Adam tries to win Taylor back in a very twisted way
Whooooooaaaaaa, whats up, Bros and Bettys?
Like, its totally me, Taylor!
Or you’re free to call me Tales.
Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS Entertainment
Hey, man, Im not a writer, Im a liver.
Or someone said that, at least.
But life has been seriously less than chill ever since my girl Figgs got a one-way ticket to Bummertown.
Like, who am I supposed to mouth, You are hot to over and over now?
Anyway, I totally watched this weeksSurvivor, and at first I was all Yuh!
And then I was all Ooooooooo.
Than I was all Yuh!
But in the end, it was, like, Oooooooo.Survivoris deep, man.
Makes my head hurt.
So, like, Dalton told me his recaps come in around 3,000 words.
So I guess I have to talk more about, like, my thoughts and stuff.
Soooooo, like, hidden immunity idols!
Wow, man, theres just, like, so much stuff.
Things are more… moderner than before.
Bigger, and yet… smaller.
Uhhhhhh… SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!!!
Okay, that about enough of that.
Id like to formally apologize for the above.
So youre stuck with me for another week.
Two became three, and then three became one as the tribes merged.
(You think he regrets that move now?)
It must be nice to feel proud of yourself.
Everyone, it seemed, had cause for optimism, which is something you dont usually see.
Oh, and by the way, in case you were wondering, Vinaka means thank you.
Speaking of which, FUN FACT ALERT!
We had our EW PopFest convention the other week out in Los Angeles.
Well, one of the others was Phillip The Specialist Sheppard.
He thought I was a fan, which I guess in certain respects is on the money enough.
Instead, it was a brand new advantage in the game: a reward steal.
Basically, Adam just gained the power to steal a reward after it has been won by someone else.
(Which would make this the perfect time to bring back theSurvivorcar reward, I might add!)
Okay, folks, how do we feel about this new wrinkle in the game?
Pilfering someones reward after they earned it is definitely not the way to do that.
Which is why it is aperfectthing to introduce into the game.
If nobody uses it, no big deal.
Its as if it never existed.
The point is, theres nothing to dislike about this twist.
It does not give any one person too much power.
There is no pressure to use it.
A smart little addition by the producers.
Then he goes and starts stealing food in the middle of the night.
I guess thats actually not that infuriating.
Stealing food is a calculated risk in the game.
If it works and nobody notices (#CoconutBandits), then good for you.
So I dont mind Taylor stealing food.
But whatwasinfuriating was Taylors explanation later on when he was called out for it at Tribal Council.
while having no self-awareness whatsoever.
But Taylor is not Daniel Day Lewis.
Im not even sure Taylor knows who Daniel Day Lewis is.
Nor do I want to focus on Hannah telling Jeff Probst that she wants to eat him.
(And trust me, I have a good 4,000 words on that in me, if you want.
We could easily shift from column A to column B in a heartbeat.)
No, what I want to focus on is this: Adam.
Well done, Adam.
In the interest of building trust, Adam also decided to tell Taylor about his new reward-steal advantage.
Im totally fine with that as well.
If Taylor squeals about it, so what?
Its a low stakes calculated risk.
If that blows up in Adams face, no biggie.
But then Adam did something else.
And this is where Adam went one step too far.
He miscalculated, pure and simple.
Taylor may be easy to manipulate, but not right after you voted his girlfriend out of the game!
I really like Adam, but he overstepped here.
And he knew it too, saying as much later in the episode.
Adams lucky this misstep didnt come back to bite him in the butt.
Ah, it was an old classicSurvivorchallenge, but with a new wrinkle.
But something else was different.
This is one of those challenges that looks so simple but is a stealth ass-kicker.
Go ahead, hold your hands up in the air.
Thats why what Jessica and Will endured was so impressive.
Each went over 90 minutes in that position, until Jessica finally faltered.
Seriously impressive work by both of them.
I naturally assumed the challenge was his once that came out of his mouth.
Anyway, after the challenge, everything went haywire.
Adam also wanted Adam to stay go figure!
But dont count Kappa Kappa Survivor completely out.
Weve certainly seen weirder things before.
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