Temptation Island 3: 9/11 Episode - It's All About Me Having Fun

[Bill]

Temptation Island 3: It’s All About Me Having Fun

It’s Bill and LG, back for another week of Temptation Island recapping duties, and we’re beginning to wonder if Fox executives are reading these recaps. We’ve decided to title all of our recaps this season with “It’s All About . . . “ something for the week, and nearly the first quote of the week’s episode is Anthony’s reaction to seeing Stephanie’s videotape at the bonfire, as Anthony declares: “from now on, it’s all about me having fun.” Thanks Anthony, we needed a title this week. We also need readers for our recaps and posters in this forum. I wonder what Fox can do to help us out with that? Maybe they could make this season a little more interesting by tossing in some male sparring and promises of lots of sex and crying. We’ll see if that does the job.

I don’t know about sex and crying LG, but it sure does look like Anthony is close to tears after last week’s bonfire session. Jason is upset too. They both vow to change their attitudes and start enjoying the company of the ladies.

On that front, they are wayyyyyyy behind Man-Ho Michael, who went on his second date. This time with Sandra, as apparently his date with Tanaya was not as good as she thought it was. He chooses Sandra because she is wild, crazy, and they have a good time together. I am sure a good time is what you are looking for Michael. They go for a boat ride.

Michael feels that Sandra is really interested in what he “has to say”. Yeah, that is probably a first for you right? They end up exchanging sexual innuendos over the size of Michael’s sandwich, but something tells me he is more of a poor boy, than a super sub.

Anthony’s second date, and the first person to experience the “all about me” guy, is Ida. He says he chose her because they get along good. They go canopying, which looks really cool. Basically it is riding along zip lines across the top of the tropical forest. Now, about halfway through the producers get their money shot, as Ida and Anthony ride down the line together in what looked like an outtake from Boogie Nights. Anthony goes on to rave about how this is one of the best dates of his life.

Do these folks ever stop and realize that during these dates they could do absolutely nothing unfaithful, but if they do anything remotely friendly, it will be edited into a 5 second clip designed to drive the significant other nuts? Which of course leads the hurt partner to do their own thing to get even, and so on, and so on. It is so fricking obvious to me, yet these people fall for it every time.

Eric takes Amy out for a boat ride as well. He says he has some feelings for Amy, but we don’t really see anything other than two friends having fun. What a waste, but at least Kristin will not waste our time later looking at the tape.

Jason, also turning over a new leaf, has a new date partner, Erryn. They go jet skiing, and seem to have a great time together. Erryn knows that Jason “found out things about his girlfriend he may not like.” And good sport that she is, she is here to help. During lunch, Jason does say that he would want to hear Kara’s side of the story of what was on the tape. But Erryn is convinced he will give in to someone on the island.

Next…

*LG looks at her watch.* This show has been on 20 minutes and we haven’t even see the coupled ladies or tempters yet. *LG stomps foot impatiently*

…Sorry LG, I don’t edit ‘em, I just report ‘em. Besides, my guess is you are really impatient for scenes with Mark.

One last thing on the guys side. A lingerie party. Yup, in yet another life imitates beer commercial moment, Eric and Kaileen organize a lingerie party. Anthony was the impromptu host, and he assures us that he was only “acting” as the host. Yeah…

It is a very revealing party, pun intended. Some revealed more than others, including Sandra, who is jealous of Michael’s new interesting Tiffany. She showed all of her ample assets to the guys, the waiters and staff, oh, and the American public. Thanks Sandra, I bet you will get all kinds of interesting Christmas cards this year.

From here, the partygoers retire to the pool, where Jason reenacts Kara’s watersports fun from a night or two before. Tiffany and Michael continue to get close. Kristin says that Melissa and Kara had better watch out.

They finally pass out, so we can head over to the other side of the island and check in with LG.

