Last week's Survivor, though full of heated discussion, lacked any real drama. Sure, Phillip went bananas and accused Steve of being a racist. But Rob's lean, mean, Zapatera eliminating machine is still in top form.
In fact, there's nothing much to recap here--Rob wins a puzzle challenge (shocking, isn't it?), and another former Zap--Julie--was sent to Redemption Island (mind blown yet?). I just have to say one thing before not saying it drives me insane: Steve is not a racist!
What bugged me so much about that tribal council, as Jeff was trying to sort through the touchy situation, was that it was being recounted all wrong! Phillip told Jeff that Steve called him crazy after he suggested they combine rice rations. That's not how it happened! Watch the episode over again. Here's what actually happened:
Phillip (bothered by how much rice there is to go around the depleted former Zapatera tribe) suggests they combine rice. Steve says no, a totally justifiable move on multiple accounts that we won't bother getting into here. At no point, however does Steve call Phillip crazy. Not yet at least. Because what happens next is Phillip tells Steve that he had better be prepared to take his rice bucket with him everywhere he went for the rest of his time in the game, or else Phillip was going to steal it from him, and guard the rice, and Steve would have to come begging to Phillip, the rice master, for a portion of rice, and unless Steve planned on taking the rice with him everywhere, this was an absolute certainty. Then Steve called Phillip crazy.
And by the way, that is a fairly crazy thing for him (Phillip) to say. So yes, Steve was okay in calling Phillip--the samurai code wielding, feather wearing, pink bikini brief sporting, lion/gorilla tattoo owning, crispy rice wanting former federal agent (?)--kind of crazy. And no, race had nothing to do with it. So there.
Steve, you and Ralph are in a pickle. But don't worry. No one thinks you're racist. Not anyone in their right mind, anyway.
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