Tonight's episode had a few funny moments as far as I'm concerned. Rocksroy will never have children after that IC and we found out that Maryanne lost her perfect white boy crush when Zach was voted out. I think she said Zach is Godlike.

There was another potentially funny moment which we still might get next week. When Mike went to show Daniel the advantage note he found he couldn't find where he buried it. Why would he risk losing it?! As for the advantage which is the three silly phrases one, Daniel appears to have come up with a brilliant plan to negate that advantage. Production needs to rethink how the advantage works because right now it's more of a curse than an advantage. Mike is also showing himself not to be a very smart player.

Maryanne's team finished last in the IC and had to give up their flint and go to TC. It was a decision between her and Marya as to who to vote out. There was no fake out edit at all. Either the editors are getting lazy or there was never a question that one of them would be going. Maryanne got an extra vote via the hill climb/prisoner's dilemma and she cast both her votes to boot Marya. Marya played her Shot in the Dark, Maryanne did not play hers. This was the only suspense at TC. When Jeff read out that it said "Not Safe," I was pretty sure that was the end for Marya and it was. Everyone voted to boot her so with the extra vote it was 5–0.

Next episode something happens during a challenge which Jeff says has never happened before.

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Brian

On 2022-03-17 01:54:09 +0000, Brian Smith said:

> Next episode something happens during a challenge which Jeff says has
> never happened before.

LOL!!! EVERY week they say that. For 20 years.

And Brian still believes it like a 3 year old believes in Santa Claus.

On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:54:11 PM UTC-7, Brian Smith wrote:
> Tonight's episode had a few funny moments as far as I'm concerned. Rocksroy will never have children after that IC and we found out that Maryanne lost her perfect white boy crush when Zach was voted out. I think she said Zach is Godlike.

Just a hunch....but I suspect that Maryanne's parents would be quick to put the kibosh on any plans that she might have to hook up with a white boy. :-)
> There was another potentially funny moment which we still might get next week. When Mike went to show Daniel the advantage note he found he couldn't find where he buried it. Why would he risk losing it?!

I'm actually surprised that this hasn't happened before. IIRC, most players in the past who have chosen to bury their idols/advantages have put sticks or rocks
at the burial locations in order to help them to remember.

As for the advantage which is the three silly phrases one, Daniel appears to have come up with a brilliant plan to negate that advantage.

Yes, Daniel's plan is an interesting one. I would hope that the firefighter would be listening attentively for any off-topic phrases uttered
by somebody on one of the other tribes during the pre-challenge chatter. But, given what we have seen from him so far, he might forget
his own wacky sentence even if he picks up the cue to say it.
Maryanne got an extra vote via the hill climb/prisoner's dilemma and she cast both her votes to boot Marya. Marya played her Shot in the Dark, Maryanne did not play hers. This was the only suspense at TC. When Jeff read out that it said "Not Safe," I was pretty sure that was the end for Marya and it was. Everyone voted to boot her so with the extra vote it was 5–0.
>
Actually, I'm pretty sure the vote was only 4-0. We were shown the votes at the end of the episode, and Maryanne only held up one parchment. We'll
see what she says about the extra vote in E03.

On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 12:54:02 PM UTC-6, zeppo wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:54:11 PM UTC-7, Brian Smith wrote:
> > Tonight's episode had a few funny moments as far as I'm concerned. Rocksroy will never have children after that IC and we found out that Maryanne lost her perfect white boy crush when Zach was voted out. I think she said Zach is Godlike.

> Just a hunch....but I suspect that Maryanne's parents would be quick to put the kibosh on any plans that she might have to hook up with a white boy. :-)

If she still lives at home they might offer Zach a nice dowry to marry their daughter.

> > There was another potentially funny moment which we still might get next week. When Mike went to show Daniel the advantage note he found he couldn't find where he buried it. Why would he risk losing it?!

> I'm actually surprised that this hasn't happened before. IIRC, most players in the past who have chosen to bury their idols/advantages have put sticks or rocks
> at the burial locations in order to help them to remember.

The package was small. He should have had no problem hiding it in his pants.. Mike panicked for no reason and it's likely going to result in him getting booted soon.

> As for the advantage which is the three silly phrases one, Daniel appears to have come up with a brilliant plan to negate that advantage.

> Yes, Daniel's plan is an interesting one. I would hope that the firefighter would be listening attentively for any off-topic phrases uttered
> by somebody on one of the other tribes during the pre-challenge chatter. But, given what we have seen from him so far, he might forget
> his own wacky sentence even if he picks up the cue to say it.

Jeff seemed to get a kick out of this advantage last season so they'll find away to get all three to say their phrases before a challenge starts.

> Maryanne got an extra vote via the hill climb/prisoner's dilemma and she cast both her votes to boot Marya. Marya played her Shot in the Dark, Maryanne did not play hers. This was the only suspense at TC. When Jeff read out that it said "Not Safe," I was pretty sure that was the end for Marya and it was. Everyone voted to boot her so with the extra vote it was 5–0.

> Actually, I'm pretty sure the vote was only 4-0. We were shown the votes at the end of the episode, and Maryanne only held up one parchment. We'll
> see what she says about the extra vote in E03.

Wikipedia claims she cast just one vote. If that's the case she must have been told something before TC that made her comfortable enough to save her extra vote. Were we told how long the extra votes are good for?

