Survivor Season 48 - David is 1 Angry Dude (1 Viewer)

[Chaz McNulty]

Sorry, I don’t agree with a lot. I was rooting for Joe and Eva but they were so stupid. Oh no, David is paranoid so let’s vote him off. It’s truly amazing how dumb they were. Not once did Joe talk to Shauhin which could have easily shown that Kyle was feeding him crap. Star votes for Mitch but doesn’t tell them that Shauhin doesn’t have an idol?

I know they painted David like a poor loser but lol that he was 100% right the whole time and just got labeled paranoid. Poor Joe got his integrity challenge yet he voted for David. Eva thinks David is being paranoid and she can’t handle that but she can’t get it that right then Kyle says let’s vote David and Shauhin agrees in 1 second. How do Joe and Eva miss it all? Eva kept saying David was turning on their group but Kamilla wasn’t in their group. The only people that were turning on their group of 5 were Kyle and Shauhin.

Also, swaying Kyle and Kamilla? Those two aren’t part of the power folks. Kamilla isn’t an ally of Joe and Eva in any way. She doesn’t have to be swayed in any way.

Joe and Eva are now the number one targets and they let it happen to themselves and missed so much.

One more thought, Kamilla clearly has been anti-David at the last two tribals coinciding with David suggesting Kamilla. How can Shauhin, Joe and Eva miss that Kyle has to have been clueing here in on that? Kamilla didn’t get a single vote but she’s acting like she’s a target and nothing registers.

As a Joe/Eva fan and as a glad the strong people were running things, this episode sucked because Joe/Eva have no chance without winning every immunity and playing the two advantages at the exact right time. I’m pissed they made themselves the number 1 target. Heck, how does Kyle think Kamilla will bring him. His story of carrying her through is way better than hers. She can’t beat him.

David was ultra aggressive too. I really wish Kyle would have turned it around on David, and asked him if he thinks they should also be voting Mary off for the exact same reason he wanted Kamilla gone?

Both Kamilla and Mary were voting with the 'power 5', but David only wanted Kamilla gone. Seems hypocritical.

Now saying this, I do think that Eva and Joe should have waited one more round before pulling the trigger. They will now have to use there immunity/Safety to stay in the game.

 

[Corporation]

Star is a quote machine. I changed the title 3 times before landing on that one. She's not a great player, but I did enjoy her. Uncle JP snuffed that torch. She is a truly awful freestyler I like Kamilla but man it was like she snorted cocaine before answering at tribal. Her answers were super fast. David is a bitter, angry man. I felt like security should be present to prevent him from charging. I also don't see him giving anyone a warm welcome at Ponderosa. I think solid all around plays again from tribe. Kyle seems committed to the Core 4 and showed that he can beat them.

• Rooting to win - Joe remains my favorite.
• Pulling for - Eva, Kyle, Mitch, Kamilla, Shauhin, and Mary. Moved Kyle up a few slots based on performance and loyalty.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Definitely should have gone Mary.

 

[Corporation]

Definitely should have gone Mary.

I liked the split vote with the majority being on Star. Star had a 1 in 6 chance to stay if she played her shot in the dark. If she won it, they knew Mary would be gone because her shot was gone. For next week, they don’t have to worry about a shot saving someone.

I do agree Mary is the stronger player and is more likely to win a challenge. I don’t think she is really social enough to flip others effectively though. Her “I’ll be a vote” could work.

 

[Pipes]

Definitely should have gone Mary.

I liked the split vote with the majority being on Star. Star had a 1 in 6 chance to stay if she played her shot in the dark. If she won it, they knew Mary would be gone because her shot was gone. For next week, they don’t have to worry about a shot saving someone.

I do agree Mary is the stronger player and is more likely to win a challenge. I don’t think she is really social enough to flip others effectively though. Her “I’ll be a vote” could work.

Yeah this is why I liked the Starr vote.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

If Joe makes it to FTC and loses, his talk with Mary is the kind of thing that will be the cause. That was atrocious jury management.

Kyle is getting the traditional winners edit. But you know who else did? Charlie.

There’s a whole lot about Star that the edit hid from us. Some people said she was annoying and they were ready for her to leave, but we were shown very little of the kind of behavior that would produce that reaction. The depth of Mitch’s aversion to working with her doesn’t really make sense given what we were shown, either.

Also, Mitch, you’re not part of the core majority alliance but you won’t make a move against them because you don’t trust the people outside that alliance? Have you never heard of “voting blocs” or “trust clusters”?

