Please place all discussion regarding the episode as it airs on the East Coast in this thread, until it's aired in its entirety on the West Coast. And, don't forget to have PHUN!

Also, if someone could start the running commentary, I will be late...

Thanks!

• RE: S42 | Ep 3 | East Coast Spoiler Thread,michel2, 07:55 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: S42 | Ep 3 | East Coast Spoiler Thread,Sheldor, 07:58 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: S42 | Ep 3 | East Coast Spoiler Thread,michel2, 08:09 PM, 03-23-22
• Maryann finds the beware idol,Flowerpower1, 08:06 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: Maryann finds the beware idol,michel2, 08:10 PM, 03-23-22
• Challenge,Flowerpower1, 08:23 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: Challenge,michel2, 08:25 PM, 03-23-22
    • RE: Challenge,PepeLePew13, 08:30 PM, 03-23-22
      • RE: Challenge,michel2, 08:36 PM, 03-23-22
      • Maryanne,Flowerpower1, 08:48 PM, 03-23-22
• Post challenge drama,Flowerpower1, 08:33 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: Post challenge drama,michel2, 08:35 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: Post challenge drama,Sheldor, 08:37 PM, 03-23-22
• TC,Flowerpower1, 08:47 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: TC,PepeLePew13, 08:50 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: TC,michel2, 08:58 PM, 03-23-22
    • too many twists,Flowerpower1, 09:10 PM, 03-23-22
    • RE: TC,Sheldor, 10:55 PM, 03-23-22
• Jenny or Lydia,Flowerpower1, 08:56 PM, 03-23-22
  • RE: Jenny or Lydia,michel2, 09:08 PM, 03-23-22
    • RE: Jenny or Lydia,Flowerpower1, 09:13 PM, 03-23-22
      • RE: Jenny or Lydia,michel2, 12:33 PM, 03-26-22
• Next time on Survivor....,Flowerpower1, 09:03 PM, 03-23-22

I'm not sure about the running commentary, I'm kind of out of shape, but I'll give it a try at least in highlights.

I don't know how FlowerPower you take such good notes while watching Survivor Live!

In orange Maryanne tells everyone about her extra vote and then finds the idol. Again she blabs to everyone.

In Green, Sam's shoes are missing (I blame Hantz). He is wondering about the terms of the idol so he bothers Mike who gives him the note to read. He almost loses the idol but they find it. Sam confirmed the 3 pairs with him and Chanelle in the middle.

Maryanne finds the beware idol and tells everyone.

On green tribe, Daniel talking about the fine print on the idol. Mike doesn't want to give it to him, Daniel is neurotic....he needs to read it, I don't want to get him pissed so I decide to let him read it....he reads it...they were planning on back stabbing Mike, but idols won't die if we vote him out, it will get rebidden....

the idol and the note were missing when he returned it....Daniel says why is this happening.... he takes him down to where he read it....Daniel had it in his pants...he dropped the idol....

That was fast. I'll stop running now

see Marya voted out last TC

Maryanne yakking again.

Mike says she recited her phrase. Mike didn't say anything...he wants to go into merge and no one will know he has it

Retrieve ladder on ocean floor, get key, land sand bags on platforms. Playing for reward too, gets Survivor tool kit and fruit, second tribe to finish, smaller tools, smaller fruit.

sitting out Romeo, Vati sitting out Daniel and Lydia

Here we go. see wave crashing down....very rough

get everyone to the ring, Omar is struggling, Jonathan helps, then heads down to unlock ladder....
Blue trying to get down, swim against the current, Jonathan is getting the ladder now....This challenge is difficult because of the tides...Jonathan is carrying the ladder on his shoulder....Tori his untying the blue one. Green is struggling....Jonathan is going to get Omar and Maryanne, saving them

Two other tribes still working to get their ladder, they. have it

Green cannot get theirs

Jonathan is holding ladder so Lindsay gets the key

Jonathan is now trying to get the sand bags. Green, Mike has the green ladder

Orange has their sandbags, Mike is struggling

Jonathan has 3 sandbags on

now all 5, they win immunity and reward

Now the two remaining tribes. Rocksroy Is yelling at his tribe, I am trying to....
Yelling for help....they cannot do it....

