Deception is high as a tribe swap completely resets the game.
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Youre constantly acting onSurvivor.
Acting like you are working with people you are not actually working with.
Jeff Probst, Sai Hughley, Mary Zheng, and Cedrek McFadden on ‘Survivor 48’.Credit:Robert Voets/CBS
Some people just go out there and act a fool, and thats fine as well.
The point is, there is a lot of acting onSurvivor.
They remained awkwardly cordial to each other, yet never went overboard.
Kamilla Karthigesu on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Which, by the way, I TOTALLY would have done.
I would have been insufferable.
I mean, even more so than usual.
Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
But Kamilla and Kyle played it so cool.
It made me feelsooooooogood about making Kamilla myepisode 1 pick to win it all.
But to that I say, au contraire mon frere!
David Kinne on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
feel comfortable enough to load up on one person and not use Thomas Steal-a-Vote.
It would be absolutely epic.
Plus, the players had to have a pretty good idea the swap was coming anyway.
Saiounia “Sai” Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Love the commitment to the bit.
(Probably could have helped me with this weeks headline.
Not my best.)
Kyle Fraser on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Guess which one then went on to win the immunity challenge and which one came in last place.
I was so invested in their father-daughter island alliance.
The two bonded over… jet skis?
Mitch Guerra on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Wait, that cant be right.
One of the two.
But is that insta-alliance enough to protect Eva?
Thomas Krottinger on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I also dont know how her move to sell Star out will play with the others.
Often, throwing a former tribe mate that quickly under the bus can backfire in a big way.
Although David was doing the same thing to Charity, so who knows?
By the way, can we talk about Davids girlfriend catching more out here in Fiji?
Also, how can someone not like water????
Or at least turned down the three of them working together.
That shelter was hilariously pathetic.
And, of course, no food, no fire, no amenities, no nothing.
They do have the super pretty beach though!
But still… dumpsville.
It also could have complicated the vote and moved it off idol-playing Kyle and onto her.
Maybe she was just too distracted by how dumpy her new digs were to think straight on that one.
In the rehearsal, the bags had been spun around the top beam several times so they were unreachable.
I have no idea why they got rid of that element.
The second change may seem tiny, but was actually more significant.
So often you would land a bag… and it would then slide right off.
So Probst stopped the challenge.
And wouldnt you know it, people started landing their bags.
WhatIwill remember is Kamilla hilariously perched on Shauhins shoulders because she was too short to see the puzzle pieces.
The duo looked like they were geared up for some middle-school pool party face-off.
Either that or they were trying out their latest Halloween costume concept as Vincent Adultman.
It didnt help, of course.
And the cursed Vula tribe was heading back to Tribal Council.
Not because it is an invasion of privacy.
Literally, couldnt care less about that.
That said, if youre gonna search the bag, SEARCH THE WHOLE BAG!
And you have to wonder how that Tribal plays out differently if he finds the damn thing.
You have to assume the Lagi boys steal a Civa vote and split 2-2 on Kyle and Kamilla.
Which would have been a lot less dramatic.
Which is why bag searches should be illegal!
Or at least done by people who are very bad at searching.
Him telling Shauhin to intentionally lose Stars Beware Advantage was positively diabolical… and I loved it.
That was the cherry on top of Thomas despair sundae.
