This is the first episode this season that I didn't find fun. There were some interesting outcomes, but everything was decided because of production's meddling.
The split groups has never been interesting. It's always produced unfair boots. And then on top of that, they throw in the safety without power, which is another random game piece put in by production. Tonight felt a lot more like a board game than a social strategy game. Just let the players play! It's frustrating listening to Jeff talk about how great these things are on his podcast, while refusing to listen to why it's not fun and ruins the integrity of the game.
If we would have had a straight forward vote, we could have had the storylines with Andy and Genevieve. We could have seen how Andy would have interacted with Sam. All of that was setting up to be extremely interesting until the unnecessary twists were thrown in.
I know I say it over and over, but this isn't what Survivor is. Let the players use social and strategic moves to influence the game... not a random chance card.