Now theyre stuck together.
And together theyre…Cops R Us!
Will Tony say Auf Wiedersehen when Sarah tries to turn the duos living room into a fashion show runway?
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And what happens when Tony tries to turn their apartments only bathtub into a spy bunker?
Critics are going wild overCops R Us!
Tonys a boss, dude!applauds Robert Mariano.
They wont let me vote the way I want, raves Benjamin Driebergen.
Have you seen my toothpick?
And the laughs just keep on coming!
I mean, Im kidding, of course.
But I also would totally watch it.
Sarah yelled at Tony and told us Im absolutely infuriated with him.
Im playing the game too.
I’m not exactly sure why that dynamic is so hilarious, but it just is.
Thats the appeal of the Tony-Sarah dynamic.
You see the genuine affection the two have for each other.
But I also know theres no one she cares more about either.
And I likewise have no doubt that Tony feels very strongly about Sarah.
But THE DUDE SIMPLY CANNOT HELP HIMSELF!
Honestly, how could they not be?
Okay, lets hit on the other highlights of the week.
Speaking of Birds and Nests…
If you cant beat em, join em.
Perhaps afraid he might be pooped on again if stuck on land, Tony Vlachos took to the skies!
Take a look atlast weekswater well conversation between Jeremy, Kim, and Denise as an example.
Kim and Denise told Jeremy they were all good to get Ben out.
But they were lying.
Similarly, Ben told Kim and Co this week that he was good to split up Sarah and Tony.
The first six to do so would earn two Fire Tokens each for the efforts.
Super impressive showing from someone who performed well in challenges all season long.
Thats what makes the game so good, is that its so hard.
Was that a shot at Sandra, who raised the sail?
I dont think explicitly so, but its fair to wonder.
Ben There, Done That
Ben was part of many underrated gem moments this week.
Obviously, the scene where Tony got pooped on.
I mean, thats not underrated.
We all love watching someone get pooped on, so that ones probably just rated.
The thing is, I get it!
The best course of action is always to keep an idol secret.
Ben has proved to be a master at finding idols.
He found another one here and his instinct kicked in to pocket the sucker as quickly as possible.
Only I dont think Im strong enough to pick Tony up and run at a full sprint.
(Is it terrible that I kind of wanted them to wipe out a little?
Okay, a lot.)
Once again, there were separate immunities being handed out to the male and female winner.
Which is what makes what happened so curious.
On the womens side, it eventually came down to Denise, Kim, and Michele.
While on the mens side, it was just Nick versus Tony.
Upon seeing all that sugar, Kim, Michele, and Nick all stepped off for the food.
Kim and Michele did not have a 1 in 10 chance of winning when they took the food.
They had 1 in 3 33.33 percent.
Nick had a 50 percent chance of winning.
I mean, at least he got a Fire Token out of Tony for it, but still!
And the eventual result of Kims ouster shows you exactly why.
The jurys reaction also shows you why you never want to take food over competition.
These are the people voting on the $2 million prize!
Parvatis equal parts confused and exasperated Kim, why?
Look, I have the utmost respect for Kim.
That is pretty obvious by the fact that I named herOne Worldvictory as themost dominant single-season performance ever.
And the second she stopped fighting, she got snuffed.
I bet that decision is still haunting Kim to this day.
And that wasbeforeshe got voted out.
The only thing that could disrupt it was an idol or advantage.
So once votes started changing at Tribal, it was amazing!
The players had leveled up into a new stage of competition.
The producers constantly have to tweak formats or twists to stay a step ahead of the players.
Thats what needs to happen here with the live Tribals.
Players have essentially been given a stack of get-out-of-jail-free cards.
And while that was fun and new for a few seasons, the thrill is now gone.
Can you put the genie back in the bottle, though?
Thats really the question.
Maybe they can sneak something by, maybe they cant.
But at least make themworkfor it.
Think of it like a middle-school classroom.
Before it was all said and done, Tony and Jeremy had big decisions to make.
(Smart move!)
Then Jeremy had to decide whether to use the 50/50 advantage Michele had given him.
Jeremy also opted against activating the coin flip, even while Michele encouraged him to use it.
Im sure Michele will take some heat for (temporarily) giving that up.
I dont have a huge problem with it.
First off, its kind of a lame advantage to begin with.
(Let’s hope he’s right.)
And if were keeping score, yes, Tony Vlahos once again completely flipped the vote.
When the consensus was Jeremy last week, he flipped it to Sophie.
When the plan was Jeremy again this week, he changed it to Kim.
To bend a group ofSurvivorlegends to his will two votes in a row thats impressive.
And nothing to poop on.
Okay, heres the bad news.
We only have two weeks ofSurvivorleft, potentially for the entire year.
To get you primed, check that to watch our exclusive deleted scene from the episode above.
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