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There is no doubt Sandra is a villain, but I love watching her play.

She is really quite good at maneuvering in this game.

You gotta give her that.

She never panics, even when her back is fully up against the wall.

The coffee and sugar setup was genius.

But I did have a lot of friends emailing me saying, I hate the queen!

Thats the mark of a great villain.

Sandra played aggressively, but I think you have to this season.

Everybody is playing hard.

Much harder than any other season and were still early on!

Got a super geeky technical question for you.

Its really form follows function.

And in this case, integrity was the function.

Well combine these two things into one item.

We should bring it back.

That led to a joke that, We need to get Cochran back too!

And that led to Exile Island becoming a positive and not a negative.

Doing it on a badass boat with a giant food reward and then a surprise Cochran.

And then we said, What if Cochran delivers some kind of an advantage menu to the exiled person?

It honestly came out that fast.

Then we had to call Cochran to see if he would do it.

He was really enthusiastic but there was a catch.

So Cochran literally flew out of New York in the early morning.

He arrived in Los Angeles and took the midnight flight to Fiji.

Then he was put on a boat and sent out to surprise Debbie.

He had no time to even think.

He was with her for about an hour 22 minutes of which was spent on the hug.

He then interviewed Debbie about her game play and they dealt with the advantage menu.

(Side note: Cochran is a great interviewer/producer.

He really did an amazing job of getting what we needed.

He could definitely produce onSurvivor.)

Even crazier, he then went straight to the writers room and started working.

The extra vote is really tricky to use.

For that reason, Im out.

The challenge advantage is enticing but it doesnt guarantee that Ill win.

For that reason, Im out.

But the fake idol is so much fun and offers so many ways to use it.

I would absolutely use it to sabotage someone… like David did with Jay.

Plus, this was a killer kit.

It would have looked exactly like an idol.

I was shocked and a bit bummed Debbie didnt take it.

The huge threats keep on falling.

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