The East Coast knows...

January 10, 2002 8:12 PM

The East Coast knows... Survivor Africa is over. You may not have noticed it ever starting... But Kim, Lex, Ethan, or Tom won. I'll let someone else spoil the surprise for those West Coast viewers.
posted by jacobw (11 comments total)

Spoiler space. Do Not Read Further if you don't wanna know...













Ethan beat Kim J. Five to two (Kim P and Brandon being the dissenters)

Best. finale. EVER!
posted by Shapiroa at 8:18 PM on January 10, 2002

shapiroa, you have a very small monitor...
posted by machaus at 8:37 PM on January 10, 2002

Also, you missed two solid hours of The Family Guy - a show that packs more entertainment into the first five minutes than the entire season of Survivor.
posted by hotdoughnutsnow at 8:45 PM on January 10, 2002

So why don't you post a Family Guy on the Front Page and talk about it there?
posted by mischief at 10:34 PM on January 10, 2002

Entirely predictable.

Burnett was petrified that one of the mall rats would win, so he stacked the deck against them pretty early on. In doing that, he simply handed an overwhelming advantage to the core alliance on the other team (ie: Lex/Tom/Ethan/MamaKim). No one should act surprised that they wound up as the final four. Hard to lose when the producer is on your side.

If anything in the show was even *mildly* interesting, it was watching Burnett do editing room gymnastics to make it look like there was suspense when none actually existed. Pretty pathetic.
posted by RavinDave at 10:40 PM on January 10, 2002

I didn't watch any of this season until tonight.

But I'm a "only watch the Super Bowl" kinda guy.

I *really* liked it.
I even liked the dancing with the tribesmen.
posted by halcyon at 12:24 AM on January 11, 2002

So why don't you post a Family Guy on the Front Page and talk about it there?

Because we don't need a front page full of threads about people's who likes what television shows... duh.
posted by hotdoughnutsnow at 6:29 AM on January 11, 2002

Entirely predictable.

Not entirely. Once Kim won the final immunity challenge, I figured she had the $1M in the bag--she seemed more likeable than either Lex or Ethan. But then, I only watched the last two episodes.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 6:39 AM on January 11, 2002

They still doing that show? Sorry, I went and got myself a life.
posted by fleener at 7:19 AM on January 11, 2002

Sorry, I'm in a bad mood today, took it out on an easy target.
posted by fleener at 7:28 AM on January 11, 2002

Did you notice that in all 3 series that the person who won the last immunity challenge (and ultimately got to pick their opponent for the final two) ultimately lost every time.

I have watched all 3 Survivor series fairly religiously, but neither of the last two were nearly as great as the first one. If you're looking for the most compelling reality TV, you should watch The Amazing Race next time it is on.
posted by hitsman at 9:27 AM on January 11, 2002