LAST EDITED ON 03-25-11 AT 02:06 PM (EST)Hello everyone! Thank you all for the thread.
And I hope you won't mind if I pose some questions that have been driving me up a wall.
First ...
I know that I must be missing something (or, very probably, several things), but I can't get past Jeff Probst's promise to the players in Episode One. Specifically: that each one of those players whose torch was extinguished at Tribal Council would have the opportunity to make their way back into the Game via Redemption Island. I heard no exceptions. So why does every model calendar that has been presented here assume that the Final 4 contestant will go straight to the Jury?
Too ...
If we assume a 14 Episode Season (excluding any Recap) and the validity of the "Call Sheets" spoiler, then - given that those sheets clearly label the TC held on Sunday, September 19th (Day 35) with a Final 5 and 4 Jurors present (and 1 player awaiting the next Votee on Redemption Island) as TC #15 - isn't one and only one dual TC Episode prior to that TC also a given?
And, if we assume the validity of the spoiler, then how on earth could we possibly have a Final 3 with a Jury of 9?
ETA: I'm beginning to think that they are going to buttress the legitimacy of Redemption Island by taking the Game down to a Final Two and then returning the last of its inhabitants to complete the Final Three that will face the Jury.
ETA: But I do think that there will also be a Votee reintroduced to the mix prior to TC 15.
Help!