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Episode 7 Recaps
« on: Nov 1^st, 2002, 12:58pm »

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'Survivor: Thailand' Turns on Shii Ann
Thu, Oct 31, 2002 11:06 PM PDT

by Brill Bundy
Zap2it, TV News

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - All together now -- when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me.

The remaining 10 "Survivor: Thailand" contestants learned this lesson all too well on Thursday (Oct. 31) night when the show once again threw a monkey wrench into the game they all thought they had mastered.

Things started off with the sorting out following Robb's eviction last week from the Sook Jais. Erin and sudden game player Penny are keeping their eyes on Shii Ann and Ken who have formed an uneasy alliance.

This established, the tribes receive five body paints in tree mail and are instructed to paint themselves. Shii Ann and Ted are the best with her flame-adorned arms and his entire bald head encased in metallic gold.

Jeff brings the 10 together and makes them pair off by color with their counterpart in the opposing tribe. Each couple is given a picnic basket and two are given instructions to visit each other's camp. Clay takes Shii Ann on a tour of Chuay Gahn, while Ken And Helen head back to Sook Jai.

While the New York police officer and the naval instructor keep their conversation cautious, Shii Ann uses her opportunity to unload 19 days worth of pent-up frustration at her tribe on Clay.

Once the larger group is reassembled, Jeff instructs the four ambassadors to decide which camp they are all going to now live on, throwing in that they will be given an extra boat in the deal.

With the problem of easily accessible water taken care of, everyone decides to head back to Chuay Gahn and its luxurious sleep cave. Once there, they name themselves the Chuay Jai ("the first and the last together," according to Jan) and partake of the lovely wine, cheese and fruit spread that is there to welcome them home.

Singing campfire songs the 10 immediately start bonding and plotting. Shii Ann and Ted bond over "cultural differences" while Jan falls down stinking drunk. Brian is quick to follow, but isn't so far gone that he doesn't tell Ted to "look out for NYC" in reference to Ken.

Sensing Shii Ann's unhappiness with the majority of the Sook Jais, the Chuay Gahns tempt her into joining them so it will be a group of six to four. They sweeten the pot by promising to vote Penny off post haste.

Ken warns Shii Ann that if she turns against her former tribe she will be seen as a rat from that point on. She tells Jake that while she's still with him and Ken, she refuses to be with Penny and Erin.

Machinations are cut short by the next Immunity Challenge where Jeff drops a bombshell -- the tribes have not in fact merged, but are still very much two distinct tribes that just happen to be living in the same place.

Before that fully sinks in, he launches into the instructions for the challenge -- an elaborate prison break that the Chuay Gahns win.

To her credit, Shii Ann doesn't try to cozy up her fellow tribe mates, but instead speaks her mind at Tribal Council, calling Penny "manipulative" and vowing loyalty to Ken and Jake.

Needless to say, they vote her off. Shii Ann handles it graciously and takes the blame, admitting that she committed the classic blunder of scheming "too much."

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Shii's Gone

Sook Jai says buh-bye to Shii Ann -- But the most exciting part of the episode was the spectacular non-merge, says Dalton Ross

PACK IT UP
Shii Ann gets the boot from ''Thailand''

First things first. Pretty much any longtime ''Survivor'' fan will tell you that this Thailand edition has been less than stellar. It hasn't been quite as bad as Africa, but it's been close. Too close. The cast has been boring and the challenges -- while new -- have been either confusing or just plain dull. But even so, every once in while, Mark Burnett will come up with something pretty gosh darn wiley.

Promos for this week's episode hinted that there would not be a traditional merge, so when there was, or at least when it SEEMED there was, I was ready to go off on CBS for airing yet another series of misleading ads. But then Jeff Probst informed the castaways (and us dimwitted viewers) that it was NOT in fact a merge, but that the tribes were simply living together, and I gotta tell you -- I LOVE IT!

First off, making the tribes live together while competing against each other is just an excellent concept in itself. How pissed do you think Sook Jai was to see little man Clay gloating after the immunity challenge, and then having to go sleep next to him later that night? The tension over the next couple of weeks should be off the charts. (Okay, maybe this is just wishful thinking on my part, but work with me, people!) Not informing the tribe members for a couple of days that it was not an actual merge was also a master stroke in that it completely once again altered the competitive landscape.

Poor, poor Shii Ann. Homegirl simply got PLAYED. And I gotta tell you, I'm not one of those people who found her to be elitist and annoying, but she deserved to go for her sheer stupidity in even CONSIDERING switching allegiances to the Chuay-Ghan posse. So you don't like Penny -- deal with it! Switch tribes and you ensure that you're the first to go after they get rid of all your former buddies. They were right to vote her Benedict Arnold ass out.

Another nice thing about the non-merge is that it makes every week interesting in that before, once a team gained a 5 to 4 person advantage after the first post-merge immunity challenge, it was pretty much over for the other guys. Now, the members of Sook Jai still actually have a chance of having a winner end up on top. Not like I particularly want that to happen, but it will be nice knowing that it won't simply be one after the other getting picked off in predictable fashion. Seems Mark Burnett still has a few tricks up his sleeve after all. If only the contestants were so clever.

What do you think about the non-merge move?

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Shii Ann gets canned from 'Survivor'
11/01/2002

By ED BARK / The Dallas Morning News

So long Shii Ann, hello big-time Tex factor.

New York-based executive recruiter Shii Ann Huang became Survivor: Thailand's seventh evictee Thursday, ensuring that the five competitors with Texas ties all will play pivotal roles in the game's outcome.

Ousted on a 4-1 vote by her Sook Jai tribe, Shii Ann said she "committed the classic error of plotting and scheming too much." Earlier she had brazenly branded Plano's Penny Ramsey "the most manipulative player on our team." She-devil vs. Shii-devil.

Competitors otherwise were faked out by what seemed to be a merger of the Sook Jai and Chuay Gahn tribes. Not so. In a new twist, the remaining survivors are all living in the same camp while retaining their separate tribal allegiances. And the once pitiful Chuay Gahns now have a 5-4 edge in numbers.

Texas otherwise had a field day. At the very least, the state's quintet is guaranteed membership in the show's seven-member deciding "jury." And odds are overwhelmingly strong that someone with a Texas tie will be in the Final Four. Here's what they've been up to lately:

Jan Gentry (schoolteacher born in Fort Worth, living in Tampa, Fla.) Branded a lovable "lush" by tribemate Brian Heidik, "Granny" fell down and went boom after slugging down wine at a campfire party. But Brian was the one who later ralphed.

Penny Ramsey (pharmaceutical sales representative, Plano) Happily cast a vote against Shii Ann, declaring, "What goes around comes around."

Jake Billingsley (land broker, McKinney) Game's oldest competitor says the fractious Sook Jai tribe must "reorganize our thoughts and go back in with some adaptable ideas."

Clay Jordan (restaurant owner born in Canyon, living in Monroe, La.) The game's resident hillbilly shockingly failed to say anything coarse or colorful.

Erin Collins (majoring in nutrition at University of Texas at Austin) Downgraded herself slightly from "complete shock" to "still in shock" after the fake tribal merger.

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