S48.E10: "My Enemies are Plottin'" LIVE CHAT THREAD

[truthaboutluv]

Joe, your jury management sucks because it lacks any subtlety. 

[Rodney]

. . . Oh, good.  Mary's not buying it.

I'm just scared that Mitch will buy into their propaganda.

[Lantern7]

Poking around again. I’m hearing Mary talking rocks, though. Rocks are entertaining, right?

[MerBearHou]

Just now, Rodney said:

Is Mary buying this or humoring Joe?  I can't tell.

I vote humoring.

[dizzyd]

I need Mary to figure herself out of the bottom. She’s fun tv so I’ll forgive her for her lapse in judgement aligning with David.

[LadyChatts]

There are sirens and red flags all around Mitch that he shouldn't go with one alliance.  He needs to ask himself, "be in an alliance of 6" or "possibly make the final 4".  

[Rodney]

4 minutes ago, LadyChatts said:

Eva is so overconfident.  I really can't stand her and am annoyed she's got two advantages in this game and is in a solid alliance.

1 minute ago, truthaboutluv said:

Joe, your jury management sucks because it lacks any subtlety. 

They're really breaking down both Joe and Eva's edits.  I'm kind of shocked that they're showing them both like this after the flowery, heroic edits they'd previously given both of them.

1 minute ago, dizzyd said:

I need Mary to figure herself out of the bottom. She’s fun tv so I’ll forgive her for her lapse in judgement aligning with David.

She already knows.

[LadyChatts]

1 minute ago, MerBearHou said:

I vote humoring.

I do too, especially since she said it was hilarious she thought Joe was trying to be honest with her.  

[Quilt Fairy]

There's no way you can go from the bottom of one alliance to the top of another existing alliance. 

[Lantern7]

Playing “I’m On a Boat.” Smiling broadly.

[PaperTree]

Lots of jury candidates tonight.

[LadyChatts]

1 minute ago, Rodney said:

They're really breaking down both Joe and Eva's edits.  I'm kind of shocked that they're showing them both like this after the flowery, heroic edits they'd previously given both of them.

I'm not sure if a blindside is going to happen this episode for one of them (for some reason, no one wants to work with Star, and I'm afraid Kyle will convince Kamilla to go with the strong-4 alliance for now).  But I do wonder if they are getting set up, because everything they are saying is usually the kiss of death.  Especially Eva, not seeming afraid and saying the next 2 votes should be easy.

But again, I don't expect nice things from Survivor.  I got lucky last week.  

[Lantern7]

Okay, NOW we got the rice ransom.

[Rodney]

Immunity Challenge!

[Carey]

Only Chuck can go from the bottom of one alliance to the top of another existing alliance.  Mr T could too; not that they'd be at the bottom but one would have sympathy for the tribe and the latter would pity them & pretend to be at the bottom

[Quilt Fairy]

That was quick. 

[MerBearHou]

I always think this balance immunity challenge is a tough one.  

[dizzyd]

Who brought up rice negotiations earlier?

[Lantern7]

Just once, I’d want a cast to be frugal about rice specifically so they can tell Probst where to stick his gimmick.

[LadyChatts]

Kyle knows that Eva has her secret advantage, right?  And everyone knows she has an idol.  I know Joe may be seen as a physical threat, but I really don't get why she isn't more of a target for those reasons alone.

[Lantern7]

Just now, dizzyd said:

Who brought up rice negotiations earlier?

Hi. It was in the synopsis. Totally unspoiled.

[Rodney]

Just now, MerBearHou said:

I always think this balance immunity challenge is a tough one.  

One plus is that more women than men have won this one.  I think Troyzan, in fact, is the only man to win it, going back to Game Changers.

[Brown44]

Star should sit out nobody is worried about her.

[Quilt Fairy]

1 minute ago, Lantern7 said:

so they can tell Probst where to stick his gimmick.

They pretty much did this time. 

[WatcherUp2]

I get confused by Joe, because he looks so different with and without his head buff. He looks fairly normal without it, and like a total stereotypical musclebound meathead with it on.

