S32.E12: Now's The Time To Start Scheming

[Tara Ariano]

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A combination of balance and teamwork earn some castaways a much-needed reward; and one player comes under fire after bossing other people around.

[LadyChatts]

I'm rooting for Mark at this point.  

Hoping Tai doesn't flip back to that whiner Jason.

[cooksdelight]

My satellite is out due to a storm, so I am hoping to get info here as to what's going on. I got as far as the blue team having one ball left to go.

[LadyChatts]

Tai is feeling sorry for Jason because of his daughter.  I wish Tai would remember what a baby Jason can be when he doesn't get his own way.

Tai/Jason/Michele won reward.  There's a lot of Joe tonight.

Okay, this IC is insane.  Also, why Jeff needs to shut up with the play by play-in one breath, Cydney was completely out.  In the next, she's in the lead.  Zip it, Probst.

Edited May 5, 2016 by LadyChatts

[Haleth]

Wow, that IC was tense. Slow and steady, Cyd!

[ratherbereading]

Holy cow, that was intense. I was holding my breath on that challenge.

[Pepper the Cat]

Ha! Cydney goes from "she does not have a chance" to winning it. Never count someone out Jeff!

you go girl!!

[PaperTree]

"I can't spell the word"  Joe is amazing.  But he's doomed.

[LadyChatts]

I'm thinking Joe is going tonight, possibly an Aubry blindside.  I don't think we will be lucky to get rid of Jason.  He's going to slime his way to the end.

2 minutes ago, PaperTree said:

"I can't spell the word"  Joe is amazing.  But he's doomed.

At this point I think Joe is a bigger goat than Jason. They'd be crazy to get rid of him because I don't believe has any chance of winning.  I'm worried for Aubry.

I wonder if Jason realizes the only reason they'd keep him around is because he's a goat.

If Aubry goes tonight, hoping Tai wins this.  He's the only one left that's done anything.  Jason has no chance, and the others would be unmemorable winners.

Edited May 5, 2016 by LadyChatts

[J.D.]

I hope Joe goes.  Love Tai.  Want him to go all the way.

[riverheightsnancy]

Yeah Jeff, shut the hell up. Cydney shows that being in last and going slow CAN and DID win. Her focus was a thing of beauty. Her body looks the best of ANY woman, of any season this late in the game. She looks so unbelievable. Her skin is just so beautiful. 

[J.D.]

Why do they want Jason out?  He's not a threat to anyone anymore.  He'd be a good one to take to the final three.  He can't win.

[LadyChatts]

Tai's scheming gets back to Michele.  Hope that doesn't cost him.  Hopefully he will use his advantage and idol tonight.

Well, this season has been a bust, but at least the TC have been exciting (and nerve wracking).

[cooksdelight]

Thanks for the updates, all the Chattanooga channels that I get on satellite are knocked out for some reason. ARGH!!!!

[PaperTree]

Excellent!  bye bye Jason.

eta:  Mark lives!

Edited May 5, 2016 by PaperTree

[LadyChatts]

Ugly beard and tattoos is gone!!!!

[Haleth]

Ha!  Jason voted himself out and Tai wasted his extra vote. Dopes. 

[NYGirl]

Wasn't the last week Tai could use that advantage?  I'm not sure I remember.

He was right to try and get Michelle out because she is a big threat.  Joe is now the goat I guess. 

I love that we have no idea who's being voted out every week.  It's very enjoyable.

[Dust Bunny]

That'll work.

I want one of those gals to take it to the house. The men have been morons. 

[magenta]

You go home now you eat too much

[riverheightsnancy]

9 minutes ago, J.D. said:

Why do they want Jason out?  He's not a threat to anyone anymore.  He'd be a good one to take to the final three.  He can't win.

I think that he could get bitter, male jury votes. So, he could be a threat from that perspective. 

[Straycat80]

Yes! Buh bye Jason.

that IC was intense! Good job Cyd!

I love how at the end of the reward challenge Joe blamed the 'dumb ball' for him losing. 

[Ms Blue Jay]

I was so bum-puzzled after THAT vote.

I thought that Tai, Joe, Aubry, and Jason would all vote for Michelle and that Tai didn't need the 2nd vote.

It appears that Jason voted for JOE LOL.  Why?  LOL.  Idiot!  That's a waste of a vote when you could be going home!

It appears that Michelle, Cydney, (Aubry), (Joe) voted for Jason!  Again, idiots!!  Cydney appears to be incredibly persuasive with Aubry!  And we all know that Joe does whatever whoever wants, including probably voting for whomever Mark would chicken-scratch for him to vote for.

Edited May 5, 2016 by Ms Blue Jay

[cooksdelight]

I think Tai has to use his idol next week at 5 players left, so he's safe for a final four, I think?

[LadyChatts]

Jason's proud of the game he played and knows his family will be too.  

At this point, I'm hoping for an Aubry or Tai win.

