Kid Nation: Not Even Close To Fair
The winds of change began blowin' through Bonanza City this week on Kid Nation. Upon reading the magical journal left by long gone "settlers", some of the town council leaders felt that switching around some members of their districts would do the town good. Laurel did not want to get rid of anybody from her team though. They've won four stars and they work hard as a team and they win a lot and excuses excuses excuses. What a selfish little girl. I thought the premise of the show was to make a town that would work together to become better than any town run by grownups. Silly me.
When the council announced that there would be a change in the districts, the kids almost came unglued. Fortunately or unfortunately for them, there really wasn't much of a change that would be made. Anjay and Guylan traded Emilie and Nathan between their districts. Zach made the big score though by snatching Blaine from Anjay's team. Can you say Gregplosion? That boy went crazy about losing his best friend Blaine. He really perplexes me sometimes. He can be so nice at one moment and then be freaking crazy the next. Emilie welcomed the chance to be on a team that would appreciate her and she got to work making sure she was pulling her fair share. Nathan, on the other hand, thought his going to the red team was stupid and they didn't accept him much at all. I was glad to see Mike finally welcome him and apologize for his actions towards him earlier.
At the showdown, each team had a mining sled and a pile of rocks to work with. The object of the task was to be the first team to cross the finish line with their sled to win upper class status. To win reward for the town, the teams would have to haul a combined one ton of rocks to the finish line. The catch was that the teams could carry as much or as little of the rocks in the sled as they wanted. So would the teams work for the town or would they work for themselves?
The blue team was out of the starting gate first and while they were maneuvering the obstacle course with their sled and load of rocks, the yellow team began hauling their own load. There really was no competition for first place however. The blue district won it by a mile and became the new upper class. The yellow district (thanks to Blaine) came in second and would be the merchant class. The green team came in third and would be the cooks while the red team brought up the rear and would be the laborers. But how many pounds of rock did the teams haul? Would they have enough for reward?
Needing an average of 500 pounds per team for the whole ton, the teams came up short. The blue team hauled 480 pounds; yellow hauled 460 pounds; green hauled 420 pounds; and the red team needing to have hauled 640 pounds hauled 485 pounds. After finding out that his team hauled the most rocks, Guylan accused the other teams of being more concerned with their status than the good of the town. Sophia didn't take too kindly to that little remark and called him some kind of nasty name that was bleeped and blurred out. Whatever it was, the kids cheered her on while Guylan just wanted to crawl into a hole. The girls on the green team are some pretty pieces of work aren't they?
The nominations for the gold star really only came down to being between Hunter and Blaine. Hunter was a new kid that was introduced this week. He's a religious little fellow that seems to work hard for the town and has been overshadowed by the other green winners (according to Laurel). Blaine, now out of Greg's shadow, has stepped up into a leadership role within his new yellow team and has worked hard to get them all on track.
At the town hall meeting, Blaine voiced to the others that he was happy about the switch while Greg said he was still unhappy about it. Greg went so far as to call out Anjay for what he thought was a poor decision by saying Mallory was more of a man than Anjay was. Ouch. Laurel was called shallow for not changing her green team up and then Anjay and Laurel went at it between themselves. A lot of hard feelings in Bonanza City going on. When the grownup asked if any of the kids wanted to leave, a little blonde girl named Randi raised her hand. She missed her family and animals and left -- much to Taylor's displeasure. See, she had been one of Taylor's little worshipers. Sorry Taylor! You have one less princess in your court.
Finally, it was announced. Blaine gets the gold star. He was all excited and wanted to call his parents but first the grownup asked the kids if any of them approved of the job the council had done so far. Only one kid raised his hand -- Blaine. When he was the only one to raise his hand, I literally laughed out loud. The grownup tells them it's time for another election (woohoo!) and asked who wanted to run for their district's leader position. DK will be running against Guylan; Blaine against Zach; Greg against Anjay; and, in a shocker, Michael will be running against Laurel.
Personally, I'm ready for all new leaders so I hope they all win. I can't wait for the drama in Bonanza City next week!
