Survivor 43 (spoilers up to the current episode)

[GameNight]

My bet would have been on Gabler, as well. I'm interested in what made Cody choose Owen - obviously he knows something we don't seem to.

Loved the challenge and fine with the vote. I was reading a recap today that said the person who finds the advantage (another hilarious montage by production) is pretty much guaranteed immunity no matter who they choose because no one wants to risk putting votes on them. They suggested in the future perhaps revealing the choice before voting to possibly make things more exciting at tribal council. They also wondered about the dynamics of revealing before the challenge - for example, if Cody picks Owen (and that's announced before the challenge) and Owen wants Cody out, does Owen purposefully not win and forfeit his own immunity in order to ensure Cody doesn't get immunity. Both have the potential to be interesting approaches, but I liked how it all played out.

[jewels]

Dec 1, 2022 9:58:27 GMT -6 GameNight said:

My bet would have been on Gabler, as well. I'm interested in what made Cody choose Owen - obviously he knows something we don't seem to.

Loved the challenge and fine with the vote. I was reading a recap today that said the person who finds the advantage (another hilarious montage by production) is pretty much guaranteed immunity no matter who they choose because no one wants to risk putting votes on them. They suggested in the future perhaps revealing the choice before voting to possibly make things more exciting at tribal council. They also wondered about the dynamics of revealing before the challenge - for example, if Cody picks Owen (and that's announced before the challenge) and Owen wants Cody out, does Owen purposefully not win and forfeit his own immunity in order to ensure Cody doesn't get immunity. Both have the potential to be interesting approaches, but I liked how it all played out.

I was thinking about all of that as well.  I agree it was unfair because no one knew if he had immunity, it was more powerful, he basically had immunity regardless.  I do not think they should have revealed it before the challenge for the reasons you said, but I think they should have before the vote.  Esp now that almost half the tribe was immune.  

[junch817]

Oh and how could I forget to say something about Sami’s exit clip…. Wtaf was that?! lol I was speechless.

[abbandkaa]

junch817, mine cut out before showing his exit commentary - what did he say?!

[jinkies]

Aw I thought Sami's exit interview was the most 19-year-old thing he said the whole season. For those who missed it, he said it was probably just as well he didn't win because he's been getting really into Tesla's but his mom hates electric cars and would hate for him to buy one. LOL.

FWIW, re: who to bet on for the challenge, I would have chosen Karla. It's all about staying calm and she does not seem to be the panicking type for me.

[spicysalmonroll]

What an amazing challenge!! Holding my breathe/ water challenges are like my biggest fear so while someone else mentioned Cassidy's legs being genius, I was so anxious for her not getting her legs stuck and not being able to get out for air! That really was an amazing performance and they well deserved to share immunity.
Definitely hilarious how they were all walking so close to it! I continue to be shocked that Jesse's name didn't come up at all. I'm also shocked that the preview for next episode threw like 4 names out there and Jesse wasn't one of them! What the hell people, he is so good.

[abbandkaa]

JESSE!!! What a move. Damn!

[MelanieCarmichael]

If Jesse makes it to F3, I think he wins. Using Cody’s own idol to vote him out and flush Karla’s idol while keeping his own? Absolutely brilliant and a TC for the ages.

[budders]

That was incredible. I always love watching jury reactions when those big moves happen. Cody's comments after the eviction were great too.

[imapenguin]

That has got to be one of the all time greatest moves in survivor history. So much double crossing, so many moving parts—this is why I keep watching even after 43 seasons.

[abbandkaa]

I always miss the commentary after the vote. I need to extend recording for like 30 mins, haha - budders, what'd he say?
I'm rooting for Jesse now, that power move was masterful, and yes, imapenguin, so much shell game happening, it's exciting to watch unfold! I loooooooove jury reaction when big things go down at tribal!

[lostinfaith225]

Jesse needs to win. He’s played a really great game overall and last night solidified that!

Cody said at one point that he’s learned from the master aka Jesse when he came up with his plan.

Then Jesse turned it around on him. Damn!!!!

[GameNight]

Cody was my pick to win (hopefully he can come back and play again in the future), but that was a fantastic move by Jesse. I agree with everyone else that Jesse deserves to win. The recap I was reading this morning said, "But Jesse proved you can be both a likeable person and an absolutely savage cutthroat game-player at the same time" and I think that's spot on.

[abbandkaa]

My mom is so pissed at Jesse! This morning she was ranting and raving about what an underhanded thing it was to do and I'm just over here like hi, are you new? This is survivor, not be-a-friend/keep-a-friend. Cody will respect the power play after he's digested it, I'd be salty in his shoes for being voted out, but also, understanding of why he had to take the shot.

[jewels]

Mine cut off what Cody said too... can someone recap?

I, too, think it's Jesse's game now. So he still has his idol to play at 5. He either has to win final 4 or fire. Do we know if he is good at fire? No way any of the remaining players take him if they win.

Jesse was one of my top pics from the start so I am happy. I really liked Karla at first too but these past few episodes have soured me a bit on her.

