We break it all down.
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Look, there was a lot going on at this weeksSurvivor 48Tribal Council.
There was a successful Shot in the Dark play byMary.
Cedrek McFadden on ‘Survivor 48’.Credit:Robert Voets/CBS
There was arevote to the revotethat once again ended in a tie.
I have watched every second ofSurvivorover 48 seasons and cover it professionally for a living and evenmyhead was spinning.
Just one problem: Mary had no voteandwas already immune, thanks to her Shot in the Dark.
Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
So, as Probst explained, The only person who has a voice at tonights Tribal is Cedrek.
So Cedrek, you will decide who goes home tonight, either Sai or Justin.
And if he cant come to a decision, theres no need to draw rocks.
David Kinne on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
You will go home.
And if he cant come to a decision, theres no need to draw rocks.
You will go home.
Joe Hunter on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Why would he not make a decision?
He made one in the three previous rounds of voting.
Why would he not here?
Sai Hughley, Justin Pioppi, and Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Granted, Cedrek getting talked into changing his vote from Justin to Saiwasdramatic.
And Cedrek voting forthree different people(!!!
)at one Tribal Council is kind of crazy.
Chrissy Sarnowsky, Mitch Guerra, David Kinne, Kamilla Karthigesu, and Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Talk about BIG MOVES!
That would have been the biggest ever.
Instead, it was just your typical seen-it-a-million-times-every-single-week-successful-shot-in-the-dark-play-leading-to-a-revote-leading-to-another-revote-leading-to-someone-changing-his-vote-and-eliminating-his-biggest-ally-in-the-game.
Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Ive got a hot take of my own!
Hotter than my repeated defense of Fire Tokens?
Hotter than my insistence that the Ghost Island theme (if not execution) was amazing?
Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Hotter than my double thumbs up on the Shot in the Dark addition?
But here it is:Chris Nobleis one of the most entertainingSurvivorplayers of the past decade.
You are welcome to disagree.
But thats not what happened.
at the top of his lungs.
I literally dont think it is humanly possible for me to ignore something like that.
Kyle, I will literally love you until the end of time for that.
But back to David.
David didnotagree with Kyle that living in a trailer on his dads property was sick.
In fact, he felt it was quite the opposite.
I think thats pretty pathetic, he said.
Its a very humbling experience.
And he wasnt done.
First of all, harsh.
But that was a pretty startling admission to make.
Evas-dropping
YOU STOP IT RIGHT NOW, THOMAS KROTTINGER!
YOU TOO, BIANCA ROSES!
How dare you both conspire to take out my girl Eva?!?
BUT THAT MATTERS NOT!
But consider yourself officially warned!)
Im no wine guy (Do you have Milwaukees Best on tap, kindly?)
All the big boys surprising us this week!
And theres really only one direction you’re free to go.
But the woman likes to run!
And I love her for it.
Blind ambition
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
It goes without saying that the crotch shots are obviously the best.
Less funny when itsyoutaking the shots, of course.
I learned this the hard way in Fiji forSurvivor 48.
Naturally, I smashed my head into the same horizontal wooden pole that David did.
Also, is there a body part that David didnothit?
He can take it.
That force of the water actually kind of hurts a bit when it rains down on you.
Or maybe Im just a pathetic weakling.
(Probably a little from column A and a little from column B.)
But I remember that surprising me.
My partner, Mike Bloom ofParade,and I each took a different section of the puzzle to move.
But first…
Flame on
Dont listen to me.
I am not to be trusted.
Because sometimes I completely contradict myself, and now is one of those times.
When it comes to minigames onSurvivor, I generally prefer games of skill as opposed to games of chance.
Its why I was so upset that the brilliant concept of Ghost Island (I stand by it!)
was undone by underwhelming 50/50 games like that super-boring Guess the Bamboo.
So Ishouldbe complaining about players this week just rolling a bunch of dice and hoping for the best.
Because I actually thought it was kind of cool.
(NOTE: I do not throw parties.)
Once again, everyone took a different tact once they got back to their respective beaches.
Kamilla (who won) told Civa the truth.
Bianca (who lost) only told Thomas what really happened.
And Justin (who also lost) did not tell anyone.
And that one decision, more than any other, may have ended his game.
Justins last stand
Okay, lets get back to that extended dance remix of a Tribal Council.
I take slight issue with that.
Dont get me wrong, they are absolutely terrible when it comes to challenges.
They havent seemed to be a complete mess of personality clashes and egos.
They just arent very good at obstacle courses.
And thus concludes my only vaguely passionate defense of the Vula tribe.
(If you want another chuckle, go check out whatJustins hot take was.)
Here are my assorted thoughts on what followed.
But then Cedrek voted for Sai!
Did he not care?
Was he not sure it was Justin who had lost his vote?
That definitely surprised me.
What happened next was even more surprising.
She worked Cedrek and worked him hard.
Justin, on the other hand, invited Cedrek to Luigis no matter what his decision was.
I get what Justin was doing here.
I do think there was some strategy at play there.
But I still wish he wouldve fought a bit harder.
Maybe Sai presented some other compelling reason to keep her.
Maybe Mary got up and just started sprinting all over the Tribal Council set for no good reason.
We just dont know!
What we do know is that Justin definitely got screwed by going on that journey.
Which reminds me of something that Probst told me beforeSurvivor 47.
It’s the same with a journey.
You’re rarely forced to get on a boat.
It’s usually a tribe decision or it’s a random draw with rocks.
All we say is Somebody needs to get on this boat.
And then in most cases, you don’t have to participate in the journey.
You have the option, not always, but you have the option of getting on the boat.
Unfortunately for Justin, he didnothave a choice.
Kind of a brutal way to go.
You should alsosee what Probst has to sayabout this wild (and wildly confusing) Tribal Council.
