Looking all the way back to the Why ___ Lost preview podcast, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis worried about ___ trying to be too much of a project manager in Survivor… and there she was. ___ doesn’t think her bossiness sent her home – is she right? Were other factors even more important than the way she treated Sam and others? David and Jessica take a look at both sides of the bickering and strategizing to sort it all out. Because at RHAP, we know Survivor, and we know Why ___ Lost.[00:00:00] If you lost Survivor and you're feeling down David and Jessica will turn it around
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[00:00:32] Welcome back to the Survivor edition of Why Blank Lost
[00:00:36] I'm David Bloomberg and joining me as always is the we for my me Jessica Lewis
[00:00:44] I'm the we for you me and you know what you are the we for my me as well so this is so lovely to have us here today
[00:00:51] Just the two of us what do you think of that?
[00:00:54] I know this is the first time I realized the first time this season that it's just us two
[00:00:58] I know it's a little crazy right?
[00:01:01] I know we we never used to have guests and then we started having guests and then we had more guests and it's lots of fun
[00:01:06] Everyone right wants to be on why blank lost so but this week was much different week because someone's been busy
[00:01:14] Yes, yes, I've been a little bit busy, uh, and uh, you know, I I
[00:01:20] I appreciate the Survivor players helping me out
[00:01:24] Uh, by making things a little easier for me this week, uh, in terms of pulling together notes considering that we had my son's wedding going on in the middle of all this
[00:01:36] Yes, uh, so
[00:01:38] And when I say they made it easier for me what I mean is that
[00:01:42] What I predicted last week?
[00:01:46] Oh
[00:01:46] Was
[00:01:46] There has just been so much buildup regarding sam and sierra and andy that it feels like it has to go somewhere
[00:01:54] I've been worried that sierra making more of an effort to stick with rachel and annika
[00:01:58] As a so-called fake alliance could end up leading to her making that her real alliance, but she and sam really do seem solid
[00:02:06] So i'm going to say they stick together and along with andy line side annika
[00:02:11] I love that you are reading
[00:02:14] Your own self as a quote. Yes
[00:02:18] This is what david bloomberg said in case y'all missed it
[00:02:22] Remember I knew you were gonna go there. I was gonna give you
[00:02:25] But of course you're just like look at me. I was right. Yes. I mean you were right david bloomberg
[00:02:30] You were you did give me the shirt that i'm wearing
[00:02:32] I I know
[00:02:34] You know, it says I for those of you on audio says I may be wrong
[00:02:38] But it's highly unlikely and I should have just listened but we all know jessica is very bad at prediction
[00:02:44] So but at least my other choice was andy or at least my choice was andy
[00:02:49] So who was the other option for the episode?
[00:02:53] But unfortunately, I I have a theory and we'll discuss it as we move along as to what is happening with survivor because I do think that there is
[00:03:02] Hmm something of a trend that we see occurring here. Okay
[00:03:07] So but we'll get there. Yes. Yes in the meantime, you know, I want to say I appreciate seeing annika's very real reaction
[00:03:16] Oh my word. Yes, you know, it's it's great when players can take it all in fun as part of the game
[00:03:21] But we have to remember how
[00:03:25] Socially involved this game can be and players are losing out on their chance for a million dollars
[00:03:30] After they were stabbed in the back by people they thought were their friends
[00:03:34] Yes, and I I do really enjoy those moments that are so shocking
[00:03:40] I mean the look on her face was incredible
[00:03:44] She clearly had
[00:03:46] No idea which props to everyone who managed to pull off the blind side because it really truly was a blind side
[00:03:53] And I also am appreciating the fact that
[00:03:55] The people who are being voted out are calling out the people who are still there who have actually voted them out
[00:04:03] I I really am enjoying that. It's not all this like oh good job. You got me guys
[00:04:08] It's more like a who was that who wants to claim which I do love the little hand raise. That was good. Yes, that was very good
[00:04:17] Yeah
[00:04:18] Good stuff. Yeah, yeah
[00:04:20] I seem to remember someone else getting emotional when they drew a rock well and before they drew a rock for that matter, but you know
[00:04:29] Listen and it was real. I mean it was all real, you know
[00:04:33] That's that is 100% real emotion because guess what I just lost a million dollars because of a damn rock
[00:04:40] Yeah, I know I chose to pick a rock
[00:04:43] I picked the wrong rock anyway
[00:04:45] Yes, yes, let's move on to on I guess
[00:04:47] Yes, yes because you know, of course no matter how a player reacts we always follow the same path
[00:04:53] Uh in in this podcast comparing annika's game to my rules for winning that originally wrote way back after season one and have been updating ever since
[00:05:01] Using all the non spoiler information available to us from what we saw on tv
[00:05:06] Interviews social media and secret scenes
[00:05:08] Uh the newest version of the rule can of course be found on our website by going to rob his website dot com slash yx lost feed and clicking on the link bubble for the survivor rules
[00:05:17] Mm-hmm
[00:05:18] Now before we address how annika did in terms of those rules, we always have some other things to discuss from the episode
[00:05:25] I want to focus on one in particular this time
[00:05:28] Um, and that would be rome
[00:05:30] Uh
[00:05:33] My boy rome
[00:05:34] Yes, uh, you know, he
[00:05:36] Was obviously upset that he had been a target before
[00:05:41] Uh genevieve flipped it on uh, kishan last week
[00:05:45] Mm-hmm
[00:05:45] Now first rome, you know got back from tribal council was very upset with teeny
[00:05:51] And I just don't think that's terribly fair given the teeny didn't even have a vote
[00:05:56] You know, so looking at it from my perspective
[00:06:01] There was no circumstance in which teeny should have stuck their neck out to tell rome
[00:06:09] That teeny's number one ally had turned on rome
[00:06:14] I mean, you know when when again tini didn't even have a vote
[00:06:17] And not to mention
[00:06:19] But she did mention that to him though
[00:06:20] She reminded him that she didn't have a vote
[00:06:22] So she's like what what ability do I have to negotiate?
[00:06:26] Right
[00:06:26] But rome still was upset, you know and saying things like well, you could have told me anyway
[00:06:33] And yes, that's why I think there's no way
[00:06:35] Um, you know and not to mention that as we discussed last week teeny kishan and genevieve had talked about going after rome before
[00:06:41] So teeny thought everyone was on board
[00:06:45] Yeah, but I I think that this was a smart move for teeny because you have a player like rome who is very emotional
[00:06:52] And is someone who?
[00:06:55] Kind of has knee-jerk reactions to things based upon those emotions
[00:06:59] And so if she doesn't try to jump in and keep that contained
[00:07:04] Even if she shouldn't have I think for her game that was the smartest move to make with rome
[00:07:10] To keep rome on her good side
[00:07:13] Yeah, i i'm not saying
[00:07:15] You know that teeny should have responded any differently to rome
[00:07:19] Than was done in this episode
[00:07:22] I'm saying you know rome was upset saying you should have come to me and told me about kishan's plan
[00:07:26] And no, yeah, there was under no circumstance
[00:07:30] Shatini have come to him ahead of time
[00:07:32] Well, and I and I can understand that as well
[00:07:35] But I also do think and i'm not not necessarily defending rome because he is my winner pick
[00:07:41] But I will say that he was my rock winner pick right over here
[00:07:45] uh that
[00:07:47] Again, this is a game of survivor and we just commented how we appreciate the genuine reactions that people have when they get voted out
[00:07:54] So I think that there is also a very genuine reaction to when you see your own name
[00:08:00] Yeah, and you're like oh
[00:08:02] Crap like this is real and it can be very frustrating and depending on
[00:08:06] The circumstances you might want to react one way you might want to react another
[00:08:11] And you have to kind of read the room now is rome reading the room?
[00:08:15] I don't know because he seems to kind of read his own room all the time
[00:08:19] Um, so he's probably missing some things but at the same time I can understand him also having an emotional response to learning that he was kind of the other option or the other plan
[00:08:30] So I I can understand him having that type of reaction to that
[00:08:35] Yeah, and then unfortunately, uh, you know, I think he went a little further by deciding
[00:08:41] In that state that he was in to spill every tribal secret to saul
[00:08:47] Um, listen, yeah, you know, and then this caused saul to be to completely reevaluate what he believed he knew about the tribe
[00:08:55] So he was in the dark rome
[00:08:57] Shined the light on him
[00:08:59] Um, and I you know, I suppose from that standpoint saul was lucky
[00:09:03] He found out
[00:09:05] When rome told him rather than finding out by getting blindsided to the tribal council
[00:09:10] Sure
[00:09:11] And you know, but rome was not so lucky because saul then immediately turned around and told genevieve everything
[00:09:18] so
[00:09:19] now
[00:09:21] She believes rome turned on her
[00:09:23] And rome's closest ally may have just become his enemy
[00:09:27] Listen, this is another trend trend number two. I haven't even talked about the first one yet
[00:09:33] So you're going out of order in your choice
[00:09:35] I am going out of order because I have to
[00:09:38] What is happening with everybody telling everybody everything this entire episode this entire season?
[00:09:45] I'm about to
[00:09:47] Lose my mind. I I don't get it. There are no secrets. It's like, oh, there's a new person
[00:09:53] Let me tell the new person everything and then they're like, oh, there's a new person over there
[00:09:57] Let me tell that person everything and who cares who's sitting near me and who might actually hear me spilling beans about
[00:10:02] Everyone on my tribe what is happening?
[00:10:06] Yeah, and you know, I said I wanted to focus on this but of course that applied to tiana
[00:10:10] Being that, you know, gabe being the only person from their tribe who wasn't there and tiana just spilled just throws gabe under the bus
[00:10:19] Everything everything like I mean, she had to know someone was gonna tell him
[00:10:24] I'm just i'm so stunned that like that's you know, the survivor telephone was mentioned by
[00:10:30] Annika, but it's not the survivor telephone necessarily
[00:10:33] It's what do you expect is going to happen? You are
[00:10:36] You are literally throwing your own people under the bus to people that you've known now for five minutes because you got to eat a terrible looking hot dog with them
[00:10:45] And then suddenly you're like, oh, let me tell you all the tea and they're doing it on every journey
[00:10:51] It's the same thing all the tea and and people are wondering why like annika talked about it in her exit
[00:10:57] interviews where
[00:10:59] She went on a journey and she was asked about sam and sierra and she's like, maybe I shouldn't have said anything
[00:11:05] You think I mean, it's like come on and I come on do it. Do it your official way
[00:11:10] You think yeah
[00:11:16] So i'm just i'm shocked i'm shocked that there is this idea that
[00:11:21] There will be no ramifications for this honesty that everybody feels like they need to have stop it
[00:11:28] Knock it off. It's survivor. You're supposed to lie. You're supposed to not tell people everything
[00:11:32] And that's okay. Like people don't expect you to
[00:11:36] Come with all of the goods give them a little bit if you want
[00:11:39] But you don't have to give them everything going back to saul telling everything to genevieve. I do wonder
[00:11:46] If it was because he was hearing it from rome
[00:11:50] They obviously did not have a good relationship before and it was more like i'm just gonna bounce this off of genevieve and see what her reaction is
[00:11:59] And I feel like the saul conversation with genevieve was different than like the journey conversations or the the hot dog reward
[00:12:08] conversations because saul is I think checking in because saul has been left out of so much and hasn't been involved and rome has
[00:12:16] Been a bit of a jerk to him on a lot of occasions. So now all of a sudden rome wants to come to him and say hey, by the way
[00:12:23] I'm gonna fill you in on everything
[00:12:24] I can understand him fact checking that because of the position that he's in that makes more sense
[00:12:30] But a lot of these other things just don't make any sense at all like rome didn't have to go to saul and tell saul everything
[00:12:35] And like the people at the rewards don't have to tell everybody everything
[00:12:40] There is there is a choice that you need to make in regards to what information do you share because we've talked about this a lot
[00:12:47] To like knowledge is power and survivor, right?
