Episode 36.7

I really hope that I never miss a planned post of this blog when a current season is airing. I would hope that regardless of what is going on in my life, that I can continue this blog should there be a new season airing. If the show is on hiatus, then it wouldn’t really matter if I missed stuff. There could be tons of different reasons why I’d randomly stop posting or a post would be delayed. I just hope that I would let you know what happened or if I’d be gone for an extended period of time.

With the merge happening in this post, some of the contestants will have more of a set edit take in. I think that Michael is a potential winner of this season. He seems to be getting a good enough edit. Then again, he could fall short of the end and get voted out. Domenick is another person who could have some winner potential in him. But his edit is bad enough that he could fall short of getting the jury votes in the end.

The twist of Ghost Island makes me wonder about what misused advantages we will see in the future. It also makes me wonder more about what the whole twist is. I think that I even had a dream that was just in general summing up what we know about it thus far. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, they remind us that Domenick has the legacy advantage so we know that this has to be important in some way. He also has an idol and fake idol. Kellyn talks about the fact that the merge is happening next. Domenick is glad that Wendell is around. CAN THEY QUIT USING THE BLACK BUFF FOR THE MERGED TRIBES ALL THE TIME? Sorry about yelling there. Did you know that the only season thus far to have more than two tribes at the start and not have a black tribe at the merge was All-Stars? I think that I’m right about that, but I’m not sure.

Chris learns via his buff that there is a clue to an idol that’s at Ghost Island. Can he sneak off into a boat in order to get this idol? This is just very weird indeed. Plus, I’m normally on the side of things not being rigged, but Chris out of all people got this? Wendell wants to make a deal, but this won’t happen. I was kind of confused with who he was talking to.

In the second segment of the show, we go back to camp where Chris sneaks out of camp during the night. Ghost Island is all ominous and stuff when he gets there. He gets JT’s idol from Game Changers. It is only good for the next tribal council. But he could extend the life by one tribal council if he risks his vote. He extends the life by one then risks the vote again. But now he doesn’t get to vote. He was cocky too. I don’t think that I would have taken the chance in his position as I would have just played it no matter what. Of course, if I won the immunity challenge, then it wouldn’t matter.

Chris has to get extra sleep when he is back at camp, but this only serves to irritate Domenick more. What is weird is that they could both be safe in this tribal council. Wendell could be voted out next if I understand the failed conversation from earlier. People seem to be taking sides in the whole war. What some people don’t realize is that if the power players take each other out at this phase, other players could come out on top. This could be Michael’s game to lose.

In the third segment of the show, we get to the immunity challenge. I think that they showed a fly or some sort of insect on Domenick, so that could be important. The challenge comes down to women. Well, they are better at balance than men. Kellyn wins the challenge. She gets a confessional about it. But is she on the right side of the vote?

In the fourth segment of the show, Chris takes everyone except Wendell and Domenick to the well with him. And, surprisingly, it seems that everyone goes along with it. But are things what they seem? This season seems a lot like Arrow’s current season where you never know who will go next or who will wind up in control. Does anyone else watch Arrow?

Wendell wants to get rid of Chris. Are Wendell and Chris going to be buddy buddy? It seems very interesting that everyone mentioned as a target has an idol. Is someone going to mess up and not play one? Or is some random person going to be voted out after a null vote? It seems that the women are trying to band together next. Only they want to vote out Libby. I think that Domenick should play his legacy advantage. His idol is good at other parts in the game.

Before I continue further, I’m going to do some math as I wonder about the Ghost Island advantage. It would seem that if all of the chances worked out, it would last until there are seven people in the game. At the final seven, it wouldn’t last any longer. It seems like an odd thing to do. Surely, there wouldn’t be a twist in which multiple people are out at the same tribal, right? Well, it could happen and has in the past. And they did say tribals and not vote outs.

In the fifth segment of the show, we get to tribal council. I didn’t realize that Chris hadn’t been to tribal council before. Is he the first person to avoid it until the merge by himself? I know that others have done it with other people. Sebastian has a good point about how people aren’t who they seem to be. We learn more about the friction between the two of these people. I do think that Domenick has played some bad moves thus far. But I wouldn’t care if either are voted out, even though it seems more likely that they both last longer. Chris might be the leader, but it is hard to tell for sure.

I don’t think that the first merge vote is always crazy. It wasn’t in Nicaragua. It wasn’t in Africa. It wasn’t in Marquesas. It was not in Thailand. I’m sure there are other seasons. Domenick makes it clear who he is voting for at tribal council. Wendell can’t even talk right in his tribal council. Since when does Chris rap? They can’t do things like that and hope that we understand. When asked about an idol play, the legacy advantage is played. Chris doesn’t play his idol. Seriously? He is voted out and JT’s idol is not played again. How did he not know that he was the target? Why didn’t he take the risk when he knew that the idol would only last one more round anyways? Maybe he didn’t know he could still play it.

On the next Survivor, there are problems with the power players and people don’t know who to trust. Also, am I the only one who gets annoyed by how quickly things start right after the show is over? There used to be a good long break when Criminal Minds aired after this show and now that something good is on, they go straight into it without giving me a chance to set up recordings if you are like me and watch more than one show at once.

Total confessional count: Donathan- 11, Laurel- 5, Chris- 14, Sebastian- 5, Angela- 4, Chelsea- 3, Libby- 7, Michael- 15, Domenick- 18, Desiree- 9, Kellyn- 12, Jenna- 5, Wendell- 7.

New confessionals this episode: Wendell- 2, Donathan- 0, Laurel- 1, Chris- 5, Sebastian- 0, Angela- 0, Chelsea- 0, Libby- 2, Michael- 2, Domenick- 4, Desiree- 1, Kellyn- 2, Jenna- 0.

Chris had five new confessionals this episode, the highest out of everyone. Domenick had the second highest with four. The lowest were Chelsea, Donathan, Jenna, Sebastian, and Angela. As for the total confessional count, Chris had fourteen. The only people higher are Michael with fifteen and Domenick with eighteen. Everyone else is lower with Chelsea as the lowest with three. I should see you next week as normally. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.