re: Survivor Season 39 - Return of Boston Rob and Sandra....Or Island of the idols

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I find the whole bother about the wokeness rather funny given it is a way to move the chess pieces around the board. It is a form of manipulation and rather useful especially in a multi-cultural multi-generational game. Use it well and you advance use it poorly (ie too much or too little) and it could mean your arse on eviction night. Much like geopolitical affairs, it is a balance between truth and fiction like the sweet nothings Roosevelt and Stalin surely whispered into each other's ears.

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This.

The whole crap about the women's alliance was just to get Jamar unsettled. None of those women were really offended, it was all gameplay. Every season there is talk about a women's alliance and it almost never materializes.

Wow did people really not like this episode??


I honestly thought that was a great tribal and loved the play to keep Dean in the game by giving him the idol. I’m a little unsure why they decided to go with Jack instead of Jamal, especially since Nora was the deciding vote to evict, but it was exciting. I actually forgot Jamal found that idol early on. Can’t believe he played it for Nora though


Also it’s pretty clear why they showed the interaction last week with Jamal getting a taste of his own medicine and the girls shining a light on his “male privilege”.

He did take it like a champ though, which answers the question last week about how he’d respond if called out on his own language, so good on him, although I have to say it seemed like he was saying some of it through gritted teeth but knew he had no choice .

I thought it was a pretty solid full circle to be honest.

Janet speaking some wise words of truth earned through a lifetime of experience.


Kellee was clearly using the attack as a game tactic, which is hilarious and awesome. Does make it more surprising they went after Jack though. I guess they just figured Jack is more likable so a bigger threat, where everyone will want Jamal out at some later point anyway.

Risky move, that’s often how people end up sneaking all the way to the end, but we’ll see how it goes.


I’m liking the game play the past few weeks, and hopefully the merge will really get things crazy.


(I made sure to catch names this week )

But the best moment had to be Jack almost setting his hair on fire when he put his torch down to get snuffed. Dude almost fell over

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Kellee dominated, and I loved that she still voted for Dean even after she gave him the idol. That's thinking a few moves ahead

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I thought the guy that left had two votes.

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I thought the guy that left had two votes.

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He did, for some reason Noura voted for him.

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pretty sure only Nora voted for him.

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And Dean

Yeah, Dean and Noura voted for Jack.

Which must mean that Kellee told Noura about the plan... otherwise no clue why she votes for Jack at that point.

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Jamal giving Nora his immunity idol, that nobody knew he even had, still makes absolutely no sense.

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Jamal had told Dean that the vote was going for Noura... so he must have assumed that Dean was going that direction and tried to protect her, because they are still allied as far as he knew.

That really just would have left the vote either tied with no valid votes had Dean voted Noura and everyone else voted Dean, or someone undeserving eliminated on a rogue vote.

So, still no good reason to do that.

Kellee's expired, so she had good reason to shake things up. Might as well take out a threat like Jack and keep the blood off of your hands.

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And I think Kellee's gamble on Dean is going to come back to bite her in the arse.

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I don't think so. They have real world connections so they might see how long they can stick together. Also could be completely wrong.

It makes sense, but it's still so dumb to use a truly hidden idol on someone else at this point in the game.

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I think they are eating like the survivors.

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i don't believe that for a minute.

also, what's up with sandra's wrists?

i like kellee's move. secretly save her ally with an idol and then vote for him. keeps suspicion off of her. i really thought jamal was about to go home after giving his idol away. which would have been pretty funny.