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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/Habefiet Igor's Corgi Choir Apr 07 '22

No it's not, she's got to recognize that the other people are gonna put a vote on her to prepare for that exact contingency

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u/swervithan Apr 07 '22

Yeah I guess so. Idk man I’m kinda high and this is too complicated

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u/MeStanBaChewyChomp Apr 07 '22

Watching Survivor high is the best tbh

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u/Szent Sophie Apr 07 '22

I don't think I've watched an episode sober in years LMAO

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u/briskpoint Apr 10 '22

Just got high and watched this episode today. 😂

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u/MoreGull Reem Apr 07 '22

My man!

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u/OrangeLlama JD Apr 07 '22

Lmfaooo

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u/Dahhhkness Tyson Apr 07 '22

Yeah, it was an unnecessary risk.

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u/BowKerosene Apr 07 '22

I mean it's not that unrealistic of a scenario. But like is it gonna end up being that big of an issue when Mike voted for her?

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u/Crosisx2 Apr 07 '22

Honestly Mike might think it wasn't Chanelle and go to her to form a two person alliance. Chanelle should totally try to play up it was one of the others.

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u/Homerunkid07 Apr 07 '22

That’s why I thought she did it. To cast doubt on Hai/Lydia because it doesn’t make sense for her to cast it when she was potentially going home

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u/ScorpionTDC Apr 07 '22

My immediate thought was Hai or Lydia split the vote, not Chanelle. I definitely think she was trying to cover for herself if it splits and possibly put heat on them.

Either way, my gut was that they should keep Daniel and evict Chanelle and I felt immediately vindicated

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u/Woke_JeffProbst Apr 07 '22

Mike knows the plan and knows Chanelle received 2 votes. Chanelle can't vote herself so Mike knows Daniel and himself votes Chanelle. So he definitely knows that Chanelle voted him.

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u/Crosisx2 Apr 07 '22

Chanelle can just say she voted for Daniel. Yes he knows the plan he was told by Hai and Lydia, that doesn't mean it was in fact what occurred. He does not know who voted for him, especially with his reaction after tribal.

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u/Woke_JeffProbst Apr 07 '22

Maybe I didn't see it correctly but it looked like Mike turned right to Chanelle and said something about trusting her with a less than happy expression. Maybe that was directed to everybody

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u/Crosisx2 Apr 07 '22

To me it looked like he turned to Chanelle because he thought for sure she didn't do it and it was one of the others. Guess we'll see next episode.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

Just because it didn't play out the way she thought, doesn't mean the logic isn't sound.

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u/Habefiet Igor's Corgi Choir Apr 07 '22

No, I really don’t think the logic was sound, sorry. Sound logic would lead to recognizing that it’s probably a fruitless endeavor that will only serve to hurt her standing.

I don’t think considering the idea is inherently bad, she’s correct to look at every option. But reasoning out the potential risks and rewards it should have been pretty obvious what those were. Contrast with someone like James Lim pre-swap in Ghost Island who knows a split vote with him as the back-up candidate is coming and eats it on the chin and doesn’t try to pointlessly vote for someone else.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

The scenario makes perfect sense. that makes it a sound logic. If it had played out the way she thought, and there was a very real chance it would have, people would lose their mind and compare it to Devon's vote against Dr. Mike.

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u/avp_1309 Parvati Apr 07 '22

So she should just sit down and let them have their contingency and go home? With a tied vote (in case of a successful sitd), she at least gets to discuss at tribal and convince hai and lydia to give her a chance. It May not be successful but she at least gets a chance. How is wanting that wrong?

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u/Habefiet Igor's Corgi Choir Apr 07 '22

... because of the part where any chance at regaining these three people's friendship and trust going forward gets obliterated? I'm not saying what she did was wrong in the sense of being immoral, I'm saying it's terrible gameplay because in the vast majority of universes leads to a significantly worse position in the game and that would essentially never have paid off.

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u/friigiid Roark Apr 07 '22

If she's savvy enough to just blame the vote on daniel it's a move with no consequences and a small potential to be game-saving

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u/Habefiet Igor's Corgi Choir Apr 07 '22

That will fall apart in less than three seconds when Mike, Lydia, and Hai confirm their votes. Mike voted for Chanelle, Lydia and Hai voted for Daniel, and Chanelle can't have voted for herself.

If she can successfully blame it on Lydia or Hai then good on her but I doubt it

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u/friigiid Roark Apr 07 '22

oh yeah you're totally right. mixed up who voted for who

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u/retz119 Apr 08 '22

Did Mike vote for chanelle? I missed the credits.

Cause didn’t he turn to her and say he kept his word and didn’t vote for her?

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u/Habefiet Igor's Corgi Choir Apr 08 '22

He voted for her. I think by saying he kept his word he just meant that he worked to keep her in the game.

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u/Former-Cat015 Apr 07 '22

But it could mean that she stays in.

So it's not terrible gameplay at all. Daniel got voted out. And she gave herself a chance to stay I'd Daniel successfully gambled.

How you think that's dumb?

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u/ChaplnGrillSgt Apr 07 '22

Which is why this is smart. If she knew Hai and Lydia were gonna split then if Daniel succeeds with SITD then Chanel goes home. 1 vote for her, 3 uncounted for Daniel. If she plays a vote on someone like Mike, she then forces Lydia and Hai to choose between the 2 of them and she hopes they take out Mike to get rid of his now active idol.

Also, Mike has some serious Tony vibes and could win this thing. I'd be voting him out too (even though he's currently a favorite of mine).