On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 6:44:16 PM UTC-8, Brian Smith wrote:
> This episode could have played out so differently than it did. In the end what happened is exactly what we were told would happen at the start of the episode.
It must have been a tough episode to edit because, as Tiffany said, the dominant voting block "played a safe game" and stuck to their plan of
eliminating the remnants of the former yellow tribe one by one. There were some red herrings tossed into the edit such as the advantage
hidden beneath the "sit-out bench", the "vote for Heather nonsense", and alleged friction between Mafia Pastor and some of the men in her voting
block. However, it was clear from the very beginning of the episode that either Evvie, Xander, or Tifanny would be going to Ponderosa. However, they
made a huge mistake by not voting together. For the record:
-Xander got two votes (Danny and Naseer)
-Tiff got six votes (Deshawn, Erika, Heather, Liana, MP, Ricard)
-Heather got two votes (Evvie, Tiff)
-Naseer got one vote (Xander)
If Evvie, Xander, and Tiff had all put their votes on either Naseer or Heather, and Xander had given his necklace to Tiff, things would have become a lot
more interesting. Xander could have also played his extra vote which would have put four on their target. So, although it was a pretty predictable vote,
it didn't have to be if everybody had been playing hard until the very end.
> * IC was the challenge where you need to balance on your toes while holding up a block with your head. Three people were out within seconds and the comp was over in under four minutes. Evvie outlasted Heather to win II.
Props to Evvie and Heather. They were the last people (with the exception of Deshawn) who I expected to see still standing at the end.
> * TC was another mess. They were already to vote after Jeff very slowly said "It's...Now...Time...To...Vote" but Heather asked if they could whisper. She tried to switch the target to Naseer.
What was that all about? I realize that it was included in the edit in order to place doubt in the minds of the viewers, but what was Heather thinking? Especially
when she ended up voting for Tiffany. It's possible that she had been told to vote for Xander, and, for whatever reason, didn't want to. But to draw that amount
of attention to herself at TC was nuts.