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Chapter 1: What happened during the Survivor Season 50 finale?
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He kind of shoved me out of the way and said, move. And he went out the front door and he jumped in a car and drove off. And that was the last time I saw him.
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Chapter 2: How did Aubry's strategy influence the game?
Like Mr. Beast was on this show and they sat there for like half the episode being like, historic, Mr. Beast. And the guy just walked in, flipped the coin and walked out. Like, hey, I got a suitcase. Do you have any idea how many Mountain Dew commercials you could cut just from Survivor footage? It's so true. That's exactly what it looks like. You're right. It is.
And it has that like saturated bright color too. Yes, it does. Always the liquid, the taste, the taste, the taste. I mean, yeah.
That's Juicy Fruit. Oh, same thing.
The taste, the taste, the taste is going to move. Yeah, that too. Juicy Fruit would work. But it does. It's got that kind of that same thing. But the vibe works and it was a ton of fun. The energy was in the room. And so here's the thing.
No, wait, the thing just that when they were going back to everybody and this is the reality show kind of trap you fall into is you tend to forget the first like five people that are kicked off. I know. So they're showing there are like three jury members.
I couldn't name right now. Three jury members.
Yes, I know. All right. Well, watching this season summary, there is a moment where they got to Tiff doing her inconceivable puzzle. And that's when the crowd. started cheering. And this is what you can't hear at home is that whatever is shown on the screen, the audience is reacting to in real time in the room. And Tiff got the biggest cheer.
And that's when I realized that, oh, everybody's obsessed with her. And that was the process of the night is getting to hear who the audience loved. And they only added in a little bit. Like it's not part of the... you know, it's not part of the actual like aired show. So super interesting, like to be there and to feel the audience love, like, or in some cases, lack of love.
It wasn't, it wasn't, there was, that was the funny thing. The way you said it is right. Lack of love. There was never any hate. There was never anything. It was just booze. There was one section of food, but wasn't it just the section that weren't they just booing for a, for a result. It wasn't like they were booing for one person. Like no, no person got booed,
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Chapter 3: What was the audience's reaction to Jonathan's performance?
So my only thinking is that they wanted Tiff and Jonathan to go head to head. Like they were just, how do we get these two to go head to head? And they knew that it had to be like physically crazy and but also have just enough puzzle to give Tiff an edge, I think. You know what I mean? But this is crazy. This is like, I can't believe that they do this to them this late in the game.
Not only that, but the thing that was amazing to me was that they give them this physical challenge, but then there's moments where you have to calm down Like to throw the beanbag. Right. Where it's like, if you're pumping with adrenaline, you're hucking this thing, you're missing it. You got to then run and get it. It's like, oh, I've got to go fast and then slow and then fast and then slow.
I feel like this was the ultimate survivor. I feel like this combined all the mental, physical, it's the only aspect it doesn't have for obvious reasons is teamwork. Like there are a lot of the other, but this is like, you have to be the ultimate player to get through this. I've never seen anything this big.
It was crazy.
It was really cool to watch. And once again, I just keep going to, man, I want to do this.
like maybe not maybe not on an island having not eaten for 30 days but a party something I want to do these things I want to try this I want to try it I would flail dude I would be so bad but I don't know I'll try the puzzles I'll stick with the puzzles gotta be a way to do it and at this point I was kind of like Rizzo what are you doing Why are you even doing this challenge?
I guess to not look like an asshole, but he has an idol in his pocket. He is flying through. He does not need this. And now, and this is where I was like, again, Survivor producers, there's no reward attached to this challenge. If you give a reward attached to this challenge, then Rizzo, everybody has an incentive as it is. Rizzo has no incentive. But there's immunity. It's immunity, obviously.
But not for Rizzo, there's no incentive. For Rizzo, there's no incentive. I have a question, because they kind of glossed over this, because again, I think this is a thing where if you're a Survivor fan, you know this. He had to play his idol that night, right? Yes. He couldn't have saved it for one more round. He had to play it by that... All the idols have to be played by round five.
I don't think they ever go beyond that. Gotcha. Okay. That's what I figured, but I figured everyone knew that, so I wasn't going to be the dumb guy. And sometimes there are idols that have to be played when there's like seven players or before the merge. You know, all kinds of weird rules.
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Chapter 4: What were the key moments of the final challenge?
Which is crazy because actually, if Joe were smart, If Joe were the player he thinks he is, he would have latched on to Tiff because they bonded like midway through the season. They could have had like a power couple thing going into this. And he dropped her at a certain point. So she's completely alone now. And that sucks because, yeah. It did, because she's the one.
I told you, she was my crush. She's the one I wanted to win. She was doing so well. She had so much passion. I thought she deserved it the most, frankly. Yep. So when she went, I was bummed. She'll be back, dude.
I know, but I was bummed.
Survivor Season 60 will be all about it. I really wanted her to win. All right, Rizzo plays his idol. Tiff gets voted out. Back at the live show, they bring Tiff out. She's asked about her imposter syndrome. And then Jeff is like, if you asked, would you come back? She's like, I'm coming back and I'm winning. Audience love trip. Yeah. Back at the show, back at camp.
