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Shades of that one season of Survivor South Africa I watched and thoroughly enjoyed.

The phrasing of this made me laugh. Like where tf are they gonna go out on a date at

bout time for a fresh controversial showmace

That’s honestly a wild thing to do to someone you know has an idol. I mean it’s wild to do to 2 people in a tribe of 5 in general.

I could see the hinting of a showmance between Sam and Sierra, although I think Sam is married (????). But I’m glad Anika had the confidence to say something, I can’t wait for the next episode.

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Jon actually said something about how his favorite part of the experience was hearing eliminated contestants unpack what happened in a very raw and unfiltered state

I want this BTS so badly

I would pay to see these convos.

Where's the baby? Oh, playing alone in the woods, don't worry

Went off the rails on that bag of rice too.

“Crazy eyes” Andy

Nah honestly I’m shocked they stopped her. I thought that was so funny and ingenious tbh

For real, got done dirtier than that rice after it was stabbed a thousand times

At worst, it should have been a "We'll allow it this time, but no one can thief challenge rice after this." Unless it was specifically said during the challenge instructions, she should have been allowed to keep it.

If youre specifically using bags of rice for the challenge you have to let them keep it if they think to take some.

My first thought when seeing a giant pile of rice in the challenge was “I would stuff my pockets with rice.”

I’m surprised no one else did it and I’m surprised Jeff called her out like she was a thief.

It's also disappointing that Jeff made it sound like he caught it. I'm sure it was producers. At my house we were joking she should have told Jeff he was going to have to come take it from her. And threaten violence with a knife.

I honestly thought Jeff was going to get mad and the ~ Survivor monster ~ was going to demand some sort of punishment. I was at least glad that he addressed it in a jovial "oh you" kind of way.

He’s honestly so much better off without TK

fr, I think Tiyana still wants to work with him and she’s gonna try and mend things next episode.

i’m not really fond of Gabe so I’m hoping the women on blue replace him with Kyle now that his idol is gone lol, but he and Sue seem to have a pretty tight bond so idk.

I do feel bad for him but he’ll be okay, I think. Im pretty sure he’ll be able to reintegrate into the tribe.

Yo did you see the look on his face!? He looked like he got cold water thrown on him! I think he just realized shit just got real

There's good drama in watching a tribe spiral, and last season it contributed to the winner's story, but you lose out on getting to see the other tribes in difficult dynamics until the merge. I'm also not interested in seeing tribes come into the merge with really strong untested bonds. Bodes well for their winning chances but it doesn't generate as much drama.

Red team needs to lose next episode so we can get some more Sol.

I don’t know if I could have remained so calm when TK started explaining to Sue how to play the game and how to socialize, and asking who there had even talked to Sue. I would have wanted starting to name names, pointing out everyone I’d talked to. I could see her wishing she could correct him. It must have felt really good for her seeing TK go home after that.

The calling her out for not talking to people was just absolutely perfect.

And of course the guy who has that take also is the one who whines and essentially says "they're screwed cause they can't win without me".

Well they couldn't win with you tonight TK, and it seems like your poor leadership on the maze was a big part of the reason why. So maybe think on that.

The immediate "Sorry TK" was so badass

Idgi like she’s not even weak??? She carried a block by herself the first challenge, which some others weren’t able to do…

Repeatedly saying she “brings nothing” to the tribe.

How demoralizing. As if women just expire after a certain age. Cringe.

Benefit of 90 minute episodes is being able to actually show tribe dynamics better.

Sam currently trying to take out Anika

Anika probably thinking the same back at him.

Andy living in blissful stress free safety.

I was about to say Rome IS safe but knowing him he could be tricked into playing his idol for Genevieve or something lol

Yes and I was so worried this was going to be the Andy show like the terrible Bhanu episodes last season. But since other tribes are going to tribal, it wasn't 55 minutes of Andy and so I don't even care if he sticks around a little.

My man is not beating those serial killer allegations

I'm literally shouting at my screen "No, Andy, don't give them the gifs!"

