Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-26497595-20151130173652

Well, nothing happened like I thought it would last week. Two amazing episodes in one night are going to be tough to live up to. Let's get down to it.

1) Kelley Wentworth - Week after week after week Kelley has been number 1, and for good reason. I'm not exactly certain what the logic was in Kelley's move to keep Joe, but it has become clear that everyone is amenable to working with her at some point. She's won a strong, loyal soldier in Joe that she can probably even beat in the end if he wins out. With another idol in her pocket, Kelley is set up as beautifully as her face is. #queen

2) Keith Nale - He hasn't made any big moves yet, but he is the ONLY person in the game whose name hasn't even been discussed to write down yet. He's making his target clear, and it just so happens it's the same target as everyone else should have (sans Kelley (maybe)). He ended up on the right side of the numbers this time, which is always a great sign for Keith.

3) Kimmi Kappenberg - It's nice that Kimmi is there for her kids, but come on. She has no place there and I'm fed up with it.

4) Tasha Fox - What happened to Tasha? Has she done anything successfully in this game? Has she done ANYTHING since (and we all know how well this turned out) wrangling Abi at Angkor, and letting Kass rile her up to the point where it almost got her voted out? I don't see a winning argument from Tasha yet, but there's still a lot of game to be played. We'll see if she can put up better than she can shut up.

5) Jeremy Collins - He will never, ever admit it, but Jeremy should and probably does regret playing that idol for Stephen. It didn't win him any political capitol, in fact it probably lost him some with Spencer considering Spencer STILL turned on him even when Joey Amazing was finally vulnerable. Like it or not, Jeremy burned an idol, lost his closest ally, had his next closest lieutenant turn on him and is now forced to work with people he has betrayed in a big way with the Wiglesworth vote. If not for Val's other idol, Jeremy would certainly be in spot 7.

6) Abi-Maria Gomes - The game is more and more becoming about options. Who can you potentially work with in the late game to take out other threats? With Kelley and Spencer making their bold move to keep Joe setting the tone of valuing loyalty over imposition, someone as volatile as Abi is going to be difficult to trust and thus should be in a very precarious position.

7) Spencer Bledsoe - His inner Tony is coming out all at once. Spencer seems to be able to work with everyone, but at the same time he doesn't have a single ally left that SHOULD or WILL trust him for a second. If he vocally opposes Jeremy, then Val may end up shuttling the young lad off to the jury.

8) Joe Anglim - Christmas came early for Gorgeous Joe when Kelley Claus brought safety to his stocking when everybody else was coming at him with shovels full of coal. But Christmas only comes once a year, unless Kelley sees fit to make her rounds in July.

Obituaries

Ciera Eastin - She made some tough plays. Ciera was in a difficult position from the early merge, and she actually did a good job playing from the bottom. Ciera was definitely worth the spot she was given.

Stephen Fishbach - What an excellent sport. For a guy that cares about the game as much as he does, he took it like a champion. There was never going to be a happy ending for Stephen this season. I think he accomplished most of what he set out to accomplish and I can't wait to see him again, even if he says he doesn't want to right now. 