Tai's stock just went way the fuck up.

It was funny, as the votes were being read I turned to kitty and said "wouldn't it be awesome if Tai kept the idol in his pocket?"

Alliances coming and going...
Weren't the girls wanting to vote for Tai, at some point? How did the votes swing back to Scot? maybe I missed that part...

Is it me, or Joe is still out of the loop? That guy may make it to the end, just by not being in everyone else's way!
Tai and Jason have idols.... but I don't see those ever becoming a super idol, now.... so... with Jason having been in on the sabotage, I wonder if he's on the way out, just to flush out his idol...
Or Tai... so he doesn't show up in the final, where he would have a decent shot at winning.... wasn't this the girls' original plan for this episode?

(hey, I'm a noob at this.... but I'm starting to get the names! )

(April 22, 2016 at 6:02 am)pocaracas Wrote: Alliances coming and going...
Weren't the girls wanting to vote for Tai, at some point? How did the votes swing back to Scot? maybe I missed that part...

Hmm... me too :p

Quote:Is it me, or Joe is still out of the loop? That guy may make it to the end, just by not being in everyone else's way!

He's a bump on a log for sure.  Not doing anything.  If he makes it to the end with Scot and Julia, I think he'd win, but with Aubrey or Cydney in a finals mix I think one of the girls would take it.

Quote:Tai and Jason have idols.... but I don't see those ever becoming a super idol, now.... so... with Jason having been in on the sabotage, I wonder if he's on the way out, just to flush out his idol...

I thought Scot has Jason's idol so it left the game with him...    since Jason had immunity from the challenge, he would have given his idol to Scot so he and Tai were also both protected and then could play the super idol after the vote - but Tai kept his and sacrificed Scot

Quote:Or Tai... so he doesn't show up in the final, where he would have a decent shot at winning.... wasn't this the girls' original plan for this episode?

I need to rewatch methinks...

Quote:(hey, I'm a noob at this.... but I'm starting to get the names! )

The names are the hardest part - I don't get most of them until the merge and it starts mattering

Yeah, I'm not the greatest with names (just like in real life), so I called up the cast page (here: http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/ ). There seems to be a guy with the last name Jason (Kyle. The guy with the weird hair. Reminds me of many college peers in Vermont), but not the first name Jason. Do my eyes keep skipping over somebody?

(April 22, 2016 at 11:18 am)c172 Wrote: Yeah, I'm not the greatest with names (just like in real life), so I called up the cast page (here: http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/ ). There seems to be a guy with the last name Jason (Kyle. The guy with the weird hair. Reminds me of many college peers in Vermont), but not the first name Jason. Do my eyes keep skipping over somebody?

No, for some reason he goes by Jason on the show.

Tai pretty much had to throw Scott under the bus whether he wanted to or not.

If they played the super idol, thta meant that Tai and Aubrey would be tied and there would be a revote with only those two being eligible to be voted.

Only an idiot - or someone really really bad at Survivor - would give up an idol to save someone else while simultaneously putting themselves on the chopping block.

As it is, Tai flushed the second idol and got rid of someone who certainly was going to blindside him later.

The downside is is he has no allies left but he can rally, and he's got both the idol and an extra vote to rally around.

I like his chances a lot more than I did last week.

(April 22, 2016 at 11:24 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Tai pretty much had to throw Scott under the bus whether he wanted to or not.

If they played the super idol, thta meant that Tai and Aubrey would be tied and there would be a revote with only those two being eligible to be voted.

Only an idiot - or someone really really bad at Survivor - would give up an idol to save someone else while simultaneously putting themselves on the chopping block.

As it is, Tai flushed the second idol and got rid of someone who certainly was going to blindside him later.

The downside is is he has no allies left but he can rally, and he's got both the idol and an extra vote to rally around.

I like his chances a lot more than I did last week.

I agree with your assessment of his move, but I think he's got an in with Aubrey. She wanted him as an ally and I think they'd be on relatively equal footing in terms of a finals situation if they both made it...

(April 22, 2016 at 10:45 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

Quote:Is it me, or Joe is still out of the loop? That guy may make it to the end, just by not being in everyone else's way!

He's a bump on a log for sure.  Not doing anything.  If he makes it to the end with Scot and Julia, I think he'd win, but with Aubrey or Cydney in a finals mix I think one of the girls would take it.

I'm only now getting some names.... but... wasn't Scot banned?
(Oh, you mean Jason! yeah, agreed! )

I see you're thinking that Tai is not making it to the final...?

(April 22, 2016 at 10:45 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

Quote:Tai and Jason have idols.... but I don't see those ever becoming a super idol, now.... so... with Jason having been in on the sabotage, I wonder if he's on the way out, just to flush out his idol...

I thought Scot has Jason's idol so it left the game with him...    since Jason had immunity from the challenge, he would have given his idol to Scot so he and Tai were also both protected and then could play the super idol after the vote - but Tai kept his and sacrificed Scot

Scot had Jason's idol? I don't remember that... that changes it...
Immunity will now be more precious to a few players!

(April 22, 2016 at 10:45 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

Quote:Or Tai... so he doesn't show up in the final, where he would have a decent shot at winning.... wasn't this the girls' original plan for this episode?

I need to rewatch methinks...

LOL... rewatch?...

(April 22, 2016 at 10:45 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

Quote:(hey, I'm a noob at this.... but I'm starting to get the names! )

The names are the hardest part - I don't get most of them until the merge and it starts mattering

I noticed