Topic: S32: Ep 1 "I'm A Mental Giant" (Live Episode Discussion Here!)

[RealityFreakWill]

CASTAWAYS EMBARK ON THE MOST GRUELING 39 DAYS IN “SURVIVOR” HISTORY, ON A SPECIAL 90-MINUTE SEASON PREMIERE OF “SURVIVOR," WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17

 
Survivor - I'm a Mental Giant (Preview)

Castaways embark on the most grueling 39 days in Survivor history and test whether brute strength, looks or smarts will be the attribute that helps capture the title of Sole Survivor. Also, one castaway deals with excruciating pain when a bug gets stuck in their ear, on Survivor, when the Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 32nd season with a special 90-minute premiere, Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8/7c. Only CBS

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[RealityFreakWill]

Survivor - Who's Got What It Takes? (Preview)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/s3XGDAcu8Eg" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/s3XGDAcu8Eg</a>

[RealityFreakWill]

Survivor - The Most Punishing Season Ever (Preview)

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[Marionete]

Omgawd the previews are getting me so pumped! Though I think the 1st and 3rd ones are the same?
This season will be fierce. And very intense.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT SONG THEY'RE USING? Been searching in all kinds of ways, in vain. Pleease someone

[Marionete]

THE GLORIOUS SONG.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/IS7tvtvrIm8" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/IS7tvtvrIm8</a>

[RealityFreakWill]

Survivor Exclusive: Season 32 Immunity Challenge

Jeff Probst guides viewers through the first immunity challenge of Survivor 32.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/61qbpN8rc3E" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/61qbpN8rc3E</a>

[RealityFreakWill]

People posted a video of the first 5 1/2 minutes of the premiere. Click on the link to view it.

http://www.people.com/article/survivor-kaoh-rong-first-five-minutes-preview-exclusive?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag

[RealityFreakWill]

Survivor - "Castaway on Castaway"

You've heard Jeff Probst describe the personalities on this seasons Season of Brains versus Brawn versus Beauty...this time it's the castaways turn to describe each other...

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[RealityFreakWill]

Survivor - Who's Got What It Takes? (Sneak Peek 1)

Castaways embark on the most grueling 39 days in Survivor history and test whether brute strength, looks or smarts will be the attribute that helps capture the title of Sole Survivor. Also, one castaway deals with excruciating pain when a bug gets stuck in their ear, on Survivor, when the Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 32nd season with a special 90-minute premiere, Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8/7c. Only CBS

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Survivor - Who's Got What It Takes? (Sneak Peek 2)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/7ZkB1gAzM60" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/7ZkB1gAzM60</a>

[stekay]

90 minutes! Come on cbs start looking after both your big reality tv shows!

[Bookworm]

Debbie's throwing shade and I love it <3

[georgiapeach]

Who is updating? 

[stekay]

Can't watch until tomorrow night :/ Enjoy everyone!

[Marionete]

Can't remember the last time I tuned into Survivor/TAR live

[Marionete]

Really REALLY love it so far

[Bookworm]

Tai's (hopeful) winner's edit <3333

[Bookworm]

A tie at the first tribal council! 3 votes Darnell and 3 votes Alecia.

[Parovic]

A tie at the first tribal council! 3 votes Darnell and 3 votes Alecia.

I want Alecia to survive this tribal council

[Parovic]

Alecia survives

Darnell is out

[Bookworm]

Brawn Tribe to be the new Luzon please <3
I totally thought Alecia was going home lol, Darnell barely got any focus until after the Immunity Challenge. Alecia was shown to be a fool. She didn't even take the cap off the pen to vote <33333

[Marionete]

I really enjoyed this premiere! I was pretty hyped and the episode totally lived up to my expectations - there was humour, nice castaway inteoductions, an intense challenge and more.

Couldn't be happier with the losing tribe, as I didn't like either of Alecia and Darnell - I actually thought the latter would survive, too. It'll be really interesting to see Alecia's story arc. She gives me major Angie vibes tho

Jennifer was the star of the episode for me. And Tai of course <3

[Reilly Queens]

This is the first time I've seen anything related to KR so I didn't know any names.


I love the Gondol girls(and the guys. what a godly turnaround from solana) I can't distinguish them yet but one is the CP gamebot who will top the edgic contender charts. I Just know they are destined for greatness. Unlike To Tang which needs to take out that core 3 trio ASAP for my enjoyment of the end game. So i just put them all in blue.