Edited May 5, 2016 by LadyChatts

[Straycat80]

1 minute ago, cooksdelight said:

I think Tai has to use his idol next week at 5 players left, so he's safe for a final four, I think?

I think so. The finale is May 18th. 

[mojoween]

Scot's eye roll was precious.

"If I could I would get off this bench and throw all of your torches in the woods!  But I cannot, because the bench is where I live."

Edited May 5, 2016 by mojoween

[Haleth]

Ugh, there goes the neighborhood (Ponderosa).

[Archery]

I cannot imagine that Cydney could look any more gorgeous at the finale than she does on Day 36.  Seriously, it is so unfair!

Jeff never said Cyd didn't have a chance to win.  His first comment was that she was in last place for now.  He recognized that her turtle approach could benefit her as the stacks got higher.

Why did Jason vote Joe?! Dumbass.  For a minute there, I thought Joe forgot how to spell "Jason" and wrote "Joe" instead.

[LanceM]

So I guess Tai is setting himself up as a nice goat now and lol at him giving Michele a massage in the preview.  

[hoosiermom]

So glad Jason is out. Now I can watch the show.

[J.D.]

I'm hoping Aubry for the win.

[ratherbereading]

10 minutes ago, NYGirl said:

Wasn't the last week Tai could use that advantage?  I'm not sure I remember.

He was right to try and get Michelle out because she is a big threat.  Joe is now the goat I guess. 

I love that we have no idea who's being voted out every week.  It's very enjoyable.

I know </Monica Gellar>

I think this is the first season in a long time that almost every tribal council, I have no clue who is being voted out. I was actually hoping Tai would go with at least an idol and possible the advantage in his pocket,

[BetyBee]

Hurray!  Jason is gone.  What a relief - he's an awful person.  I really want to see any of the women win.  

[susannot]

9 minutes ago, Archery said:

I cannot imagine that Cydney could look any more gorgeous at the finale than she does on Day 36.  Seriously, it is so unfair!

Jeff never said Cyd didn't have a chance to win.  His first comment was that she was in last place for now.  He recognized that her turtle approach could benefit her as the stacks got higher.

Why did Jason vote Joe?! Dumbass.  For a minute there, I thought Joe forgot how to spell "Jason" and wrote "Joe" instead.

Srsly.   Her hair and her body have only gotten hotter as the show wears on.

[Jobiska]

17 minutes ago, riverheightsnancy said:

I think that [Jason] could get bitter, male jury votes. So, he could be a threat from that perspective. 

He's also won one immunity (if I recall?) and come close a few other times, and is obviously the best left in the water challenges, meaning he'll either keep winning food rewards and stay stronger for immunity, or possibly win an immunity if those ever involve water.   

[riverheightsnancy]

4 minutes ago, susannot said:

Srsly.   Her hair and her body have only gotten hotter as the show wears on.

She doesn't even look like all the other people who have been infected with bug bites and stuff. It's Cydney's world and we are just allowed in it. Dare I say it? Cydney is a Goddess. And the last and only time I said that about a contestant was with CirieGoddess, whom I loved as a player (Brenda was close though).

[piequinn35]

Why they did not eat the chicken while Tai was away lol

Tai should have shut his mouth, he wasted the advantage, try to listen next time will ya

I liked this episode, great challenges, kudos to Cydney and Joe was funny!

Edited May 5, 2016 by piequinn35

[Haleth]

Of the remaining players only Joe has not won immunity.   But stranger things have happened!

[ByaNose]

Now, I'm back on the Michelle Winner edit train. LOL!!! I'm pretty much sure a woman will win. LOL!!!!

[Lantern7]

I should be celebrating, what with Fat Ogre gone. The thought of Jason getting $100K from Scot angered me, and the game is legitimately wide open with him gone. So how come I'm not ringing on doorbells and high-fiving strangers?

Nice to see Mark is going to make it to Day 39. I really hope that he survived Second Chances. His buddy Tai is okay, though I think he's got too much power. I don't think it's turned him into an asshole. Maybe an asshat, but he's going to get a lot of love when the game is over.

Tired of team-based Reward Challenges. Whatever happened to everybody playing for themselves? I did like the reward. Nice to see Jason with his intellectual superiors.

Nice Immunity Challenge. First of all, it should be difficult to spell backwards after 32 days, even if the blocks are arranged in the correct order. I'm hoping that Probst apologized to Cydney for ranking on her gameplay. She was so slow, just about everybody wiped out twice. Very impressive.

Joe got interviews! I think that's as big an upset as Leichester City winning the Premier League.

[Eolivet]

1 hour ago, LadyChatts said:

Jason's proud of the game he played and knows his family will be too.  

Because when your back is against the wall, threats and sabotage are such valuable life lessons to teach a little girl with autism who loves animals.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out...Kyle.

