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I'm so sad that I can't get anyone discussing any of this.

Well have number 44.

Ok ThaiSu, no more in spoiler tags then. Have the next few.






43. Jenna blindsides Deena.
Quote: "When we go to tribal council tonight, the one person that's gonna get the hit tonight is gonna be the person that least expects it."
-Rob Cesternino

I've always said that Jenna was very underrated as a player. No way in hell is she the best winner or even in the top tier, but I always thought this was smart. And as much as I loved Deena, she should have known better than to do what she did at this point in the game. If she had waited just one more round, then the season could have been a lot different. Anyways, basically she told Heidi about her idea to blindside Alex while he and Jenna were on reward. Then Heidi blabs about it to Jenna and Alex (as she probably should have), and after they freak out a bit, Jenna decides to turn the tables on Deena. The thing about Jenna is that several people wanted to take her to the end (meaning Heidi and Alex, and Deena wanted her in the F3 and Rob in F4, at least), but Jenna recognized that Deena was the biggest threat to her and her alliance. Deena was very strong in challenges and a strong game player who was capable of rallying people to her side, and I give Jenna a lot of credit for taking Deena out instead of just going for Christy or Butch (Matt, the original target, was immune). If Alex doesn't open his big fat mouth in the next episode (this will be addressed later), then Jenna's sitting a pretty position. There's a good chance that she's going to the final three with two people who would take her to the finals, both of whom she had a decent chance of beating.

Reasons not higher: This wasn't terribly difficult to accomplish, and I just like other things better.



















































42. Jonny Fairplay gets Sandra and Christa to save Burton and blindside Tijuana.
Quote: "We need to regroup; we need to have a different plan, because our alliance is going to be kicking us out, most likely, fourth and fifth."
-Tijuana Bradley

Before I have to hear claims of "Why isn't this so much higher?" I will address them right now. I put this as low as I did because, although Fairplay convincing Sandra and Christa to boot Tijuana was genius, Tijuana's boot was almost entirely Tijuana's fault. In fact, what was so smart about this was not that he made a faux deal with Sandra and Christa but that he made up this lie about "the kerosene." Sandra took Tijuana and spied on Burton and Jon, who were discussing how the two of them and Lill would be the F3 (Honorable mention to Sandra for doing this). Now Tijuana and Darrah were ready to boot Burton. What we saw on TV and what actually happened are not quite the same here. Either way, we know that Tijuana told Burton something like you screwed us, so we're voting you out, and you can't do shit about it. Then Burton told Jon about this who went to Sandra and Christa and offered a F4 deal with them three and Burton. I don't think they actually bought this, but Christa alluded to something else in an interview, and she and Sandra both allude to it on the DVD commentary. Jon also told Tijuana that Sandra and Christa took "the kerosene," which IIRC was the last working lighter from the village they went to on the first day. In actuality, Jon and Burton took it, but the reason Tijuana got booted was because she went to Sandra and Christa and said something like come up with the kersone or we're voting you out. With that combined with Sandra/Christa's distrust and dislike for her...they voted out Tijuana. Fairplay should not be robbed of credit for thinking of this kerosene lie and getting Sandra and Christa to vote with him. It was pretty smart.

Reasons not higher: As I said, Tijuana mainly got Tijuana booted, not Fairplay. Usually getting excessively cocky once will get you booted, but she did it TWICE, pretty much sentencing her to nine days in Ponderossa.


























































41. Kathy scrambles at the F4.
Quote: "I can handle that."
-Vecepia Towery

I was never a huge Marquesas fan, but the one unique thing about it was the amount of last-second scrambling, and I mean that quite literally. Sean tried to force a deal with Kathy in his final tribal council in the previous episode. Unfortunately he kept asking her for immunity, which she was never going to do. Kathy either learned from that, or did something else successful because when she was on the block after Vee won immunity, she specifically pointed out to Vee that she wasn't going to ask for immunity. Kathy used immunity as a bargaining chip and almost "let" Vee keep it in exchange for voting with her. The point is, Kathy scrambled to force a tie at the F4, something which so many others have been unable to do. Unfortunately, though, the tiebreaker was complete and utter bullshit.

Reasons not higher: Both Kathy and Vee wanted to vote out the "wrong" person, Paschal and Neleh, respectively.







































40. Clay befriends the Sook Jais.
Quote: "Beaumont. Somewhere. Beaumont, Texas."
-Brian Heidik

Thank you, ThaiSu, for mentioning this, because I probably wouldn't have added it. Yes, after the two tribes merged, or even when they started living on the same beach, Clay began to befriend three of the Sook Jais. Brian had Shii Ann and Jake, but Shii Ann didn't even make the jury. Clay, on the other hand, won three jury votes for his efforts of maintaining friendships. There's not much else to be said except that the quote I picked should explain it all.

Reasons not higher: It certainly helped that Brian was a collosal douchebag. He didn't even remember Shii Ann's name

I don't get why people are saying Paschal was non-strategic. The only way he can really win is if Kathy goes home at the F4 (or Vee if she doesn't win immunity) and have Neleh win the challenge and take him. Remember, Paschal scolded Kathy when she explained to Vee why she wanted to vote him out, and that pretty much switched the vote to Neleh.

Neleh wasn't that strategic, IMO. Don't forget that this is the girl who told the jury that she didn't start playing until day 24.

And Ken, I can give you something controvercial. I am of the firm opinion, that in terms of gameplay and amazingness...


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39. Cirie blindsides Joel.
Quote: "Erik seems to think we should get rid of the weaker players in the tribe, which is fine with me except I'm included in the weaker tribe members."
-Cirie Fields

This is the first of several examples of Cirieownage that will appear on this list. It's plays like this that make me think Cirie is the best player to never win. So fans and favorites had just been mixed, and the Malakal tribe was off to a rough start. The favorites were Ami, Cirie, Amanda, and Ozzy while the fans were Chet, Erik, Tracy, and Joel. Since Malakal was inept at putting a puzzle together (after a HUGE lead over Airai in the first part of the challenge) and because Airai had puzzle queen Eliza doing it, they lost and had to go to tribal. Joel then loses it and talks with Ozzy about getting rid of the "weak," which included Cirie. Erik supported Joel in this (see quote). So when Cirie found out, long story short, she convinced everyone else to blindside Joel. Cirieowned.

Reasons not higher: Getting the numbers to do this wasn't terribly difficult to do. Cirie had Ami, Tracy, and Chet, which is enough for a tie, at least.