Alecia is also sent from above. Like CBS clearly stuck her there since she had the appearance of being a female basketball player but really they had all the slots filled up on Gondol and couldn't pass her off on Chan Loh so they stuck her there. Naturally, with 2 guys who I don't know their names but they were really sexist and mysoginistic. Like "blondie" and being high on themselves. Naturally CBS wanted this to happen since they added female bodybuilder who "Wants to work with the guys" and was really bad. But Alecia survived. Even after making jokes that pissed off the trolls. MENTAL GIANT was clearly stronger in willpower and they voted off the guy who lost the mask. lolcya

Tai is good considering what CBS pulls up for the token gay. I mean they stuck him on a tribe with the model and caleb so it wasn't good but he delivered! His pristine earth angel mojo was cute. Cutting only what they need!! Then he uprooted an entire forest to fail at finding an idol. So me. I also enjoyed his chicken leash. So lulz. But so cute. Better meat for them!!

Debbie I liked when r*dm*nd released all the cast photos bc the photo they used was her in a bikini on the hood of a car. Buut she is gonna be make or break. Likee she was/is the first boot on that tribe with the freaks they stuck her with. But then she still helped Aubry in her fit of hysteria over losing her thoughts. lol. Just hope Debbie doesn't go the shirin route and be the OTTN annoying presence on the rich people tribe.

Jennifer is so lulz. I assumed they would make her the level headed Sarah type role. Which she was. I mean in edgic they can prop her up since they focused on her injury buut lmao at her styaing up all night clutching her ear eeek. That worm looked so cool though. I loved that they all were looking at it while she was lying there and they didn't go for it. I woulda slapped her ear and squished that little bug and said its dead wash your face. Then LMAO at her 1) casting a sympathy vote and then Cydney screws it up by also voting with him and then lmao 2) flipping back because Alecia is far superior.

I like Caleb because he is apart of legendary tribe Gondol so he is in green.

Yellow - idk them I barely remember them.

Aubry/Neal - WA flashbacks to the freaks on tribe rich people. Neal is a hagphobic monster and I don't need him liveblogging Survivor: Cagayan because I saw the season myself and can already tell for myself that brains won't compare to a Kass/J'Tia Luzon. Chan Loh could never. Aubry is just cringey all over and can't make her breakdown entertaining like jennifer. Also talking crap abt debbie and then begging her for help. yikes.

Cyndy/The guys -- What an unholy trio. Cyndey sets back women's right and survivor politics to a bad time where there is an even split but the "Girl who isn't like the other girls" flips to the guys when there are superior girls and being really bad in general. I laughed so hard when her plan to oust Alecia got RUINED and her smug face from seeing 3 alecia votes got WIPED Off.

The guys are also so bad so bad[/jensa] and I can't tell them apart. So sexist. IF they continue their power control they WILL ruin this season. I was hoping they'd turn it around on them but I guess they'll run this tribe :|


Gondol is my fave tribe by far. But the other tribes have awful power cores so I need Debbie/Alecia to flip it around or survive to swap to team up with Gondol for a powerful pagonging.

[Marionete]

lmao I love your fangirling over Gondol
I've now realised that they're my favourite tribe, too. I only like Jenn & Cydney on Brawn and the Brain tribe is just rather weird I love Debbie, Joe and Liz, but I'm not feeling Neal/Aubry so far and Peter is too boring to even be considered. And I love everyone on Gondol besides Nick

Then LMAO at her 1) casting a sympathy vote and then Cydney screws it up by also voting with him and then lmao 2) flipping back because Alecia is far superior.

It was Jason, not Jennifer, who voted for Darnell along with Cydney

[WinTar]

loved it

[Reilly Queens]

Who is Jason

[Bookworm]

Who is Jason

Jerk with the beard on Brawn

[Hysha]

Great start!
I'm glad the Brawn is the first to go to Tribal, because I only like Jenn, Alecia and Cydney on there, so they can vote out the others.
It was pretty "wtf" when I saw Jenn saying "I don't want to vote Darnell" and then she vote for him. lol
I thought Alecia was going home... But no, and I'm glad!

When Jenn had the insect inside her ear... UGGGGH! trauma!

Alecia voting without taking out the pen cap... hahahaha I love her. Will her be Kaoh Rong's J'Tia? xDD

The sun is hitting so hard this season. The bounty hunter has his shoulders already burned, Aubrey almost dehydrated,...

Tai... oh Tai, you're so bad searching for the HII. Tell Queen Wentworth to show you how you have to do it. Btw I love his love for animals and plants. <3

About Beauty, I'm surprised but atm is my favorite tribe. BUT, Nick should stop saying that he's handsome... dude, stop, you're so ugly.

And the Brains... I thought I was gonna like them more, but I don't have a strong feeling yet. And Debbie... lol If she doesn't stop talking, she will be the first out of her tribe.
I hope Aubrey doesn't have again one of those break down, because she looks nice. She was the star of the challenge on Brain.

At the moment:
Like: Alecia, Anna, Aubrey, Caleb, Julia, Liz, Michele, Jennifer, Tai.
Neutral: Darnell, Cydney, Joe, Neal, Nick, Peter, Scot.
Don't like at all: Debbie (I thought she was gonna be funnier, atm she's a little bit "annoying". We'll see next week), Kyle.