[00:12:49] The more that you know
[00:12:51] That can allow you to negotiate it can allow you to manipulate people
[00:12:55] It can allow you to kind of feed little seeds of information
[00:12:59] And just kind of let things fester and see what happens
[00:13:02] But to just be throwing up all over everybody with everything
[00:13:06] You lose all ability to
[00:13:09] Manage the information that you need to manage and to use it to your benefit because everybody knows it's all it's all been aired
[00:13:16] Yeah, yeah
[00:13:19] All right. Well besides that was trend two
[00:13:21] So is trend one going to come in the rules or do you want to talk about it before the rules?
[00:13:26] I guess I could talk about it now, but
[00:13:29] Am I gonna get mad at you for jumping into the rules ahead of time?
[00:13:34] No, I see I because i'm not really sure where this necessarily falls and like I have to be very
[00:13:39] Because now i'm like, oh god, maybe it has fit somewhere
[00:13:42] I'm i'm struggling with where it would actually fit
[00:13:46] Okay, because it it goes back to the the choices here between andy and annika
[00:13:51] Probably appendix a then
[00:13:52] Okay, all right. See so I I went there first. I'll wait. I will wait
[00:13:57] You kept your toe in the water a shark came up and took a snap at you and you were like, okay
[00:14:01] Yeah, he was named david bloomberg
[00:14:03] So yes, I will wait I will wait for trend one then
[00:14:09] Okay, all right. Well, uh, there were of course other things going on and I
[00:14:14] Even in the middle of wedding weekend, I put some of them up on my youtube shorts at david bloomberg tv
[00:14:20] Um and more will be coming
[00:14:21] Uh, but before we get to how annika did
[00:14:25] We want to mention that the rules we're about to discuss
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[00:15:15] Well going back all the way to our preview podcast
[00:15:22] We worried about annika
[00:15:24] project managering
[00:15:26] in survivor
[00:15:29] And there she was
[00:15:31] Um
[00:15:33] Annika, however, told dalton ross that she didn't think her bossiness or taking on the leadership role
[00:15:37] Is what sent her home and that's not why sam was gunning for her
[00:15:41] She right
[00:15:42] Were there other factors that were even more important than the way she treated sam and others?
[00:15:48] Let's dig into everything and sort it all out because at rhap
[00:15:51] We know survivor and we know why annika lost
[00:15:55] Right
[00:15:57] The first and most important rule is of course the scheme and plot and it definitely seemed like annika understood this
[00:16:03] According to her interviews in her mind
[00:16:05] She had been in a core four alliance with rachel sam and sierra since day one
[00:16:10] Though she and rachel as a duo also found themselves in the middle between sam and sierra on one side and john and andy on the other
[00:16:17] Now after andy had his moment in and after that first immunity challenge and then john was apparently being too sneaky for them
[00:16:25] It pushed them towards the sam and sierra side as those two kept reassuring them
[00:16:32] Then this continued as she talked about sierra pushing the women's alliance as well
[00:16:37] While
[00:16:39] Sam
[00:16:39] Spoke openly about how
[00:16:42] Annoying andy was
[00:16:44] All of this combined to make her feel so secure
[00:16:47] That she said in confessional after they got back from losing this immunity challenge
[00:16:51] That she wasn't worried that she lost her vote because quote
[00:16:55] I know where my alliances lie
[00:16:57] And
[00:16:58] She was sure andy was going
[00:17:01] And that certainly extended into tribal council
[00:17:05] Where we saw as we mentioned her very real and raw reaction to being voted out
[00:17:10] Which was basically her entire world falling apart out from under her because
[00:17:15] Everything she believed she knew turned out to be wrong
[00:17:19] Yes and this is you have to attribute all of that work to everyone else who was on the tribe
[00:17:26] And I don't want to give as much credit to andy as andy wanted to give himself in this whole
[00:17:31] Sorry andy I agree
[00:17:32] It's like this was
[00:17:35] Sierra and sam really working their magic
[00:17:39] Mostly I think sierra because she was the one who was really kind of bouncing between
[00:17:44] The two the most and having to make a decision
[00:17:49] So as as much as andy wanted to
[00:17:52] Dance on her grave or whatever it was that he said
[00:17:55] Dig her grave
[00:17:57] Big her grave
[00:17:57] Sorry andy yeah that
[00:17:59] You were not the deciding factor here
[00:18:02] I have to admit that entire segment
[00:18:06] Still confuses me a bit like what
[00:18:09] They were trying to show us because
[00:18:11] From what we knew
[00:18:14] I mean unless it was the the editors trying to say andy's a mastermind which andy's a very smart guy don't get me wrong
[00:18:21] But this was all set up without him
[00:18:23] Yes
[00:18:24] Did it did it make rachel and annika feel even more secure?
[00:18:29] Yes, it did because they believed they had pulled a fast one on andy
[00:18:34] Right
[00:18:35] So maybe the whole scene was set up to make annika's fall
[00:18:41] That much more
[00:18:43] Dramatic
[00:18:44] And that's possible
[00:18:45] She thought she was pulling a fast one on andy
[00:18:48] But in fact andy and company were pulling a fast one on her
[00:18:51] Yeah, but if it was meant to show that andy was
[00:18:55] Masterminding this whole thing. No, it didn't show that not at all
[00:18:58] No, it really didn't and so I thought it was really quite
[00:19:01] Amusing that it because this this decision
[00:19:06] Really boiled down to so many pieces coming together and it wasn't just one person that was necessarily making it all happen
[00:19:14] Well andy said the three of us
[00:19:17] Yeah
[00:19:17] He wanted some credit
[00:19:19] He was like, there's three votes
[00:19:21] Yeah
[00:19:22] Sam's like, me
[00:19:23] Yeah
[00:19:23] Thank you
[00:19:25] Yeah, CR didn't say anything
[00:19:27] No
[00:19:27] Her
[00:19:28] Yeah
[00:19:28] She just sat there
[00:19:29] But anyway
[00:19:30] Yeah, and I mean really, you know, most of this is a case of annika being out strategized by sam and sear
[00:19:38] Yeah, um, but part of it falls back to annika herself because let's think about this players on other tribes were seeing how closely sam and sear were working together
[00:19:51] From the outside in just a few minutes of interaction
[00:19:56] Right
[00:19:57] But she and rachel didn't see it or believe it themselves
[00:20:01] It seemed like a situation where they were like too close to recognize what people on the outside saw
[00:20:07] And the fact that she told them about what those other players were saying
[00:20:13] Made sam and sear realized they needed to
[00:20:16] Do more to hide it within the tribe causing sierra to really appear to go all in with just the other two women
[00:20:24] Yeah, and i'm curious if this is also one of those situations where
[00:20:28] And this is something that annika spoke about in her exit press as well
[00:20:33] That she and rachel wanted to act like they were not as close as they were
[00:20:39] And then she said watching the show back. She was like my gosh. It was so apparent
[00:20:43] and so it's almost like
[00:20:44] You don't want to acknowledge the behavior that someone else is doing because then you would have to acknowledge your own behavior
[00:20:50] And so I don't oh no, sierra and sam are fine because they're not calling rachel and I out
[00:20:56] So we're just gonna let it all be and everyone can do their thing
[00:20:59] And i'm wondering if that's part of why that ended up happening
[00:21:03] Because if you start saying well sam and sierra look at you two
[00:21:07] They might start saying well look you and rachel
[00:21:10] And then you end up having a bit of a
[00:21:14] Power struggle if you will, but if nobody acknowledges it it's like
[00:21:18] No, it's not there right and no one says anything
[00:21:20] Yeah, and that does take us to the second rule which says not to scheme and plot too much and to keep your scheming secret because
[00:21:26] We know that there were duos on this tribe
[00:21:29] You know, there was sam and sierra who were told they were being too honest or too obvious and took actions to counter that idea
[00:21:36] And then there was of course anika and rachel who broke this rule because everybody definitely saw how tight they were
[00:21:44] And the fact that andy was going back and forth between the groups I think really also shows how well
[00:21:52] Obvious it was really because he knew who he needed to talk to because he knew who was working with who
[00:21:58] Right, right
[00:22:00] And yeah, I mean like you mentioned, you know anika told mike bloom
[00:22:04] That they tried not to make it so obvious
[00:22:07] But she said it's funny looking back now
[00:22:10] Uh, you know, I I think you mentioned we have the same hairdo in every single challenge
[00:22:14] Uh, we're doing puzzles together and so now, you know, she's telling herself. What were you thinking? It's so obvious
[00:22:20] Right, um
[00:22:22] But out there they thought they were pulling it off
[00:22:25] Uh, and so
[00:22:27] You know, I again
[00:22:29] I think it comes back to a matter of being out strategized or outplayed
[00:22:35] Both duos knew what they needed to do
[00:22:37] Both duos attempted to do it
[00:22:41] One duo succeeded
[00:22:42] Right
[00:22:43] You know, they were more convincing, especially
[00:22:47] You know, especially sierra when it comes to the other two women
[00:22:51] Uh, and you know, but then
[00:22:56] Anika and rachel were not convincing
[00:22:59] And you know, one thing we heard sam worry about was voting out andy and being the lone guy in a tribe with three women
[00:23:07] And you know, even beyond that it had to be clear to sierra as well that
[00:23:11] Even though she was a member of the breadwinners alliance
[00:23:14] She was the third wheel in that alliance
[00:23:16] Yes, yes very much in that and I think for someone like sierra to recognize that speaks to
[00:23:24] Her strategizing and the gameplay that she has because you don't want to be the third you want to be the second and if she's putting herself in a situation where she believes that she's going to be the third
[00:23:36] whereas
[00:23:37] But I I am curious though because sam and andy
[00:23:40] They seem to be very close to so sierra might be in a very tough spot
[00:23:46] She had to pick and I totally understand that I do think that she's closer to sam than she would have been to either annika or rachel
[00:23:53] So that will work to her benefit, but boy andy is
[00:24:00] He is digging in and sam is bringing him along. Yes. So
[00:24:04] Yeah, I don't know that sam is
[00:24:06] I would say close to andy. I think it's he's
[00:24:10] Keeping andy close to him. Yeah, that's what I mean. He's like he's like, oh, yes, andy you definitely because andy's a benefit to him
[00:24:17] Right and and I don't think he's someone that sam has to worry about
[00:24:22] I I really don't think that as long as he keeps andy happy and content
[00:24:27] Then andy will be a vote for him. Yes, I agree
[00:24:31] All right
[00:24:31] Well, the third rule tells players to be flexible and we talked about how locked in annika felt, uh with the other two women plus sam
[00:24:39] Uh, so how do you feel she was in terms of this rule?
