# Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction premieres Wednesday **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774 "2019-02-18T17:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/41 "2019-03-07T15:53:57Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > I wonder how long it took Aubry to find the HII given her rather obvious wardrobe change halfway through the search footage. Are you talking about when she was wearing jeans? In the middle of the search footage they showed scenes from her looking for idols in her two previous seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/42 "2019-03-07T19:27:11Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > My guess is the third tribe will involve those who are on “Edge of Extinction” Island. Maybe, but with 15 left it seems more likely they’ll just do 3 tribes of 5 each - not unprecedented. I’m still not sure what’s in store for the Extinction Island inhabitants, but I’d be very surprised if they’re simply plopped back into the game at any point. There has to be more to it than that. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/43 "2019-03-08T03:34:50Z")
The problem with winning last night’s reward challenge, is that probably most of the tribe that won the chickens will be swapped off that beach. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/44 "2019-03-09T17:25:49Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Are you talking about when she was wearing jeans? In the middle of the search footage they showed scenes from her looking for idols in her two previous seasons. I did not catch that! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/45 "2019-03-10T20:17:02Z")
No worries - just wanted to make sure we saw the same thing! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/46 "2019-03-12T14:57:30Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > The problem with winning last night’s reward challenge, is that probably most of the tribe that won the chickens will be swapped off that beach. Speaking of which, that advantage from the boat is no good anymore, right? It was good through the third tribal. Stealing the chickens was his last chance to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/47 "2019-03-12T20:29:12Z")
I’m not sure what game Wendy is playing, but I don’t think it’s Survivor. Although she might be dumb enough to think it is. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/48 "2019-03-12T22:41:29Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Are you talking about when she was wearing jeans? In the middle of the search footage they showed scenes from her looking for idols in her two previous seasons. No, I got that (even if **SlackerInc** didn’t ;)) When she’s first shown running into the jungle frantically to look for the HII, she’s wearing the aqua-green top over her swimsuit. Then she’s wearing a pink swimsuit top and a green-yellow skirt, and then they do the cut ins of her idol hunts from previous seasons, and then when she actually finds it now, she’s wearing the pink top/green skirt again. Looking at it closer though, I guess it’s the same clothes - the pink is the swimsuit she’s wearing all along, and she took off the green top and put on the skirt (which it looks like she’s got draped around her shoulders when she’s talking with Joe about how the returnees are in trouble). ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/49 "2019-03-14T13:50:54Z")
I thought for sure the Edge of Extinction members would be the 3rd tribe last night - surprised to see they haven’t had any interaction with the remaining players. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/50 "2019-03-14T13:57:02Z")
I do not get the original Blue now Green tribe. Wendy has simply gone (always been?) nuts. The rest of them… Last week the Reward Challenge came down to a puzzle, they sent in Kelley and David, who failed miserably. Then they lost the IC and voted off one of their strong young guys. Okaaay. This week the IC came down to a puzzle, so they sent in…Kelley and David? Who failed. So they go to TC and vote off … one of their strong young guys. Really? Are we witnessing the first tribe to deliberately commit mass suicide?? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/51 "2019-03-14T14:17:59Z")
I read Dalton Ross’ recaps of Survivor and apparently David was really talking up his prowess with puzzles at the beginning of the season. He claimed that he had used a 3-d printer to make copies of all kinds of variations of puzzles used on the show so that he could practice. I bet he also bragged to his team that he was a puzzle guy. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/52 "2019-03-14T16:02:33Z")
Loved seeing the Spartan race style slip wall in the immunity challenge, where you form a human ladder to get to the top. It’s a bit taller and steeper in the Spartan race, so it can’t be run up. The textbox solution is to form a ladder to the top, with the biggest guy on the bottom and second biggest at the top. Top guy holds on with both arms while the bottom “rungs” scramble up. Top guy is the last to throw his legs over. I love those kind of team challenges, and would like to see more of them. Not entirely sure that’s the direction Survivor wants to go in, though. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/53 "2019-03-14T23:00:38Z")
Yeah that was pretty cool. I do wonder if they tested it in dry conditions and expected it to be easier to get over, but good thinking by the contestants. Definitely a fake-out with Rick, I was pretty certain the vote would be for Lauren (whether or not she played her HII was a different question). Why they’re not voting out obviously useless + returnee David is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/54 "2019-03-15T23:58:59Z")
Of course we still don’t know what’s in store for the folks on Extinction Island, but I’ve decided what I _hope_ happens. When they reach a certain number of ousted players (5, 7, 9, whatever), they bring them all to Tribal Council. Jeff chats them up about their experience on the Island, how they’re all getting along, and so forth. He then announces that _one_ of them is about to get back into the game, and they’re all about to vote for the person (other than themselves) they think deserves it most. And before anybody has a chance to campaign for themselves or discuss their choice, “It’s time to vote.” Everyone else goes home for good. And Reem instantly regrets being so bitchy to everybody. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/55 "2019-03-25T05:47:13Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I agree that the proper definition of a blindside is when the player who goes out is completely fooled and has no idea it’s coming. Whether the audience knows it’s coming has no bearing on it. I agree in general. The original comment I was responding to was that (paraphrased) “the editors did a great job crafting that into a blindside for us viewers.” I disagreed, saying the editors played it totally straight, showing us Victoria come up with the plan, execute the plan, and succeed. As in, “not a blindside for us viewers.” Make sense? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/56 "2019-03-25T06:45:20Z")
If that was how the comment was phrased, then yes: I see what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/57 "2019-03-27T06:29:41Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I hope they send the losers back to EoE, and just leave them there with no ability whatsoever to get back into the game. Scatter meaningless clues to keep things interesting. One day a boat shows up and tells them “Game’s over, time to go home.” Omigoodness, I laughed hard at this. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/58 "2019-03-28T00:52:10Z")
I feel like at least three of the players who got “speaking roles” tonight were people I didn’t even realize were in the game. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/59 "2019-03-28T04:59:02Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I feel like at least three of the players who got “speaking roles” tonight were people I didn’t even realize were in the game. Yup, during the challenge I said “I didn’t realize we had both a Julie and a Julia…” Also, when did everyone start calling Rick “Devins”? That certainly felt like it came outta nowhere. Was a bit surprised to see Wendy exit the game. Not so surprised by Keith, who is useless (kinda think Reem should too, but she’s probably too cantankerous to give up). ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774/60 "2019-03-28T12:31:28Z")
I wish we saw Keith and Wendy build up to raising the flag a bit more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-38-edge-of-extinction-premieres-wednesday/829774.md?page=4)