Episode 38.6

I will continue to post this blog from this main laptop for a while. I decided it was best to just use the same old format that I’ve been using in the past while putting Jane the Virgin on my laptop. Another thing to note about me watching TV is that I will try my best to stay caught up on Riverdale online since Luke Perry is in some unaired episodes and I’ll want to see what happens with his character that is named Fred Andrews in the rest of the episodes.

Let’s get to the idols from Cagayan. Garrett found one on day one and was voted out without playing it. I don’t think that his idol reentered the game. Tony found another idol. L J found a different one. In a moment that must have been funny based on what I can remember, they both played their idols on the other person at the same tribal council. Ultimately, both were wasted.

Spencer found an idol and also wound up wasting it on himself. Tony then found another, regular idol and a super idol that could be played after votes were read. He used the regular one when he could last play it. He never needed the super idol and made it seem like it had powers that could get it to last longer than it really did. This might have helped him in the game.

Based on promos for the episode, there’s a good chance that just one person is getting back in the game at this point and it is unknown until I watch the episode what will happen to the others. But I need to think about who on Extinction Island has the best chance of getting back in the game.

I think that Reem’s story is just about done. She got to gloat when people she didn’t joined her on the island. I’ll admit that she has a better story this season because of it. But I’d have to say that she might not have that much of a chance winning her way back in the game.

Keith hasn’t done much outside of finding an advantage. Other than that, his chances of lasting do not seem likely to me either. He hasn’t been shown as much as he could have been compared to others and the biggest hint that he probably wouldn’t last might have been the fact that he was the only person shown thus far who might not have gone to the Edge of Extinction anyways.

Chris has the least in terms of confessionals going into this episode and might not seem like he would be the person coming back into the game as a result. He could be since he would be more like to win the challenge to get back into the game, but I’d say that he doesn’t have enough of a story.

Rick’s chances of getting back into the game seem the most likely going into this episode. I mean, he does have more confessionals than anyone who wasn’t voted out. But it still might not be him as there could be other players that could get in and he could just be a red herring.

Aubry may be the person that most people would want back in the game, but I’m not sure that I would care that much one way or the other. Maybe she could last. It would be interesting to see if she would be able to still use her advantage or idol still if she got back in. But I think that her edit of being a person who does not have things go her way might stay intact. She seems to be doing worse and worse each time she plays the game. Not most people are like that.

Wendy is the only person left who could get back in. She is probably the one that others least want to get back in the game due to all her crazy antics. I think that her time is probably done as I can’t see more to her story in the end. At least she got to spend so little time on Extinction Island.

Now before I get to the rest of the post, I might as well rank the players based on what I think their odds of getting back into the game are. From most likely to get back in the game to least, I rank them: Rick, Aubry, Reem, Chris, Keith, and Wendy. We’ll see what happens next. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, the people in the game look at what is going on after seeing that the latest person voted out of the game was Wendy. Gavin was excited about the merge that now happens. Jeff then brings in the people from Extinction Island. He explains some of what went on there for the next part of the game. Chris has an advantage in the challenge in form of practice, but Keith gives him a disadvantage as well in the form of knots.

The challenge happens and they put part of the jail break challenge in it. Aubry takes a lead, but it is not long before others catch up with her. Wendy’s tics seem to affect her in the challenge. Rick wins the challenge and gets back in the game. He is pumped about his win and joining the merge tribe. Jeff talks to the other players who lost the challenge. He gives them another decision to make. Everyone goes back to Extinction Island when Jeff gives them the choice to. But the other players don’t know this.

In the second segment of the show, the merged tribe gets to their feast. Kelley is upset that Rick won his way back into the game.  Also, I’m not calling him Devons. Julie is trying to relate to Rick. Back at the not so secret island, Keith and Wendy decide to leave the game. Now do they get to be on the jury then? I guess that their games are over. Why’d they choose to go back to Extinction Island? Kelley wants to work with Joe or start a woman’s alliance. They want to vote out Rick. But Julie doesn’t think that they should do this. She wants to turn on Kelley and Lauren instead as a result.

In the third segment of the show, Rick notices something in his bag. He has to split up an immunity idol and give half to another player. If he and this other player make it past the next vote, the idol can be used at future tribal councils. He decides to give the other half to David. We then get to the immunity challenge in the game. Julie wins the challenge. Kelley worries about the vote, but knows that she has an immunity idol she can still use.

In the fourth segment of the show, Julie talks about feeling secure because of her win. She wants to vote out Kelley and is trying to rally the vote that way. Rick learns about some of the plan and that people want to keep him safe. David still wants to get rid of Kelley as usual. Joe is worried that he’s in danger. Ron doesn’t want to work with Joe. Ron tries to get Joe voted out. Victoria thinks that Kelley is the safer option and is worried that the vote might not go the right way. Making the right decision is important. I wonder what this obvious hint is about.

In the fifth segment of the show, some people attend their first tribal council. I think this is the first time that this has happened in a season that started with just two tribes. They learn that people who are on Extinction Island still are part of the jury. Those people are Reem, Chris, and Aubry. They can potentially get back in the game. Kama was glad that they were merging. Ron likes their tribe. Kelley thinks that she is in the minority. The dynamics of the tribes are different. Victoria thinks that Rick isn’t a threat and that it would be mean to send him right back to Extinction Island.

Victoria wants to point out what the right type of threat is. Joe didn’t do much and Rick points this. Joe thinks that he is strong. Ron thinks that his tribe has the power. This could go many ways. The votes are cast next. No one plays an idol. Why did David get votes? Joe is voted out. He takes the torch and goes to Extinction Island while complaining about his tribe.

On the next Survivor, Ron thinks that he is in control, but he might not be. It looks like there could be cracks in the Rick and David alliance. There also appears to be a medical problem at the challenge. Joe then gets to Extinction Island and talks about what happened when he got there.

Total confessional count: Lauren- 8, Julie- 8, Kelley- 17, Gavin- 5, David- 13, Joe- 7, Victoria- 10, Julia- 3, Ron- 4, Wardog- 9, Eric- 5, Aurora- 2; Reem- 10, Keith- 12, Chris- 7, Rick- 19, Aubry- 11, Wendy- 11. New confessionals this episode: Julie- 4, Kelley- 3, Gavin- 2, David- 0, Joe- 1, Victoria- 1, Julia- 1, Ron- 1, Wardog- 0, Eric- 0, Aurora- 0, Lauren- 0. Extinction Island confessional count: Reem- 0, Keith- 1, Chris- 1, Rick- 4, Aubry- 2, Wendy- 1.

Joe had only one new confessional this episode and that was when he got to Extinction Island. That is the same number as Victoria, Julia, and Ron. The only people lower are Wardog, Eric, Aurora, Lauren, and David with zero. The highest is a tie between Julie and Rick. Keith and Wendy also had just one total confessional that was new this episode. Keith had twelve total and Wendy had eleven. Wendy has the same number as Aubry does. The only people higher than them are Kelley, David, and Rick with Rick as the highest with nineteen. Everyone else is lower with Aurora as the lowest with two. There’s not much else to say in this post. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.