Thread:Fedora Kid/@comment-27379466-20150423002014/@comment-1734566-20150423200328

OK, so now I've FINALLY watched the episode. AND HOLY SH**, WHAT AN EPISODE. Definitely a step up from last week.

First off, that auction was the BEST IN SURVIVOR HISTORY. Will buying himself out was PRICELESS, and when I realized that the first round of the auction (with the perfectly-done food montage) was JUST THE INTRO, I was BLOWN AWAY.

And OK, now I've got full perspective on the Will/Shirin thing, and I understand a bit more now. See, hearing it from all of you guys, I assumed that Will's tirade was just kinda out of nowhere, like Dan's comments to Shirin. But now I understand what set it up. See, in THAT sense, I will actually give Will partial credit in that it was wrong for them to accuse him of not sharing his food. Considering that he DID share it all and was accused of lying and hoarding, I can see why he'd be upset - kinda like when Dan and Mike were accused of the same exact thing by Sierra in Episode 1. So in that sense, he was justified in saying something to Shirin, but he was still WAAAAY over the line in what he actually said. You can criticize her game, and heck, you can even criticize her character and call her a liar and terrible person, since, again, she was falsely accusing Will like that. HOWEVER, to say that she has no family and friends, and has always been unliked and no one likes her? That is WAY too uncalled-for. Like, seriously - it was being set up perfectly for WILL to appear to be the good guy, calling out Shirin on her BS and standing up for himself. Yet somehow, he turned it all upside-down and ruined himself. Heck, Will started off SHARING HIS FOOD. WITH. EVERYONE. A PERFECT SOCIAL MOVE. HOW DID HE BLOW ALL THAT UP? My God, only an idiot could pull that off. -_-

And Mike, as much as I love him and all...what was he doing in this episode? That bit with almost going back on the loved ones' letters was just unnecessary and totally hurt his social game...although again, his bit of standing up for the little man (or, in this case, little woman, I guess) kinda helped him bounce back to an extent, like when he defended Sierra from Dan and Rodney after Lindsay's boot. But again, outing Rodney's Misfit Four? UGH. That was the WRONG time, Mike my man! WRONG. TIME. He clearly understands the element of surprise with his idol and now Dan's two-vote advantage, wouldn't it be infinitely smarter for him to NOT reveal that he knows? UGH.

And also, I'm rather impressed with Dan's edit this episode. Looks like it's safe to say that we can't rule him out as an important player juuuuuust yet.