My guess is that it is true, but that there was a spoken or unspoken agreement b/w Todd and sister to bring up anything negative like that. Even if it is fake, apparently that strategy doesn't work. Even if the teammates believed it, do you think it helps Todd one bit? A million is a million. Nobody is going to give a vote to Todd even if they believe his sister did have a miscarriage. Why should they? It's not like he was the father. Sure a potential uncle would feel bad too, but all these people (and all of us) have some sad things happen in our lives. Todd's tragedy is no more tragic than what some of these people (well except maybe Courtney) may have already experienced in life. Or many not Erik either. Well Amanda's probably also led a charmed life. Hmmm. Forget it. Disregard my whole post. Most of these survivors have never faced anything like that.

>My guess is that it is
>true, but that there was
>a spoken or unspoken agreement
>b/w Todd and sister to
>bring up anything negative like
>that. Even if it
>is fake, apparently that strategy
>doesn't work. Even if
>the teammates believed it, do
>you think it helps Todd
>one bit? A million
>is a million. Nobody
>is going to give a
>vote to Todd even if
>they believe his sister did
>have a miscarriage. Why
>should they? It's not
>like he was the father.
> Sure a potential uncle
>would feel bad too, but
>all these people (and all
>of us) have some sad
>things happen in our lives.
> Todd's tragedy is no
>more tragic than what some
>of these people (well except
>maybe Courtney) may have already
>experienced in life. Or
>many not Erik either.
>Well Amanda's probably also led
>a charmed life. Hmmm.
> Forget it. Disregard
>my whole post. Most
>of these survivors have never
>faced anything like that.

The strategy if there was one. Do I believe that they would give $1 Million to Todd because his sister had a miscarriage? No, but what could happen is it could make Todd safe for one tribal council. Fairplay didn’t win either but honestly I think he might of saved himself one tribal council and by doing so bought himself not just one week but more. Many have said that their strategy was to make it one week at a time….or as long as it aint me I am happy……There has been some discussion about Danni she used that very well.

Do I think that this was a lie? I don’t know….the more I think about it I don’t think it was a lie….reasoning to follow. If there I would’ve offered Todd my condolences and after that gone back to playing the game. Todd’s sister seemed to show no remorse at all….but she is a kid and I am not sure she understands the loss of a baby either. But again, his sister also said that the younger sister lost the baby after 3 months. That is hardly far along in the pregnancy. And while I think it is horrible some may view what happened as best. A teenager miscarrying is a lot different than a person in there late 30’s. I hardly doubt that there sisters pregnancy was planned nor do I think her sister was ready to be a mother.

I don't think Todd made it up. First off, if the sister is a teenager then why would he want to purposely expose her to such a rumor....however, if she was truly pregnant then people probably knew before watching last night's episode of Survivor. Asking about his sister, especially considering her condition, isn't outlandish either....most people do ask how a woman is doing when pregnant.

Yes, the sister did seem a little non-emotional, but she also has had a month to deal with the situation and maybe wanted to concentrate on uplifting Todd rather than bring him down. Plus, Todd could have figured that it was best to concentrate on winning time with his sister and further discussing the subject then rather than to completely distract himself from having time with a family member.

How about it was 4. Mark Burnett wanting to play up the drama for ratings and lining his own pocket at the expense of the players in the game, because really MB doesn't care about them.

Remember Timber Tina and her son Charly that died tragically keeping her from competing in Guatemala? She agreed to do Survivor Panama and the reunion show as long as they wouldn't question her about him. Do you remember the question Jeff Probst asked her and her reaction at the reunion? Let's just say that Jeff was instructed to play on the drama and go for the question despite what impact it might have.

MB most likely used the scene at RC because of Courtney's reaction which was too precious to him to let it go, they had the footage, what a chance to make Courtney's edit look bad.

Also, if it wasn't real, we would have had teasers from Jeff at the start of the season and hints throughout that in this season we had a new bad boy in town. Super Survivor Fan who pulls a page out of JFP book would be teased to us the audience so much that by now we would have been nauscious.

This was real and my condolences to Todd's sister and the whole family.

I'm not sure who came first hosting games, you or Tribe, but you are both nefarious! - CTGirl

>Do you remember the question Jeff Probst asked her and her reaction at the reunion?

Can you refresh my memory - I'm interested in this little tidbit.

#1 - I think it was real. However, there was enough doubt in my mind that I laughed at Courtney's mimicking act. Later, when Todd was discussing it with Amanda and their sisters, I realized that he was probably telling the truth and I felt bad that I had been so callous. I agree with KO that the entire situation was abused by Mark Burnett which was why I probably doubted Todd in the first place.

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