S42.E13: It Comes Down to This LIVE CHAT

[wallflower75]

Jonathan looks like he's about to set his flag on fire.

[Lamb18]

It looked like Jonathan was going to burn his fingers.

[LadyChatts]

And Mike wins fire.  MaryAnne and Romeo look unimpressed.

[truthaboutluv]

Wow, Jonathan's fire never even really took off. 

[Lantern7]

Dang. Big guy goes over the top rope.

”Before you leave, I’m gonna make you sit there and listen to me.”

Edited May 26, 2022 by Lantern7

[Straycat80]

Say what you will about Jonathan but he played the hell out of this game, won lots of challenges and was a good provider. 

[wallflower75]

Jeff: "I gotta give you the ego stroke one more time, Jonathan."

[dizzyd]

Has anyone else been allowed to give their opinions at TC after being eliminated?

[vb68]

Jeff tries not to shed a tear. or a hundred.

Jonathan will be back. Probably again and again.

[Lamb18]

Mike wins fire. 

[Lantern7]

Jonathan. “Hey, guys? All love.”

Lindsay: “(middle finger)”

[Lamb18]

Mike says he is ecstatical.

[vb68]

I wish somebody had said Goodnight, John Boy.

Yes, I am old.

[wallflower75]

"Regardless of how you got here"--Jeff code for "you're a bunch of losers who somehow managed to beat my man-crush, Jonathan, and now one of you is going to get a million bucks, and I'm pissed."

[Lamb18]

Omar looks pensive, thinking I wish it was me sitting on the other side.

[Lady Calypso]

Jonathan: It wasn't a woman who beat me, so....good for my man, who I'm clearly voting for to win.

[iMonrey]

Eh. Don't love any of the final three. Romeo has zero chance, it's between Maryanne and Mike. I guess I'd prefer Maryanne, but meh. 

[Lantern7]

Jonathan will return . . . either on Survivor or any iteration of The Challenge.

Shit . . . no automatic GIF from the end of Rollerball. I’m convinced having a crowd chant “Jonathan” is how Probst wanted this season to end.

[LadyChatts]

So Mike probably has Jonathan for sure.  I doubt he has Chanelle, but hard to say.  I'm at a loss with everyone else.  Drea praised Mike's game in her exit interviews, but that doesn't mean she voted for him.  

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, Lantern7 said:

Jonathan will return . . . either on Survivor or any iteration of The Challenge.

He is absolutely appearing on The Challenge.

[iMonrey]

The question is who will cry more, Maryanne or Romeo?

[Pepper the Cat]

What is The Challenge you guys keep talking about

[LadyChatts]

Just now, iMonrey said:

The question is who will cry more, Maryanne or Romeo?

MaryAnne may pull her card out that she has been using her emotions to her advantage.  Which could backfire on her, depending on what kind of mood the jury is in.  Some may question how genuine she is.

[Straycat80]

All the jury members being bitter. 

[LadyChatts]

Just now, Pepper the Cat said:

What is The Challenge you guys keep talking about

I assume they mean The Challenge, which airs on MTV and has been casting Survivor and Big Brother players in recent years.

[wallflower75]

Good lord, Romeo, was there alcohol in that basket?

[Lantern7]

Just once . . . “Yeah, I’m not winning. I’m getting ready to decide who gets my tiebreaker vote.”

[truthaboutluv]

Just now, Straycat80 said:

All the jury members being bitter. 

I didn't think they were being bitter. I actually think they were all spot on in their read of Mike's game. 

[LadyChatts]

The jurors they showed seemed to speak a little more positively of Mike and MaryAnne than Romeo.

Glad to see Lindsay is remaining bitter.

[wallflower75]

LOL at Omar's comment about why they maybe should vote for the cockroach who will survive the apocalypse.

[mojoween]

It’s so funny how most nights I’m falling asleep in my recliner by ten but Survivor finale night for three hours?  I’m wide awake.  In fact, let’s do four hours!

[truthaboutluv]

Based on these comments, it certainly looks like the jury is swaying Mike's way. 

[LadyChatts]

Just now, Brendan Birch said:

I'll give Maryanne this.  At the outset, I never would've imagined getting this F3.

I'm shocked Taku actually stuck together until the final 6, and no one seemed to be onto them about that.  That was their plan, and everyone else turned on their tribemates and went along with the Taku members.  In some ways even Mike was being played by them.

[MerBearHou]

I liked what Drea said — paraphrasing “I want to vote for who deserves to win, not just because I like them”.

[Lantern7]

Just now, mojoween said:

It’s so funny how most nights I’m falling asleep in my recliner by ten but Survivor finale night for three hours?  I’m wide awake.  In fact, let’s do four hours!

Nah, I got work tomorrow. But yes, this has been a compelling season, gimmicks aside.

[Lady Calypso]

1 minute ago, truthaboutluv said:

Based on these comments, it certainly looks like the jury is swaying Mike's way. 

But only if he owns his game. I hope he does own it and doesn't try for the whole "I played with honour and integrity."

[LadyChatts]

I will be shocked if Romeo is any sort of a contender, unless he produces a strong argument that he wasn't given a chance and always outside the numbers, so he had to do what he had to do to survive (and was always at risk of leaving for being the 'in case' vote).  But I believe this will be between Mike and MaryAnne.

[iMonrey]

Funny the final three are each from one of the original three tribes: Maryanne from Taku, Mike from Vati ands Romeo from Ika.

e.t.a. what Brendan Birch said.

Edited May 26, 2022 by iMonrey

[Lantern7]

5 minutes ago, Pepper the Cat said:

What is The Challenge you guys keep talking about

It’s a long-running series on MTV. Tonight, they’ve been airing commercials for a new version that will air on CBS.

[vb68]

If feel like if MaryAnne explains her game, she wins.

[Lantern7]

8 minutes ago, Lady Calypso said:

He is absolutely appearing on The Challenge.

I’m prepared to put him on Jordan/Turbo/CT level right now.

[Pepper the Cat]

1 minute ago, Lantern7 said:

It’s a long-running series on MTV. Tonight, they’ve been airing commercials for a new version that will air on CBS.

Thanks. Canada gets different commercials.

[LadyChatts]

I think Hai set it up for Mike-if he wants to say he played with integrity, he's going to have to own his moves that he made.  I do think Mike might get himself in trouble with playing the loyalty and honor card, especially since he helped backstab some members on the jury.  

MaryAnne will really have to sell her moves and underdog status.

Omar: 'it's been so long since we got to talk to you'.  Maybe for Chanelle, but not Omar.

[Lantern7]

“Omur, you’re up!”

Hes going Darwin on us. 🤦‍♂️

[Lady Calypso]

Not a bad opening from Omar.

[EllenB]

Tori's full of it.

[wallflower75]

Do we really believe Omar when he says that everyone's vote is up for grabs?

[Lady Calypso]

Opening soft ball for Mike. This is gonna be a crucial answ-

Oops, he's already fumbled the ball.

[MerBearHou]

I don’t want to see any tears.  That’s all I ask.

[LadyChatts]

Just now, Lady Calypso said:

Not a bad opening from Omar.

Yeah, I liked how they started with him.

Mike says he only went back on his word once, and that was with Rocksroy.  MaryAnne objects to Tori saying she didn't take the game seriously, because that was her strategy.  Good argument.