“Kid Nation” ep.5
by V.E. on October 18th, 2007
filed under entertainment, recap/review
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Wednesdays @ 8 PM ET on CBS
Previous episode reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4
Fast Stats
Episode title: “Viva La Revolución!”
Awarded the gold star: Greg, blue team
Left town for home: no one
Episode favorite: Anjay, blue team
Days elapsed this episode: 3
Total days elapsed: 16
Remaining residents: 38
The yellow district slacks off (in their jobs as town cooks), as usual. Well, except for Zach, who mentions during an interview that “Taylor’s leadership skills just suck!” So the council reads The Book and learns they should hold council elections. Council elections! My first reaction: “OMFG|YAY! Taylor is sooooooo outta here.” Well, if I was voting, anyway. But unfortunately, I’m just watching.
“It’s time for a very… political… showdown.” The residents had to break apart red, white, and blue piñatas to (hopefully) find a picture of a US president inside and then put them (the pictures) in order of their (the presidents’) years in office. They all finished in the time given them and won the group prize. Yellow came in first, green second (finally!!), red third, and blue was last. The group prize choices were a “political party” of MEAT galore or toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss. The council went with “the dental health” over the burgers, much to the chagrin of the entire town, including two of the council members, although many of the kids who had braces were glad for not having to brush with baking soda anymore.
There were two candidates in each district except green, who collectively decided to keep Laurel as their council member. Red: Mike (current) against Guylan. Blue: Anjay (current) against Olivia. Yellow: Taylor (current) against Zach. As the election campaigns heated up, posters were made—and torn down—feelings were hurt, and people cried. Loooovely. Just like real life. No, seriously, that’s just like real life. One of the blue team members was a real jerk to one of the younger residents and caused her to literally run away crying because he ripped up the poster she’d made for Taylor. Glad HE’s not running. While helping in the kitchen, someone asked Anjay what he thought of Olivia (who was running against him) and if he thought she had a chance to win; he responded, “Please don’t talk about Olivia while I have this in my hand; please.” That’s why he’s my favorite for the episode.
So, the election results are as follows:
Green District – Laurel (ran unopposed)
Blue District – Anjay (7) defeated Olivia (3)
Red District – Guylan (9) defeated Mike (1)
Yellow District – Zach (5) defeated Taylor (4)
The yellow team’s election was especially interesting because it reminded me of my time in F&M’s Greek Council: boys against girls. All Taylor needed to win was the girls’ votes. Thankfully, the results weren’t like the ones I experienced. In any case, it looks like I got my wish (to see Taylor ousted). Also, on a side note… Bonanza City had a 100% voter turn out. (Am I saying that right?? Basically, though, every resident voted. YAY. Good habits begin early.) Unfortunately, I’m really starting to dislike Olivia because all she did the entire episode was bash Anjay… not cool. Oh, and Greg won the gold star, which he’ll be using to attend college. Sweet, so he’s not all bad… not that he was in the first place, but he has been a jerk in the past. Hopefully he doesn’t go back to being one now that he’s got a star.
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