Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20160505073508/@comment-5277627-20160507123239

WOW! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! WOOOOOW! I'm in absolute shock right now. I'm astounded. This has to be one of, if not the, best episodes the season has produced. I was left in suspense for pretty much the entire episode, and the stunning elimination did the episode justice.

As the game got down to the final six, I was hoping for some more entertainment, and I got it in the best way! Mark the chicken had his shining moment this episode. Tai offered him a giant grub and he took off like a lighting bolt and swallowed it! Definitely one of the funniest things I've seen on Survivor in a while. grin emoticon  Following that, shock horror, JOE actually had a CONFESSIONAL! gasp emoticon  Joe has been pretty much invisible all season, but whenever he pops up, it's magic, and this was NO exception! Joe's confessionals are pure gold. heart emoticon 

Then, of course, was the reward challenge, which had some fantastic moments as well, including old mate Joe getting angry at the ball! Unfortunately, King Joe's team was decimated, but that's okay, because Tai, who loves all living creature, got to go to a wildlife sanctuary! That reward was fantastic, Tai ate meat even though he wasn't supposed to, because he's starving, Furthermore, our villain was humanised! We found out that Jason had... feelings! It was a lovely touch by the producers to show that he wasn't just Hantz 2.0. It made sure the reward was memorable.

But back at camp, Joe surged in the editing, and it looked as if he might go home! From experience, whenever an invisible character gets suddenly mentioned, it's their boot episode (unless their name is Wigglesworth lololololol) so I was suddenly worried that the King was going to be sent home!

Then the immunity challenge came, and it was great! There were so many lead changes. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, and Cydney won immunity! At that point I was relieved because I was sure Jason would go home.

But then, in an epic pre-tribal, things started to spiral out of control. Tai suddenly pushed for Michele to go, since she was the bigger threat. I was just screaming at the TV the whole time. "TAI NO! TAI STOP! TAAAAAI!" But he kept at it. He was DETERMINED to get Michele off! Of course Michele was told, and I was terrified things would get back on Tai! Ugh. Talk about sending me into meltdown! I had no idea if it was Michele or Tai going.

Following pre-tribal was an even better tribal! It was insane. Michele started blowing up on Tai, Tai dug a deeper hole for himself, and I was POSITIVE he would go. Then Tai played his extra vote, to vote for Michele twice. He didn't play his idol. I thought he was DONE for. But then... JASON!? That's right. Of ALL people to go home, it wasn't Michele, wasn't Tai, but JASON!!! Tai didn't even get a single vote! Oh my God, I was absolutely stunned. It's been half an hour and I'm still reeling with my best Survivor buddy Isaac. I just can't believe, after all that, JASON went home!

I was relieved for Tai, but let me say this. Tai is an absolute goat, confirmed. For those who don't know what a goat is, a goat is someone who is an easy beat at the Final Tribal Council. As much as I love Tai, and as much as I want him to win, it will not happen. He has flipped so many times, he has pissed off almost everyone on the Jury. He will not win. At this stage, I'd say Cydney, Aubry or Michele. If it's Michele I will die. I think Cydney might go next, so I'm gonna say it's Aubry, taking Tai and Joe to the end.

This means: (assuming F3)

 5th Cydney (Tai HAS to play the idol next episode- it's the rules- so I think Cydney will be targeted for being a giant threat) 4th Michele (too big a threat for not pissing anyone off) 3rd Joe (has done nothing) 2nd Tai (has done a lot of stuff but poor social game- goat) 1st Aubry

Gonna call it like that. We'll see how wrong I'll be.

Overall, though, this episode was absolutely fantastic. I'm still in awe at the stunning conclusion. With entertainment, strategy, suspense and superb editing (everyone got a confessional this episode!), everything about this episode was perfect. I'm giving it a fucking 12/10. It was that good.

Can't wait for the next episode! This season still sits at #3 for me though.