Brooks
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Post by Brooks on Dec 19, 2019 19:13:08 GMT
I was guessing everyone would be all dolled up at the reunion, and then there would be Elaine in a feedcap, and she was!
Lauren was unrecognizable to me without her hair extensions (if that's what you call them).
Jeff Varner was full of sh!t.
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Post by Gutmutter on Dec 19, 2019 22:37:35 GMT
I wish at least one person had thrown Noura a vote, but I’m very pleased Dan was erased from the finale. I would have liked Elaine or Janet to win, but am glad Sia helped balance the scales for them.
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Post by JosephD on Dec 20, 2019 11:59:59 GMT
I thought it was a good finale. The reunion was kinda lame. Jeff saying that Jack was 'unavailable' made me laugh. Does he not know people have social media? I also thought it was interesting (but not surprising) that Kellee's time to talk was done away from the other contestants. I wasn't surprised to see that Jeff avoided any mention of why the reunion wasn't live. Still, the finale minus the reunion was one of the more interesting episodes this season. Dean came alive 'too little too late' with all his 'jewelry,' but at least it gave us something to watch. I felt terrible for Lauren while she was crying and practicing fire, and Noura was standing over her, spewing venom. I'm so glad karma bit Noura in the a$$. Not a single vote. I also loved how the jury shut Noura down during the questioning phase. She must have known by then she was going to lose. Congratulations to Tommy. As a teacher, I'm sure he'll put his winnings to good use.
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Post by pikachu on Dec 21, 2019 15:03:36 GMT
I was just about to say, seriously, they're sticking with this impeachment garbage on finale night?? But then they just went to Survivor. But they're going to cut in later. I had to watch Survivor On Demand and they had the impeachment coverage on it. Why wouldn't they edit it out of that version? Now anytime someone watches the finale, they have to watch that whole thing. So annoying! In the past, if a show I was watching got cut away for special news or a speech, I enjoyed being able watch it later On Demand with no interruptions.
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Post by Eastcoastmom on Dec 21, 2019 17:20:23 GMT
I don't watch the show but just came here to say my connection to the winner is that he teaches 4th grade in my hometown. I no longer live there but still have relatives there. It's the kind of town where everyone knows one another. He is young so I hope he invests his winnings wisely!
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Post by badseed on Dec 21, 2019 18:23:37 GMT
Dean or Noura winning would’ve made a more entertaining win, but I concede that Tommy’s win is better from a meta perspective- he’s a teacher, so he doesn’t get paid nearly what he deserves, and he had no advantages or trips to IOI, making his win more organic.
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Post by atwi80d on Dec 21, 2019 22:12:14 GMT
Plus Tommy seems to be very nice. Dean got so arrogant and overconfident. Noura glad she did not get a vote.
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Post by sunnydayz on Dec 21, 2019 23:24:45 GMT
I didn't see the end of the episode or any of the reunion part. I only watched up until Lauren lost to Dean in the fire making challenge. (Felt kind of sad that I really didn't care who won...went to bed instead of staying up to watch - first time ever for me and Survivor.)
How many votes did Dean get? I read up thread that Noura didn't get any. I'm guessing Dean got one or two? Just curious.
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Post by FannyMare on Dec 22, 2019 0:25:00 GMT
I didn't see the end of the episode or any of the reunion part. I only watched up until Lauren lost to Dean in the fire making challenge. (Felt kind of sad that I really didn't care who won...went to bed instead of staying up to watch - first time ever for me and Survivor.) How many votes did Dean get? I read up thread that Noura didn't get any. I'm guessing Dean got one or two? Just curious. Two.
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Post by sunnydayz on Dec 22, 2019 3:58:07 GMT
Thanks FM
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Post by Bearcata on Dec 22, 2019 21:18:46 GMT
Finally started watching the finale. I am past the first tribal where Janet was voted out. I am sad she was eliminated as I would like to see an older not so conventionally pretty female win and there really is a chance this season with Elaine, Lauren, Noura and Janet. My favorite this season was probably equally Janet and Elaine and I would have been happy with either winning. I have not been very impressed with this season or most of the contestants. I find Tommy bland and boring and really not that good at the game. Dean is a sneak and I can't believe he has not been voted off for all of the wishy washy plays he has done. What I really do not understand is everyone telling everyone about finding immunity idols and what they plan to do with them. Especially this close to the end. DUH! I would have taken every oppotunity to have voted off Tommy and Dean when they didn't win individual immunity as I would have liked to have seen more females. The men seem much more fluid with who their ride or dies are to the final two. Now that Janet is gone and Noura has won an immunity idol and is going to the finale I want her to win. Yes, I want crazy Noura to win. I don't think this woman ever had a chance. She played crazy. But at this point in the game I do want her to win because at least she went out full speed on everything. I hope I am not disappointed. I do think if Tommy wins that he is not a good winner. Dean kinda earned it but I don't like him, I don't like the way he plays. He is sneaky and underhanded and untrustworthy. If it came down between Tommy and Dean I would have to vote Dean. Here is hoping Noura wins. I have to take a break before I can endure the last 45 minutes of the 2 hour finale and the reunion show.
