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Oh I didn't know Richard actually rubbed against Sue while he was naked in the challenge. I was too busy focusing on Kathy getting stuck in the middle of it for a few seconds trying to get past them. Lol @ this entire episode though. Loving this season.

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Yeah, Episode 6 is one hell of an entertaining episode. I actually think part of it is just the simplicity of having only one challenge in an episode... it leaves so much more time for game-related stuff and even just general camp life moments that's tougher to fit in with two long challenges. (plus no tribal council which honestly I could do with shorter TC's; they're not something that typically entertain me that much)

I feel kinda bad for Sue and overall I prefer her in All Stars over Borneo as she was barely annoying and usually relatively funny this time around. However, self-destructing and exploding on her way out was the PERFECT way for her to go. (minus the alleged sexual harrassment/assault)

Oh, and Boston Rob is still my favorite this season. I feel like I haven't been mentioning Boston Rob enough but he has his highlights every episode.

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Finally got around to watching 2 more episodes of All Stars last night (definitely the longest gap I've had in between episodes since I started my Survivor watch).

I kinda forgot the highlights since I didn't immediately comment but I don't think there actually were too many tbh. I was liking Kathy, Shii-Ann, Rob, Tom a lot. Ethan was up there among my favorites this season again. Jerri is maybe slightly less annoying but not by a whole lot. Not much to say on actual events in the episodes because it was pretty boring which is a shame since the last episode I stopped on was a very good one.

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Re-watching South Pacific (thanks to a online wheel decider) and Stacey is amazing

I do wish she called Coach Benjamin to his face to make him mad

Youtube video

Stacey/Brandon/Edna/Cochran are my favourites.

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I also don't like Ozzy this season(South Pacific), he is so miserable and unbearable

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Cochran flipping

Ozzy and Jim are soo soo awful.

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Re-watched South Pacific

1.Cochran
2.Brandon Hantz
3.Stacey Powell
4.Edna Ma
5.Christine Shields Markoski
6.Elyse Umemoto
7.Sophie Clarke
8.Dawn Meehan
9.Semhar Tadesse
10.Albert Destrade
11.Coach
12.Mikayla Wingle
13.Mark Caruso
14.Rick Nelson
15.Whitney Duncan
16.Keith Tollefson
17.Ozzy Lusth
18.Jim Rice

I still find it meh as i did with my first watch. ok winner and some moments but did nothing for me. Redemption island twist is awful like Ozzy only got to final 4 because of it.voted out 3 times overall but then again he didn't get a lot of air time while he was at RI which was great since he was insufferable to watch. Stacey was taken too soon who might have been my #1 if she lasted longer and gave more great moments. Cochran wasn't even one of my favourites last time but i found him great this time and him flipping was my favourite moment of the season. Cochran would have been 7th either way so him flipping made no difference to his game but his tribe's game was awful since they treated him like crap and he wouldn't have cost them their games if they was nicer to him. Can't expect someone you treat like **** to stay loyal.

did a rank sheet for it too.

Spoiler:

[Raph]

Elyse

[Macie Lightfoot]

what is an Elyse.

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Finally catching up on a few more episodes of All Stars. On the finale now, not sure if I'll watch it right now but: This season was pretty solid pre-merge (or at least decent) but it's gotten boring after the merge. I've also taken forever to watch this season but that's mostly due to being busy + BBCAN5/Survivor Game Changers keeping me occupied (however, finding it boring probably didn't help). This season will be one of my worst overall I think but not worse than Vanuatu / South Pacific / Cook Islands and not sure if I'm forgetting any one of my other least favorite seasons. Oh yeah Thailand too that might be the worst season ever.

Despite a few flops, these early seasons that I waited to watch last in my Survivor watch haven't been bad but I think they are overrated if most of them are rated as best of all time seasons(?). Amazon & Pearl Islands were the only GREAT pre-AS seasons but there were a few others that at least were decent to pretty good so I'm also not saying they were bad to watch at all.

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I actually like everyone that was left in the end too (Kathy, Alicia, Shii Ann, Tom, Rob, Jenna, Amber ok, even Rupert is ok - probably my favorite version of Rupert even though he's still not great. The season just hasn't been too eventful.

