S47 Ep07 Spoilers and Comments (10/30/2024)

[Brian Smith]

Tonight's episode is titled "Our Pickle on Blast."

Pretty wild episode.

More later...

[Brian Smith]

Post by Brian Smith
Tonight's episode is titled "Our Pickle on Blast."
Pretty wild episode.
More later...

Andy seems to be getting one opportunity after another, but he keeps
screwing those opportunities up. At the start of the episode when he
asked Sol why he voted for him last TC it looked like Sol was legit
ready to work with him. Andy also seemed ready to take out his Gata
tribemates for using him and then throwing him UTB. When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea. Or was Sol not around when Sue said
that? Also, why did Andy not question why Rome voted for him? Sol should
have pointed that out when Andy said if Rome had an idol that he would
have gone home.

Andy really lucked out when Gen approached him, gave him a peptalk, and
then offered to work with him. She confirmed to us that Rome was her #1.

Immunity Challenge

Jeff tells them that they’re going to do a random draw into two teams of
six. The player who lasts the longest in the challenge will win immunity
for the entire team plus food. They’ll also get to go to TC but to
observe only. The person who lasts the longest on the losing tribe will
win Individual Immunity. The person who gets voted out will not make jury.

The random draw was crazy. Rachel ended up with all five remaining Tuku
members. If her team lost, she would need a miracle to survive.

The challenge was a combination of strength, balance, and endurance.
Andy was first out followed quickly by Rachel. Rachel’s team lost with
Kyle getting Individual Immunity. Teeny and Gen were still standing when
Kyle dropped.

Feast

At the feast, Andy sloppily looked for an advantage. Sierra called him
out and Gen told us that Andy was being desperate way too early.
Everyone except for Sol then drifted off. Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

Tribal Council

IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time) with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team. Jeff told
her to read it. She said it was “Safety without Power.” She then said
her husband told her never to leave TC with something in her pocket. She
played the advantage, got up, and then went back to camp. The five Tuku
people were in shock.

The random draw/twist combo worked out perfectly for production. Sol
giving Rachel the chance to save herself resulted in essentially a
second TC which the Tuku players were not prepared for. Even though they
had all entertained the possibility of taking one of their own out, it
was pretty obvious that they had agreed to take the easy route and boot
Rachel. I thought T made a huge mistake saying how important making jury
was for her. There was a lot of scrambling and private talks during this
TC with T throwing Gabe UTB and Gabe telling people to get rid of her.
Even though it was not shown, I think Sue convinced Kyle and Caroline to
keep Gabe and boot T.

The vote ended up being 4–1 to boot T who was devasted to have not made
jury.

Next Episode

Caroline is ecstatic because it’s the “Survivor Auction!”

[Rick]

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Brian Smith
Tonight's episode is titled "Our Pickle on Blast."
Pretty wild episode.
More later...

Andy seems to be getting one opportunity after another, but he keeps
screwing those opportunities up. At the start of the episode when he
asked Sol why he voted for him last TC it looked like Sol was legit
ready to work with him. Andy also seemed ready to take out his Gata
tribemates for using him and then throwing him UTB. When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea. Or was Sol not around when Sue said
that? Also, why did Andy not question why Rome voted for him? Sol should
have pointed that out when Andy said if Rome had an idol that he would
have gone home.
Andy really lucked out when Gen approached him, gave him a peptalk, and
then offered to work with him. She confirmed to us that Rome was her #1.
Immunity Challenge
Jeff tells them that they’re going to do a random draw into two teams of
six. The player who lasts the longest in the challenge will win immunity
for the entire team plus food. They’ll also get to go to TC but to
observe only. The person who lasts the longest on the losing tribe will
win Individual Immunity. The person who gets voted out will not make jury.
The random draw was crazy. Rachel ended up with all five remaining Tuku
members. If her team lost, she would need a miracle to survive.
The challenge was a combination of strength, balance, and endurance.
Andy was first out followed quickly by Rachel. Rachel’s team lost with
Kyle getting Individual Immunity. Teeny and Gen were still standing when
Kyle dropped.
Feast
At the feast, Andy sloppily looked for an advantage. Sierra called him
out and Gen told us that Andy was being desperate way too early.
Everyone except for Sol then drifted off. Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.
Tribal Council
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time) with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team. Jeff told
her to read it. She said it was “Safety without Power.” She then said
her husband told her never to leave TC with something in her pocket. She
played the advantage, got up, and then went back to camp. The five Tuku
people were in shock.
The random draw/twist combo worked out perfectly for production. Sol
giving Rachel the chance to save herself resulted in essentially a
second TC which the Tuku players were not prepared for. Even though they
had all entertained the possibility of taking one of their own out, it
was pretty obvious that they had agreed to take the easy route and boot
Rachel. I thought T made a huge mistake saying how important making jury
was for her. There was a lot of scrambling and private talks during this
TC with T throwing Gabe UTB and Gabe telling people to get rid of her.
Even though it was not shown, I think Sue convinced Kyle and Caroline to
keep Gabe and boot T.
The vote ended up being 4–1 to boot T who was devasted to have not made
jury.
Next Episode
Caroline is ecstatic because it’s the “Survivor Auction!”

I really don't like this thing they have been doing the last few seasons
where they split the tribe into two teams of 6 at the merge and then
only those six go to TC. It leads to too many weird random draws like
the one last night where all five members of a tribe were together. I
think once you go to merge it should be a strictly individual game going
forward. Rachel lucked out by Sol finding the clue (which no one else
amazingly saw) and then Sol deciding to give the advantage to her.
Although it made sense, he could have randomly decided to give it to
someone else for whatever reason. I wonder who Andy would have given
the advantage to if he had found it?

I think it is obvious that Sue and Caroline wanted to keep Gabe around
as a shield rather than be outed to everyone else as power players who
orchestrated getting rid of Gabe. This way they kind of get to stay
under the radar a bit. Although I don't particularly like Gabe, I can
see their POV on this.

