Episode 36.5

I have a bit of a confession to make. There are some shows that are clearly guilty pleasure shows. That means that you might watch them and not tell people that you watch them. These shows are more of a thing that you do and not really tell some people about it. Now this is relevant because ABC has a line-up of these shows called TGIT. And I now have seen all of them.

Why would I watch them? Well, I first started with Grey’s Anatomy because I wanted to watch a medical drama that wouldn’t just wind up cancelled. I added How to Get Away with Murder with the start of this new season of it. Why? I had an open timeslot that I wanted to use to watch something with. I then saw that there would be a crossover between that and the show Scandal. So I started watching Scandal as well. And there is now a spin-off of Grey’s Anatomy called Station 19.

Why am I telling you all about this? You see, there are shows that I miss on Maundy Thursday because there tends to be new shows on it all the time. So I’ll be missing all of TGIT. There are other shows that I miss that air on Thursday as well. I also watch The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Gotham, Arrow, and S.W.A.T. I don’t know if any will be airing reruns. I know that Arrow isn’t, which seems dumb as they were at a better time to air reruns. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, we get to the gathering of the tribes and their buffs are dropped. There is a new tribe introduced. I still have no idea who everyone is or was. I don’t know who was on what tribe so I don’t know what the swap means. This season has yet to be that interesting. It better have a good post merge. How will this affect Ghost Island? And why is Ghost Island a twist when it seems to do nothing most of the time? I guess that I’m not that impressed by this season thus far. The tribes get used to their new dynamics and I still don’t know the name of each tribe. Chris talks a lot. I don’t even know what is worth saying in this segment.

In the second segment of the show, Desiree is concerned that Angela could potentially flip on them. Michael learns about what has happened and figures that this could help him. James feels that he is still a bit wary of Michael due to how things happened earlier in the game. People on the purple tribe seem to think that things are better for them on this tribe. People think that Libby is too similar to Parvati. Now stop for a moment and think if there was another winner like Parvati. I can’t. Of course, things could wind up worse for Libby if other people think she’s like Parvati. Remember Mikayla?

In the third segment of the show, we get to the immunity challenge. Did we catch up with every tribe before this? I don’t think that we saw much of the new tribe. The green tribe is the new one, right? I can’t even keep things straight anymore. Is Desiree breaking the rules when she leaves her post? I can’t tell, but I’m not sure that she is. Well, it seems that she isn’t. The green tribe left a bag behind. The green tribe comes in first. The orange tribe loses. It seems that no one is going to Ghost Island this time around. Would it have done anything anyways?

In the fourth segment of the show, we get back to the orange tribe after their loss. Desiree feels that she failed her tribe. She feels like she’s the biggest loser. But she isn’t. No one is since they got rid of the show without even admitting that it is cancelled. James talks about how he had to adapt to America after previously living in South Korea. #nevertrump. This seems to be one of the most emotionally focused season in the history of this show. The important animal imagery of a snake among the rocks is seen. But what does it mean? As usual, it seems that the vote is in the air going into tribal council.

In the fifth segment of the show, we get to tribal council. The way that they edit this show now is a bit strange and still takes some getting used to. I miss the theme song and it seems that they don’t have a title card anymore. Jeff thinks that this tribe always loses. But didn’t they win once? It seems that the main subject of the tribal council is who deserves to stay in the game. Maybe that’s it. Did Desiree fail her tribe that badly? And will Michael win the game? James gets a vote with the regular “it’s either you or me” vibe that comes across. James is voted out. It doesn’t seem like he understands it at first.

On the next Survivor, there is fire at the orange tribe while the purple tribe gets too many problems with them. Now are they really allowed to just burn their flag like that? You’d think that people would put a stop to the whole thing before it would happen. And how big will this purple tribe fight be? And is the newest, green tribe, already forgotten?

Total confessional count: Domenick- 11, Desiree- 7, Kellyn- 9, Jenna- 5, Wendell- 4, Donathan- 8, Laurel- 4, Bradley- 4, James- 6, Chris- 8, Sebastian- 5, Angela- 4, Chelsea- 2, Libby- 3, Michael- 11.

New confessionals this episode: Michael- 3, Domenick- 2, Desiree- 3, Kellyn- 2, Jenna- 1, Wendell- 1, Donathan- 0, Laurel- 2, Bradley- 1, James- 1, Chris- 2, Sebastian- 1, Angela- 1, Chelsea- 1, Libby- 0.

James had just one new confessional this episode, the same number as Bradley, Sebastian, Angela, Jenna, Chelsea, and Wendell. Lower than them are Donathan and Libby with zero a piece. Everyone else is higher with Michael and Desiree at three a piece. As for the total confessionals, James was at six. The people higher are Chris, Domenick, Desiree, Kellyn, Michael, and Donathan. Everyone else is lower. Right now, Domenick and Michael share the highest with eleven, the first two to reach double digits. As for the lowest, that is Chelsea with just two. We’ll see what happens in the future and if this cast can start doing something interesting for a change. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.