Episode 37.9

It is a good thing for me that they don’t air any new episodes of TV shows the day after Thanksgiving. I normally don’t watch what they air then, but I’m glad that they aren’t airing new episodes of show that I like. Otherwise, the shows that I could wind up missing are Blindspot, MacGyver, Dynasty, Fresh off the Boat, Hawaii Five-0, and Blue Bloods. There are even times that I watch 20/20. I have seen Dateline on occasion, but I normally don’t tune into that.

With this episode setting up possible issues with the showmance of this season, I might as well figure that they are headed into Endangered Love. This video will hopefully explain what I mean by that. One cannot do all that they want to with love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpcf_qD3GW4

The idol from Tocantins was found by Brendan who was voted out with it in his possession. Taj found the other idol and gave it to Stephen. Stephen never used it and was able to blindside her at the final four when I don’t think that the idol could have been used anyways.

Now while I know that I mentioned that this blog would probably be late, I thought that I would explain why. I had to work last Wednesday night and waiting until after the show was over would be a very bad idea. I did not have time later on Wednesday to watch the tape of the show. On Thursday, I was too busy with Thanksgiving to have any time for this. Thankfully, there’s nothing good to do on the Friday after Thanksgiving so I was able to watch the episode then. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, Davie seems a bit cocky after the vote. Some women talk about what they want to do next. Alison wants to figure out where her loyalties lie. Alec points out that the Goliaths still have an advantage, but he isn’t sure that he wants to stick with them. Dan feels that he has been taken advantage of. Kara thinks that Dan is too emotional. Dan thinks that he wasted his idol. Who is the person who still has an idol? We then get to the reward challenge.

Angelina, Christian, Gabby, Alison, and Nick are the purple team. The orange team is Mike, Davie, Alec, Dan, and Kara. Carl is not on a team and won’t be a reward as a result. The orange team makes a bit of a mistake by not covering their answers. But they still win reward despite the mistake. Gabby thinks that she can get Alison on her side.

In the second segment of the show, Angelina is emotional over the loss for some reason. Gabby and Alison talk and I’m getting tired of the phrase Goliath strong. Mike wants his tribe to stick together. Kara wants to get rid of Dan. Kara tells them about Dan’s second idol.

In the third segment of the show, Davie and the rest of the Davids look for another idol. Christian wants to make sure that he does a through all search everywhere. He finds an idol. We then get to the next challenge for immunity. It has been a while since we got to a ball challenge. There are changes when the ball drops. Make sure that you work well on your second ball. Land the balls in the right spot. Dan lands a ball. Others work on landing their balls. Are the balls in the right place? People can’t get second balls in this game. Alec wins immunity, becoming the third straight Goliath to win immunity. Dan wants to make sure that Christian is voted out next.

In the fourth segment of the show, Kara wants to get rid of Dan. She wants to split the votes between Angelina and Dan. But Alison isn’t sure that this is what she thinks will happen. Alec wonders who he should trust. Kara wants to vote out Dan. Nick is worried about what is going on. The Davids tell each other about all of the powers that they have. Christian thinks that things can go wrong and that they can’t screw up the vote. What will happen next?

In the fifth segment of the show, Alison is glad that they know what to do after the last tribal council. Many think that the vote was a wakeup call. Mike doesn’t want to be seen as a traitor. Nick thought that they were supposed to vote out Angelina at the previous tribal council. Not much is gathered from what is talked about at tribal council.

Nick decides to steal the vote of Alison. Dan wonders if he should play his idol for Alison or not. Dan plays his idol on himself. Jeff pulls out the idol nullifier and it was played correctly against Dan. Christian has votes against him. Dan is not the man and is voted out. Carl then bings, revealing that he played the nullifier. Have the lines blurred? I hate these blurred lines.

On the next Survivor, betrayal causes a woman to have fury. I wonder if a good hell analogy would be good in a season like this or not. I guess that we will see in the future what all will happen. I just wish that I knew for sure when the next post will be. I’ll explain at the end.

Total confessional count: Nick- 15, Carl- 7, Christian- 21, Kara- 15, Angelina- 16, Alec- 13, Gabby- 16, Alison- 7, Dan- 15, Davie- 12, Mike- 19. New confessionals this episode: Davie- 2, Mike- 1, Nick- 1, Carl- 0, Christian- 2, Kara- 5, Angelina- 1, Alec- 3, Gabby- 2, Alison- 3, Dan- 2.

In terms of confessionals this episode, Dan had two, the same number as Christian, Gabby, and Davie. The only people who are higher are Kara, Alec, and Alison with Kara as the highest with five. Carl is the lowest with zero. As for the total confessional count, Dan had fifteen, the same number as Nick and Kara had. The people who are higher are Mike, Christian, Angelina, and Gabby, with Christian as the highest with twenty-one. Everyone else is lower with Alison and Carl as the lowest with seven, the only two who are still left in the single digits.

Advent services do not start next week, but I’m still not sure when the blog will be updated as I have yet another family visit taking place during the near future. While I can hope that I can be back here on the next Wednesday as I normally am, if I’m not, then at least you would know why. I wish that I wasn’t as bad with these posts since they are normally not updated late. I might have to share with you the post of someone who doesn’t update their blog late (as far as I know). I’m glad that I can get it to you at all. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.