What intrigues me more than it should is the mechanics of how Sol got
the advantage over to Rachel. Obviously there must have been additional
instructions not shown where Sol somehow handed the note to a producer
(probably during a confessional when the other players wouldn't be near)
and then the producer somehow got the note over to Rachel's bag without
anyone seeing. Again, maybe there is some rule about this where players
have to bring bags to confessionals or something; otherwise I don't
really get bow they do this without other players seeing. And how did
Rachel know to look for it in her bag? I somehow thing a producer just
gave it to her and told her to say she "found" it in her bag.

Also whatever Rachel read was not the note that Sol read - Sol's note
said the recipient could choose between blocking another player's vote
or leaving TC early, but it didn't go into detail about how to play
either. Rachel seemed to be reading something that wasn't on the
original note Sol found.

[shawn]

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Brian Smith
Tonight's episode is titled "Our Pickle on Blast."
Pretty wild episode.

It was a fun episode. We all knew something was up with the timing of
the IC/Reward.

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Brian Smith
More later...

Andy seems to be getting one opportunity after another, but he keeps
screwing those opportunities up. At the start of the episode when he
asked Sol why he voted for him last TC it looked like Sol was legit
ready to work with him. Andy also seemed ready to take out his Gata
tribemates for using him and then throwing him UTB. When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea. Or was Sol not around when Sue said
that? Also, why did Andy not question why Rome voted for him? Sol should
have pointed that out when Andy said if Rome had an idol that he would
have gone home.

Don't forget we get Andy acting like he's going to take people out in
the preview for next week. Which probably means it is time for him to
go given his luck. ;)

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith
Andy really lucked out when Gen approached him, gave him a peptalk, and
then offered to work with him. She confirmed to us that Rome was her #1.
Immunity Challenge
Jeff tells them that they’re going to do a random draw into two teams of
six. The player who lasts the longest in the challenge will win immunity
for the entire team plus food. They’ll also get to go to TC but to
observe only. The person who lasts the longest on the losing tribe will
win Individual Immunity. The person who gets voted out will not make jury.
The random draw was crazy. Rachel ended up with all five remaining Tuku
members. If her team lost, she would need a miracle to survive.

Yeah, it was clear to everyone that she was gone if they lost and went
to TC.

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith
Tribal Council
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time) with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team. Jeff told
her to read it. She said it was “Safety without Power.” She then said
her husband told her never to leave TC with something in her pocket. She
played the advantage, got up, and then went back to camp. The five Tuku
people were in shock.

That's getting to be a common thing at every TC.

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith
The random draw/twist combo worked out perfectly for production. Sol
giving Rachel the chance to save herself resulted in essentially a
second TC which the Tuku players were not prepared for. Even though they
had all entertained the possibility of taking one of their own out, it
was pretty obvious that they had agreed to take the easy route and boot
Rachel. I thought T made a huge mistake saying how important making jury
was for her. There was a lot of scrambling and private talks during this
TC with T throwing Gabe UTB and Gabe telling people to get rid of her.
Even though it was not shown, I think Sue convinced Kyle and Caroline to
keep Gabe and boot T.
The vote ended up being 4–1 to boot T who was devasted to have not made
jury.
Next Episode
Caroline is ecstatic because it’s the “Survivor Auction!”

I really don't like this thing they have been doing the last few seasons
where they split the tribe into two teams of 6 at the merge and then
only those six go to TC. It leads to too many weird random draws like
the one last night where all five members of a tribe were together. I
think once you go to merge it should be a strictly individual game going
forward. Rachel lucked out by Sol finding the clue (which no one else
amazingly saw) and then Sol deciding to give the advantage to her.
Although it made sense, he could have randomly decided to give it to
someone else for whatever reason. I wonder who Andy would have given
the advantage to if he had found it?

I don't think any player would have given the advantage to anyone
other than Rachel. If they didn't want Rachel to have the advantage
then they likely would have given it to no one.

Post by Rick
I think it is obvious that Sue and Caroline wanted to keep Gabe around
as a shield rather than be outed to everyone else as power players who
orchestrated getting rid of Gabe. This way they kind of get to stay
under the radar a bit. Although I don't particularly like Gabe, I can
see their POV on this.
What intrigues me more than it should is the mechanics of how Sol got
the advantage over to Rachel. Obviously there must have been additional
instructions not shown where Sol somehow handed the note to a producer
(probably during a confessional when the other players wouldn't be near)
and then the producer somehow got the note over to Rachel's bag without
anyone seeing. Again, maybe there is some rule about this where players
have to bring bags to confessionals or something; otherwise I don't
really get bow they do this without other players seeing. And how did
Rachel know to look for it in her bag? I somehow thing a producer just
gave it to her and told her to say she "found" it in her bag.

I agree that the producers had to be involved in both getting the note
to Rachel and letting her know it was there. Otherwise she might
easily have not seen it till the next day.

Post by Rick
Also whatever Rachel read was not the note that Sol read - Sol's note
said the recipient could choose between blocking another player's vote
or leaving TC early, but it didn't go into detail about how to play
either. Rachel seemed to be reading something that wasn't on the
original note Sol found.

My guess is that Sol made his choice on what power to give Rachel that
determined which note she would be given. So she didn't have the
choice of which power to use. She only had a choice of saving herself
or not using the power.

[Rick]

Post by shawn

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Brian Smith
Tonight's episode is titled "Our Pickle on Blast."
Pretty wild episode.

It was a fun episode. We all knew something was up with the timing of
the IC/Reward.

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Brian Smith
More later...

Andy seems to be getting one opportunity after another, but he keeps
screwing those opportunities up. At the start of the episode when he
asked Sol why he voted for him last TC it looked like Sol was legit
ready to work with him. Andy also seemed ready to take out his Gata
tribemates for using him and then throwing him UTB. When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea. Or was Sol not around when Sue said
that? Also, why did Andy not question why Rome voted for him? Sol should
have pointed that out when Andy said if Rome had an idol that he would
have gone home.

