Episode 41.10

I have talked some loosely here and there by using the phase: my OCD. I have used this to some sort of degree in some way over and over again. Some of you might wonder what I mean by that. Well, I might as well make it clear. I really do have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. If you want to know what that is like, this video about it is nice. It’s called My OCD.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnzz-eFmKaw

 

Let’s get to the one time challenges from the tenth season. I have done some research into this season already when I wanted to see what all would work from it as a Redemption Island duel. But I’m going to look through these challenges again and hope that they all work out well.

 

Supply Dump (first tribal immunity and reward challenge from This Has Never Happened Before!): In this challenge, contestants have to go through a lot of obstacles and pick any objects from a supply dump before they take those supplies to a beach mat and get their tribe flag, winning only the items that they brought to the dump itself. This could probably not be done while social distancing as I’m not sure what all would work in it if done individually or as a relay race instead.

 

Heads Up (immunity challenge from Love is in the Air, Rats are Everywhere): In this challenge, players had to drag an underwater locker for 50 feet so that it could be opened. Once it could be, they would have to release mess kits that would be taken on shore to solve a Morse code puzzle. I don’t think that this challenge could be done while social distancing.

 

Water Tower (reward challenge from Exile Island): In this challenge, contestants have to solve a puzzle that is like scaffolding to make a climbable tower. They then have to use it to retrieve a pendant and then swim back to shore. I don’t think that this challenge could be done while social distancing. But it could maybe be done more individually, possibly?

 

Raft Rally (reward challenge from It Could All Backfire): In this challenge, contestants have to use a raft to get their color coded bag and use what’s in them to mark the distance between where they are (in this case, Palau) and five major world cities. I’m pretty sure that something like this could be done while social distancing and am honestly a bit surprised that it hasn’t happened again.

 

Tower of Domination (an immunity challenge from The Ultimate Shock): In this challenge, the players have to make their way through a tower, use hooks to retrieve keys, and raise a flag. The next part would have them going down to get another flag, which must be received from a combination box in the end. Raising it would finish part 2 of the challenge. As there is enough distance between some of what is going on, then this could be done while social distancing.

 

Bob-Bob Buoy (final immunity challenge from The Ultimate Shock): In this challenge, one that became the longest lasting one in Survivor history, a player would have to stand on a buoy for as long as possible to outlast the other players. It could be done while social distancing, although I doubt that it would appear again, lest it last too long again. Still, it should be done again due to how great it works.

 

By checking out another blog, I was able to better understand what Evvie was talking about in her exit confessional in the last episode. It turns out that Deshawn was wrongly thought to be in Evvie’s alliance and that is why she thought that someone flipped on her. I’m unsure where this came from, but guess that I have been missing a lot of the show. But enough of my ramblings.

 

In the first segment of the show, we get to the whole tribe reunited at once. People talk about how the votes went the way that they did. Shan is suspicious and unsure who to trust. What else is new? Do good things typically happen to paranoid players? It can be good at times like when Yau-Man knew to save himself with his idol at the final six. But constant paranoia is often bad in this game. San mentions that 2020 was a hard year. There is more emotion shown. I think that Shan is bonding with Deshawn. I missed some of what went on in writing this part.

 

We then get to the reward challenge. At it, you can tie yourself in horrible knots. They come in stripes and polka dots. Beware. Beware. Be a very wary bear. Ricard wins the “best reward of the season” and he takes first Shan then Heather then Xander on the reward. Danny thinks that Ricard is playing the jury and must be voted out.

 

In the second segment of the show, Danny wants to make a big move ®. They talk about wanting to get rid of Ricard without letting Shan know. Ricard and Shan want to be final two because they think that that might still be a thing. People want to vote out those that have advantages. Shan does her up to something music at the reward. It seems almost identical to Bittersweet Symphony is my mind.

 

In the third segment of the show, Liana gets emotional thinking of her summit with Shan and how they bonded as a result. Liana wants to work with Shan to hopefully win. Thus, Liana blabs the plan that they wanted to get rid of first Ricard then Shan. Shan is open at some point to getting rid of him, maybe. Shan is open about this to Ricard. He tries to talk about this in a fair and simple way, but can come off as mean and unsure what to say. Shan is probably neurotypical and you never know what will set those people off. Ricard is certain that he wants to win immunity to ensure his safety.

 

Speaking of immunity, we get to the challenge and continue Jeff’s weird ball fetish. Keep your ball on your disc. Is that the place that people are sitting on right now? Jeff wants everyone to put their hand on their ball and then put your ball back up. Can it go back up if it comes down? These challenges are easy to make fun of if you have an immature mind like most people would in this situation. Shan’s ball is on the move and could go anywhere. Deshawn’s ball moves a lot and then finally drops. Jeff has to point out that people have been very solid with their balls. He has to be doing this on purpose, right? It turns out that as usual, Ricard wins a must win challenge. Danny is upset that Ricard won.

 

In the fourth segment of the show, wait- was that a tornado in the background? While I do maybe want to do a post on animal imagery which is always important and easy to miss, you’d think that weather related ones would be important too. Ricard wants to turn on Shan. He needs an extra vote. Deshawn lies about targeting Ricard when asked about it by Ricard. Ricard sees right through this crap. But it does convince Deshawn to target Shan. Erika wants to split the votes between Shan and Liana. But this makes Erika the target instead. What? Is all of this supposed to be confusing all the time? I guess they just don’t want us to know who is voted out until the very end.

 

In the fifth segment of the show, we get to tribal council and Xander admits that he knows that all of them know that he has an idol. Who was the one that blabbed the code to everyone and made all of the idols public? Erika thinks that she’s on the bottom. Insert dirty joke here. Sometimes you don’t know who you can trust until after tribal council. Shan thinks that people have to do a cost benefit analysis of whether or not to trust someone. You have to try something and hope that it works out.

 

It does seem to some like Erika is trustworthy. You’d think that she would have lost that element when she broke the hourglass. Someone is wrong about who to trust and whether or not things will work out in the end. Once we get to the votes cast, no idols or advantages are played. In the end, it is Shan that is voted out. She still thinks that she can trust Ricard, I think.

 

On the next Survivor, Liana is upset that Ricard voted the way he is, Ricard is seen as a growing threat that people must get rid of, Erika wants to make a big move of some sort, and the challenge in the next episode (or one of them, at least) comes with a dangerous twist.

 

Total confessional count: Danny- 17, Deshawn- 19, Shan- 25, Liana- 19, Heather- 4, Erika- 12, Ricard- 18, Xander- 21. New confessionals this episode: Deshawn- 5, Shan- 3, Liana- 2, Heather- 0, Erika- 2, Ricard- 3, Xander- 0, Danny- 3.

 

I might have a bit of confusion going on with the order of some of the confessionals which tends to happen toward the end of the seasons when there are less people to cover. I don’t know yet whether or not I will be back here on Wednesday next week or Thursday instead. Plan for Wednesday. I hope to be back as normal. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.