Survivor 50 "In the Hands of the Fans" Discussion Thread

[Wendy Pleakley]

Okay, 54 of the first 55 minutes of this episode were skippable...

Ditto to really everything you said.

The episode annoyed me at the start because it's the same old disaster tribe scenario playing out.

I assume they still have fire since they had 8 fish, so it wasn't the heavy hand of production necessarily, but it still grows tiresome.

They spent a lot of time on the reward which I didn't love, but it was an old school "event" type reward like watching a movie, which I did appreciate.

The rest of the episode made up for it.

Existing and new relationships came into play.

People had to deal with recognizing the danger and skill sets of people one considers friends, and so the decision making was as interesting as it has ever been.

Giving Rizzo the idol feels similar to people helping Russell in HvV. Not knowing who the new guy really is and underestimating what he can do. It will be interesting to see if Rizzo can make the use of the idol bluff technique he did so effectively last season, when up against seasoned veterans.

 

[dmw]

I hope they never do a celebrity focus again! Ugh...

Yep, the three tribe approach and one being weak stinks. As I stated in other discussions, I prefer only two tribes to start, then one merge.

Flint/Fire - it's silly to lose flint when obviously it does not matter to a team that knows how to start fire without it.

Christian standing behind Ozzy making faces as Emily spilled the beans was priceless!

I really appreciated Mike's exit. He was gracious and you could tell he understood this was a game, and he was outplayed.

 

[artvandelay]

I hope they never do a celebrity focus again! Ugh...

Yep, the three tribe approach and one being weak stinks. As I stated in other discussions, I prefer only two tribes to start, then one merge.

Flint/Fire - it's silly to lose flint when obviously it does not matter to a team that knows how to start fire without it.

Christian standing behind Ozzy making faces as Emily spilled the beans was priceless!

I really appreciated Mike's exit. He was gracious and you could tell he understood this was a game, and he was outplayed.

Unfortunately, we have a visit from Mr Beast some time soon

 

[CynBeth]

I always watch on streaming sometime later that week it goes so much faster. Glad it was Mike instead of Emily.

 

[dmw]

I'll say it again... losing flint just needs to go away. So many shots of fire in the tribe without flint - it's a non-issue.

Double elimination night - the Charlie/Rizo vote was the only one that was hard to predict.

Overall, this episode was not great. Too much talking - it needed a reward challenge, idol hunting or something different. This could have been a 60 minute episode.

Maybe the merge next week will add a bit more excitement...

 

[rd805]

I could be in the minority here, but i was sort of wishing they would have went to TWO larger tribes for a few votes rather than a massive too big of a merge.

I feel asleep in the most recent episode. Editing is very uneven, and the tribes that continue to vote out muscle early in the game, acting like they won't have a chance to get them come mid game proves to be a horrible strategy (looking at you disaster tribes!).

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

I could be in the minority here, but i was sort of wishing they would have went to TWO larger tribes for a few votes rather than a massive too big of a merge.

I feel asleep in the most recent episode. Editing is very uneven, and the tribes that continue to vote out muscle early in the game, acting like they won't have a chance to get them come mid game proves to be a horrible strategy (looking at you disaster tribes!).

I agree, but if history is any indication it will actually be a "mergatory" vote where the tribe is split in two for voting in some way.

We'll see what happens but I'm skeptical we'll see a true merge with the full group voting.

It's wild to have a merge of 17 people.

 

[dmw]

I could be in the minority here, but i was sort of wishing they would have went to TWO larger tribes for a few votes rather than a massive too big of a merge.

I feel asleep in the most recent episode. Editing is very uneven, and the tribes that continue to vote out muscle early in the game, acting like they won't have a chance to get them come mid game proves to be a horrible strategy (looking at you disaster tribes!).

the three tribe start just creates problems. They should have gone back to starting the season with two tribes. But, someone thought that three tribes, and then mixing them up if one got too many people booted was more "entertaining".

 

[CynBeth]

Wish Rizo had gone over Charlie.