[00:24:44] I think she
[00:24:45] It it went back and forth a little bit because I I do think that she was she tried
[00:24:51] With john in the very beginning and she wanted to try to have
[00:24:56] uh, the ability to work with john
[00:24:58] She realized very quickly that it was kind of three against one and so she knew okay. I can't do that
[00:25:02] So she was making determinations based upon what's going on in the space around her
[00:25:07] But I also do think that
[00:25:09] Some of the issues that she might have had was just the
[00:25:14] I guess the managerial component of it all where you know, she wanted to try to be in charge
[00:25:20] Even though she had told herself I shouldn't do that
[00:25:22] And I think that that certainly could have affected her ability in the game
[00:25:28] Because she wasn't willing to just kind of set that aside and let that be and I don't need to be in charge and I don't need to tell people what to do
[00:25:35] And I don't need to to feel like I have to run things and so I feel like game wise
[00:25:40] She was more willing
[00:25:42] to
[00:25:43] Be flexible with who she was working with and and try to make decisions based upon well
[00:25:48] This is where the numbers are but then at the same time
[00:25:51] There's the other component of it where you need to maybe switch some things up about yourself
[00:25:56] So that way you can maintain those relationships and some of it got a little bit rocky even though she says
[00:26:02] Behind the scenes it wasn't as bad as it appeared on the screen
[00:26:05] Yeah, i'll have some thoughts about that and a couple rules here
[00:26:08] um
[00:26:10] But yeah, as far as the you know the game side, you know the strategic side like you said, yeah
[00:26:15] I agree, you know
[00:26:17] She had a plan. She had a backup plan. She had the core four
[00:26:20] She had the breadwinners and she had rachel as her number one
[00:26:23] So in a theoretical scenario where things went according to what she thought was going on
[00:26:29] They would have voted out andy and then she would have been set no matter what happened after that
[00:26:34] Right. The problem was that her actions in that regard were a bit too obvious to sam
[00:26:40] You know, like like I mentioned in the second rule
[00:26:43] He didn't want to be the lone guy on the tribe and he knew where that was heading
[00:26:48] Mm-hmm. Sierra in all likelihood
[00:26:50] Although we didn't hear her voice it
[00:26:52] I I think she's definitely smart enough that she felt the same way about being an add-on to the annika and rachel duo
[00:27:00] Mm-hmm. Yes. Yeah
[00:27:02] Um, also
[00:27:04] Part of this rule is that you need to have your thumb on the pulse of what is going on in the tribe
[00:27:10] And clearly that was not the case for annika here
[00:27:13] But it is the case for sam and sierra
[00:27:16] And so once again, we have this recurring theme. They help later
[00:27:21] Yes
[00:27:22] Sorry annika
[00:27:25] Um getting to the fourth rule
[00:27:28] It tells players not to let their emotions control them now. I
[00:27:32] Can't think of any problems that annika had here
[00:27:35] You know, we we've been talking about her being outplayed, but I don't think it was
[00:27:39] Because she did anything from an emotional point of view
[00:27:43] No, I think she really did
[00:27:45] She was very game oriented and she was very focused on the game and I so I think overall she kept herself in
[00:27:53] Check until we got to this lovely tribal council
[00:27:56] But I totally understand that response
[00:28:00] Yeah
[00:28:01] All right. Well, then we can quickly skip along to the fifth rule here
[00:28:04] Which reminds players they need to pretend to be nice and play the social game
[00:28:09] We saw issues with annika and sam, uh, that you have already mentioned, uh, you know
[00:28:15] And it's clear from annika's interviews that
[00:28:18] Again, like you mentioned she viewed them in a very different light
[00:28:21] Um, now recall that back in our preview podcast
[00:28:24] We worried about her as I said in the intro portion project managing
[00:28:30] And
[00:28:30] There she was from the very beginning
[00:28:33] She thought that experience would help
[00:28:36] The experience being a project manager would help her in survivor because she's learned how to analyze different personality types
[00:28:42] And could tailor her communication styles to each one of them
[00:28:45] In our preview podcast here, i'm going to quote myself again
[00:28:48] I said
[00:28:51] That sounds like something that may work on paper, but not in real life
[00:28:55] We'll see
[00:28:55] Yeah
[00:28:56] Well, we saw
[00:28:57] And I have to say
[00:28:59] My shirt says it all
[00:29:03] My sign says it all
[00:29:04] I was right
[00:29:05] Uh, you know, even she even told mike bloom in her postgame interview
[00:29:10] That she knew not to do it
[00:29:12] Like you said, she just couldn't stop herself
[00:29:15] Yeah
[00:29:16] Quote, I told myself coming out here
[00:29:18] I've seen so many survivor seasons
[00:29:20] In which the leader is never really looked as someone who goes far in the game
[00:29:24] So I did want to make sure to pull it back a little bit
[00:29:27] And I also actively tried every single time I had an idea out there
[00:29:31] I was also physically doing it
[00:29:34] You'll see me moving the bamboo piece
[00:29:36] You'll see me tying the clothesline
[00:29:38] I want to be as active a participant
[00:29:40] Or as active as a participant as I am someone who's proposing ideas
[00:29:44] I think it's really hard at the end of the day
[00:29:47] When you're starving out there
[00:29:49] And when you want to sleep on a nice shelter
[00:29:51] And you want to feel as good as you can
[00:29:53] To sit back and say nothing
[00:29:54] Now
[00:29:56] I understand
[00:29:57] What she's trying to say
[00:29:59] In terms of
[00:29:59] Well, I wasn't
[00:30:01] You know
[00:30:02] It's not so bad
[00:30:03] Because I wasn't just being bossy
[00:30:05] I was getting in there and doing it too
[00:30:07] I was helping
[00:30:10] No, that doesn't help a lot
[00:30:11] In reality, it just does not help a lot
[00:30:13] It reminds me of my own previous boss
[00:30:17] Who thought that
[00:30:19] Because
[00:30:22] She worked 20 hours a day
[00:30:24] That showed that she wasn't just
[00:30:27] You know
[00:30:28] Being a terrible boss
[00:30:29] By insisting that other people
[00:30:31] Do all this stuff
[00:30:32] No, what it says is
[00:30:34] You need some work-life balance
[00:30:36] You know
[00:30:37] And
[00:30:37] And
[00:30:38] You know
[00:30:39] It does not help with your bossiness
[00:30:42] It does not help with your argumentativeness
[00:30:45] Yeah
[00:30:46] Just to say
[00:30:46] I'm doing it too
[00:30:47] Well, especially when
[00:30:49] As you're doing it
[00:30:50] You're saying things like
[00:30:51] Cut the clothesline here
[00:30:52] Here
[00:30:52] I'm holding it
[00:30:53] Here
[00:30:53] Cut it here
[00:30:54] Cut it this way
[00:30:55] Right
[00:30:55] Yeah
[00:30:55] Even though she was right about how to cut it
[00:30:57] But
[00:30:59] You know
[00:31:00] And
[00:31:01] You know
[00:31:01] So she also said
[00:31:02] I think honestly
[00:31:03] I personally would have been disappointed in myself
[00:31:05] If I just sat back in the moment
[00:31:07] I didn't feel
[00:31:08] That I was being bossy
[00:31:10] Or too controlling
[00:31:11] I don't think any of my actions
[00:31:13] Came off as too strong
[00:31:16] And I know
[00:31:17] I know
[00:31:18] We got an edited version
[00:31:20] But I'm sorry, Annika
[00:31:21] I just think you're wrong
[00:31:23] Well, and I do think that
[00:31:25] You know
[00:31:25] This is something that we've talked about a lot as well
[00:31:27] Is that sometimes you have to keep
[00:31:29] Parts of yourself in the box, right?
[00:31:31] That you need to
[00:31:32] You need to determine
[00:31:33] What parts of yourself
[00:31:35] Are you going to bring into the game?
[00:31:37] And what parts of yourself
[00:31:38] Do you want to
[00:31:39] Keep restrained a little bit?
[00:31:41] And she
[00:31:42] Was clearly very aware
[00:31:44] Of this part of her personality
[00:31:46] But if you don't view it
[00:31:48] As necessarily
[00:31:49] Being
[00:31:51] Wrong
[00:31:51] Or problematic
[00:31:53] Because
[00:31:53] Well, I'm doing it too
[00:31:55] Then you're not fully realizing
[00:31:57] What's happening around you
[00:31:59] And how people
[00:31:59] Are going to respond to it
[00:32:01] I think one of the most
[00:32:02] Honest conversations
[00:32:04] You have to have with yourself
[00:32:05] Before going out to play Survivor
[00:32:07] Is you need to ask
[00:32:08] The people around you
[00:32:09] What is something that I do
[00:32:10] That frustrates you?
[00:32:11] What is something that I do
[00:32:13] That gets under your skin
[00:32:14] A little bit?
