• S50 Ep 09 Spoilers and Comments (4/22/2026)

    From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Wed Apr 22 17:11:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview at
    the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.
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    Brian
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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Wed Apr 22 19:42:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 4/22/2026 5:11 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview at
    the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    Did Jimmy Fallon screw Christian over with his twist? I feel like this
    will be debated for years to come. Based on the edit, I never got the impression that he was in serious trouble before going on the Journey.
    Anyway, Jimmy Fallon wanted to be associated with some firsts. Jeff
    competing in a challenge was kind of fun. Christian having to tell
    everyone he failed at the Journey challenge and had to vote for himself
    was stupid.
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    Brian
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  • From Rick@Rick@nospam.net to alt.tv.survivor on Thu Apr 23 00:35:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 4/22/2026 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 5:11 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview at
    the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    Did Jimmy Fallon screw Christian over with his twist? I feel like this
    will be debated for years to come. Based on the edit, I never got the impression that he was in serious trouble before going on the Journey. Anyway, Jimmy Fallon wanted to be associated with some firsts. Jeff competing in a challenge was kind of fun. Christian having to tell
    everyone he failed at the Journey challenge and had to vote for himself
    was stupid.


    I agree. I especially didn't like how Christian couldn't use his SITD.
    That really seemed like piling on after not only taking a way his vote
    but artificially putting in a vote against him. I actually agree with
    Emily that volunteering to go on a Journey is generally a bad move.
    It's one thing if no one wants to do it and you get the short straw, but
    as long as anyone else volunteers (and you have to figure Devens, at
    minimum, will always volunteer), best bet is to keep your hand down.

    BTW, Jonathan making a show of giving Christian back his SITD at the end
    was another classless in-your-face move on his part that reinforces my
    belief that he is not getting anything close to a winner's edit.

    By far the most interesting moment for me was Rizo totally boss move of convincing his alliance members to vote for Christian rather than Emily because he already had a vote against him. In this regard it seemed he
    was really channeling his alliance member Cirie who made a similar play
    the prior week in getting people to vote out Coach and Crissie.
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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to alt.tv.survivor on Thu Apr 23 10:58:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:11:59 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview at
    the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    It was an interesting night. So many people over on Twitter are upset
    about the Fallon twist. What makes it even more interesting is Emily
    says the biggest twist is yet to come. It could very well be what ever
    Mr Beast has in store.
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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to alt.tv.survivor on Thu Apr 23 11:03:52 2026
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    On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:35:55 -0400, Rick <Rick@nospam.net> wrote:

    On 4/22/2026 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 5:11 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview at
    the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    Did Jimmy Fallon screw Christian over with his twist? I feel like this
    will be debated for years to come. Based on the edit, I never got the
    impression that he was in serious trouble before going on the Journey.
    Anyway, Jimmy Fallon wanted to be associated with some firsts. Jeff
    competing in a challenge was kind of fun. Christian having to tell
    everyone he failed at the Journey challenge and had to vote for himself
    was stupid.


    I agree. I especially didn't like how Christian couldn't use his SITD.
    That really seemed like piling on after not only taking a way his vote
    but artificially putting in a vote against him. I actually agree with
    Emily that volunteering to go on a Journey is generally a bad move.
    It's one thing if no one wants to do it and you get the short straw, but
    as long as anyone else volunteers (and you have to figure Devens, at >minimum, will always volunteer), best bet is to keep your hand down.

    Without forcing him to read the note this comp wouldn't have been
    that new. As for him having to vote for himself that was a way to make
    it stand out for the viewers. As far as game impact there really
    wasn't much versus him losing his vote and still having to tell
    everyone he lost his vote.

    Though over on twitter it seems most people didn't like the Fallon
    challenge. I'm okay with it but only for this season.

    BTW, Jonathan making a show of giving Christian back his SITD at the end
    was another classless in-your-face move on his part that reinforces my >belief that he is not getting anything close to a winner's edit.

    By far the most interesting moment for me was Rizo totally boss move of >convincing his alliance members to vote for Christian rather than Emily >because he already had a vote against him. In this regard it seemed he
    was really channeling his alliance member Cirie who made a similar play
    the prior week in getting people to vote out Coach and Crissie.

