Survivor: Pearl Islands update

Well, I'm a happy girl. Survivor is back on tv and it's gonna be GOOD! Drake actually bought supplies they needed - and stole from the other tribe to increase their bartering capacity (how funny is that!) when Morgan wasn't looking. However, in Survivor history, teams that start strong rarely win in the end. Pagong in S1 won the first few challenges and ended up inventing a new word: Pagonging where one tribe picks off the other in a row at the merge.

S2: Kucha kicked butt early on but Ogakor kicked them after gaining the upper hand at the merge.

S3: Boran lost 4 challenges in a row to come back and have 4 of its members in the Final 4.

S4: Does not follow this pattern but the cocky were shot down in a flame.. and all in that alliance paid for it when they broadcast their boot order. The tribe mix-up may have had something to do with it.

S5: Sook Jai did well early with youth, vigor, and strength but couldn't hold it together and ultimately not one in the final 5.

S6: Again, not quite this pattern. They alternated visits at Tribal Council pretty equally pre-merge.

S7: Drake is more organized and team-oriented. Will a melt-down by Rupert, aka Blackbeard, cause the team to collapse with him? Will golden boys Shawn and Burton have a power struggle?
Will Tribe Morgan pull it together under Andrew's leadership when they get rid of dead weight (Ryan S.)?

Nicole was the boot for breaking two of the Golden Rules: don't plot and scheme too early and don't backstab until you have to. She didn't need to - the rumblings were to boot Lilli. What does Nicole do? Suggest to vote someone that annoys her (and is in with at least 2 other people) out. Memo to future contestants: don't do that. And don't believe them... wear your survival gear under your clothes from now on.. and not short, strapless dresses with no panties.

Till Next Time!