Live Blogging - Kid Nation Style

I know, I know, this is a Grey's Anatomy blog, but, seriously, Kid Nation has a little Meredith in training in Taylor, and all the previews show Taylor crying quite a bit, and a possible ouster of her, so, we have to watch.

I refuse, out of spite, to type in anything about the recap, it is just a way to waste time before the show actually starts, and allows them to get on or two commercials on in place of actual show. I hate that, so, there was a recap, and, it sucked. Other than a whole new town council, made up of the four oldest kids in town.

7:01 pm, we get the episode title, "I Just LIke The Recess Part." No doubt referring to the fact that today, we get the kids in school, because, after all, they are supposed to be at a camp, not filming a television show under New Mexico law.

7:03 pm, The Kids starts killing chickens again, 10 of them, for one big feast. The chicken killing is great, and our girl Taylor is mad that they told her to shut up, even though she has told people to shut up for what seems like at least 100 times this season. The older boys try to get the chickens, the younger girls become human shields, and the COMMERCIALS!

7:08 pm, we are back from commercial, and Sophia, our 14 year old girl, who won a gold star in week 1, and would NEVER win one now, figures out the solution. Let the kids pick which 10 chickens would die. So, Taylor gets to save the brown chickens that she likes, and 10 others go to the slaughterhouse, all The Jungle style. Taylor saves chickens by killing others great.

7:10 pm, the nerdy kids talk about the numbers of pi, and life on mars, pretty much the shit I talk about every day, yeah, I was a nerd.

7:12 pm, the new council goes to find their directions from the producers, i.e. the town journal, and find out they should start a school in Bonanza City, and in a rare smart move, the kids figure out that the showdowns, where they can get prizes for their town, usually have to do with their task, so, they want to use school to get ahead. Of course, some kids, like our girl Taylor, are totally against learning, or doing anything, that could help her town.

7:14 pm, the different teams break off to learn everything, and Sophia, who seems to be gunning for a second gold star, came up with an ingenious way of learning the crap in the books, ACTING it out. Much like these kids are teaching us about ourselves by ACTING it out, oh, wait, it is reality t.v., never mind, no young actors here. Oh, and Taylor, still not doing shit, she is playing with her brown chickens, and the town council tells her they are pulling her reward, and she is to the point of tears.

Now, as an aside, I have concerns about Taylor. She does seem a bit spoiled, and she was on the town council on Day 1, and got voted out, so, I can see her resenting them. But man, she might really break down this week, and I do not think that would be good. Anyway, commercial break, again.

7:19 pm, he kids are all running to the showdown, which, in an amazing twist, has to do with the study materials. Now, in these showdowns, the kids compete to get easy jobs for nickels ( I am not kidding) and if all the districts get it done, with a lot of ammo left, they get a big town reward.

Pop Quiz Results: After the longest, most horrible sling shot use ever, the teams finished in the following order:
Green got upper class
Blue got merchants
Yellow got cooks
Red got laborers

But god, it took forever, and at one point, they actually stopped showing us the questions, because they were so boring, silly, and the kids would just miss and miss and miss.

7:29 pm, the kids poor all their ammo in a jar to see if it fills it up, to get the big reward. They finally got one, and it was a choice, between books for a library, OR a video aracrd with Dance Dance Revolution, Hockey, pool, I mean hell. This is such an easy choice, especially since there are only 8 days left, so, arcade wins out, and the kids will be playing DDR for a LONG time.

7:32 pm, Taylor is told VERY clearly, that she does not get to use the arcade at all, and she threatens to hit people. I really am conflicted about her, she is sort of a brat at times, but I don't think she should have gotten denied arcade priviledges. Then, of course, commercial.

7:36 pm, the kids remind Taylor , again, that she doesn't get to go to the arcade. Meanwhile, Sophia, for some reason, is going to build a library in a tent, rather than actually play in the arcade.

7:39 pm, Red Team revolt! rather than do their jobs, two of them decide to go play in the arcade, and the red team leader looks sort of weak, as he is not getting listened to, at all.

7:41 pm, Zach attempts to get Taylor on his side, for, apparently, a yellow team coup attempt that may happen later. But, Taylor, god bless her, starts doing dishes, a lot of dishes, and works, actually does real work, for hours at a time, and I guess she did it all day, and she got to go to the arcade, escorted by the older boys.

Good news, Taylor learned to work, and the kids go their dishes done, bad news, she may get the gold star, and that would suck.

7:46 pm, Sophia, who is NOT a cook this week, rails on the Yellow team for not cooking breakfast, but instead is gambling on pool in the arcade. Oh we got trouble, right here in Bonanza City, it begins with T that rhymes with P that stands for POOL! Then Commercial!

I have to say, I am not surprised by the kids all living in the arcade. You have 36 8-14 year olds, who, for 32 days, have had nothing to do. Then, they get a FREE arcade, honestly, what did you think was going to happen? They wouldn't play free DDR? Hell, I am 28 years old, and I would LOVE free DDR. Speaking of, I may break out my game cube, and play some tonight.......

7:50 pm, town meeting, without first showing us who is in gold star consideration, so this could be a big shock. The Council decides that they are going to only allow the arcade if all the dishes and work are done first, and they made Sophia the mistress of enforcement. That will be great.

7:52 pm, the $20,000 gold star is up for grabs, and the winner is Hunter, from the red team. I don't really know much about him, so I don't know if this is good or not. Apparently he is a hard worker, so, I guess that is good.

7:55 pm, as we fade to black, we get to see a red team member sneak in, and play DDR one last time before the rules get set into place.

Pretty lame episode, really nothing happened.

SAD.