That makes me so angry. Can a real network or streaming service pick up this show next season so us American viewers can stop getting fucked? History Channel is pathetic.

I can't believe they did it again; what is History Channel's problem? If their motives are to censor inappropriate content it makes no sense because they are on cable. If their motives are to put in commercials why don't they just let the show run past 11:00? It really makes me angry.

I thought it was kind of funny how Bjorn fought in his first battle last week and this week he was Horik's number one concern. "Be careful with Bjorn Ironside; he is very difficult to kill."

Ragnar must have turned his head into a bloody pulp; he was relentless.

She thought she was going to kick some ass, but she really had no clue who she was fucking with.

She couldn't believe that she lost; the look on her face…

I had thought that the long con was a definite possibility, but they fooled me tonight. They wanted to trick us so badly that the plot became incoherent. It made no sense for Floki to betray Ragnar, but I kept thinking: "apparently they are going to force this even though it is totally out of character for Floki."

My favorite moment in the episode was when Lagertha killed Horik's wife; it was just so great.

I was assuming that he did kill Horik's son once they showed that all of his other children were murdered.

All Hail King Ragnar.

Is it awful that I would take Garrett and J'Tia over her? I really thought she was the worst cast member on this season. It seems like my hatred for her could be totally irrational though, as some people actually liked her (or at least found her to be adequate). Maybe it's just my dislike for CBS's continual casting…

I didn't see any critical thinking from her at all; she did whatever LJ told her to do until he was voted out and then did whatever Trish told her to do. If she provided any entertainment value I would give her a bit of a break, but she was really one of the most boring contestants ever.

I agree with you that female winners have been marginalized in the past, but I think that has more to do with their lack of personality and less to do with their gender. Kass, Tasha, and Trish all have strong personalities and have each been entertaining at points this season. If one of them had won I think we would…

Yeah Russell could just be the extreme outlier. Your Coach-South Pacific example below is good; his holier than thou attitude was probably the reason he lost.

"Mission Accomplished!"

I like this theory; I think amiableness is probably a factor too, which is why Russell didn't win. The reactions Russell got were: "that crazy asshole;" while Tony gets: "there goes crazy Tony again."

So I just realized that the finale is not for 3 weeks; does that mean that we are getting a final 2? According to Survivor Wiki, Philippines is the only season since China where there was only one person voted out in the finale.

Thinking about some of the old seasons makes me so glad that the whole concept of "Survivor morality" is basically non-existent at this point.

I just don't think anyone besides Spencer or Tony can win based on the edit. Trish wasn't even really on the show tonight, Tasha was marginalized even though she dominated the challenge and was central to the vote flop, Woo is Woo, and Kass has gotten one of the worst post merge edits I can remember.

That's awesome. Coach would somehow make the Dharma Initiative into even more of a cult than it already is.