The guys know that they need to win the challenge in order to get Aubrey out. They want it to be a sausage fest. It's also the only way any of them are going to win. Aubrey makes it to the final three. She's going to win. And I think everybody knows that at that point. Which is why this challenge is super important.
The SimOcean!
You told me about this before I think we even started the season. Because it's so good. I didn't know this, but it's named after Simo Ross. Maybe Miles Nye, our game correspondent, challenge correspondent, might have mentioned this. But so Simo Ross is the guy who invented it on the team. He's part of the production team. And it was like an art project.
Yeah, it was like an art project or a side project that became everybody's favorite. Yeah. So then back at the live show, before they even start the challenge, we get to see Ozzy and Stephanie. Stephanie talks about being a role model, the original badass female.
Ozzy talks about his intuition, how he's more in touch with it because he had the dream that lost him, or he had the dream, didn't listen to it, and lost $2 million. Yeah. And that's when Jeff Poole's had a t-shirt. And Ozzy's just like, oh, great, I get a t-shirt.
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Chapter 5: How did the live audience impact the finale experience?
She's like, I've been practicing this. Great. All right. Back at camp, Aubrey tells Joe that she's taking him and he cries. And this is, you know, looking back on this moment, it was nice because it was like, yeah, that's sweet. But it's also like, This is exactly why you lost, Joe.
Yeah.
Because you're totally passive. You have no game here other than hoping that she takes you. Yeah. And you're emotional, you're heartfelt, you're lovable, you're a baby. Yeah. That somebody else is going to carry you to the end.
Yeah.
And you're never going to win. He's a good guy. Great dude. I bet you in life, Joe's one of those people I want to hang out with.
Right, right.
If I was really stuck on an island- I want Joe. You want Joe.
You know what I mean? Yeah.
But in terms of the gameplay, but in terms of the gameplay, man. Well, he didn't. We'll get into this, I'm sure, when he talks to the jury. And I think they asked some pretty important questions because at the end of the day, you realize he didn't do a whole lot for the game. He didn't focus the game in any way, shape, or form. He didn't really change anything in the game.
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Chapter 6: What were the highlights of the jury's questions?
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Jeff points out that these four finalists have all been here before. Aubrey announces that Joe is her pick. Rizzo and Jonathan are going to fire. They sit down and we cut to the completely wrong segment. This is the moment. Live show. They bring out Rizzo. And already I was like, oh, this is premature. They're bringing him out. And I was like, oh, well, they must bring out Jonathan next.
Jonathan will be next and they're going to interview them both. And this was so funny watching it back. You can't hear the audience's reaction. So in the room.
Really?
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Chapter 7: What is the significance of the 'car curse' in Survivor?
Which is so funny because Jonathan is the big guy.
The big guy.
The big guy from the South.
Oh, that's so funny.
Isn't that funny? All right. John admits that it was his idea to get Ozzy out, which Stephanie says like, yes, please tell them. And that she fell on his sword. She wanted to. Yeah. But then Joe explains that she made this Ozzy vote possible because she had to hard sell it to Joe. which is also true. Yeah.
Joe, though, takes credit for sending Ozzy home because he lied by looking him in the eye and saying, you got to trust me. But Tiff pushes back, which is nice, which is like, was Aubrey sharing the info with you? Was that what allowed you to do that? And he has to admit, yes. Yes, it was. Yep. Yes, it was.
And then Stephanie gets on her rant about the old versus new and how Jonathan is the whole package. And I love Tiff jumping in. She's like, is there a question in here?
Yeah.
Is there something you want to ask him or you just want to fall on his sword again? She says there's a question. And there isn't. There's literally no question. Nope. It's just like, I love you, Jonathan. Yeah.
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Chapter 8: What themes were explored in the discussions about gameplay?
Right. For a hundred grand.
And that's to Seri.
Seri for best player. Just the favorite. Yeah. And that's just a given. Yeah. No. So John Madden, the NFL.
nfl john madden video game there's a famous curse from that where it's like whoever was put on the cover of that famously got injured that year and could like their their season was over gotcha so it got to the point where the players were like they would want to be on the cover yeah they would fall on the ice or like it's football they would be the ones who like they didn't get any tripped up on the field and didn't get any goals that year yeah right it's that's close that's close we're getting there
All right. And then they previewed season 51. And the idea is that it's the open era. Every advantage, every twist is in play. So they're calling it permanent uncertainty. And I'm not stoked. I'm stoked for season 51. Well, first of all, you can't do that with words. And second of all... My problem is, that was what I didn't like about this season.
Right, right.
Is that the poor players had strategy, were great players, and it kept getting destabilized. Thrown out of the window, yeah. Yeah, and if they're just going to keep destabilizing... I will go back to what you and I have talked about. I want Survivor for people who have never seen Survivor. Well, what did you say? You came up with a great name for it in one episode. Did I?
Yeah, you were like, it's Survivor, back to basics, or you came up with something where it was like perfect. I just don't want, I want it to be people who have never seen it, have no idea what's going on, and are just like, wow, let's figure out how to play this game. It's going to be you and me on the island. Well, because here's the thing.
I was thinking about during the process of this jury argumentation, right? What used to happen is that the players in the final three would look at the jury and say, hey... Do you remember when I told you this was going on and then this was happening? I wasn't being honest. And the jury would be like, whoa.
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