LadyChatts

Obviously Lindsey made no impression on me, considering she was voted out this very episode lol So 4/5 people voted off made fatal (and stupid) mistakes, mainly due to their big mouths. Which again makes me wonder, when will Dan get his turn to go?

Somehow I have a feeling there's a lot of people out there that can tell you just how punchable Rodney's face is. Normally I root for whoever I like, male or female, but this season it's almost hard not to root for the ladies. I know it's still early, but I'm a little nervous about why this season is Jeff's favorite so much. There's golden opportunity with the women, and women who are actually playing, but I worry that the men will end up taking them out. Of course, if I was nice guy Joe or Tyler, I'd probably want to be sitting in an all male final, too. Easy million. I'm glad Max went, mainly because he'd probably (maybe) be better at coping in this game without Shirin at his side. I don't know how much of a player Shirin is. Obviously tonight is the first time I feel like we've seen a ton of game play coming out. And I think you are right re: the tribes. ETA: Even though this wasn't entirely a fantastic episode for me, I guess I can see why Jeff liked it so much. The look on his face between Shirin and Max during the last TC was priceless.

I'll mention again how much I love Carolyn. I was iffy on her at first, but I'm so glad she's still in this game. In a CBS video with Tyler, he mentioned he was glad he was with Joaquin but had been close to Carolyn and was disappointed when she went to the other tribe with Max/Shirin. It'll be interesting once the tribes merge, how the dynamics shift. I hope she doesn't go running back to Tyler and do whatever he decides, but after tonight she's got a little game play going on. I don't think it was a bad move at all to vote against Max.

I'm liking Joe, Will, Jenn, Hali, Sierra, Kelly, and Carolyn. I'm on the fence with Tyler. He's okay, and for the guys he obviously comes out above the other 4 I didn't mention. I was Team Shirin but not so much after tonight. I appreciate her love of the game and care free attitude at enjoying it all. But it was epic seeing her get blindsided tonight. I just cringe to think at another NC (whatever their tribe is) loss. I'm hopeful that since we saw nothing of them in the previews that's a good sign that the other tribe (again, can't remember the name) ends up losing. I don't know if Mike/Dan/Sierra would actually throw a challenge to break up the bro-mance of Rodney and Joaquin. That IC was so lop sided tonight I really hope we don't get a replay of next week. Could be the lack of preview also means a really boring episode next week. Which considering this was supposed to be the "best episode of the season" with a lot of stuff happening, wouldn't be too much of a downgrade.

I didn't like Lindsey but never has a verbal meltdown been more justified. The look on the 3 men's faces like they pulled off the greatest Survivor play ever made me wish Jeff had given them a more a bigger verbal beat down about playing a good social game. I really wish Kelly hadn't helped cause a 3-way tie and voted with the other 2 girls to blindside Rodney.

Sierra, you're my only hope of getting rid of what's left of your tribe. Please don't go to the dark side with them. Now I finally know who she and Kelly are. I think Sierra might have a little fire inside of her. I enjoyed the fact that the tribe swap may have screwed up the 3 amigos bro-fest. Here's hoping, if they end up at TC before the merge, she votes with the other 3 guys. And then flips to the remaining ladies at the merge.

I feel like all 4 people voted out so far have broken some simple Survivor rule that resulted in their ouster. First and foremost being way too overconfident, but loose lips seemed to sink everyone thus far. Or big mouths in Max's case. For a die hard Survivor expert, I find it amusing he couldn't even tell that Carolyn was flipping on them before the swap even happened. I'm still just amazed at Max's boot. Even though I hated the thought, seeing the Survivor professor win seemed like some sort of story line this show goes for. I wonder if Max was still so giddy about losing.

I had never thought that, either, and I sort of hope that isn't the case there. Mainly because a lot of the people who seem the closest are also some of my favorites in this game. The thought of them going out over others nauseates me a little. Since it looks like more of a boys club, though, that might make sense since one tribe is basically just that. Thanks! I figured it was okay, but some forums I've visited through the years always asked that boot spoilers be put in tags. I guess it was considered too spoilery for a spoiler thread for their liking. So Survivor Fever missed Joaquin, but did correctly predict Lindsey. I had a guess that Joaquin was just a good guess anyway, given the swap. Since BC was the only tribe we saw in the promo next week and there's talk about breaking up the new bro-mance, I wonder if they were off with Joaquin's boot by a week. Though I've seen it speculated that Joaquin makes it far. Next week's title is "Odd Woman Out", which I assume means Shirin.

