It wasn't just the meltdown, although that was bad enough. It was also her behavior at the Immunity challenge. Stopping during the challenge just to pester Brad about how she got over the climbing wall first was next-level petty. It may partly be an act, but I think she's honestly a rather insecure person with an…

Remember when he gave a hidden idol to Russell Hantz and it was used against him the very next episode?

If I were a member of Mana I would have thrown the challenge just to get rid of Debbie. "Sore loser" doesn't even begin to cover it. You can't trust someone like Debbie because she's so convinced of her own righteousness that she will make extraordinarily irrational decisions. She has zero self-reflection.

That would give too much power to producers, who tell them where to sit. Whispering would still be going on, but some people wouldn't be able to talk to others, giving them a disadvantage.

I know there are dozens of excellent performances (peak TV and all), but I will burn things if Aubrey Plaza isn't nominated for an Emmy.

How many times have we seen that exact same Ozzy fishing scene in Survivor history? That could have been stock footage from Cook Islands, Micronesia, or South Pacific, and no one would have known the difference.

I didn't like the twist. It seemed like the producers sat around and asked themselves how they could force a "live Tribal." It was manufactured chaos. The point of Tribal Council is that you are held accountable for your social interactions at camp. Malcolm was voted out by five people he didn't have a real…

Except in Sandra's case, there probably won't be someone like Ken who even considers keeping her on out of loyalty.

The dangers of typecasting. I don't think Aubrey Plaza has ever been offered a role that wasn't a deadpan sidekick. Legion is really giving her a part that she can sink her teeth into, and goddammit she is delivering.

I guess I'm thinking as an educator. Bullying is a distinct pattern of behaviors that transcends mere irritability or rudeness. I suppose you could argue that Sandra's personality is intimidating, but much of Survivor revolves around placating people for the purpose of the game. I don't think Malcolm, J.T., and…

I think calling Sandra a "bully" in the goat scene is melodramatic. Then again, people use "bully" very inaccurately these days. She was insistent about wanting to eat the goat, but she didn't bully anyone. She's hardcore. She's blunt. She's stubborn. That doesn't make her a "bully."

I agree that her personality isn't different, but the editors are treating her differently this season. Like you said, she always had someone who was more villainous around. She doesn't this time. Her attitude has always been portrayed more as sass. Even in Heroes vs. Villains, a recurring theme in her confessionals…

He'd have to sit next to someone who is also rich. Maybe Sandra actually does get to the end, but her arrogance finally catches up with her and she becomes this season's goat. (I think Sandra's awesome, but the editors are really setting up a villain story arc for her. If she becomes the new Russell, that would be…

I believe it!

Brad and Monica Culpepper are totally the kind of couple who would go antiquing together. They're neat people.

They really don't give them any more food than they did in the early seasons. They started out with a bucket of rice, Hawaiian slings, and fish traps in Borneo, too. They got rain ponchos in the early seasons, too, which I'm sure they'd appreciate nowadays. I think the only real difference is that the post-merge…

Michele won Kaôh Rōng, the same season Aubry, Tai, Caleb, and Debbie come from. It's actually fairly recent. Michele got a pretty flat edit, but the entire Kaôh Rōng cast seems to love her, so I think she just pulled a Natalie White and outpaced Aubry in the social game. It's not a flashy win, but a win is a win.

Jeff Probst was hilarious in his preseason interviews about that moment. He thought it was so strange that no one from Mana sent a swimmer to get the toolkit, even though Malcolm said it best. When Ozzy's there, why even bother?

Michele as very under-the-radar. You could also argue that Adam was a little under-the-radar, too. He had a prominent story due to his mother's illness, but he wasn't really driving the strategy of Millennials vs. Gen-X. That was David or Zeke.

Brad is annoying, but he's not a jerk. People act like he's some sort of villain, but he and Monica were just goofballs on Blood vs. Water. Do people just hate him because he had an all-male alliance? He was incompetent and went home early, and Monica tagged along with Tyson and cried for the rest of the game. They're…