I'm assuming you mean Jeff Probst, not Varner, was great in the way he handled it :) I agree. Probst is pretty pro.

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When she won the second time I was giving all the players titles. She was Sandra the Shrewd.

I think now that we have the internet you can still do that, it's just you're not waiting to see if anyone will notice, you're waiting for the "what the fuck?" reactions.

This guarantees not only a frantic scramble to conjure up evidence to out him anyway, but also a shitstorm of rumors being thrown around about every other contestant at tribal.

Oh boy, can I be number 3 on the list of people Purple Tentacle disagrees with who are automatically wrong? I see "condescending shithead" and "judgmental jackass" are taken, maybe I can get "irritating asshole."

Oh I agree, I could never match your level of pretentiousness. A pale imitation at best.

Ah, maybe I should watch it again, good call. That overhead shot made it seem like she'd been running a while to get to the red line and as soon as she got to the blue one she was set.

Honestly I'm probably misusing it haha. The most common phrase I learned it from is "trenchant commentary", aka incisive commentary, aka "intelligently analytical and clear-thinking". But looking up the word now apparently it also means "vigorous", and I can't deny old captain crankypants was vigorous :)

I loved the energy of that beat-up and escape scene. Not entirely a surprise but still a shock to see the soldier (YES SHE'S A SOLDIER THERE IS NO ARMY IN 200 YEARS GET OVER IT) suddenly mutiny. The action sucks you in enough that suddenly it's over and she's walking out and you realize uh yeah it's time to get the…

I felt the same way, but it became totally justified when Amos went "We?"

I also felt the direction could have helped - the director has the engine running but he was SO CLOSE to that perfectly smooth *purr*. A director with a more instinctual experience with the moving pistons and natural understanding of the oil level, if you will, would have been able to pull it off using parts from a…

I mean, she is bringing Amos with her, I have to imagine the trigger happiness is going to go down. But who will get shot without him?

Aw but 2 out of 3, you're so close!

Though with a pretty cynical ulterior motivation I see :P

Given that I thought the story was going to be about squishing butterfly cocoons as a child, the story was not as grim as I expected. But the ominous tones were unmistakable haha.

I love! I loved them both! It's like Avasarala + Errinwright in miniature, but only kinda and not really.

I mean, it was laid on pretty thick albeit briefly, but given the circumstances it came off as "get off my lawn" whining by a corrupt murderer more than anything trenchant.

I felt that way too. But the "we?" angle made it 100% worth it.

The camerawork could've played up her size a lot better before this. I kinda bought it because the acting was fine and I knew I needed to buy it. But that was a great fight scene.