Sophia vs. Guylan

OK, maybe she shouldn't have said it, but she gave Guylan a genuine apology. These kids have bibles now so they should be all about forgiveness. Also, Guylan went on and on about the other teams not carrying enough rocks, but red really only had like 5-10 pounds more than the other teams (and still under 500, right?) so he was asking for it. Case closed.

Guylan is unsmart

Both halves of this episode had everyone hating on Guylan. The Sophia swearing incident was more dramatic, but I think I liked the first one better. To recap:

Everyone is a free agent and Guylan has a chance to make a beneficial trade. And he chooses Nathan, arguably the weirdest kid in BCity. Guylan's reasoning: Nathan is intelligent and strong.

The red team is PISSED, especially Markelle (later seen wearing a "hi my name is trouble" t-shirt and his signature jaunty cap) and Jared. Jared points out that Nathan sings in his sleep. Not a positive attribute when you are sleeping on the floor of a bunkhouse and have to wake up at 5am for a day of manual labor.

Does Guylan say anything to inspire his team and get them to rally around their new member (like Anjay successfully did for the blue team with Emilie)? NO! Right in front of Nathan, Guylan says, "I know you guys hate him." That was mean, which is why I don't feel bad making fun of a 10 year old on my blog (Guylan deserves it--- sorry anonymous). Ok where was I...oh yes, then Jared menacingly waved around that lollypop pimp cane (see photo) and gave Guylan one piece of advice- "lock your cell door tonight." Amazing.

The other great part of this scene was Mike (who got waaay better in this episode) saying "all he does is haul water.....just stating the facts." Then ALEX got into the mix. "I don't like Guylan. He's totally unsmart." If Alex thinks it, then you KNOW it's the truth.

I didn't pay much attention after this scene because my friend came over and he has NEVER SEEN KID NATION and I kept feeling the need to point out Alex and Jared anytime they appeared in the background. Also, have you guys noticed that it's getting increasingly necessary to rewind to be able to actually hear what these kids are saying. Next week's reward should be a speech therapist.

The red team is dusty

New clues for my ongoing diagnosis of Nathan

- cleaned every jar in the store
- freaked out about changing teams mainly because blue is his favorite color, not red
- allergic to dustmites
- Guylan thinks he is intelligent and strong
- sings in his sleep
- hates change (quote: "I hate change")
- wears shorts when everyone else is in parkas (also- crocs)

(this list is mainly for my benefit. I am really trying to figure this out.)