Survivor 48 Discussion Thread

[Wendy Pleakley]

That was a good episode, but holy cow the green tribe is a mess. Sai is unhinged.

Starting at the beginning, I loved seeing the camp life. The body part conversation was something, for sure.

The idol hunt on the purple tribe was actually fun, because it came with strategy and social gameplay. Thomas saying to just lose the paper was crazy, and could make him a target. He's definitely playing too hard, and it'll come back to get him. I like how Shauhin thought through his options, but ultimately decided not to straight up sabotage Star's chances.

Moving over to orange, Kamilla was definitely the partner on the group project who did all the work, and Kyle is the one who did nothing and got an A. But I like Kyle.

Eventually, the cryptogram got boring. That's another downfall of the three tribe format. We see essentially the same thing three times with idols, but production probably likes it because it puts an extra idol in the game.

The challenge wasn't very exciting, but it showed how unbalanced the three tribes are once again. I hate the disaster tribe narrative. Jeff admitted this week that he doesn't really think much about tribe strength, but you know what Jeff??? Maybe you should!!!!

Taking out Kevin was definitely a choice. Cedrek choosing Sai over Kevin was definitely a choice. Kevin seemed loyal to Cedrek and Justin. Sai seems loyal to herself and doesn't care about anybody else. But time will tell.

In fairness, I didn't think that challenge came down to any particular strength. They just weren't learning how to pass that one section.

As much as I hate the disaster tribe outcome happening far too often, they lost the challenge rather than were beaten in it.

I said it last week and I'll say it again. This is airing in tandem with Australian Survivor who are doing two tribes and a traditional tribe swap. It has been great. Small tribes are not as interesting as the producers seem to think.

 

[CynBeth]

Again am not happy they did not vote Sai out.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

Well, I didn't get around to this episode until today.

This is exactly why the show wants three tribes and likes the disaster tribe that so often results. This is why they are happy to force people to lose their vote, on a roll of the dice no less.

They want every vote, particularly every pre-merge vote to be this big surprising blindside scenario. I found it both interesting and frustrating, and even a bit confusing, but you just know that Jeff is over the moon.

 

[PUSH]

I watched when it aired, but wasn't able to post after the episode. I'm just now realizing I never posted here.

I thought for a second that Cedrek ended up unintentionally voting himself out. I thought they would have to draw rocks, but he'd be the only one vulnerable. I kind of wish that had happened... it would have been great TV.

Everyone played so poorly. Cedrek voted for Sai twice, then flipped to Justin. Is Sai going to trust him anymore? Then, Justin seemingly didn't attempt to save himself, although he said in his exit interviews that he did. He said Jeff said that was the longest tribal council they've ever had. I wonder if it was so long because they had to make sure they were proceeding with everything correctly, according to the rules.

I'm glad Mary is still there, and Justin seemed pretty boring to be honest. Sai reminds me of Rome. Nobody really likes her, but she is "good TV". Although I don't think she's very entertaining. But I will admit, without her, this green tribe would be an absolute dud. I think Stephanie and Kevin would have provided entertaining, but since they were both voted out, Cedrek and Justin weren't going to carry it. Mary is decent.

I'm glad we're getting a tribe swap next week, but I also wish we had gotten a chance to see purple and orange go to at least one tribal council. Another downfall of the three tribes/disaster tribe narrative.

I also hate seeing players backed into a hole, like Mary, where their only shot is playing their shot in the dark. Imagine if that hadn't hit. This would have been an extremely boring episode.

 

[CynBeth]

Knew Ced was going to keep her but still not happy about the outcome.