Random thoughts on the Survivor finale:
-I was glad Ethan won. I was rooting for him from the beginning. But I have to say my favorite was Theresa. I just fell in love with her, and I respected her last-ditch effort to stay by confessing her vote to Lex.
-Kim J. was arguably the weakest competitor in the whole game up to the final episode, staying because of her original Boran alliance. But she impressed me with her final two immunity wins, especially “hands on the idol.”
-Couldn’t believe how everyone was obsessed with how Kim J. was 56. Come on people, that’s not that old.
-I liked Kelly when she was the victim of Lex’s maniacal lust for revenge. But her intense bitchiness while on the jury and that stupid “pick a number” thing (remember Greg?) made me dislike her maybe more than anyone else there.
-This series was certainly not as interesting as what went before it. But Survivor is still more fascinating and entertaining than 90 percent of what’s on the airwaves these days.
-Lindsey looked like she had peeled her face off to reveal another face beneath.
-Apparently, nudity on your audition video drastically increases your chances.
-Bryant Gumbel should be placed on a remote island somewhere with a blood-soaked volleyball and left there. Our world would be a better place.
-Among his many faults, Gumbel gave short shrift to Theresa in the reunion interviews.
It was a fun series. But as my Florida blog colleague Xkot said, it lacked the extremes of either good or evil that we saw and enjoyed in the other two.
I’ll be watching the next one. Definitely.