Last week I posted my first live journal of an episode. It seemed to be pretty well-received, so I figured I would try my luck at writing another one. So here are my thoughts, as I see them:
Pregame thoughts- Episode is a double elimination. Makes perfect sense if Eddie and Reynold are both voted out. No reason to have that drag on for two weeks. Get rid of them now and move on to the action. Let's assume one of them is the next to go. The next will be the easy target. HOWEVER: if that guy wins Immunity, Stealth R Us has to turn on each other sooner than they expected. In that case, Andrea could be in trouble if she plays as aggressive as she has and gets targeted much like she has in previous weeks. She's collected more votes against her than anyone else currently on the show.
Reynold is so optimistic
Renold not smart to say: "I'm gonna win the next five Immunities." Only going to make you a bigger target next time you aren't immune.
Lot of talk about Reynold needs to lose. What does that normally tell us? He wins.
Another endurance challenge? *BORING*
Lot of talk about Cochran and his confidence. When you become too cocky, sometimes you're the next one gone. Let's see if this editing is setting us up for something.
Another time Reynold talking about how he needs to win. I think he does.
Eddie is the dumbest player to ever play. Period. Letting everyone talk him into getting donuts instead of going for Immunity. If Reynold wins, YOU'RE GONE
I still think someone from Stealth R Us isn't going to win.
If Reynold wins and then finds the idol... gives it to Eddie... Could be trouble for Stealth
So obvious that Reynold's going win
Reynold's gone. Surprised
Could this be that Brenda and Andrea don't trust each other and this could lead to something later?
Probst is willing to take whatever will make best television. Just like when Penner and Skupin made a deal trading rice for sandwiches in the middle of the challenge.
Splitting votes? Could get sloppy.
If they are splitting the vote, now might not be a bad time to jump ship because it's guaranteed Final Four and two and two. Just something to think about.
Erik: I come from a family of diggers! (And Ice Cream Scooopers!)
Uh oh. Andrea could be playing too hard.
DON'T TALK TO DAWN. She's been the biggest tattletale this season. But that could be different now that Phillip's gone.
Get Reynold gone now.Can't let those two strong guys stay in the game
Voting Brenda out would be a big mistake. You need to take out the biggest physical threats when they aren't immune. Take out Reynold and if Eddie wins the next one, you know who to vote for.
Good point by Brenda. Reynold has been too cocky. If he didn't come off as so cocky, people would be more willing to go along with the plans. When he had an idol and tried to intimidate Dawn, that just made him less approachable.
Commercial before the reading of votes? Hmmmmm... could either be a blindside or the editors deceiving us. We will see
Probably would have been smarter for Brenda to give up Immunity
Eddie and Reynold can't even put two votes together? Man, more respect for Malcolm for dragging the bros as long as he did
Once Andrea said "Dawn", I could see Cochran going after Andrea
This could be a brilliant move from Cochran, but then again, he could become the next big target if they blindside her. Probably better to wait and take out Eddie
This challenge could begin Erik's crazy Immunity run
Erik looks like he's in the lead. How bout that prediction?
Good challenge
Erik has put himself into a good spot. Immunity and an idol
Jeff wasting no time talking about Erik's big blunder from last time out. Was just about to say and now all the Immunity jokes are about to come
This might actually be a tougher decision than we think. It makes sense to take out the biggest Immunity threat. But the biggest threat is also the dumbest player left who doesn't have a strategic bone in his body. So do you take out the strongest strategic threat who could become a physical threat with Eddie gone? Or do you immediately take out the physical threat and then wait to take out Andrea? It's tough. I think it'd be smarter to go after Eddie
Andrea would be smart to stop talking to Eddie. People are going to know he's in her back pocket and she has another vote
I honestly think Andrea's going home.
Cochran starting to sound like BR
Splitting the vote? One of these times what happened to Tyson is going to happen. That's my biggest fear for that plan
Erik is playing a good strategic game, which has been a hot topic of debate lately
Sounds like an idol bluff. She should play it at this time. It's a big gamble. Why not just play it and hope to find another one?
I don't think Andrea is going to play it
Andrea's gone
Yep. Andrea voted out.
Another crazy episode
On paper it looks like they made the best move. At least for Cochran, Dawn and Brenda. Not sure about Sherri or Erik, but Andrea started putting herself in danger when she started hanging out with the enemy, Eddie.
The big thing with Cochran will be: will this move inspire the players left to eliminate bigger strategic threats, putting him on the chopping block? Or will eliminating the biggest threat immediately allow him to coast to the end? I fear for him going forward.
Well, another crazy episode tonight. When people are blindsided and there are big shakeups, that makes things better for everyone. Was rooting for Andrea to win and sad to see her leave. I have a feeling things could get even crazier.
Honestly have been thinking in the past few weeks that right now I'm not as excited to watch the show. While it has been great, each week losing one of the great personalities has been hard. Losing Phillip and not having him last week was difficult. And then we lost Malcolm who has been stirring everything up. Now we lost another strong player in Andrea. While there certainly are strong players left, why didn't they show more of them leading to this? I was hoping we would lose Eddie, who has proven to be the dumbest player on this season and his made himself not very likable, as well as not entertaining in the least bit. Another reason why I've been kinda sad is that the season is very close to coming to an end. After tonight there is only one more Wednesday episode left and then there's the finale on the following Sunday. And then there's a long four months before we get back to Survivor in the fall. And then we'll have a bunch of less-interesting new people. I felt this way sort of during Heroes vs. Villains. All the more likable people went out such as some of my favorites (Stephenie, Tom Westman, Boston Rob, Amanda, etc.) while the despicable Russell and Parvati went to the end. The redeeming quality of that season was that the great Sandra Diaz-Twine won. Anyway, I'm sad to see Andrea leave. And I hope we don't lose another Favorite next.
Again, thank you to everyone for reading. I'll have another Survivor recap blog for you in the next couple of days. Let me hear your thoughts on the episode!
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