(The opinions expressed in the following are mine and not necessarily those of anyone else, although in some cases they should be and probably are)
Ahh episode 12, the least talked about error in Survivor history. If Richard Hatch had lost this game this would have been his fatal mistake. its clear they wanted Kelly to go, but she again won immunity. So its between Sue and Sean. And they vote out Sean. That's the mistake. If they had voted off Sue, the final 4 vote would have never been a tie. Kelly would either lose immunity and get voted out or win immunity and vote for Sean. Because Sean was vote out here, Richard was almost eliminated. Assuming the past votes tiebreaker was in effect at this point, if Kelly had voted for Hatch in the revote, he would have been eliminated. He had 4 previous votes to Sue's 3. Now I know it doesn't matter, he won regardless, but the point still stands, he made a blunder.
The finale is boring. Fallen Comrades is a boring challenge, as its hands on the idol. Plus the whole ceramony/rite of passage thing was lame. It only works when the finalists make comments, not when they just walk past the torches to cheesy music with clips edited over the cheesy music. They aren't dead, they got voted out of Survivor. Hatch made the brilliant move of dropping out, but it was almost ruined by Probst talking. Probst was so unprofessional back then, he talked way too much and it boarded on interfering with the game. Again, it didn't end up mattering, but it could have.
Final tribal was pretty good. The thing that is most memorable was the fact the jury seemed to respect Hatch's gameplay more than Kelly's. Kelly tried to distance herself from the rest of the alliance and that's what cost her. She was more deceitful trying to seperate herself whereas Hatch was never dishonest about his intentions, he was there to win. Sue's speech is famous blah blah blah. By this point I was sick of the season. Hatch won, pick a number. You know this. This is about my opinions, which I will give:
At the end of every season I will give the following awards
Best Player of the Season: Hatch
Best Jury Member Question/Speech: Sue
Best Episode: 9
Worst Episode: 11
Best Challenge: Episode 6 Immunity Challenge
If I were on the Jury, who would I have voted for (based solely on their final tribal performance): Hatch
Person I most grew a new appreciation for: Joel
The reunion of this season was a waste of time. Bryant Gumble hosting these things was a huge mistake. Not worth commenting on beyond that.
That's all for Borneo. See you for the Outback
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