I think the writers actually needed to employ McBain as editorial advisor to point out what the jokes are.

Dammit, I was just about to do that.

"But I'm just gonna shake shake shake shake shake, shake it off, shake it off."

"We haven't seen an ANUS this bad since the Seventies."

"…is everyone else seeing a Troll doll nailed to a 2x4?"

"If you have trouble remembering it, just think of a bag of crap."

*shrug* I couldn't stand Spencer and Tony, so I didn't really feel like Cagayan had anything to offer me, especially in the endgame.

Even this late in the game, though? I thought she said it was the same clue that everyone else had had, so either they re-hid it in the same place or just took it out of commission.

Wasn't everyone involved pretty lukewarm about this season before it aired though? Maybe I'm misremembering but I think they knew - or at least suspected - it wasn't going to be all that well-received.

It's appreciated, dude. (That was mine.)

I'll back you up on that. It started out badly but really picked up towards the end, and I thought that was a really strong finale. I'd basically written off Jaclyn but thought she handled herself well at Final Tribal - I don't know how much I believe her claims that she was a power player and making a lot of the…

I missed out on Pick-4 this season, can I join in the next one?

"My Dairy Queen is melting" is going to be my new go-to phrase for whenever I'm swooning over a hottie.

That's also how they did Cagayan, I think. Admittedly I hated Cagayan, but most folk around here seemed to like it.

Yeah, I wonder if "best season in years!" is damage control given the reception this season got.

More or less - he was medevaced because of sand in his eye.

I disagree - there was an element of risk in Natalie's game, but her explanations and her reasoning for making them always seemed pretty sound to me. I think she was making the moves to ensure she was sitting next to the right people at the end, not to show off.

That finale actually pushed this whole season ahead of Cagayan for me. At least this was a final tribal where I actually gave a crap who won.

Didn't she realise it was a clue to the idol that Jon had already found? I thought that's why she didn't look for it.

#NotYourSorkin