Jiffy is saying both tribes drag your ladders in....and drop it, we will retrieve your keys and give them to you right here, sound fair? Yes

So production gets the keys, and then they give them, wait for me, go....
Jenna and Swale go up, They both have one, Chanelle lands for vat, Roksroy lands second and third, Mike lands one...tied

tied, Blue wins, Drea wins. Green will go to TC

orange is swapping fruit for fishing gear....comments he's never seen an individual performance like that....way to put a target on his back. One of the orange has to pick one to go on the journey....pick Chanelle and Omar....

boat will pick up.

Vati, TC, no flint... Chanelle: I am excited to make a cross Tribal connection, but My tribe is back there scurrying and I am not a part of it.

Glad to see Green at TC. Not only it even things up but we'll see the dynamics of the last tribe.

BTW: I like Mike's idea of holding back on the phrase until the other 2 are revealed. Now he knows Maryanne has one but his is secret to the other tribes.

Problem is that with the way Maryanne goes on and on about completely random things, nobody else would realize she's trying to say a secret phrase!

She did a good hing of layering that line, spinning it in to a story.

Exactly, Pepe. I didn't even realize she was saying the phrase.....

Green tribe....Mike and Jenny talk...Me Daniel Chanelle will vote Lydia, says Jenny
Mike says we have a game plan, I am nervous, Daniel is squirrelly, he could bail out on us

Daniel, Lydia, Hai all talking....tonight will be the ultimate test of trust. Hai says he just has to make sure that I am on the right side of this.

Daniel comes back and tells them they will vote Jenny. Daniel is nervous, I would prefer Lydia to go home. Mike and Jenny only have one vote between them, so I don't know.

see Chanelle and Omar on the journey....I can't lose a vote going into tribal...let's not screw the other person, if we can walk out of this together, we will be good. Omar says he trusts her, she's not more sneaky then me....

Chanelle: Omar and I loiike each other if we can protect each other we will if not we will play it safe

If both protect, nothing changes, if bot risk their vote than both lose their vote at the next TC...

Omar: Hard part is I don't know what Chanelle is going to do,

Chanelle talks

Omar says just play it safe but have to know what is motivating
Omar, Chanelle says he won't risk his vote, so he will play it safe
Omar says that he is going to risk it, because he doesn't think Chanelle will risk

Chanelle is not playing a card game so she risks it too. They will both lose a vote

I understand Omar's decision but Chanelle is more puzzling considering she told him she didn't want to risk her vote. OTOH, she probably suspects she doesn't need her vote with the 4-2 split in the tribe.

Yikes! So BOTH Mike and Chanelle don't have a vote!

Only 4 votes (Jenny, Daniel, Lydia, Hai)

Is it 2-2 Jenny/Daniel vs Lydia/Hai ?

Vati, Day 7

Lydia talks about Daniel...But at this point I know my name is getting thrown out....Me Hai Daniel and Chanelle, get votes on Jenny

Chanelle took a risk tonight, I may not have a vote.

Daniel tells her it's either Lydia or Jenny

Says it has to be Lydia

Plan is to have Hai andLydia split votes, one put one on
Hai says we need to do 3 Jenny and One Mike.
Girls on Jenny, boys on Mike.
Hai said when she came back from her journey she Wass frazzled. We need to split and we don't know if they have an idol...

Chanelle: I think going into TC, I am not have a vote, it's a power of my social game I can direct the vote without even having one. A bit too confident?

