Drogo

As preview talk generally devolves into speculation and takes the discussion off the rails, it's frowned upon.

The newest installation travels players to South Africa to face the consequences of their actions from the past two seasons. All of the recent betrayals, regrets and wrongdoings will rise to the surface as the competitors pair-off for their fiercest vendetta yet. Will they be able to put aside their issues, settle the score and work together to take home the $1 million prize?

Season 5 of the country's boldest and longest survival experiment ever captured for television.

Season 5 of the country's boldest and longest survival experiment ever captured for television.

Season 5 of the country's boldest and longest survival experiment ever captured for television.

Season 5 of the country's boldest and longest survival experiment ever captured for television.

Season 5 of the country's boldest and longest survival experiment ever captured for television.

Molly's marriage hits a breaking point; Nicole confronts Azan about the voice recordings; Anfisa feels trapped in her marriage; Juan and Russ face off again; Annie's ready to give up on David; things get explosive when Pedro's sister arrives.

Let's get back on topic and mind our manners. Also, there are individual couples threads where speculation is welcome. For example...

To be fair, "I paid for a vasectomy" sounds a lot like "I'll pay you to have sex with me" in David's penguiny American accent.

Russ and Juan need to settle this like men. With a break-dance battle.

A preview of the upcoming season.

Russ and Juan... I've seen dead people come closer to punching each other. Hush with your Bingo Night dramatics. And Paola, if you stare at either of them long enough they will surely forget they hate each other.

Discussion of the First Look for the next episode belongs in next episode's thread.

Posts in this thread about other episodes will be removed.

This is commonly referred to as kidnapping and isn't typically associated with intelligent people.

ParentsChantel raised their children to stay huddled in the nest and trained them to accept their slow-cooked speeches as gospel. Those families are hard to break away from, especially for an eldest child who can feel like they're abandoning their younger siblings. I give Chantel a lot of credit for speaking up in defense of Pedro with her family. I think if they keep pushing the issue, they'll lose her completely.

Nicole sucks, but she's not an unfit mother nor is she cruel to her child. There is literally no risk of Mae being removed from her custody. She looked like Violet Beauregarde in that wedding dress (after she became a blueberry.)

Discuss Molly and Luis here!

Russ and Pao's best friend Juan go head to head; Jorge keeps a secret from Anfisa; Pedro drops a bomb on Chantel; Annie's tired of David's empty promises; Luis becomes more distant and locks himself in a room, but Molly breaks in.

Tonight's episode should be discussed in its own thread:

Jorge won't change his ways for Anfisa; Russ and Juan go head to head; Nicole's parents make a final plea; Chantel's family pushes Pedro to his limit; Luis feels the wrath of Molly; David can't make both Annie and Ashley happy.

Not what I said, and there's no way to know how it would have gone had they not cheated. Louise was right in front of Casper so he knew she wasn't on the right pegs. He said nothing, so he's as guilty as she is.

She was on the wrong piece for some time, not just when Shane called it out- so her entire person was in the front of the contraption and Casper had more room to maneuver in back.

Louise and Casper should've been DQd for that blatant cheating. This was a comp where one player being in the wrong position (as Louise was) clears a much easier path for their partner to get into (and stay in) the right position. Eliminating just one wasn't the right call, and it's disappointing to know no one (save Shane) was monitoring the player movements.