Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-2002887-20180315082151

I know last week we referred to Episode 3 (Morgan's boot episode) as Episode 2 since it was the second week, but since other Survivor mediums are going with Episode 4 we're gonna call this week's episode Episode 4. Anyway here are my main takeaways from this episode.

- Probably the worst episode of the season so far (granted, small sample size). The two premiere episodes were interesting, and the swap episode was great. However although there were some interesting developments with Naviti post Morgan's boot and previously invisible players like Chelsea got some airtime, the two most dramatic parts of the episode were ruined by editing.

The immunity challenge was really close (huge choke job by Malolo) but in "Next Time on Survivor" Stephanie's breakdown was shown and in this episode, that wasn't shown until after the immunity challenge. I might be wrong but there's typically an unspoken rule that the Next Time segments only show footage from before or during the immunity challenge, or at least there should be.

The Tribal Council voting was close, but by revealing the 4 Bradley votes first, we kinda knew that the 5th vote would not be for Bradley and whoever that vote belonged to out of Michael, Brendan, and Jenna would be voted out.

-Game over for Domenick and Wendell....until Chris, you know, pulls a Chris. Chris for once had a positive moment in Ghost Island last episode. And all he had to do when he returned was reconnect with Angela, and let the original Malolo approach him. They wanted Domenick or Wendell gone next anyway. Sure Chris may not have known that but he doesn't always have to be talking.

-The dynamic duo of Laurel and Donathan emerges. We did see James and Libby talk privately last episode, but it is interesting how the Malolo four is apparently two Malolo duos. However, Libby does have those extra connections on the current Malolo. Anyway, I think Donathan and Laurel have a lot of potential to do well in this game. They have good enough relationships and social games. The only thing that could cost them is if Laurel becomes a physical threat.

-The Laurel/Michaela impressions will only continue now that Laurel beasted a 2 vs 2 water reward challenge. Of course Laurel managed to win the crucial point and kept her top on, but still. I really hope Laurel's fate isn't the same as Michaela's.

-Curse reversed? Well Michael didn't go home with an idol, but he very nearly misplayed his idol and was voted out. However, I do think Michael did as good of a job as possible to try to make his idol work and give Malolo some power. It just wasn't the right guess.

-We started this season with two pretty bad players Gonzalez and Jacob flaming out, but the next two boots Morgan and Brendan had a solid game despite their early exits. I know a lot of people expected Brendan to go far. He was a much better leader than Chris but thanks to Ghost Island, Chris outlasts him. Chris is also the last player left in the game who hasn't been to Tribal Council.

Right now I'm rooting for Donathan, Laurel, Stephanie, and by default since they're the last of my fantasy team Wendell and Chelsea. I know that's almost 1/3 of the remaining players but this is a pretty good cast. I think Jenna, Desiree, and still Chelsea could use some more airtime but other than that we have gotten to know these players well. Do you think Bradley will become this season's villain or will that still be a ping pong match between Chris and Domenick? 