S40.E14: It All Boils Down to This LIVE CHAT

[Growsonwalls]

Tony going to spynest.

[laprin]

Sarah, live up to girl power and vote out Ben! 

[LadyChatts]

I hope Natalie doesn't tell Sarah about her idol.  

And Tony's going to go in his spy shack and get Sarah to get the girls within ear shot.  

[wallflower75]

Just now, Growsonwalls said:

Tony going to spynest.

*eyeroll* Natalie, please be smart and don't say anything about the idol...please be smart and don't say anything about the idol...

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, LadyChatts said:

I think the concern with Ben is he is good at making fire.  Still, he would be the best final 3 opponent left.  Whereas Sarah could make a decent argument as to why her and Tony were a pair and made decisions together (most of the time), and spout some more gender bias stuff, Ben has nothing.  And he isn't well liked by Jeremy or Adam, so there's that, too.

Yeah, exactly. Take the chance to take Ben, hope that Michele or Natalie win immunity and take each other so Tony can get out at F4. 

Ben won't win. I don't see a case that he has, since he's annoyed everyone and everyone knows that his game has been weak. He's barely gotten through and he doesn't really have any big moves under his belt.

[Lantern7]

“Boy, that Tony is a stud!” “I know, right? We have no chance against him!!”

[wallflower75]

And...Natalie's an idiot.  *headdesk*

[mojoween]

Eavesdropping Tony makes me want to slap him with a machete.

[LadyChatts]

Damn, Tony and Sarah now know Natalie has the idol.

I loved the look on Tony's face.

[Lady Calypso]

Sarah...your consensus is literally Ben. That's the only person you can vote for. LITERALLY.

[Lamb18]

Watch Tony fall out of the tree.

[Growsonwalls]

Dammit. Bye Michele 😞 

[KelseyNikki614]

The spynest is honestly pretty ingenious work from both Tony and Sarah

[Lantern7]

Tony’s head shaking in excitement for the win. “The plan where my neck almost got broke paid off!!”

He was in a tree for an hour. Regardless on how you feel about the guy, that’s still impressive.

Edited May 14, 2020 by Lantern7

[nutty1]

Tony in his Spy Shack 😂🤣

[LadyChatts]

Poor Tony was stuck up there for an hour.

Sarah wants votes on Michele because she thinks Natalie will play it for herself.  

[mojoween]

I have hope that when someone says “boom DONE” that thing does not happen.

[Lamb18]

1 minute ago, Lady Calypso said:

Sarah...your consensus is literally Ben. That's the only person you can vote for. LITERALLY.

She can vote for Michele.

[Growsonwalls]

Huh? Ben is asking to get voted out?

[LadyChatts]

So....Ben is telling Sarah to vote him out?

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, Lamb18 said:

She can vote for Michele.

...so, did Sarah mean her, Natalie and TONY get together to come to a consensus? I must have missed that part.

Because if she meant her, Natalie, and Michele, then yeah, Ben's the only option.

[Lantern7]

Has Ben lost his got-dang mind?!?

[wallflower75]

*blinks* Ben is...willing to give up his place in the game for Sarah???  IS THIS SERIOUS???

[KelseyNikki614]

Ben is falling on his sword for Sarah? I would not have predicted this outcome. Ben's wife better watch out!

[LadyChatts]

Seriously, this isn't how I wanted Ben to go out!  I wanted the little bugger to get blindsided.  He was a horrible choice to come back.

[Lady Calypso]

.....wtf? What the HELL is Ben doing?

No, Ben. You look like a dumbass.

[mojoween]

I am not rooting for Sarah to win in any fashion, but if this gets Ben out let’s do it.

[Lantern7]

Damn, there’s some honorable stuff Rupert would have pulled.

[LadyChatts]

So Ben wants this as a resume move for her.

And he wants friends, not money.  Again, Ben was a worthless choice to come back.  And Sarah doesn't deserve to win with this move since Ben told her to vote him out.

[Growsonwalls]

Huh? Is Ben going to propose to Sarah? 

[KelseyNikki614]

I know they're both married, but this feels like Sarah and Ben are lovers

[LadyChatts]

Okay, I'm off the Sarah band wagon.  I would want Natalie to win over her.  I hope it's Tony or Michele.

And why the heck not Tony, Sarah?  Isn't that a bigger move?

Edited May 14, 2020 by LadyChatts

[EllenB]

Holy crap, Ben, don't make me like you this late in the game!

[Lantern7]

Just now, Growsonwalls said:

Huh? Is Ben going to propose to Sarah? 

Ben doesn’t live in Utah, does he?

