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I don't know who I find more attractive between Desi or Ali. Dilemma. Seriously, Joe truly is trying to be Tony 2.0. Just needs a Spy Shack and he's good to go. The problem with Ryan is he's trying to play both sides and instead torched one of his allies. Either cut one adrift, or come clean to the ally you disagree with. That 'social game' he's all about could blow up in his face.

Good point. Cersei was crowned as Cersei of House Lannister, so while she's still a Baratheon in a sense, perhaps that sigil in the opening credits should be changed to the lion. Laughing with joy at the second part of this post.

The icing of the cake that came with Sarah's win was that it put all of Debbie's blathering about Brad being the good guy, to waste. Please show, don't bring her back.

The way the edits have gone, it's really shaking up to be a final 3 of Brad/Tai/Sarah, and odds are we're going to get a 'meh' kind of winner.

Everything pointed to Andrea going home because she lost track of keeping her alliance intact (namely, not bringing Michaela on the reward) and was flippant enough to think that Michaela would "get over it". I mean, has Andrea been seeing this even-keeled calm-and-collected Michaela that we the show-watchers haven't seen at all? Then Sierra, oh Sierra. Managed to put the crosshairs firmly back on her by blabbing away. These players are overall playing good games, but still making simple errors at times.

I think between the two of them, Cirie would have the edge as far as the jury's concerned, namely because Cirie hasn't 'betrayed' anyone to this point while Sarah may get some bitterness vibes thrown at her (namely Debbie, but certainly Brad/Sierra/Troy as well). Cirie's game this year has been fully on the subtle. Not making waves. Listening, being a confidant, etc. Sarah herself trusted Cirie to reveal her secret advantage. That lizard was the best part of the episode. Just your average curious onlooker.

Both my parents are Barbadian and I spent my college days at UWI at Cave Hill. Good stuff. One other thing I forgot to bring up is that I wonder if a message went out to the boat pilots carrying Team Fun and Team Bros/Dudes/Whatever that they should let Becca and Floyd get this leg since the FF was bungled in Norway...

Indeed. Stunning. After watching the boats, I was already thinking of James Bond (From Russia With Love), then she shows up and I'm all "she'd be a knockout Bond Girl". Netfoot are you of, or live in, a Caribbean country? Love this phrase!

Could be that CBS were struggling to find a new home for TAR since MacGuyver made for a more natural lead-in to Hawaii 5-0, but the time slot is a killer. My 7-year old really got into the show last season and it was nice to watch one of my all time favourite shows with him. At 11pm Bermuda time, it's now a no-go, maybe we'll catch it online on another date, but that's a more difficult task when you live outside the US or Canada.

Poor Sara. She deserved a better partner. Zanzibar was fascinating. Nobody's eating that pasta. Stuff must have been swimming in that pot for hours. At least the fellas working there got good entertainment from the racers struggling to construct the ladles. Norway is beautiful, and yes that had to be a mega long flight from Tanzania via Amsterdam.

One other thing, the visual of Debbie mooning Tai must have been quite a spectacle. As in, gouge my eyes out and wash the sockets with bleach.

Cirie mentioned in last night's episode that she was a lot like Michaela when she was younger. I'm now wondering if in 10 or 15 years' time we could have a Michaela who's got those Cirie-like traits on the show. That would be intriguing.

Tasha was pretty dang good during her first season as well IIRC. But yeah, Andrea has under-the-radared right up into that upper etchelon.

Fascinating stat. I was tempted to argue Cook Islands, but then I looked it up and saw that Rebecca was voted out before the merge. With strong players like Cydney, Tasha, Cirie over the years, it's hard to believe we never got two to the merge before. Yeah, the long sleeves/pants would help in warding off the mosquitos and the like, but if they're heavy then good lord the sweat buildup would be intolerable. Because it's relatively rare for two black women to interact on this show, I think it's fair for it to have come up and shouldn't have been a problem for Cirie or Michaela to bring it up. Shared life experiences/attitudes, etc. Michaela would have gotten a good treatment with Cirie and Sandra mentoring her, no doubt.

