Previously on Survivor, the millennials were stupid and
lacked the foresight telling them they needed to get rid of a showmance. Paul
suffered from counts of being overweight and dehydration. I hated the outcome,
but the editing was fairly spot on. This week however, the editing did the
viewers a disservice. They spent so much time showing how Cece was going home,
that it very quickly became obvious that she WOULDN’T go home. So, it wasn’t a
shock when Paul left. What was a shock? Me finding out I got a 100 on an exam I
took recently. Talk about expect the unexpected. Yes, I stole that from Big
Brother. I am in withdrawal.
So we start the episode with Zeke being incredibly pissed
that he was blindsided about Mari going home. Hannah keeps trying to explain
that it is because she didn’t want to be on the losing side. While that logic is
right in theory, there was no concrete information that Michelle gave her at
trial that should have been enough of a confirmation to her about that.
Furthermore, she keeps talking about wanting to rework with Zeke and Adam, but
apparently doesn’t realize that she screwed them. Talk about a walking
delusional. Zeke, on the other hand, suffered from overconfidence which always
bites people in this game. It hurt him and it hurt Paul. During this
confrontation, Hannah cries because she can’t take the heat anymore. This is
after Zeke has told her 5 times already to leave him alone and talk to him
later. It was a reasonable request, he knew he was mad and wouldn’t hear what
she had to say clearly. Hannah, being socially oblivious, kept trying to talk,
to which Zeke and Adam kept telling her to shut up. It was horrifying to watch
someone so socially unskilled try to play the victim when she set herself up
for it.
Back to Gen X: We already know David found an idol and has
now allied with CeCe and Ken in their version of an outsiders alliance. The
focus they are getting makes me think that as a group these three go far.
Unlike Big Brother, since this is already filmed, you can tell who makes enough of
an impact fairly early on to predict who makes it far. I predict these three
make it.
Paul has finished recovering from last week’s health scare
and feels great. So great, he is back to his overconfidence. Paul “the fish
master” goes out to fish and then ends up with a whopping zero fish. Compare
this to Ken, who sleeps and he could catch a fish. Ken brings up the fact that
this is just yet another thing Paul claims he will be able to do and then doesn’t
follow through. Ken reminds me a lot of old-school survivor plays back before
strategy and backstabbing was a huge thing on the show. The way to play then
was just being friendly and helping out the most in camp. Ken would fit in well
with that type of survivor season, but now millennials play it, and we tend to
focus on strategy. Let’s hope Ken ups the strategy to stay around.
Then the twist is introduced. By a random draw, 4 people
from each tribe will be able to go to a “summit” where they will get to know
each other. Here is where we get to know the gamers from the waste of spacers.
Paul, the latter, just takes the opportunity to hoard a bunch of food and pick
on David. David, CeCe, Figgy, and Taylor, however come to play. They start a
conversation and share information about how their tribes’ dynamics are. They
know that a merge is coming and that forming bonds with people on the other
tribe will prove essential in staying safe. I’m not a huge fan of Figgy and
Taylor, but I will give them props for taking this time to further their games.
I also give props to David for making it very clear to the millennials that he
will be a loyal number for them once a swap happens.
While the summit is occurring, Ken tells Jess that he wants
to target Paul because he feels Paul is
the leader. Jess, for her part, isn’t very receptive at first. It isn’t until
she talks to Paul later that she starts to worry that she is not on the top of
their 6 person alliance. Jess decides to rally Lucy and Sunday and decide
whether they should vote out Paul or not if they lose the immunity challenge. Also, welcome Lucy. I didn't know you were in this game until this episode.
Back at the millennials camp, the group in power decides
Zeke should go. However, dissension is already brewing. Adam begins to convince
Michaela and Hannah to join him and Zeke and vote out either Figgy or Taylor.
He mentions yet again how tight those two are and how they are in a super tight
alliance with Michelle and Jay. Unfortunately, neither of the two girls had a
brain last week, so I feel like this plea will fall on deaf ears.
Next was the immunity challenge. The survivors had to navigate
through an obstacle course, use sandbags to knock down a puzzle, and then reassemble
that same puzzle. Millennials win due to some smart strategy sending gen x to
tribal council.
Post Challenge Game Talk:
This is when the episode hit a rough patch. Everyone kept
emphasizing how CeCe should go home because she performed miserably at the
challenge. David and Ken are the only dissenters. I’ll say it again, when the
episode tries to drill in your head that one person is going home, its an
obvious clue that the other will be going home.
This leads to a fairly uneventful tribal where no one is letting on that
Paul will be the one going home. Paul is voted out and I immediately start
thanking the Survivor Gods. I’m not a fan of the overconfident macho tough guy
act that some players put on. It was a fairly good move by the girls to get him
out now before he and his boys become too powerful.
Best player:
David. I originally was going to give it to Jessica, but
David set himself up so well long-term. He has an idol. His alliance member was
saved and a person who despised him is now out of the game. He has millennials on
his side ready to work with him once a tribe swap happens in an episode or two.
He is set up very well. I predict that he at least makes the merge.
Worst Player:
Paul. He sealed his own fate at tribal. When Jeff asked
about the pecking order of the 6 person alliance, he should have said that it
wasn’t clear who was at what position because not enough time had passed or
that everyone was currently on equal position. It would’ve been enough for the
girls to consider keeping him.
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