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When did Brandon claim or imply that he was great at everything?

“Venus has a really strong social game.” SINCE WHEN? She has no allies! I don’t get the contempt that most of her tribe mates have for her.

Probably Moriah

Bananas claims that Sarah’s first season after the Ruins was Battle Of The Exes II. What timeline was he living in? She did like 6 more seasons in between those.

Moriah had a confessional where she said that Probst doesn’t lie. Danny McCray and the others on season 41 probably have something to say about that. The hourglass twist was an absolute lie, negating an immunity win that Probst gave no indication was ever a possibility.

The Feras and Kirby dynamic was one of my favorites in a long time. I like Mark, and think he’ll likely win this season, but I don’t see how he’s played better than Caroline. Caroline at least has the Viola and Winna moves that she spearheaded. I worry the jury will skewer Caroline

I really hope Bhanu’s “million hearts” line wasn’t a plea to get the Sia money.

They’ve done it before in The Philippines.

I’m not sure why most of Venus’ tribe has an issue with her?? What are we missing?

Have we even had that many incompetent Asians on the show before? We’ve had a lot of them be early boots, but I can’t think of many of them that did much wrong. Jenny from 42 had 2 allies who lost their votes when she went home. Helen from 44 didn’t seem to do anything that caused her boot.

Jelinsky was a mess, but I don’t think either individual decision that he made was terrible in a vacuum. How on earth were he and Q ever completing that sweat challenge? It seemed silly to continue to expend energy and calories for something that was virtually impossible to finish. The smashing of the hourglass, though? Someone is going to have clean that up, which I didn’t appreciate. The game with Maria and Tevin? Thanks to production, someone was going to lose their vote either way, so why not fold if you’re Jelinsky in that position? What I would have done though is tell my tribe that Maria correctly guessed I had the skull card, and she had a 50-50 shot of getting it right.

I’m surprised that we got so little of Ravyn and Kyland, but hopefully this changes in part 2. It’s a shame that Moriah doesn’t get much screen time during the regular season. I don’t think a single person on that stage has an issue with her, which is a rare feat. I’m snickering at Cara Maria and Aneesa still not getting along, years later. I caught Cara Maria’s “that’s Aneesa,” in response to Olivia wondering why Aneesa would shit-talk her, days after singing her praises. And Cara Maria going “well, Aneesa has lost the most eliminations.” Horacio really does seem too pure for this franchise.

These players are cracked, in the best possible way. Eden, who I had considered one of the more steady players, wanted to vote out someone who he had JUST voted with the night before.

That’s a tricky one to navigate. It was super likely that Ri would have told Kirby if Kitty and Caroline had let her in on the plan. Val is starting to annoy me. Has she forgotten that Viola tried to take the first shot at Caroline at the Nathan vote? Viola confirmed in exit interviews that it wasn’t just a decoy name for Nathan. And I can’t stand the “xyz doesn’t deserve to be here” mentality. Kelli still being the only person Alex has voted for correctly makes me snicker. I think Aileen and Kitty (surprisingly enough) are the only players remaining who still haven’t been voted against. I’m so impressed that Caroline and Kitty pulled off that move. Kitty isn’t getting a ton of airtime, but I think she’s been better socially than Caroline.

Were the control and chaos portions not part of the cumulative time that the finalists had? In other words, the winner was based solely on conquest? Something feels off about that. Production couldn’t come up with a better storyline for Emmanuel than cheating on his girlfriend?

All of this. I can’t stand twists that remove people’s right to vote. I guess that explains why Charles got such little airtime this season: having someone with a decent presence get voted out this way might have annoyed the audience. What was with Raymond’s confessional about Aileen not having much going on in life? I’m so confused.

I don’t think Caroline player particularly well in episode 8, but I get what she was thinking with Mark. Where else was he going to go, plus how pissed should he be when Viola was the one who wanted to strike at Caroline first? Raymond seems to have a decent presence at camp but has only received 1 confessional so far in 9 episodes? Why??

While I’m happy Feras stayed over Garrick, I can’t blame those two for turning on Kirby. She hasn’t been on their side for several votes now, and she has little to no incentive to work with them. Kirby’s social prowess must be something else out there. Aileen and Eden are proving to be one of the least messy players with the best reads.

James performed pretty poorly in an early elimination against Chauncey, leading the others to conclude that he has virtually no endurance.

Kirby is one of those players who has a ton of social capital, but I’m questioning her strategy. Feras could be such a shield for her!

Why is Jay pretending he wasn’t the first one who turned on Kyland and Horacio? James brought nothing to this season, to the point where I was impressed that he survived all 3 purges. I know Michele has a lot of haters, but I usually enjoy watching her, and find her less smug than most of the other contestants. Plus, she owns her shit on Twitter.

Is anyone watching this season? I think it’s excellent, and am happy to see that the alpha athletes aren’t as safe in the beginning as they usually are.

Something tells me TJ has no problem when someone like Bananas throws challenges (like he did during Ride or Dies), so if he gets frustrated when someone like Jay or Michele does it, he can take a seat.

I’m sad to see Ravyn purged. I really hope she becomes a regular (assuming she wants to return). Nurys was spot-on with her points to Jay, as she usually is. Like, was Corey not the one to totally throw his vote in the re-vote? Ed did the same but I get it in his position: he’s super unlikely to become a chaos pick if it were to come to that, and gets Emmanuel on his side for not voting against him. Michele better hope Jay isn’t on the same season with her if she chooses to return (since I think she has a great chance of becoming a regular): while I think she is a good enough social player to go deep in the future, being associated with him would really hurt her.

I was fine with CT not picking Jay as his opponent. That “rivalry” never actually existed, and I’m annoyed that the show pretended that it did.