o0o0o0o0o, I like Lauren's secret advantage! I thought that was pretty good, and made tribal a little more dramatic. As far as I understood things, if she wanted to take advantage of the secret advantage she HAD to play it and not vote at this tribal, right? She couldn't save it and not vote at the next one - that was my reading of it anyway. I also really loved that they showed her fake-voting and pushing the paper off the edge of the voting table 
That was also a really cool way to run the reward where everyone gets to eat, but they all eat individually and away from the prying eyes of everyone else. I really liked that the more you ate the more uncovered the clue to the idol became so that it was actually something of a disadvantage to eat first. Cole was smart to try and cover it up, but Ryan was even smarter to get rid of the plate all together, but I can't imagine being Joe and thinking it was perfectly normal to be eating spaghetti off a towel. I thought it was strange that Cole didn't think anyone would think it was strange to eat off a towel covering a plate.
In any case, very slick.
I also liked that finding the idol became a big scene at camp and that Ryan skated by with no repercussions from actually finding it! And everyone assumed that Cole found it and was hiding it! Bonkers! I thought it was funny the way Ryan just walked away from the flag and said "Cover that up" or something to Chrissy and she did without even asking. We never saw Chrissy confront Ryan about having it so I can only assume that she knows he found it.
Joe is still as annoying as ever. He does look exactly like the sort of person who goes around pushing people's buttons just because he enjoys it. It might just be me but deliberately picking fights on survivor always seems to be a risky move - you risk looking unhinged and making everyone lose trust in you. You want other people to be fighting, you don't want to be apart of the fight yourself. The only thing I can say is that Ben came off almost as bad as Joe in that fight except Ben seems to have allies that have an equally low opinion of Joe because they stuck with him.
I'm confused as to why on the revote they didn't get rid of Joe. Maybe they thought Desi was a bigger threat? I don't know, I would have gotten rid of Joe for the annoyance factor alone - it just puts the cherry on top that he's sneaky and strategic and hustling more than the hustlers right now.
Overall, fun episode. Didn't fall asleep once.
That was also a really cool way to run the reward where everyone gets to eat, but they all eat individually and away from the prying eyes of everyone else. I really liked that the more you ate the more uncovered the clue to the idol became so that it was actually something of a disadvantage to eat first. Cole was smart to try and cover it up, but Ryan was even smarter to get rid of the plate all together, but I can't imagine being Joe and thinking it was perfectly normal to be eating spaghetti off a towel. I thought it was strange that Cole didn't think anyone would think it was strange to eat off a towel covering a plate.
In any case, very slick.I also liked that finding the idol became a big scene at camp and that Ryan skated by with no repercussions from actually finding it! And everyone assumed that Cole found it and was hiding it! Bonkers! I thought it was funny the way Ryan just walked away from the flag and said "Cover that up" or something to Chrissy and she did without even asking. We never saw Chrissy confront Ryan about having it so I can only assume that she knows he found it.
Joe is still as annoying as ever. He does look exactly like the sort of person who goes around pushing people's buttons just because he enjoys it. It might just be me but deliberately picking fights on survivor always seems to be a risky move - you risk looking unhinged and making everyone lose trust in you. You want other people to be fighting, you don't want to be apart of the fight yourself. The only thing I can say is that Ben came off almost as bad as Joe in that fight except Ben seems to have allies that have an equally low opinion of Joe because they stuck with him.
I'm confused as to why on the revote they didn't get rid of Joe. Maybe they thought Desi was a bigger threat? I don't know, I would have gotten rid of Joe for the annoyance factor alone - it just puts the cherry on top that he's sneaky and strategic and hustling more than the hustlers right now.
Overall, fun episode. Didn't fall asleep once.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