Finally, over on the coupled ladies side of the island, we’re going to see their “ladies choice” dates, right? There boyfriends just had dates, so that would be the logical activities for the ladies, but noooooooo, unless the dates were so boring that I completely tuned out all of them, it looks like the ladies are just drinking and hanging out with the tempters instead of going out on dates. The tempters are so bored with the lack of activity on their side of the island they start fighting with each other. Fox darling Jeff is a main instigator, as is Jerome. Lots of yelling, violations of the pool safety rules, and the coupled ladies not impressed. They huddle together and make a Paradise Hotel-style pinkie swear to vote off the “trouble-makers” at their next opportunity. Besides, these guys are idiots, how tempting is that? If you wanted to hang out with idiots, you could have stayed home with your own boyfriends.

The next morning the coupled ladies are still bitching and moaning about the “tons of immaturity” that the tempters, especially Jerome, displayed last night. Kristin commented that they were better behaved at breakfast, but that they still want the “drama-queen guys” to be the first to go.

*LG checks her watch again* It’s been over half an hour, about time for our host Mark Wahlberg to make an appearance. Ah Mark, I’ve been expecting you. And it was well worth the wait. Mark must have been delayed because of an appointment at the tanning booth and teeth whitening salon.

See, I knew that is what all that impatience was about…

Mark is here to tell the ladies that they need to eliminate 2 more single guys. The producers have decided that having the ladies “save” guys that they like may just lead the “saved guys” to try even harder as tempters to keep this status going, and well, that could just lead to ratings, so they resurrect this gimmick from last week and the ladies take turns saving single guys. Here goes:

Kristin saves RJ, whom I’m guessing is one of the Ryans, but otherwise has had no air time.

Kara saves Jeff (even though he was in the middle of the drama). I’m sure Jason would be thrilled to know that. Jeff looks like he’s shaved off some of his goofy facial hair, as I hardly recognized him until they show him trash talking about taking Jason’s girl, as that was unmistakably Jeff behavior.

Stephanie saves Guilio, and I was thinking how YOU doin’, and then she says he watches over her like a big brother, so um, ok then.

Melissa saves Jerome, the high priest of drama from the prior evening, and then she gets dirty looks from the other girls for keeping him around. She says “everyone deserves a second chance.” Ok, but what about the guys who are going to get booted who weren’t assholes. You get a second chance if you’re a jerk, but not if you’re quiet?

Exactly, this show proves yet again that being a nice guy doesn’t work. Women are attracted to jerks; they think they can “fix” them.

Oh, and my deepest apologies for interrupting… wait… forget that, time to be a jerk… I interrupted you, and that is just the way it is, accept it!

Ouch… don’t hit me! Ouch! Put down that heel… Ouch! *runs

Ryan and Jon get the boot – Kristin wanted to keep Ryan in the yellow shirt. Jon the sk8R dude says that he didn’t show “enough testosterone” last night to impress the ladies, apparently. L8R Dudes, and finally, we are down to just one Ryan on the show, and they’ve taken to calling him RJ, so, um RJ, you can go by Ryan now if you want, bud.

Day 7

Back on the guys side, they are talking about who will be evicted. Michael is seeking guidance from Eric on what to do about Sandra, who is in tears over being bypassed for Tiffany. Sandra, the date wasn’t that good. Move on!

Michael, always sensitive, says that he “doesn’t want someone to fall for him.” Hello, Dr Freud? Yes, your patient is ready.

Don’t want someone to fall for you Michael? There is a no brainer. Did you happen to share this with Melissa before you left home? Didn’t think so. I think Sandra ought to go just based on the hideous satellite dish sized sunglasses she is wearing.

Time for the vote, or should we say the save?

Round 1, Michael saves Tiffany, Eric saves party organizer Kaileen, Anthony saves Ashley, and finally Jason not-surprisingly goes with Erryn.

Round 2, same order of picks leads to Melanie, Ida, Maria, and Amy staying.

Sandra looks devastated. Michael, for all his talk, doesn’t have the guts to send her home. He saves her, and the guys final picks are Eve, Krista, and Corie.