Should have seen it coming, frankly. As soon as he talked about being a provider, feeding the tribe, I should have immediately guessed his end was near. Unfortunately, it seems that Ozzy *still* overvalues the role of being a provider on this show. People are not going to keep a challenge beast at this stage of the game just because they collect fish, etc. It seems to come off a bit arrogant for him to suggest otherwise. In all fairness, if they ever did a crossover with Naked and Afraid, Ozzy would be the immediate favourite to outlast everybody, and more power to him for that.

I always thought of Tai as a bit of a ditz, but his immediate reaction to Varner's inappropriate outing of Zeke, pushed him up a ton in my book as a person.

Hope not, for his sake. At this rate I don't think he's got the skills to outlast Francesca in a returnees season.

Jon Snow: Alive Sansa Stark: Alive Arya Stark: Alive Bran Stark: Alive Ghost: dead Nymeria: dead Cersei Lannister: dead Jaime Lannister: dead Tyrion Lannister: Alive Daenerys Targaryen: Alive Missandei: Alive Grey Worm: dead Drogon: dead Viserion (gold): dead Rhaegal (green): dead Yara Greyjoy: dead Theon Greyjoy: dead Euron Greyjoy: dead Brienne of Tarth: Alive Podrick Payne: dead Davos Seaworth: Alive Melisandre: dead Tormund Giantsbane: dead Sandor Clegane: dead Thoros of Myr: dead Samwell Tarly: Alive Gilly: dead Baby Sam: dead Varys: dead Petyr Baelish: dead Qyburn: dead Ellaria Sand: dead Obara Sand: dead Tyene Sand: dead Nymeria Sand: dead Olenna Tyrell: dead Meera Reed: Alive Robin Arryn: dead Edmund Tully: dead Dolorous Edd: Alive Bronn: Alive Jorah Mormont: dead Daario Naharis: dead Gendry: dead Hot Pie: Alive The white walkers: Alive, but banished The wall: Breached but relatively intact The iron throne: Torched into nothingness

I worry about this - listening to the yelling does not make for an enjoyable season.

Sadly, I agree Tai will once again make the end and then of course rack up zero votes from the jury. That idol discovery was simply too convenient. JT sunk his own ship, he could have simply sat down and minded his business. Worst case scenario Sandra (or possibly, Malcolm) goes home and he hasn't burned any bridges with his current tribe.

I came in late to the episode so didn't get to see much of JT, but from what I recall of him, I wouldn't have expected him to have a gym rat look as he got older, but a more natural appearance (and likely, little loss of natural strength).

You'd think considering they were in the same freaking season I'd have remembered the Guardian of Poultry.

Caleb and Aubry are the only ones I can think of at the moment.

Littlefinger's high-speed Railways can 'solve' that particular conundrum... I would wager that the Sparrow has a bigger spy network than the Tyrells do at this time. And of course, Qyburn has adopted some little birds of his own. Margaery wouldn't be able to hide that secret for long. Last time I recall was Tywin having Ned's sword reforged at the start of S4.

Without even going into the Yara's sexuality bit, I think it was more tits for tits sake, the Volantis brothel situation. To be fair, I suspect Yara and Oberyn/Ellaria would have gotten along ok... but I think this was about Yara having sexual 'power' over someone, which isn't necessarily a sure thing if she was screwing a [male] shipmate or male prostitute (if they existed at that brothel). First, I hate short episodes. Come on, HBO. Secondly, Riverrun has been on the map at least once in the past, during S3 an episode or two before the Red Wedding. Jaqen: "Don't let her suffer" Waif: [nods] Waif: [thinks to self] Screw that crap. What's the most agonising pain I can give this wench taking up my master's time?