Survivor

I'm not sure anyone could intentionally play as oddly as Andy but it's always interesting how many seasons have a fuck up like him who survives longer than they should. Too many of the recent seasons have alliances form day one and the fuckup outcasts like Andy become swing votes that survive. Similar play with Sol although he's turning into a beast who just has poor social and got unlucky with alliances.

In any case, I was happy to see Anika get the boot before jury and her reaction is exactly why. No way she'd be a logical vote and would probably select her winner based on some bullshit interaction no one remembered.

I feel like Andy's been getting a winner's edit. Of the 7 remaining, he and Sam are the only ones who I could even root for. Every single one of those women are awful.

That said, I have no idea how they make it out of this. There are two idols and a block a vote, which means Rachel and Sue are going to 5, and whoever they want to go is gone. One of Andy or Sam is 100% going home next, and whoever is left, unless they win immunity, is gone right after. Because they'd be stupid to let either of them through. And if I just watched Andy pull off such an epic move (although it may not have seemed quite as crazy to those in the game, with our knowledge as viewers it's up there in the top 10 survivor plays), I'd prioritize him over Sam in a heartbeat.

And yeah, the Teeny thing was pretty bad. But then, the people in her circle will probably share that type of view so it's not like she'll care that she seems so unhinged.

It would never fly and the producers would give it a total villain edit but it would be nice just once to see the white males play the way women or minorities do and just vote out everyone else even if it's not in their personal best interest. Andy even said the women are playing a illogically with his "AI bots could play better" comment.

I feel like the S50 all star cast can't come soon enough. I'm tired of the "new" era where anyone decent at the game gets voted out by the loser alliance.

I’m not a huge fan of how survivor has started focusing so heavily on everyone’s story,. think the shorter game and the focus on the people and not the game is taking away from the show somewhat. I could go the rest of the season without hearing about Eva’s autism again.

That being said, this week’s episode was really emotional and impactful. Hard to watch Eva going through that, and watching Joe’s face, knowing what he knows and being unable to help. That was tough. A real feel-good, tugging on the heart strings moment. Might be one of my favorite survivor moments.

On a different note - Cederick is stupid. Can’t believe how poorly he’s playing this game.