That means that Tanaya and Kelli Anne go home. Now Tanaya had been an early favorite of the guys, but they didn’t like her “troublemaker attitude”. We have no idea how that opinion was formed, but they were all unanimous. Kelli Anne we didn’t know much about, but she was described as “crazy” and “nuts”, and really being given that characterization from this group is pretty damning.

The guys look satisfied, but no… there is one more eviction. Quick huddle, and the choice is Corie. Who apparently was coming on too much. Too much? On this show? After you guys had a lingerie party last night? Yeah… we can’t have anyone coming on too much can we?

Thanks Bill, now back at the couple ladies side of the island, the ladies are standing around the pool, talking to each other before heading to bonfire. Kristin likes going to bonfire because she leaves in a good mood and the other three all leave pissed off. That makes her feel just so superior. *dances around like Dana Carvey in a dress*

As the ladies leave for bonfire, Jeff is the perfect psycho, rubbing his hands together, hoping that Kara would see something incriminating about Jason, as then Jeff would be there to pick up the pieces. Mark is a vision in white dress shirt and khakis, by the firelight, videotapes in hand. Stephanie watches video of Anthony on a date with a temptress, and he says “this is like one of the nicest dates I’ve ever been on” but there wasn’t any physical contact (other than their super-man style sliding across a wire). She’s not too concerned, but somewhat miffed that this would rank anywhere in his top 10 dates, let alone the nicest. Later another coupled girl tries to console her by saying “maybe he meant it was the nicest one since he’s been here [on the show]?” Yeah, keep thinking that Stephanie, as it’s all about Anthony having fun now, I think you’re in for a bumpy ride.

Kara decides to watch video of Jason, on a jet ski, with some blonde hanging on his back in the pool (looks like she slid off in an attempt to chicken fight) and sitting next to some blonde (maybe the same one) on a bench eating food. Nothing too shocking for the ladies tonight, but Kara decides to get inappropriately angry with Jason for doing, well, pretty much the same thing she’d done the last time he got to see tapes of her. Kara retreats to the comfort of Jeff’s welcoming arms.

Melissa decides to watch Michael, and I think she’s in for a treat because we all know that Man-ho Michael will have some choice footage, and because Fox inserted a suspense building commercial break right at this point. Michael has girls hanging all over him and he’s tickling some girl’s armpits. Ick. Melissa says “it looks like he is doing more of the tempting than being tempted” the way that he’s got his hands all over the girls, rubbing them, etc. Melissa is ticked off by Michael’s displays of intimacy and is “wondering what he’s thinking”.

Back at Girls’ resort after the bonfire: Melissa was upset that her man is tickling some other girl’s armpits, when he usually just weaves her armpit hair. She gravitates towards Jerome, so maybe Fox is onto something about the “savior” aspect of this year’s elimination strategies. Jeff takes Kara for a walk. Kara says that she’s seeing Jason in a different light and she doesn’t want to be with him. Jeff’s all for that line of thinking, as he follows her into her cabin.

Well, another week under our belts, and no one has died yet, so I guess it has been successful. As by the design, I am wondering if any of the couples will survive this, as not even halfway through, there are signs of shakiness upon us.

Looks like we’re in for a wild one next week. Until then, we wish you a great week. Your comments are welcome, email: lurkinggirl@fansofrealitytv.co m or bill_in_pdx@fansofrealitytv.co m .

[Google]

 

[buttercup]

Thanks for the excellent recap, Bill and LG. This had to have been the most boring episode of Temptation Island ever.

