Survivor - Ghost Island FINALE - Discussion Thread SPOILERS!

Me
I agree, this season has not been very exciting.

i am okay with anyone BUT dom. not sure why... others are just more endearing??

This is who I'd like to win and in what order. I'd like Donathan to win, and if he can't then Laurel and if she can't then Wendell and if he can't then Dom (because he played a good game) and if he can't then Sebastian and if the can't then Angela last. 

I recorded the show first so I could skip past the commercials and I just hit play to watch it. I have never liked how the show starts lately with Jeff in with the live audience. I much prefer continuing with them still back in Fiji for continuity's sake. I really hated it tonight because of the way the audience was set up I could tell who won-really, really made me mad. Spoiled the whole ending for me. I'll have to wait and see if I am wrong. 

Really>>> How did it spoil it for you>>

Oh OK he only contemplated being an idiot. I can go to bed now

Sebastian/sea Bass looks stoned out of his mind.

Every time they put him on camera I couldn’t stop laughing. He looked as high as a kite!

I’m watching on the west coast! Just started it!

Out of the 3 left glad it was Wendell! And I too hope Michael gets to compete again!

Laurel, Wendell and Dom.

I said the same thing to dh. 

I felt like there wasn't much interaction with the contestants and Jeff afterwards. Usually more questions and answer didn't really happen much this time.

Totally agree.....knew the minute I saw Wendell’s dad...

Hey strangers!! So sorry I’ve been just an awful survivor friend. I always hate it when my favorite people to chat about Survivor with don’t show up and here I am doing it myself!

This has been a weird season for me. Every single season, at least one of my pea survivor pals (and usually more than one) complain about the season—this is the worst season, cast is boring, Survivor is jumping the shark, etc....And I never feel that way. I always hate the negativity and think people are nuts. But this season, I just had trouble getting into it. I watched every episode, although sometimes days later. In fact I just watched last week’s episode this evening. That never happens. I don’t know what it was—dislike of most of the cast, the ghost island format, the switching up the tribes too early, or the fact that I’ve been rewatching several seasons with my dd (who either didn’t watch some of these past seasons or was too young to remember) on Hulu. We’re near the end of the One World season now.

Thoughts about tonight:

Things I don’t like: letting the girl in the audience make a guess at who won, having Kevin Hart come and talk about his new show (which looks exactly like an old show called Wipeout), having the final tribal cut into the reunion, not talking to each player heck, I wanted to hear about Seabass and Jenna’s romance (something I STILL can’t make sense of).

I agree with whoever said they don’t like how the final starts with Jeff in the studio. IMO it takes us out of the game and makes it feel more like a show. Plus it cuts into the reunion time.

It was hard for me to even care too much about this last episode. I really didn’t care that much about who won out of any of them and I felt that way pretty much after Michael left. I do think Dom played a really good game. I didn’t find him any less likable than Wendell and I thought he deserved the win more. I will say that Wendell giving Laurel immunity at tribal was a great move. She probably would have voted for him anyway, but it didn’t hurt. I actually thought that the three finalists performed really well at the final TC. Probably the best I’ve ever seen. No one got overly emotional, they handled the negative stuff well and did a good job selling themselves. I actually thought Wendell did the poorest in front of the jury. I turned to my dd and said, I think it’s going to be between Dom and Laurel (is it Laurel or Lauren? I can’t remember and I’m too lazy to look it up right now...lol). I was clearly wrong. Oh, and yes, Seabass looked stoned out of his mind. Run Jenna, run!!! I also loved how he said he didn’t play strategically (yes, we realize that) and just played with his heart. Really? Please stay the hell out of this game if that’s how you’re going to play. And that might be what frustrated me so much about this season. Too many people not thinking and not playing strategically. They let Wendell and Dom run the show the whole time. Michael was the only one who didn’t.

I cannot say enough about my dislike of Angela. As a mom and a vet, I really wanted to like her but she was useless and foolish. When she went to Dom with Donathan and Seabass’ plans, I wanted to throw something at the TV. And let’s talk about Donathan. Gosh I liked him at first but what a nutso loose cannon he ended up being. I still loved that Asia gave him $10,000. So cool what a big fan she is. Makes me sad though that they don’t do America’s favorite anymore. I’m thinking it would have been Michael or Donathan.

Okay, let’s hope David and Goliath is a more inspiring season. Until then, my dd and I will go back to our old Survivor marathon that we’re having so much fun watching. Like I said, we’re watching One World with the dreaded Colton and Alicia. By the way, do you guys remember Kat on that season? She looks almost unrecognizabke now. Let me see if I can grab a couple images.

Oh, and here are the links for Dalton’s final recaps and Donathan an Sebastian. I couldn’t find Angela’s. I’ll keep looking but link it if you find it first.