Ryder Strong

The James Bond villain who tells Bond his entire plan never wins.

It's like, come on.

Evil plan to yourself, bro.

Right before they vote, Jeff Probst gives this incredible quote.

He says, the game is the lure...

The experience and the adventure you have out here is the prize.

Yeah.

I thought that was really cool.

Really cool.

I was like, wow.

And I think that that's, you know, I think that's what makes Survivor special is that it really, it is true.

Like, it seems like everybody has a life-changing experience whether they win the game or not.

Right.

And feel so positive about it even when they get blindsided or, you know, it's...

It's a really beautiful game.

But this is another weird combination I've been seeing in the game.

It's a paradox of this season where, again, it seems like they're maybe trying with stuff like Billie Eilish and Mr. Beast and Zac Brown.

They're trying to bring in other fandoms to Survivor, and yet they're rehashing only older players that have been there.

And so it's like, okay, well, if you want to open up the world, then, you know, when you... I hear people going like, this is the sixth time I've played Survivor.

Okay, maybe it's time to let other people play Survivor.