[schmidtenor]

Hey guys, great recap! Thanks for throwing yourselves on the grenade. I'll chip in for the bleach. I don't know why we don't have more posters over here, this is way more interesting than the debacle that PH has slimed into. Couple of quick observations. Naturally we're seeing the same pattern as from the first two TI's. The girls initially blah on about maybe we shouldn't watch the tapes, but of course they can't resist, then they're devastated when they witness their guys being guys. Of course the men are no better. ("That bitch, how dare she touch another man and... hey babe, could you just lick this bit of spilled daquari off my abs? Thanks.") So in just two short episodes we go from super-fidelity to bitter retaliation. Just once I'd like to see a couple come on this show and say, "Honey, let's both just get as much buff young tail as we can, and I'll see you in 2 weeks. Love you, bye!!" But then where's the Fox-induced drama? It does look like Michael is positioning himself to be the biggest ho-pocrit of the bunch. But here's the thing. Unless these people have been sequestered from civilization for the last two years, they SURELY must know that there are cameras and microphones in every nook and cranny on the island. And SURELY they would realize that the editors are going to use anything they can, out of context, to make their mates look bad (except in the case of Michael, who does their job for them). Of course, I suppose it's possible that the whole damn thing is scripted, that the producers decided that Michelle would "save" Jerome, etc, etc. But hey, how far into cynicism do I want to descend? Much more fun to simply accept that these people are genuinely clueless arrested development cases. I don't think there's much doubt on where Michael is headed, but it might be a good time to start taking side bets on when and with whom. Until next week...

Cheers!

[slw52403]

I just wanted to add my 2 cents! Thanks for the re-cap guys. I have to say I COMPLETELY forgot to watch this episode last week! My husband couldn't believe it and didn't bother to remind me I had missed it until the next day...(insert evil, sinister laugh from husband here!)

I don't know...this is one of my absolute favorite guilty pleasures (I can't believe people would do this to themselves) and am sorely disappointed this year. I'm hoping it will pick up in the coming weeks....I waiting for the kicking, screaming, crying, fighting, smooching, etc.!!! I'm also ticked off that Kristin's not watching those tapes! She's got the potential to absolutley lose it, ugh! Let's go already!

[portergirl99]

Hi guys! First post to the TI board ~ I am a regular lurker and sometime poster on the PH boards. I have to say that I like this show. I LOVED the first one, didn’t watch the second one, and am already getting sucked into this one. Not much drama, but so many pretty people to watch – with the exception of Michael. I think it was the recapper Bill_in_PDX who described Michael as the guy “who sounds like he’s been hit in the head with a blunt instrument every time he opens his mouth to talk”

I am sure the drama will pick up in the season. Up until that point Michael is fantastic comic relief from the evil reign of terror on Paradizzle!

[LG.]

welcome everybody and thanks for joining us. This season has had a rather slow start, but I think the couples will be in for a bumpy ride this week. I just wish Kristin would watch the videos, as that makes for a more enjoyable viewing experience.

[palmer62]

Originally Posted by portergirl99

Hi guys! First post to the TI board ~ I am a regular lurker and sometime poster on the PH boards. I have to say that I like this show. I LOVED the first one, didn’t watch the second one, and am already getting sucked into this one. Not much drama, but so many pretty people to watch – with the exception of Michael. I think it was the recapper Bill_in_PDX who described Michael as the guy “who sounds like he’s been hit in the head with a blunt instrument every time he opens his mouth to talk”

I am sure the drama will pick up in the season. Up until that point Michael is fantastic comic relief from the evil reign of terror on Paradizzle!

portergirl99 to the hell that is TI3.Well bill_in_PDX recap was better than the actual show.Wow I know Fox hates that. There pretty ppl on the show,But they seem to lack any kind of personality that is able to draw the viewers in.Maybe it will pickup tonight.I truly hope so or else I might stop watching all together and just wait for the recaps.That way I can do something else with remaining 45+ minutes I saved.

[LG.]

Let's hope that the title to tonight's episode's recap will be "It's All About The Cast Finally Doing Something Interesting"

[Bill]

Originally Posted by palmer62

portergirl99 to the hell that is TI3.Well bill_in_PDX recap was better than the actual show.Wow I know Fox hates that.

Well, I appreciate the nice thought, but really all the funny stuff in the recap comes from LG. So to her.

[LG.]

ah shucks the recaps are a joint effort, and Bill is one of the funniest people I know. Too bad the show's producers didn't try brainstorming a little to spice up temptation island this year.