Haven't players in the past with one idol used it to save someone else? I don't think using an idol to save someone else is necessarily a tell that you have multiple idols, although I admit it can be.

I would say "well play, Joe" for the same reason I would congratulate any winner. I honestly believe that Survivor is the one reality game show on TV that can, objectively, never have an incorrect winner.

What's tragic to me, in a completely different way, is that we could have been rid of Abi if Stephen had just used his advantage to vote for her twice.

What's great for Jeremy's game is that he's basically Crystal Cox. Looking at him, you'd think he'd be a challenge beast. But he's not. And that means he's never a target. But he's also physically capable enough that, when it gets down to the final castaways, he could actually be a threat to win those elusive…

I agree that he would have kept it to himself if he only had the one idol. That said, did anyone find Jeremy telling Stephen that Joe had an idol kind of suspicious? Jeremy, of all people, had to know that the chances of Joe having an idol were slim to none. It felt to me like Jeremy was caving to the pressure to get…

I'll miss Ciera and Stephen both, although I feel that Ciera's edit was a bit baffling all season. From the random Savage vote that she needed to go to Twitter to explain, to tonight's vote, where we get Ciera planning on a Stephen blindside only for she and Wentworth to throw two seemingly random votes at Kimmi. I'm…

I have a marrow-deep loathing of Melissa. She's almost elegant in her uselessness, and I'd be shocked if the morale and attitude of the group didn't instantly improve if she happened to spontaneously combust.

Is there a reason Melissa is written to be so authentically insufferable? I mean, what purpose does she actually serve in the narrative? Even Gail, who's constantly drunk and makes out with CPR mannequins, is less useless since she at least supports Todd and Erica emotionally.

I feel like they were going for the Shephard/Locke "It's never BEEN easy!" philosophical argument, but stumbled and went falling down a flight of MC Escher stairs.

Morgan: "All life is precious."
Michonne: "I just don't think it's that easy."
Morgan: "It's not easy."
Michonne: "I didn't say it was."

Joesus

Well, if they keep giving him immunity challenges that involve balancing, he just might win every immunity. Seriously, they need to shake up those challenges somehow, really test Joe's capabilities.

Realistically, if he got to the end on immunity wins, he would deserve the million dollars. But I think that strategy is prone to being picked apart with a strong argument at FTC. Really, it'll work if Joe doesn't bypass the social game altogether and still forges bonds as he continues to steamroll everyone.

On the one hand, I kind of get it: if you don't focus on things like Savage's story about the supermodel wife, the low emphasis on his story is a tell that he won't be around that long. Conversely, show too much of him, and you risk underdeveloping the people who actually are going to be sticking around through most…

Probably because next week is a boring elimination like Kimmi or something. Gotta make them think big things are going to happen.

Yes! This is what I've always thought about Joe's strategy. Okay, so you win every immunity and get to the end. What's your actual argument?

I'm disappointed too. But I guess telling that story means less time for Abi's countless meltdowns.

What if someone else went to take a dump or rub one out, saw the torchlight and found the idol? Can that person use the idol even though it wasn't really meant for them? I mean, I can't imagine they wouldn't be able to, but it'd be strange, in a way.

I wish we could get more on just what Joe is thinking. We get it in the weekly deleted scenes videos, but never on the actual episode beyond what he feels about the challenges and rewards. There was a cool video on the CBS YouTube page where he talked about playing both alliances, and how he was trying to keep his…

Seriously, she almost Holly Holm'd his ass.