After Michel's lecture a few epi's back, someting to the effect of "how many times do we have to get beaten before we do something", it was a particularly bad act on his part to drop the ball on his security watch. He took the time to get undressed and climb into bed. If he was that tired and didn't feel he could handle the responsibility, he should have woken someone up. However, I can't help wonder if the people controlling this experiment watched him go to bed and set them up for the break-in based on his slacking. In other words, would the house have been broken into had he not gone to bed?
I think Sian's comment that there's a "coup" happening was a little premature and paranoid. Making the leadership recommendation was a logical reaction to what just happened, combined with the previous events. From my perspective, I don't see neither Sally nor Reno aggressively pursuing leadership roles. And Sian making the claim that she "sees work that needs to be done and does it" makes her a good candidate for leadership, isn't quite correct. I think it makes her an ideal worker, perhaps a lieutenant, but not a leader. A leader recognizes work that needs to be done and delegates it to the person with the appropriate abilities. Whether the group sees it or not, Sally and Reno have already been fulfilling the leadership roles by their actions and the group's reactions. I don't think electing a leader would change the fact that everyone would still be involved in the decision-making process. Both Sally and Reno have backgrounds in entrepreneurship and as such realize that no business can run effectively without some sort of central direction. Surviving as a team is much like running a business.
It's about time they caught an alligator. I'm curious to know what it tastes like. Apparently it's "good". Sally says it takes like "really good pork chops". The colonists look rejuvenated.
Afterwards, Reno points out that everyone left the house unattended. He's pushing the idea of having someone accountable, a "presidential" figure. The way Sian worded it is what swayed them - which is ironic considering she seemed to be against the idea initially. Robert suggests taking a vote. Michel suggests writing down two names. They're going to write everyone's name down so that the voters only have to check off a name, thereby providing some anonymity (Becka's suggestion?). This should be interesting. I'm guessing the three biggest candidates will be Sian, Sally, Reno.
The water supply is still lacking.
The motorcyle construction. I wonder why Sally isn't driving and Reno isn't steering, especially since he made the comment about the torque on a 300 lb motorcycle pushing a 100 lb boat trailer and Sally being only 110 lbs.
Cockroaches? Really? Have they come to that already? And pasta art. Why not? As for the oil, I'd probably want to keep it for cooking. Doesn't it have some caloric value? Or would it even be edible at this point.
The fact that Jim's kids left a message for him on the back of the macaroni art tells me that the people behind the experiment expect the colonists to venture out further and that perhaps there are other surprises out there waiting for them. I wonder how long that pasta art has been sitting out there. And if I was one of the colonists, I would be eager to see if there were any messages left out there for me. Why are they not thinking of this?
The leadership voting. Sian believes Sally is too young and listens to Reno too much. I was really surprised that she checked off Michel's name. Sally won. Good choice, I think. Her acceptance speech was a good analogy of how the group needs to get organized and get moving. Reno seemed to be the only one who didn't look pleased at the end of it. It's hard to tell, he always has the same look on his face.
I loved Robert's poem on Hope. I missed that, did he write it or was it something he had memorized?
RAIN!!! "Over 400 damn gallons", says Robert. Most excellent. George seems to think it will last them several weeks. It will if Becka doesn't wash her hair/shower with it every day.
Show over.
I can't help but wonder if these people will go into culture shock when they return home.
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