Survivor Season 28 - Cagayan: Brains, Brawn, Beauty!

Tony came through with a Big Move that saved Spencer and the other 2. That buys at least another week for him. There have been so many blindisides that I wonder if Spencer will see it when it's his turn, though that's the definition of a blindside.

And they show Tony saying "I don't know why everybody thinks I'm such a big threat". False modesty?

 

So much for my vote of confidence with LJ. It really didn't take much effort for Tony to turn him against LJ. The guy didn't even question Tony's story about LJ.

 

Yeah, Wu seemed just as gullible as Sarah did. Trish at least seemed skeptical. Did both Trish and Kass vote to eliminate LJ? Tony's making so many moves and playing so hard, and at this point all those people you double cross are on the jury, that I don't see him winning.

 

i have to think Tony will be in trouble very soon...i don't see how anyone (except for Woo) can trust him now.

 

One of my colleagues and I were talking about last night's show and he asked if or why no one has caught on to Tony's running of the game. Trish brought up the inconsistency between what Tony was saying and what (I think) she said LJ (or Wu) was saying. In essence, they were exact opposite statements. If Trish is smart enough, and I think she is, she'll figure out that Tony is running the game and she'll bring it to everyone else's attention.

 

By my count it was Tony, Woo, Jeremiah, Tasha & Spencer that voted for LJ.

 

Correct.

 

in all the years of watching survivor i was never so disgusted as the showing of tony's horrific acting abilities when he found that idol last night. it was so over the top, so fake, so contrived that i wanted to turn it off but my wife would not let me. i have never seen survivor stoop so low to make it a "show" and showing woo fall in the preview last week and then finding out that it was nothing was another red herring placed just for ratings.

it is very obvious that the next 2 weeks will be non-eventful and basically by the script, and i am quite sure we will see more "acting" by the cast.

maybe in 3 weeks, when we get down to the final 6, it will get better, but last night a very very good season came to a crashing halt.

tony, to be blunt, just gets way too much screen time. he might not be a russell hantz, but probst is doing everything he can to make him one.

shame on you probst, and shame on you survivor, for even showing that trash last night.

 

Tony is hugely annoying, but I have enjoyed this season a lot. It is much better without Redemption Island.

 

I was thinking while watching, "What are the chances that Tony is finding the special idol alone?". Too much help from CBS keeping annoying Tony around, I think, CBS.

Also, did you see the faces of everyone as the names were read, esp. Jefra and Wu (sp?)? I was sure Wu would be walking out after I saw their reaction shots during that early part. Then, wah-wah-wah, Jeremiah leaves easily. Not even close. Too much goosing CBS.

 

Yeah & what's up with this super-idol that even if you get voted out, you use it & you're back in again. This combined with with the fact that Tony finds it in pretty much an unmarked place makes all seem too convenient. This is starting to be as realistic as Storage Wars.

 

Agree....1 cop limit per season.

 

I would like to believe that Tony wasn't 'led' to the special idol .. but I think he found it and then told the producers.... and re-enacted the 'discovery' with bad acting.

 

If Spencer can somehow pull this one off, I'd say it would be the greatest single winning performance in Survivor history.

 

I'd certainly agree, but I don't anyway possible unless the producers step in somehow. I'm sure Tony will make the Big Move against the next biggest threat he sees which would buy Spencer one more week. But I think Tony has thought most of this through and has a plan for each week. With his "try to take me out because I'll stay in" idol, he'll make it to the Final 3.

 

yep.

that idol guarantees him the final three, unless they vote him out every week from now on, which will never happen as controls the game.

coupled with the obvious that probst wants him there, he is a shoe-in for the final three.

 

What do you mean? Tony works in construction

 

Constructing spy shacks

 

So basically Spencer used the same tactic on Tony that Tony earlier used on Sarah, without knowing about the latter (so far as I know). The plot thickens. Spencer still has a chance! He's certainly playing as hard as anyone ever has. Outside of maybe Rob Mariano?

 

Why would Tony believe Spencer? He had to know that Spencer would do anything to save his ****, so why not make up a "story" to scare Tony?

What are the chances Tony gets another idol? I know 50%. But why didn't Tasha make it 33.3%? She ended up with $500 and had to count on winning the Immunity challenge. If she makes it to the Final 3, I hope she wins!

 

6 people to go.

basically 2 - 3 more weeks

tony is guaranteed to be in the final 5 even if he voted out.

he can play the other idol leaving 4, which puts him in the final 4 without question

basically only one shot to lose, and that would be getting voted out and placing fourth.

if he gets to the final 3 he wins, hell i'd vote for him (even though i can't stand his horrible acting ability), he ran this whole game.

 

that sums it up perfectly. Tony only has to survive the last tribal (final 4). the question is: who else will be there? Spencer and Tasha are the only ones who have a chance to beat Tony so i would think he will do all he can to get them voted off.

 

Tasha did say that she was hoping for another clue/advantage to be offered at auction. i believe it has happened before.

 

I talked to a colleague after I posted and he told me the same thing. I remember her (or someone) saying they thought there would be one more offering after the advantage clue, but I didn't hear the advantage part. I thought she was hoping for another food offering. I was really hoping that either Spencer or Tasha would get the advantage clue/idol clue, but Tasha took herself out of the running.

I agree that if Tony make is to the end that he definitely deserves to win. I'm just not a big fan of his depite his ability to play the best game of anybody there!

 

Tony would be more "likeable" and easier to root for if he was just a bit more subtle and a little less paranoid.