Don't forget we get Andy acting like he's going to take people out in
the preview for next week. Which probably means it is time for him to
go given his luck. ;)

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith
Andy really lucked out when Gen approached him, gave him a peptalk, and
then offered to work with him. She confirmed to us that Rome was her #1.
Immunity Challenge
Jeff tells them that they’re going to do a random draw into two teams of
six. The player who lasts the longest in the challenge will win immunity
for the entire team plus food. They’ll also get to go to TC but to
observe only. The person who lasts the longest on the losing tribe will
win Individual Immunity. The person who gets voted out will not make jury.
The random draw was crazy. Rachel ended up with all five remaining Tuku
members. If her team lost, she would need a miracle to survive.

Yeah, it was clear to everyone that she was gone if they lost and went
to TC.

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith
Tribal Council
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time) with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team. Jeff told
her to read it. She said it was “Safety without Power.” She then said
her husband told her never to leave TC with something in her pocket. She
played the advantage, got up, and then went back to camp. The five Tuku
people were in shock.

That's getting to be a common thing at every TC.

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith
The random draw/twist combo worked out perfectly for production. Sol
giving Rachel the chance to save herself resulted in essentially a
second TC which the Tuku players were not prepared for. Even though they
had all entertained the possibility of taking one of their own out, it
was pretty obvious that they had agreed to take the easy route and boot
Rachel. I thought T made a huge mistake saying how important making jury
was for her. There was a lot of scrambling and private talks during this
TC with T throwing Gabe UTB and Gabe telling people to get rid of her.
Even though it was not shown, I think Sue convinced Kyle and Caroline to
keep Gabe and boot T.
The vote ended up being 4–1 to boot T who was devasted to have not made
jury.
Next Episode
Caroline is ecstatic because it’s the “Survivor Auction!”

I really don't like this thing they have been doing the last few seasons
where they split the tribe into two teams of 6 at the merge and then
only those six go to TC. It leads to too many weird random draws like
the one last night where all five members of a tribe were together. I
think once you go to merge it should be a strictly individual game going
forward. Rachel lucked out by Sol finding the clue (which no one else
amazingly saw) and then Sol deciding to give the advantage to her.
Although it made sense, he could have randomly decided to give it to
someone else for whatever reason. I wonder who Andy would have given
the advantage to if he had found it?

I don't think any player would have given the advantage to anyone
other than Rachel. If they didn't want Rachel to have the advantage
then they likely would have given it to no one.

Post by Rick
I think it is obvious that Sue and Caroline wanted to keep Gabe around
as a shield rather than be outed to everyone else as power players who
orchestrated getting rid of Gabe. This way they kind of get to stay
under the radar a bit. Although I don't particularly like Gabe, I can
see their POV on this.
What intrigues me more than it should is the mechanics of how Sol got
the advantage over to Rachel. Obviously there must have been additional
instructions not shown where Sol somehow handed the note to a producer
(probably during a confessional when the other players wouldn't be near)
and then the producer somehow got the note over to Rachel's bag without
anyone seeing. Again, maybe there is some rule about this where players
have to bring bags to confessionals or something; otherwise I don't
really get bow they do this without other players seeing. And how did
Rachel know to look for it in her bag? I somehow thing a producer just
gave it to her and told her to say she "found" it in her bag.

I agree that the producers had to be involved in both getting the note
to Rachel and letting her know it was there. Otherwise she might
easily have not seen it till the next day.

Post by Rick
Also whatever Rachel read was not the note that Sol read - Sol's note
said the recipient could choose between blocking another player's vote
or leaving TC early, but it didn't go into detail about how to play
either. Rachel seemed to be reading something that wasn't on the
original note Sol found.

My guess is that Sol made his choice on what power to give Rachel that
determined which note she would be given. So she didn't have the
choice of which power to use. She only had a choice of saving herself
or not using the power.

No, the note clearly stated (and Sol also read out) that after Sol send
the advantage to the other player, "the recipient can choose between
two advantages - Block a Vote or Safety Without Power". So I think it
was Rachel's choice of what to choose.

[Rick]

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Brian Smith
Tonight's episode is titled "Our Pickle on Blast."
Pretty wild episode.
More later...

Andy seems to be getting one opportunity after another, but he keeps
screwing those opportunities up. At the start of the episode when he
asked Sol why he voted for him last TC it looked like Sol was legit
ready to work with him. Andy also seemed ready to take out his Gata
tribemates for using him and then throwing him UTB. When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea. Or was Sol not around when Sue
said that? Also, why did Andy not question why Rome voted for him?
Sol should have pointed that out when Andy said if Rome had an idol
that he would have gone home.
Andy really lucked out when Gen approached him, gave him a peptalk,
and then offered to work with him. She confirmed to us that Rome was
her #1.
Immunity Challenge
Jeff tells them that they’re going to do a random draw into two teams
of six. The player who lasts the longest in the challenge will win
immunity for the entire team plus food. They’ll also get to go to TC
but to observe only. The person who lasts the longest on the losing
tribe will win Individual Immunity. The person who gets voted out
will not make jury.
The random draw was crazy. Rachel ended up with all five remaining
Tuku members. If her team lost, she would need a miracle to survive.
The challenge was a combination of strength, balance, and endurance.
Andy was first out followed quickly by Rachel. Rachel’s team lost
with Kyle getting Individual Immunity. Teeny and Gen were still
standing when Kyle dropped.
Feast
At the feast, Andy sloppily looked for an advantage. Sierra called
him out and Gen told us that Andy was being desperate way too early.
Everyone except for Sol then drifted off. Sol took advantage of this
and found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the
past hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without
Power.” This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on
the losing team and it had to be used at TC that night.
Tribal Council
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It
was obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a
good 10 minutes (TV time) with the Tuku people debating the pros and
cons of taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to
vote,” Rachel spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found
a scroll in her bag that had been given to her by someone on the
winning team. Jeff told her to read it. She said it was “Safety
without Power.” She then said her husband told her never to leave TC
with something in her pocket. She played the advantage, got up, and
then went back to camp. The five Tuku people were in shock.
The random draw/twist combo worked out perfectly for production. Sol
giving Rachel the chance to save herself resulted in essentially a
second TC which the Tuku players were not prepared for. Even though
they had all entertained the possibility of taking one of their own
out, it was pretty obvious that they had agreed to take the easy
route and boot Rachel. I thought T made a huge mistake saying how
important making jury was for her. There was a lot of scrambling and
private talks during this TC with T throwing Gabe UTB and Gabe
telling people to get rid of her. Even though it was not shown, I
think Sue convinced Kyle and Caroline to keep Gabe and boot T.
The vote ended up being 4–1 to boot T who was devasted to have not
made jury.
Next Episode
Caroline is ecstatic because it’s the “Survivor Auction!”

