LadyChatts

One thing I'll give Will: he puts up a fight to stick around. I worry about his health, and believe that may be what finally does him in. However, guys like Will that look like sure things to get booted next have made it deep into the game. He won't be any sort of physical threat when the challenges turn individual, and may even enjoy watching the others go at each other for awhile to gain an advantage. He seems to have a better social game than Nina, and Joe is probably right not to trust him. Won't win, but could make it far unless NC loses the next challenge. Then I don't know what will save him. Since NC lost tonight, and had Vince still been around over Jenn like the plan was, I wonder if Vince would have taken him out for being weak.

While I'm curious how Nina would have fared on another tribe, somehow I feel like she would have had the exact same issue. Look at the BC tribe and the bubbling drama that's happening over there over 'your mama' jokes and work ethic. I doubt she would have had a prayer there. She might have been okay on the WC tribe, but only as the weakest member of the alliance and being used for the sole purpose of her vote. Once they didn't need her vote anymore, she'd probably be gone. Listening to her Day After video, I just think adapting and understanding the social aspect of the game was going to be her downfall no matter what. It seemed that everything that came at her was due to her hearing (according to her). Maybe some instances were true, but I think that was just her fall back for every bad experience she had out there was to blame it on her disability. Even the people in her tribe who were trying were over it. Jeff seemed over it. Next weeks challenge that relies on listening may have been a disaster for her. I don't think she was as physically strong as she thinks. Stronger than Will, but not by much. When So targeted Carolyn over age and said she was weak, I thought she was crazy. Carolyn didn't have a chance to prove herself and didn't cost them that first challenge. While Nina didn't cost her a tribe a challenge, she still struggled in them. She's had time to prove herself. It probably would have gotten worse, and likely having low tribe morale wouldn't have helped matters. In interviews Vince gave after his boot, he kind of alluded to being responsible to some of the trouble between Nina, Hali, and Jenn. I actually wonder if he filled her head with a bunch of crap about stuff they were allegedly saying about her, thus making her paranoid and unable to trust them or want to adapt to her tribe members that she thought were talking about her every time they turned their backs. Something else: tonight Nina seemed surprised when she learned why Joe was not having her help in the challenge. When Jeff says "I'll give you a minute to strategize", didn't they bring this up among themselves? And if so, was Nina on board with at the time? Or did Joe just decide on a whim to have her run ahead and Nina went with it, since you don't really have a second to think or ask questions during those challenges. None of the other tribes seemed to have trouble with all their people getting up the ladder, so I again wonder why they sent Nina ahead-especially when they were falling behind. At any rate, Nina is someone I won't miss. So far no one has been booted that I care for, though So and Vince likely would have been good drama down the road.

I like Jenn. I get a bit of a Sugar vibe from her. She's my favorite female out there right now, along with Hali and Carolyn (until I can tell the BC ladies apart anyway, then maybe I can decide whether or not to like them). She's 2nd to Joe as being my favorite out there overall. I think she could have the potential to actually make moves and play a great game vs just getting in an alliance and being a sheep. I hope she makes the merge, though I'm worried with NC dwindling numbers, and a tribe swap that will likely happen down the road in the near future, she may get the short end of the stick and get the last pre-merge boot. Along with Sugar, some of her comments remind me of Kat and I think she may be in for a big blindside. It's also why I'm thinking it might go either way for her. I actually thought last week she might just get the boot, with her "I love TC!" comment. She looked surprised at the very first vote Jeff held up with her name on it (but really, Vince and Nina were going to vote for one of those 3, so why was she surprised). She's probably the only no collar person that I would legitimately classify as acting no collar. She seems to get along with Hali and Joe (there's quite a few photos of her and Joe together on instagram so it seems they stayed friends outside the show), but I'm still questioning the dynamic when it comes to voting on that tribe. With it looking so predictable that Nina was getting booted, I thought the girls might end up forcing a tie to get Will out since Jenn seemed on board with him being the weakest. It's like they go into TC with a plan, but then it goes slightly off course for that tribe. At any rate, here's hoping NC wins next week, because even though Will is likely leaving, I don't want their numbers to get any smaller.

