PARANOIA STRIKES DEEP; INTO YOUR HEART IT WILL CREEP: Tonight's Survivor did not go according to plan, which made it a curious decision to be the two-episodes-crammed-into-one week episode (made obvious by Probst's odd voiceover during the first immunity challenge) when there was so much gamesmanship going on.
The main thing I'll note about this show is how completely they've abandoned any narrative dealing with deprivation, conditions and, um, survival. All that "strangers building a new civilization" mumbo-jumbo from the first seasons? Gone. It's all about the game, and how you play it; all about control, and if you can take it.