I liked Cody but Jesse was smart to turn on him. He was loud and likeable and probably would have won it all.

I really hope Jesse wins.

[MelanieCarmichael]

This was me, last night, when he played the idol for...Owen!!!

[MelanieCarmichael]

And just wait until Jesse blows the jury's mind with pulling out Jeanine's idol (that he got from Dwight) next week.

[MelanieCarmichael]

Or, he wins immunity, and plays the idol for someone else, having even more control over who goes to F4.

[abbandkaa]

MelanieCarmichael, wouldn't THAT be something!!!

[junch817]

I was so anxious to catch up on The Amazing Race, so I didn’t accidentally spoil anything on social media, that I watched my recording of Amazing Race first. Well, I forgot that it catches the last few seconds of Survivor, so about 3 seconds after it started, Cody pops up on my screen giving his exit comments!!!! The ONE time I watched TAR first, instead of Survivor, I spoiled one of the best Survivor episodes! It was still fun to watch knowing what would happen, but damn!

And wow, did those 5 seconds of waiting to see if anyone would play an idol feel like 5 minutes lol

[jinkies]

OK, i just read an article with Cody, and he says that the reason he gave Jesse the idol back after showing it to Karla is because Jesse convinced him that Karla ACTUALLY just had the "Knowledge is Power" advantage and was trying to confirm Cody's idol.

That is some 3-D chess right there.

All of the remaining players have played well by regular-season standards, but Jesse is next level.

I think he actually has 2 idols left, right? He found one on his own, and then Jeanine's? (ETA: I was wrong here. He just has Jeanine's now)

For a while I really thought this was Karla's game to lose, but she seems to be faltering here at the end. I don't think she makes final 3 unless it's because everyone knows they can beat her.

[junch817]

I wanted to watch old seasons while I wrap presents, so I was trying to find some the other day. I’ve watched some of the best seasons based on suggestions from you guys, so I tried to go find another good season again on Netflix, but I guess the few seasons they had up are gone again. I’m so bummed! Hulu only starts at 22 too. I wanted to watch some earlier seasons again so I can watch heroes v villains while being able to better appreciate everyone, but they are so hard to find. I think I watched pearl islands via YouTube so I tried doing that for China (I saw that was another good one on a list) but I can only find clips of it.

There’s no real point to any of this, just (over) sharing my frustrations

[imapenguin]

Dec 8, 2022 18:19:38 GMT -6 junch817 said:

I wanted to watch old seasons while I wrap presents, so I was trying to find some the other day. I’ve watched some of the best seasons based on suggestions from you guys, so I tried to go find another good season again on Netflix, but I guess the few seasons they had up are gone again. I’m so bummed! Hulu only starts at 22 too. I wanted to watch some earlier seasons again so I can watch heroes v villains while being able to better appreciate everyone, but they are so hard to find. I think I watched pearl islands via YouTube so I tried doing that for China (I saw that was another good one on a list) but I can only find clips of it.

There’s no real point to any of this, just (over) sharing my frustrations

Do you have paramount+? I think they are all on there.

[MelanieCarmichael]

Jessie had 2 idols - Cody’s, which he played last night, and Jeanine’s that Dwight gave him to potentially thwart the KIP and no one knows about.

[budders]

Dec 8, 2022 7:44:20 GMT -6 abbandkaa said:

I always miss the commentary after the vote. I need to extend recording for like 30 mins, haha - budders, what'd he say?
I'm rooting for Jesse now, that power move was masterful, and yes, imapenguin, so much shell game happening, it's exciting to watch unfold! I loooooooove jury reaction when big things go down at tribal!

I watched live on the app so I don’t remember exactly but the gist was it was a good move and he respected it. I think he also cracked a joke about not talking to Jesse/being friends and then said just kidding. I just remember his energy was very similar to ours: wow, great move.
jewels

[Wtfshouldmynamebe]

Im not a Karla fan. I like Owen, so I was glad to see him stay.

I also was shocked that they didn’t make Karla see medical given the episode she had.

[imapenguin]

Dec 9, 2022 6:49:50 GMT -6 Wtfshouldmynamebe said:

Im not a Karla fan. I like Owen, so I was glad to see him stay.

I also was shocked that they didn’t make Karla see medical given the episode she had.

Her ankle was wrapped up in one of the confessionals, so I think they did and just didn’t put it in the episode since it didn’t affect the outcome and there was so much else going on that did.

[spicysalmonroll]

OK I immediately questioned whether Cody gave him back the idol or Jeanine's was played. So I'm glad to come here and see that you all have that idol situation figured out for me lol
One of the best episodes in many seasons, I really like the cast this season and how they are playing. So once you're in top 4 you automatically have chance at fire right, so he will at least have that chance? That's awesome that he won't be subjected to making it through a vote to get to finale!

[melohdy]

The producers are doing a really good job this year about building suspense - like we didn't know Jesse had this idol back until tribal council and same with Cody's silly bead stunt

[imapenguin]

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I hope that’s not the last time we see Jesse.