I'm really enjoying this season so far. I love the 3 tribe format so much better, though going forward I hope there's no more themes. I want to mute the TV every time someone has to say "she/he aren't blue/white/no collar" or "it's not the white/blue/no collar way". I'm always leery when Jeff especially hypes a season as being the all time best and the cast the absolute greatest, but it's an improvement over last season. We'll see how it progresses, but 3 episodes in and I'm liking it better than all of last season. Tonight's boot was painfully obvious, but the last 2 weeks were blindsides, so I did wonder if we'd get surprised again (especially since it was so painfully obvious). I felt like Jeff seemed to be more or less pushing for Nina to get voted out tonight. I wish Vince would have targeted either Nina or Will last week, because I thought targeting Jenn as being weak was as bad of an idea as targeting him. He would have had a chance to go after Joe/Jenn down the road (and likewise they would have had a chance to target Vince). He was creepy, but I think it was a harmless creepy and would have made for good TV. Nina and Will were/are liabilities, so keeping either one isn't helping tribe strength. I guess it came down to tribe morale, and this tribe sure needs some after 2 losses in a row. Will is at least upbeat and entertaining and a team player. The No Collars are my favorites, but physically appear to the weakest and are a mess. I understood what Joe was trying to do during the challenge, even if it was a bad idea. What I don't understand is that Nina seemed to have no idea that's what his reasoning was. She went along with it, then seemed offended after. I guess in the heat of the challenge yeah, you don't have a lot of time to ask questions and think. But Nina took quite a few falls in the very first challenge, so I could see Joe's logic there. It didn't seem like the other tribes had people running ahead, so maybe he just assumed she'd slow them down, and that Will was stronger to carry the barrel. But when it didn't work the first time she went ahead, she should have stood her ground and participated, or they should have realized their mistake and let her participate. Regardless, the other tribes were stronger and faster so either way I think NC was doomed. Joe is my eye candy and all sorts of adorable, but I worry he'll get a post-merge boot (since I seem to have a habit of jinxing my favorites). He might be outnumbered in a tribe swap. After the merge he'll likely be a target for a variety of reasons. I appreciated him reaching out to Nina to try and make her feel included. I did wonder if he'd throw a pity vote against Will for her, but his face at TC after casting his vote was obvious who he'd voted for. He seemed to really not want to do that. And speaking of obvious, way to give away the loser of the challenge again producers. The description mentioned a strategy at the challenge would backfire, so as soon as I saw what Joe was doing, I knew they were losing. And last week I thought the promos were somewhat telling that NC lost and someone was getting voted off. I don't really see Jenn as being a horrible human being, and I definitely don't see her and Hali as being the next Jenna/Heidi. I'd probably go as far as saying that maybe they are ignorant, and Jenn basically said last week that she's never really associated with people that are deaf so it was a bit of a struggle to adapt on her part as well. I thought they both had some good insight on Nina needing to adapt to them as much as they did for her, and she wasn't making the effort. But I think Nina was to blame as much for the friction between those two. She made every little hiccup that was swung at her about her disability. I'm sure the truth is somewhere in the middle. She should have gone last week, but I'm glad she's gone now. For her own sanity at least, because I think it would have been the same old broken record playing had she survived, she wouldn't have been trust worthy, and all I could think of was her having some break down and quitting. I just don't think she's cut out for a game like Survivor, as she's one of the worst players I can remember playing. I do wonder what it would have been like for her to be on a different tribe and if she would have been more likable to me. NC has me intrigued a little with the way they vote. I felt like Joe/Jenn/Hali were a solid block but I'm wondering if they are really that tight. Were they splitting the vote again in case of an idol? At any rate, I hope those 3 stick around well into the merge. I think Jenn might be a good gamer and be underestimated. Hali seems to sort of go along with the flow, but at least she's interesting and not a boring floater type. Those 3, along with Tyler, are my four top favorites right now. Blue Collar tribe, I don't like anyone on it. Actually, I'm neutral to Mike. Can't stand Rodney, and I honestly can't tell the 3 women apart over there, other than the one girl has a tattoo on her face. I thought for sure they might throw the challenge tonight given that we saw more of them than I felt like we saw in the last 2 weeks (not to mention all the drama over there). I saw another poster comment about combining the RC/IC might make it less tempting to throw the challenge, which is something I never thought about. Makes good sense. That said, if they believe a tribe swap is coming up, why not get rid of someone that is likely to turn on you when they have other people to align with. I was also hoping that they would lose, just so one tribe doesn't get decimated like NC is on the road to being. Dan crossed the line with the mom joke to Rodney, but I think he got caught up in the moment of joking and it went the one step too far. Of course since he was laying in the shelter and acted out of it while he was being called out I half wondered if maybe he was drunk. I also think tattoo girl is classless and hope she and her mouth get booted sooner rather than later, along with Rodney and his attitude. Interesting that next week Rodney and tattoo girl go at it, and this week it's the opposite. Weren't they in some tight foursome alliance? And what is it with Rodney's mom? First Dan makes a joke that backfired, then tattoo girl yelled in the preview about how his mom raised him. White Collar tribe I'm on the fence about. Don't hate them, but don't care for them. Was Max even in this episode? Joaquin is one to watch. I think he's going to potentially be a big threat down the road. I love Tyler and he seems to actually grasp the concept of the social game. One person shared the fact that they have the idol, the other shared the clue with him. There must be something about that guy that they really like and trust out there. Shirin is a nut, and I feel like her and Carolyn are a little too comfortable with their position out there. Betting one of them gets blindsided if WC goes to tribal next week. I wondered if anyone paid any attention to the fact that Carolyn wasn't looking for the idol and had a light bulb moment as to why she might not be. At least Tyler played dumb over it and pretended to look. Maybe Carolyn should take a crash course on the all the Survivors who thought they were safe only to leave the game with the idol in their pocket. The only thing I like about the WC continuing it's winning streak is that So was so confident that they'd be weak without her, and that Carolyn was holding them back because of her age. And the next two boots after her came from 2 different tribes. Next week should be interesting. Wondering who the collision is with, if someone gets taken out for medical purposes, and if NC can finally pull off a win. Joe's expression in the preview didn't look very happy, so I wonder if it's another NC loss. Also, Rodney and Mike didn't look too concerned on the sidelines, so I wonder if the injured person is in fact with their tribe.