S44.E13: Absolute Banger Season LIVE CHAT

[LadyChatts]

So Carson thinks something is up because...Lauren won't talk to him.  Maybe because she knows that it's pointless?

[MerBearHou]

Carson:  I feel like something’s up.

Yam Yam:  I feel awkward coming back into camp.  They’re acting sneaky.

Ya think???

[Carey]

Just now, Lamb18 said:

Shouldn't there be two idols out there? Carolyn's and Heidi's? Or would Carolyn's not be rehidden as it was a Tika pre-merge idol?

I would expect that NOT to be the case.  Maybe one, but that's it.  I don't need a repeat of Season 34.  Furthermore, it's a new beach if that matters at all

[willco]

Why can't Carolyn ever be quiet about anything ? I don't really like Yam Yam so I wouldn't mind seeing him go. 

[truthaboutluv]

Lauryn, I think your suspicion may be exactly right. For all their bickering, Tika 3 will likely stick together again. 

[LadyChatts]

1 minute ago, MerBearHou said:

Carson:  I feel like something’s up.

Yam Yam:  I feel awkward coming back into camp.  They’re acting sneaky.

Ya think???

I feel like these two just expect people to accept their fate and come to them with their plans, but god forbid anyone else strategize or throw their names out.

Lauren summed up Carolyn and Yam's relationship perfectly-they are like family.  They fight, but at the end of the day they will stay solid.

[Carey]

Huh.  Could be a self-reminder of what occurred in Season 16.  Find the idol, fool the home audience.  Lauren might be safe

[Lantern7]

So . . . are we getting misdirected? Or will we get one last blindside?

Edited May 25, 2023 by Lantern7

[LadyChatts]

My feeling is Yam Yam wants to go for Carolyn, but Carson will probably talk him out of it.  Carolyn may have talked to Carson about voting Yam Yam, but he played mediator and talked her down.  

So it will probably be Lauren or Heidi, unless one of them did find the idol.  Of the two, I'd rather Heidi go.

[Maggie Mae]

Why didn't Carson and/or YamYam talk with Carolyn? I think we are being misdirected.

[Straycat80]

I think it will be YY or Lauren, unless they didn’t show Lauren finding that idol. 

[LadyChatts]

1 minute ago, Maggie Mae said:

Why didn't Carson and/or YamYam talk with Carolyn? I think we are being misdirected.

I think the only way Carolyn goes is if Yam Yam goes with Lauren and Heidi and all 3 vote for Carolyn.  I really don't see Carson going for that, and my guess is he'd be blindsided by a Carolyn vote.  It's probably another Tika stream roll and they are trying to play up the drama.

Edited May 25, 2023 by LadyChatts

[iMonrey]

I don't think it will be Heidi. They haven't shown enough of her.

[Lady Calypso]

Oh, Lauren just stuck her foot in her mouth.

[Carey]

Well, either she's right or it sounds like one of two things: Tika's taking Heidi out or someone is getting blindsided (as in Yam Yam or Carolyn)

[pennben]

I don’t think Carolyn can win if she goes with Heidi & Lauren. 

[KaveDweller]

Carolyn don't announce you talked about flipping on your alliance.

[LadyChatts]

Lauren said she knows she's probably going home tonight.  She said no one came to her to talk, and makes a point about saying if she's going to the jury people should think about that.  Carolyn and Heidi disagree with her and try to plead their case.  Carolyn is getting a little defensive over this.

Edited May 25, 2023 by LadyChatts

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, LadyChatts said:

Carolyn is getting a little defensive over this.

I think that does lean toward her voting WITH Lauren, but maybe not, after Lauren argued with Carolyn.

[truthaboutluv]

Caroline is confused. That's never a good thing.

[MerBearHou]

Jeff is close to having a mullet.  

[Lantern7]

I’m ready for the vote.

[Lady Calypso]

Jeff, you keep painting that target onto Lauren by telling her that she's an INSPIRATION. 

