I loooove KVO. I actually have nothing else of substance to say here, just that she is amazing and I love her.

I had the same concerns during that scene. You don't speak monkey, Shirin! What if you are insulting his mother???

I just recently finished re-watching Nicaragua and I agree, it's awful. I decided to re-watch it because I kept thinking "was it really that bad?" Yes, yes it was.
I will never understand why one of the primary narrators of the first half of the season (at least) was Naonka! Who thought that was a good idea???
I have…

I don't know much about the course Max taught about Survivor or what his media consultant work entails now, but I wonder if he is possibly testing out theories about how to get the most screen time? Everything he does and says just seems a tiny bit calculated, but then again he's also a huge fan and clearly seems to…

Had they gotten their bathing suits yet at that point? They definitely got them before the water challenge later in the episode, but I was sort of wondering if he was trying to force the producers' hands and get everyone their swim gear early by losing his undies. But maybe he's not that clever…

I actually got chills during some of Vince's confessionals last night because he sounded so much like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Creepy!

"ON YOUR KNEES!"

I thought this was one of the most genuinely suspenseful votes in a long time (especially this early in a season). Survivor is often guilty of using creative editing to force doubt into what would otherwise be a straightforward ouster, but this was masterful, and all of the drama and second guessing seemed to be…

Now that they've done this twist a couple times, I would love it if they repeated it in a few seasons but really did offer the choice between, say, a tiny bag of rice and a tiny bag of beans, or something. Then the volunteers would really have a lose/lose decision to make - they would be the target of everyone's…

I liked the honesty/deceit twist when they did it on Cagayan, but I didn't think it was as well done here. First, the deceit bag was TOO SMALL. There was no way they could come back to camp with that tiny bag and convince anyone that they'd made the better choice for the group. Though I did kind of like that the…

I agree that the strategic bar was very low this season, but I have to give Natalie some credit for knowing how to pander to her jury. The jury she got was over all pretty ignorant about the game of Survivor, so (if I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt) I think some of Natalie's Big Moves™ were made just to impress…

I'm actually kind of a fan of the 2nd place deciding vote, but I suspect it's something that has to involve a little collusion at the Ponderosa. I mean, imagine if everyone went in with that strategy and then Monica won :/

I've been excited about the concept of an all winners season ever since I first heard about it (probably on this board?) and I've always thought one way around the casting difficulties would be to broaden it slightly to include anyone who lasted the entire 39 days, whether they won or not. Imagine the rivalries you…

This is a season I'm actually kind of excited to go back and re-watch again in a year or two, and I think it's mainly because of the edit. I'm a freak and love re-watching old seasons (I've seen every season at least two or three times at this point). I find that the first viewing gets totally skewed by who I'm…

I'd like to join this bandwagon too, if I may. After the scene last week where Jon was talking about the right way to drink fine wine, I was 100% positive he wasn't the winner. I actually never truly felt like Jon was getting a winner edit, because I always thought he was a total idiot, but that really clinched it…

Turns out they accidentally played a commercial for Blood vs Water I during Sunday night football (again?). My husband and I were 100% expecting them to go to rocks at some point last night and felt like total dopes when we googled it afterwards.

Natalie and others have sort of obliquely mentioned the gender dynamics of the various alliance options, and so I had a slight feeling last night that she didn't want to take Jaclyn out yet because it would weaken her numbers if she had to go with an all female alliance strategy (this would be especially bad if Missy…

But weren't there only like two people actually on the jury at that point? The rest of the jury will be made up of the people who were sitting on the other side at tribal council (aka right next to Jon and Natalie). I think they probably had a better angle to see/hear what went on.

Keith is to balancing balls on paddles as Reynold is to throwing things at things

I think your first point here is a good one to explore further: why does Keith seem to be more likable onscreen than his tribemates find him? Because I've been noticing that too. I'm really worried that it could be some editing trickery to pave the way for ~I shudder to even type it~ an 'unconventional' Keith win.