[Primetimer]

Excellent teamwork sends three of the final six Survivors on an epic animal-related reward, while the immunity challenge teaches us that there’s no 'I' in 'immunity'...wait, that can’t be right.

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[Wandering Snark]

I'm sitting here puzzling who is "playing" a worse game right now, Joe the Challenge Giant or Tai the Little Terror. Tai should know not to dictate to people (or at least make it sound like he's not dictating.) and Joe should know how to spell. People don't mind being encouraged to follow but get annoyed about being told to get in line.

An elephant and a couple monkeys, I expect more from a wildlife rescue place actually... you can get nearly that close in any decent zoo these days... *meh*

It's like Kyle has selective memory/amnesia as I still can't believe he claimed to be "proud of" his game and how he played and is convinced his family will feel the same way. Wait, whaaaa???

ETA: "I didn't flip last time..." is not a compelling argument for your loyalty Tai...

Edited May 5, 2016 by Wandering Snark

[thejuicer]

12 minutes ago, Eolivet said:

Because when your back is against the wall, threats and sabotage are such valuable life lessons to teach a little girl with autism who loves animals.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out...Kyle.

Don't forget calling women "bitches". Bye Jason.

[Lamb18]

YES! Jason the fat grub is conquered by the power of Mark, the Survivor mastermind. I knew Mark attacking that grub was foreshadowing. I'm liking this season much better than I thought I would.  I kept thinking of that Easter Island photo someone posted when I saw Scot glowering on the bench.

[dkb]

1 hour ago, J.D. said:

Why do they want Jason out?  He's not a threat to anyone anymore.  He'd be a good one to take to the final three.  He can't win.

As another poster said, I really believe he would have a chance at winning if he got to the end. Scot is a slam dunk for sure, plus Julia and Nick I can see also voting for him. No clue on Debbie or Neal though, but I can see Debbie being pissed at the others for backstabbing her and voting Jason.

1 hour ago, riverheightsnancy said:

I think that he could get bitter, male jury votes. So, he could be a threat from that perspective. 

Agreed, RiverHeightsNancy

1 hour ago, mojoween said:

Scot's eye roll was precious.

"If I could I would get off this bench and throw all of your torches in the woods!  But I cannot, because the bench is where I live."

When they cut to Scot shaking his head after Jeff called Jason to bring his torch, I laughed out loud. Acting like that was the worse possible decision, like a disappointed parent sitting on the bleachers.

 

I hope its an all girl finals!!

Edited May 5, 2016 by dkb
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[North of Eden]

Well, they fooled me good. When Joe suddenly started getting screen time and confessionals I figured it was sloppy editing telegraphing his boot. In retrospect its probably just planting the seeds for Cyndey to get him booted....unless EVERYONE now believes he is the ideal goat to bring along...which he is I suppose.

I really want Cydney to win...but I just don't know if she has it to wrangle everyone sucessfully if she's a hot head. On the other hand I do not want Michelle swooping in for a victory this close to the end...when she really hasn't done anything of note for the entire game up until now.

Not sure why Aubrey feels compelled to swim with a vest on  when its just going to get sodden and slow you down.

RIght back at you Probst for derisively shouting out "Cydney is out of it!" When her slow and steady approach was literally made of win.

Was this season filming the first time someone had an extra vote because Julia seemed positively agape about it?

[Ms Blue Jay]

May I chime in about Cydney being a Goddess like I do every week and I'm also on the team that says Jeff shitting on her gameplay was ANNOYING throughout the entire Immunity Challenge and that he looked stupid when she won.  I swear, if a guy was doing what Cydney was doing I bet he'd be complimenting the strategy the whole time.  At least it made the challenge a total nail-biter because Jeff turned out to be so, so, so wrong.

What is Michelle's accent?

Edited May 5, 2016 by Ms Blue Jay

[Lingo]

I don't think Tai "wasted" his extra vote -- he was just outvoted. I think next Tribal is the last time he could use it, but basically its only value is in breaking ties. Even if he ends up in a 2-to-3 voting minority next week, an extra vote would just force a tie, but that would just trigger a revote, and since he wouldn't get to vote twice in the revote (I assume), he'd lose the vote anyway.

And players really try to avoid ties (understandably), so the extra vote is not much of an advantage (as compared to Stephen's stolen vote, which is much better). Mostly it just paints a target on your back.

I loved the immunity challenge so much I watched it 3 times! So much back and forth (very reminiscent of the "domino" challenge). Cydney was awesome. I noticed she was the only one trying to hold the rope completely taut most of the time. I think she deserves to win as much as Aubrey or Tai. She's shaken up the game and obviously she's not a follower. Michele has made some hard decisions too but I'm not as convinced of her leadership in the game. Most of her votes seem about proving her loyalty.

I also thought the reward challenge was a nice new twist on the old ball maze challenge. Shame that it was a blowout.

Edited May 5, 2016 by Lingo
I watched the immunity challenge 3 times!