It’s the day before Thanksgiving. Most people are off spending time with their families, hopefully giving those families 120 percent. If anyone is working, it’s hardly at all — they’re at their desks, phoning it in, waiting until Cyber Monday for something exciting to happen.
The same seems true for this episode of Survivor . While it’s much better than the episodes stitched together with unused footage that the franchise used to air around the holidays, it’s not much better. Besides a somewhat tense immunity challenge, most of the episode spun its wheels, waiting for the inevitable vote.
I really like the 90-minute format, but when there’s as little going on as in this episode, it feels longer than the line at airport security on (well, would you look at that) the day before Thanksgiving. As the episode starts, Sue feels left out now that her No. 1 ally, Gabe, got voted out the night before, and she was the only one who wasn’t in on the plan.
She’s initially pissed at Caroline, saying that she is a loyal player and doesn’t know if she could trust someone who she felt betrayed her. In a smart social move, Caroline goes to Sue immediately and lets her know why she voted as she did. She tells Sue that she saw herself making moves that would keep Gabe around, that would benefit his game, and so at the end, if she made it to the end, he would demolish her like we’re all about to demolish some Stove Top stuffing on Thursday afternoon.
Sue seems swayed and hea.