"Swoop in for the Kill" - One castaway is presented with an ultimatum while on Redemption Island that causes them to choose between a personal relationship and a spot in the game; an odd man out must prove his worth to a scheming group of female tribe members, on SURVIVOR: BLOOD VS. WATER, Wednesday, Oct. 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television

And another goes stupid and opens her mouth and find themselves in RI.

I really feel like the women's alliance made a mistake with this. The guy they like so much is bound to go back with his brother at the merge and if they have any kind of alliance with anyone, the women will be picked off one-by-one. They should have gotten rid of him when they had the chance. Twice.

What I thought was odd about it was I figured Vykas would stay because he would cut some sort of deal to bring Aras over to the girls. Keeping him then would make sense b/c they would have numbers (in that situation I think Katie could pull Ciera). He didn't even have to do that, or at least they didn't show it. Weird move.

On the BB live feeds this summer, Gina Marie was blabbing about Kat going home early. It wasn't real early, but it was pre-merge. I won't spoil how she said Hayden did.

As for Hayden, he forgot about his BB girlfriend the minute she left the house so I expect him to have already forgotten about Kat.

Laura B was an idiot, but the women were even more dumberer. She has no attachment to pretty much anyone, her loved one is long gone and she could have been disposed of at any point. Yeah she is a bit of a loose cannon... but do they not see a bunch of guys on the other tribe with another pretty obvious switch if there is a merge?

Also could Jeff ask any more leading questions in TC? "So Vytas what it seems like your strategy should be is... (lays it all out)". Granted it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out, but couldn't Jeff ask "hey what's your strategy?" instead of spoon feeding it. He seemingly does this more and more with each passing season.

"It's a puzzle, and I can't even spell"

Kat: "At least I didn't cry"

The next 5 minutes filled with Kat's tears, including when she had to beg Hayden for a hug.

Good riddance to a horrible player.


Laura B has been horrible as well. John must be extremely happy with the level of competition being sent his way on RI. Though the preview...



All the focus on Aras/Vytas being together has allowed Tina and her daughter to fly under the radar a bit. No one seems to be concerned about the 2 of them being together.

You can tell that Rupert taught his wife how to play.

At first I thought the ladies can't win this now but they might be seen as weak. If that is the case the guys might pickoff each other first.

Hayden didn't have a 'girlfriend' in the Big Brother house. It was a 'showmance' and also part of the Brigade (his alliance) strategy.

I like how Tina wants her daughter to hook up with an ex-con with a drug history. We all need mothers like this.

It's funny because to me Vytas just oozes b.s. everytime he talks. He's like the villain in a movie you know is a villain before he's actually done anything villainous. Maybe it's the edit, but still... the fact he so easily and openly threw Laura B under the bus at tribal for something she did for *his* sake (wrongheaded or not) when he's supposed to be this super nice guy, that should have sent out a few red flags.

Anybody else get the feeling that Kat's boyfriend had no intentions whatsoever of giving up his place for her ? Both my wife and I thought he was asking the questions in such a way that there was no way she was going to ask him to.
As this season goes on I'm caring about it less and less. There's really no-one to root for. I dislike pretty much everyone on it at this point.

Yeah, I had that feeling he was fine where he was at. There were a couple times she said "I love you" but he didn't say it back until right as she was walking out. It made me wonder how much of a relationship they actually have.

Definitely. Kat seemed to be pleading for him to do it since she can't spell/count. His question was "What gives us the best chance to win?" or something like that. It was implied, "What gives me the best chance..."

This just in: Kat is not a good Survivor player. Glad Hayden finally found a reason for him not to switch that she agreed with.

I thought the same thing.

Anything for grandbabies, I guess.

Kat and Parvati are wearing animal print body suits on the After Show. Not too shabby.

Is this going to be the first season since the introduction of the Hidden Immunity Idol that no one has found one? I can't think of a season when at least one was not found.

It was 15 years ago when he was still a teenager. At some point, you have to give him credit for changing.

Jeff should remove the urn with the fire at RI. If they can't throw the clue in the fire, wonder what they would do?

Would be funny if they had to just toss it on the ground to then watch the tribes eyeing it and each other over as they leave. Because the thing is, it still works after the merge. It helps most of their tribe overall to have one going in (assuming they plan to stay aligned).

A fund idol is still good, but if they haven't found it, the clue may be moot depending on what campground they end up going to.

After about the second time I would have tried to scrounge up a piece of similar looking paper, rolled it up and kept it in my pocket. Then if they gave me the clue I would 'pretend' to put it in my pocket, switch the real clue with my fake one, and then say "Nahhhh, it's not worth it" and throw my fake one in the fire.

They must have finally done a better job at hiding the idols now since no one has found it without the clue.

Also interesting, John still a little bit of an idea where it is should he get back in the game from having the clue before. If he loses at RI, he should just yell to everyone what the initial clue said.