I really don't like this thing they have been doing the last few
seasons where they split the tribe into two teams of 6 at the merge
and then only those six go to TC.  It leads to too many weird random
draws like the one last night where all five members of a tribe were
together.  I think once you go to merge it should be a strictly
individual game going forward.  Rachel lucked out by Sol finding the
clue (which no one else amazingly saw) and then Sol deciding to give
the advantage to her. Although it made sense, he could have randomly
decided to give it to someone else for whatever reason.  I wonder who
Andy would have given the advantage to if he had found it?

From what we've been shown, Andy doesn't have a connection to any of
the Tuku people so I would think he would have given it to Rachel. Or
does he think she was in on the plan to make him the backup plan last TC?

Post by Rick
I think it is obvious that Sue and Caroline wanted to keep Gabe around
as a shield rather than be outed to everyone else as power players who
orchestrated getting rid of Gabe.  This way they kind of get to stay
under the radar a bit.  Although I don't particularly like Gabe, I can
see their POV on this.

You might be right. The scene where Caroline says to T that they'll go
after us but not necessarily us points in that direction.
https://x.com/DaltonRoss/status/1851790375431651622

Post by Rick
What intrigues me more than it should is the mechanics of how Sol got
the advantage over to Rachel.  Obviously there must have been
additional instructions not shown where Sol somehow handed the note to
a producer (probably during a confessional when the other players
wouldn't be near) and then the producer somehow got the note over to
Rachel's bag without anyone seeing.  Again, maybe there is some rule
about this where players have to bring bags to confessionals or
something; otherwise I don't really get bow they do this without other
players seeing.  And how did Rachel know to look for it in her bag?  I
somehow thing a producer just gave it to her and told her to say she
"found" it in her bag.

Sol would have done a confessional after finding the advantage and given
to a producer along with his decision on who to give it to. It would
have been super easy for a producer to get the note into Rachel's bag.
After the IC, Jeff told the losing team they would be going to spend the
old Lavo camp. While they were there, a producer would have put the
scroll into Rachel's bag. I also think production gathered all of their
bags so they would have them at TC. For me the only real unknown is if
Rachel was told to look in her bag. I think she would have looked anyway
to make sure all of her stuff was in her bag.

As far as I can recall, the players are always shown bringing their bags
to the challenges. Always. There are many reasons for this, including
the possibility that the players will have to go to a different camp
after a challenge. And in this case, when the losing team is told to go
to the old Lavo camp, there is a scene around the 39 minute mark of the
telecast where you can clearly see the players waking to the new camp
with their bags.

Post by Rick
Also whatever Rachel read was not the note that Sol read - Sol's note
said the recipient could choose between blocking another player's vote
or leaving TC early, but it didn't go into detail about how to play
either.  Rachel seemed to be reading something that wasn't on the
original note Sol found.

What's not clear, at least to me, is who is the recipient? I thought it
was Sol. Sol would decide who to give it to and what power they would
get. Rachel's only decision was whether or not to use it. This all
worked out perfectly for production because it made no sense for anyone
but Rachel to get the power and of course she was going to use it. If
she didn't, she would be divorced now.

The message clearly refers to "You" as in "You must send this Take Your
Pick Advantage" to someone on the losing team when referring to the
person who initially found the clue (i.e., Sol). But then it switches
to the term "The Recipient" as in "The Recipient Can Choose Between Two
Alternatives". So Recipient in this case is clearly Rachel.

[Zeppo]

Post by Brian Smith
When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Post by Brian Smith
The random draw/twist combo worked out perfectly for production.

But not so much for poor Tiyana.

Post by Brian Smith
I thought T made a huge mistake saying how important making jury
was for her.

IMO, she was also wrong about the probability of the five former
members of Blue Tribe being in trouble if they had booted Rachel.
Carolyn was right about seizing the opportunity to take one of
the season’s most dangerous players out of the game.

IMO, E07 was a terrible episode. It covered Day 13 only, and
didn’t seem to have enough content to create an interesting
60 minute show. The “advantage search”, reward meal, pre
and post challenge Probstspeak, and TC were padded and,
at least from my perspective, boring.

But the episode wasn’t a total write off. There was an encore
appearance by Amanda Kimmel wearing the green track suit.
I certainly hadn’t expected that.

A couple of other comments:
-After sobering up from her Day 12 bacchanalia, Christeenie admitted
that she “really liked the ladies here”. That didn’t come as a surprise
to me.

-Is Sue growing a moustache, or was the light from the TC fire reflecting
off her leathery face in an unusual fashion?

-The S47 immunity necklace has to be the most “butt-ugly” thing that the
“props department” has ever come up with. Is it a left over Halloween
decoration or something?

-Credit where credit’s due: the Tiyana “exit music” was heart breaking.

-Andy’s winner’s edit is continuing to gain momentum.:-)

[Brian Smith]

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

I thought that might be the case but I couldn't remember who went on
that reward.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

Having an advantage planted at the feast was probably planned out far in
advance. They lucked out big time things turned out the way they did.
Yeah, if the IC had just been the 12 of them competing individually, T
would have been safe and Andy probably would have been booted.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Rachel was at the old Lavo camp. Dalton seems pretty confident that a
producer put the scroll in her bag.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
The random draw/twist combo worked out perfectly for production.

