Alternately—
The CW: Young Adult Television. And Also Arrow.

Agree completely. Is it The Great American Novel? No, but it's an enjoyable read populated with interesting characters and memorable dialog, albeit more overtly sentimental than it should be.

The AV Club

I enjoyed Augustus - less for his motivations (his attraction to Hazel is a suspension of disbelief moment early on), and more for his dialog patterns. To date, he is the only character I have ever seen who talks just like me and my best friend do. It was kind of alarmingly uncanny.

Good use of ethos, in your appeal to the invisible authority figure known as Francis. I question whether making his deliberately implied subtext explicit is what he would have wanted, but you do have interpretative freedom. Indeed, you may even be interpreting his subtext wrong, calling into question your use of the…

PROBST: "This season on Survivor… a Hidden Immunity Idol! But not just any Idol. This Idol can change the entire game.
You'll get a clue at Reward.
This will lead you to another clue at your camp.
Which will then lead you to a clue at the OTHER camp.
And the Idol will actually be hidden on Redemption Island, where your…

Blood vs Water was a good season, and they're doing it with all newbies, so that should be even better.
If they stop Redemption Island at the merge, THEN I'll know Probst reads fan feedback.

So we're all in agreement that Jim has to be a troll, right? Or did I just completely block out that racism?

Agreed on Tocantins. Fishbach is still the greatest non-winner to only play once.

I hope you're referring to Redemption ISLAND, and not an all-new secret special Idol that can be used to raise players from the dead.

I heard her blame her bad edit on sexism, and I thought: "I *want* to like that comment - down with sexism! - but that's not at all what the situation is." Maaaaybe Kass as a man might be perceived like a Tony-ish figure without the Idol, but that's best case scenario.

After Tony's wife didn't show up, I got overexcited when Jeremiah asked "Do you have a wife and kids?" I was sincerely hoping that it had just been the greatest long con in Survivor history, swearing on nonexistent relatives. Like Fairplay but with every relative ever.

I was really hoping that'd be on his highlight reel. Between that comment and him describing himself as "half a hero, half a good person… making moves," that basically says everything you need to know about his gameplay.

His slow realization of what a Final Four tie would entail was glorious. You could almost see all the gears turning inside of his head.
"What would we do? Draw rocks? But then… Or… THE JURY? No. We'd fight for it?"
[There was a pause here; I like to imagine the cameraman had pity and just told him.]
"We have to make…

Woo doesn't need a million dollars… he LOOKS like a million dollars!

I feel the same way, but that might just be because I'm bitter about the Social Network.

Agree completely with everything you've said. Also, although his game is pretty simplistic and underwhelming compared to modern seasons, Rich Hatch deserves a first-time mention for being the guy who INVENTED THE ALLIANCE. Pretty impressive. Also, JT was a great winner, even if he was a terrible All-Star.

C'mon, Jim! We all know you're secretly pulling for your boy Spencer

He's got a better chance than Kass at least. I'd say power rankings at this point go: Spencer, Tony, Woo, Kass. (Spencer and Tony are pretty close, but I think Spencer would have more Jury support; trade-off is that people are less likely to bring him than Tony to the Finals for precisely that reason)

First season you're not missing much. Everyone is pretty dumb except for one player who basically plays the greatest first-time game in Survivor history.
Second season is worth catching up on; everyone already hates Colton that season, so he doesn't last long and it's actually funny watching him pout the whole time…