Conversations
There you go, the entire exchange word-for-word. I’ve decided to wait until the whole drama unfolds to comment. But for now, I found this written by Arthur Tiersky which explains much better than I what I was thinking…
“Yes, Ted’s excuse sounded pretty lame, but I remain unconvinced that he had a conscious intention, knowing that he was on a national TV show and has a wife and newborn back home, to actually “get something going” with Ghandia.
“Whatever he DID do, whether or not there was biting, nibbling, poking, sneezing, Bible- thumping, Probsting, or any combination thereof, his apology, from where I was sitting certainly seemed sincere and heartfelt, and however disingenuous Ghandia thought his excuse was, it doesn’t BEGIN to approach the disingenuousness of Ghandia hugging him and remarking “You’re a good man, Ted,” only to turn around and berate him to the rest of the tribe, to say nothing of conveniently forgetting to mention his apology.”
After watching this initial exchange between Ghandia and Ted (especially after watching it many times as I transcribed), I got the feeling that it was truly over; that Ghandia accepted Ted’s apology, that Ted was truly sincere, and that Ted would go out of his way to avoid anything like this even coming close to happening in the future.
The mood was quickly changed as we saw Team Church Social stretching and doing calisthenics, getting psyched up for the challenge. I found it humorous, knowing that in the previews we saw Robb towering over the screaming Clay as he grabs him by the neck, to hear Clay say, “We’ve got some ass-kickin’ to do, fellas!”
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