I also knew that you would make a thread like this beatles.
Aw man, am I that predictable?
Now if we can get a 7-person jury with a final two in Gabon, reverting back to the old ways will be complete.
Absolutely. I really wish they'd done this in China, although I suppose with a 16-member cast it would've been less of a shocker. But it would've made that season perfect and put it over Africa for me, and maybe even Marquesas if I was feeling generous. Even if it came down to James' evacuation making them go with F2, they obviously made a conscious decision to do it for a reason, because they didn't have to do a challenge after he left or they could've made the F4 challenge for reward.
I wish it'd never been tampered with in the first place, but the sheer glee and shock of last night almost made the last three finales worthwhile. But now I don't want any surprises; just stick with F2, jury starting at the final nine and be done with it.
As far as Cassandra winning killing the show, why would that be the case? She wasn't particularly unlikable, and wasn't really much more boring than Vecepia or Danni. She was just there. Besides, the edit would be different, and it might have actually worked out for the better if Fiji didn't have such an obvious "Earl is the winner!!!" edit. And some hardcore fans would be annoyed with Ozzy winning CI, but he was easily just as, if not more popular than Yul.
Eight jurors was stupid, but hey, it worked out; we didn't have a tie and it was necessary to keep up the surprise. And the Micronesia F2 was easily the producers' greatest shocker since the original tribal switch.
