Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20170301002415/@comment-1294345-20170308152139

''' Call me crazy, but I would contest about tomorrow's premiere being marketed as the 500th episode. Being the fact checker that I am, I did the math, and unfortunately, unless CBS reveals where did they base their count from, I'll believe that their "500th episode" is nothing but a hoax/lousy marketing strategy. '''

''' There is a memorabilia flag sold some years ago that says "300 episodes, 20 seasons..." (https://www.ebth.com/items/3253981-survivor-300-episodes-memorabilia-flag). I used this as reference to make the episode count found in Survivor Wiki's episode pages (the one inside the parentheses). I did the math, and the count holds true up until the Nicaragua finale which happens to be exactly episode #300 (the count includes recap episodes, but excludes reunion shows and the America's Tribal Council). Double episodes (two-part episodes aired on the same week, some of them have different titles btw) were considered as separate episodes (even if I merge them as one, they still won't be able to reach 500). Using these rules, I continued to count past Nicaragua until I reach the Millennials vs Gen X finale (each season after Nicaragua has 14 episodes, except SoPa, which has 15 since it was the last season with a recap episode). The count only reached 470. '''