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Also, I'm through episode 5 of Australian Survivor 2017.
Luke is still my favorite. A charismatic, fun-loving troll who is complicit in pretty much all the trouble on his tribe, alongside his right hand Jericho (who is getting a bit cocky). I am starting to really appreciate Tessa as a fighter and A.K. as a schemer.

Another clueless player, Tara, claimed she was making a "Big Move" when... it was anything but. Voting out the eighth rung on your totem pole in ninth is not even remotely close to a Big Move. A Big Move is a power shift, not switching the bottom two of the boot order. A.K. however made a Big Move by getting #4 (Pete) to flip and take out #3 (Aimee).

I also must observe that each person who's been booted so far has made a mind-numbing decision that has sealed their fate, save for one.
Joan said she was a puzzle genius, then flubbed the puzzle, causing her tribe to blame her for the loss and get rid of her. Common in first boots.
Adam had no idea how to harness the trust of his tribe and only ended up getting them to flip on him when they thought he had the idol. He seemed to be extorting them into being his peons. Oops.
Kate was simply in the minority. Just a bad choice of ally for her in Adam.
MarkZan flashed the idol to A.K. for no reason at all. He was right to give it to Tessa, but he should've told her to keep searching for the idol. At Tribal, he could have voted for Lochlan and Tessa should've voted for Tara. Everybody else votes for Tessa, she plays an idol and flabbergasts them, then the entire tribe has to turn on itself in a 1-1 revote situation. I liked MarkZan, so it was sad to see him go.
Aimee had diarrhea of the mouth at Tribal, which spooked Pete into thinking she was a loose cannon and got him to vote her out. I honestly expected Pete to not flip until she did that. Aimee's cute, but... she was a victim of herself.

My only negative so far is how many challenges involve throwing shit at the end. The challenges are otherwise solid - I like how they're doing their own this time and I hope that continues, except for a recycled Hand On Hard Idol for the final IC. The cast is VERY strong and Samatau is a fascinating trainwreck. A.K. and Tessa are two of the most compelling people there. Getting Saanapu vibes from Asaga - they won't be going to Tribal in the next episode before the inevitable swap at 18. If the Medevac tease in the preview is as much of a red herring as it would be in the US version, Anneliese probably goes next, since 1) she's the weakest of the minority and 2) she's someone potential swing vote Pete will be willing to cut. If not her, then it's Lochlan. I am sure some of the Asaga folks have been aching to vote each other out, so Samantha/Mark will go mano-a-mano against Henry/Jacqui... and they'll use the Samatau folks to do it. I think Samatau needs to go the "intentional Matsing" route here, just to get Asaga more ready to get rid of each other.

But yeah, loving this right now. Way better than anything Game Changers not related to Aubry or Queen Sandra.

Peridiam posted...

But I guess, given your fond memories of it, I might consider it a little better.

Didn't I say that those fond memories were almost all in the first four episodes? Like the "Franchesqua" fight and Hantz crying home to Mommy.

Everything after the second Elrod blindside is complete garbage, though, which is why people remember it in a terrible light. They forget that most people were enjoying it quite a lot in its first few weeks. I try to focus on the positives here. South Pacific is the one I can't find ANY with >_>
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