    Yeah, it seemed to be the right move to me from the beginning so I'm
    not sure why people not aligned with Christian were against it. Seems
    like next week is going to be another wild one with possibly three
    people being the targets being discussed.
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  • From Rick@Rick@nospam.net to alt.tv.survivor on Thu Apr 23 12:13:16 2026
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    On 4/23/2026 10:58 AM, shawn wrote:
    On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:11:59 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview at
    the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    It was an interesting night. So many people over on Twitter are upset
    about the Fallon twist. What makes it even more interesting is Emily
    says the biggest twist is yet to come. It could very well be what ever
    Mr Beast has in store.

    Wow, so apparently Emily can't even keep her mouth shut when she has
    completed filming the season.

    This is an example of why I don't like the recent trend of players
    commenting on social media while the episodes are still airing. Now what
    she said in this case wasn't that bad - saying there are more twists to
    come is standard CBS publicity-speak. But I just don't like the idea of players speaking out during the season cause you never know what might
    slip out
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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Thu Apr 23 14:57:41 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 4/22/2026 10:35 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 5:11 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview
    at the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    Did Jimmy Fallon screw Christian over with his twist? I feel like this
    will be debated for years to come. Based on the edit, I never got the
    impression that he was in serious trouble before going on the Journey.
    Anyway, Jimmy Fallon wanted to be associated with some firsts. Jeff
    competing in a challenge was kind of fun. Christian having to tell
    everyone he failed at the Journey challenge and had to vote for
    himself was stupid.


    I agree.-a I especially didn't like how Christian couldn't use his SITD. That really seemed like piling on after not only taking a way his vote
    but artificially putting in a vote against him.-a I actually agree with Emily that volunteering to go on a Journey is generally a bad move. It's
    one thing if no one wants to do it and you get the short straw, but as
    long as anyone else volunteers (and you have to figure Devens, at
    minimum, will always volunteer), best bet is to keep your hand down.

    The time to volunteer is when you need help via an advantage or you're
    trying to prevent others from gaining an advantage that might result in
    you getting screwed over. This is what Rachel did in S47 when Sam and
    Gen volunteered. At least I think it was those two. Christian had no
    reason to volunteer unless the edit's been misleading concerning his game.

    BTW, Jonathan making a show of giving Christian back his SITD at the end
    was another classless in-your-face move on his part that reinforces my belief that he is not getting anything close to a winner's edit.

    That move made no sense unless he was trying to score points with the
    jury. In such a random season having an extra SITD would be very valuable.

    By far the most interesting moment for me was Rizo totally boss move of convincing his alliance members to vote for Christian rather than Emily because he already had a vote against him.-a In this regard it seemed he
    was really channeling his alliance member Cirie who made a similar play
    the prior week in getting people to vote out Coach and Crissie.

    It was good he did that but was Emily ever a real consideration? Her
    social game and/or likability must be off the charts for how often she
    escapes unscathed when her mouth gets her in trouble.
    --
    Brian
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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Thu Apr 23 15:00:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 4/23/2026 9:03 AM, shawn wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:35:55 -0400, Rick <Rick@nospam.net> wrote:

    On 4/22/2026 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 5:11 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview at >>>> the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    Did Jimmy Fallon screw Christian over with his twist? I feel like this
    will be debated for years to come. Based on the edit, I never got the
    impression that he was in serious trouble before going on the Journey.
    Anyway, Jimmy Fallon wanted to be associated with some firsts. Jeff
    competing in a challenge was kind of fun. Christian having to tell
    everyone he failed at the Journey challenge and had to vote for himself
    was stupid.


    I agree. I especially didn't like how Christian couldn't use his SITD.
    That really seemed like piling on after not only taking a way his vote
    but artificially putting in a vote against him. I actually agree with
    Emily that volunteering to go on a Journey is generally a bad move.
    It's one thing if no one wants to do it and you get the short straw, but
    as long as anyone else volunteers (and you have to figure Devens, at
    minimum, will always volunteer), best bet is to keep your hand down.

