I'm interested enough at this point to keep watching. We still don't know what the Redemption Island challenge will look like yet.

Wow, it usually takes much longer to get to that level of crazy.

CP noticed that they were putting a '?' at the end of Phillip's "Former Federal Agent" title after his name :D

Worst Player EVER.

"Don't trust Philip!"

I was totally annoyed seeing the return of Russell. However, about 30 minutes of Philip changed that. He's far more annoying in just a few minutes of airtime versus Russell's constant spotlight.

Yo! Kirstina!

The immunity idol is cool and all, but you are playing a social game. The first few hours/days are critical to becoming part of the tribe socially. Sure you have the idol but the cost was way too high.

It will be interesting to see if you can claw your way back from this. Oh and as always well done Rob, first you cozy up to Kristina just in case she found a clue then you use looking for it against her with the rest of the tribe and to cap it off you come damn close to having her give you the idol to prove her loyalty to you. Wow.


Hammers, saws, nails, rope, an entire tool kit? WTF? I thought you were supposed to win that sort of stuff. Seems weak to just hand it out day one. How can I have fun sitting on my couch if they aren't visibly suffering?

Yeah, the construction kit was first season sht.

But yeah, Kristina is no mental giant. Even if you HAD succeeded in your little plan, Francesca was right, all it would have left them with is 3 vs. 5. And 5 who would be pretty pissed off at you. Idiot.

I guess if you are going to shoot yourself in the foot (numbers wise) you can at least take solace in hitting the correct toe. Still tossing a challenge is a hard move to get behind. Not to mention the tarp that went to the other side.

I will definitely be watching next week for Rob's reaction when the two tribes meet up had he sees who was voted out. I think a happy smirk is a given but will he be able to control himself from laughing out loud or not.

This is by far the most entertaining pre-merge season ever.

But freaking shenanigans on the challenge recycling. Both of the challenges on that episode were total rehash. Not that they haven't reused challenge elements before, but those were just identical. Boring.

Agreed. I'm assuming building the Repetitive Island stage took some time and resources so they made up for that by re-using old stuff in this challenge. I hope that's a one time deal and not the case for the rest of the season.

I had to amend that for you.

Well I found that season utterly gratifying. Total validation for the idea that there IS such a thing as ideal strategy and a "right" way to play the game. Rob was nothing short of masterful and he earned that win, no doubt.

And just when I thought maybe I'd start feeling a little sorry for Matt, he says that the lesson he learned was the maybe he should, you know, think decisions through logically sometimes. Wow, what an insight.

I propose a new reality show: "Delusion-Off" staring Phillip and Coach.