Outsider wrote: "Same amount of episodes if you count the 2 hour premiere of Cagayan as 1 episode that consisted of 2 TCs"

Right. Both S28 Cagayan and S29 San Juan del Sur are 18 player seasons with 13 Episodes and NO Redemption Island to mess with the vote offs / eliminations.

S28 Cagayan had 2 Double Elimination Episodes (Ep01 and Ep05) hence Ep13 Finale was a Final2.

S29 San Juan del Sur needs One Double Elimination Episode to have a Final3 and TWO Double Elimination Episodes to have a Final2.

Comparisons of S28 and S29 Episodes and Eliminations:

Wed 02/26/14 S28E01 18->16 David/Garrett
Wed 03/05/14 S28E02 16->15 Brice
Wed 03/12/14 S28E03 15->14 J'Tia
Wed 03/19/14 S28E04 14->13 Cliff
Wed 03/26/14 S28E05 13->11 Lindsey(Quit)/Alexis
Wed 04/02/14 S28E06 11->10 Sarah
Wed 04/09/14 S28E07 10->09 Morgan
Wed 04/16/14 S28E08 09->08 LJ
Wed 04/23/14 S28E09 08->07 Jeremiah
Wed 04/30/14 S28E10 07->06 Jefra
Wed 05/07/14 S28E11 06->05 Tasha
Wed 05/14/14 S28E12 05->04 Trish
Wed 05/21/14 S28E13 04->02 Spencer/Kass; Final2 = Woo/Tony

Wed 09/24/14 S29E01 18->17 Nadiya
Wed 10/01/14 S29E02 17->16 Val
Wed 10/08/14 S29E03 16->15 John
Wed 10/15/14 S29E04 15->14 Drew
Wed 10/22/14 S29E05 14->13 Kelley
Wed 10/29/14 S29E06 13->12 Dale
Wed 11/05/14 S29E07 12->10 ???/???
Wed 11/12/14 S29E08 10->09 ???
Wed 11/19/14 S29E09 09->08 ???
Wed 11/26/14 S29E10 08->07 ???
Wed 12/03/14 S29E11 07->06 ???
Wed 12/10/14 S29E12 06->05 ???
Wed 12/17/14 S29E13 05->03 ???/???; Final3 = ???/???/???