[Lady Calypso]

Also, after the whole speech about gender disparity during last TC, Ben doesn't seem to get that this move makes him look worse since he's basically saying "Well, I'M the only one that can save YOU, Sarah. So I'LL sacrifice myself for YOU. Because YOU can't save YOURSELF."

[Growsonwalls]

Just now, KelseyNikki614 said:

I know they're both married, but this feels like Sarah and Ben are lovers

Right? Definitely a weird vibe. If I was Mrs. Ben I would be swatting him right now.

[Lamb18]

Well, if they don't split the vote, Natalie could give the idol to Michele. Even if Tony, Ben and Sarah split the vote, Michele and Natalie are still a 2-person voting bloc.

I almost like Ben.

[Lantern7]

Just now, Growsonwalls said:

Right? Definitely a weird vibe. If I was Mrs. Ben I would be swatting him right now.

 Cut to later, where Ben is getting interviewed with two black eyes. “Ben, buddy, how-“ “Never you mind, Jeff. Never you mind.”

[LadyChatts]

So how is Sarah going to justify this to Tony?

And will Ben (if he does go) tell the jury he told Sarah to do it?  Not realizing that's diminishing the point of it being her move.

[Lamb18]

3 minutes ago, Lady Calypso said:

...so, did Sarah mean her, Natalie and TONY get together to come to a consensus? I must have missed that part.

Because if she meant her, Natalie, and Michele, then yeah, Ben's the only option.

Sarah didn't mean anything she said to Natalie and Michele. She was on a fishing expedition for Tony.

Of course after Ben's self-sacrifice she may go along with Natalie and Michele. 

[EllenB]

1 minute ago, Growsonwalls said:

Right? Definitely a weird vibe. If I was Mrs. Ben I would be swatting him right now.

I think he might have finally realized that the other players don't like him as a person.  There were some stink eyes on the jury when he pulled out that idol.  Sarah has been nice to him.  I don't see anything more than that.

[truthaboutluv]

Again, not to be all cold and cynical here but I'm too confused by this whole thing with Ben to be moved by it. Neither Natalie or Michele won immunity. They can only play the idol for one of them.  

So I'm not sure why Ben felt the need to make this dramatic, magnanimous move to Sarah. Just vote for Michele, assume Natalie will play the idol for herself and be done with it. If she plays it for Michele instead for whatever dumb reason and then they vote for him and he leaves, okay. 

But this whole dramatic giving Sarah permission to essentially vote with Michele and Natalie against him, makes no sense. Especially since again, if Natalie plays the idol right and only her and Michele's votes count, it probably won't matter if Sarah writes his name or not. 

[vb68]

5 minutes ago, EllenB said:

Holy crap, Ben, don't make me like you this late in the game!

That's his whole ploy. He wants fans and to be seen as a good guy.

Edited May 14, 2020 by vb68

[LadyChatts]

I don't ever want to hear Probst call Ben a good winner again.  Ever.  He lucked into his first win, and now he's just giving up.  Maybe he realized he was going to lose, and didn't want that humiliation.

[AncientNewbie]

Keeps getting dusty in here. Or someone cutting onions. 

Everyone is getting such a good showing tonight. I needed this. Almost makes me sad about all the things I said on Reddit today. 

Although i’m mad I didn’t get to see the cleaned up jury walking in

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, truthaboutluv said:

Again, not to be all cold and cynical here but I'm too confused by this whole thing with Ben to be moved by it. Neither Natalie or Michele won immunity. They can only play the idol for one of them.  

So I'm not sure why Ben felt the need to make this dramatic, magnanimous move to Sarah. Just vote for Michele, assume Natalie will play the idol for herself and be done with it. If she plays it for Michele instead for whatever dumb reason and then they vote for him and he leaves, okay. 

But this whole dramatic giving Sarah permission to essentially vote with Michele and Natalie against him, makes no sense. Especially since again, if Natalie plays the idol right and only her and Michele's votes count, it probably won't matter if Sarah writes his name or not. 

Exactly. Ben is acting like Sarah's for sure going home if he doesn't get Sarah to write his name down.

Like...buddy, do you WANT to win? Who cares if Sarah goes? Why are you HERE at F5 if you're lying down like this?

WHAT. THE. FUCK. 

[Growsonwalls]

2 minutes ago, Lantern7 said:

 Cut to later, where Ben is getting interviewed with two black eyes. “Ben, buddy, how-“ “Never you mind, Jeff. Never you mind.”

If I were Mrs. Ben I'd be livid. 

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, Growsonwalls said:

If I were Mrs. Ben I'd be livid. 

If I was Mrs. Ben, I'd be livid for my husband giving up and dying at F5 when he had a shot of getting to F3. 

[mojoween]

You can’t ask for other people to call you by your last name.  You just can’t.

[Straycat80]

At this rate the reunion show is going to be ten minutes.