How amazing is Rome?
Let him tell you!
Attention, future contestants: There are a few basic rules to follow if youre going to playSurvivor.
Kishan Patel and Aysha Welch on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
RULE #1: Come on in when you are told to come on in.
Of course, Aysha did not do that.
And now Aysha is out of the game.
Aysha Welch on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
Make no mistake, I like the moxie.
That really hurts, she began while pointing directly as Kishan and Teeny after she was eliminated.
Im not gonna lie.
Kyle Ostwald on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
And then she gave us gloriousshades of Kellie Nalbandianas she tried to identify all the culprits.
Wow, was that you too, Sol?
Show me you care!
Sierra Wright, Rachel LaMont, Anika Dhar, Andy Rueda, and Sam Phalen on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
Show me your pain!
Show me your suffering!
It is because its so much more honest and real.
Rachel LaMont and Sierra Wright on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
Im glad Aysha allowed her guard to come down and showed us that.
On to the next vote!
Contrary to what anyone thought, Kyle wasnotgoing to fly from Michigan to Baltimore to be Gabes limousine driver.
Rome Cooney on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
(By the way, are stretch limousines still a thing?
at the top of their lungs to no one in particular?
And where exactly are all the Wall Street bros supposed to do their cocaine?
Rome Cooney in ‘Survivor 47’ premiere.CBS
Look, I get it.
I mean, Idon’tget being so upset about catching a stray vote.
That is playing emotionally and not strategically.
But I do get questioning the intel being provided.
But kind of like Asyha with Kishan and Tenny, you dont have to buy what he is selling.
At some point, you may need to!
Thats how games truly take flight.
You see what I did there?
Okay, lets just move on.
I don’t like sand, he tells Padme.
It’s coarse and rough and irritating.
And it gets everywhere.
You figure the guy would have had plenty of time to acclimate to the stuff while yelling Yippie!
Theres a reason why I am bringing up one of the most unintentionally hilarious scenes from theStar Warsprequel trilogy.
But I do get it.
The point is… they have a point!
Sleep better, do better in the challenges and the game.
Also, sleep better, and dont get into absurd arguments about a clothesline.
Speaking of Sam, I now love him.
Dont worry, fiancee Im not trying to steal your man.
(That would be Sierra).
I just love that Sam makes me feel better about my own terrible eating habits.
Do you know hard that is to do?
Like, that is actively going out of your way to avoid eating anything even remotely healthy.
Not raspberries plural, mind you, but rather a single raspberry.
Bless you and your crime scene of a digestive tract, Sam.
Journey to nowhere
Oh, goody, the journeys are back.
Regular readers know I am not a huge fan of these excursions.
I get why they do them, but I dont think the juice is usually worth the squeeze.
(Speaking of which, do we think Sam knows what juice is?)
Sometimes, at least, the contestants are faced with intriguing dilemmas or moral quandaries.
Then again, I also liked Fire Tokens, so what the hell do I know?)
(FYI, this is why I am not a producer onSurvivor.)
(I told you it was coming).
Thats either a grave error in judgement by Anika or stellar social play by Sierra.
Perhaps a little from column A and a little from column B.
And why is that?
Because we got a glimpse at the rarest ofSurvivorendangered species the pre-challenge strategy sesh!
There are a few reasons why I love seeing tribes chat about who should do what in a challenge.
Usually, the challenge just begins and we dont know why anyone is doing what.
Ill be honest: This week, I thought that person was going to be Rome.
No, thats not right.
I didnt justthinkit, I wassureof it.
As sure of that as I was sure that Betsy Bolan was destined to winSurvivor: Samoa.
But who can blame me on either count?
(Narrator: He was not.)
After Tuku took second place, it was Lavo going to Tribal Council.
His amount of screen time roughly 10 minutes for every 10 seconds Genevieve has received would attest to that.
But Rome hasearnedhis screen time through an endless barrage of fascinating statements and actions.
Like, say, the fish thing.
Rome proclaimed he wanted to break theSurvivorrecord for most fish caught in a day.
(Narrator: He did not.)
Rome is all in… on Rome!
Put it down in Sharpie: Rome will be back.
I dig an under-the-radar power duo who plays the middle to perfection secretly controlling the game from the shadows.
Last season, it wasCharlieandMaria.
This season, it is Teeny and Kishan.
We actually heard from Genevieve at Tribal Council.
Like, saying actualwords!I look forward to hearing from her again in the month of November.
Okay, just a reminder before you make like Aysha and get out of here.
Weve got the full cast revealing theirbold predictions for the season.
Check it out to see who is already right and who is already wrong.
Weve got another food-related exclusive deleted scene, so verify to give that a gander.
Hopefully that will keep you plenty busy until I am back next week with another scoop of the crispy.
