The Morning After: Idol Speculation

The Office last night was hilarious, but so very strange. It was nice to see Jim off his guard for the entire episode - around Karen, around Dwight and Michael, around the Finer Things Club (it cracks me up that Toby is in the club, the poor obsessed puppy dog). Jim is usually the smooth operator, and he was forced to spend this whole episode on the defensive. I don't think that he liked it much! It was interesting to watch his unassertive nature bite him in the bum so completely. Last season was all about Pam becoming stronger and finding herself, I think that this season should have Jim making some progress in standing up for himself too (as this episode strongly suggests needs to happen).

Loved when Oscar said something like: Except for the having sex with other guys thing, this club is the gayest thing about me right now.

And Dwight peeing in the can and injuring 'himself' on the sharp edge, and the car swerving all over, I laughed till I cried.

I will catch up on Office tonight. But this season of Survivor has been great. Boo to the people who have abandoned it.

What would have been BETTER - if Jeff P were able to get off his script once in a while - was if he had accepted the - SPOILER ALERT - false immunity idol, read the votes leaving J R to wonder if he was gone and Jaime to gloat about her brilliant play, and THEN tell her it was bogus.

Still it was pretty sweet.

@Jim: Nonetheless, throwing it into the fire was a nice ad lib -- or a nice planned stunt if he was prepared for it.

The non-immunity idol shook things up at tribal council! Ever since they started the hidden idol thing, I've never felt much excitement about it. I don't think it met its potential as a true threat...until last night. And, it was not even real. My heart was tapping in anticipation of the moment when Jamie would hand in her supposed token of protection. D'oh. She did it. She proudly handed it to Jeff. The smirking began and he duly flicked it into the fire-pit. I think I even heard a few out loud chortles. Jamie seemed flustered, to say the least, and tried too hard to just be casual and walk away. The idol finally paid off in a major way. The fact that James still has 2 of them makes for more intriguing use of the things. Honestly, though, I wished it hadn't been wasted on Jamie. I felt nothing for her at all. Not like or, even more fun, dislike. I take it as it came, though and this event lives in "Survivor" legend.