But not so much for poor Tiyana.

True. Gabe was smart sucking up to Sue early on because I think she
might have saved him last night.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
I thought T made a huge mistake saying how important making jury
was for her.

IMO, she was also wrong about the probability of the five former
members of Blue Tribe being in trouble if they had booted Rachel.
Carolyn was right about seizing the opportunity to take one of
the season’s most dangerous players out of the game.

T often had a bad read on things. Caroline probably has the second best
reads in the game but I can't tell if her social game is strong enough
to win.

Post by Zeppo
IMO, E07 was a terrible episode. It covered Day 13 only, and
didn’t seem to have enough content to create an interesting
60 minute show. The “advantage search”, reward meal, pre
and post challenge Probstspeak, and TC were padded and,
at least from my perspective, boring.

I thought it was pretty good. Reward meal could have been edited down
but I thought TC was well done.

Post by Zeppo
But the episode wasn’t a total write off. There was an encore
appearance by Amanda Kimmel wearing the green track suit.
I certainly hadn’t expected that.

What?!

Post by Zeppo
-After sobering up from her Day 12 bacchanalia, Christeenie admitted
that she “really liked the ladies here”. That didn’t come as a surprise
to me.

She's delusional if she thinks anything like that would ever happen. I
also don't see a woman's alliance forming.

Post by Zeppo
-Is Sue growing a moustache, or was the light from the TC fire reflecting
off her leathery face in an unusual fashion?

I noticed that as well. Pretty sure it's skin discolorization. Caroline
has very good skin .

Post by Zeppo
-The S47 immunity necklace has to be the most “butt-ugly” thing that the
“props department” has ever come up with. Is it a left over Halloween
decoration or something?

I was going to say last week that it's the coolest immunity necklace
ever. Didn't the players ooh and ahh over it when they first saw it?

Post by Zeppo
-Credit where credit’s due: the Tiyana “exit music” was heart breaking.

And not memorable. She had a long exit. So did Rachel for that matter.
She was smart saying thanks as she walked past the jury.

Post by Zeppo
-Andy’s winner’s edit is continuing to gain momentum.:-)

Even though she wasn't featured too much this episode, I thought Gen got
some very interesting closeups. To me, she's the smartest player in the
game and has a very good social game. She's also not bad at challenges.
As of right now, I see her at least making the finale.

[Zeppo]

Post by Brian Smith
Rachel was at the old Lavo camp.

Yes. My bad! I didn’t notice that the two groups had remained separated
prior to TC.

Post by Brian Smith
True. Gabe was smart sucking up to Sue early on because I think she
might have saved him last night.

Gabe had clearly given his game strategy a lot of thought beforehand.
As he explained near the beginning of E01, “I want to make an alliance
with an older woman”. Unorthodox for sure, but it has been working out
really well for him so far.

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Zeppo
But the episode wasn’t a total write off. There was an encore
appearance by Amanda Kimmel wearing the green track suit.
I certainly hadn’t expected that.

What?!

Blink and you would have missed it. :-)

Post by Brian Smith
I was going to say last week that it's the coolest immunity necklace
ever. Didn't the players ooh and ahh over it when they first saw it?

They probably did. But they have reacted that way in every previous
season no matter what Probst has pulled outt from under the cover.

Post by Brian Smith
Even though she wasn't featured too much this episode, I thought Gen got
some very interesting closeups. To me, she's the smartest player in the
game and has a very good social game. She's also not bad at challenges.
As of right now, I see her at least making the finale.

All sarcasm aside, I am predicting that either Genevieve, Caroline, or Rachel
win this season. I also have to say that the S47 group as a whole is the best
cast that Survivor has assembled in the new era.

[Rick]

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
Rachel was at the old Lavo camp.

Yes. My bad! I didn’t notice that the two groups had remained separated
prior to TC.

Post by Brian Smith
True. Gabe was smart sucking up to Sue early on because I think she
might have saved him last night.

Gabe had clearly given his game strategy a lot of thought beforehand.
As he explained near the beginning of E01, “I want to make an alliance
with an older woman”. Unorthodox for sure, but it has been working out
really well for him so far.

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Zeppo
But the episode wasn’t a total write off. There was an encore
appearance by Amanda Kimmel wearing the green track suit.
I certainly hadn’t expected that.

What?!

Blink and you would have missed it. :-)

Post by Brian Smith
I was going to say last week that it's the coolest immunity necklace
ever. Didn't the players ooh and ahh over it when they first saw it?

They probably did. But they have reacted that way in every previous
season no matter what Probst has pulled outt from under the cover.

Post by Brian Smith
Even though she wasn't featured too much this episode, I thought Gen got
some very interesting closeups. To me, she's the smartest player in the
game and has a very good social game. She's also not bad at challenges.
As of right now, I see her at least making the finale.

All sarcasm aside, I am predicting that either Genevieve, Caroline, or Rachel
win this season. I also have to say that the S47 group as a whole is the best
cast that Survivor has assembled in the new era.

It definitely feels like one of the better casts of the New Era, but I
thought S45 was pretty solid too.

[Zeppo]

Post by Rick
It definitely feels like one of the better casts of the New Era, but I
thought S45 was pretty solid too.

Six of the F7 were fine, but there were also two quitters and one
really bad player, all of whom make Sue and Andy look like
Survivor masterminds. :-)

[Brian Smith]

Post by Rick

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
Rachel was at the old Lavo camp.

Yes. My bad! I didn’t notice that the two groups had remained separated
prior to TC.

Post by Brian Smith
True. Gabe was smart sucking up to Sue early on because I think she
might have saved him last night.

Gabe had clearly given his game strategy a lot of thought beforehand.
As he explained near the beginning of E01, “I want to make an alliance
with an older woman”. Unorthodox for sure, but it has been working out
really well for him so far.