 

[Riffraff]

Ep 10

Spoiler: Please go to rocks!

Counselor Mary is reeling from losing David, back on the bottom.
Strong 4 now (PHD Eva, Firefighter Joe, Attorney Kyle, and Professor Shauhin) vs 4 Revolution (Sales Star, Mary, Software Kamilla, and PE Teacher Mitch). Star is coming alive again - says confidently that they can vote together for 4 votes - possibly Joe if he doesn't win immunity. The Strong 4 will not go to rocks - playing scared.

Day 18 = 8 days left
Shauhin knows the free agents have the power, but are they smart enough to use it?
Joe feels the Strong 4 are pulling in Mitch and Kamilla to get back to 6. First time we've seen that combo. Targets Star and Mary.
Mitch disregards Star as a serious player/threat. Joe says Star is his kryptonite - doesn't seem to stand her much.

Chuckle moment on the bats yawning whilst Mitch snores in a midday nap.

Mary reveals the 4 votes on Joe plan to Kyle. Willing to go to rocks. Is he ready to flip yet? Tells Joe that Kamilla is locked in on the 6.

Challenge - Feet tied together + arms tied to their sides. Use mouth to drag roped buoys while they slither through the sand. Rope maze. Ring toss. Shauhin doing the worm to get the early lead. Kyle took lead, then lost it on the rope maze. He comes back to win the ring toss. Reward = Fried Chicken and Waffles meal.

Reward - Kyle takes Eva first (Joe says 'wow') - setting up for the Joe blindside and pull her in after? Kamilla not so obviously. Shauhin as well. His trio + Eva. Hmm.

Twist: 3 people can sit out and they share a bag of rice. Denied
Challenge - Pull 25ft rope and balance table to stack letter blocks. Spell and hold Immunity wins the same. Star was terrible at this. The males all get close and fails. Great slo-mo of bees buzzing Joe as he wins immunity for the 3rd time. Blindside is off - booooo.

Mitch tells Star to use her Shot In The Dark. No blindside, so he's crumbling on a big move.
Mary to Kamilla, tries to switch the rocks play to Kyle - oopsies. Talks it over with Joe and Mitch. Seems like it's back to an easy vote for Mary.
Mary and Star let each other know they are voting each other. Revolution over.

But not before Star busts out a full rap.

Star (sucks at challenges) vs Mary (no SITD)
Tribal: Star cracks everyone up when she said Mitch told her to use her SITD - and he didn't stutter! Oh, Mary doesn't have time for paranoia - that got people 'not on the bottom' kicked out - nice jury management there. Chaotic Star (5) over 'no safety net SITD' Mary (3) = gets to rap over in jury.
Bummer - she was fun.

Idols (good until): Eva - all know (5 remain) + Safety Without Power (7 remain)

7 remain and Safety Without Power has to be played/lost so Eva is safe.

 

[bryhamm]

Yeah, I don't get why Mitch was against the plan to force it 4-4. I know we know better as viewers, but still.

 

[nysfl2]

Yeah, I don't get why Mitch was against the plan to force it 4-4. I know we know better as viewers, but still.

Mitch seems to be more interested in hanging out on the beach and having fun than winning. Every tribal, the majority 4-person alliance has clearly announced that they're sticking together until everyone else is gone and not shown any interest in working with him to make any sort of move. This was the last chance to target one of them before they had an unbeatable majority and Star was the target. Who cares if you trust Star or not? What is she going to do - vote for herself to screw you over?

He'll get a few more days of fun on the beach and a nice view of the winners from the jury box.

 

[TLEF316]

Star's ineptitude in that challenge was hilarious to watch. Her platform was swinging back and forth so badly and she didn't really seem to care

 

[Statorama]

Is this the week Kyle/Camilla/Mitch/Mary take over this game?

 

[TLEF316]

I mean at one point she just had the rope slung over her shoulder

 

[Chaz McNulty]

This show has the potential to get pretty boring for the next few episodes. It seems like this was the last chance to shake things up.

 

[Riffraff]

Next episode is Safety Without Power - use it or lose it.
Also means no vote if used. So theoretically still a possible 3 vs 3.

Would be classic if Joe got booted while Eva is chilling back at camp. The tears would flow.