    Without forcing him to read the note this comp wouldn't have been
    that new. As for him having to vote for himself that was a way to make
    it stand out for the viewers. As far as game impact there really
    wasn't much versus him losing his vote and still having to tell
    everyone he lost his vote.

    Though over on twitter it seems most people didn't like the Fallon
    challenge. I'm okay with it but only for this season.

    BTW, Jonathan making a show of giving Christian back his SITD at the end
    was another classless in-your-face move on his part that reinforces my
    belief that he is not getting anything close to a winner's edit.

    By far the most interesting moment for me was Rizo totally boss move of
    convincing his alliance members to vote for Christian rather than Emily
    because he already had a vote against him. In this regard it seemed he
    was really channeling his alliance member Cirie who made a similar play
    the prior week in getting people to vote out Coach and Crissie.

    Yeah, it seemed to be the right move to me from the beginning so I'm
    not sure why people not aligned with Christian were against it. Seems
    like next week is going to be another wild one with possibly three
    people being the targets being discussed.

    Next week is MrBeast and the biggest Beware Advantage ever. Apparently
    it's a two-hour episode so I wouldn't be surprise if three people get
    booted.
    --
    Brian
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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Thu Apr 23 15:05:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 4/23/2026 8:58 AM, shawn wrote:
    On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:11:59 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview at
    the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    It was an interesting night. So many people over on Twitter are upset
    about the Fallon twist. What makes it even more interesting is Emily
    says the biggest twist is yet to come. It could very well be what ever
    Mr Beast has in store.

    Guess we'll find out next week. If it is, I wonder if that means Emily survives MrBeast? I hope the end game isn't impacted by twists. I hate
    when players get screwed over late in the game and have no control over
    their destiny.
    --
    Brian
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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to alt.tv.survivor on Thu Apr 23 17:28:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:57:41 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    On 4/22/2026 10:35 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 5:11 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    Tonight's episode is titled "I Deserve All of This." In the preview
    at the end of last week's episode we saw Jeff doing the challenge.
    Apparently it has something to do with Jimmy Fallon.

    More later.

    Did Jimmy Fallon screw Christian over with his twist? I feel like this
    will be debated for years to come. Based on the edit, I never got the
    impression that he was in serious trouble before going on the Journey.
    Anyway, Jimmy Fallon wanted to be associated with some firsts. Jeff
    competing in a challenge was kind of fun. Christian having to tell
    everyone he failed at the Journey challenge and had to vote for
    himself was stupid.


    I agree.-a I especially didn't like how Christian couldn't use his SITD.
    That really seemed like piling on after not only taking a way his vote
    but artificially putting in a vote against him.-a I actually agree with
    Emily that volunteering to go on a Journey is generally a bad move. It's
    one thing if no one wants to do it and you get the short straw, but as
    long as anyone else volunteers (and you have to figure Devens, at
    minimum, will always volunteer), best bet is to keep your hand down.

    The time to volunteer is when you need help via an advantage or you're >trying to prevent others from gaining an advantage that might result in
    you getting screwed over. This is what Rachel did in S47 when Sam and
    Gen volunteered. At least I think it was those two. Christian had no
    reason to volunteer unless the edit's been misleading concerning his game.


    Christian has been saying in his interviews that he was safe until he approached Cirie about booting Ozzy. So that was Christian's thinking
    and was likely the case.

    BTW, Jonathan making a show of giving Christian back his SITD at the end
    was another classless in-your-face move on his part that reinforces my
    belief that he is not getting anything close to a winner's edit.

    That move made no sense unless he was trying to score points with the
    jury. In such a random season having an extra SITD would be very valuable.

    Yeah, I'm not sure what he hoped to gain there.

    By far the most interesting moment for me was Rizo totally boss move of
    convincing his alliance members to vote for Christian rather than Emily
    because he already had a vote against him.-a In this regard it seemed he
    was really channeling his alliance member Cirie who made a similar play
    the prior week in getting people to vote out Coach and Crissie.

    It was good he did that but was Emily ever a real consideration? Her
    social game and/or likability must be off the charts for how often she >escapes unscathed when her mouth gets her in trouble.

    I think it's just that she is seen as a flip flopper and so a good
    boot target.
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