First, happy we got some of the nutjob point plays tonight, including Coach's non-threatening injury, two misspellings at Tribal Council, and Ozzy giving away his advantage.
But I won't sugar coat it. If you had Savannah as one of your 5 picks, you lost a lot ground tonight. She had +2 for the reward, -1 for the Immunity, and then a hellacious -8 as she was voted off before the merge (-5) and with an advantage in her pocket (-3) for a draining total score of -7.

Here's the new standings after Episode 2. I'm available for autographs all night. Episode point breakdown is after the standings. As mentioned in a previous post, shoutout to RudyJax for generating the most points tonight with 13.5.

New Standings (Updated Spreadsheet here)
CharleyKerfeld 28

TriumphForks 26

Eso si 25

CheeseSndwch 24
rwhitlock3 24

wangus12 23
Saxsoon 23

blackgoldag11 22

Rudyjax 20

Roll the Bones 19
double aught 19

veryfuller 18.5

Mrs DoItBest 18
SZ 18
Ag87H2O 18

Big Al 1992 17
7yrplan 17

agsquirrel97 16
Mozart 16

Quinn 15.5

DoItBest 14
rhutton125 14
Johnsy3 14

cwpaggie07 13

tx1c 12

Counterpoint 10.5
HTown98 10.5

AggieJ2002 9

caleblyn 6

gravy97 5.5

Episode 2 Points Breakdown

Reward Challenge:
Cila finishes first: +2 for Christian, Cirie, Emily, Joe, Ozzy, Rick, Savannah
Kalo finishes second: +1 for Charlie, Chrissy, Coach, Dee, Jonathan, Kamila, Mike, Tiff
Vatu finishes third: -1 for Angelina, Aubry, Colby, Genieve, Q, Rizo, Stephenie


Coach suffers an injury outside of a challenge that doesn't eliminate him from the game: -1

Christian finds a hidden immunity idol: +3
Christian sends it to Aubry, thus making Aubry find the HII: +3

Immunity Challenge:
Vatu finishes first: +2 for Angelina, Aubry, Colby, Genieve, Q, Rizo, Stephenie
Kalo finishes second: +1 for Charlie, Chrissy, Coach, Dee, Jonathan, Kamila, Mike, Tiff
Cila finishes third: -1 for Christian, Cirie, Emily, Joe, Ozzy, Rick, Savannah

Some dummy named Ozzy gives Cirie his advantage before Tribal Council: Ozzy -2; Cirie +2

At Tribal Council, Joe and Cirie each spelled Savannah's name wrong: -1. Savana? Seriously, Joe?

Savannah is voted out:
Before the merge: -5
With an advantage in her pocket: -3


Surviving tribal +0.5 points for Christian, Cirie, Emily, Joe, Ozzy, Rick

Not entirely sure what Devens is doing planting the idol at TC. Does he want to pull it out (TWSS) at a later tribal or does he want someone from another tribe to find it?

I'm also super excited that in additional to the tribe swap next week, it looks like someone takes a shot to the noggin while blindfolded during a challenge - looks sort of like Rizo on the preview - which is a solid 1 point deduction.

More observations tomorrow.

My team is henceforth called, Lambda Lambda Lambda.

zap said:

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I mean, who hasn't shat themselves on national tv?

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S51 pickem game definitely needs an upgrade to "You shat / puke / shart / piss on TV" point demotion.

Should it be a demotion? Or is it strategy to disarm people? Discuss...

What did Devins plant near the fire after Christian did his prat fall?

A fake idol

I believe Aubry should be at +4 for E:2.

CheeseSndwch said:

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I believe Aubry should be at +4 for E:2.

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That looks right.
3 for the idol
-1 for last in reward
2 for first in immunity.

Rudyjax said:

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CheeseSndwch said:

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I believe Aubry should be at +4 for E:2.

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That looks right.
3 for the idol
-1 for last in reward
2 for first in immunity.

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Thanks for pointing it out (both of you). I will correct/update this evening.

I'm surprised they didn't med-tap coach for having a cramp

How similar was Savannah's speech to the one she gave last season?

CharleyKerfeld said:

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My other notes from Episode 2:

Really felt for Kamila when she realized Kyle was gone. I don't find her super likable, but they were so tight that it must have really hurt.

Coach with the worst job ever of reading the room by airing his dirty laundry with Ozzy when they're talking about Kyle leaving the game was vintage Coach.

Mike and Emily - the two most unlikely people to master a balance beam in human history during the reward challenge.

Colby and Stephenie's job carrying the giant snake and making up so much time was really inspiring. Colby was 51 when they filmedand Stephenie was 45. I know Colby was really dismayed in his physical play the last time he was on Survivor, and Stephenie is about as fit as a woman can get. It was like a commercial for "old school physical fitness".

I'm starting to think Tiff isn't actually on this season and they're just CGI-ing old footage of her. She didn't talk to the camera again.

The sharting scene aside, I just love Christian and think I'll be heartbroken if/when he gets voted out. He's a perfect role model for smart kids to get out in the world and just be themselves.

Savannah drew a bad hand and made it worse by lying about the advantage. Hindsight being 20/20, she should have pulled Joe aside and told him about the block a vote or even given it to him and said she wanted to play the loyalty game since she obviously recognized his style of play.

God help us if honorable Joe and honorable Coach end up on the same tribe after this swap.

Every future season of Survivor should have Jonathan as a living hidden advantage that tribes can unlock to use in pre-merge challenges. I thought he was just going to jump from one part of the water challenge to the other when he did his dive that got him 80% of the way there.

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So few people dive in those challenges. i thought perhaps they were told they couldn't for safety.

Ozzie and Jonathan were diving.

i grew up in a pool and barely swim now, but i would dive. Seems so odd.