It's why I'm hopeful for an all woman final again! At least these women, for now, are women I really like. Much more than the men. I still love Joe and Will, but the rest can go. Unlike last season, these women seem to be actually playing the game now and not getting dragged along (so far).

I didn't have an opinion on Max other than I just didn't care for him, and he seemed a little too cocky. For a guy that actually taught a class on Survivor and knows every star sign of every player, you'd think he'd be a little better at actually playing the game. I missed Carolyn's eye roll at TC when he pretended to go for an idol, so I thought maybe she double crossed the others and handed him her idol. The look on Shirin's face was priceless. Max was just too cocky for his own good. Would have gotten along fine on the BC tribe. The former no collar tribe has an interesting set of dynamics. With the lop sided tribes I expect them to go back to TC next week. We'll see if anything else shifts.

I don't even know what their actual names are, so they are basically "the tribes formally known as blue/no collar". I don't get it, either. And seriously, by the time Jeff gets through saying " # person voted off of White Collar vs Blue Collar vs No Collar", that person is already pigging out at Ponderosa.

I love Jenn. I hope she makes it far. I want to see an epic girl alliance form between her, Hali, Sierra, Carolyn, and Kelly. Because those girls have more of their head in the game than the guys do. The guys are way too over confident and just expect to get it handed to them. I know that the likelihood of this happening is about zero, but a girl can certainly dream.

Has a Norman Bates thing going on with his mom. Not surprised he doesn't have a girlfriend. Didn't think I'd find a guy that looks more in love with himself than Joaquin. His ouster is going to be classic (I refuse to believe any other outcome than him getting blindsided). I hope we get a Max style blindside with him. I really hope that Joaquin/Joe/Tyler don't end up siding with this trio of meatheads over at BC come merge time. I like Joe, and Tyler's okay. But I couldn't stomach a full season of Rodney. In Boston Rob's first season, he made a similar remark about being in charge and everyone doing what he wanted. Hopefully Rodney enjoys the same fate.

I liked how Jeff called Rodney out tonight, as though he couldn't believe Rodney would be going off on the very people who might vote for him for the winner. Maybe Rodney's just trying to ensure he gets airtime at the reunion or asked back for Survivor: The All-Star Douchebags season?

Max probably wasn't the smartest choice for physical purposes, but NC can keep their numbers and get rid of a physical threat down the road (not to mention annoying voice). I think telling them what a mess they were as a tribe as thought he was scolding him like a principal. Really can't wait to read his exit interviews. I worry Joe might get targeted at the other tribe for being the lone NC left, but hopefully Rodney puts a target on his and Joaquin's back. The ladies seem to be playing a lot smarter, hopefully the egomaniacs of testosterone and chauvinism don't pick them off.

I think So picked the wrong people to align with. Carolyn's got game. I had a feeling it was going to be Max and Shirin, but given Jenn's talk earlier about scriewing up someone's game, I figured it could be her. That was about the only suspenseful, good thing about that episode.

I can't really say this is going to be "the best season ever", which is no surprise since I rarely agree with Jeff. My like for a lot of people went down tonight. I half wondered if Max/Shirin purposely threw the challenge at the end, though given how horrible their tribe is, they didn't need to try hard. Was Will really a blindside? And what was the point of a tie vote at the first TC? Just to throw around how cocky they are?

Dan reminds me of every geeky sidekick on any sitcom that is basically friends with his group because he makes the rest of them look good. I really want heads to roll (namely his, Mike's and Rodney's) at the first TC when the tie was revealed. He'll be dragged along for the vote, but hopefully gets booted when no one wants to play with him anymore. He's better in challenges than Will, if I have to give him a positive.

