Survivor: Tocantins Episode 1 Recap (Live Blog!)

The live blog returns with the new season. Let's get this show on the road.

7:00 First fun fact of the new season: Tocantins is in Brazil. Friend of Blog Cabins WampaOne is also in Brazil. Wampa, please head on over to Tocantins and cover the season of Survivor for us, ok?

7:01: So, uh, how hard would it be to hold a straight face as one of the contestants sitting in the back of that truck while Jeff tries to spit out his "39 DAYS! 16 CONTESTANTS! ONLY ONE SURVIVOR!" spiel? I felt bad for Probst there...

7:04: 110 degrees? Please. Come to Phoenix, babies.

7:08: An interesting but overall unfair twist to the game, as two players (one from each tribe) were seemingly voted out, only to be later told that they instead escaped the long trek to their camps. To the producers' credit, they didn't send these poor victims of old age and illness (respectively) home, but by having them even miss the brutal trek, they will be resented by their tribemates immediately.

7:14: Well, Probst didn't lie in his "ad" to Entertainment Weekly. Less than 15 minutes in, and it seems as though this is indeed a very appealing cast. There's much more to "Granny" than meets the eye, "Coach," while pretentious, is nevertheless interesting, and the down-home kid from Alabama seems much cannier than his voice might have you believe. I'm impressed thus far.

7:22: Ok, I take it back. Granny's a bit...uh...loopy. Maybe there is, in fact, less than meets the eye.

7:24: Coach, is that you?















Or are you perhaps the evil henchman from Road House (Marshall Teague)? (Good photo not found.)

7:32: "What's a pace?" Quote of the year thus far. Granny, thanks for making me look like an ass.

7:36: Is it just me, or is the Hispanic Kristen Bell pregnant? For her sake, I hope she is. Though, to Nick's credit (see comment in previous post), she is a dead ringer for Bell, if Bell had black hair.

7:38: 120 degrees? Please. Come to Phoenix -- er, actually, 120 degrees really, really sucks. Even if you're indoors.

7:46: Joe = Kevin Dillon. Army guy on the other tribe = Denny Green. Sierra kind of equals Blake Lively. "Coach" = Lorenzo Lamas. Sweet - it's the season of celebrity impersonators! More awkward and/or inaccurate comparisons to be made in the coming weeks.

7:47: I've figured it out! After Granny was shown going up to NOT a palm tree when told to go do a palm tree, it's obvious that she just has problems identifying four-letter words that start with the letters "pa." I hope she doesn't have to carry a "pale" "part" while searching for an idol or anything.

7:49: Jeff: "Sandy, are you a little crazy?" The quote of the year lasted less than 20 minutes. Impressive work, Probst.

7:53: Oh, sweet irony! Here we are on the first episode of Survivor: RachelTicotin, and a Hispanic female gets voted out. Rachel would not be pleased.











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