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This is reminding me of the W&C alliance skewering Andrea for daring to vote out Francesca.

Happy to see Grace in a storyline, and not just as a sounding board for Maya and Zig!

Why was it necessary to say who won't be in his life? It didn't seem like he was even asked that specific question. And how coincidental that the three mentioned were in the minority/opposing alliance. I wish we could have seen his relationship with Kimmi, however. Other than the Monica boot, we have seen next-to-nothing from her.

I think this became quite the popular opinion by the middle of Blood vs. Water. My (possibly unpopular) opinion is that Vytas played a great pre-swap game in that season, but a non-existent post-swap (pre-merge) game. His pre-game alliance with Katie and Tina saved him.

My impression is that he was already on the bottom of that large alliance, so the Survivor bidding incident was just an excuse for the rest of that alliance.

Didn't they also almost put him with Nicole? Or did I just imagine that?

She really is a gem when it comes to quotes, isn't she? Between the vultures bit from last week, this week's snark at Fishbach and Savage, and her "no hard feelings at you voting for me last week, but think about how I feel!" when she isn't exhausting her tribemates (and many viewers), I think she is truly a riot.

Should she not win this season, and should she ever want to return for another season, I think this episode cemented her chances for a third-time-is-the-charm season, assuming that there is one. That was amazeballs!

This makes the most sense to me. I defended Joe last week, and still don't think he is a poor strategist, but it did seem odd that he was so surprised that anyone would consider targeting him, when he was a clear merge threat last season as well.

My guess is that Kelley is seen as more under-the-radar, which can be scary to those who fear that strategy, and not as likely to talk her way out of the game as Abi and Ciera might potentially be.

Abi did indeed say that and also "right back at you" after Savage gave her the bird. Speaking of Abi, how has she not received a single confessional since the merge?

That was such a satisfying blindside and idol play by Wentworth! I was so worried that Savage was going to make it to the end on likability, despite the fact that I think he comes off like such a tool who immediately casts those who don't automatically agree with him as immoral and disgusting.

He also won an advantage in the final four reward challenge that would allow him to skip untying three sets of knots and thus go up a couple fights of stairs in the final immunity challenge.

I once would have liked to have seen Redemption Island on an all rookies season, but knowing that it was in place solely for Boston Rob, Russell, Coach, and Ozzy, four of the most over-exposed Survivor players, left a sour taste in my mouth.

While I generally like Spencer, he rubbed me the wrong way in his confessional where he told us that he felt like he had to talk to Joe like he was a dense jock. While Joe may not be a master strategist, he never struck me as simple-minded!

I remember hearing Probst telling Kass that she was the first member of the jury. It's random, but some seasons had the first merge boot be part of the jury, like Samoa, Nicaragua, Redemption Island, South Pacific, One World, Philippines, and Cagayan. Though it's hard to say if San Juan Del Sur would have put the first merge boot on the jury had Julie not quit in 12th place.

Why the hell did Savage expect loyalty from Ciera when he made it clear that she was at the bottom of Old Takeo in his mind? Paging Wigglesworth and Kimmi... Who was the lone vote for Savage? Wigglesworth? I know Keith voted for Kass, and I would imagine that everyone else seemed to be tightly allied with at least one other person. Color me surprised that Abi Maria did not receive one confessional tonight and that she didn't vote with the majority (I think she voted for Tasha).

I second Kimberstormer's mantra of crying on Survivor and in general. Many people get emotional about something game-related on Survivor, whether it be through anger, fear, frustration, or jealousy. Tears are a response to an emotional state, but for some reason, this particular response seems to be lambasted more than any other. Having said that, while I understand Stephen's frustration at the others not sharing his sentiment of getting Joe out of the game, I have a feeling that given Joe has played more recently than anyone else and as an obvious immunity and likability threat, Joe will be a target soon enough.

I just realized that literally half the cast has still not received any votes agains them, and we are already at the merge! The only remaining players who have been voted for are Spencer, Wigglesworth, and Abi Maria.

I'm astonished but pleasantly surprised that neither Kass, Abi Maria nor Ciera were even on the chopping block this episode. I was hoping for a Savage blindside, especially when he said "I'm not going anywhere" earlier in the episode. I'm surprised we didn't see Ciera try to get people to rally against him.

I didn't realize that the episode thread would be open before 9 PM EST. I'm not a huge Woo fan, but watching him and Joe during the reward challenge was an impressive thing of beauty. I could have done without seeing 120120 shots of Spencer make faces during the immunity challenge.

Between Freddie Smith and Casey Moss, it seems to be a trend that charismatic young male actors on this show are getting into legal trouble. Here's hoping that Billy Flynn isn't next.

I don't believe that Ciera was at the bottom of the voting, as she has gotten way too much pimpage from Probst for her game in B vs. W. I think she easily received more votes than at least Monica, Peih-Gee, Wentworth, and Kimmi.

Yep, Mike successfully threw the last pre-merge challenge to save Kelly, who was the first booted at the merge, and who probably had a better social game than basically everyone else that season (isn't it a sad testament to that season when arguably the best social player didn't even make the jury?). I don't believe that Kelly was in actual danger at that tribal council, as IIRC, Shirin would have been the next boot on that tribe had Kelly gone to tribal council. That season actually had such promise pre-merge.

From what Cesternino has said, while the winner of the first All Stars season still won $1 million (pre-tax), the prize money for 2nd through 18th finishers was higher than in any other season.