[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by TomC

I'm four episodes into Palau. It's still a fantastic season, but people are right, the excitement and suspense of a Palau first-watch has completely evaporated. It is clear from the very start who will have control in the game.

I bloody love Angie! I didn't remember very much about her from the first watch, but queen.
James is really awful.
Bobby Jon remains a hottie.
The Ulong tribe is, on the whole, pretty vapid ngl.

I think out of all the seasons I've seen thus far I'd like to watch Palau the most, mostly for the Bobby Jon & Stephenie experience but also to look back and actually see why Tom is considered one the best players to *ever* play the game, because I couldn't for the life of me understand it the first time around. Perhaps if I paid attention to him more the second time around I'd appreciate him more as a contestant (but I doubt it).

The one thing that annoys me about Palau is that the amount of times we've had unnecessary tribe switches/swaps that don't really add anything to the game, this is one of the few times we could have actually done with one to keep the game interesting.