 

[Runkle]

Catching up. Let the episodes build up and binged this week. The first few episodes were lame as usual, but, this whole season seemed to shift into a new gear in the episode with the tribe shake-up where Kamilla and Kyle forged their invisible alliance and both played it perfectly. Next episode that great Joe/Eva moment. All the annoying awful players got voted out and Casting actually did a good job this season with the rest of the castaways, mixing good personalities that interact well with each other and create interesting dynamics. Some great moments, all that build up to David getting beat. I like how they're making intentional moves and explaining them. Kyle with how he stacked the reward with people Kamilla could sway to give her a chance. It's better game play than we've seen in some of the lamer seasons, and it's coming from genuinely likable people that are interesting to watch and make good television.

 

[Runkle]

Also, I love how Shauhin reacts to everything as if he's on the couch at home watching it on TV.

 

[FarFromHome]

They really missed an opportunity to shake things up a bit. Been a solid season for me. This episode was the first one where my mind started to wander. Feels like the next handful are gonna be predictable. Predictable on Survivor is a bad thing.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

They really missed an opportunity to shake things up a bit. Been a solid season for me. This episode was the first one where my mind started to wander. Feels like the next handful are gonna be predictable. Predictable on Survivor is a bad thing.

Old school seasons with an alliance that steamrolled got very interesting at the end when the alliance had to turn on each other.

But forced firemaking could blunt that. You can have an alliance of 4 that never has to turn on each other. It’s what the Rebas in 45 wanted to do until Drew realized there was no way he could beat Julie.

In this episode, Joe laid out what could happen. They cut Mary at 7, Mitch at 6 and Kamilla at 5. Then the Strong 4 is the final 4 and the winner is decided by firemaking and the jury, and they never have to betray each other.

That probably would not make for the most interesting television.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Next episode is Safety Without Power - use it or lose it.
Also means no vote if used. So theoretically still a possible 3 vs 3.

Would be classic if Joe got booted while Eva is chilling back at camp. The tears would flow.

The smart play for Eva might be to give the SWP to Mitch. Then the majority still has 4 votes and Mitch, who has been playing cowardly, knows he is staying another round.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Next episode is Safety Without Power - use it or lose it.
Also means no vote if used. So theoretically still a possible 3 vs 3.

Would be classic if Joe got booted while Eva is chilling back at camp. The tears would flow.

The smart play for Eva might be to give the SWP to Mitch. Then the majority still has 4 votes and Mitch, who has been playing cowardly, knows he is staying another round.

Is that one transferable?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Next episode is Safety Without Power - use it or lose it.
Also means no vote if used. So theoretically still a possible 3 vs 3.

Would be classic if Joe got booted while Eva is chilling back at camp. The tears would flow.

The smart play for Eva might be to give the SWP to Mitch. Then the majority still has 4 votes and Mitch, who has been playing cowardly, knows he is staying another round.

Is that one transferable?

Don’t know.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Um… what? That was cringy.

 

[Corporation]

Whew, the only thing people will talk about from this episode is David staring a hole through the entire remaining players. It wasn't out of respect for Mary, I saw in an interview where he basically described her as a puppy dog that attached herself to him, so he told her he could stay until the 6th vote out. What a prince. His girlfriend probably dodged a bullet. That was super awkward.

Joe showed a real (weak spot)* in his armor with his reaction to Mary just telling him (I'm voting for you). Shahin seemed super offended saying "Welcome to the game!". That wasn't a good look for Joe and I halfway expected that he might actually get voted out. Mary may have hurt her own game (she was in the dark about the potential Joe vote, so can't blame her for trying). With him on such high alert, I think Kamilla abandoned the plan because she was sure Joe would go to Eva and ask her to play the idol. I again was surprised when it wasn't played. But alas, the Power 4 stayed true and Mary went home.

Next week I think is a real opportunity for Kyle/Kamilla. That they have been able to be secret #1s the whole game is super impressive. I think Joe burnt a little bridge with Shahin, so they would only need to bring Mitch over, which seems like a given. If Joe wins immunity, Eva plays her idol though and they remain in the game.

This tight Power 4 hasn't made for the most exciting season, but I really do appreciate how they are all playing.

• Rooting to win - Joe remains my favorite.
• Pulling for - Eva, Kyle, Kamilla, Mitch, and Shauhin. Swapped Kamilla and Mitch because I love that duo, and Mitch has really not done a lot but survive.

*Oops, the language filter inadvertently caught me

 

[offdee]

Anybody notice Eva knocked over her 4 high stack of tablets before the sand timer fully ran out? I thought the rules said whatever is remaining standing when timer runs out is final result? Was hoping at tribal she got up there and it said she lost her vote and she freaked out.