 5, 2000

Both tribes are getting ready for the upcoming merge, and Pagong disagrees when it comes to post-merge strategy. While most of the tribe wants to stick together, Gretchen feels that the game doesn’t need to be played with alliances. Meanwhile, Gervase upsets the women of the tribe when he compares their intelligence to that of a cow’s. On thin ice as the tribe heads to Tribal Council, Gervase comments that while he made the comment, “Joel lives and breathes it.” The women of Pagong agree and Joel becomes the sixth person voted out of the game.


51. Episode 310…Dinner, Movie, and a Betrayal
December 13, 2001

The tribe is distracted by a massive boil forming on Tom’s neck. Meanwhile, the tribe is required to divide into pairs for a reward challenge. Enemies Frank and Brandon end up being a pair, and win the reward challenge, a night at the movies. That’s when plotting began at camp. Lex hoped to vote off Frank, while Ethan and Tom didn’t trust Brandon. Lex won immunity, but at Tribal Council, he was unable to convince his two allies to vote for Frank, and Brandon was voted off 6-2.

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I would say that except for Marquesas ep. 10 and Outback eps. 12 and 13, the other seven in this group are lower than they should be. Maybe not Africa ep. 10 (which would probably lower if not for Brandon and Frank's "date"), but the rest are a little too low. The Africa premiere was good, and I'm a big fan of the merge episode. And Thailand is done now that the fake merge episode made the countdown. Even though the twist ended up ruining the season, that one episode was very good. The Marquesas finale...honestly, I didn't want to see Vee win either, and the purple rock was a lame way for someone to leave the game, but as an episode, it was very good and should be a lot higher.

Then we get to Borneo episode 6 and Outback episode 2...these are two of the best episodes of the two best seasons IMHO. Neither of them are in my top ten, but they both definitely deserved higher. Especially Outback ep. 2, it was much better than the premiere and yet the premiere has yet to make the countdown. Not only did it have Jerkygate, but both challenges were really entertaining.

More episodes posted tomorrow.