Goldberg74

This is pure speculation...

windom

Assuming it's OK to talk about those last few SPOILER tags openly now, Vegas4sure says that Nick was not the cheater and that media arrangements have already been made to address the cheating. Speculation is high that it was Mike.

Timber

I'm sorry but 2 and a half hours on a Wednesday night is too much for the finale. Wrap up the show in 2 hours and have a full reunion episode that I can watch the next day if I want. The last couple I've seen have gone over leaving us with no real reunion to speak of.

brainee

I liked the timing. With 3 immunity challenges, a fire-making challenge, and a good 30 minutes for final tribal council 2 and a half hours never felt like it dragged.

On the other hand, those 60 minutes reunion shows have been brutal viewing. I didn't mind it cutting out past fluff (like trotting out celebrities and past players) and keeping it to a lean 30 minutes.

I'm happy Nick won ... he seems like a good guy and (more importantly) a deserving winner.

For next season, who were the other two returning players (besides Joe and Aubrey)?

windom

^ David Wright and Kelley Wentworth.

mwbmis

I've thought Nick was going to be the season winner for awhile now. Probably wasn't my favorite player, but I can't say that he didn't deserve it.

I don't think we needed to see Joe and Aubrey for a third time. I know it's Kelley's third time as well, but she was such a nonentity the first time she played and so memorable the second that I don't mind it.

Damfino

I was a aware of the cheating rumor and I noticed that 2 people were missing from the reunion show, but not the rumored cheaters. Who was missing and were they the cheaters?

AaronHernandez

The 2 missing players were premerge boot Jeremy and juror Alec.

Jeremy apparently made some rather unsavory comments about Angelina cheating on her husband on the island in post season interviews,that no one else made. And Alec who is now dating Kara posting a picture on Instagram showing them hugging and I guess,an unofficial rule is players are not supposed to associate in public until they are eliminated.

The cheater rumor was that Mike smuggled in either marijuana or stimulants into the island. If he did and it was found out after the fact it will be problem be hidden forever and no one know if gossip that is unproveable one way or another. Their was a similiar rumor years ago that Woo snuck into a Production tent and stole food and that is why the jury hated him so much and was the real reason he was called "Weasel" Woo

DWilson

I'm glad they finally decided to show the actual video of "Who voted for who" for the winner.

Double_Oh_7

It's not an "unofficial" rule. It's a violation of their NDAs, and they could both be on the hook for $5M. Good luck to CBS on collecting that, though.

SunMonkey

I was a little confused by how Christian felt Mike played a transformative game and that Survivor would change because of him.

windom

It sounds like Jeremy was banned from the finale because he left Fiji right after getting voted out instead of staying there until the game had ended.

DWilson

He may have been caught up in the moment, and bought into Mike's pitch that for him playing the game was more important than winning the cash prize, -the "rainbow" rather than the "pot of gold"). Christian's an interesting guy, but his mind-set is a bit busy and hard to read (though I'm sure if you had a couple of hours, he'd explain it to you).