Special K

In the very first episode, she talked about how addressing Dan's touching, speaking up about it, could lead to consequences for her game. That's why she chose to blame herself ("I don't like being touched, it's my problem") as a way to both stop his touching (which it did not), and not blow up her game as a troublemaker on the first day.

Eh, they were both wanting to hook up. No harm, no foul, IMO.

I have thought of the bigotry reason and I'm sure there is some of that. But Simone volunteered to the laundry in the beginning so that was how that started (and Courtney said she hated laundry). Simone was also heard to say, "I will never be done with ironing" when Kate told her to speak up when she wanted to quit ironing. With guest interactions you have to be confident and extroverted, and Simone hasn't shown that (except in her THs).

Kate should have waited a charter to assign the second/third stew positions, so that she could assess their experience and strengths. I like Simone, but she seems even less on top of things than other third stews we've seen in the past, like Laura. Her attitude is terrible and inexplicable. A luxury yacht is a strange place to expect professional validation for your degree in mathematics.

I think it's great that she brought it up and more discussion about discrimination on Survivor is good. Maybe she should have brought it up during last week's TC so we could've cut short Dan's reprehensible "apology." I just don't think she should've dinged Jeff for not bringing it up, because if he had, I'm sure it would have been seen, at best, as problematic for him to do so. Maybe even by Missy, who knows?

The complete opposite of some of the folks on Top Chef where everything is "a beautiful lobster tail" or "a beautiful filet." 🙂

Tommy, Dean, and Noura F3 would suck. Go Tommy I guess?

Didn't she say "Jeff, you give me a hillbilly thing like that to do, and I can do it all day," or something? LOL.

Haha, perfect! And, like Fredo, she went out like a punk. 😂

I enjoy watching Noura on TV, but she would drive me crazy in real life. She's like Debbie's slightly better-adjusted sister. I guess marginally depressed or sad people don't bother me very much. They make sense to me!

And yet....this week she says that she "only had Missy" to keep her warm. Um, what about Dan?! He seems to like keeping young women warm at night.

I'm shocked none of them suspected Karishma of idol-hunting. Isn't that usually what people do (or what others assume they do), when they disappear for a long time? Another example of the people in power, underestimating players they believe are inferior.

I don't know if she has children, but she's ready to have a toddler!

Haha! I thought surely he must be including himself in the "goat army" comment. Such an army of misfits: Dan, Karishma, Noura, Dean. Except he doesn't seem to have any self-awareness or sense of humor. I guess that leaves us with Tommy (semi-goat, indistinct edit), Janet (FTW!), or Elaine (FTW part 2!) ETA: Oops, forgot Elizabeth! I believe she is not long for the game.

And got Elaine to take the blame!

Missy was the biggest gaslighter of all this season, if by that you mean asserting something patently false and trying to convince people it's true. From her unbelievable performance last week snowing Janet and Kellee, to baldly telling Tommy she wasn't coming for him, when in fact, she had just written his name down, to saying how much she loved Elaine before basically putting out a Survivor hit on her. Also, I HATE when people boast about how proud/happy they are to be their own precious selves. It's particularly rich coming from a young woman who clearly has a big chip on her shoulder and just last week displayed some pretty appalling, unethical behavior (lying about sexual harassment to further her own interests). Yeah, Missy, we're happy that you are so proud to be who you are. I'll take Karishma any day, with her ability to be humble, think objectively about her position, recognize a bully, and show sincere gratitude for what she has. And Jeff was right, there was probably no way he could have brought up the fact that there were two African American immunity winners without it seeming patronizing and bigoted.

Have we ever had a final three with three goats?

I'm a little ashamed at how much gleeful cackling was heard in my house when: 1. Elizabeth and Missy saw Aaron sitting in the jury 2. Missy, one of Elizabeth's number ones, got voted out. High and mighty Elizabeth had such a cartoony bug-eyed shocked face, that I LOLed for a long time. Ok, I'm not really that ashamed.

The first few episodes, they were frequently putting up a chyron with the temperature to show, for instance, that it was 93 degrees when the crew was doing their morning duties. I notice that they've stopped doing that. Though we do get frequent complaints from the deck crew about sweating so much.

LOL. Don't forget that the alcohol is "different" and will make you drunker/more hungover.

It's hard to believe Simone is a 29-year-old, who has worked as a stewardess, and still doesn't know how to pour beer or open a bottle of wine. Most 29-year-olds should know those things, but even if you're a teetotaler (which she's clearly not), surely her job has required those things? Moreover, she's in a service profession but seems to be uncomfortable actually speaking to guests. I'm a fan of hers, but she's another one, like Abbi, who seems to have chosen the wrong profession. I think she's very beautiful, though occasionally she looks kind of fang-y, like a vampire or something.

If you have a separate identity for your drunken self, you might have a drinking problem. Just saying. Brian does not need ice, anti-inflammatories, or ace bandages. He needs antibiotics. Infections in the joints can be serious. On Survivor, they pulled a player when a skin infection near the knee got bad. He probably needed IV antibiotics to save the function of his knee. Between that worrying situation and all the puking and bathroom sounds, this season is really pushing the envelope with the queasy-making health stuff. Didn't this show used to be just fun?

I think this is more analogous to a workplace situation than a criminal complaint situation. I don't think Dan needed to commit an actual crime to violate the rules of the game (whatever those may be) and be ejected. Does the Survivor "workplace" require a formal complaint? Maybe. On Project Runway years ago, someone was ejected for using pattern books, which is against the specific rules of that competition. Obviously that is not a crime in the outside world. I think some other contestants tipped off production and Tim Gunn investigated and summarily dismissed the guy on the spot. How "formal" that complaint was, who knows? But it seems like other shows act more forthrightly when rules are violated.

They are looking like more viable winners each episode!

Re: weight loss, Jamal told Doctor Joe (?) that hunger wasn't a big issue for him out there. That's likely because he had much more storage fat to burn than, say, Jack, who said that the hunger was much harder than he expected. Beef up, people, if you're going on Survivor!