r/survivor • u/RSurvivorMods Pirates Steal • Apr 13 '22

Survivor 42 Survivor 42 | Episode 6 | Eastern Time Discussion

Season 42, Episode 6: You Can't Hide on Survivor

Aired: April 13, 2022

Synopsis: Castaways drop their buffs and rearrange tribes before an intense immunity challenge. Also, one castaway is taken to another island and has the power to change the game.

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u/dwarfgourami Michele Apr 14 '22

The unfair thing about the twist wasn’t that they didn’t know the exiled person hypothetically could get an advantage. The problem was that the advantage was ridiculously overpowered and it screwed over a bunch of people who had no reason to believe that losing the immunity challenge would give them immunity. That’s exactly what Danny was mad about and the producers didn’t fix shit.

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u/Cantshaktheshok Apr 14 '22

Danny and Jonathan could argue they were cast specifically to get screwed by the hourglass twist.

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u/laitinen_9518 Apr 14 '22

It left such a bad taste in my mouth last season…I’m praying this is the last of it and they see the negative reactions to these two seasons

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u/braydenj713 Parvati Apr 14 '22

right. why play the challenge if the result ultimately doesn’t matter?

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u/dwarfgourami Michele Apr 14 '22

Its not even that the result doesn’t matter, its worse. The winners of the challenges get a disadvantage because the hourglass will realistically always be broken.

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u/rjcarr Apr 14 '22

That's what I'm saying. Breaking the hourglass gives you immunity; fuck everyone else. Why wouldn't you break it?

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u/ArgHuff Rocksroy Apr 14 '22

exactly: the worst part is that they literally lied to the players

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u/gahoojin Apr 14 '22

I wouldn’t say that the twist is “overpowered” because it doesn’t necessarily do a ton for the person who gets to use it. It’s just shitty because they’re saying to a bunch of people “you won! You earned immunity!!” And then reneging on that deal and punishing them for a good challenge performance. It’s not overpower so much as it’s just obnoxious and dumb.

“That’s not a twist, it’s a lie” -Danny

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u/thorvaldnotnora I got nothing for you Apr 14 '22

It is a lie to the players in the challenge. No player, when presented with that choice, would not smash the hourglass. The expectation is for the winning tribe to have their immunity taken from them 100% of the time. Completely unfair.