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Two things were differnt about this episode of KN: First of all, the title of the episode, "Not even close to fair" was unusually NOT a quote from my man Jared. That kid cracks me up. Meanwhile Hunter, a kid who previously had no screen time, was 'introduced' but then did NOT win the gold star... usually new kid = gold star.
Sofia has been my "dog in the race" since the beginning. She works hard and doesn't take crap. That being siad, I would pay a couple hundred bucks to know what she said to Guylan. First of all, as HD said, it merited bleeping AND blurring, not to mention it seemed to be at least three or four words long. What I mean to say is the bleep/blurr was too long to be blocking something short like "asshole."
Also HD, I'm going to call you on something: You mentioned the Sofia bleep thing, but did not recap that she later apologized to Guylan.
I've not been a fan a Laurel since the beginning, probably because nothing grates on my nerves more than a Boston/New England accent. She and the green team need a good smacking, even Sofia.
Best line of the episode: "Anjay, Mallory is more of a man than you!"
New Elections: Good. The prospect of Greg being on the council: Bad.
The ANTM update....
The remaining seven girls go to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. There, they are paired up with student fashion designers, as their muses for a dress. On the runway, the girls must show off their outfits as well as explain their dress. Heather and Lisa both stumble on their performances, and Saleisha is chosen as the challenge winner. The reward for the challenge is a photo shoot for Seventeen magazine, and she chooses Bianca and Lisa to join her in her reward.
For their photo shoot, the girls are dropped off at the desert where they have to portray a model stranded in the middle of nowhere, posing with a burning car. During the photo shoot, Heather's frustration over her poor challenge performances takes its toll, and she produces many bad takes.
At panel, the girls are told that they will be going to Shanghai, China for the remainder of the competition, but there are only six spots available. Most of the girls receive praise for their pictures, but Heather is informed that this was her weakest shoot to date. Ambreal is advised that she needs to work much harder, and Lisa is told that she is fading away from the judges.
In the end, Ambreal and Lisa land in the bottom two, but it is Ambreal who is eliminated since the judges felt Lisa had a more model "vibe".
Heather has been my "dog in the race" since the beginning and I was afraid she had blown it this week. It's worth noting that she has won the Cover Girl of the Week thing now six times in a row, so apparently a lot of fans agree with me.
I think it's hilarious that she is from Valparaiso, Indiana... the home town of Orville Reddenbocker. Aslo, 'Valpo' as it is called is the place you always stop to fill up your gas tank if your driving to the Chicago megalopolis northbound on Interstate 65 as it is the last stop that your not going to eb paying Chicago prices.
You're right EricC! I did forget to mention that Sophia apologized to Guyland later.
I thought it was a lame apology though and it seemed his feelings were really too hurt to truly accept it anyway.
Dang I was hoping you or one of the comments would decifer what she said during the bleeping. The adult was around when she said it(I think).I wonder if he told her to watch her mouth. As a kid I never would have cussed around an adult.
First off, Jared did say "not even close to equality," which was just about the same as not even close to fair. That little guy just cracks me up! Locks himself in the makeshift jail because he's so upset over gaining Nathan. I don't know what the big deal is about Nathan.
Second, I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that Guylan admitted if he had it to do over again he wouldn't have run against Mike. How fast they learn...being a leader isn't all it's cracked up to be. He sure did change his mind quick. What did he say? Something like the perks don't compensate for all the negative. I loved seeing him eat crow and he was SOOOO instrumental in Mike (my favorite) getting ousted in such a humilating way. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way. Me included. It's so easy for us to point and criticize, but put in the same position, it's not so easy to be the WAY BETTER leader you intended to be. This was a good life lesson for him to learn.
Oh yeah...and the journal chaps my hide. I know it's there to create drama, but dang, some of the kids just take it too far.
I don't think that Blaine should qualify for the elections since he said the council did a good job. Of course, that was highly influenced by the council's decision to move him, which set him up for a gold star, which was also chosen by the council.
I think it's interesting that the green team thought they should have welcomed a new player to their team. Did they not consider that she might have had to trade one of them to get someone new? I doubt any of them would have volunteered!
It's interesting to see how the teams are even more lopsided than they were before!