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I think Erik might have made the wrong decision tonight. He had a chance to make a potentially game winning move. If we imagine a world where Erik is a semi capable, forward thinking Survivor player, Erik could have carried out the following plan:

- Erik tells Andrea what's going on and promises to flip his vote on the condition that they change the boot to Dawn.

- Dawn leaves that night leaving a 3 v 3 split with his side having an idol and what are probably the 3 best challenge competitors verses what seems like an unlikely grouping of Brenda, Cochran(Has a history of avoiding rocks) and Sherri(A mercenary from the former fans tribe).

- From this position Erik has a ton of room to play and could feasibly manufacture a final 3 with Sherri and Eddie, which would present each of the trio their best chance of winning the million. In this final grouping Erik would have a number of unique arguments versus the two fans he's sitting next to.

As it is, Erik's game is in the hands of people who are unlikely to want to bring him to the end and who would probably beat him if they did. His only hope is to go on an Epic challenge run, which is basically equivalent to having no plan at all.

In order to boot Dawn last night and keep Andrea's idol also, I think it would have mattered who Erik was assigned to vote for. C/D/E/B/S were supposed to split their votes 3-2 between Andrea and Eddie. If Eric had been assigned to vote out Andrea then great, he switches his vote and Dawn goes home 3-2-2. But if he was assigned to vote out Eddie (guys vote out Eddie, girls vote out Andrea), then it wouldn't have worked, because then the vote ends up at 3-3-1 and Andrea has to burn her idol in order to be safe.

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05-02-2013 , 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by sufur

Despite her flaws, I'm a big Andrea fan. Handled the blindside classy as ****.

Hot chicks seem to consistently handle getting voted out the best of any group. Ashley from Redemption Island, Elyse in South Pacific, and Brenda in Nicaragua come to mind as recent examples.

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05-02-2013 , 11:09 AM

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I didn't realize how much I was rooting for Andrea until she got eliminated. I feel like when you combine looks, personality, and being a good person she ends up a 10.

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05-02-2013 , 11:47 AM

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jmill

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Won a whopping $20 from a friend on a Reynold/Brenda last longer in the immunity challenge once I saw it was a smallest feet competition. Some money to be made when they do those.

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05-02-2013 , 11:50 AM

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I don't think Erik even wanted the immunity idol cause it would require risky decision-making.

Kinda like being In a tournament with 15-20 BB and someone with a slightly larger stack than yours pushes in front of you and you look down at JJ.

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05-02-2013 , 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cash mahne

Eddie jumping off for donuts is fine. If you know you can't win you might as well get food. Ill never understand how Reynolds/Eddie didn't vote for each other.
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Disagree for two reasons:

1) He actually convinced someone to split the donuts with him

2) It's the worst kind of food he could go after. If it was protein, I'd buy it.

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05-02-2013 , 12:27 PM

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He got milk too right?

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05-02-2013 , 12:48 PM

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my dvr didnt record but i just watched

good episode

erik giving andrea the idol was ******ed to begin with but it's all moot now

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05-02-2013 , 01:06 PM

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I know they need to cram two tribals into one episode every season but I wish we had more time with that second one, it seemed a little rushed for a pretty important vote.

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05-02-2013 , 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bazooka87

I know they need to cram two tribals into one episode every season but I wish we had more time with that second one, it seemed a little rushed for a pretty important vote.

Was thinking the same thing - usually the double boot is for two relatively obvious votes. Malcolm/Reynold eliminations would have been a better two to combine.

As for Andrea, the clear mistake was putting Dawn's name in. You could almost see Cochrane: "we should blindside Brenda..." (nodding and considering) "...or Dawn." (nodding stops and he is aghast).

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05-02-2013 , 02:46 PM

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Easy to say with the power of hindsight, but holy **** Andrea couldn't have played this episode worse. So much for her being a great Survivor player, that's twice she engineered her own downfall.

And Brenda saying to Reynold "things would have gone better for you if you were more humble" is a load of crap. He would have still been the #1 target all along.

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05-02-2013 , 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Punker

Lol, yup.

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05-02-2013 , 02:52 PM

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Andrea is just so awesome. She posted this on facebook:

Andrea Boehlke
"What are you wearing?" Oh, just the latest in the Enil Edam 2012-2013 collection. #Survivor #boom

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05-02-2013 , 04:03 PM

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I enjoyed Reynolds exit interview on RHAP, hopefully next season rob lets him return to discuss his thought on an episode.

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05-02-2013 , 04:16 PM

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I much prefer the island look on every Survivor chick I can think of. Of course, if I could smell them I may think different.

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05-02-2013 , 04:36 PM

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cant see this vid in canada...

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/vi...-scene-andrea/

can someone tell me what happens

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05-02-2013 , 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirbynator

cant see this vid in canada...

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/vi...-scene-andrea/

can someone tell me what happens

Dawn super paranoid thinking she's gonna get voted out. Andrea tells her shes voting Reynold. Dawn again super scared ask Andrea for idol because she fears she gonna give it to Reynold. Andrea gives it to her until after the vote. Which seems super dumb but okay.

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05-02-2013 , 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirbynator

cant see this vid in canada...

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/vi...-scene-andrea/

can someone tell me what happens

wow, not sure whether to lol 'drea or lol dawn after seeing this

Spoiler:

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05-02-2013 , 05:08 PM

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05-02-2013 , 05:21 PM

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For Canadians who wanna watch content on CBS, NBC, Hulu, Pandora, etc., this app for Chrome is super elite:

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05-02-2013 , 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan

erik giving andrea the idol was ******ed to begin with but it's all moot now

http://www.hark.com/clips/hvjvjblrgh-thats-moot

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05-02-2013 , 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirbynator

cant see this vid in canada...

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/vi...-scene-andrea/

can someone tell me what happens

It would have been incredible if Dawn had asked for the idol before the tribal Andrea got voted out.

This is the kind of thing that will be Dawn's downfall at final tribal, assuming she makes it. The more Dawn plays up how weak and vulnerable she is to everyone, the more people believe it and by extension refuse to believe she played a strong strategic game worthy of the the win.

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05-02-2013 , 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Spike Forehand

Right. It's the same reason he's never marshaling up these forces like people are posting he should be doing. He doesn't want to be making decisions for himself let alone for these other people.