S47.E05: "The Scales Be Tippin'" LIVE CHAT THREAD

[Rodney]

The fallout from Tribal Council leaves one castaway feeling like they are on the outs.  During the Reward Challenge, tribes must shoot their shot to land a win and earn an advantage.

This is the episode's live chat thread.

Edited October 16, 2024 by Rodney

[Pepper the Cat]

Here with wine and the cats!

[gorgy]

it's one fell swoop, not foul swoop

[LadyChatts]

I hope Rome or Sam goes tonight. 

And now Rome is all pissy because Teeny didn't tell him the vote was going in his direction.  Genevieve has the better approach in doing damage control.  But she seems a tad too overconfident here.

[Lantern7]

I’m a little behind. Also, I’m trying to care.

[HappyDancex2]

I’ve never caught the live chat!  Hi y’all!

I watched the recap and forgot what happened last week lol

[Pepper the Cat]

Challenge already?

[LadyChatts]

Dang, right into the challenge.  Only two lanes, yellow and blue.  

[gorgy]

time for another episode featuring the world's oldest 45 year old

[HappyDancex2]

Oh god oh man oh shit oh shit oh god oh man oh shit

[Straycat80]

Challenge off the bat. Reward. 

[SoMuchTV]

3 minutes ago, gorgy said:

it's one fell swoop, not foul swoop

I missed that, but I feel like it came from someone who had a full proof plan. 

[LadyChatts]

Brand new Survivor twist....and then cut to commercial.

[PaperTree]

Just now, Straycat80 said:

Challenge off the bat. Reward. 

And a merge into two?

[Rodney]

1 minute ago, LadyChatts said:

Brand new Survivor twist....and then cut to commercial.

Looks like a swap.  Nothing new about that.

[Lantern7]

Players are as thrilled about the impending new twist as I am.

Flipping between this and the NLCS.

Temporary teams. Some twist. 🙄

Edited October 17, 2024 by Lantern7

[KaveDweller]

That's actually a cool twist. Mix things up a little.

[LadyChatts]

And the twist is, they divide into two teams solely for the RC.  The winner gets a reward and the losers...go back to their original camps?  

[Lantern7]

Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. Good things don’t happen with this show. Not even if cornhole is involved.

[truthaboutluv]

So a temporary swap - I guess that is new, since these types of groupings usually come after the merge. It's a good way for players to make connections before the merge.

[LadyChatts]

So Jeff is basically taking concepts that are decades old but calling it a new Survivor reward because they have to cook their own hot dogs.  And of course they can try to get the people from the opposing tribe to spill.

[Straycat80]

Oh the Sanctuary where good things happen and a coffee talk. 

[Brown44]

That's a tasked I'd rather not win. This and winning letters from home I wouldn't want to be the one to choose.

Edited October 17, 2024 by Brown44

[LadyChatts]

Blue team: Anika, Sol, Rome, Gabe, Andy, Sierra and Genevieve

Yellow team: Sue, Kyle, Teeny, Sam, Rachel, Tiyana and Caroline

Edited October 17, 2024 by LadyChatts

[Lantern7]

How will Rome blow this challenge?

[LadyChatts]

I wonder if they are hoping the tribes will shake themselves up when the merge happens, since the past few seasons had some solid alliances and core groups from pre-merge alliances that wouldn't break and dominated

[EllenB]

I'd love to see a season in which all the  players (from each of two teams) who proclaim that they're in power, get pulled to make a third team that has to eliminate someone from that team each week. Dog eat dog survivor.

[HappyDancex2]

1 minute ago, Lantern7 said:

How will Rome blow this challenge?

Question asked, question answered lol

Put color dots on their heads.  I don’t know their names

[truthaboutluv]

So, what we're learning here is that if Rome is on a team, they will suck at the challenge. 

[Straycat80]

Kyle was a beast in this challenge. 

[LadyChatts]

I'm glad the Yellow team won.  I wish Sol could have been on that team and got away from Rome but I'm glad Rome doesn't get to go on the reward (he probably would have tried dominating the conversation and not let Sol get a word out in case he decided to spill anything).

Sounds like Teeny might be willing to spill some tea though!

[EllenB]

Just now, truthaboutluv said:

So, what we're learning here is that if Rome is on a team, they will suck at the challenge. 

And he'll blame someone else, most likely Sol.

[Quilt Fairy]

I would've bet money on the blue team to win, based on having more men.  I am pleasantly surprised.  Also, Rome sucks again. 

[Rodney]

33 minutes ago, Lantern7 said:

How will Rome blow this challenge?

Apparently, with an epic fail of unhooking a simple bag.

Edited October 17, 2024 by Rodney

[HappyDancex2]

I live in a swing state.  Now I remember why I DVR this show.  I want to shoot all of these commercials to the moon

[Rodney]

2 minutes ago, Quilt Fairy said:

I would've bet money on the blue team to win, based on having more men.  I am pleasantly surprised.  Also, Rome sucks again. 

Excellent twist of fate to see the female-dominant team win.

[dizzyd]

You know there’s hidden items at the sanctuary.

[LadyChatts]

So they all only get one hot dog (or veggie dog in Kyle's case?)  

But who needs hot dogs, Teeny's spilling that she's on the bottom and this might be her last supper.

[HappyDancex2]

Not so secret bond, big guy lol 

[Lantern7]

Back to being behind.

They couldn’t spring for name-brand soda?

[LadyChatts]

Sue tells Sam that she had heard he and Sierra were kind of running the show.

Tiyana is throwing Gabe under the bus and saying he's the one looking always looking for idols.  Kyle says he already found an idol and played it, but Sue isn't having this Gabe diss fest from Tiyana.

[Brown44]

People be out there snitching.

[LadyChatts]

I'm actually glad everyone is spilling.  Whether it goes anywhere when the merge happens who knows.

[truthaboutluv]

The thing about these situations is exactly what's happening right now - you have other players from your tribe there and they're observing what you're saying to these other people.

Tiyana doesn't realize how close Sue is with Gabe, so now if they lose the IC, Sue will 100% throw her under the bus.

[Lantern7]

I’m hoping someone checked the cornhole board for a hidden idol.

[LadyChatts]

Back to one of the losers camp.  Rome is approaching Sol about what a threat Teeny will be at the merge and reveals they have the amulet.  Rome also throws Genevieve under the bus by saying she'd rather work with Teeny long term than Sol.  

2 minutes ago, truthaboutluv said:

The thing about these situations is exactly what's happening right now - you have other players from your tribe there and they're observing what you're saying to these other people.

Tiyana doesn't realize how close Sue is with Gabe, so now if they lose the IC, Sue will 100% throw her under the bus.

And I'm guessing she doesn't know how close Caroline is to Sue, which means Caroline likely won't betray Sue even if she's not close to Gabe.

Ooh, now Sol is telling Genevieve what Rome said (about her not wanting to work with him long term).  And he said it was Rome's idea to target Teeny, not his.  

Edited October 17, 2024 by LadyChatts

[gorgy]

Genevieve is winning the season

[Straycat80]

Well, Genevieve you could have voted Rome out last week and you decided to keep him so….

[HappyDancex2]

Rome is volatile.  Loose lips.  Delusional.  I’d like to see him make the merge though because he’s going to create a lot of chaos

[Rodney]

1 minute ago, Straycat80 said:

Well, Genevieve you could have voted Rome out last week and you decided to keep him so….

Buyer's remorse might be kicking in.