Thoughts on the premiere...
1. The Edge of Extinction theme is interesting, but we haven't been given enough yet to judge. I will say I had mixed feelings when Reem was voted out. I thought it was fun that she had no idea what was happening when she reached the sign. But also, it lessens the impact of the votes, which I'm not a fan of.
2. Reem played that so poorly. Lack of social skills. You don't attack others when they are clearly in favor of voting you out.
3. I like how self-aware Keith was at the well. He knew sticking with Reem and Wendy would ruin his game, so he did exactly the right thing and outed them. I'm impressed by those skills coming from a 19 year old. Wendy played the situation with David and "Wardog" (is that what we're calling him? He was never actually addressed by a name I don't think.) terribly.
4. Kelley got a LOT of air time tonight. That's either a pretty good sign, or a pretty bad sign. I do think she played Tribal Council a little poorly and got pretty defensive when her name was thrown out. I also thought it was a bad move to ask why Reem didn't mention David at all. That's going to push David away from you, and you need him right now.
5. The tribe dynamics are a little bit different with two returning players on a tribe instead of just one like they've had in the past. That makes one of the returning players expendable because you can get the knowledge from the other one. I saw this when they talked about keeping Joe, but getting rid of Aubry. Same thing with targeting Wentworth, but there was no mention of David.
6. I have a feeling a major storyline this season will be, "the returning players are targeted each and every vote", which is already getting old after one episode. I know the season is still early, but it's more fun when it's either all new players or all returning players.
7. The premiere felt rushed with only one hour. I didn't get to know many people. Lots of air time went to the returning players, who I don't need to be introduced to because I already know them. At least try to make me like some of the newer players.
8. New players I kind of like with very little to base this off of: Keith, and nobody else made much of a positive impression on me yet
9. New players I don't like with very little to base this off of: Eric, and nobody else made much of a negative impression on me yet. I don't like Eric because first, he was targeting Aubry, and I like Aubry. Even though I think he's strategically smart in that sense, I can't help but want Aubry to stay. Also, I don't like him based off of his preseason press. His personality would get to me if I had to live with him. He has also been accused of not having watched Survivor before being cast.
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