[00:32:14] This is why I can't
[00:32:15] Play Survivor
[00:32:16] I never get out there
[00:32:18] You know
[00:32:18] People would tell me
[00:32:20] You know
[00:32:21] It would just go on and on
[00:32:23] Listen
[00:32:23] These were some very
[00:32:25] Interesting conversations
[00:32:26] That I
[00:32:27] That I had with people
[00:32:28] And I've mentioned it
[00:32:29] Where someone I work with
[00:32:31] Said
[00:32:31] You need to keep Jessica
[00:32:33] In the box
[00:32:34] A little bit
[00:32:35] And I
[00:32:36] And I heard that
[00:32:37] And said
[00:32:37] Okay
[00:32:38] Because I understand
[00:32:39] That I can be
[00:32:41] Different
[00:32:42] Depending on where I am
[00:32:44] If I'm in court
[00:32:44] I might be presenting
[00:32:45] Myself in a particular way
[00:32:47] If I'm around my colleagues
[00:32:48] And we're discussing something
[00:32:49] It might be a little bit different
[00:32:50] But you have to be able to
[00:32:53] Read the room
[00:32:54] And shift
[00:32:55] What you're doing
[00:32:56] And I think Anika
[00:32:57] Wanted to do that
[00:32:58] But she thought
[00:32:59] That she was
[00:33:01] Being helpful
[00:33:01] And that it was okay
[00:33:03] That she was giving directives
[00:33:04] Because she was
[00:33:05] She was being involved
[00:33:06] It would be one thing
[00:33:07] If she was sitting back
[00:33:08] Going you should do this
[00:33:09] And you should do that
[00:33:10] And then she wasn't
[00:33:10] Doing anything
[00:33:11] But she thought
[00:33:12] No no
[00:33:12] I'm actively involved
[00:33:14] And it's okay
[00:33:14] And I think that her tribe
[00:33:17] Allowed her to do that
[00:33:18] Even if they were frustrated
[00:33:20] With it
[00:33:20] Because again
[00:33:21] It takes
[00:33:22] Some of the shine off of them
[00:33:24] If someone else
[00:33:26] Is the one
[00:33:26] That's the focal point
[00:33:27] I mean we saw it
[00:33:27] Andy in the back
[00:33:28] Just twirling his hair
[00:33:29] Smiling
[00:33:30] You know
[00:33:31] Yes
[00:33:31] Like
[00:33:31] Yeah
[00:33:32] I'm going to blow on that fire
[00:33:34] A little bit
[00:33:34] I'm going to try to make it bigger
[00:33:35] And people
[00:33:37] Who play this game
[00:33:38] That's what they look for
[00:33:40] They look for those moments
[00:33:41] Where someone
[00:33:42] Is
[00:33:42] Is getting too involved
[00:33:44] And someone
[00:33:45] Is getting frustrated
[00:33:46] With the behavior
[00:33:46] And then those are the types
[00:33:48] Of seeds you can plant
[00:33:49] Because then you could be like
[00:33:50] Oh did you see
[00:33:51] Did you see what Anika was doing
[00:33:52] And you could just talk about it
[00:33:53] So I think she definitely tried
[00:33:56] And I don't think
[00:33:57] She was coming from
[00:33:58] Like
[00:33:59] A place of
[00:34:01] Wanting to be problematic
[00:34:02] It was just who she was
[00:34:04] But playing Survivor
[00:34:05] Sometimes there are parts of you
[00:34:07] That you really just need
[00:34:07] To set aside
[00:34:08] Yeah
[00:34:09] And
[00:34:10] You know
[00:34:11] The other thing is
[00:34:14] So Anika
[00:34:15] So we heard that
[00:34:16] Anika
[00:34:17] You know
[00:34:18] Felt
[00:34:18] That she was okay
[00:34:20] But
[00:34:20] What Anika thinks
[00:34:22] Isn't what matters
[00:34:23] Yes
[00:34:24] You know
[00:34:25] And that's what it goes back to
[00:34:26] Right
[00:34:26] It's what the other people
[00:34:28] On her tribe thought
[00:34:30] In this case
[00:34:30] Most specifically Sam
[00:34:32] Because
[00:34:33] You know
[00:34:34] She even told Mike Bloom
[00:34:35] She checked with Rachel
[00:34:36] And Rachel agreed with her
[00:34:38] Oh you're not overdoing it
[00:34:39] Now
[00:34:40] Yeah
[00:34:40] It wasn't clear to me
[00:34:42] If she checked in real time
[00:34:43] Or after the game
[00:34:44] I'm going to presume real time
[00:34:45] I'm going to presume
[00:34:46] She's not talking about
[00:34:47] After the game here
[00:34:48] Yeah
[00:34:48] But
[00:34:49] It reminds
[00:34:50] You know
[00:34:51] The thing is
[00:34:52] You're talking to your
[00:34:53] Close ally and friend
[00:34:55] Right
[00:34:55] Yeah
[00:34:56] It reminds me of
[00:34:58] A work colleague I had
[00:35:00] She was a little
[00:35:01] Dululu
[00:35:01] And
[00:35:02] A little weird
[00:35:03] Dululu
[00:35:05] Delusional
[00:35:05] Yes
[00:35:06] She
[00:35:08] She was talking
[00:35:09] We were in this meeting
[00:35:11] And we were waiting
[00:35:11] For the boss to come in
[00:35:12] And the boss was
[00:35:13] Very late
[00:35:14] So we were just all chatting
[00:35:15] And she was talking to someone
[00:35:16] And was talking about
[00:35:17] Her new baby
[00:35:19] And it was just
[00:35:20] The cutest baby
[00:35:21] Ever
[00:35:23] And
[00:35:23] And this person
[00:35:26] You know
[00:35:27] Said
[00:35:28] You know
[00:35:28] Kind of half jokingly
[00:35:29] Kind of not
[00:35:30] Well you know
[00:35:31] Of course
[00:35:31] You know
[00:35:31] As the mother
[00:35:32] You're not biased
[00:35:33] About that at all
[00:35:34] And this woman responded
[00:35:35] Oh no no no
[00:35:36] My mother says so too
[00:35:40] As if a grandma
[00:35:42] Is the most objective reader
[00:35:45] Of how cute
[00:35:46] Their grandchild
[00:35:47] The actual baby's
[00:35:48] Grandmother
[00:35:49] Yes
[00:35:49] Yes
[00:35:50] Exactly
[00:35:50] Very objective
[00:35:51] Very objective
[00:35:53] And so that's how I felt
[00:35:54] When she was saying
[00:35:55] You know
[00:35:56] Well Rachel says
[00:35:58] I'm doing fine
[00:35:59] Right
[00:35:59] It's not quite as blatant
[00:36:01] As the example I just gave
[00:36:03] But
[00:36:03] No but it is a very fair point
[00:36:05] Yeah
[00:36:05] You know
[00:36:06] It's like the
[00:36:07] The husbands
[00:36:07] That are always like
[00:36:09] Oh no your hair looks
[00:36:10] Great honey
[00:36:11] Yes
[00:36:12] Yeah
[00:36:12] They just
[00:36:13] They're saying it
[00:36:14] Because they know
[00:36:15] They're like
[00:36:15] I'm not
[00:36:16] I'm in a good place
[00:36:18] Right now
[00:36:18] With this person
[00:36:19] So everything is lovely
[00:36:20] And fine
[00:36:22] Yeah
[00:36:23] Yeah I mean
[00:36:23] There you know
[00:36:24] There can be a difference
[00:36:25] Of opinion
[00:36:25] Even
[00:36:26] Even from another person
[00:36:28] Who's a close friend
[00:36:29] Compared to the person
[00:36:30] Who feels they're the target
[00:36:31] You know
[00:36:32] Sure
[00:36:32] You can't ask someone
[00:36:33] On your side
[00:36:34] Hey do you think
[00:36:35] I'm being too harsh
[00:36:36] On that person over there
[00:36:37] No you gotta find out
[00:36:38] From that person
[00:36:39] Over there's perspective
[00:36:40] Yeah
[00:36:40] Yeah
[00:36:41] Yeah
[00:36:41] And
[00:36:42] I will
[00:36:43] I will say too though
[00:36:44] I mean I do think
[00:36:45] That
[00:36:45] That Annika
[00:36:47] Is someone who
[00:36:48] She seemed to get along
[00:36:50] With everyone very well
[00:36:51] So it's
[00:36:52] This isn't
[00:36:53] This isn't
[00:36:54] I don't want to sound like
[00:36:55] We're being really harsh on her
[00:36:57] With how she was interacting
[00:36:58] Because I do think
[00:36:59] That she was trying to develop
[00:37:00] Relationships with everyone
[00:37:01] And that she really did try
[00:37:04] To get to know people
[00:37:05] And she did say
[00:37:07] That she was the one
[00:37:08] Who was trying to
[00:37:09] Bring Andy
[00:37:10] You know
[00:37:10] Andy we've got you
[00:37:12] You're okay
[00:37:12] She was trying to be
[00:37:13] A positive reinforcement
[00:37:14] With Andy there
[00:37:15] She was very interested
[00:37:17] In Sam
[00:37:17] And the components
[00:37:18] Of his eating
[00:37:19] Which are
[00:37:20] Very interesting
[00:37:22] To say the least
[00:37:23] When he does
[00:37:24] And doesn't eat
[00:37:25] So I do think
[00:37:26] From a social
[00:37:27] Standpoint
[00:37:28] Yes
[00:37:28] She was
[00:37:29] Trying to get to know people
[00:37:31] And she was trying
[00:37:31] To be involved
[00:37:33] And having discussions
[00:37:35] And forming
[00:37:37] Some type of a bond
[00:37:38] With each person
[00:37:39] But there's another
[00:37:40] Part of it as well
[00:37:41] That it's not just
[00:37:42] Those social relationships
[00:37:44] It's just how you are
[00:37:45] Behaving
[00:37:46] At camp
[00:37:48] And during the challenges
[00:37:50] And just in general
[00:37:51] Throughout the game
[00:37:52] That that's another
[00:37:53] Part of this
[00:37:53] That you have to be
[00:37:54] Mindful of
[00:37:55] Because regardless
[00:37:55] Of what types
[00:37:56] Of relationships
[00:37:57] You're developing
[00:37:58] You can still be
[00:37:59] Rubbing someone
[00:38:00] The wrong way
[00:38:00] For just something
[00:38:01] That you're doing
[00:38:02] And I think
[00:38:03] That unfortunately
[00:38:04] Anika was likely
[00:38:05] Doing that
[00:38:05] Yeah
[00:38:06] Yeah I mean
[00:38:07] She thought
[00:38:07] Her relationship
[00:38:08] With Sam was fine
[00:38:09] You know
[00:38:10] She said in her interview
[00:38:11] She felt like
[00:38:12] A brother-sister situation
[00:38:13] Where they would
[00:38:14] Bicker
[00:38:15] But then in her words
[00:38:16] Level set
[00:38:17] With each other
[00:38:18] Afterwards
[00:38:18] Now I have to admit
[00:38:20] I don't think
[00:38:21] I've heard that term
[00:38:22] Before
[00:38:22] Level set
[00:38:23] I don't know
