There were scandals in quiz shows in the ‘50’s. Stacey Stillman sued CBS after S1 in Borneo about Burnett manipulating Dirk & Sean to vote her out rather than Rudy. With today’s social media & whistleblower laws, I doubt they would risk trying to fix the game. Burnett has too much to lose now. I can believe Production is inadvertently or deliberately panning where the idol is when people are out looking for it. I have wondered if some of the spoiled bootlists were deliberate by Burnett to try to destroy the message boards. I believe Probst can & will influence Tribal Council, & made an executive decision that Verner had to go after outing Zeke, & put players in a spot where they had to go along when some might have preferred to have the vote & vote out someone else.Maybe they gave Pavati a show because she is an attractive, personable, intelligent woman that is popular with the fans. Tyson wasn’t the brightest, nor was Woo, or Tai, Sierra, or Sarah, although Sarah does win the acting award though.
Cirie & Sarah both had bad ideas going into TC, but Sarah may have known or guessed Brad & Troyzan were voting Michaela whom many do not like. I thought Brad looked like a possible winner early, but now it’s showing he’s tired of these “people”. When Cirie caused Sarah to lose faith in Cirie she ultimately made a good choice in casting her 2 votes getting Michaela, a Cirie ally out.
Maybe they got new editors, or the old ones are just going thru burnout. I do think they’re mainly just trying to keep the show entertaining, rather than provide some deep meaningful story. The suspense adds to the entertainment.
I do look forward to your character analysis. I’ve gone from reading, then skimming, then skipping your recap of previous episode, although I imagine some do appreciate it. Then I went thru the same process with “the Story”. If you keep watching, I do hope you’ll keep that part up.