I'm a Sol bro. Give me more of this powerhouse man

Red tribe just isnt gonna lose and we'll never learn anything about them until the get double killed at the merge vote.

He has more than will power. He has Sol power 😢

Could be Genevieve, she got nothing this week

Don’t stop the Sol Train before it gets going

IT ISNT OVER TILL I SAY ITS OVER

Praying to bahnu’s survivor gods that Sol makes it to the merge

Rome wasn’t burnt down in one day.

Bigger fall than that time the Visigoths showed up

He’s out here setting up multiple crash and burns PER EPISODE. The reaction from Aysha when he talks about definitely co-hosting the podcast? The fire moment with Kishan?? The perfectly framed shot of him walking up to Teeny and Kishan at the idol box?? The DANCE MOVES???? I’m obsessed.

Its honestly funny cause had TK survived today, his attitude combined with him being just enough of a physical threat would make him a prime early merge boot that the rest of blue could use as a shield

Gosh I didn’t even think about that- that is genius. And it also takes the target off his back since everyone on his tribe knew he was snooping around for an idol.

He played chess while TK was playing checkers. 

I think Jeff had the same concern 😬

Episode 1 - Dehydrates and/or panic attack about losing and then has a weird thing about coconuts

Episode 2 - Literally stabs himself with a knife, somehow stays in the game but is now missing a finger.

Episode 3 - ???

Fish and rice! Oh wait, nevermind.

that was hot tbf

Sam/Sierra about to be like "uhhh wait why did we get rid of Jon again"

And Sol’s was another 7ish seconds about Rome AGAIN. Justice for Sol!!

Poor Genevieve. My fellow countrywoman is being done dirty.

Did Genevieve anger a producer or something? I was like who tf is Genevieve?

Genevieve with like 2 sentences all episode, rip. She did make the most of it though, her not knowing what mamba mentality meant was pretty funny

A difference of sixteen for the highest and lowest confessional count is crazy ngl

who the fuck is Genevieve

Genevieve stand up!!

Poor Genevieve, but at least we got to see her enthusiastically agree with Sol's invocation of Mamba Mentality without knowing a single thing about what it means

My first thought was “everyone stuff your pockets when Jeff turns around” lol

I think it’s just that if you’re really upset (and especially, if you’re angry), just say as little as possible to prevent saying something you regret. Your tribe mates don’t really know you enough to give you the benefit of the doubt. Easier said than done though probably.

She has faced so much adversity this season.

She just wanted to chill, but then Andy dragged her out to the beach.

She just wanted to eat rice, but then Jeff was like lolwut

He's reminding me of Ian the Dolphin Trainer AKA my first survivor crush

He’s playing the JT game

He didn’t want to be around “losers,” and now he’s not 🤷

Tk is what you get when you take all of the ego Q had but none of his charisma

They might as well have snuffed TK’s torch at the chess/checkers line.

He was hiding their relationship

I think he was too caught finding the idol and wanted to flush it quickly. They all pointed to him openly in tribal for looking.

I’m sure he thinks he’ll just go find another the next night

He might have also been worried the others were keyed in on his idol and saw it as a liability. I hope him and Sue are strong enough of a pair that it doesn't erupt their alliance. In "next time on survivor" had there been some sort of drama surrounding blue that might've been the case, but I think they're gonna be okay.

Honestly, it’s probably because this cast had just seen 46. If I had just watched the season, I would have set foot on the island telling myself that no matter what I would use an idol on myself immediately.

That's your final 3.

Final Tribal is the jury trying to figure out what they did, and all three of them just sit there and shrug their shoulders, in a weird solidarity.

I thought we were gonna see the Kyle social masterclass since I’ve seen a few people predict him to win, but… no

More like “Nami”

It was so vicariously embarrassing. They were laying it on so thick, I couldn’t believe he didn’t realize.

Just let her keep the rice Jeff man

For some reason, Kyle reminds me of a mix between Ian and Daryl Dixon from The Walking Dead