TC

Hai: He's dreamed of this since a child, out here it is surreal. All 6 of us are struggling but we are all happy to be here

Channelle: I had to take a risk or play it safe, she chose to play it safe. Mike believes her...we've made a bond amongst all of us.
Hai: I believe the vat 6 can vote someone out and come back together
Daniel says he is constantly in a state of paranoia....I won't win, can't differentiate between my gut and paranoia. Mike, Chanelle, mom, my GF all calm me down
Lydia says I'm terrified

Hai sees Chanelle say "Lydia" to Daniel.
Jenny says her heart is pounding now,

Jenny is first voter

Mike has no vote
Lydia,
Chanelle has no vote
Hai is hesitating to write his vote

No one plays an idol.

Lydia
Jenny
Lydia
Jenny

NO VOTES LEFT

Revote

only vote for Lydia or Jenny, and they do not vote

Jenny
Lydia

Tied.

deadlocked. Hai asked, where are the votes?

You will all have a discussion, you must come to a unanimous decision about who to vote out, if not unanimous, then they draw rocks. Mike can try to influence Hai and Daniel.

To clarify a bit at the end - if the four (i.e. "they") cannot come to an unanimous decision between Lydia and Jenny, then the latter two become safe and the four have to draw rocks.

That was messed up and all because they HAVE TOO MANY TWISTS! On day 7, 2 players without votes on a tribe of 6 is stupid.

I hate to say it but I couldn't agree more. It is NO longer about outwitting, outplaying; I feel that they have made it all about LUCK. But, Jonathan did win that IC single handedly....but, I hate all these dang twists. If they make it like they did last season with the one they all wanted to vote out ending up winning the game, I will scream.

"On day 7, 2 players without votes on a tribe of 6 is stupid."

Imagine if Jenny had Risked her Vote in Ep1.
Then THREE players on a tribe of 6 without a Vote!

Or if Taku tribe of 4 goes to Tribal council

Omar lost his vote at the Next TC
Maryanne can't vote (and so can't use her Extra Vote)

Only Jonathan and Lindsay will be able to vote!

Sheldor's press images told the story this week!....I think. At least they nailed the losing tribe.

Daniel asks, if we draw rocks, would it be 4 rocks? Yes.

Daniel says I do not want to draw rocks. Let's not put our faith in a bag of rocks.
Hai says, did you lose trust in me tonight. Daniel says he was voting on Chanelle's advice tonight. Daniel is asking Chanelle, who do you want out. Mike says the feelings are irrelevant....Hai said I voted for Jenny, I love you and I apologize, but I am not changing my vote.

Daniel says he wanted to work with Chanelle...Daniel says the only reason I voted Lydia is because Chanelle told me to. Mike said is there any way you can change your vote? Lydia is pleading...Jenny says that if you vote me out, you are fracturing the tribe. Hai says he is NOT changing my vote. Hai begs him to vote with him...Channelle says I cannot believe Daniel. Daniel is changing his vote.

Hai says I vote Jenny
Daniel says I cannot draw rocks on day 7, I vote Jenny...

Wow. Daniel just flipped to Hai and Lydia, and he had been with Mike and Chanelle.

It's sad to say but I think the vote tonight came down to the fact that Hai is from Vietnam and Jenny from Korea.

If that is what it came down to, that is heart breaking, especially since they are trying so hard to have diversity....UGH!

I'm sure it is. Korea suffured greatly from the Japanese during WWII while Vietnam was spared, even letting Japan use its territory for bases. Vietnam and North Korea are close to China while South Korea is close to the USA so those divisions go deep.

Maryann: Im just angry at Jonathan
Omar: Jonathan opens his big mouth, Maryann is a bit of a slob
Romeo imitating Roksroy in confessional: Do this, pick that one up,
Roksroy at camp fire with Swati: blow blow blow, telling someone to blow on the fire
Romeo in confessional: Roksroy, shut the hell up
Daniel at night talking to Mike: You were my number one so I lied....
Mike to Daniel at night: That's called playing me
Mike in conf the next AM: There ain't no kumbyaa, its Holy Crap Aya....