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All Stars Ranking

1. Jenna L (soooooo lovable; one of my major all-time favs from the early seasons)
2. Ethan (really likable, probably even more than in Africa, all-time fav)
3. Boston Rob (not as good as in Marquesas or RI though, but his only bad season was HvV)
4. Tom (can hardly understand him but find him hilarious anyway lol)
5. Shii Ann (another all-time favorite, excellent in both seasons)
6. Richard (even better than Richard at any point in Borneo without any annoyances this time)
7. Rudy (very funny... I feel like I appreciate him more as a character now and it even gives me more of a new view of him in Borneo as well)
8. Alicia (all-around solid, very rootable for me both seasons)
9. Susan (more of the early peak Borneo Sue Hawk)
11. Rob C (I like him but not as entertaining or relevant this time around)
10. Jenna M (likable but a bit bland this time + early exit)
12. Amber (much better than in AO, I liked her this time but still a bit uninspiring as a character or winner)
13. Rupert (best version of Rupert but nothing special yet again)
14. Kathy (I liked her a lot in parts but then a lot of other times very meh or even borderline annoying)
15. Lex (sort of fun to watch but a little less than in Africa; mostly a bit too OTT tense & annoying (again))
16. Tina (very meh this time but she didn't get much screen time obviously so it could just be that since I liked her in her other two seasons)
17. Jerri (not as bad, I'd almost say she fits the orange color more this time but I still just don't really like her)
18. Colby (absolutely boring & painful to watch x3)

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Also, I knew Amber wins but had no idea it was against Rob in the end. Towards the end of the season I started to feel like that would be the case although I could've seen an Amber/Jenna final 2 as well. Anyway, I do think Rob should've had his first win in All Stars already but oh well. At least it went to the same family either way.

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I decided to watch the reunion too which I rarely do and daaaamn this one is good!!! So many big reactions from the crowd & great discussions... probably better than the actual season lol.

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Sooooo I'm gonna do a Cagayan re-watch since I'm in the mood for some Survivor and this was the season I've seen longest ago + my favorite.

I'm all over the place with watching RTV shows lately... from watching BBUS2 (and not finishing it) to deciding to start watching BBUK (which I will continue) to now re-watching a Survivor season.

I'm enjoying this so much already though and I'm about a third through the premiere.

So far I'm liking Lindsey & Brice more than I remembered. Not sure if I originally liked them more at first last time as well.

Tony: If I was in Trish's shoes, there'd only be one bag of rice and one immunity idol in my pocket

OMG the scene where Sarah questions Tony about if he's a cop.

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I forgot Kass was on the wrong end of the first vote.

But damn David was bad at this game. Jeff: "So he's not going anywhere?"@Garrett; David: Not tonight.

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The Trish/Lindsey beef... soo good on both ends already. Why/how is Lindsey so much better than I remembered? Her impression of Trish lmao.

The creation of the spy shack

J'Tia choking so bad with the puzzle in the IC.

Actually now I think I'm remembering that I did LOVE the entire brawn tribe at first the last time I watched too and then I liked people like Lindsey/Sarah/maybe Cliff less later on.

The "open forum" on who to vote out & Garrett basically just saying he doesn't want to play Survivor anymore.
Tasha: THEN QUIT!



*J'Tia dumps all the rice*
J'Tia: I'm like the mental patient and you left the mental patient alone and I went crazyyy

Kass: How did we come up with the criteria for Brains? I'd like to see that data.

This season is better than half the seasons of Survivor on the first episode alone.

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Messy Tony in the beginning of episode 2 with the Cliff/Lindsey lie

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Tony: Lindsey said *high pitch voice* "But I liiiiike Saraaah, I liiiike Saraaah" and Cliff was the one like *deep voice* "aye shorty it's a game you gotta be focused"

Sarah: We shook on it today, it was the most sincere handshake you'll ever have in your life so I trust him 110%
Tony: I don't trust nooobody here. None of them!

Eh I guess I view Brice similarly as I always did (if I remember correctly), just sort of ok. He kinda burns out quickly (entertainment-wise and obviously results-wise).

I'm enjoying this so much like it's my first time watching it.

Ranking them unbiasedly as if I've only seen them in these 2 episodes (as much as I can):

1. Tony
2. Sarah
3. Lindsey
4. Trish
5. Alexis
6. Woo
7. Jeremiah
8. Kass
9. Jefra
10. Garrett
11. Spencer (he's really not bad at first; maybe even my type of character but I do end up disliking him towards the end - and disliking him throughout Cambodia)
12. Brice
13. J'Tia
14. Cliff
15. Tasha
16. LJ
17. David
18. Morgan

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@ Sarah wanting Cliff out so badly all because of Tony's lie

Woo is really coming into his own in episode 3. Probably when I started to be amazed by Woo.

J'Tia is oook for sure. I think I found more humor in her upon re-watch.

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The blossoming of LJ & Trish

Lmaoooo @ Lindsey's reaction to Trish's "fake laugh when she's around men." Lindsey is actually really funny I don't remember this.

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The messy beauty tribe on the brains/beauty merged tribe.

Also Alexis Not sure why but I'm reeeally appreciating even the characters I felt like I didn't care for originally.

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Trish's evil laugh in her confessional about the Cliff vote.

Tony: "Idk if she's bipolar, schizo, I don't know what she is but.."

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Cliff is probably the one boring castaway on this season.

Lindsey & Woo's reaction to Cliff going

Every episode on this season is great. (in fact episode 3 was probably the one episode out of the first 4 that wasn't amazing)

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Post-Cliff Trish vs. Lindsey is ICONIC