Survivor 46

[Hewson]

I agree. Q owed her nothing, and her outburst was way out of line.
Well played blindside on Tiff. They gave no hint at Tribal that it was happening, so she never even considered playing her idol.
Charlie's a local Massachusetts guy, so rooting for him.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Going forward, I'll root for Charlie. I like Kenzie too. What town is Charlie from? My sis lives in Worcester now.

 

[Hewson]

Charlie is from Manchester By the Sea (North shore close to Gloucester).

 

[MrPryck2U]

Damn, another one out with an Idol. On Facebook, someone listed the people voted out with Idols and this season is the all-time leader. The real question is: Who's next? Look out, Charlie from Manchester by the Sea. I think Liz would be the best person to bring to a Final 3 because no one will for vote for her. She has no allies.

 

[Hewson]

3 straight sent home with idols.
About time Venus is gone.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Charlie by the Sea survives!! This season is historic for a very notorious reason. Getting voted out with that fucker in your pocket. Couldn't have happened to a better guy. Lol! Maria might have been gunning for Charlie, but she didn't suggest to Q to play his idol when she heard his name being thrown around. Hmmm.

 

[Hewson]

I think Maria thought that Charlie was suggesting Q but was unaware that others were gunning for him. Just that Maria didn't realize the others were bamboozling her and Q.
This cast has done a tremendous job of not tipping off blindsides. Charlie thought he was looping Maria in to not lose her trust, and it probably ended up helping her feel comfortable that she had a successful Charlie blind side in the works.

These folks should know that an idol only has power if you play it.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Kenzie especially has been good at lulling them into a false sense of security. Liz finally had a BM and a good meal. If Maria loses the next challenge, she's out.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Another season in the books. I enjoyed this season. It was different from the other seasons of the "new era". Especially the 4 people in a row getting voted off with an idol in their pocket. I was rooting for Kenzie. Glad she won. But Charlie, I feel, was the more deserving winner. Maria and Q screwed him. Maria flat out betrayed Charlie. The whole time, she's his biggest supporter and then suddenly at the end she sees "the fire in Kenzie's eyes". Good gravy. Obviously, we all knew Ben would get zero votes once he won that final challenge. And Liz pretty much won Kenzie that million dollars by really going out of her way to help Kenzie defeat Maria and knock her out of the game. As kooky as Liz was, she caused a lot of chaos.

 

[Hewson]

Liz: "I would have beaten you all"
Everyone on jury: Roll eyes.

 

[2861U2]

Not a fan of the "new era" for a host of reasons, but this season was maybe the best of the last six. Kenzie was a deserving winner, though Charlie was too. And Liz- good grief. She's on the Mount Rushmore of the most annoying players ever. I'm sure she'll be back for a future season because the producers will somehow believe that we found her endearing and likeable. She's the Awkwafina of Survivors.

 

[MrPryck2U]

I don't see Liz returning. Too many allergies. Lol! Jeff has said Season 50 will be returning players. I could see Charlie returning, but not Maria. They'd vote her out quickly. This season was probably the best of the new era. Kenzie was a good winner. Charlie was a good runner-up.

 

[Sicy]

OMG So glad Kenzie won. That was a crazy season. I am friends with Marty Piombo and I talk to him all the time about Survivor lol. He said 4 idols going home is def a record. WTF is wrong with these kids. And Maria, wowwwww.

 

[Hewson]

It was actually 5 idols that went home including 4 in a row. (Jem went home with one early, then the 4 in a row of Hunter, Tiffany, Venus and Q)

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Season got off to a flat out amazing start as Jelinsky and Bhanu were two of the greatest early boots of all time, no question. Q really, really fucked up this season with his antics and basically existing in the game as a corpse that nobody respected but could use to make their way further in. I hated that.

I also think the winners lately...eh, it just feels so much like a lot of dumb feelings going around that decides it. I wasn't blown away by Charlie's game and I honestly think Kenzie is the greatest social player to ever play this game...but she seemed to win just because of her backstory of being poor.

I thought the one last fall, 45, was actually the worst season ever. It didn't really have a single person I would consider a character. Only positive is that the winner was undoubtedly the best all-around player of the new era so that was worth cheering on.

41 was ruined by all the twists and the bitterness/hypocrisy of Ricard and Shan and I don't think there's any good argument as to why Erika won.

42 absolutely kicked ass. Truly incredible cast, amazing winner as far as characters go.

43 sucked shit and only 45 is worse. I do think Gabler deserved the win and I saw it coming a mile away. Again, NO characters. Best praise you can give it would be that the excellent gameplay of Karla and Jesse was well worth watching.

44's a little overrated. Yeah, Carolyn is one of the greatest characters in Survivor history but I had zero respect for these fucking merge players who had SO many opportunities to unseat Carolyn/Yam Yam/Carson and didn't do shit about the most obvious alliance in Survivor history. At Final 7 AND Final 6, they had that trio dead to rights and didn't do anything about it. It's the shittiest play in modern Survivor, yet the same crap happened AGAIN in 45 when an obvious alliance coasted its way to the end and the other dumb as rocks players went along with it. I mean, come the fuck on! Players only fell for that crap in Season 1 yet somehow in Season 44/Season 45 they repeated the same damn mistake.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Also, Australian Survivor is by far the definitive take of Survivor. The two initial failed installments were both still pretty entertaining but it's been the reboot that happened many years later that really is the most interesting version of Survivor ever created. The casting is amazing, the marathon game length much better than this 26 days nonsense, etc.

Sandra (and her daughter) and Russell Hantz have both played on it. It's also produced the best strategic mind in the history of Survivor, unquestionably.