[00:38:24] If you have
[00:38:25] I have not
[00:38:26] But
[00:38:27] It must mean
[00:38:29] Something like
[00:38:30] Trying to calm
[00:38:31] Things down
[00:38:31] Between them a bit
[00:38:32] Because
[00:38:33] You know
[00:38:34] She even said
[00:38:34] That was part
[00:38:35] Of the discussion
[00:38:35] To acknowledge
[00:38:37] They were both angry
[00:38:38] And you know
[00:38:39] She wanted
[00:38:39] To bring it down
[00:38:41] However
[00:38:42] It really seems
[00:38:43] To me
[00:38:44] That this was
[00:38:45] A one-sided
[00:38:46] Situation
[00:38:46] Where she thought
[00:38:47] Things were fine
[00:38:48] And Sam
[00:38:49] Wisely agreed
[00:38:50] Just as she
[00:38:52] Thought Sam
[00:38:52] Was aligned with her
[00:38:53] And he wasn't
[00:38:54] You know
[00:38:55] She also thought
[00:38:56] Sam was perfectly
[00:38:57] Happy with their
[00:38:57] Relationship
[00:38:58] And any bickering
[00:38:59] Was minor
[00:39:00] Right
[00:39:01] And he just
[00:39:01] Sure
[00:39:02] Yeah
[00:39:03] Great
[00:39:03] Yes
[00:39:03] Oh I totally
[00:39:04] Understand
[00:39:05] You were just
[00:39:06] Upset
[00:39:06] And I was
[00:39:07] Upset
[00:39:07] We're
[00:39:08] A-okay
[00:39:09] We're perfectly
[00:39:10] Fine
[00:39:11] You can trust
[00:39:12] Me
[00:39:13] Right
[00:39:14] Of course
[00:39:14] That's what
[00:39:15] He's gonna say
[00:39:16] Because he's
[00:39:16] He's realizing
[00:39:17] What's happening
[00:39:18] So yes
[00:39:20] So
[00:39:22] All right
[00:39:23] It will be
[00:39:24] Interesting
[00:39:24] Because
[00:39:25] You know
[00:39:26] Rule five
[00:39:27] Is the one
[00:39:28] We've spent
[00:39:28] The longest
[00:39:29] Time on
[00:39:30] It may have
[00:39:31] Had the least
[00:39:31] Impact
[00:39:32] When we're
[00:39:32] All said and
[00:39:33] Done
[00:39:33] But
[00:39:34] Oh
[00:39:34] I agree
[00:39:35] But
[00:39:36] I think
[00:39:37] We still
[00:39:37] Had to set
[00:39:38] All of that
[00:39:39] Out there
[00:39:39] Just to
[00:39:40] Look at it
[00:39:40] Of course
[00:39:41] We can move
[00:39:43] On to the
[00:39:43] Sixth rule
[00:39:43] Which warns
[00:39:44] Against being
[00:39:44] Too much
[00:39:45] Of a threat
[00:39:45] Now
[00:39:46] Annika said
[00:39:47] In her
[00:39:47] Final words
[00:39:48] That she
[00:39:49] Was upset
[00:39:50] That they
[00:39:50] Played her
[00:39:51] Before she
[00:39:52] Could play
[00:39:52] Them
[00:39:53] So it's
[00:39:54] Clear
[00:39:54] She
[00:39:54] You know
[00:39:55] Was gonna
[00:39:55] Play them
[00:39:56] I mean
[00:39:56] If the game
[00:39:57] Is survivor
[00:39:57] You should
[00:39:58] Be trying
[00:39:58] To play
[00:39:58] Them
[00:39:59] And that
[00:40:00] Makes her
[00:40:00] A threat
[00:40:01] To Sam
[00:40:02] And Sierra
[00:40:03] Though
[00:40:04] That threat
[00:40:05] Was theoretically
[00:40:05] A bit further
[00:40:06] Down the line
[00:40:07] Her intent
[00:40:08] Was of course
[00:40:09] To vote out
[00:40:09] Andy now
[00:40:10] Then Sam
[00:40:11] Next if they
[00:40:12] Didn't merge
[00:40:13] And ended up
[00:40:13] At tribal council
[00:40:14] Again
[00:40:14] And then of course
[00:40:15] Sierra would have
[00:40:16] You know
[00:40:17] Come after that
[00:40:18] Because of
[00:40:18] Annika's tight
[00:40:19] Connection to
[00:40:20] Rachel
[00:40:20] But
[00:40:22] It was Sam
[00:40:23] Who was
[00:40:24] Really pushing
[00:40:25] To get rid
[00:40:25] Of her
[00:40:27] And we'd
[00:40:28] Heard him
[00:40:28] Talk about
[00:40:29] How he felt
[00:40:30] Having all
[00:40:31] Three women
[00:40:31] Stay
[00:40:32] Was threatening
[00:40:33] To him
[00:40:35] Now in
[00:40:35] Retrospect
[00:40:36] Annika told
[00:40:37] Dalton Ross
[00:40:37] That you
[00:40:39] Know the
[00:40:39] Most
[00:40:39] The more
[00:40:41] She got to
[00:40:41] Know Sam
[00:40:42] The more
[00:40:43] She appreciated
[00:40:44] His intelligence
[00:40:45] As someone
[00:40:45] She could
[00:40:46] Work with
[00:40:46] But the
[00:40:47] More he
[00:40:47] Got to know
[00:40:48] Her
[00:40:48] It seemed
[00:40:49] Like he felt
[00:40:50] More threatened
[00:40:50] By her
[00:40:51] And I
[00:40:52] Think she's
[00:40:52] Right about
[00:40:53] That last
[00:40:53] Part
[00:40:55] But I
[00:40:55] Have to
[00:40:56] Question
[00:40:56] Her statement
[00:40:57] About appreciating
[00:40:58] Him more
[00:40:59] As someone
[00:40:59] To work
[00:41:00] With
[00:41:01] Unless
[00:41:01] She's
[00:41:02] Really
[00:41:03] Claiming
[00:41:03] She was
[00:41:04] Going to
[00:41:04] Throw
[00:41:04] Sierra
[00:41:05] Aside
[00:41:05] To keep
[00:41:06] Sam
[00:41:06] If they
[00:41:07] Ended up
[00:41:07] Back at
[00:41:08] Tribal
[00:41:08] Council
[00:41:08] Again
[00:41:09] Under her
[00:41:09] Planned
[00:41:10] World
[00:41:10] Yeah
[00:41:11] I mean
[00:41:11] I think
[00:41:12] This is an
[00:41:12] Interesting
[00:41:13] Position
[00:41:13] That she
[00:41:14] Finds
[00:41:14] Herself
[00:41:15] In as
[00:41:15] Far as
[00:41:16] Being a
[00:41:16] Threat
[00:41:16] To a
[00:41:17] Particular
[00:41:17] Person
[00:41:18] And that
[00:41:18] Really
[00:41:18] Is Sam
[00:41:19] And we've
[00:41:20] We've
[00:41:20] Discussed
[00:41:21] That your
[00:41:21] Threat
[00:41:22] Level
[00:41:22] Can be
[00:41:23] Based
[00:41:23] Upon
[00:41:23] Someone
[00:41:24] Fearful
[00:41:25] That their
[00:41:26] Game
[00:41:26] Will be
[00:41:26] Negatively
[00:41:27] Affected
[00:41:27] If you
[00:41:28] Stay in
[00:41:28] The game
[00:41:29] And if we
[00:41:29] Really look
[00:41:30] At where
[00:41:30] Sam's
[00:41:31] Positioned
[00:41:31] Himself
[00:41:31] He has
[00:41:32] Sierra
[00:41:32] And he
[00:41:33] Has Andy
[00:41:33] And what
[00:41:34] And what
[00:41:34] Is Anika
[00:41:35] Want
[00:41:35] And what
[00:41:37] Needs
[00:41:38] Andy
[00:41:38] Because
[00:41:38] Andy
[00:41:38] Is a
[00:41:39] Vote
[00:41:39] For Sam
[00:41:39] And then
[00:41:40] What's
[00:41:41] Happening
[00:41:41] With
[00:41:41] Sierra
[00:41:42] Well
[00:41:42] She's
[00:41:43] Part of
[00:41:43] This
[00:41:43] Breadwinners
[00:41:43] Alliance
[00:41:44] With
[00:41:44] Anika
[00:41:44] And Rachel
[00:41:45] And Sam's
[00:41:46] Not involved
[00:41:47] In that
[00:41:47] Alliance
[00:41:47] So that's
[00:41:48] A threat
[00:41:49] To him
[00:41:49] And also
[00:41:51] Sierra
[00:41:52] Who is
[00:41:53] His other
[00:41:53] Third
[00:41:54] You know
[00:41:54] Or is
[00:41:55] The third
[00:41:55] In his
[00:41:56] Three
[00:41:57] If you
[00:41:57] Will
[00:41:57] And so
[00:41:58] I think
[00:41:58] In Sam's
[00:41:59] World
[00:41:59] This is
[00:42:00] All
[00:42:00] Coming
[00:42:01] Back
[00:42:01] To Anika
[00:42:01] And so
[00:42:02] She is
[00:42:03] Definitely
[00:42:03] A threat
[00:42:05] To him
[00:42:06] Because he
[00:42:07] Doesn't
[00:42:07] Want his
[00:42:08] Three
[00:42:09] To be
[00:42:09] Broken up
[00:42:10] In any
[00:42:10] Way
[00:42:10] Because he's
[00:42:11] Not controlling
[00:42:12] Anika
[00:42:12] Like he's
[00:42:13] Controlling
[00:42:13] Andy
[00:42:14] He's not
[00:42:14] Necessarily
[00:42:15] Controlling
[00:42:15] Sierra
[00:42:16] I do feel
[00:42:16] Like that's
[00:42:17] More of
[00:42:17] A duo
[00:42:19] And they're
[00:42:20] Both
[00:42:20] Kind of
[00:42:21] On even
[00:42:22] Playing fields
[00:42:22] There but
[00:42:23] He's got
[00:42:23] Andy
[00:42:23] So Sam
[00:42:24] Is really
[00:42:25] The most
[00:42:25] Powerful
[00:42:26] Of that
[00:42:26] Three
[00:42:26] Because Andy
[00:42:28] Is his
[00:42:28] And Sierra
[00:42:29] Is with
[00:42:30] Him
[00:42:30] And so
[00:42:31] Anika is
[00:42:31] Creeping in
[00:42:32] Over here
[00:42:32] Wanting to
[00:42:33] Get rid
[00:42:33] Of Andy
[00:42:34] Sam's
[00:42:35] Not having
[00:42:35] It
[00:42:35] Right
[00:42:36] Right
[00:42:36] Exactly
[00:42:38] All right
[00:42:39] Well the
[00:42:39] Seventh rule
[00:42:40] Covers idols
[00:42:41] And advantages
[00:42:41] And game
[00:42:42] Mechanics
[00:42:42] And you
[00:42:43] Know she
[00:42:43] Didn't
[00:42:44] Have anything
[00:42:44] Of her
[00:42:44] Own
[00:42:46] But she
[00:42:47] Lost her
[00:42:48] Vote
[00:42:49] She said
[00:42:49] In confessional
[00:42:50] That and
[00:42:52] I mentioned
[00:42:52] This earlier
[00:42:53] She felt
[00:42:53] Her lost
[00:42:54] Vote
[00:42:54] Wasn't
[00:42:54] An issue
[00:42:55] Because she
[00:42:55] Was confident
[00:42:55] In her
[00:42:56] Alliances
[00:42:57] She was
[00:42:58] Half right
[00:42:58] Her lost
[00:43:00] Vote
[00:43:00] Wasn't
[00:43:00] An issue
[00:43:01] But that's
[00:43:02] Because the
[00:43:02] Three who
[00:43:03] Voted her
[00:43:03] Out
[00:43:04] Would have
[00:43:05] Done it
[00:43:05] Anyway
[00:43:05] Whether she
[00:43:06] Had a vote
[00:43:06] Or not
[00:43:07] You know
[00:43:07] Three
[00:43:08] Three is
[00:43:08] Bigger than
[00:43:09] One but
[00:43:09] You know
[00:43:10] What three
[00:43:10] Is also
[00:43:10] Bigger than
[00:43:11] Two
[00:43:11] It is
[00:43:12] But I
[00:43:12] Still hate
[00:43:13] That this
[00:43:14] Whole lose
[00:43:14] Your vote
[00:43:15] Thing happened
[00:43:15] Because it
[00:43:16] Wasn't
[00:43:17] Anyway
[00:43:18] I won't
[00:43:18] I won't
[00:43:19] Convetch about
[00:43:19] That again
[00:43:21] Yeah
[00:43:21] You know
[00:43:22] So
[00:43:25] Yeah
[00:43:25] Again
[00:43:26] You know
[00:43:27] Like I said
[00:43:27] She was
[00:43:27] Half right
[00:43:28] Well and
[00:43:29] I do think
[00:43:29] That it's
[00:43:30] Interesting
