Two contestants take it to the limit (and then some) in a classic Survivor horror movie challenge.
I don’t know how, but they did it.
Those bastards somehow figured it out and I love them for it.
The cast of ‘Survivor 43’.CBS
The challenge lives inSurvivorinfamy, but has actually only been run three times heading into this season.
Or so they thought.
At least that’s the way it looked.
The cast of ‘Survivor 43’.CBS
I spoke with Kirhoffer about this challenge a few years ago.
“That one fully advantages people who are just comfortable in the water,” he said then.
You just get out and you’re fine.
The cast of ‘Survivor 43’.CBS
But being underwater and in the ocean is completely different than swimming in the pool.
We see it every season."
And we saw it again here.
Sami Layadi on ‘Survivor 43’.CBS
I didn’t see any panicking.
I just saw folks who literally couldn’t breathe.
I also saw people freezing their butts off.
I’ve been in those Fijian waters quite a bit and yes, the water is quite warm…
WHEN YOU’RE MOVING!
Try lying relatively motionless in water for an hour, or two, or two-and-a-half.
That would have been my undoing.
I want to come clean on something else besides my creepy addiction to long underwear.
And did you see how solid Cassidy looked in that thing?
But not impressive enough.
Because there was another warrior in those waters.
Next to Xenia was Xena herself.
She went almost three hours long, until she was told to go no more!
They went so long and so strong that the tide actually startedgoing downagain.
Plus, this is exactly what I was asking for!
That just doesn’t pay dramatic dividends for me."
I mean, just take everything else out of it.
Take out Karla and Owen’s insanely impressive performance.
And take out the fantastic slow-mo images of water gushing in and out of people’s nostrils.
Survivoris so freaking good.
They contestants don’t actually swim back to their beach.
A boat takes them.
The players know that.
Ahhh, good times, people.
Awkward, aborted, and ignored fist bumps and high-fives are the fuel on which these recaps run.
Nothing will ever top Ryan Ulrich being on the receiving end of an unreciprocated high-five.
“Stupid kid playing the piano”??????
Show a little respect, mister.
And, specifically, where the camera is pointing.
At one point, folks like Sami and Gabler were literally circling the tree and couldn’t see it.
As for the advantage itself, it certainlysoundedcool.
That sounds like some seriousGame of Throness— right there and I am here for it.
that was not the case.
So here are my thoughts on that.
First off, I like the twist.
You had to guess the correct person to win it.
All good in my book.
It’s a much more dramatic reveal to do it there and then.
Which is why I think revealing his pick rightbeforethe vote would have been a better move.
It’s just better.
Another option would be as follows: Cody reveals his pick right before the challenge even happens.
Say there is a player everyone wants out.
And Ben finds the Choose Your Champion advantage (BEN BOMB!!!)
and chooses… ummmm… let’s call her Chrissy Hofbeck… to win the challenge.
And it would be pretty damn interesting.
But I still think a pre-vote reveal is probably the way to go.
(Also, I don’t know what’s up with all theHeroes v. Healers v. Hustlersreferences this week.
Little does he know I have long underwear on!
Which brings us to Sami.
The edit this season has portrayed Sami as smooth, social, and skillful.
It’s been impressive.
That doesn’t mean Sami wasn’t playing a great game.
And yetstillSami almost stayed.
And it appears as if Cassidywouldhave gone to the jury had Jesse not once again flipped the vote.
Jesse has been getting a pretty heavy winner’s edit for a while now.
Jeez Louise, we only have two episodes left!
And updated season rankings next week!
Time flies… at least when you’re not holding on to a water grate for dear life.
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Okay, enough of this tomfoolery.
And Franklin too, while we’re at it.
