I don’t know about you, but the 39th season of “Survivor” is getting on my nerves. Yes, it was probably a good time to do a tribe swap if only to shake off castaway complacency — as exhibited by Vince Moua not even thinking about using his short-term idol after his name was written down in a previous tribal council and Chelsea Walker flaunting her budding showmance with Dean Kowalski and getting duly blindsided. As a result, both are long gone now.
But episode 5, titled “Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You,” really got me scowling. Not only did Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine get a holiday off from mentoring. We the viewers were subjected to what basically was a blatant commercial mid-show for Applebee’s instead. I don’t know about you, but if someone told me I would get “the biggest reward of the season” and it...
But episode 5, titled “Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You,” really got me scowling. Not only did Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine get a holiday off from mentoring. We the viewers were subjected to what basically was a blatant commercial mid-show for Applebee’s instead. I don’t know about you, but if someone told me I would get “the biggest reward of the season” and it...
- 10/24/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
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