I don't get how that episode was bad?
It was fun seeing things get shaken up and the Tribal Council challenge was good but they really should have said outright that it was a two-parter instead of whatever this ending was.
Some even assert that the Australian version is much better than US Survivor, with the latter being boring/having unlikeable people, which I find really confusing.
Well after Redemption Island/One World/Caramoan/Worlds Apart/South Pacific/Fiji I would certainly understand.
This season does feel dragged on, but I would still rank it in my Top 15 were I to include it in all Survivor seasons I've seen purely because the premerge was magical and the equivalent of a full US season.