[00:43:31] And we
[00:43:32] Should probably
[00:43:32] Spend just a
[00:43:33] Little bit of
[00:43:33] Time on this
[00:43:34] The fact
[00:43:34] That she
[00:43:34] Didn't have
[00:43:35] A vote
[00:43:35] And I
[00:43:35] Realized
[00:43:36] Three is
[00:43:36] More than
[00:43:36] Two
[00:43:36] Regardless
[00:43:37] It is
[00:43:37] But the
[00:43:39] The fact
[00:43:39] That when
[00:43:40] Someone doesn't
[00:43:40] Have a vote
[00:43:41] They are
[00:43:42] Now becoming
[00:43:44] Almost
[00:43:45] Feeling like
[00:43:46] They do not
[00:43:46] Have an
[00:43:47] Ability to
[00:43:48] Negotiate
[00:43:49] Or to be
[00:43:49] Part of
[00:43:50] The discussions
[00:43:51] Because they
[00:43:52] Don't have
[00:43:52] A vote
[00:43:52] Which I
[00:43:53] Think is
[00:43:54] Fair in a
[00:43:54] Way because
[00:43:55] Yeah I
[00:43:55] Mean I
[00:43:55] Can't vote
[00:43:56] For anyone
[00:43:56] So I
[00:43:57] Really don't
[00:43:57] Have any
[00:43:58] Pull but
[00:43:59] I also
[00:43:59] Don't feel
[00:44:00] Like people
[00:44:00] Should be
[00:44:00] So quick
[00:44:01] To just
[00:44:01] Roll over
[00:44:02] And say
[00:44:02] Well I
[00:44:03] Don't have
[00:44:03] A vote
[00:44:03] So what
[00:44:04] Am I
[00:44:05] Supposed to
[00:44:05] Do I
[00:44:05] Can't
[00:44:06] No I
[00:44:06] Think you
[00:44:06] Still need
[00:44:07] To be
[00:44:08] Playing that
[00:44:08] Was it
[00:44:09] Omar that
[00:44:10] Was like
[00:44:10] Still kind of
[00:44:11] Yeah like
[00:44:12] Creeping through
[00:44:13] Even though he
[00:44:13] Didn't have a
[00:44:14] Vote and he
[00:44:14] Was like I'm
[00:44:15] Still gonna
[00:44:15] Control things
[00:44:16] As much
[00:44:16] As I
[00:44:16] Can
[00:44:16] That I
[00:44:18] Think is
[00:44:18] The better
[00:44:18] Way to
[00:44:20] Play even
[00:44:20] If you
[00:44:20] Don't have
[00:44:21] A vote
[00:44:21] But yes
[00:44:22] Three is
[00:44:22] More than
[00:44:23] Two so
[00:44:23] It wouldn't
[00:44:23] Have really
[00:44:23] Mattered
[00:44:24] Anyway
[00:44:24] Yes
[00:44:25] Omer who
[00:44:25] Will be
[00:44:26] Our guest
[00:44:27] Here as
[00:44:27] Planned in
[00:44:28] About three
[00:44:29] Weeks I
[00:44:29] Believe
[00:44:30] Yes
[00:44:32] So yeah
[00:44:33] Now I
[00:44:34] You mentioned
[00:44:34] That some
[00:44:35] Don't really
[00:44:36] Push as
[00:44:37] Much I
[00:44:38] Certainly
[00:44:38] Didn't see
[00:44:39] That with
[00:44:39] Annika I
[00:44:40] Think to
[00:44:41] Her having
[00:44:41] A vote not
[00:44:42] Having a
[00:44:42] Vote she
[00:44:43] Was still
[00:44:43] Project
[00:44:43] Managing
[00:44:44] Well she
[00:44:45] Was project
[00:44:46] Managing yes
[00:44:47] But it
[00:44:47] Was also
[00:44:48] She didn't
[00:44:48] It didn't
[00:44:49] Affect her
[00:44:50] Because she
[00:44:50] She thought
[00:44:51] Well I'm in a
[00:44:52] Good place so
[00:44:52] It won't
[00:44:52] Matter anyway
[00:44:53] Right
[00:44:54] And so
[00:44:55] It is
[00:44:56] Interesting
[00:44:56] That there's
[00:44:58] This thing
[00:44:59] That happens
[00:45:00] When someone
[00:45:00] Doesn't have
[00:45:01] A vote
[00:45:01] And then it
[00:45:02] Can affect
[00:45:03] How they
[00:45:03] End up
[00:45:04] Talking to
[00:45:05] The other
[00:45:06] Players
[00:45:06] Or negotiating
[00:45:07] Their space
[00:45:08] And if she
[00:45:08] Thinks that
[00:45:09] She's in a
[00:45:09] Good place
[00:45:09] It doesn't
[00:45:10] Matter either
[00:45:11] Way
[00:45:11] Right
[00:45:11] But this
[00:45:12] Is why
[00:45:12] I just
[00:45:12] Don't
[00:45:13] I don't
[00:45:13] Like that
[00:45:14] Component
[00:45:14] At all
[00:45:15] Yeah
[00:45:15] At all
[00:45:16] Yeah
[00:45:18] All right
[00:45:18] Well we
[00:45:18] Can move
[00:45:19] On to
[00:45:19] Appendix
[00:45:20] A which
[00:45:20] Is about
[00:45:20] Players
[00:45:21] Keeping
[00:45:21] Their end
[00:45:21] Goals
[00:45:22] In mind
[00:45:22] When voting
[00:45:25] My trend
[00:45:25] Your trend
[00:45:26] Oh okay
[00:45:27] Yes
[00:45:27] I was like
[00:45:28] What I do
[00:45:29] And we
[00:45:30] Talk about
[00:45:31] Voting out
[00:45:31] The weak
[00:45:32] Then the
[00:45:32] Strong
[00:45:32] Then the
[00:45:32] Weak
[00:45:32] Then the
[00:45:33] Strong
[00:45:33] But as
[00:45:34] We always
[00:45:35] Say
[00:45:35] The real
[00:45:36] Key is
[00:45:36] Looking at
[00:45:36] What benefits
[00:45:37] You in
[00:45:37] Terms of
[00:45:37] Alliances
[00:45:39] And your
[00:45:40] End
[00:45:40] Game
[00:45:42] And it
[00:45:42] Seems clear
[00:45:43] That is what
[00:45:44] Sam and
[00:45:44] Sierra were
[00:45:45] Looking at
[00:45:46] here
[00:45:46] Sam
[00:45:47] Specifically
[00:45:48] Said that
[00:45:48] While Andy
[00:45:49] May be
[00:45:49] Weak
[00:45:50] In
[00:45:50] Challenges
[00:45:50] Quote
[00:45:51] Long term
[00:45:52] I don't
[00:45:53] Trust
[00:45:53] Annika
[00:45:54] So
[00:45:55] He was
[00:45:56] Literally
[00:45:56] Looking at
[00:45:57] His end
[00:45:58] Goals
[00:45:58] And I
[00:45:59] Think he
[00:46:00] Was absolutely
[00:46:00] Right not to
[00:46:01] Trust her
[00:46:01] In that
[00:46:02] Longer
[00:46:02] Time
[00:46:02] Frame
[00:46:03] While
[00:46:03] He has
[00:46:04] Andy
[00:46:05] Pretty much
[00:46:05] Locked in
[00:46:06] Right now
[00:46:06] Yes
[00:46:07] And this
[00:46:08] Is what
[00:46:09] I think
[00:46:09] Is happening
[00:46:10] More often
[00:46:11] In the
[00:46:12] Newer
[00:46:13] Era
[00:46:13] I just
[00:46:14] Feel like
[00:46:15] There's
[00:46:15] This
[00:46:17] Need
[00:46:17] Or desire
[00:46:18] Or want
[00:46:19] To keep
[00:46:19] Players
[00:46:20] Around
[00:46:20] Who are
[00:46:23] Not going
[00:46:24] To necessarily
[00:46:25] Be a threat
[00:46:25] To a
[00:46:26] Particular
[00:46:26] Person
[00:46:27] Like
[00:46:27] There's that
[00:46:27] There seems
[00:46:28] To be that
[00:46:29] Third player
[00:46:29] And I
[00:46:30] Don't want
[00:46:30] To start
[00:46:31] Naming
[00:46:31] Individuals
[00:46:32] Because I'm
[00:46:32] Not trying
[00:46:33] To put
[00:46:33] Anyone
[00:46:33] In this
[00:46:34] In this
[00:46:34] Spot
[00:46:35] But it
[00:46:36] Is very
[00:46:36] Interesting
[00:46:36] To me
[00:46:37] That
[00:46:38] There's this
[00:46:39] Idea
[00:46:39] That well
[00:46:40] I can
[00:46:41] Control
[00:46:42] This person
[00:46:42] Or I can
[00:46:43] Manipulate
[00:46:43] This person
[00:46:44] Or I know
[00:46:44] That if I
[00:46:45] Bring this
[00:46:45] Person along
[00:46:46] With me
[00:46:46] I have
[00:46:46] Vote number
[00:46:47] Two
[00:46:47] And I can
[00:46:48] Respect that
[00:46:49] I'm not
[00:46:49] Saying that
[00:46:49] That's a
[00:46:50] Bad game
[00:46:50] Move at
[00:46:51] All
[00:46:51] But there
[00:46:52] Is this
[00:46:52] Concern
[00:46:53] And this
[00:46:53] Is something
[00:46:54] We've talked
[00:46:54] About is
[00:46:54] The longer
[00:46:55] That that
[00:46:55] Person isn't
[00:46:56] In the
[00:46:57] Game
[00:46:58] The more
[00:46:58] Desirous
[00:46:59] They become
[00:46:59] To a lot
[00:47:00] Of people
[00:47:01] To make it
[00:47:16] Because they're
[00:47:16] Going to
[00:47:17] Help me
[00:47:17] But then
[00:47:18] When it
[00:47:18] Gets to
[00:47:18] The end
[00:47:19] You might
[00:47:20] Be walking
[00:47:20] Out the
[00:47:20] Door
[00:47:21] Because now
[00:47:21] This person
[00:47:22] Is getting
[00:47:22] That spot
[00:47:23] In that
[00:47:23] Final
[00:47:24] Three
[00:47:25] Area
[00:47:26] Yeah
[00:47:27] But when
[00:47:28] It comes
[00:47:28] Down to it
[00:47:28] At this
[00:47:29] Stage of
[00:47:29] The game
[00:47:29] You're
[00:47:30] Sam
[00:47:30] Would you
[00:47:31] Rather
[00:47:32] Bring
[00:47:32] Andy
[00:47:33] Along
[00:47:33] Who
[00:47:34] Seems
[00:47:34] To be
[00:47:35] A solid
[00:47:38] Ally
[00:47:38] Slash
[00:47:39] Extra
[00:47:40] Vote
[00:47:41] Essentially
[00:47:41] Or
[00:47:42] Would you
[00:47:43] Rather bring
[00:47:44] Annika
[00:47:44] Along
[00:47:45] Who
[00:47:46] Is
[00:47:47] Long term
[00:47:48] Working
[00:47:49] Against
[00:47:49] You
[00:47:49] Oh
[00:47:50] I'm not
[00:47:51] Saying that
[00:47:51] It's a
[00:47:51] Bad choice
[00:47:52] At all
[00:47:53] It's just
[00:47:53] That this
[00:47:54] Seems to
[00:47:54] Be more
[00:47:54] Of a
[00:47:55] Trend
[00:47:55] That we're
[00:47:55] Seeing
[00:47:56] As of
[00:47:56] Late
[00:47:56] Where there
[00:47:57] Is this
[00:47:58] Idea that
[00:47:59] I'm going
[00:47:59] To keep
[00:48:00] The person
[00:48:00] Around
[00:48:01] Who is
[00:48:01] Not
[00:48:02] Necessarily
[00:48:02] The greatest
[00:48:04] In challenges
[00:48:05] Or the
[00:48:05] Best
[00:48:05] Strategist
[00:48:06] Or
[00:48:07] The person
[00:48:08] Who is
[00:48:09] I mean
[00:48:10] My god
[00:48:11] The meltdown
[00:48:12] That Andy
[00:48:12] Had on
[00:48:13] The mat
[00:48:13] In
[00:48:14] I think
[00:48:14] In years
[00:48:15] Past
[00:48:15] An old
[00:48:16] School
[00:48:16] Survivor
[00:48:17] That person
[00:48:18] Is not
[00:48:18] Going to
[00:48:19] Be kept
[00:48:19] In the
[00:48:19] Game
[00:48:20] But
[00:48:20] New
[00:48:21] School
[00:48:21] Survivor
[00:48:22] Is this
[00:48:23] Idea that
[00:48:23] I can
[00:48:24] Use that
[00:48:25] Person
[00:48:25] And I'm
[00:48:25] Not saying
[00:48:26] That that
[00:48:26] Is a
[00:48:27] Bad game
[00:48:27] Move
[00:48:28] Sam
[00:48:28] Is doing
[00:48:29] The right
[00:48:29] Thing
[00:48:29] For Sam
[00:48:30] But what
[00:48:31] Becomes
[00:48:32] Concerning