[Carey]

Just now, MerBearHou said:

Jeff is close to having a mullet.  

I guess that's the plan

Just now, Lantern7 said:

I’m ready for the vote.

I'm ready for the aftermath of the vote

[Straycat80]

Lauren is crying. I don’t think she has an idol, she’s scared. 

[MerBearHou]

Sweet farewell speech by Lauren.  Jeff knows.

[LadyChatts]

1 minute ago, Lady Calypso said:

I think that does lean toward her voting WITH Lauren, but maybe not, after Lauren argued with Carolyn.

Maybe Lauren scared her into not voting with her. 

All this focus on Lauren makes me think it'll be her.  I don't know if they'd pull a Carolyn two weeks in a row and give all this attention to someone who isn't going home (especially since Lauren was such a non-factor at the start of the season).

[truthaboutluv]

I feel like this may be Lauren making the case for why they SHOULD vote her out, poignant as it may be. Because again, she's showing likability, vulnerability AND she made the case of all the things she's done in the game. Yeah, sorry, cold as it may be, I'd vote her out for sure. 

[Carey]

Just now, Straycat80 said:

Lauren is crying. I don’t think she has an idol, she’s scared. 

I think it's 50/50.

Maybe she has it, or she's playing off that she has one

[Lantern7]

Is it bad that I’m thinking “Oh, she gettin’ Sia money!”?

[MerBearHou]

She’s really just talking to her kids now.  Bless her.  Awesome moment for Lauren.

[Pepper the Cat]

Damn.

[Lamb18]

Lauren's giving a finale speech right now. Is she trying to get herself voted off? I feel like the others are thinking that she has a great story to sway the jury.

[LadyChatts]

I hope Lauren comes back to play again one day.  I feel she got the shaft by having little to no edit in the beginning, but she seems like a pretty solid competitor and likable person.  

My guess is she'll be the front runner for the Sia award.

[EllenB]

I hope Lauren has an idol and that's her jury speech.

[LadyChatts]

1 minute ago, Lantern7 said:

Is it bad that I’m thinking “Oh, she gettin’ Sia money!”?

Hey, if you know you aren't going to win the million, why not plead your case for Sia.

[Carey]

See ya, Lauren

[Straycat80]

Nice fake out Lauren. But goodbye and good luck. 

[LadyChatts]

I'm guessing Carolyn was the Heidi vote.  

[MerBearHou]

I think Carolyn couldn’t bring herself to vote for Lauren — I think she’s the Heidi vote.

[Lantern7]

At least there’s no apparent animosity with these folks.

[iMonrey]

Another inevitable vote, no surprises. Try as the show did to make us think it might be someone else.

[MerBearHou]

Yam Yam voted Heidi!

[Straycat80]

YY voted for Heidi. 

[LadyChatts]

5 minutes ago, MerBearHou said:

Jeff is close to having a mullet.  

Give him some fake fangs and a cape and I feel he could play a discount Dracula in a C-list horror movie.

[truthaboutluv]

Just now, MerBearHou said:

I think Carolyn couldn’t bring herself to vote for Lauren — I think she’s the Heidi vote.

Apparently it was Yam Yam. I guess it was a plan he and Carson discussed in case Lauren had an idol.

 

[Carey]

To be fair, while it sucks that she missed out on the idol, as mentioned, people in this spot should have to fight for immunity.  Make the F5 IC epic

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, MerBearHou said:

Yam Yam voted Heidi!

Not surprised; he was afraid of an idol play.

[PaperTree]

Just now, MerBearHou said:

Yam Yam voted Heidi!

riding that fence until the end

[LadyChatts]

Just now, truthaboutluv said:

Apparently it was Yam Yam. I guess it was a plan he and Carson discussed in case Lauren had an idol.

 

Which would make sense to split the vote, but if Lauren had the idol, what good would that do?  Two votes for Lauren that would be negated, 1 for Heidi, and if Lauren/Heidi voted together their votes would override Heidi's one.