Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20171026124156/@comment-5870534-20171028132204

Thoughts:

1. This episode was meh. This season made us expect more.

2. I have to give it to Roark. I expected her to be the first one out, but she lasted a bit longer than expected. But, again, this may also have to do with her not attending tribal council until this episode.

3. When it comes to the battle between Roark and Chrissy, it is not about who outsmarted whom, they both played a horrible game, both looked stupid out there, and I don't think there was a winner in this argument, only two losers.

4. Ryan's challenge fail was glorious, and I thank the producers for bringing the "push a ball with your head" challenge back. As for the immunity challenge, I think we have seen too much of that one in recent seasons. I really hate it how repetitive challenges have become in the past 10-15 seasons or so.

5. Ryan is an idiot! I mean, let's just compare Roark and Chrissy. Roark is somewhat clueless, she thinks she can play the game, but she doesn't. I mean, there is a reason she was a nobody in the first four episodes. Also, she is allied with Ali, who has played the game with Ryan since day 1, and has stated she trusted him. Plus, Roark doesn't suck in challenges. Chrissy, on the other hand, is pretty good at playing with people's minds and getting people on her side. She can make up lies and make people believe them. She sucks at challenges, and was the reason why the tribe went to tribal council in the first place. And here is the most important thing: Ryan does not owe her a thing! He was the one giving the idol to Chrissy, not the other way round, he does not owe her a thing, and it would be a lot smarter for him to get rid of her. Yes, now he has someone who really owes him, big time, but this someone could also betray him big time. I'll be really mad if Ryan ends up winning this season without redeeming himself somehow by making a really good and impressive move along the way.

6. Yes, Jessica, scream as loud as you can when you find the idol, you want everyone to know! I wouldn't worry about Cole, though, I'm sure he can't hear a thing with his head stuck in a jar of jam or whatever he was eating there.

7. I see people writing stuff like "bless the soldiers" and stuff like that. I'm gonna say something else. Curse those who make war and make people suffer, all those stupid brainless politicians, preachers, militarists, patriots... curse all of those people who call for violence and hatred, and do not understand we are all people and instead of fighting we should be thinking about ways of cooperating and working together. I also really respect Ben for what he said about looking to the future and not living in the past, and for finding a way to go on with his life after experiencing this horrible trauma of war.

8. Is JP so easy to convince? I mean, perhaps the funniest moment of the episode was: - Roark wants to make a female alliance. - OK, she's gone.

And the player of the week: Doctor Mike! Yes, Mike gets the award for finding an idol by being smart and realizing where it could be, and getting himself into a really good position in the game.