S44.E01: I Can't Wait to See Jeff LIVE CHAT

[LadyChatts]

And Lauren is gambling and banking her vote.  Hope this doesn't backfire, but it might help her if she's confronted about what the girl from the green tribe told Matt.

[Lamb18]

Kane looks like that guy from last season with the Patrick Mahomes hair.

[Lantern7]

I’m behind.

The lady with the hair up . . . anyone else think of Veronica from The Challenge?

Jaime. That’s her name.

Edited March 2, 2023 by Lantern7

[LadyChatts]

Wow, Matt played the SITD too. 

[Lady Calypso]

And Matt too? I don’t understand! 

[wallflower75]

Is everyone playing a shot in the dark??

[Carey]

Whoa!

[Lantern7]

Isn’t it too early for godfathers?

[Lady Calypso]

Well, congrats Jaime, for the first time in four seasons, the SITD works! 

[LadyChatts]

So just Brandon, Kane, and Maddy voted?

And SITD finally prevails-Jamie pulled a safe!  

And Brandon is playing his idol.  Dang, this is a wild TC for everyone staying in their seats and not playing the game of telephone and having side bars.

[Pepper the Cat]

Whoa. Voted out by 1 vote

[PaperTree]

Oh my!  Boom Maddy!

[KaveDweller]

Damn, if I was Maddy I would pissed no one could follow a simple plan to vote out Brandon. I don't think he would have played the idol if no one played their shot in the darks.

[LadyChatts]

Maddy is voted off by Brandon's vote.  Smart move he made to play his idol, he would have gone otherwise.  I'm so curious what the motive was behind Matt playing his SITD-there had to be more to it than him feeling like he was vulnerable.

[Straycat80]

Oh Maddy? Thought it would be Lauren. 

[Lantern7]

“Brandon has an idol!” “Yeah, I was there.”

[dizzyd]

It’s like everything that could happen in 1 episode did. Very eventful episode 1. Eliminated by 1 vote 🤦🏻‍♀️ Rest of the season has a lot to live up to. 

[wallflower75]

The hell????

Oh brother.  Uh-oh....

Now wait, it's not exactly fair to say that Maddy's the second person voted out.  Bruce didn't exactly want to leave.

[Lamb18]

Two shots in the dark tonight! First time I've ever seen the SAFE. And now the idol is played.

Aw, Maddy. She reminds me a little of Ariel on The Bachelor.

[Straycat80]

That was a good first episode. I don’t have a favorite yet, I still don’t know half their names. 

[Lady Calypso]

What a bizarre episode, and TC. I do not understand Jaime and Matt playing SITD. I don’t get why they did that, as it shows that neither of them trust their tribe. 

[LadyChatts]

Matt looked confused when Jeff pulled the lone vote that sent Maddy home.  Maybe he believes Lauren's lie after all?

[Carey]

Even Jeff said that someone would be "OUT of the game", not necessarily voted out of the game

[Pepper the Cat]

Well, that was a roller coaster of a ride. 
what a start

[LadyChatts]

Just now, Lady Calypso said:

What a bizarre episode, and TC. I do not understand Jaime and Matt playing SITD. I don’t get why they did that, as it shows that neither of them trust their tribe. 

I don't understand Matt's motive, but I have to think there was some kind of strategy there.  With Jamie, I have no idea, other than she was either paranoid or didn't want to get her hands dirty this early.  But again, she can only play it once, right?  And she was in no danger, so she wasted it for nothing.

[Lantern7]

Whoa! SITD times two!

SITD actually paid off? Damn!

Wait . . . WTF was Maddy?

[storyskip]

35 minutes ago, Lady Calypso said:

What a bizarre episode, and TC. I do not understand Jaime and Matt playing SITD. I don’t get why they did that, as it shows that neither of them trust their tribe. 

As I understand it, it is complicated but actually a really savvy bit of gameplay.

No one wanted to be on the "wrong" side of the vote for this vote because if they picked wrong they were going to be targeted next. By playing SITD Matt and Jaimie avoided having to vote so they basically got to remain neutral and see which way the wind blew.

Historically given how poorly SITD has turned out for people as a sure fire save at TC, using it this way was strategically sound. Same as Brandon going ahead and dropping the idol.

I was pleasantly surprised that it was Maddy who went and not Lauren. That was a nice bit of editing on Survivor's part, because they gave the audience the clips to show why Brandon would want Maddy out, without giving away the twist at the end.

[milner]

Why did Brandon and Matt have to keep dragging coconuts for 4hours when the other team finished and won in 15 minutes. Usually if you are dead last you can quit. When 2 tribes finished their puzzle the third team didn’t keep going. If they couldn’t see the other tribe they should have been told it was over. That 4 hours labour in the sun is what almost took Brandon out of the game.