Episode 33.7

There are a lot of people that we’ve seen thus far in the game. There are also a lot of people that we haven’t seen much of at all. Can we guess that if you haven’t gotten airtime by now that it’s likely that you only will get airtime if you are eliminated in that episode? But there could be misnomers. A major blindside could be awaiting David allowing someone completely different to take over the game. We’ve seen it happen before. Meanwhile, you do have to wonder when/if they will switch back to two tribes. They have never done a merge and anything other than two tribes before. That’s not to say that they never will, but that is something to keep in mind.

If the Cubs win the World Series, I fear that we will never hear the end of it. It will sort of be like when Harry from the Early Show got a live colonoscopy on TV. He became the butt of everyone’s jokes and then we never heard the end of that crap. Plus enough crazy and terrible things have happened this year that we don’t need something as bad as this. Let’s just hope Trump doesn’t get elected next.

One can wonder if the ad for this episode means that Adam might get eliminated. I guess that he’s my boot prediction going into it. We’ll have to see what happens but one can always get in trouble for making big moves. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, Takali gets back from tribal council. Taylor talks about feeling bad now that Figgy is voted out. Adam seems strange with the way that he talks to Taylor about it. Why even bring it up? That might not be the best post tribal move.

In the second segment of the show, we are shown Vanua. David wants to get rid of Michelle. He wants to work together with Zeke. David reveals his idol to Zeke. They sort of remind me of Penguin and the Riddler from Gotham, sexual innuendo and all. Michaela once again speaks her mind openly in front of the whole group of contestants when she mentions that she is glad that Figgy is gone. I think that Coby Archa loved her language there. I just wonder if this is going to get her in trouble sometime. It probably will because he who talks a lot in Survivor doesn’t typically do well long term.

The challenge once again goes into the ball fetish of the somehow straight Jeff. Just look at the huge sack of balls. Did they mean for them to look like that? (Man, I miss the Survivor Shade site. They would love this episode a lot.) Vanua gets first place in the challenge. Despite doing poorly for most of the challenge, the green tribe gets second place. I check the World Series score and hope that I’m prepared for the second coming of Jesus as the Cubs are winning.

In the third segment of the show, Vanua gets back from winning the reward. Zeke binge eats and Michelle clearly doesn’t like the guys on her tribe since they have no table manners. I do wonder if she has to eat with them. Taylor doesn’t like discussing politics. But he does make deals about what names not to write down. Umm, you’ll never get a jury vote that way. Michaela seems to be getting stranger as the days go by. Hannah is suspicious of Bret for some odd reason. She’s right as he is lying about being a funeral director. Why does paranoia run so rampant in this game? I do know a fun funeral director in life. Last I checked, he was also a fan of this show.

In the fourth segment of the show, we get to the immunity challenge. The green tribe loses. Sunday is convinced that it will probably be her or Bret. They decide to vote against each other. Michaela doesn’t think that it matters who they vote out. They want to split the vote. I forget who has idol on this tribe. I think that it is Jay. Why does it seem that men find the idols more? It seems as if they are getting rid of Michaela. That is the talk among players as they feel that she is too smart for the other players. Man, this would mean that all three tribes don’t care about which generation has the numbers. Why vote out the side you are with? It is hard to tell for sure why people keep doing that.

At tribal council, the third question on trust is asked to Michaela. If they ever ask this question and you are the third person to be asked it, you are in danger. Jay admits to his vote right before the last vote against Michaela is read. Hannah does freak out about it as they suspected. That’s among one of the greater exits in Survivor history.

On the next Survivor, we get to the merge already. Hannah wants revenge on what happened. This will make a Survivor first: three tribes merging into just one tribe. I also wonder if my Cardinals shirt that I wore today ended up working as the jinx that I hoped it would. We’ll see.

Total confessional count: Michaela- 16, Sunday- 4, Chris- 11, Adam- 12, Bret- 6, Jessica- 11, Ken- 12, Michelle- 5, Hannah- 9, Zeke- 14, Jay- 11, Taylor- 13, Will- 4, David- 21.

New confessionals this episode: Chris- 1, Adam- 1, Bret- 2, Jessica- 1, Ken- 0, Michelle- 1, Hannah- 3, Zeke- 2, Jay- 3, Taylor- 3, Will- 1, David- 2, Michaela- 3, Sunday- 1.

Michaela had three confessionals this episode, a tie for the highest shared with Jay, Taylor, and Hannah. The only person with no new confessionals this episode was Ken. In terms of the total confessional count, Michaela had sixteen confessionals. The only person who is higher than her is David with twenty-one. David is the first person to go over twenty total confessionals. Will and Sunday tie for lowest confessionals with four a piece. Since there will be a turning point in the game now, this is around the time where confessionals are no longer potential red herrings. If I had to guess, I’d say that if you aren’t in double digits now, then you may not affect the rest of the game. We’ll see what happens. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.