Category: Season 43

Well, we made it, another Survivor finale! It’s been a really solid season, proving that even 43 seasons in, the production team still has their fastball. Heading into the finale, this was set up to easily be the strongest of the three “new era” seasons. And after this result, it remains solidly in that position. […]

Gaia Owen is still wanting to drive a wedge between Karla and Cassidy, with the plan to vote out Karla next. Once Sami played his Shot in the Dark, Karla made the decision to go with the Sami vote. So Owen decides to stir the pot and tells Cassidy he heard from Jesse that Karla […]

Gaia After the Noelle vote, Sami has a hole to dig himself out of. The other group is asking him who he voted for, assuming he voted for Karla. He tries to throw Gabler under the bus, but they’re not buying it. And Sami realizes he just has to come out and be honest about […]

Gaia Karla breaks down the James vote, saying she was informed last minute that James was the plan. She’s taking serious note of this, as it was the first time she was left out of the vote. From the other Tribal, Cassidy is thrilled to finally get rid Ryan, who had been gunning for her […]

Gaia Sami wasn’t on board with the Jeanine plan, but he didn’t have the numbers to make another move. He makes a point to talk to Owen first thing, as he was – once again – left out of the vote. Talking to Owen and Gabler at the well, Sami shifts the blame to James, […]

Merge Camp/Gaia Jeanine is devastated after the Elie vote. This cements it for her that she’s on the outside of the majority. Noelle talks to her, trying to reassure Jeanine that this was a move against Elie, and wasn’t because of her at all. She advises Jeanine to act okay with the result, like this […]

Coco We skip the post-Tribal breakdown and go right to Coco the next morning, where they open Tree Mail. I appreciate the show wanting to get right to the action. But they couldn’t spend one or two minutes showing us Ryan’s reaction to being blindsided and having his closest ally sent home? Seems like there […]

Coco Coco debriefs back at camp after the Lindsay vote. We learn that the larger group did clue in Geo and Ryan that Lindsay was the vote. But Cassidy is a little uneasy, as she received the one rogue vote. Geo confesses to placing his vote on Cassidy, as a potential safeguard if things went […]

Vesi After voting out Nneka, Cody feels conflicted. He had such a strong relationship with her, but felt they had to make that move to strengthen the tribe for challenges. Baka Gabler is still having trouble to fit in socially. He gives Sami and Elie palm frond blankets, completely unannounced. On its own, sure, it’s […]

Vesi We open with Cody rehashing how he got the beads from the rest of the tribe just in time before Tribal Council. With this now back to the normal 60 minute time slot, this seems like something that could have been included last week, with the extended 90 minute block. But getting to the […]