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Survivor: Micronesia - Episode 11 (Ratings Watchdog)

Here are my final ratings for Episode 11.

Dabu Tribe

Alexis: UTRN1

She barely registers as an UTR1, but the negative comes from the gloating with Parvati after the Immunity Challenge, being part of the "Black Widow Brigade," and for having that cauldron-stirring scene - all of which, I felt, reflected negatively on her. That was the overall impression I got even though I admit it is a small impression.

Amanda: CPP3

I think Amanda was definitely complex in this episode. She had insightful confessionals that made observations about the game, her position in it, and not wanting to let Parvati and Cirie think she doesn't trust them. She was also involved in some [strategy] discussions with James, so we definitely got into her head in this episode. I think the positive tone is weak, but I think there was a bit of a sympathetic feeling towards her for losing Ozzy, being betrayed by Parvati, and then being somewhat on the outside of the girl's alliance.

Cirie: MOR2

I'm sure that she's probably going to end up with UTR2, and I know that she only had that one confessional about James' finger, but she was quite involved in the strategic discussions with the women, and I'm pretty sure she was the one to suggest searching in Jason's bag. However, she seemed to escape most of the negativity of the other women, and was not shown outright gloating like Alexis and Parvati were.

Erik: MORP2

I could understand OTTP, but this time, it seemed like he was only MOR. He got the confessional about his birthday, but it wasn't totally one-note, because he recognized his position in the game and the fact that he could be vulnerable on his birthday. I guess I can see how that contributed to him being more of a hero for winning on his birthday, but it didn't seem like the edit emphasized this. I won't argue for it either way.

James: MOR4

I'm really surprised to be giving him a 4 in visibility. He had only one confessional again, and it seems like a 3 would fit better, but I guess he was around with Parvati and Amanda. Still, he is definitely insignificant to this season and the only thing that he did was develop Parvati's story more with her admitting she's taking girls to the Final Three, James revealing that Parvati betrayed Ozzy at Tribal Council, and then voting against her.

Jason: MOR4

I give him the same rating as James, although I'm tempted to add a positive tone for feeling sympathy towards him that all the girls were out to get him. He shouldn't be N just for his stupidity, but I don't think there was enough tone for him to get M either. He definitely wasn't OTT though, so I guess MOR it is. Not the greatest boot episode for him - most of his visibility was on Exile Island.

Natalie: OTTNN5

Okay, I've really thought about this one in terms of whether she should be CP or OTT, and I've decided on OTT. She did show some self-awareness by admitting that she was coming across as a ruthless, stone-cold bitch, but look at every confessional: she basically talked about screwing over Jason and blindsiding him with absolutely no remorse, and she didn't just state it matter-of-factly. She had to add in all the other things like "floss my teeth with his jugular," and those kind of lines. I think she was very one-note in the episode and I really don't see the complexity. As for her tone, there was only one minor positive thing in the entire episode, which was that she said the girls wanted Erik to have a good birthday. Still, I think her negative tone was WAY more severe than any of the women, and I'm supporting a double negative in this case. (For the record, I did NOT think that Stacy should have been OTTNN in Fiji Ep. 5)

Parvati: CPN3

Same old rating for Parvati. I originally thought she was just MORN, but after watching the episode again, the complexity was there. Another thing I pointed out during the episode was that the recap gave Parvati all the credit for blindsiding Ozzy and ignored Cirie, even though in the episode we saw Cirie mostly organizing it. That is very telling. The editors are obviously trying to inflate Parvati's strategic game, and even though it could be because Parvati takes the fall for it and Cirie wins (1% chance), I think it's far more likely that it's because Parvati wins (99% chance). We shall see.

POSSIBLE WINNERS:

1) Parvati

ELIMINATED BY EDGIC:

Chet, Alexis, Erik, Jason, Kathy, Mary, Mikey, Natalie, Amanda, Ami, James, Jonathan, Yau-Man