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Oh come on, it's Borneo, easily. A ton of dynamic characters and although the gameplay is pretty straightforward, there are enough plot twists and epic moments that make what's on paper a very predictable ending suspenseful all the way through. Rich's win itself is totally unexpected but it's like The Sixth Sense; if you watch it a second time knowing what happens you'll be kicking yourself for missing all the clues, which is the best kind of movie ending.

ASS would probably be my second choice. It would actually be near-perfect if we didn't know the players before and had no expectations going into it, but that's what made it so disappointing. But the two lovers making the final two is probably something EPMB would've killed for in any other season.

China would be third. Great characters, a bunch of great events--I mean, so much of it worked out in a way that couldn't have been scripted any better: James not using the idols, Jaime and Peih-Gee throwing the challenge, Jaime playing a fake idol...and the ending makes sense but not in a totally obvious way.

The Cook Islands answers make sense to me actually, but there are three big problems with it as far as a movie would work:
1. The heroes are in a great position and then comes the mutiny, which is a major obstacle, and of course is perfect story-wise. But after Jonathan flips back, nothing stands in their way of victory--the villains don't put up a fight at all.
2. Even with the mutiny, we know that Yul's got the hidden idol in his pocket, and he's easily the glue that holds the heroes together, so we're not terribly worried for his situation as long as he has that in his pocket.
3. Jonathan and Cao Boi would steal the show for sure, but unless you plan on cutting some of the lesser characters, the pacing would be incredibly inconsistent.

The rest:
Outback wouldn't work at all. There are so many big events early on and it slows down a lot about halfway through. It'd be like the screenwriter had a ton of brilliant ideas, got excited by them, shoved them all into the beginning of the story and then the well ran dry. Africa's in the same boat, the Brandon/Frank date is really the last big moment; but to be honest the only huge, major plot twists are the switch and then Brandon voting for Kelly.

Marquesas would be good up until Vee's win, which comes out of nowhere. Even Kathy's "so close" story would be fine but Vecepia just didn't have the great "Here's why she wins" story presented. Thailand has the story with the cold, calculating sociopath winning, but with characters, it's lacking.

Amazon and PI I don't think would work at all with all the post-merge chaos; it would kind of feel futile to get involved with the story despite the great characters because circumstances changed so easily so often.

Vanuatu's a good comeback story, but some of the characters are a bit lacking. Palau would be great but I think the Ulonging would be hell to watch back-to-back without the week in between to wonder if it was going to continue or finally end. Guatemala would be pretty weak. Panama had some characters but you lose the three best right at the end and then it's a lame finish. Fiji's second half would be great, but it takes too long for the action to start.