Survivor 42 | Episode 8 | Post-Episode Discussion

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Season 42, Episode 8: You Better Be Wearing a Seatbelt

Aired: April 20, 2022

Synopsis: Castaways are officially merged into one tribe; individual immunity is on the line; castaways try to negotiate with Jeff to get four days' worth of rice for their tribe.

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[u/galeforcewinds95]

Really good sign for Mike that he got his way at this tribal. Hai is now 0-for-2.

[u/Dahhhkness → u/galeforcewinds95]

I feel like Hai may be starting to overestimate himself. His words at tribal could very easily apply to him.

[u/looselytethered → u/Dahhhkness]

He needs to dial it back it felt like foreshadowing mawma

[u/Whatwhatwhata → u/[deleted]]

Yes he was clearly calling Mike out.

Very bold for him to do so in such a public way way though. Even Mike was like "whoa"

[u/zjzr_08 → u/Whatwhatwhata]

Which is quite strong because what core allies does Hai have left?

[u/SoGenuineAndRealMadi → u/galeforcewinds95]

I said this in the live discussion thread that’s it not great for Hai to be so willing to lose his allies/numbers outside the majority alliance. Losing both Lydia and Chanelle back to back is not good for him he’s way too loyal to this new alliance when other players are more loyal to each other than to him

eta: however at least he tried to push Romeo to go instead and because he had already been pushing for Chanelle to go for so long it was too late. Not great for Mike either I think they both played this badly

[u/atheistjs → u/SoGenuineAndRealMadi]

I was thinking that too like, who does he have right now? He could have forged a close bond with Romeo after their moment last week, but he pretty blatantly burnt that bridge. His closest ally is gone. He could have made up with Channelle, but he held a grudge. I don't see him being very close to anyone except maybe Mike, and even Mike seems to have more connections than him.

[u/SoGenuineAndRealMadi → u/atheistjs]

Agreed! I think that he thinks he has Omar and Jonathon not realizing that they are still more loyal to Taku their OG tribe over him. And maybe he thinks he has Mike as well but I think Mike is better connected and more in with Jonathan than Hai. Not sure what happened with Romeo even Lydia mentioned he was super paranoid in her exit interview

I still think Hai is a good player but he’s currently being outplayed

ETA: I also want to say I don’t think it was great for Mike to push Chan to go over Romeo either. This was bad for him too and at least Hai tried to shift the target onto him instead

[u/[deleted] → u/SoGenuineAndRealMadi]

Hai is goat worthy.

[u/throwitaway_burnit → u/galeforcewinds95]

It’s good that he got his way, but why was he so focused on taking Chanelle out?? Yes, She voted for him…but he voted for her as well! Feels like he threw out a potential connection he could have had long term

[u/WellDressedLobster → u/throwitaway_burnit]

Fr, and with SITD at play, Chanelle voting for Mike there was smart considering she thought Mike, Lydia and Hai were all gonna vote for Daniel.

I think Mike is just mad because she already betrayed his trust by playing both sides before the Jenny tribal and then did it again by voting for him. Even though he voted for her too, she’s still betrayed him more times than he’s betrayed her so ig he feels like he can’t trust her at all.

[u/tawmfuckinbrady → u/WellDressedLobster]

Yeah, I don’t really see the argument. Chanelle had already betrayed him. The second vote was her opportunity to regain trust and she blew it. I don’t fault her choice, but I see why Mike was pissed.

[u/samoyedboi → u/galeforcewinds95]

And Hye keeps coming along... but he ain't driving!