I had to start this thread so I could point and laugh at the Yellow tribe. “We can do hard things?” There’s no evidence to suggest that’s true.
Note that the tribe names sound vaguely like their colors? And they were apparently directed to wear clothing that matches their team color.
Brandon is a useless lump who only made it through TC because someone bailed out because she missed a few meals, and Emily is absolutely toxic: picking fights and spreading conspiracy theories.
Rolling my eyes at all the “I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH”. jeezuz christ, you’ve known each other 24 hours.
Brandon mentioned using his Shot in the Dark. Where would he have gotten that?
I was really disappointed with this. The lady that left was totally in the wrong, and is unrepentant in it. I listened to her interview on Rob Has A Podcast, and she’s just… awful. Most of it was due to nicotine withdrawl.
Other than that, I liked the challenges, and I’m going to be interested to see who does the cypher on the Tribe board first. Looks really easy.
She took another player’s slot in the game and there is someone at home right now, so to speak, who could have gone out there instead of her.
Not the worst quitting(there was this African American lady years ago who quit and got on the jury and it was infuriating). They even changed the rules years ago so if you quit, you can’t be on the jury.
This was pathetic, though. One of the most instantly forgettable players of all time.
What is up with Brandon(?), the guy who can barely do the events. They definitely do an pretty extensive physical exam before the show. This is how Rudy, the former Navy Seal, demonstrated he still was strong enough to play the game.
If I had to bet, I’d say Emily would have been the one to go. She’s awful, and everyone knows it. She doesn’t even have the makings of a fun villain; I hope she goes very soon.
The instant I saw Hannah in the boat at the beginning, I thought, “She doesn’t belong there.” I had no idea how right I was. What a pathetic showing. At least Brandon wants to be there and is trying his best.
Yeah, that quitter was a wuss. And Emily is just plain evil. Brando is trying so I give him that.
They do have alternate players, Austin is one of them, so if ms Wussy didnt like the weather she could have dropped out and let someone who really wanted it have that coveted spot.
But now we know why she quit- it wasnt food, it was nicotine. Yep, she was jonesing for her cigs, and wasnt smart enuf to quit before getting on the show-
Hannah was also dealing with another issue of the Shane Powers variety: “You know why I’m crying?” she announced. “It’s probably the nicotine withdrawal.” I watched Powers up close put down two packs of cigarettes in Panama the day before the Exile Island season began. (He was also mainlining coffee.) It’s no wonder he had a full freak-out once he hit the island. It seems Hannah was suffering as well.
I was cringing for Bruce as the first challenge had several places where one could easily smack their head… again.
Yep.
Oddly both Jeff and Dalton said they liked her. I didnt. Making up lies? Bad. Trying to vote out the most powerful member of the team, thus sabotaging the team on future challenges? Stupid/
Yeah, that was pretty terrible. First-episode quitters are the worst. And there is no reason to every allow a smoker on the show - it’s not good drama, it’s just sad. The tribe that went to TC is in all sorts of trouble.
Emily is also rather hateful, for no particular reason. She seems to have some idea of how the game works, so how does she not realize that making everybody despise and mistrust you on day one is probably not the best strategy? Make friends, work hard, don’t be bossy, and try not to suck too bad at challenges (and if you do, own it and try to improve). You don’t have to get all schemey until you have a few allies and a few votes under your belt.
I get major racist vibes from Emily. She calls for a Black guy not even on her team to be voted out within the first few minutes of meeting him. Later, she identifies the only two Black folks on her own team as the biggest threats. If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, well…
Sometimes I’ve wondered if production intentionally tries to create weaker train wreck tribes for television entertainment purposes. There’s been quite a few seasons where one tribe just doesn’t have it compared to the others, physically or otherwise. Production must have pretty good data on their athletic abilities from fitness testing when they decide who is in which tribe.
They follow all the federal rules for game shows, so if they do that it would be published. I think Probst would be up front about it; he actually has talked pretty openly about the show and its production over the years. I haven’t heard him say this. My bet is unless they do “jock vs nerd” style teams, they more or less tried to even out the teams. I doubt they expected Brandon(?) to struggle so much.
Not to pick on smokers, but I’m surprised this does not disqualify you.
Was that guy with the fake wooden Blackberry phone named Shane? He quit smoking out there and despite his personality flaws, he didn’t quit and he stuck it out the whole time. Made it pretty far, I think.
There’s a handful of people I’m rooting for, but holy shit, the overwhelming sense I get from this cast is weakness. So much so that I found this first episode hard to watch. I’m really hoping Brandon goes next.
My hope is really that the proper, good players were just very quiet in the opening few days. This episode was one of the least likeable debuts of a new group of players.
I hope some of the people I barely saw are better and last a long time.
Also, don’t forget that most challenges have both a physical and puzzle element. Sometimes the whole team does everything, while sometimes each member does something different and the puzzlers don’t have to do anything physical. Brandon is clearly the puzzle guy.