Lauren doesn’t suck because she played her HII- it’s only good for two rounds anyway and since Karishma got almost all of the votes it wasn’t a bad idea at all for Lauren to play hers because it would only take one or two votes to go home. She sucks because she’s annoying and all of the work she’s putting in is only going to lead to a Tommy win.

And let’s not act like people hate Karishma for no reason. Her whole appeal is that she’s a disaster of a human being who continually self-victimizes to no end :love:

Even if Karishma does rub them the wrong way, it really unsettled me when she was crying on the bench and no one even looked over, nevermind actually put their food down and make sure she was OK.

She might not be easy to be around, but there's a lot to be said about the fact that it's X vs. 1 yet people who sit pretty in the majority are still only worried about how they are made to feel...

- Dean's goat army scene :joker:
- Dean's fake (or second fake) Legacy advantage lmaoooo... really good plan in theory but not when the original is also fake :laugh: Technically he could still use it to his advantage possibly but he totally seems like another Jay MvGx to me.
- Solid job by Lauren with this whole plan to get herself an immunity idol :clap1:
- Karishma just keeps getting a bit more annoying by the episodes. I guess she's a bit Angelina-esque although I actually loved to hate Angelina a lot more. I just don't really care much about Karishma aside from her same ol' shtick managing to be a little funny at times but not feeling it this ep.
- Dan is even more cringey annoying in this scene where Karishma & Elizabeth have a talk on the hammock tho :skull: He reeeeally should've went where Kellee or Jamal went. Also I find it so weird and awkward how integrated he is with the tribe now. Feel like he's a F3 goat just waiting to happen with Kellee getting her chance to speak.
- Laaaaaame @ Elizabeth ending up going after K's idol play. Wish she would've put 2 votes on Janet but 1) not sure if she knew the votes weren't getting split evenly, 2) not sure if she knew that's who Karishma was voting, 3) not even fully sure if it was her or Karishma that voted Janet... who voted Elizabeth originally?
- I like Missy's reactions on the jury :joker:

New person finding an idol next week? Between that and a boring family visit episode that might be quite a bad episode lol.

^ Dan was the original Elizabeth vote apparently

Hmmm another reason to hate Dan!

I have many reasons to hate Dan but I can confidently say that him voting for Elizabeth of all people is not one of them. Like...... it's Elizabeth. The earth is still spinning. Life went on.

Alright I have just binged all of this season so far in the past few days and this is very different compared to the early seasons which I have been watching. Going from the 4th season to the 39th one was always going to be like that though. I was surprised that there are no titles anymore, or that the Tribal Council music changed. (I liked the old one) I was also surprised to find out about Hidden Immunity Idols being scattered across the island :laugh: I prefer the old seasons, well the ones I have seen anyway (have yet to see Thailand wish me luck :worry:) but this season is pretty enjoyable, although the merge episode with the Dan situation was very grim to watch. He gave me sleazy vibes from the first episode and at least that episode gave him the expose that he deserved. Creepy, disgusting man. (and in other news, water is wet) It was really gross how Kellee spoke up abour Dan’s behaviour and suffered for it, and it’s a really sad reflection on society today. Janet came across fantastically, she is an angel :love: Here is my cast ranking, I’ll wait until after the season to include the eliminated castaways though. Kellee, Jamal and Vince would be high though :love:

1. Noura (Close between her and Karishma. Both are iconic and my favourite changes between them each episode)
2. Karishma (^)
3. Janet (:love:)
4. Dean (He seems like good fun! I hope he lasts for a while)
5. Elaine (lightest of greens as her minor role in the Dan situation wasn’t a good look but I still like her. I don’t think she even realised what was going on anyway)
6. Lauren (She’s fine but not very interesting)
7. Tommy (^)
8. Dan (Please will somebody just vote this creep out asap, he genuinely makes me feel ill)

:joker::joker::joker:

KARISHMA'S HUSBAND :love::love::love: almost making the family visit worth it? Like of course Lauren is married to some nerdy ass white guy and is SOBBING MID-CHALLENGE. Of course Dean is a momma's boy and had a tough childhood that Probst wishes he would expand upon more. Of course Noura has a kooky sister. Of course Dan's loved one is a thirteen year old kid. OF COURSE Elaine's girlfriend looks like some combo of Dolly, Scout, and Lee-Anne from Survivor SA?!?!?!

I'm gonna guess our luck's gonna run out this episode and it's bye bye Karishma or Noura.

"WE CAN PUT A WRECKING BALL TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S HEAD MAYBE...... SO LET'S GO!" --Karishma Patel, 2019

"I am, in a way, the Karishma!!!"

*camera pans to Karishma*

Dean mentioning DAN AND TOMMY and THE UNDERLINGS he's such an ass

RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM

BLUE BLUE BLUE

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Another episode, another boring endurance IC :rolleyes:

lmfao yup Dean SUCKS **** him

IT'S TEACHING TIME WITH TOMMY oh please for ****'s sake make it stop

GARBAGE omg I hate all of these ****ing assholes I am FURIOUS **** Dean **** Tommy **** DAN **** all of them

Dean choosing to suck Tommy's dick JUST to get out a woman is the most ****ing pathetic **** ever. Like even more pathetic than Laurel or any of the Ghost Island cast.

