Survivor: Cook Islands – Survivor Live, Episode 14

Remember in the first season the show, Richard Hatch decided that he wouldn’t provide too many fish, even skipping some days, so that when he did deliver, it would be appreciated more.

Ozzy thinks he missed a few golden opportunities to make a play for someone and gain that extra vote. He again mentions trying harder to convince Adam that Yul was not the puppetmaster in voting Jonathan out.

Dalton asks what Ozzy thought his chances were of winning. Ozzy says, “I thought my chances were pretty good.” He was pretty sure it would be close and might even be a tie, but felt Yul had won the game. He thinks he was better in the all-round game, but Yul was able to pull it out.

Jenna herself always (though not today) says, “It’s a social game,” and my own favorite phrase is, “This show is not about extreme camping.” It’s not about challenges, likeability or integrity either, though all those things can help. What it’s about convincing other people that you ought to be given a ridiculously large amount of money. That’s where Ozzy didn’t make enough inroads.

Brian from New Jersey asks, if there had been a traditional final two and Ozzy had won the extra immunity challenge, whom would he have chosen as his final-two opponent? Also, does he see himself as a victim of the final-three twist? For part one, the response is Sundra or Becky, who I think he would have beaten fairly easily. For the second part, he agrees that he was the victim of the twist, because he lost his chance to win immunity after the hidden idol was out of the game and get Yul booted. Jenna agrees. Ozzy is philosophical in saying that he had to make the best out of his situation.

Ozzy now wonders if he made a mistake sending Adam to Exile Island the last time. He thinks he might have sent one of the girls instead, to keep them separate.

Dalton mentions the luck factor. The biggest factor is not being on the wrong side of the new twists in the game. Jenna still feels it was luck that Yul was able to find the hidden idol.

John in New Jersey asks Ozzy if he’d play the game again. In a heartbeat, YES! He reiterates his thoughts from the reunion show about his post-game depression. While there, it did bug him to see all those great waves and not have his surfboard handy.

The hosts agree that Ozzy will be part of any upcoming All-Stars edition of the game. I think he’ll get to play too, but no one will allow him near the individual phase of the game and he’ll be an early-round boot.

Ozzy also retells the story from the reunion about reading Robinson Crusoe as a kid, building forts in the woods, and pretending to be stranded in the forest.

As the show ends, Jenna is overheated. I think we’re lucky she didn’t have an entire hour with Ozzy. Jenna says, “The problem with the final four is, they’re all too darn nice.”

Jenna doesn’t like the final three twist and likens it to the Outcast twist. She doesn’t care for the two hidden idols we’re promised in the next season. Jenna suggests an expiration date for the idol.

And that’s all the time there is. Jenna dances us out. Tomorrow – Yul!

In Conclusion:

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