I hate that the red team lost by such a landslide, but maybe that's a good sign long term that they got players. Rodney, Mike, and Dan should take note. If this is the "best episode ever", then I cringe what the rest of the season holds. Still onboard, but it was hard after tonight. I love the former NC tribe, thank you Carolyn for being a player. I never expected the "survivor expert" to go so early. And you'd think for being such a fan, he'd know a little better. I'm hoping all the chauvinism shown tonight means a guy isn't winning this season. I feel sorry for Joe being on that tribe of meatheads. Hopefully Sierra makes good on her promise that her old tribe is dead to her.

They really want a man to win this season, don't they? Dan is the Screech of that alliance. Definitely not smarter than he looks, and is as bad as Nina was. I'm guessing that's why they make it "random" when they pick buffs so they can say they don't play favorites.

After seeing how unbalanced those tribes are, I was hoping it'd be right. Seriously, are they desperate for a man to win and figured the only way was to stack the deck?

http://www.survivorfever.net/s30_challenge_speculation.html Here's the images for all 4 challenges for tomorrow night's episode. I wonder, if at the 2nd RC, if the tribes swap before or after. If they swap after, this description pretty much gives away that NC doesn't lose the first IC (it says 2 tribe mates from each tribe use a slingshot to launch balls at their remaining tribe mates, which would mean NC would have to be intact at 4 for that). I always like the reaction of a tribe thinking they just won a huge food reward, only to be told 'oh by the way, you're swapping to the other side that just lost.' It looks like there are 3 slingshots set up, but that could always be a red herring. It looks like in the 1st IC screenshots that the WC is initially behind, though they obviously catch up by the last screen shots. It'll be obvious that Will is the target if NC loses, so I'm hoping one of the other tribes do. I thought BC might be so fed up with themselves that they throw the challenge, especially if there's no reward involved. But seeing Mike is at what I'm assuming is the last phase of it, I don't think that will be the case. Kelly's in the background, so she must be okay from her injury. I don't know if boot spoilers are supposed to go in tags or not, but SF has their predictions up for tonight's episodes. First boot is and second boot after the swap is . I know last week they were correct in their episode predictions, though once NC lost it was pretty obvious who was going. I missed the first 2 weeks to see if they predicted correctly or not. Given that spoilers aren't what they used to be, not sure how accurate this is.

Dan reminds me of a guy I used to work with, in that he was always cracking jokes, thought he was funnier than he was, and made some inappropriate remarks in said jokes that make me wonder how never got slapped or brought up for sexual harassment. I will say this about Dan, I'm surprised by his challenge performance. I'm surprised he's done this well so far. While he definitely had the smell of an extremely early boot (and no doubt would have been had BC lost, or at least been close if they targeted Mike), he could go farther than expected. With the tribe swap coming up, he may be able to blend in and I doubt he'd be targeted early at the merge. Unless he tells one bad joke too many and is booted for being annoying.

Joe's got a pretty looking family, and they seem very tight knit. He's my favorite so far, but I'm curious to see how well he can do as the game starts progressing with the swap/merge. There hasn't been too much game play on NC, aside from the Vince blindside. But that all came down to luck and loose lips. The Nina boot, what was there to strategize about? Some article or recap I read analyzing the contestants mentioned Joe seemed to the fit the ultimate Survivor mold "a little too well", and I tend to agree. He's strong and likable, but he's probably going to be targeted first chance they can get. I had also seen elsewhere that Joe may very well be the 3rd wheel in his alliance with Jenn and Hali, who seem like they would definitely get him out if it furthered them in the game. Will be interesting if he plays with his heart on his sleeve and lets loyalty and feelings get in the way, or if he goes along with the strategy he talked about in his pre-show "getting to know..." video.

I don't think he looks bad on the show, though I tend to agree it's his hair that's sort of off putting. He looks like a taller, buffer Ozzy to me. Joaquin's an interesting one. I don't like him (yet), and while I originally thought Shirin might be in danger of leaving if WC lost another challenge, I'm not sure that was going to be the case. Tyler and Joaquin may have been annoyed by her, though I think Max would have kept her and Carolyn around for loyalty purposes. So Joaquin may have very well followed his one-time ally So in taking the walk of shame. With the swap coming up, it'll be interesting to see how well he meshes with the other contestants. Haven't seen much game play from him, but I think he's taking the under the radar approach for now. Joaquin does look great in that photo. He and Joe know how to rock the "manbuns".