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Zeppo
But the episode wasn’t a total write off. There was an encore
appearance by Amanda Kimmel wearing the green track suit.
I certainly hadn’t expected that.

What?!

Blink and you would have missed it. :-)

Post by Brian Smith
I was going to say last week that it's the coolest immunity necklace
ever. Didn't the players ooh and ahh over it when they first saw it?

They probably did. But they have reacted that way in every previous
season no matter what Probst has pulled outt from under the cover.

Post by Brian Smith
Even though she wasn't featured too much this episode, I thought Gen got
some very interesting closeups. To me, she's the smartest player in the
game and has a very good social game. She's also not bad at challenges.
As of right now, I see her at least making the finale.

All sarcasm aside, I am predicting that either Genevieve, Caroline, or Rachel
win this season. I also have to say that the S47 group as a whole is the best
cast that Survivor has assembled in the new era.

It definitely feels like one of the better casts of the New Era, but I
thought S45 was pretty solid too.

S45 gave us Emily and Kelley so it's solid in my books. I thought S46
had a good cast as well. I was entertained by Q and Liz, and as far as
I'm concerned, Kenz has been the best winner of the New Era.

[Brian Smith]

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
Rachel was at the old Lavo camp.

Yes. My bad! I didn’t notice that the two groups had remained separated
prior to TC.

Post by Brian Smith
True. Gabe was smart sucking up to Sue early on because I think she
might have saved him last night.

Gabe had clearly given his game strategy a lot of thought beforehand.
As he explained near the beginning of E01, “I want to make an alliance
with an older woman”. Unorthodox for sure, but it has been working out
really well for him so far.

It has been working out for him but I think it's been working out better
for Caroline. If Sue has to choose between the two I'm convinced she'll
go with Caroline.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Zeppo
But the episode wasn’t a total write off. There was an encore
appearance by Amanda Kimmel wearing the green track suit.
I certainly hadn’t expected that.

What?!

Blink and you would have missed it. :-)

I clearly blinked!

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
I was going to say last week that it's the coolest immunity necklace
ever. Didn't the players ooh and ahh over it when they first saw it?

They probably did. But they have reacted that way in every previous
season no matter what Probst has pulled outt from under the cover.

This time it was genuine oohing and ahhing.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
Even though she wasn't featured too much this episode, I thought Gen got
some very interesting closeups. To me, she's the smartest player in the
game and has a very good social game. She's also not bad at challenges.
As of right now, I see her at least making the finale.

All sarcasm aside, I am predicting that either Genevieve, Caroline, or Rachel
win this season. I also have to say that the S47 group as a whole is the best
cast that Survivor has assembled in the new era.

If Rachel makes it to F3 she'll have a great story to tell. She's
overcome a lot already. So far Caroline has faced no real obstacles. Not
sure if that's been luck or skillful maneuvering on her part. She also
has to build her resume up. If Gen makes F3 I would give her the edge
over Rachel to win.

[Rick]

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are planned
in advance. If there were ever even a hint that the producers changed
the rules on the fly to aid a specific player, it would be all over for
the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so. I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage, and it will be interesting to see if
Sol ends up outing himself to her.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
The random draw/twist combo worked out perfectly for production.

But not so much for poor Tiyana.

Post by Brian Smith
I thought T made a huge mistake saying how important making jury
was for her.

IMO, she was also wrong about the probability of the five former
members of Blue Tribe being in trouble if they had booted Rachel.
Carolyn was right about seizing the opportunity to take one of
the season’s most dangerous players out of the game.
IMO, E07 was a terrible episode. It covered Day 13 only, and
didn’t seem to have enough content to create an interesting
60 minute show. The “advantage search”, reward meal, pre
and post challenge Probstspeak, and TC were padded and,
at least from my perspective, boring.
But the episode wasn’t a total write off. There was an encore
appearance by Amanda Kimmel wearing the green track suit.
I certainly hadn’t expected that.

Say what? I totally missed this. When was this shown? Can't believe I
would have missed an Amanda sighting.

Post by Zeppo
-After sobering up from her Day 12 bacchanalia, Christeenie admitted
that she “really liked the ladies here”. That didn’t come as a surprise
to me.

Teeny is bi-sexual, but I didn't take her comment the same way you did.
I just thought she was saying she got along well with the girls and
could see the advantages of an alliance with them.

Post by Zeppo
-Is Sue growing a moustache, or was the light from the TC fire reflecting
off her leathery face in an unusual fashion?

I thought the same thing, but it was just the way the light was
reflecting on her at certain times. Tijana also had a couple of scenes
where it looked that way.

Post by Zeppo
-The S47 immunity necklace has to be the most “butt-ugly” thing that the
“props department” has ever come up with. Is it a left over Halloween
decoration or something?
-Credit where credit’s due: the Tiyana “exit music” was heart breaking.
-Andy’s winner’s edit is continuing to gain momentum.:-)

At this point, it's hard to imagine Andy winning because he just doesn't
have the respect of the other players.

[Zeppo]

Maybe, but I don't think so. I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage

You’re right. I had forgotten that she and Solomon had been at
separate locations prior to the TC, so he could not have given
her the advantage parchment.

, and it will be interesting to see if
Sol ends up outing himself to her.

In confessional, Solomon said that he wanted to use the advantage
in a way that would benefit his game. That certainly implies that he
intends to “out himself” to Rachel at some point.

Say what? I totally missed this. When was this shown? Can't believe I
would have missed an Amanda sighting.

10:29 and 10:32.

[Rick]

Post by Zeppo

Maybe, but I don't think so. I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage

You’re right. I had forgotten that she and Solomon had been at
separate locations prior to the TC, so he could not have given
her the advantage parchment.

, and it will be interesting to see if
Sol ends up outing himself to her.

In confessional, Solomon said that he wanted to use the advantage
in a way that would benefit his game. That certainly implies that he
intends to “out himself” to Rachel at some point.

Say what? I totally missed this. When was this shown? Can't believe I
would have missed an Amanda sighting.