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Post by Bearcata on Dec 23, 2019 0:30:25 GMT
Ok finished the finale and the reunion.
It was a wild an crazy final tribal.
Noura was always a longshot. I think she would have had a better chance if she could articulate her plans better.
I personally would have voted for the crazy lady as occasionally the game needs to be stood on end and a new kind of player triumph because that happens in real life.
It looked as if it was in the bag for Dean until they caught him saying that person was my final two when he had claimed previously that he had never said he was in a final three or two with anyone. If not for that slip .... there goes a million.
Tommy was a lame winner. He came across as a wimp to me. I did not see him as a strategic anything, a social anything, or a physical anything. I think it is totally stupid to keep a young guy like that to the end and the ladies were stupid for not getting rid of him and after that Dean.
So glad that Elaine and Janet were gifted $100,000 each from Sia.
The Kellee interview.
Oh, my gosh, SAY SOMETHING .... it's not as if you didn't have 6 months to prepare.
Two things:
1. Kellee said she was disappointed that Dan was not immediately removed from the game. OK. At that point CBS and Survivor did pull aside the cast and talked to them. They also talked to Dan privately. This was the right thing to do, else if they just removed Dan from the game immediately without a warning it would have been would have been unfair to him. If it happened again that is another thing.
I have been in meetings where my team has been told some actions will not be tolerated but there was no transparency and you would leave the meeting feeling "we were told something but I am not sure about what" and left confused.
2. I did find it interesting that some of the cast did tell CBS that they knew they were talking about Dan and that some folks had decided to take him to the end but that he would get no votes.
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Post by Bearcata on Dec 23, 2019 0:47:19 GMT
Where is Jack at in the reunion show?! I read that he and Elizabeth have gotten close, so when she chose not to go (because of the Dan stuff), he stuck by her and also chose to forego the reunion. Jeff trying to say all the right things, making a good start. The thing that stuck out to me was when he said Missy and Elizabeth got negative social media backlash that "they didn't deserve." I thought they did indeed deserve to be called out for what they did, and they even apologized! I feel bad for Kellee. I wish she'd have gotten some money, somehow, too. I like Ethan, and can't wait to see him on the next season. I wonder if Tommy was considered for this all-winners season. Whoa, 2 million?!!! There's no way they're going to let Sandra and Rob stay in that game for any length of time. I can't wait for February! Rob's little girls are so pretty! Elizabeth and Missy using the touching thing to try to get Janet was disgusting, really disgusting thing to do.
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Post by Bearcata on Dec 23, 2019 0:48:42 GMT
Dean or Noura winning would’ve made a more entertaining win, but I concede that Tommy’s win is better from a meta perspective- he’s a teacher, so he doesn’t get paid nearly what he deserves, and he had no advantages or trips to IOI, making his win more organic. Personally I thought he was this big bland blob.
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Post by Bearcata on Dec 23, 2019 0:50:22 GMT
I wish at least one person had thrown Noura a vote, but I’m very pleased Dan was erased from the finale. I would have liked Elaine or Janet to win, but am glad Sia helped balance the scales for them. I would have preferred Noura winning over Dean and Tommy. She at least has a personality.
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Post by Bearcata on Dec 23, 2019 13:09:52 GMT
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Post by pikachu on Dec 23, 2019 13:48:59 GMT
I thought Dean deserved to win. He played the best strategic game, even if he wasn't the nicest guy.
I'm glad Noura didn't get any votes. She was too flaky. She rubbed people the wrong way and nobody could count on her because her vote could go anywhere. I hated it when she would go off in tangents speaking total nonsense. That chick is crazy!
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Post by Brooks on Dec 23, 2019 14:04:52 GMT
I kind of had a fantasy that Noura would make it to F3 and then announce she was really quite sane and it was all an act!
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Post by pikachu on Dec 23, 2019 14:38:13 GMT
That would have been something, Brooks!! ROFL!
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Post by Bearcata on Dec 23, 2019 21:04:19 GMT
It would have been fantastic.
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