Episode 30.11

We are at the point in the blog where I don’t know how to keep rearranging the names for the confessional count part of my blog. I keep it at near the end of each post. I hope that nobody considers them to be spoilers. I also can’t promise that they are accurate as it seems that my numbers are always lower than other people’s numbers. Meanwhile, I know that I’m not the only person who is disappointed that they didn’t do an all-stars season this season. Even if they somehow got every terrible person from the past in one cast, it still would have probably worked better than this season. While I’m glad that there are all new casts, since they never seem to find the right people for it, we at least can be given hope that returning players can help improve a season. Not everyone will agree with that, but the weak all new casts are proving why they kept using the returning players all the time in the first place. Honestly, at the rate they are going, a break of new Survivor episodes might actually be a good idea. Either that or they should replace their editors and casting people.

Why are there ever seasons with weak casts? Am I the only one who wonders how that happens? I just wonder why we get weak casts from time to time. We’ve had them often enough throughout the show that I just don’t see how they avoid this happening. Meanwhile, there could be something ominous about day 39 this season. The filming this season wrapped on September 11^th. This could mean that the winner is bad or someone flawed like Mike. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, the fallout of tribal council is discussed by the axis of evil. Basically, Dan was upset that people voted for him and Mike was very glad that people were scrambling. Will these people be able to stick together or will Mike take over the game?

In the second segment of the show, we get to Rodney’s birthday. He wants to be on a reward as he’s the only person still in the game who hasn’t gone on one, yet. Promos have him wanting to get voted out, which seems strange to me. Also, are they doing a loved ones challenge this season? If they don’t do one in the next episode, then that whole type of challenge could be a thing of the past. The reward today is to be goodwill ambassadors. The teams for the reward are Dan, Tyler, and Rodney. Mike, Sierra, and Carolyn are the other team. Will doesn’t get to participate in the challenge. For goodness sakes, you should let him pick a team to support in the challenge instead of just giving him no chance at reward. That is always a cruel thing. Rodney messes up the challenge by forgetting his balls. People need their balls in this game. Despite not letting others mess with the catapult, Mike’s team wins the challenge. Poor Rodney never wins reward. There’s discussion about it but nobody gives up their reward for Rodney. Will this lead to why he wants voted out?

In the third segment of the show, we get to the reward. Mike seems to be getting the most out of the reward. This could be to support his possible win, although he still has a lot to overcome if he does win. I also don’t know why people are surprised that they are rooting for Mike to win. They seem like they don’t want to root for him but are because there aren’t any good alternatives. We see a beehive with lots of bees which I think is supposed to represent the type of angry person that Rodney is. Always pay attention to the animal imagery. Back in Pearl Islands, I knew that Rupert would get voted out when the snake was eating that animal whole. Dan thinks that Rodney is being a bit too much which says a lot. Rodney wanting to get voted out is merely a strategy to trick Mike into thinking that he is safe. Tyler talks about how he knows that he’s a threat which is why he thinks that this plan won’t work. Does this mean that Tyler will get voted out next?

In the fourth segment of the show, Rodney continues to be a whiny baby person. He really likes complaining. While I despise the phrase “get over yourself,” that’s exactly what Rodney could do, even if it is an act. Tyler wants Carolyn’s idol. They are the only two white collar members still in the game. I wonder if there’s going to be a null vote in this episode. We are back to the one immunity necklace. It seemed like adding the second one when they did was just trying to affect the game in ways that they shouldn’t be doing. Carolyn wins the challenge. What does this mean for the game? Anyone else notice that Carolyn was the blue platform and that was the person they showed dropping out of the challenge when they explained it? I have the feeling that Carolyn’s idol is suddenly going to be relevant to the season at hand. It’s about darn time.

In the fifth segment of the show, Dan worries about getting voted out. Interesting how he is complaining about him getting votes. If he’s at the final three, this just shows us how big of a goat he might be. People think that Dan’s advantage will become important. Will he use it this episode? They have to get rid of it in some way and this might be their best opportunity to do so. A lot of discussion happens at tribal council as people try to figure out who to vote for. Dan’s advantage is brought up. It could be the difference between him or Tyler going home. Or will it? Dan does not use his advantage. Mike plays his hidden immunity idol. Tyler gets voted out which my sister has mixed feelings about.

It turns out that the rumors of an America’s choice season will be true. I will be certainly voting in that poll. It will be a second chances season and we get to help to choose who plays it. I really hope that I like the cast and the season. It sounds like there will be more Survivor which is cool.

On the next Survivor, the majority alliance is going to crumble. Will it be like the Yasur alliance, failing at the exact wrong time and making the one person not in it the winner of the game? They might have another chance to get rid of Mike, but can they use it? Also, it was both Sierra and Carolyn even who helped Mike vote out Tyler.

Total confessional count: Mike- 40, Rodney- 32, Carolyn- 33, Will- 14, Sierra- 15, Dan- 24, Tyler- 21. New confessionals this episode: Rodney- 4, Carolyn- 4, Will- 1, Sierra- 1, Dan- 3, Tyler- 5, Mike- 4.

Mike remains at the top of the confessional count. Will has the lowest confessional count at the moment. Carolyn has the second highest and Rodney has the third highest. Meanwhile, I have looked up information about who might be on the next Survivor season. I’ve decided to talk about that in the next Survivor post and I’ll make sure that it is in a potential spoilers section as there could be spoilers about it. Is the season we are helping to cast season 31 or 32? I thought that they were filming season 31 right now, but I don’t know if that is correct. Meanwhile, nobody from Caramoan or Guatemala is being considered to be on the next season. So I guess that I’ll have to keep complaining that nobody from that season has returned (except for one person who didn’t even start on that season). I fear that what I mention about that season could be considered a spoiler, so I won’t mention anything until the next post. I just hope that I haven’t mentioned any spoilers already in this post. Anyways, I look forward to the next season and have some Survivor fans to talk about when I have the opportunity to. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.