10:29 and 10:32.

Thanks! That totally flew by me the first time.

[Brian Smith]

Post by Zeppo

Maybe, but I don't think so. I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage

You’re right. I had forgotten that she and Solomon had been at
separate locations prior to the TC, so he could not have given
her the advantage parchment.

, and it will be interesting to see if
Sol ends up outing himself to her.

In confessional, Solomon said that he wanted to use the advantage
in a way that would benefit his game. That certainly implies that he
intends to “out himself” to Rachel at some point.

Say what? I totally missed this. When was this shown? Can't believe I
would have missed an Amanda sighting.

10:29 and 10:32.

Thanks!  That totally flew by me the first time.

Commercial or part of the actual episode?

[Rick]

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Zeppo

Maybe, but I don't think so. I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage

You’re right. I had forgotten that she and Solomon had been at
separate locations prior to the TC, so he could not have given
her the advantage parchment.

, and it will be interesting to see if
Sol ends up outing himself to her.

In confessional, Solomon said that he wanted to use the advantage
in a way that would benefit his game. That certainly implies that he
intends to “out himself” to Rachel at some point.

Say what? I totally missed this. When was this shown? Can't believe I
would have missed an Amanda sighting.

10:29 and 10:32.

Thanks!  That totally flew by me the first time.

Commercial or part of the actual episode?

It's in the episode when Teeny is talking about the Black Widow Brigade
alliance in S16 when Amanda, Parv, Cirie and Natalie conned Erik into
giving up his immunity idol.

[Brian Smith]

Post by Rick

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Zeppo

Maybe, but I don't think so. I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage

You’re right. I had forgotten that she and Solomon had been at
separate locations prior to the TC, so he could not have given
her the advantage parchment.

, and it will be interesting to see if
Sol ends up outing himself to her.

In confessional, Solomon said that he wanted to use the advantage
in a way that would benefit his game. That certainly implies that he
intends to “out himself” to Rachel at some point.

Say what? I totally missed this. When was this shown? Can't believe I
would have missed an Amanda sighting.

10:29 and 10:32.

Thanks!  That totally flew by me the first time.

Commercial or part of the actual episode?

It's in the episode when Teeny is talking about the Black Widow Brigade
alliance in S16 when Amanda, Parv, Cirie and Natalie conned Erik into
giving up his immunity idol.

I did see that. I thought Zeppo meant something new. Speaking of which,
a few weeks ago Rob's Fact Checker tweeted that he saw Amanda in the
wild. Looks like she's doing print modeling.

https://soulmatesdress.com/products/soulmates-c907-mother-of-bride-mandarin-high-neck-jacket-with-madi-dress-set?variant=29491932876

[Brian Smith]

Post by Rick

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are planned
in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the producers changed
the rules on the fly to aid a specific player, it would be all over for
the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage, and it will be interesting to see if
Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

[Rick]

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Rick

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the producers
changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player, it would be all
over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage, and it will be interesting to see if
Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove. All he has to say is that she was given a choice
between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power. No one else would
know that.

[Brian Smith]

Post by Brian Smith

Post by Rick

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the
producers changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player, it
would be all over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage, and it will be interesting to see
if Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove.  All he has to say is that she was given a choice
between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power.  No one else would
know that.

True but was she given the same note that Sol found?

[Rick]

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When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the
producers changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player, it
would be all over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage, and it will be interesting to see
if Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove.  All he has to say is that she was given a choice
between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power.  No one else
would know that.

True but was she given the same note that Sol found?

No, but it was clear from the way the original message was worded that
the choice of whether to choose block the vote or Knowledge without
power was Rachel's. I explained this in another comment, but here is
the actual wording of the key part of the note:

"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.

But it comes with a catch.

You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team. The recipient must use it at tonight's tribal council.

The recipient can choose between two advantages:

Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"

From context it seems clear that when they say "You" they are talking
to the person who found the note (Sol) but "Recipient" is clearly the
person he gave the note to (Rachel).

[Rick]

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When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without
Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the
producers changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player, it
would be all over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage, and it will be interesting to see
if Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove.  All he has to say is that she was given a choice
between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power.  No one else
would know that.

True but was she given the same note that Sol found?

No, but it was clear from the way the original message was worded that
the choice of whether to choose block the vote or Knowledge without
power was Rachel's.  I explained this in another comment, but here is
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team.  The recipient must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
From context it seems clear that when they say "You" they are talking
to the person who found the note (Sol) but "Recipient" is clearly the
person he gave the note to (Rachel).

Correction. I miscopied the note, but I think the result is basically
the same. The actual note said:

"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.

But it comes with a catch.

You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team and they must use it at tonight's tribal council.

The recipient can choose between two advantages:

Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"

That's a little more ambiguous than I originally thought, but I still
think from context that "Recipient" would be Rachel. Otherwise it would
have said "you can choose" rather than "recipient can choose".
-

[Brian Smith]

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When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without
Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the
producers changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player,
it would be all over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to
vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely
confused about who gave her the advantage, and it will be
interesting to see if Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove.  All he has to say is that she was given a
choice between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power.  No one
else would know that.

True but was she given the same note that Sol found?

No, but it was clear from the way the original message was worded that
the choice of whether to choose block the vote or Knowledge without
power was Rachel's.  I explained this in another comment, but here is
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team.  The recipient must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
 From context it seems clear that when they say "You" they are talking
to the person who found the note (Sol) but "Recipient" is clearly the
person he gave the note to (Rachel).

Correction.  I miscopied the note, but I think the result is basically
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team and they must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
That's a little more ambiguous than I originally thought, but I still
think from context that "Recipient" would be Rachel.  Otherwise it would
have said "you can choose" rather than "recipient can choose".

Might have to breakdown and listen to Jeff's podcast to see if this was
brought up.

[Rick]

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When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without
Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the
producers changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player,
it would be all over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to
vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely
confused about who gave her the advantage, and it will be
interesting to see if Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove.  All he has to say is that she was given a
choice between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power.  No one
else would know that.

