Survivor: Guatemala

[Pariah]

If Rafe is smart, he'll take Stephanie with him--she's screwed just as many people as he has. If he takes anyone else, he'll lose. He may still lose to Steph, but at least people have to make a choice between the lesser of two evils.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Alright, Steph got screwed, I had the whole thing predicted wrong...

She ran the game, worked her ass off to get there, and Danni kind of "skated" as Judd hilariously put it.

Felt Steph should have won, but oh well.

Good finale.

Mike

 

[Russ Smith]

Steph apparently got 1 vote, from Rafe. I will say she did a very POOR job of working the jury at the end. Judd was visibly pissed at her and she waits until near the end to point out that it was Dani, NOT Steph, that coordinated Judd's being voted out. Dani tried to deny it but Steph cut her off and said "Lydia even admitted it" to confirm that Dani had heard Judd and Lydia talking and went to the others.

I think the one chance Steph had to win was to convinced Judd that while yes she voted him off, Dani caused that vote. At worst, she gets one more vote. But it was pretty clear to me Steph had made too many enemies.

Other thoughts, Rafe's vote your heart forget about our deal thing to me was phony. I know he was mr principles(despite backstabbing the same people Steph did) but I really think he thought if I say this, she'll feel compelled to keep me, and everyone on the jury will know I said it so I'll beat her in the final vote. I really wonder if that's the only reason Dani picked Steph, because Rafe released her from the deal?

 

[Pariah]

Few things:

1. I'm glad Dani won. It's pretty amazing she outlasted the others when she came into the merge without the numbers.

2. It's interesting that, as she pointed out in the reunion show, Steph played the EXACT same game as Rafe, yet she was painted as the "anything for a win" type and Rafe is the "moral compass."

3. Judd is an idiot.

 

[Russ Smith]

I forgot, the other annoying thing on the jury was Lydia asking both people why she was voted out if she was loyal to them. Hello, wake up and smell the coffee people carried you along knowing they could beat you in challenges, but nobody wanted to take you to the final 2 because they were afraid you'd get the votes because you didn't do anything so nobody was mad at you. Even then the look on her face was like she STILL doesn't get the entire concept of Survivor is to win the game.

We needed Herm Edwards to come in "we play to WIN the game."

 

[Pariah]

I know it's not what people on the jury want to hear, but just once I'd like to see someone say:

"I'm sitting here, and you're all sitting there thinking about what an a-hole I am because I outwitted, outplayd and outlasted you. I'm sitting here because I made you think we were in this together--we're weren't; we never were. Only one person wins a million dollars. From day one, I played the game to be in a position to be that one person, and I've done that successfully."

 

[Pariah]

Also, the "Survivor: Panama Exile" game looks good. I know they were intentionally vague on when it would start, but has anyone heard of when that might be?

 

[Russ Smith]

I know it's not what people on the jury want to hear, but just once I'd like to see someone say:

"I'm sitting here, and you're all sitting there thinking about what an a-hole I am because I outwitted, outplayd and outlasted you. I'm sitting here because I made you think we were in this together--we're weren't; we never were. Only one person wins a million dollars. From day one, I played the game to be in a position to be that one person, and I've done that successfully."

One of the Big Brothers that essentially happend. Forget her name, really funny Black woman from Fairfield, CA. She got the final 2, everyone was ripping on her for lying etc and she basically said hello I'm here, you're not, even if none of you vote for me I get the 2nd prize money, that was my strategy.