Two players are voted out as a last-minute revelation by one of them backfires.
I can see the future!
And I mean actuallyseeit.
Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
Like, just right now.
A vision of the future!
I saw someone voting for Kaleb!
The cast of ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
I saw someone voting for Julie!
But how could this be?
We weren’t even close to Tribal Council time, especially with the longer 90-minute episodes.
Jeff Probst and the cast of ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
The only logical explanation: I CAN SEE THE FREAKIN' FUTURE!
Either that, or producers did something super wacky by showing us clips and actual votes!
from a Tribal Council that had not yet even occurred.
Sifu Alsup on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
Was this a peek into the future?
A snippet from theSurvivormultiverse, perhaps?
(Even the mere consideration of multiple Emilys makes me so happy.)
Jeff Probst and the cast of ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
It was not from previous Tribals.
This was for the one coming later that night.
And they actually showed some of the votes being cast and read.
Kaleb Gebrewold on ‘Survivor 45’.Robert Voets/CBS
Survivorstarted experimenting with non-linear storytelling back in theDavid vs. Goliathseason.
So what do we think about this bold editing maneuver?
But would the other steps follow suit?
That was the question this editing technique posed.
And while the answer was no, you know what?
So I guess what I am saying is that perhaps I am not so clairvoyant after all.
The Bruce is (almost cut) loose!
The week after Halloween is best known for the consumption of absurd amounts of leftover candy.
Oh, but it was not only Katurah.
Kendra must have not likedBruce’s astrological signbecause she was ready to vote his ass out.
Look, it’s one thing for Katurah (who Bruce never jelled with) to bad mouth him.
(Hey, a rock can be an anchor, right?)
Get a grip
What an awful, disappointing immunity challenge.
Otherwise, it was great!
It’s double trouble!
So for one person to have that rug pulled out from under him had to be tough.
Man, the cojones on that season.)
You may know me from the hit television program Survivor.
Or from when I interrupted Dalton’s recap last week.
Did your tribemates just unanimously venture to vote you out of the game?
Or were you just cornered for a 13-hour dissertation on the dos and don’ts of Pop Warner football?
Living with strangers can be no fun.
Wouldn’t you like to get away from it all?
Well, now you might, courtesy of a trip to the Survivor Sanctuary… where good things happen.
Good things like tacos, and sandwiches, and… ummmm… more tacos!
The Survivor Sanctuary is where all your troubles melt away.
Don’t worry about the people trying to vote you out.
It can all be yours!
Join me, Jeff Probst*, at the Survivor Sanctuary… where good things happen.
Anyway, since the tribe (Dakuwaqa, apparently?)
was split into two groups, we’ll do the same.
Let’s start with the losers.
Feeling Blue
After the blue group lost, they were sent off to Lulu beach.
That’s the one whereJosh was eliminated.
They didn’t see anything that happened after that.
Drewdidassume and did indeed make an ass out of u and me.
Or at least him.
But Drew was never really in any trouble.
It appeared that Bruce was going to be the one to go, until Kellie stepped in.
Not only that, but she was able to convince the more emotional Kendra to follow her lead.
“Bruce is so difficult,” she explained.
“But he can’t go right now.
He is an incredible shield for us.”
Should she have targeted the far more dangerous Drew instead of Sifu?
It’s never been fully clear on TV why Sifu never fit in with his tribe.
We saw some hilariously unsuccessful spying that may have soured people on him.
I imagine he will be a true wild card as a member of the jury.
Oh, wait… never mind.
First off, you had just some really bad reads happening.
But the really good stuff was still to come.
But why did Austin even know about it?
Because Kaleb told him.
And whywouldn’tshe feel that way?
She was the only person on the entire tribe intentionally left out of that idol hunt.
If you’re on the bottom of one group, time to form another one.
But once Kaleb threw Dee’s name out there at the previous Tribal Council, that was that.
The Cuban got her revenge.
As viewers, it’s awful to see Kaleb go.
His problem as we have noted many times is that his social game lacked subtlety.
EMILY FLIPPEN OUTLASTED THE ENTIRE LULU TRIBE!
That is not a misprint.
She may not be going anywhere for a while.
Why would her name even come up at this point?
Could Emily actually win this game?
It’s not as insane as it sounded a few weeks ago.
She’s not Batman.
She’s not the Canadian.
She’s financial analyst Emily Flippen.
And when it comes toSurvivor 45,that could be enough.
But it’s not enough to finish this recap before we deliver some otherSurvivorgoodies.
