violet and green

That was remarkably unpleasant.

After all that, it was kind of anti-climactic to have Sai go out like that. Followed by Cedrek - who to my mind pretty well singlehandedly destroyed his original tribe. He seems like a lovely man - peace and blessings was a nice signout - but totally unsuited for this game on any level. But the good news was Mary was not targeted and is now the last of the doomed-by-Cedrek tribe standing! Pretty irritating that Sai, Mitch, and Chrissy couldn't shelve their differences and work together for one vote given that with Mitch's block a vote advantage they could have controlled that vote and got out someone with some power, like Eva! That would have been fun. Nobody would have seen it coming at all. Cue the outraged faces of the loyal integrous faction!

Did Suzie actually know this? Her mirror message said something along the lines of that her leaving had cleared the path to the win for the other queens (so modest!), and then her last to-camera words we saw were something along the lines of whoever wins will know their win was (and I quote!) "tainted". Ahem. I am not sad to see her go. That Leichner theatrical grease-paint stick makeup did my head in. There were so many ways she could still have presented her signature look, with subtler application and better blending skills, and boy do I hate a little wig and a marcel wave. She blew it with Ru with her response to the Vegas question. It was idiotic in the circumstances and apart from anything else just plain rude. Those beige stage dancing shoes, the makeup, the costuming in the photos, the fact she had no awareness of how to position her face or body even with direction, the beige shoes again and again, and more flapper outfits. Every possible choice was a misstep for her, this episode, so that's how her story ended.

He was like this in the very first challenge!

That is a really pretty immunity necklace. I got lost in the who voted for who (apart from Sai's signature move of voting for Cedrek out of spite - would have been such fun if that was the one vote needed to keep her from leaving instead of Charity) from which alliance, but the noble integrity faction seemed a bit split... Star is a sweetheart. I think she might win some individual immunties. I really hope she teams up with Mary and they find a way to go far. "Why does everything look like garlic?" should have been the title quote.

Yeah, I saw a secret scene where one of the other tribes got treemail and there was one of those little parchments with a rhyming thing telling them about that upcoming challenge and it was full of water puns and obviously involved swimming - and I also read somewhere that Star had only learnt to swim two weeks before coming on Survivor. (As she immediately volunteered to sit out the swimming-involved challenge on this ep, that kind of underlines that.) Without context, Eva may have seemed blunt, or she may well be blunt in her presentation in general - but factually, if someone knows they are a weak swimmer it is best to sit out swimming challenges if they can manage to logistically, or also if they are worried about going in the ocean, which to some degree Star clearly is. She's great in landbased/running challenges.

Oh my God. Cedrek does it again! I mean, dumb move for Bianca - having found stable people who want to work with her and having worked out how to stay safe this vote and get Sai out on the revote - to tell him. Apologise and explain later! But Cedrek! Again, gets rid of someone sensible and hitches his wagon harder to that unpleasant lunatic. I wonder how he feels about staying so loyal to Sai watching the show now with all her comments dismissing him.

Biggest prize in broadcast television history. Streaming is separate. So good to watch him in action. And such a worthy winner.

Oh, damn, I really liked Thomas. (I wish he'd fessed up about his steal a vote, and they could have used the extra vote to split their votes, and then on the revote they could have got out Kamilla? Maybe?) So exciting for Mary to not go to tribal for once!

Woah! That's a lot of assumptions about what he is or isn't doing. Anyway, I have since read that he has used all his savings to get a commercial pilot's licence, as stunt work was drying up, but despite qualifications now he has been unable to land a job as a pilot.

I liked hearing about David's living situation. It humanized him. Everyone wants to win, and their reasons are valid for them.

He did, and it did look sketchy. But I'm so pleased Mary got to stay, anyway.

On the plus side, Mary stayed! That was great. On the downside, Cedrek just ruined things again by letting pouty Sai (who doesn't know her right from her left, such an asset!) manipulate him into keeping her against his number one ally, for the love of all that is holy... But then they were idiots for getting out Kevin last week, so what goes around comes around, I guess.

That was a very satisfying ending. First Danielle, then Brittney, with the over-acting and undue aggression. Goodbye! Farewell! Then I really thought the four were going to banish again, and get out Gabby or Dylan, which would have been a shame. I really want Lala to put out a calendar with all her Traitors' outfits.

I think he said 'stunt move' - and David is an actual stunt man, so maybe he did see the net and pull that move. He certainly recovered from the jump as if he had.