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Brian

On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 5:45:43 PM UTC-7, Brian Smith wrote:

> Wikipedia claims she cast just one vote. If that's the case she must have been told something before TC that made her comfortable enough to save her extra vote. Were we told how long the extra votes are good for?
>
It appeared to be one of those tribal councils in which everybody, including the person who was booted, knew how the vote was going to go before
they got to the set.
According to Maryanne's parchment, the last time she can use the advantage is at F6.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:54:09 -0700 (PDT), Brian Smith
<dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Tonight's episode had a few funny moments as far as I'm concerned. Rocksroy will never have children after that IC and we found out that Maryanne lost her perfect white boy crush when Zach was voted out. I think she said Zach is Godlike.
>
>There was another potentially funny moment which we still might get next week. When Mike went to show Daniel the advantage note he found he couldn't find where he buried it. Why would he risk losing it?!

He was clearly afraid of someone coming upon him and asking questions
about what he was doing. Should have just put it in a pocket and then
find a spot where he could hide the advantage and not worry about
losing it.

>As for the advantage which is the three silly phrases one, Daniel appears to have come up with a brilliant plan to negate that advantage. Production needs to rethink how the advantage works because right now it's more of a curse than an advantage. Mike is also showing himself not to be a very smart player.

That's the danger in telling anyone about finding an advantage or HII.
This time around the silly phrases aren't going to be a problem as no
one that hasn't read the notes or been told about it is going to know
what it means but in future seasons anyone saying such silly things
would be identified as having an advantage. So production really does
need to come up with some new ideas.

>Maryanne's team finished last in the IC and had to give up their flint and go to TC. It was a decision between her and Marya as to who to vote out. There was no fake out edit at all. Either the editors are getting lazy or there was never a question that one of them would be going. Maryanne got an extra vote via the hill
climb/prisoner's dilemma and she cast both her votes to boot Marya. Marya played her Shot in the Dark, Maryanne did not play hers. This was the only suspense at TC. When Jeff read out that it said "Not Safe," I was pretty sure that was the end for Marya and it was. Everyone voted to boot her so with the extra vote it was 5–0.
>
>Next episode something happens during a challenge which Jeff says has never happened before.

Which will likely turn out to be nothing.

On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 7:18:46 PM UTC-6, zeppo wrote:
> On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 5:45:43 PM UTC-7, Brian Smith wrote:
>
> > Wikipedia claims she cast just one vote. If that's the case she must have been told something before TC that made her comfortable enough to save her extra vote. Were we told how long the extra votes are good for?
> >
> It appeared to be one of those tribal councils in which everybody, including the person who was booted, knew how the vote was going to go before
> they got to the set.
> According to Maryanne's parchment, the last time she can use the advantage is at F6.

You're probably right that they all knew going in what was going to happen but the way Maryanne's leg was shaking makes me think she didn't fully trust the other three to follow through with the plan.

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Brian

On 2022-03-19 17:53:36 +0000, shawn said:

>> Next episode something happens during a challenge which Jeff says has
>> never happened before.
>
>
> Which will likely turn out to be nothing.

you misspelled "absolutely"

On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:33:57 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>On 2022-03-19 17:53:36 +0000, shawn said:
>
>>> Next episode something happens during a challenge which Jeff says has
>>> never happened before.
>>
>>
>> Which will likely turn out to be nothing.
>
>you misspelled "absolutely"

Lemme guess - Richard Hatch is back and will be doing the challenge
nekkid....

On 2022-03-21 02:49:44 +0000, The Horny Goat said:

> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:33:57 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty
> <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2022-03-19 17:53:36 +0000, shawn said:
>>
>>>> Next episode something happens during a challenge which Jeff says has
>>>> never happened before.
>>>
>>>
>>> Which will likely turn out to be nothing.
>>
>> you misspelled "absolutely"
>
> Lemme guess - Richard Hatch is back and will be doing the challenge
> nekkid....

Richard on one team, Sue on another...

Oh, wait. "Never happened before," huh? Well, that makes me wrong.

On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:41:05 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>On 2022-03-21 02:49:44 +0000, The Horny Goat said:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:33:57 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty
>> <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-03-19 17:53:36 +0000, shawn said:
>>>
>>>>> Next episode something happens during a challenge which Jeff says has
>>>>> never happened before.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Which will likely turn out to be nothing.
>>>
>>> you misspelled "absolutely"
>>
>> Lemme guess - Richard Hatch is back and will be doing the challenge
>> nekkid....
>
>Richard on one team, Sue on another...
>
>Oh, wait. "Never happened before," huh? Well, that makes me wrong.

At this point it would pretty much have to be something of that order
to be a 'never seen before' event.

Though I must confess I initially read your post as SUE nekkid which
would be nearly as disturbing as Rich.

(Hope she's enjoying her fake boobs paid for by CBS as their price for
dropping her suit against Hatch and CBS for his antics in a certain
challenge in Champions.....)

On 2022-03-21 19:10:46 +0000, The Horny Goat said:

> (Hope she's enjoying her fake boobs paid for by CBS as their price for
> dropping her suit against Hatch and CBS for his antics in a certain
> challenge in Champions.....)

photos of the incident in question:

https://soapdirt.com/survivor-richard-hatch-what-kept-him-off-winners-at-war-season-40/

plus a clip of Sue going off the rails.

The CBS of today would slobber over all of that being on the air...