PerfidiousAmber

Hello! I am back from my years of hiatus because I am so excited to have Survivor again! Good to see some old friends still here! I've read all about how "brutal" this season is supposed to be, does that mean we can finally get rid of the endless advantages and idols?? And did I see somewhere there are 3 Canadians?

I really enjoyed this episode as well! Leslie Grossman was COMPLETELY channeling Ivana Trump, lol. I found the Mr. Jingles storyline to be fascinating with its different looks and insights for the character. Leslie Jordan was a hoot, as always. I also thought most of the cast's acting skills were better for the most part, probably because they're finally able to flesh out their characters more. (Well, may be not Gus, but whatever) Feisty Billy Lourd completely resembles her mother in ways I hadn't seen before. I was just frozen in horror during the scene of Brooke slowly being injected cut with the scene of Richard Ramirez doing his ritual... it was too suspenseful to watch but impossible to fast forward. I also loved Brooke in general, having turned into an embittered, but defiant and strong person. I really thought she would give in to Richard Ramirez's offer at the end, but she still gave him the finger. And I loved her final message to Margaret, ha ha. Almost forgot, Cody Fern's "Bye, bitch" was one part I had to rewind.

I unfortunately haven't had the time available to post for a few seasons (although I always read your posts!), but I had to comment that this is already one of my favorite seasons. I find it wild, wacky and nostalgic. I would have been about the same age as the counselors in 1984. However, I can totally see how this season would be very polarizing to viewers. It's going on at a frenetic pace, almost seeming to try and one-up itself in the number of twists and turns, it almost seems like a long dream or a weird cartoon. I personally love it, but others might not. It seems (especially if you see the preview) that this season might be broken into a front and back half, sort of like Roanoke, where the story takes a completely different turn halfway through. I seem to remember reading somewhere that this was in fact the case. Who knows, I am having an entertaining ride!

TUVOK!!! I KNEW I knew that guy!

If I were ever to commit a crime of any sort and got caught, heaven forfend I would ever be subject to Joe's "help". I mean, he might actually be very good at his job, but right now he comes across as an arrogant jackass who really isn't that empathetic to people.

Does anybody else see how this frantic alliance-building right out of the gate thing has evolved over the seasons? Gone are the days of just watching and waiting for the right time and the right people - everybody is just panicked if they don't have an alliance with at least one other person like five minutes into the game.

Yes, I totally agree that he is overplaying his hand there. He seems to think that his being the "lie detector" gives him superpowers of some sort in the game, without seeing how others might react to his social game, if he has one.

That makes sense... especially as Chrissie seems savvy enough to realize that even though she was on the bottom, she didn't have to necessarily stick to the Alan, Katrina and Ben "alliance" just to get through... she might have thought sticking with Katrina would be like going down on a sinking ship and have some other plans for the future instead, such as you pointed out. Let's see if it bites her in the butt or not.

Okay I knew he reminded me of somebody!!

This made me laugh so hard...

Hey guys glad to be back! I kind of kakked out last season because I was inadvertently exposed to the "final three spoiler" that was everywhere and that kind of wrecked my posting fun :( Still wanting to read through all the posts but I wanted to say that I as well was going "Why didn't Chrissie save Katrina with the super idol?!" at the end, but my daughter who was watching with me thought that it might mean that they would have to revote and Chrissie might have been voted out then, but would the rules for this be a revote or the person with the second most votes (Ashley) be voted out instead? That wasn't quite clear.

Good god, I had to keep rewinding to make out what he was saying...

I knew I was reminded of someone lol!!

I suspected as much as this as well, I knew there would be rules. However, it was still horrifying to watch. Michaela: You think it'll let me touch its head, the baby? Sandra: Yeah, but don't get too attached. It's our next meal. Michaela: The baby?! Michaela: She was a villain for a reason.

I never liked Andrea much in previous seasons although I can't remember exactly why (old brain trying to remember 34 seasons ha ha) but I was pretty unimpressed by her ridiculously transparent attempt to set Troyzan's mind at ease. A child could see through that. Hali and Sierra, on the other hand, I remember dismissing as mindless fluffballs but they both spoke well tonight. I thought Hali did quite well for herself at tribal.