Previously on Survivor...

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Okay, Survivor has started up again, this time they are back to Samoa with Heroes vs. Villains. One team is made up of people who played with integrity, the Heroes, and the schemers, the Villains. Most people weren’t surprised if they were on the Heroes tribe, but some were surprised that they were on the Villains tribe, Coach and Parvati to be specific. However, as a whole, the beginning of the season did not go as might have been expected, the Heroes are losing. Most of the challenges they lost are puzzles, the heroes don’t seem to do very well on puzzles, they do better in physical challenges, yet the Villains often win these challenges too. One thing that seems to drive this is that the Heroes don’t have a “leader” while the Villains do. Rob, or Boston Rob as everyone seems to call him, always takes the lead position when doing the puzzle and shows where every piece should go, the Heroes argue about where they think a piece should go, which cuts down on time. This seems to mean that the Heroes don’t work as well together as the Villains do, which could kill them in later challenges. However, since they work better alone, this could mean that the remaining Heroes could be trouble after the merge. Up to this point, 3 Heroes and 1 Villain have been voted out: Sugar, Randy, Stephanie, and Cirie, in that order, I’m pretty sure. Because the Villains have not been to Tribal Council as often, they have not needed to scheme and have stayed mostly unified. Russell was the only one who went for the hidden immunity idol, while in the Heroes tribe, everyone was searching for it. Now, the Heroes tribe has been going to Tribal Council more, so they are trying to think more about strategy. Because of this, two distinct groups have formed, with one floater, J.T. He personally decided to play more strategically this time and flip between alliances, so you never know where his vote will seem to go. While his voting is erratic, people want to keep him because the two groups are similarly matched, with one dwindling. If the dwindling group could get J.T. on their side, it could change the balance of power, and if the larger group gets J.T. on their side, they could remove the potential threat more easily. This seems to be why they don’t just get rid of J.T. In the end, it seems that the Heroes are playing more like villains. As for the Villains, there haven’t been as many issues, so it’s harder to tell.