I've been meaning to do a post to let Kerry know about the show Unan1mous. It airs on Wednesday nights, after the Idol results show on Fox. So here it is in a nutshell...

Nine people agree to go down into a bunker (underground), with no contact with the outside world, and have to come to a unanimous decsion for one and only one person of the 9 to win 1.5 million dollars. That's the basic plot. However, as any reality show viewer knows, there's always more to it.

It's weird, these people are being controlled. They are told when to eat, when to sleep, when to vote, etc. Everyone comes from different backgrounds. One is a minister, one is a poker player, another is a truck driver, another is a real estate salesman, etc. They don't have much time to get to know each other before they have to make their first vote. It's all done anonymously. There are these metallic looking balls that open up, and inside is this scrolling wheel with everyone's names on it. Each person has to choose which person he or she thinks should get the money. And you can't vote for yourself.

The first vote was not unanimous. Everyone is told to leave the room where the voting takes place. They go and explain why they think they deserve the money. Everyone starts agreeing that the truck driver is the most deserving of the money. When it's time to vote again, they are all supposed to vote for him. BUT, one person lies, says he will, then changes his vote at the last second. No one wins the money.

The game isn't over though. At this point, three folders are raised up out of the table, each folder has a secret that belongs to one of the players. They don't know who it belongs to. They have to read all three secrets, decide which one is the worst, and that person become an outcast. They are no longer in the running for the money, but they still vote for the others. Boy does the shit start to hit the fan! By this time, the minister says she's had enough of it, she wants out, and if she leaves they are told the money will be cut in half! She leaves anyway. It's now down to750,000 dollars. With her departure, the first outcast is brought back to the group. But they are still not able to unanimously decide who should get the money.

So now the money starts decreasing by one dollar every second...tick, tick, tick...money going down the drain. With people being outcasted, everyone starts turning on each other. They are making alliances, fake alliances, lying, all in the name of somehow trying to make the strong players outcasts and hoping to convince the rest to vote for them. All of this makes another of the players physically ill. She gets a horrendous migraine, is sick to the stomach, she cannot take the conditions down there. She leaves due to her health (which causes no additional decrease of the money), so there is one less person in the mix.

All I can say is this show is very weird! It's unlike anything I have watched before. I don't know if I would watch it if they do another one. But it is interesting to see what lengths people will go to, for 1.5 million dollars. The real estate salesman told everyone he has testicular cancer so they'd feel sorry for him and give him the money. He even went so far as to do a little limping so they'd think he was in pain! Everyone is lying to everyone else, there are no loyalties, the show is down to seven people, three are outcasts, and it's up to the outcasts to pick one of the four others to be another outcast. It's almost like a last man standing game, lol.

Anyway, that's Unan1mous! LOL (click on the word for show info)