Survivor

Did miss something? Why did they take out Debbie instead of Sierra? I'm glad they did, but I don't understand how it makes sense from a strategic standpoint.

I said last season that Micheala could never win, but it was because she was so emotional. She still came across as likable in her first season. In this one it seems like everyone considers her unbearable to live around, even though they haven't really shown us what she does around camp that's so annoying. I suppose that's hard to edit if there isn't a big blow up or something. I feel like if this were her first season then there would be no way she would have come back for a second one. It *was* stupid to leave her out instead of Cerie from the perspective of winning the challenge, but you have to win the game, not reward challenges so I know why they did it. Also, from the way people are talking it's going to be less of a reward if she is there.

I'm glad Sarah found the advantage instead of Micheala. I'm surprised she was able to jump onto the platform and get it without anyone noticing. Seems like someone would be like, WTF are you going over there for? It was a good episode for Sarah and even though I don't really picture her winning, she's a gamer. She also seems like a genuinely nice person.

Brad was correct when he was talking about not taking your whole alliance on a reward, but if you leave the bottom of the alliance behind, they're going to be talking no matter what. You should really leave the top of the alliance out. If he had left Sierra and Debbie or Tai he probably wouldn't have to worry. Rewards are so dangerous in this game, it's really one of the most devious aspects of Survivor. Because you need the food so bad, you have to try to win, but winning almost always has a chance of blowing up your game, especially as you get closer to the end.

More weird editing this episode. We never saw Cerie being involved in the strategy after the challenge. Maybe it was because they telegraphed that the majority alliance was going to lose and it was Cerie's idea to take out Debbie and they wanted there to be a surprise. If I was on survivor I would make sure to never say something like "the alliance is solid" or "we are in control of this game" because you know that the only way that is going to make the show is if they play it just before your shit falls apart. On top of that, it's just a dumb thing to say. Somebody is on the bottom of every alliance and thus no alliance is solid. If you think you're running the game, then other people almost certainly think that too, which means you're not going to be running it for long.

By no means is the Sierra/Brad alliance dead though. They have 3 idols and they could easily take back the majority with them except that I don't think Brad or Sierra know about any of them. I'm sure as soon as there is danger though, Tai will tell them about at least one of his and he has proven on multiple occasions that he's willing to play an idol to save someone else in his alliance.

Oh and Debbie has to be one of the least self-aware people ever to play survivor. I am looking forward to her exit interviews just to hear whatever delusional nonsense that she has told herself was going on in the game.

I hate prognosticating based on the edit but you might be right. It also worries me for Aubrey that we're not seeing more of her in confessionals and such. I think on her last season she didn't really come into her own until late in the season but it seems like if she was going to be a major factor then we would be seeing more of her at this stage.

Yeah I forgot that when I posted. Either way, a lot of people got picked that were definitely worse at challenges than Michaela.