Noura getting an emotional, uplifting confessional about someone else's idol find :love:

also yup this season is still hot garbage

Karishma has broken Laura Morett’s record for most votes cast against somebody in a single season, with 22 votes :love:

This episode was sooooo exciting yet so anticlimactic by the end of it uGH

I can't believe King Dean fuucked everything!!!!!!

Karishma </3

I died at this

"I am, in a way, the Karishma, except I'm not annoying to be around, I uplift people" and so on, and so forth...

Karishma's unamused face <3

Omg why did Dean go and ruin the season! It's inevitable Tommy's winning urgh

At least Noura didn't go I was scared for a second there. "Thank God" when Karishma got eliminated :joker: Also don't think Tommy will get rid of Lauren.

I like Dean but he's sooo stupid... He just gave Tommy one million dollars :notimpressed:

I can't with the ~King Dean~ and "he ruined the season BUT he's still funneh" like no he's ****ing not???? He was funny for like a hot second in episodes 3 and 4 but ever since the tribe swap he's been boring, smugly delusional, eager to kick women when they're down, has shown zero sense of self-awareness in the least entertaining way, and has never passed up an opportunity to help a dude bro and turn on a woman. He somehow thinks HE is a threat because he is "athletic" even though he is embarrassingly bad at Challenges. He calls himself, Tommy, and Elizabeth threats and Karishma and Noura goats. He acts like Tommy and Dan are worthy power players and opposed to THE UNDERLINGS. He didn't give Kellee any sort of indication that she was in danger after she gave him an Idol and saved his ass but he completely bailed Tommy out because he sees another white dude and thinks he's worth saving.

HE SUCKS and we need to stop kidding ourselves just because he's good-looking.

Ah great timing. Came in here to say how much Dean shined in that episode :joker:

Noura was the focal shining but Dean cracked me up with his takes & how he just completely threw the entire plan & Noura under the bus within seconds at TC lmfao

Not to mention Karishma going instead of Tommy (or Noura)? Yes please and thank you! (btw Karishma going was super obvious though, I had no doubt in my mind the entire TC and really the second half of the episode but I'm not complaining when the episode and TC/result were all excellent :clap1:)

Was Tribal Council even good? Like the whole "ItS a LiVe tRiBAL!!!!!" thing is so ****ing overblown and trite that it's past the point of parody now. It's just stupid whispers on top of stupid whispers and you can't even keep track of what's about to happen (not that a Karishma boot wasn't predictable, but the narrative was filled with holes) and it actually kind of ruins the whole purpose of Tribal Council? There used to be some skill and craft when it came to answering questions that Jeff would throw at you, trying to word your answers in a way that sends one message to your allies and hides your true intentions from your enemies. Everyone heard everything, including the audience. Now it's just people frantically running around the set whispering inaudibles into each other's ears and then the votes happen with no explanation as to how anyone settled on that result.

Also, "teaching time with Tommy" might be a bottom one phrase every uttered on this planet earth.

That reminds me... there was really a lot to this episode in terms of memorability and even little quotes and stuff.

- Nouramal
- Teaching Time with Tommy #TTWT (good catchy line actually and kinda defining moment if he does indeed win)
- A couple of "redneck" type quotes from Elaine that were funny
- Noura saying to Karishma that she's just like her except actually likable, good to be around, etc. etc. ffs :joker: - Her rant in general
- Dean saying to Noura's face that she's the one he's worried about with the plan
- Dean spilling the beans immediately to Tommy during TC and creating whispers --- to me this was better than the typical Live TC, I don't care a ton for them in general but some can be good and this may have been the best one to date because it legit felt so live like a domino effect after a plan that could've actually went through was totally revealed to everyone
- A lot of frantic behavior from almost everyone both before & during TC made for a fun atmosphere from start to finish

An episode with multiple memorable moments and phrases if you ask me :clap1:

Oh and this was a family visit episode. Those honestly usually suck outside of a couple funny/emotional confessionals or maybe when someone flips out for not going on the family reward ---- but rarely is it to this extent lolol

Wow. Dean probably made the stupidest move ever?

To be honest, I think the bar for a good Survivor episode ought to be a little higher than "it had moments and phrases"

How could I forget Nouramal :love:

Lol memorable was the key there

It wasn't just some Nouramal moments and phrases :dazzler:

ALSO call me crazy but I think Noura is the favorite to win this season :joker: followed by Tommy (would be a "typical" finish but not one I'm fully expecting), Janet & Dean in that order.

I threw Dean in as I feel like he's quite involved with the plot since like episode 3 but I do think the winner will likely be Noura, Tommy or Janet. I kinda think there has been too much "goat" focus for either Noura or Dean to not win? Maybe I'm tripping :joker:

It was....... an empty quote that he definitely had planned in his head beforehand and thought it would sound badass but in reality it was lame and didn't even make sense. It defined **** all, which I guess could be indicative of the fact that Tommy's edit is **** all and he's done **** all? But definitely not iconic in the way he was going for.

I've already forgotten who Tommy is, let alone what he said in last week's episode, so I beg to differ tbh!

Also there's this, which is notable for featuring both Michele Fitzgerald and her time-travelling future self in the same photo