[00:48:33] I think
[00:48:33] Is the
[00:48:34] Longer
[00:48:34] That that
[00:48:34] Person
[00:48:35] Is in
[00:48:35] The game
[00:48:36] Then
[00:48:36] You're
[00:48:37] Ticking
[00:48:38] Down the
[00:48:39] Numbers
[00:48:39] And all
[00:48:39] Of a sudden
[00:48:40] They're
[00:48:40] In the
[00:48:40] Final
[00:48:40] Three
[00:48:41] Because
[00:48:42] They've
[00:48:43] Been
[00:48:43] Kept
[00:48:44] Along
[00:48:44] For so
[00:48:45] Long
[00:48:46] And that's
[00:48:47] Just
[00:48:47] Where a lot
[00:48:48] Of people
[00:48:49] Are expecting
[00:48:49] Andy to
[00:48:50] Get to
[00:48:50] Well
[00:48:51] And this
[00:48:51] Is what
[00:48:52] I'm
[00:48:52] Saying
[00:48:52] So this
[00:48:52] Is the
[00:48:53] Trend
[00:48:53] I was
[00:48:54] Just like
[00:48:54] I thought
[00:48:55] It was
[00:48:55] Quite fascinating
[00:48:56] That we're
[00:48:56] Seeing this
[00:48:57] Happen again
[00:48:57] Where it's
[00:48:59] One of those
[00:49:00] Circumstances
[00:49:01] Where you're
[00:49:01] Like oh
[00:49:02] Wow that
[00:49:02] Person is
[00:49:03] Definitely
[00:49:04] Going home
[00:49:04] And then
[00:49:05] That person
[00:49:05] Doesn't go
[00:49:06] Home and
[00:49:07] That person
[00:49:07] Is there
[00:49:08] At the end
[00:49:08] Yeah
[00:49:08] I mean
[00:49:09] How long
[00:49:10] Did people
[00:49:10] Expect you
[00:49:11] To go
[00:49:11] Home
[00:49:11] You know
[00:49:12] Last year
[00:49:13] Yes
[00:49:13] This is
[00:49:14] What I'm
[00:49:15] Saying
[00:49:15] It's a
[00:49:16] Very
[00:49:16] Interesting
[00:49:18] Thing
[00:49:18] To see
[00:49:19] Happening
[00:49:20] On screen
[00:49:21] For sure
[00:49:21] Yeah
[00:49:23] Yeah
[00:49:23] I mean
[00:49:23] As far
[00:49:24] As you
[00:49:24] Know
[00:49:24] Getting
[00:49:25] Back to
[00:49:25] You know
[00:49:26] Specifically
[00:49:27] This situation
[00:49:28] I think
[00:49:30] You know
[00:49:30] And we've
[00:49:31] Talked a lot
[00:49:31] About Sam
[00:49:32] But Sierra
[00:49:32] Also
[00:49:32] Discussed
[00:49:33] Before the
[00:49:34] Immunity
[00:49:34] Challenge
[00:49:35] That she
[00:49:35] Was in
[00:49:36] The middle
[00:49:36] She could
[00:49:37] Go with
[00:49:37] The women
[00:49:38] Or the
[00:49:38] Guys
[00:49:38] And she
[00:49:39] Had to
[00:49:39] Decide
[00:49:40] What was
[00:49:40] The best
[00:49:40] For her
[00:49:41] Game
[00:49:41] Now
[00:49:41] Unlike
[00:49:42] Tiffany
[00:49:42] Seeley
[00:49:43] She went
[00:49:43] With
[00:49:43] The guys
[00:49:45] More
[00:49:46] Specifically
[00:49:46] She went
[00:49:47] With Sam
[00:49:48] Which as
[00:49:49] I mentioned
[00:49:49] Earlier
[00:49:50] Was what
[00:49:51] I had
[00:49:51] Predicted
[00:49:51] And I
[00:49:53] Think it
[00:49:54] Really
[00:49:54] Does
[00:49:55] Or really
[00:49:56] Goes back
[00:49:56] To the
[00:49:57] Fact that
[00:49:58] She does
[00:49:59] Have such a
[00:50:00] Tight bond
[00:50:00] Specifically
[00:50:01] With him
[00:50:03] Yes
[00:50:04] She's in
[00:50:05] With the
[00:50:05] Women too
[00:50:06] But we've
[00:50:07] Talked about
[00:50:07] This
[00:50:07] Annika and
[00:50:08] Rachel are
[00:50:09] The tight
[00:50:09] Duo in
[00:50:10] That group
[00:50:10] So yes
[00:50:11] She could
[00:50:12] Go with
[00:50:12] Them and
[00:50:13] Be on
[00:50:13] The outs
[00:50:14] Or she
[00:50:14] Could go
[00:50:15] With Sam
[00:50:15] And Andy
[00:50:16] And be
[00:50:16] On the
[00:50:16] Inns
[00:50:18] Yeah
[00:50:20] So
[00:50:21] I like
[00:50:21] That
[00:50:24] All right
[00:50:25] Well
[00:50:26] It is
[00:50:27] About time
[00:50:28] To wrap
[00:50:29] Things up
[00:50:29] So what
[00:50:30] Are your
[00:50:31] Final thoughts
[00:50:31] On Annika
[00:50:33] Well
[00:50:33] Annika
[00:50:35] I do
[00:50:35] Think that
[00:50:36] You came
[00:50:37] Into this
[00:50:37] Game
[00:50:37] And you
[00:50:39] Had a
[00:50:40] Good plan
[00:50:40] You wanted
[00:50:41] To strategize
[00:50:41] And we
[00:50:41] Got to
[00:50:42] See a lot
[00:50:42] Of that
[00:50:42] And I
[00:50:43] Think that
[00:50:43] That was
[00:50:43] Lovely
[00:50:43] And you
[00:50:44] Were truly
[00:50:45] Someone who
[00:50:45] Was blindsided
[00:50:46] And I do
[00:50:47] Always appreciate
[00:50:47] A great
[00:50:48] Blindside
[00:50:50] But that
[00:50:50] Should allow
[00:50:51] You some
[00:50:52] Comfort
[00:50:52] Because a
[00:50:53] Great blindside
[00:50:54] Means that
[00:50:55] You were
[00:50:55] A great
[00:50:56] Player
[00:50:56] Really
[00:50:57] Because they
[00:50:57] Wanted to
[00:50:58] Get you
[00:50:58] Out so
[00:50:59] Badly
[00:50:59] But they
[00:50:59] Managed
[00:51:00] To do
[00:51:00] So in
[00:51:01] Kind of
[00:51:01] An incredible
[00:51:02] Fashion
[00:51:02] And keeping
[00:51:03] You completely
[00:51:03] In the dark
[00:51:04] Too bad for
[00:51:05] Rachel
[00:51:05] Because she's
[00:51:06] Right along
[00:51:06] There with
[00:51:06] You
[00:51:07] But Annika
[00:51:08] You really
[00:51:08] Did an
[00:51:09] Excellent job
[00:51:10] I think
[00:51:10] Playing this
[00:51:11] Game
[00:51:11] Although there
[00:51:12] Were some
[00:51:13] Parts of you
[00:51:13] The managerial
[00:51:14] Components that
[00:51:15] We discussed
[00:51:16] That maybe
[00:51:17] You should have
[00:51:17] Kept in check
[00:51:18] A little bit
[00:51:18] But in the
[00:51:19] End I don't
[00:51:20] Think as
[00:51:20] David has
[00:51:21] Already indicated
[00:51:21] That that
[00:51:22] Necessarily hurt
[00:51:23] You so much
[00:51:24] So you
[00:51:24] Really did
[00:51:25] Get out
[00:51:26] Strategized
[00:51:26] And outplayed
[00:51:27] By the
[00:51:28] People who
[00:51:28] Are on your
[00:51:29] Tribe with
[00:51:29] You
[00:51:29] You were
[00:51:30] Someone that
[00:51:31] Sam saw
[00:51:32] As a threat
[00:51:32] I think
[00:51:33] You were
[00:51:33] Someone that
[00:51:33] Sierra
[00:51:34] Considered a
[00:51:34] Threat as
[00:51:35] Well
[00:51:35] And in
[00:51:35] Looking at
[00:51:36] The numbers
[00:51:37] And the
[00:51:37] Permutations
[00:51:37] And what
[00:51:38] Was better
[00:51:38] for their
[00:51:38] Games
[00:51:39] You unfortunately
[00:51:40] Were not
[00:51:41] Better for
[00:51:41] Their games
[00:51:42] So Anika
[00:51:43] It was
[00:51:44] Lovely watching
[00:51:44] You on
[00:51:45] Our screens
[00:51:46] Thank you
[00:51:46] So much
[00:51:47] And I wish
[00:51:47] You all
[00:51:47] The best
[00:51:48] Yeah I
[00:51:49] Have you
[00:51:49] Know very
[00:51:50] Similar thoughts
[00:51:50] Here you
[00:51:51] Know we
[00:51:51] We saw
[00:51:52] Friction
[00:51:52] Between
[00:51:53] Anika and
[00:51:54] Sam since
[00:51:55] Pretty much
[00:51:55] The beginning
[00:51:56] Of the game
[00:51:56] Anika believed
[00:51:57] It was just
[00:51:58] Brother sister
[00:51:59] Bickering
[00:51:59] And everything
[00:52:00] Was hunky
[00:52:01] Dory
[00:52:01] Sam apparently
[00:52:04] Did not
[00:52:06] But as
[00:52:07] We've
[00:52:08] Discussed
[00:52:08] Earlier
[00:52:09] Anika
[00:52:09] You know
[00:52:10] Told
[00:52:10] Dalton
[00:52:10] Ross
[00:52:11] She didn't
[00:52:12] Think her
[00:52:12] Bossiness
[00:52:12] Or leadership
[00:52:13] Role is
[00:52:13] What sent
[00:52:14] Her home
[00:52:14] And that's
[00:52:15] Not why
[00:52:15] Sam was
[00:52:16] Gunning for
[00:52:16] Her
[00:52:34] Overall
[00:52:35] Breadwinner's
[00:52:35] Alliance
[00:52:36] Of all
[00:52:36] Three women
[00:52:36] Even though
[00:52:37] He trusted
[00:52:38] Sierra
[00:52:38] Voting out
[00:52:39] Andy would
[00:52:40] Have put
[00:52:40] Him in a
[00:52:41] Very difficult
[00:52:41] Situation
[00:52:42] Of a
[00:52:43] Potential
[00:52:43] 2-2
[00:52:44] Split
[00:52:44] If they'd
[00:52:44] End up
[00:52:45] Back at
[00:52:46] Tribal
[00:52:46] Council
[00:52:46] By taking
[00:52:47] Out
[00:52:47] Anika
[00:52:48] Now
[00:52:48] He eliminated
[00:52:49] That potential
[00:52:50] Problem
[00:52:51] The fact
[00:52:52] That she
[00:52:52] Rubbed him
[00:52:52] The wrong
[00:52:53] Way
[00:52:53] Contributed
[00:52:54] By being
[00:52:55] A more
[00:52:55] Obvious
[00:52:56] Indicator
[00:52:56] Of the way
[00:52:57] She felt
[00:52:57] About him
[00:52:58] And how
[00:52:59] She would
[00:52:59] Play the
[00:53:00] Game
[00:53:00] But I do
[00:53:01] Think he
[00:53:01] Probably
[00:53:02] Would have
[00:53:02] Come to
[00:53:03] The same
[00:53:03] Conclusion
[00:53:03] No matter
[00:53:04] What
[00:53:05] The issue
[00:53:06] Then became
[00:53:07] One of
[00:53:08] Strategic
[00:53:08] Ability
[00:53:09] In rule
[00:53:10] After rule
[00:53:11] We concluded
[00:53:12] That Anika
[00:53:12] Was simply
[00:53:14] Outplayed
[00:53:14] And out
[00:53:14] Strategized
[00:53:15] She was
[00:53:16] Unable
[00:53:17] To hide
[00:53:17] Her opinions
[00:53:18] When it
[00:53:18] Came to
[00:53:18] Her social
[00:53:19] Game
[00:53:19] But every
[00:53:20] Time they
[00:53:20] Had an
[00:53:21] Issue
[00:53:21] They talked
[00:53:21] It out
[00:53:22] And she
[00:53:22] Left feeling
[00:53:23] Like it
[00:53:23] Was all
[00:53:23] Good
[00:53:24] It wasn't
[00:53:25] Sam also
[00:53:26] Talked a lot
[00:53:27] About Andy
[00:53:28] In negative
[00:53:28] Ways
[00:53:29] Convincing
[00:53:29] Anika
[00:53:30] That he
[00:53:31] Was good
[00:53:31] With the
[00:53:31] Plan to
[00:53:32] Vote
[00:53:32] Out
[00:53:32] Andy
[00:53:33] He
[00:53:34] Wasn't
[00:53:35] Sierra
[00:53:36] Seemed
[00:53:36] Enthusiastic
[00:53:37] About the
[00:53:38] Women's
[00:53:38] Alliance
[00:53:39] And Anika
