Thread:Fedora Kid/@comment-2091662-20141218114510/@comment-1734566-20141218185751

I had already said that, as of the final five, Natalie was already more deserving than Missy or Jaclyn...but Jaclyn taking her to the end over Keith just solidified that deal - Jaclyn was SO stupid and didn't deserve the win after that. With Baylor and Keith gone, yes - Natalie was most deserving. Reed's speech is grossly overrated. Sure, it was loud, entertaining, and memorable, but it wasn't effective because it didn't have anything to do with the game - just his personal dislike of Missy. Sure, we all hate Missy, but why, in your final jury speech, would you waste ALL that effort attacking the ONE finalist that we know is NOT going to win? Really redundant to me.

And I agree whole-heartedly, BarBar, that Josh and Jeremy are VERY overrated because of their winners' edits. Natalie's overrated too, but at least she played more than they did.

But to me, the finale solidified one thing I've been saying the most about Natalie's game this season: I call it the Matrix game. She dodged SO MANY BULLETS that, had this been a better cast with at least ONE other smart person there, she would've SO been gone for shooting herself in the foot numerous times. That blindside of Baylor (totally unnecessary, unprovoked, and not really a beneficial move, I might add), had, like, a 95% chance of failing and resulting in Natalie going home in one of the biggest blunders in Survivor history. And at the final four, when Natalie started basically giving her FTC speech RIGHT BEFORE the final elimination, she was darn near BEGGING to get voted off. Again, if it weren't for everyone else being a complete dunderhead (heck, even if JOSH was still around, he would've seen right through that), she so would've been gone. So I guess I can officially categorize Natalie in the "Boston Rob/Kim" category of "one smart person surrounded by idiots." Although I respect Natalie's game less because, again, it was VERY risky...the stars were darn near aligned in her favor.

But all in all, still a terrible season. I'm also pretty upset that S30 is NOT "Heroes vs. Villains 2," but Jeff insists that the cast of "Worlds Apart" rivals the "Cagayan" cast, so I'll maintain hope that S30 will save the series from this train wreck.