I was going to go scorched earth on that tribe if they voted Joe out. Devens the way he flipped the **** out at Joe was so ****ing weird if you are an ounce of a normal person, regardless of Survivor. And I liked Devens before. I am kind of in a **** him mode right now.

I've given everyone on the spreadsheet who has Aubry as a pick an extra point for the math error pointed out earlier.

It's a little crazy how many people picked her. I thought I was making an out of left field pick with her early on, but that was not the case. If Aubry, Charlie, and Jonathan get eliminated quickly, 80% of us will be out of the running.

I don't think Savannah stood a chance based on the tribe that she landed in. She wasn't going to break into the nerds alliance or the old school alliance. Probably pretty tough mentally/physically to go right back out there.

Quinn said:

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I don't think Savannah stood a chance based on the tribe that she landed in. She wasn't going to break into the nerds alliance or the old school alliance. Probably pretty tough mentally/physically to go right back out there.

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I think that's a fair point. Especially since she was the only winner on the tribe.

Rudyjax said:

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Quinn said:

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I don't think Savannah stood a chance based on the tribe that she landed in. She wasn't going to break into the nerds alliance or the old school alliance. Probably pretty tough mentally/physically to go right back out there.

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I think that's a fair point. Especially since she was the only winner on the tribe.

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Exactly. A lot working against her:

- other players didn't get to watch her season
- winner
- a bit of a tough personality.
- pre set alliances that she didn't fit neatly into

CharleyKerfeld said:

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But I won't sugar coat it. If you had Savannah as one of your 5 picks, you lost a lot ground tonight. She had +2 for the reward, -1 for the Immunity, and then a hellacious -8 as she was voted off before the merge (-5) and with an advantage in her pocket (-3) for a draining total score of -7.

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I didn't understand the Joe v Devens spat. I'm not sure how Devens ends up spinning it to where Joe is made out to be the bad guy. Devens was the one who directly lied to Joes face, got caught, and then tells everyone that Joe is hard to work with. Joe is one of the most predictable players in the game. The whole thing just felt weird.

If you are in Joes position what would you have done? Address it head on with the person or use it as leverage to vote him off.

Joe has such a predictable game play regardless of if you like him or not. It's way easier to play around that type of player than a scheming type.

I just really want a Joe - Coach macho off at some point

KCup17 said:

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Joe has such a predictable game play regardless of if you like him or not. It's way easier to play around that type of player than a scheming type.

I just really want a Joe - Coach macho off at some point

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A duel for honor

wangus12 said:

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KCup17 said:

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Joe has such a predictable game play regardless of if you like him or not. It's way easier to play around that type of player than a scheming type.

I just really want a Joe - Coach macho off at some point

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A duel for honor

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The way the samurai would have wanted.

Dammit, no more Velvet Jones.

FIrst of all, I felt overwhelmed with joy when Joe, Coach, and Colby wound up together and then immediately did what we all said they would, linked up in the honor alliance. Too funny, I laughed out loud.

Not a lot of points out there this week, but nonetheless, let's start with kudos to our weekly high-point getters:

Mozart 7
agsquirrel97 7
grazy97 6
SZ 5.5
DoItBest 5.5
Johnsy 5.5

gravy 97 getting more points tonight (6) than the previous two episodes combined (5.5) to push out of last place.

New pick'em standings after Episode 3. Getting Jenna as the first one out allows your ol' pal Charley Kerfeld to barely stay in first for a second straight week. UPDATED SPREADSHEET

1. CharleyKerfeld 33.5
2. TriumphForks 31.5
3. Eso si 30.5
4. rwhitlock3 29.5
T-5. CheeseSndwch 28.5
Saxsoon 28.5
7. wangus12 27.5
8. blackgoldag11 24.5
T-9. Rudyjax 24
agsquirrel97 24
Mozart 24
12. SZ 23.5
13. Roll the Bones 23
14. veryfuller 22.5
15. Mrs DoItBest 22
16. Johnsy3 20.5
T-17. double aught 20
Ag87H2O 20
7yrplan 20
20. DoItBest 19.5
T-21. Big Al 1992 17.5
Quinn 17.5
23. rhutton125 16
24. HTown98 15
25. cwpaggie07 14
26. AggieJ2002 13.5
27. tx1c 12
28. gravy97 11.5
29. caleblyn 9.5
30. Counterpoint 8.5

Episode Points Recap

I made the judgement call before the season that only "Jeff" and "Mr. Jeff" were allowable as names to all our dear host, so Dee takes a double shot of -2 for calling him "Jeffery" twice during the episode.

I had to rewatch Chrissy's meltdown to see if it fit in with the "You have a breakdown about how unfair life is .." category, but she was crying about something that happened in game, and saying she didn't cry because of her cancer, so no points subtracted there.

In the challenge, Charlie, Colby, Devens, and Rizzo each lose a point for taking a body shot (not the good kind) while blindfolded. I laughed pretty hard at Colby's. I don't feel good about it, but it was serious blast.

The new Cila wins the challenge, giving +2 to Charile, Rizo, Jonathan, Devens, Cirie, Kamilla, Dee
The new Kalo finishes second, giving +1 to Aubry, Joe, Coach, Geneviee, Chrissy, Colby, Tiff
The new Vatu finishes third, giving -1 point to Christian, Emily, Stephenie, Angelina, Mike, Ozzy, Q

At tribal, Q goes home before the merge for a -5 (sorry, Counterpoint, rough 2 weeks for you), while everyone else earns 0.5 points back for surviving tribal: Christian, Emily, Stephenie, Angelina, Mike, Ozzy

Many funny moments, but they'll have to wait for the morning. Please let me know if your score or anything else doesn't look correct.