My thoughts exactly. 45 seasons and I've NEVER seen such a bad tribe. It's hard to believe they all ended up on the same tribe and that they were all properly vetted. And what's with the THERAPIST saying, "yeah, better just to give up when life gets tough. In fact, why not do it on international television?"

As for my pick of Bruce in the first draft...didn't remember he was so nutty. Don't think that pick will make it to merge...

I was wondering about that.

Changes made post Episode 01:
- Austin has a Beware Advantage and cannot vote until he has the idol
- Lulu is down one tribe member as Hannah was voted out at her own request (sorry Damfino)
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Yeah it's weird, I've never liked one of my picks more than Kaleb -- he's clearly smart, strong, capable, and personable, but he’s on a train wreck of a tribe.

at the caption on the graphic, although it should have been "I want a cigarette!!"

I just finished the first episode. I still haven't watched Amazing Race yet. Wow... Yellow is in trouble. Emily is probably the most miserable person they've ever cast on the show.

Sorry chowderhead, but I think you’re in much better shape with Austin.

I forgot who I picked and checked midway through the second episode. Just my luck to Quack the most annoying person of the season. And both on the train-wreck tribe.

Here's the results of last week...

Brandon found the Beware Advantage and gave it to Sabiyah, who eventually found the idol... in a candle but had no flint to light a fire and melt it... so she has no vote.
Brandon, Bruce, and Drew went to a challenge: Brandon lost his vote, Drew won a "Safety w/o Power" advantage, and Bruce protected his vote.
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Oof, that was a short but rough Tribal.


Oh well.

Sorry about that. And to think they were talking about voting out Kaleb too. They don’t call them the Lu-Lu-Losers for nothing.

Here are the Episode 3 results...
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• Lulu gave Emily back her Shot in the Dark
• Austin found the Idol in the rock after the girls found the hammer. The power of the idol grows if a vote is sacrificed.
• Sabiyah dropped the wax tiki into the fire at tribal and retrieved the idol. The power of the idol grows if a vote is sacrificed. She sacrificed her vote. Whoops.
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Also, Kaleb gave Drew some idol that restored a vote or something.

How do I still have two Lulu players in the game?

I thought it was brilliant to tell Kaleb hey I'm telling her I'm voting for you and you tell you're voting for me and then when she told Kaleb he was expecting it. Although I don't know how Kaleb picked up on the blindside.

In before the vote... spoiler:
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Update post vote... spoiler:
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Sorry about that. At first I thought Sean was overdoing the scheme to blindside Sifu, but they did go through with the vote so I guess it wasn’t a true “quit”.

At least you still have Emily who suddenly has power as the swing vote in her new tribe.

I don't know if I should be worried because the new tribe doesn't look challenge strong and the edits put my pick out of the social circle.

I couldn’t believe that speech. I thought for a second that they’d just ignore him but no. Sentimental hogwash!

My best chance was to have new Lulu go to tribal, but at least Sean and Emily had/have better chances than expected given those numbers.

Sorry lwhy? Looks like you’re all in with Jake. Hopefully his health holds up.

To my surprise, Emily has turned into a decent player vs how she started. Despite the massive quits, been fun so far!

Last week's results:

• Austin, Kellie, and J. Maya get an advantage that is worth an Extra Vote @ 3, Steal a Vote @ 2, and Full Idol @ 1.
• Austin used the Goodwill advantage to sacrifice one vote to extend his other idol's power then gain his vote back.

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wild Tribal council! holy smokes

That was intense… and fun!

Sorry about J. Maya's luck running out GatorDeb... Kaleb dodged a bullet with a brilliant play using his Shot-in-the-Dark.

Sorry GatorDeb, thanks for playing.

It took a shot in the dark and a record number of nullified votes to get J out of the game.

Now Kaleb will need to make a new alliance, win immunity or find an idol to survive another week.