Pirate Master

The debut of Pirate Master on CBS was last night. First episode was kind of slow but that was expected as they need to introduce you to the game and understand how it's going to work.

On day 1 they sailed near to an island and were divided into 2 teams. Each team was given a map and compass to a treasure. They set out in long boats to begin their search. The winning team discovered a treasure chest that was filled with $40,000 in gold coins. They were then told that they would decide who the captain of the ship would be from their team. They ended up going with Joe Don despite John, the scientist/exotic dancer's protests that he, not JD, did everything and should be captain.

Immediately after the majority vote for Joe Don they were informed that the captain would get half the treasure ($20,000). He was then told to pick two officers and they were informed that the officers would get $5,000 and the remaining pirates would get $2,000 each.

Of course everyone was like "WTF? Half for the captain?" And Joe Don took his captain role to heart and became a complete prick to everyone. He and the officers were also given much better sleeping quarters and upon seeing them he said "Would you look at my bed?" completely rubbing it in before slamming the door so the others couldn't look into his room.

JD was then told to pick 3 pirates to be given the "black spot" and the remaining pirates would vote for one of them to be "cut adrift". Or they could vote to mutiny the captain, but it had to be unanimous for that to happen. As it turns out, John was such a douche bag that everyone voted for him and JD was safe as captain for the time being.

The show has potential, especially now that the introduction is over and we can see more of the interactions between the contestants. I can't wait for Christian "The Nigerian Nightmare" Okoye to body slam the first person to order him to scrub the toilet.

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In other news, today is Retro's last day here at our client. He's going to work on other projects at his contracting firm's office. So, as is tradition, we went out to have a bunch of beer after work. On the way there he told me that 2 or 3 beers was his max and he'd become a lightweight. Of course, once we're there and people are buying him drinks it became a different story. After a couple hours he'd had about 5 Guinness and a shot of Jamison's. I had to drag him out of there or he would have been barfing. He's not looking so good this morning but at least he got off the mat and answered the bell.