Sorry for the delay, no-one who reads this blog. My wifi has been down for two days, so I've had to find another computer to use. Ohh man I cannot tell you how luxurious it feels to have a "w" key again. Anyway, Kid Nation was on last night.
If anyone was thinking that maybe the Taylor-drama was over and that her portrayal earlier in the season was the result of the stress of being on the council when she is really more of a sleeping-in party-girl and that she'd behave herself from here on out (e.g. me), YOU (me) WERE (was) SO WRONG. The cold opening shows Taylor playing with her beloved Rhode Island Reds and scorning the fluffy-feather-cheeked chickens. Ugly animals must die, says she, because there is not yet such a thing as "animal makeup" to make them presentable. Taylor adds that she once put (presumably human) makeup on her dog. In another part of town, Sophia and Greg plot to make a big chicken feast. Sophia demands of Greg ten chicken carcasses, and he selects the plump-est of the flock. This sends Taylor and a couple of the other Yellow-District girls (Kelsey, who looks like she would be exhausting to babysit but is actually an amazing artist, and Leila, the possibly-albino Moroccan-American) into a protective tizzy. After a brief shoving match between Greg and the ten-year-old girls, he is permitted to behead the chickens of Taylor's choosing (that is, the feathery uggos).
A commercial break, then we get down to town business. The council convenes (I must admit that I laugh every time I see Greg on council) and are ordered to study some history pamphlets on the "old Bonanza." We get a shot of the Nerd Crew of Bonanza--Anjay, Jared, and Alex--who are all quizzing each other on how many digits of pi they can recite (Alex wins) and extraterrestrial life (Jared says there is, but is wrong, the findings are not yet conclusive ). "Somehow" they all know that these leaflets will have something with the challenge, so they agree to make their constituents study. Blaine knows this will be a challenge given that his district is all nine and ten year-olds who've spent the past month deliriously high on the absence of a structured environment like school or a home with parents. Taylor indeed gives some lip and shirks her duties, so she will not be permitted to take part in the reward. I hope it isn't animal makeup!
The challenge has something to do with easy questions, balloons, slingshots, and lug nuts. That Jonathan guy is there again. Green gets first, then Blue, then Yellow, then Red. Bottom again for Red! Ouch! Though I must say after last week's post that I think DK is doing an excellent job as leader from what the editors and producers have cut together in this episode. The reward is a choice between a library or an awesome-jawsome arcade. Feeling that they deserve a little fun, and probably wanting to needle Taylor, they pick the arcade. Taylor is initially not permitted to use it, but does a bunch of dishes and wheedles her way in.
The next morning Bonanza is deserted. No, Child Services hasn't cleaned the town out (as that huffpo guy might quip), all of the kids are in the arcade. Sophia is miffed and tries to mobilize the council leaders. SHEESH, what is she, a Nazi regime? (I'M KIDDING; look at the tone of this thing, do you think that I wasn't exactly like her at that age?) No one really seems to care that they aren't going to eat or not catch dysentery from the porta-johns.
Town meeting. No one wants to go home, but a coalition of sticks-in-the-mud (Sophia, Hunter, and my boy Nathan) object to the town abandoning their duties to play DDR or poker or whatever. Greg appoints Sophia the Sheriff of Bonanza. Those two are the Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu of Kid Nation (I tried very hard to think of a non-communist non-Clinton power-couple and failed).
The epic three-show arc trying to get us to 1) know who this Hunter kid is and 2) convince us he is worthy of a $20,000 prize pays off when he is named a Gold Star pioneer. Hooray! Here is what I know about Hunter: he is apparently very nice, rather Christian, has a strong work ethic, hates the mess the other kids leave behind (esp. dishes), his dad is out of work, and he has a little brother who sent him a letter. I hereby approve the council's choice!
Next week: the council-fellows are exiled and Sophia is left in charge.
Observations
1. Did Divad die or leave or something? I haven't seen her at all for two weeks!
2. How many Gold Stars has Green won? A million billion? (just kidding, I know how to count and I'm really good at it)
3. I'd like to say that I've realized that Zach might not have been making fun of Randi a few episodes ago, and that it was possible that it was just edited to look that way. He could have just been making stupid faces.
4. I must say that I'm rather surprised by the amount of screen time Nathan gets. Sure, he is my fave and all, but he is also a deeply conservative 11 year-old boychoir enthusiast who doesn't do all that much. We've barely seen anything of some of these other kids. I'm glad to see that he's stuck out.
5. Why is Nathan my favorite? Sure, he and I have totally different politics and he doesn't seem to be particularly well-liked by the rest of the town (except by the genius kids, like Alex), but his winning the Gold Star is my favorite moment from the show. Is there anyone for whom winning would have meant more to? Who knew that kids could stop being shits for two seconds to do that for someone?
6. Two more Gold Stars left! GO ALEX!
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