Russell's snuffing was as predictable as a Predictable Thing so the real action of Monday's Survivor was the emergence of Pete when he flushed out the idol. His sneaky move of annihilating any possibility of trust between RC and Abi was classic and 100% original. My only concern is that it happened to RC McBigNaturals.
I was iffy about her at the start - concerned she's too cocky - which some of you felt too - but now, with time, I'm finding her more confident. I particularly like how confidently she flings her hair back to show off her bikini - there's something about it that's empowered instead of vain:
She isn't a match for Pete or Abi though because she's clearly too trusting and not nearly cynical enough so I see her getting trampled unfortunately. This is my dilemma because I really like her but I'm also very impressed with Pete's hoodwinkery. It was nuts how neither RC nor Abi suspected him - they both trust him so much they haven't even considered it could have been him yet he's the only other person Abi's told about the idol.
Of course one can't give him too much credit too soon because his success could simply be because they're too dense to investigate what happened let alone work out what went on. No matter what happens next it's definitely going to have an impact on Tandang though - specifically when they lose their first challenge and everyone starts getting desperate about who to trussst.
It's made me wonder about whether I'd trust Pete as blindly as Abi does and I've realised that I can't remember what he looks like when I'm not looking at him directly, ha! As for trust... I'd trust him as little as I'd trust every other survivor but I wouldn't suspect that he's capable of such subterfuge.
Catch my Survivor chatterings every Monday after the show.