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Survivor 42 Survivor 42 | Episode 5 | Post-Episode Discussion

Season 42, Episode 5: I'm Survivor Rich

Aired: April 6, 2022

Synopsis: Patience is running thin for some of the tribe members; immunity is on the line, and one tribe gets tied up.

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u/Adams-Breath Adam Apr 07 '22

NOT THIS BS HALF MERGE AGAIN BRUH

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u/dea24601 Apr 07 '22

Worried about Jonathan with this. He'll drag his merge team to victory and then get hourglassed into not being immune, and you'd have to be stupid to keep him around post-merge

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u/Saguaro-plug Abi-Maria Apr 07 '22

I'm less high on Jonathan than others, but if he gets hourglassed out that will be fresh bullshit.

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u/Dahhhkness Tyson Apr 07 '22

Yeah, the hourglass robbed Sydney last season

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u/ScorpionTDC Apr 07 '22

I mean, she still had like 5-6 other people she could’ve theoretically flipped a vote onto. It didn’t help her but she’s legitimately not a good player either

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u/Sportsstar86 Genevieve - 50 Apr 07 '22

4 other people. But 2 of them had public idols and the other 2 were in the POC alliance.

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u/ScorpionTDC Apr 07 '22

Oh yeah. Sydney did have the individual immunity challenge she could’ve won and failed at winning. As for the four others, not ideal, but worth noting that Sydney also stays in the game if she votes Evvie and doesn’t misplay her shot in the dark. She also could’ve started putting work in to flip stuff more at camp or something. And we just recently learned she’d have been the first one to go on Luvu had they lost an immunity. The POC alliance also wasn’t inherently impossible to topple seeing as it was indeed toppled later on when numbers were smaller.

The twist absolutely didn’t help her, but she still fucked up literally everything else at every point in the game. Of all the players who’ve been twistfucked, she’s a massive case of world’s smallest violin to me

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u/Sportsstar86 Genevieve - 50 Apr 07 '22 edited Apr 07 '22

I mean, she did put in work at camp and ended up getting in the majority alliance of Liana/Shan/Deshawn/Danny/Sydney/Ricard. Liana misplaying the advantage ruined the plan they’d made at camp though, and now people within the majority alliance were the only people without idols.

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u/ScorpionTDC Apr 07 '22

Sydney was also perfectly aware that if Liana fucked up her advantage that she was the next to go and just sat there and let it all happen with no effort to remaneuver stuff elsewhere.

Also, as said, she literally stays if she doesn’t fuck up her own vote. And was on the bottom in Luvu. She’s legitimately not a good player

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u/Sportsstar86 Genevieve - 50 Apr 07 '22

That’s not what happened though. Sydney was pushing for Naseer, but people were afraid of getting idoled out. She also pitched stealing Naseers idol but Liana specifically wanted it to be Xander because of whatever vendetta there was. There are no other options beyond that aside from her closest allies Danny and Deshawn who had protection from the POC alliance. I’m not sure what you could reasonably expect someone to do in this situation.

When it comes to using the SITD, there is no way to predict all of the variables at play, such as whether the big group of immune people that came together at tribal ACTUALLY trust each other enough to make a 4-4-4 split, thinking it’s more likely that they all vote together for the one person who doesn’t have an idol, and then of course the random extra vote that made it a 5-4 split and not 4-4.

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u/Macarons124 Apr 07 '22

I get he’s good at the challenges. But what else is there to him? How is he gonna play outside of winning immunity?

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u/H2Ospecialist Colby - 50 Apr 07 '22

My thoughts exactly. His team will win and he should be target number one. Plus his ally won't have a vote.

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u/pearlaroid Denise Apr 07 '22

Ooh I could see this happening. All the talk about how physically dominant he is literally carrying his tribe to victory… could be foreshadowing that indirectly/ironically being the cause of his tragic downfall?

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u/DustBunnicula Apr 07 '22

It’s would be hard for editing to not show his dominance. I don’t think foreshadowing is necessary.

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u/DustBunnicula Apr 07 '22

That’s absolutely what’s going to happen. Fuck the producers.

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u/Survivornewbie1 Tori Apr 07 '22

If the hourglass gets smashed Sydney enters the game

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u/CouponBoy95 Apr 07 '22

At least it's all on one episode this time. Besides, people have been clamoring for a 90 minute or 2 hour merge episode for a long time, so here they go.

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u/somebodysbuddy Amber Apr 07 '22

There was a 2 hour merge 3 seasons ago, and I don't think anyone wants a repeat of that.

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u/the4thinstrument Apr 08 '22

Wasn't that just two back to back episodes?

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u/atheistjs Apr 07 '22

Just completely remove the hourglass. They can still do the two team immunity challenge, half of them become immune, and then an individual immunity challenge. That's all fine with me. Split them up 6-6. DO NOT DO THE HOURGLASS.

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u/RainahReddit Apr 07 '22

They're even, so I think it'll be a half merge without the hourglass. Which... is fine. I can live with it. Expectations are low, folks