[00:53:40] Thought for
[00:53:40] Sure that
[00:53:41] She was a
[00:53:41] Solid number
[00:53:42] There
[00:53:43] She wasn't
[00:53:45] Anika
[00:53:46] Was confident
[00:53:47] That she
[00:53:48] Had a full
[00:53:49] Read on
[00:53:50] Exactly where
[00:53:51] Everyone stood
[00:53:52] In the
[00:53:53] Tribe
[00:53:54] She
[00:53:55] She
[00:53:55] Didn't
[00:53:56] And it
[00:53:57] Was such
[00:53:57] A shock
[00:53:58] For her
[00:53:58] To find
[00:53:59] That out
[00:54:01] That her
[00:54:01] Brain
[00:54:02] Couldn't
[00:54:02] Even digest
[00:54:03] The situation
[00:54:04] And make
[00:54:04] Sense of
[00:54:05] It
[00:54:05] She was
[00:54:06] Certain
[00:54:06] Everything
[00:54:06] Was going
[00:54:07] According
[00:54:07] To the
[00:54:08] Plan
[00:54:08] And it
[00:54:09] Was
[00:54:09] The problem
[00:54:11] Was the
[00:54:12] Plan in
[00:54:12] Question
[00:54:13] Was Sam
[00:54:13] And Sierra's
[00:54:14] Not hers
[00:54:15] And that
[00:54:16] Is why
[00:54:17] Anika
[00:54:18] Lost
[00:54:18] Oh that
[00:54:25] Was very
[00:54:25] Very fun
[00:54:26] Thank you
[00:54:26] For that
[00:54:27] David
[00:54:27] Bloomberg
[00:54:28] Thank you
[00:54:29] Thank you
[00:54:31] Um all
[00:54:32] Right well
[00:54:33] Before we
[00:54:33] Get to
[00:54:33] Our
[00:54:33] Predictions
[00:54:34] For next
[00:54:35] Episode
[00:54:35] I want
[00:54:36] To remind
[00:54:36] Everyone
[00:54:37] Again
[00:54:37] That the
[00:54:38] Rules we
[00:54:38] Just discussed
[00:54:39] Are available
[00:54:39] In both
[00:54:40] Poster form
[00:54:41] That's right
[00:54:42] T-shirt form
[00:54:43] And t-shirt
[00:54:45] Form again
[00:54:46] This time as a
[00:54:47] Checklist
[00:54:47] So again go
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[00:56:57] plus others from shows like The Traders Canada,
[00:57:00] The Summit, House of Villains, and The Anonymous.
[00:57:04] Oh, look at you.
[00:57:05] Yes.
[00:57:06] You're so busy.
[00:57:07] Well, and now you have so much more time on your hands
[00:57:09] because you're down one podcast.
[00:57:13] Yes, yes.
[00:57:14] And a show that took up a lot, a lot of time, Big Brother.
[00:57:17] Yes.
[00:57:18] Oh, my word.
[00:57:19] It's like it's on all the time.
[00:57:21] It is.
[00:57:21] It's literally, you know, 24-7 live feed.
[00:57:24] I know.
[00:57:25] It's on all the time.
[00:57:26] Yeah.
[00:57:27] Yeah.
[00:57:27] Crazy.
[00:57:29] So, but that's behind us now.
[00:57:31] It is.
[00:57:32] And so we can look ahead to our predictions.
[00:57:38] And it appears that there will be a merge.
[00:57:41] I suppose.
[00:57:42] It does, doesn't it?
[00:57:42] You know, they could surprise us and like do something crazy,
[00:57:46] like make it two tribes or something when he says drop your buffs.
[00:57:50] Um, but it seems to be about the right timing, I think.
[00:57:54] Yeah.
[00:57:56] So aside from that, it appears Rome is back to going after Saul,
[00:58:01] uh, presumably to, I don't know, try and target him at the merge.
[00:58:05] Uh, beyond that, we don't really get much.
[00:58:09] Uh, I, I do think that the fact that players on other tribes have accurately
[00:58:14] pegged Sam and Sierra as being tight allies who were running things on their tribe, um,
[00:58:20] will only become more important.
[00:58:23] Oh, look, we have a puppy visiting us.
[00:58:26] You do.
[00:58:28] You going to say hello, Ellie?
[00:58:30] That is Ellie.
[00:58:32] This is Ellie.
[00:58:33] I wanted everybody to get to meet her.
[00:58:35] She's our newest addition.
[00:58:37] This is a beautiful girl.
[00:58:40] And all the people who are just listening on audio are like, well, I'll have to take your word for it.
[00:58:46] But she's gorgeous.
[00:58:47] Yes.
[00:58:47] Look at her.
[00:58:47] Maybe you can post on Twitter.
[00:58:49] Yes.
[00:58:49] You know, I'm going to, I, we wanted to make sure that it was all going to work with our other two puppies.
[00:58:54] I think it's official.
[00:58:55] She's definitely, she's doing very well.
[00:58:58] But I'm going to let her go back upstairs now.
[00:58:59] She was probably resting with all of it.
[00:59:01] Thank you so much for bringing her down.
[00:59:03] Okay.
[00:59:06] There we are.
[00:59:07] Okay.
[00:59:07] Back to predictions.
[00:59:08] Well, my prediction is that that is a very cute puppy.
[00:59:11] She is so cute.
[00:59:14] She's a sweetheart.
[00:59:15] Yes.
[00:59:16] Um, so anyway, the, the other tribes have, you know, figured out that Sam and Sierra are tight allies who were running things on the tribe.
[00:59:25] And that will only become more important when everyone sees the result of the vote we just discussed.
[00:59:30] Like, oh yes.
[00:59:31] I mean, I'm not suggesting they should have done anything different because they really could have.
[00:59:36] But I think people are going to be like, oh, Annika's gone.
[00:59:40] Hmm.
[00:59:41] That's very strange.
[00:59:42] I'm sure Rachel is going to be like throwing them all under the bus.
[00:59:45] Yes.
[00:59:46] Yes.
[00:59:46] Yes.
[00:59:46] Yeah.
[00:59:47] Um, so both of them are going to need to protect themselves, but I feel like people will initially want to work with them rather than against them.
[00:59:55] Um, cause they're going to be a group of three.
[00:59:58] And if you're in there with like another small group, you merge those groups together and suddenly you have an almost majority.
[01:00:04] So, yeah.
[01:00:05] Um, I, I think people will go after an apparently easy target instead.
[01:00:10] Uh, some of the possibilities, Tiana, teeny, Saul, Rachel, uh, even Andy possibly.
[01:00:18] Um, although again, he's part of that three.
[01:00:21] So less likely.
[01:00:22] What about Kyle?
[01:00:24] Kyle.
[01:00:25] I think Tiana has kind of overtaken that spot from Kyle on that drive.
[01:00:29] Uh, that's fair.
[01:00:31] You know, I think teeny has the connections needed and I think Rachel could easily form them.
[01:00:37] And to me, the most likely outcome is that Tiana gets taken out for throwing Gabe under the bus.
[01:00:46] You know, I was, I was feeling that as well, because I think that that was so much information that she provided.
[01:00:58] And then the apology, when she went to apologize to him, he saw right through it and knew that it was kind of just a half-ass apology.
[01:01:06] Hold on.
[01:01:06] Let's do this right.
[01:01:07] When she went to apologize, big, massive air quotes there.
[01:01:12] Yeah.
[01:01:13] Yeah.
[01:01:13] And, and so, but I'm also looking at the, so the blue tribe, cause we've got Caroline and Sue and Gabe as a three.
[01:01:22] I am feeling a little bit of something for Kyle though.
[01:01:27] I, there's, there's something that's bringing me back to Kyle.
[01:01:29] I feel like a lot of women are.
[01:01:34] Look at you.
[01:01:35] He is a sweetheart.
[01:01:36] I will say.
[01:01:38] Um, but I'm, but the one thing that I, I think is interesting with Kyle was the, the conversation he and Sue had where he was so frustrated with Sue because he's like, I was trying to help her.
[01:01:51] So I could see him drifting and trying to attach himself elsewhere.
[01:01:57] But I think the difference between he and Tiana is, I think that Kyle will likely find that person.
[01:02:04] He'll probably, I think maybe he and teeny might click a little bit.
[01:02:08] Just, I feel like she's going to be looking for some people who are on the outs a little bit.
[01:02:15] But I think I have to agree with you because I was thinking Tiana as well, because I feel like she's put herself in a position where she was very vocal with a bunch of people and they all saw it.
[01:02:27] So it's not going to be a question of these are the things that she's done.
[01:02:30] They've seen her do it.
[01:02:32] And so it'll be an easier ability for them all to kind of wrap their brains around.
[01:02:37] Like, yeah, this is the person that should probably go first.
[01:02:39] So I'm agreeing with you.
[01:02:41] Okay.
[01:02:42] All right.
[01:02:42] Long winded agreeing answer.
[01:02:47] All right.
[01:02:47] Well, this has not been a long winded podcast.
[01:02:50] This has probably been our shortest in quite some time.
[01:02:52] So again, you know, I said it.
[01:02:54] I did appreciate them giving us a kind of a straightforward one here.
[01:02:58] I mean, there was still plenty to dive into, but, you know, there weren't as many hoops as usual.
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[01:04:36] This was nice.
[01:04:37] Yes.
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[01:04:41] Something like that.
[01:04:42] I never did quite follow that whole discussion there, but you know.
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[01:04:57] Well, thank you.
[01:04:59] As always, Jessica.
[01:05:01] And, you know, especially this week for your flexibility in recording schedule.
[01:05:07] Following that rule.
[01:05:08] That's right.
[01:05:09] That's right.
[01:05:10] And we will be back here.
[01:05:12] Normally we say in a week, but because we were a little late this time.
[01:05:15] It'll be five days.
[01:05:16] That's right.
[01:05:17] So we will see everyone very soon.
[01:05:20] Bye.
[01:05:21] Bye.
[01:05:21] If you lost survivor and you're feeling down, David and Jessica will turn it around.
[01:05:29] They'll break down the rules and they'll show you how.
[01:05:32] You played yourself and got voted out.
[01:05:36] Bye.
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