[LadyChatts]

Mitch actually talking smart (7 days left and you know there will be more rewards).  Do they even fish anymore?  

You know Probst, I liked it better when you mocked the castaways for being hungry because they couldn't ration their rice correctly.

[truthaboutluv]

Just now, Brown44 said:

Star should sit out nobody is worried about her.

Except her name's been thrown around loudly to be voted off, so no, she needs immunity. She won't win though. 

[iMonrey]

Appropriate challenge for a bunch of blockheads.

[Rodney]

Oof.  Mary's fell.  So did Star's.  Shoot.  Kyle's, too.

[Dewey Decimate]

Tough challenge, but imo not that fun to watch. And we've seen it so many times now. What happened to the story time one in which Jeffy would recite a narrative about the location and they'd have to run through the jungle for the correct answers? Oh yeah, Nu Survivor. Meh.

[truthaboutluv]

Just now, LadyChatts said:

Mitch actually talking smart (7 days left and you know there will be more rewards).  Do they even fish anymore?  

They do, because Jeff still gives fishing supplies as reward. But that seems to be more when they're still in the tribal portion of the game.

My guess is once the merge happens, they send them to a beach that doesn't have a lot of tools.

[Lantern7]

Lots of block-dropping. I can’t make jokes like with balls dropping.

[Rodney]

Eva dropped hers, too, because her sweat got in her eyes.

[iMonrey]

I want to see someone get all eight pieces but spell it wrong.

[PaperTree]

1 minute ago, truthaboutluv said:

Except her name's been thrown around loudly to be voted off, so no, she needs immunity. She won't win though. 

She's really bad at this.

[Rodney]

Damn!  Kamilla dropped on her way to her sixth block!

[Lantern7]

Just now, Dewey Decimate said:

Tough challenge, but imo not that fun to watch. And we've seen it so many times now. What happened to the story time one in which Jeffy would recite a narrative about the location and they'd have to run through the jungle for the correct answers? Oh yeah, Nu Survivor. Meh.

It was only entertaining when Rudy would pull up to a station, mutter “I dunno,” and run off.

I hope those blocks glow in the dark. This challenge might last past sunset.

[DEL901]

Star really sucks at this game.

[Rodney]

Kyle keeps going too fast!  Joe just dropped!

Shauhin is now leading!

Edited May 1 by Rodney

[Haleth]

Does anyone know if it makes more sense to put each block a little off kilter (twisted) instead of square on top. Just wondering if there is some physical law that would apply?

[dizzyd]

Can one of the underdogs please win? I’m tired of seeing the same ppeople on top every challenge.

[truthaboutluv]

I like this challenge because it's never exactly clear who'll win until right near the end. I knew Kyle would drop because there was no way he was keeping all those letters going as fast as he was. 

[Brown44]

4 minutes ago, truthaboutluv said:

Except her name's been thrown around loudly to be voted off, so no, she needs immunity. She won't win though. 

That would be a waist of a vote.

[Rodney]

Kyle keeps dropping at the "u."

[momlyd]

Just now, Haleth said:

Does anyone know if it makes more sense to put each block a little off kilter (twisted) instead of square on top. Just wondering if there is some physical law that would apply?

That's a good question

[Rodney]

Joe talking to his blocks . . . I don't know whether to roll my eyes or laugh.

[Lantern7]

1 minute ago, DEL901 said:

Star really sucks at this game.

Who isn’t sucking? I can’t make a joke at Cedrek’s expense here.

[Rodney]

Star keeps going too quickly, as well.

[LadyChatts]

Just now, Brown44 said:

That would be a waist of a vote.

It would in a lot of ways, since she has no allies and seems to be out of the loop with everything going on (and sucks at challenges).  This really is old school Survivor with picking people off.  But I can hope Star will be a bitter juror.

[truthaboutluv]

I knew Shauhin would drop. That thing looked VERY precarious. 

eta: Joe winning would not be surprising only because there was all the talk of going after him. My guess is if he wins, Star's done. I knew they were showing way too much of her. 

Edited May 1 by truthaboutluv