Survivor 13: Spics vs. Chinks???

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Yes, I wonder if they finished filming in Fiji before the latest coup.

No, they hadn't. As the host of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" put it, the leader of Fiji knew he was in trouble when Jeff Probst walked up and snuffed his torch out.

Also, I must add that I think it was dumb to have 3 finalists. It was clear as day for weeks now that this was going to be between Yul and Ozzie. She never stood a chance and I'm not sure why they felt a need to change things up.

That wasn't a decision they could change on the spot. Remember, they stared with 20 contestants rather than the usual 18. They got rid of 2 in one episode, but that still left an extra one. So that meant either there would have to be one more episode to get that extra person out, or some change in final format. Remember, they already started building the jury one person early. This was clearly a decision made at the start of the season.

I can't say Yul didn't "deserve" it, but it still bugs me. Yeah, he orchestrated a lot of things...but it's easy to orchestrate a lot of things when you've got guaranteed immunity and don't have to worry about anything. Sure, Ozzy constantly had immunity too, but he had to earn it every single time with a ton of pressure. That, to me, is more impressive than just having immunity and calling the shots from a position of safety. Feh.

But I was still entertained by the season, and highly impressed that those 4 pulled off the impossible. Definitely seemed like the most intelligent, deserving final 4 in a long long time.