Static Zombie

i agree with everything you said, including that amber looked tarted up, except i'm voting for rupert.

Ditto.

And I think I was right to say that Rob had his best chance against Amber. When I saw Kathy's vote, I thought is was gonna be Rob 4-3. That Shii-Ann warned the others about Amber... and then voted for her makes her almost as much of a dumb-ass as Tom.

And speaking of Tom... I never had an opinion on him either way. But after the reunion show... what a jerk. he really put me off.

Sometimes the reunion show is blase. It's live, and you never really know how good or bad the player's answers will be. But for All Stars, they should have known waaaay in advance that they were gonna need more time. They could have done a 2-hour reunion quite easily.

Actually, what they should have done was lop off 30 minutes from the regular show by getting rid of all that Fallen Comrades and Body Painting crap and added that time to the reunion.

Oh... wait a minute... what's that Comic Book Guy..? Best Tribal Council Ever?

Agreed.

It is obviously much easier to map a strategy for the players from the third person perspective, but I was also disappointed that Jenna voted the way she did. Still, I understand her desire to keep her fate in her own hands.

Jerri definitely got a bum rap this time around. And, once again proved that in front of a crowd the best way to make enemies is to point out the obvious.

Amber looked far better during the end of the episode than during the reunion show. It was partially the make-up, but also the hair. Now, she once again looks like she's our "hometown girl" from Western Pennsylvania. The 'I [heart] Rob' shirt wasn't exactly helping, she should have had a button made instead.

The car give-away was definitely an anti-climax, and the logic of how Amber chose the winner escaped me as well. I always perceived Shii-Ann's statement about Amber winning as one of both prediction and respect. In my mind, after that point she had essentially said that most likely if Amber made it to the final two she would have Shii-Ann's vote.

Finally, I do think Amber deserved the win. Rob dominated the season as a personality, but Amber survived even more severe threats of being ousted, won immunity perhaps when it counted most, and played her strategy nearly to perfection.

On the Jenna vote, statistically you are correct, but don't you think Jenna realized that if she wanted #1 (not just final 2), that her alliance with Rupert was untenable? In Jenna vs. X, the worst landslide against her would be Jenna vs. Rupert.

I thought the car result was amusing because, having seen Shii-Ann, I assumed she voted for Amber in part because she saw a kindred she-devil and in part so she could say "I told you so."

Okay, Rob proposes to Am-buh. She says yes. Great. Rob looks perfectly at peace during the reading of the votes. No matter how it goes, they're going to be a millionaire couple. Right?

And yet...

...Am-buh looks as though she's going to melt under the heat of the anticipation.

Why?

Perhaps Am-buh said yes just in case Rob won. He gets the million. She gets the million. Yippy Skippy!

However, now that Am-buh has the million, any chance that she'll ditch boy Rob and scoot off with the cash? The final, most ultimate all-star Survivor betrayal...

(btw, the Am-buh thing is not mine, but I found it hilarious)

I think the engagement was genuine on both sides. Will the marriage last past 2 years? Who knows.

A more interesting question occurred to me this morning, though. There are basically only 2 rules in Survivor: don't hit anyone, and don't collude to split the money.

By getting engaged to be married, haven't Rob and Amber effectively colluded to split the money? They didn't care which of them won, because it no longer mattered. Without seeing the actual wording of the contracts they sign, there's no way to know whether or not this scenario was even forseen. But it's an interesting question, and one which-- if I were, say, Jenna-- I'd be seriously investigating.

The same thought occurred to me. The rules prohibit the players from conspiring to share the money after they win it (which apparently doesn't pertain to the bonus million this Thursday). Amber said that Rob's proposal on live television took her by surprise, though they had already discussed getting marriage. If the Survivors were not allowed to contact one another between the final tribal council and the reunion, that meant the discussions of marriage had to have taken place while the game was still going on. Is that not conspiracy to share the wealth?

Also troublesome: The idea that Rob and Amber would get engaged after knowing each other for only 39 days. Then again, other Survivors think they make lifelong friendships during that same span of time, so who knows.

I don't think its troubling that Rob and Amber would get engaged after knowing each other for 39 days. Those 39 days were extremely stressful. Rob mentioned that he saw Amber during her best and worst. A normal dating couple wouldn't see each others worst sides in 39 days, but if Rob and Amber could survive (no pun intended) each other during Survivor and still want to marry each other, their marriage could last.

I would think that getting married doesn't legally split the money in any way. I believe that in a marriage both members typically have full claim to shared assets, not 1/2 claim each. The splitting occurs in the event of a divorce. I wonder if the network will put some pressure on them to have Rob sign a prenuptual regarding the disposition of the cash in the event that the marriage does end quickly.

That said, I did happen to see Amber on Letterman last night and she looked both more tastefully decorated and happier with the whole situation. After all ,who here would want to spend there first hour after getting engaged sitting in front of thousands of people, being televised to millions, and arguing over whether or not your fiance was really a creep?

I'm not at all clear about the level of contact between players from the end of the game until the reunion show, can someone fill me in. If they really went for five months without any communication and she shows up with that t-shirt, and he shows up with that ring... Well, that's a lot better than many couples would do while on a five month "break".

Hey! Bravo to Rupert!!!a million times over. I think he is going to make his money go places and do much for needed kids and of course his family. I love his big heart and common sense the way he played the game. He didn't have to stab someone in the back to play a fair game with total honesty and respect. We need more Rupert's in this world!