Survivor: Gabon (Season 16)

[Pburgh]

Great episode. Bye Bye Crystal. Could Kenny be next?

[gtalum]

Kenny's almost certainly next. He shouldn't have flipped last week. Sugar has turned out to be a strategic genius. She's not the empty-headed one she pretends to be.

[Miss Mary]

Sugar's strategy is a surprise. Who knew? Kenny shouldn't have written Matty's name down. If he had remained loyal to his agreements/alliance he'd be in good shape right now.

I'd be happy if Bob won though. He's playing an excellent game.

Something about Bob's quiet determination reminds me of Tom Westman, winner of Palau. Perhaps it's the way Bob interacts with younger players or shows them respect, whatever it is, he's following in Tom's footsteps, quite well (not exactly easy on the eyes though, Karan - LOL!).......but I do respect the way Bob has played the game.

At this point if Bob doesn't win, I'm hoping Sugar does.

I was pulling for Kenny, until he flipped. He shouldn't have done that - I agree gtalum.

I don't think this is necessary, but if not - reminder, Survivor concludes on Sunday, @ 8 p.m. Two hour finale followed by a 1 hour reunion. It will be nice to see meat on Kenny again - that boy needs food! Did you see how thin he was? Yikes!

[Miss Mary]

FYI - Survivor started late, so adjust your recording times if possible. About 10 minutes. We're going to record the 11 pm news so we get all of the Survivor reunion. Although truth be told, I'm hoping to stay awake for all 3 hours!

But just know Survivor started late tonight.....

[Miss Mary]

*Edit* - Survivor started about 30 minutes late now.......

[tomboudreau]

With Bob winning that fire challenge, I'm going to predict that Bob wins all votes in the final vote. You could see the look in Susie's eyes, almost saying oh sh*t...and Sugar showed all emotion during the final vote. The only one that might not vote for Bob will be Crystal, but I think that he wins either 7-0-0 or 6 and split that one vote to the other two.

[Brent]

Susie almost won. About gave me a heart attack.

Meh. The best part was the bitter jury, particularly Corinne and Randy.

Kenny really needs to STFU about the stupid Bob/Idol thing,

[tomboudreau]

Wow. That was a lot closer then I thought it was going to be.

[Miss Mary]

This was the first Survivor season I've watched "live" (starting watching All-Stars but caught up on previous seasons that were released on DVD) that I didn't have a clear favorite. The entire season! Strange I know but a handful of players became my faves - Marcus, Charlie, Kenny but later in the game Bob grabbed my attention. I really thought he was a goner early on but he hung on and won so many individual immunities or dominated in challenges. It was remarkable how he played the game. In the end Bob's "under the radar" approach was similar to Susie's "strategy" (I use that term loosely with her because IMHO, Susie didn't have a strategy). Both were background players, steady, hard workers, nice to others but one by one the dominant players were voted out. So as a viewer I began to pay close attention to Bob's game plan. And I admired it! Who wouldn't like Bob? If you don't like Bob, you have a problem.......I am proud he won the game. I do think Sugar just basically gave Bob the game though, she could have received a few votes, not all but when given the chance to seriously plead her case to the jury, she didn't. She basically, I thought, said to all sitting there - vote for this man sitting next to me. Why? Who knows why...possibly paying homage to her late father. Sugar's a hard one to figure out. But at least she is nice. Corrine - OMG! What a major biotch......I personally love it when Jeff can't let it go when a player is just so incredibly nasty. God Bless Jeff Probst! Thanks Jeff for nailing Corrine to the wall. LOL! But Randy's past was a surprise. So my question is this - if he is so comfortable not having human relationships in his life but at one did, what the heck happened to him that has made him so bitter?

All in all, good season. I wanted an Ozzy type player to emerge but one didn't. I wanted to really, really like one specific player. But that didn't happen either. In the end, the most deserving player won, IMHO!

Congrats Bob!

I'm usually not a vengeful person but if Corrine has a rocky road for a while, that wouldn't make me unhappy!

[JonathanBelles]

My dad "Toca and Cheese" Why would they want to go there? I was far too busy to watch this season, but I hope to watch the next.

[Jinkers]

I'm glad Bob won, he was better than Susie or Sugar, tho I was kinda rooting for Mattie

[Miss Mary]

Several episodes ago I was rooting for Kenny. But when he flipped I began to look more closely at Mattie too. He was playing a good game as well.

It's just hard when the winner is not as exciting isn't it? I had to laugh when Bob wasn't as quick with an answer as Jeff wanted him to be and Jeff gave it instead. That's about how I felt about Bob too - you wanted to shake him silly and say - hey, you just won! LOL Maybe he was in shock. He shouldn't have been. Sugar threw any chance she had of winning away but giving such silly answers to the jury. Susie rode coat tails the entire way. Bob did deserve the win sitting next to those two. He just seemed as if he was in a daze!