TonyL

I'd have to disagree. I think searching for the idol is playing hard. Esp if you have to find a way to do it without getting caught. I'd have to agree with you on Joe. Sometimes I forget he's still in the game. If he makes it to F3, he'll be one of the coat-tail riders. There's almost always a coat-tail rider in the F3.

Joe is a hanger on. Joe's still in the show right?

Julia is just an imbecile. She's young and one dimensional. All she could wrap her head around was "flush the idol" and not any further beyond that. Just like how the two boys were set on using their SUPER IDOL of the Universe!

That's exactly how Survivor is played. How many alliances have lasted from the first show to the final 3? I can't remember many, Yul & Becky maybe but that's about it. Alliances change after every TC, that's what makes it challenging. This is especially true after the merge because people start thinking about who they want to take with them to the final 3. I would agree that Tai not taking Scot & Kyle with him to the final 3 was dumb, but maybe Tai got a gut feeling that the gruesome twosome wouldn't want to take him to the final 3 because he hasn't really made any enemies? Then, seeing Julia cozy up to the boys probably got him thinking even more. The final straw was Scot being bossy and not inclusive with Tai. If Tai would've went along with the GT's plan, the final vote would've been: Scot: 3 Aubry: 3 Tai: 2 That would've resulted in a tie. He's in a power position again to play the SI or not. Alternatively, he could let the tie play out. Ironically, he would be holding the power position in a tie as well, because this is how I think the vote in a tie would've gone: Cydney > Scot Jason > Aubry Joe > Scot Julia > Aubry Michele > Scot Tai > ??? but probably Scot He could vote Scot out or force another tie in the revote. There's no way he'd force a tie in the revote because then all 6 of them minus Kyle would draw rocks. However it's played out, the writing's the on wall for Scot. At least the way Tai played it, he'll be able use his play to garner favor with the other alliance.

Tai has been playing hard from the beginning. Wasn't he the first or one of the first players to find an idol? He played the provider for the group like Ozzie did to bring value to his presence. He also chose the advantage for the challenge and won it.

What? Did you not see it?? It was the only move he had! If he gave Scot the super idol, then there would be a tie and Aubrey's alliance would vote him home. Julia and Kyle are next, Tai has an idol so he's safe for one more round. Competition wise, he's pretty strong so that puts a target on his back for the rest of the game but we'll be at 6 players left. But, Tai will have his extra vote. This could be the first time it gets played well. If so, then Tai totally deserves to win. Yep, I saw that too. I wonder if the crew rigged it to give her an advantage? I wouldn't be surprised.