He was really growing on me. Such a bummer to leave with all that loot in his pockets.
Do you think they will revise the broccoli advantage??
I think Brad bad the potential to go a long way.
People this season need to keep their mouths shut snd their secret find to
Themselves!
AgreeI would never tell anyone that I had a idol, at least not this early in the game
I really canât. I watch Survivor after a very long day at work, and this season seems to be flashing by. I was definitely disappointed last week, not so much this week.
I was listening to one of the Survivor podcasts today - and I was thinking with the fast season and less contestants (right? There were less to begin with?) I wonder if the jury will be the same size.
They started with 18 players, the same number as in every season where they begin with 3 tribes. The jury when starting with 3 tribes has varied between 7 and 8. How many will be on the jury this year is pure speculation.
I finally caught up. We watched two episodes tonight. So far, kinda boring.
@abasket I think they put that challenge back in the game, especially since the blue tribe is still clueless. The show canât keep Xander without a vote at tribal forever. Or can they? 
I agree that itâs more boring this year. I canât figure out why. Maybe itâs because they seem to have excluded anyone who might cause controversy. Everyoneâs rather blah, but good people. But in the past it was fun to watch sneaky, conniving people, and wait to see them get their comeuppance. This year you donât see the distrust, or urgency to get idols. Heck, one tribe still hasnât found the 3-way idol, which I guess is nullified now that Brad is gone. It would have been interesting to see how that played out, but now weâll never know.
I guess itâs a sign of the times that those types of people donât seem to be included this year. But they were fun to watch.
I think itâs early in the season. Sometimes the show is edited with some thought to what we need to know so that later in the season makes sense. The show knows how things end up - so sometimes they have to edit to stage what the viewer needs to know.
Iâm so happy to have it to watch - Iâm not complaining!
Hereâs my take.
I think its been the lack of BIG blindsides and strong personalities. I also donât like the ârisk your vote, protect your voteâ thing.
Brad not looking at JD and Ricard getting water, while spying, because when hunting animals, theyâll know that youâre watching them? Oy.
Keep Tiffany over Voce? 
Keep the âwackyâ (shown so far, but maybe not in real life) over the keeping the tribe physically stronger in challenges, so the tribe will be decimated when they eventually merge? I donât like that strategy.
I also donât like the immunity idols, which canât be activated until someone from all three tribes finds the clue and somehow works in the âbroccoli, butterflies and astro turfâ phrases. I wince every time those phrases are mentioned. Just have a regular old immunity idol that can be played at tribal council.
Jeff seemed like he was losing his voice and his tribal council âintroâ was unnecesssary IMO.
BTW, Astro Turf is a brand name. Hopefully, the company got some money for the mentions.
No comments on this last week? I watched it Wednesday night but then went out of town for a couple days and I forget a lot of the details.
But JD was not long to stay obviously. Was the move for the pastor to keep his advantage a good one or no? Bold Iâd say!
I was sad to see JD go. A little immature, as noted by his teammates (âmoneyâ), but whenever he talked about his love of the game, I would smile. Good move by Shanda.
Bumping up.
Wow, I sort of held my breath at that tribal council. I did not think it was a given that Jeannie would go. I was happy that Ricard did not bow to Shanâs request to turn over his advantage (or Idol I forget which he hasâŠ). I gained some respect and warmed up to him this episode.
Lots of angst on the internet/podcast world with last weekâs episodeâŠno one eliminated, person sent to Exile Island for 2 days/nights by themselves. Hourglass twist which she should surely do. Why did they just not make it a 2 hour episode?
Because then people will complain that the season ended one week earlier. A 2 hour episode counts as 2 in the episode count.
Yes of course youâre right! I read some people saying - why did Jeff tell us off the bat that no one would be eliminated? Was sort of an invite to put off watching the episode!
My wife and I watched the last two episodes this past weekend. We were confused because our DVR had them as Episodes 4 and 6. No Episode 5. But they were sequenced properly in terms of the timeline.
I agree that it was odd to announce in advance that no one will be eliminated.
When one tribe dominates challenges and doesnât go to tribal, they donât get much air time and the viewers donât know much about the cast members. There were a couple of quotes about Ricard & Shan having more experience playing the game or that the blue tribe had a lack of experience. It makes me think that the blue tribe will crumble.
Shan seems like a savvy player so why did she talk to Liana about the advantage in front of Tiffany? Shan is playing the role of narrator which makes me thing she wonât win but will get some sort of fan favorite prize.
One of the changes for Season 41 is that Jeff breaks through the 4th wall. Itâs not the first time he has done so this season.
Whether thatâs a good change is another question. 
Memo to Jeff: Get a haircut. I looked less ragged during lockdown.
lol, agree on the haircut - a bit past complimentary shaggyâŠ
Shan may be starting to crumble a bit. She likes control - a lot. Talking about Lianaâs advantage in front of Tiffany was not ok but maybe intentional? If I was Liana I would have been upset.
I think Shan will have peaked too early. A merge may make her a target - Ricard may see to that.
Well played Xander.