True but was she given the same note that Sol found?

No, but it was clear from the way the original message was worded
that the choice of whether to choose block the vote or Knowledge
without power was Rachel's.  I explained this in another comment, but
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team.  The recipient must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
 From context it seems clear that when they say "You" they are
talking to the person who found the note (Sol) but "Recipient" is
clearly the person he gave the note to (Rachel).

Correction.  I miscopied the note, but I think the result is basically
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team and they must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
That's a little more ambiguous than I originally thought, but I still
think from context that "Recipient" would be Rachel.  Otherwise it
would have said "you can choose" rather than "recipient can choose".

Might have to breakdown and listen to Jeff's podcast to see if this was
brought up.

I'll wait for someone else to do that. Jeff's podcast is just so
scripted and packaged that I don't have much patience for it. But I do
listen to a couple of Rob C.'s podcasts so maybe he'll talk about it.

[Brian Smith]

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When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was
surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without
Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the
producers changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player,
it would be all over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually
raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to
vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely
confused about who gave her the advantage, and it will be
interesting to see if Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove.  All he has to say is that she was given a
choice between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power.  No
one else would know that.

True but was she given the same note that Sol found?

No, but it was clear from the way the original message was worded
that the choice of whether to choose block the vote or Knowledge
without power was Rachel's.  I explained this in another comment,
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team.  The recipient must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
 From context it seems clear that when they say "You" they are
talking to the person who found the note (Sol) but "Recipient" is
clearly the person he gave the note to (Rachel).

Correction.  I miscopied the note, but I think the result is
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team and they must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
That's a little more ambiguous than I originally thought, but I still
think from context that "Recipient" would be Rachel.  Otherwise it
would have said "you can choose" rather than "recipient can choose".

Might have to breakdown and listen to Jeff's podcast to see if this
was brought up.

I'll wait for someone else to do that.  Jeff's podcast is just so
scripted and packaged that I don't have much patience for it.  But I do
listen to a couple of Rob C.'s podcasts so maybe he'll talk about it.

I was hoping someone such as Dalton or Mike Bloom would have tweeted
about it. If I find an answer I'll let you know.

[Brian Smith]

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When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without
Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the
producers changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player, it
would be all over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely confused
about who gave her the advantage, and it will be interesting to see
if Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove.  All he has to say is that she was given a choice
between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power.  No one else
would know that.

True but was she given the same note that Sol found?

No, but it was clear from the way the original message was worded that
the choice of whether to choose block the vote or Knowledge without
power was Rachel's.  I explained this in another comment, but here is
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team.  The recipient must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
From context it seems clear that when they say "You" they are talking
to the person who found the note (Sol) but "Recipient" is clearly the
person he gave the note to (Rachel).

Why would a recipient choose "Block a Vote"?

[Rick]

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When Sol told him
that it was Sam who said “Andy’s the backup plan” I was surprised he
didn’t tell him it was Sue’s idea.

Solomon wasn’t at the reward meal, so he wouldn’t have known that Sue
had suggested that Andy be the back-up vote. He would have only heard
Sam talking about it at camp.

Post by Brian Smith
Sol took advantage of this and
found an Advantage Note that he had been sitting next to for the past
hour. The advantage was either “Block a Vote” or “Safety without
Power.”
This wasn’t for him though. He had to give it to a player on the losing
team and it had to be used at TC that night.

That whole sequence appeared to be an attempt by Production
to save Rachel whose game looked to have been destroyedas
a result of Probst’s idiotic random teams draw. The problem was
that Tiyana ended up being the victim of the IRTD. If the challenge
had been played straight, she would surely have moved on to F11.

I'm pretty sure that due to game-show rules, all advantages are
planned in advance.  If there were ever even a hint that the
producers changed the rules on the fly to aid a specific player,
it would be all over for the show.

Post by Zeppo

Post by Brian Smith
IIRC, they started to show TC just a few minutes after the hour. It was
obvious something big/crazy was going to happen. TC went on for a good
10 minutes (TV time)

Heh! I timed it. Between the walk-in and Tiyana’s torch being snuffed,
15 minutes of game time elapsed. There was also a 3 minute ad break
after Rachel’s departure. It was so bad that Probst actually raised topics
that had previously been discussed.

Post by Brian Smith
with the Tuku people debating the pros and cons of
taking out one of their own. When Jeff said, “It’s time to
vote,” Rachel
spoke up and said that about 20 minutes prior she found a scroll in her
bag that had been given to her by someone on the winning team.

Solomon probably just handed it to her back at camp, and asked her
not to “out” him at TC.

Maybe, but I don't think so.  I think Rachel was genuinely
confused about who gave her the advantage, and it will be
interesting to see if Sol ends up outing himself to her.

He would be dumb not to but he needs to make sure she'll believe it was him.

It's easy to prove.  All he has to say is that she was given a
choice between the block a vote or Knowledge Without Power.  No one
else would know that.

True but was she given the same note that Sol found?

No, but it was clear from the way the original message was worded that
the choice of whether to choose block the vote or Knowledge without
power was Rachel's.  I explained this in another comment, but here is
"You have power in the game and a chance to impact tonight's Tribal Council.
But it comes with a catch.
You must send this Take Your Pick Advantage to someone on the losing
team.  The recipient must use it at tonight's tribal council.
Block a Vote
or
Safety Without Power"
 From context it seems clear that when they say "You" they are talking
to the person who found the note (Sol) but "Recipient" is clearly the
person he gave the note to (Rachel).

Why would a recipient choose "Block a Vote"?

Cause maybe they are in an alliance they trust and the vote is going to
be close or maybe even even. So you use the block-a-vote to block one
of the votes in the opposing alliance.

The only time you use Safety Without Power is if you are in Rachel's
exact situation where you know you are in strong jeopardy of being voted
out. Had the advantage been given to Gabe or even Caroline, you would
not have seen either use the Safety thing. They would have used block a
vote to most likely block Rachel's vote.