[gamerfan09]

Who is Jason

Jerk with the beard on Brawn

i.e. Discount Mike from TAR26

[gamerfan09]

Cydney is the worst tbh I was not ready for two Tashas in a row

[Bookworm]

Cydney is the worst tbh I was not ready for two Tashas in a row

I can't wait for her to crash and burn due to her lack of protein/food. I'm happy Alecia survived after being put on the worst tribe possible for her, full of men and women who hate women.

[Ryan]

Cydney confessionals will be gold, but she'll prob crash n' burn a la sassy black girls of our past (Yasmin, Naonka, Stacey SouthPac).

I like Scot, like Jason less, but BEAUTIES ARE MAGNIFIQUE. Totally fanboying Tai-Anna-Michelle-Julia (Caleb can drown still, he has to prove he doesn't still suck, which he can only do by being a tiny puppet to our GondolGoddesses.)

Nick is ok.

Neal/Aubry/Liz are my Brain favs; vote Debbie out first, then save Joe and get rid of Obama (he boring.) Definitely no Luzon though.

Alecia is hilarious, but I also want her to drown. I don't care if you're bad at challenges, but at least be something - she can't even social. But yeah, she'd do fine on a different tribe, so ep2 show me what's good for her.

Jenny is a fav, though, tg for surviving earbug.

[georgiapeach]

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/18/survivor-kaoh-rong-jeff-probst-premiere?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter

Jeff answers some questions on Ep 1!

Ep 2 teaser: Okay, sir, tease us up for next week! 
The birth of one of the best and most unlikely bro-mances in Survivor history. How’s that?

[paradoxinee]

Brawn tribe is the worst. At first, I think Cydney and Darnell will make a great duo and then Cydney became terrible and Darnell used his tear LOL. So happy that Alicia is still there even I'm not a fan of her. Don't understand Jen's vote. I thought that she said she didn't want to vote our Darnell? When it was a tie, I thought that Scot and Jason were the one voting Darnell out.
Brain tribe is OK even I don't really like any one. From the beginning, I knew that Debbie would be annoying to other tribe members. But she is cool. Peter is boring, Neal is a douche, Aubrey is unstable, Joseph is invisible. The only one I like is Elisabeth.
I love Beauty, too. Tai is cool and smart. The girls are great even I still have difficulty to see who is who. Caleb is OK. I kind of like him in Big Brother even he is not the smart guy. I like Nick the least. His first confession about his look was ew. I even don't think he is that beautiful.

[David]

I like Nick the least. His first confession about his look was ew. I even don't think he is that beautiful.

Nick is the most EW thing ever for real

[Reilly Queens]

We must get caretaker of nuns next week, please!

[Marionete]

I WANT TO SEE THAT TIGER BIKINI

Cydney is the worst tbh I was not ready for two Tashas in a row

But Cydney brings a lot of sass and IMO she delivered quite a strong performance in the premiere.

[Hysha]

We must get caretaker of nuns next week, please!

I watched it too! Hahaha
I was like... are you gonna show us every single job she had?

Everybody loves Beauty!

[Marionete]

Who are your winner picks guys?

I'm really leaning towards a female winner this season, perhaps Michele or ANNA

[Bookworm]

Who are your winner picks guys?

I'm really leaning towards a female winner this season, perhaps Michele or ANNA

Julia. I like all the beauty girls and I would like for any of them to win. But Anna's apparently anti-vaccines so I'd rather not root for her.

[gamerfan09]

I really don't get why people hate Anna just because of her political views ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

She's great on the show and definitely my top fave next to Tai and Debbie!

[Bookworm]

I really don't get why people hate Anna just because of her political views ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

She's great on the show and definitely my top fave next to Tai and Debbie!

I don't mind her, she's just not my favorite.

[Ryan]

Be great to chalk another LGBT winner up next to Richard/Todd, so Tai would be cool.

I'm rooting for Anna, Michele, or Liz.

[SarcasmMode]

I'm really liking the first episode.

Alecia bragging about being a mental giant immediately before admitting she can't do puzzles for beans, and then leaving the pen cap on... that girl is destined for the Funny 115 version 4, guaranteed.

On the one hand I feel like Alecia brings more entertainment to the table than Darnell did, but on principle I don't really enjoy extraneous blonde chicks on this show, and I'm really happy when they leave early. If Alicia winds up J'Tia'ing herself out of here hilariously, that'll be the best possible outcome.

Tai pining for the wounded trees and passively sitting there while everybody else chased the chickens was comedy gold. Him tearing up trees with his bare hands while he looked for the idol only made the whole thing funnier, because it was like halfway through he remembered what a huge character break it was and just kind of tacked on an arbitrary apology to the second tree as though going, "Oh, right, I'm the tree lover guy. Uh... sorry tree!" He reminds me of Yau-Man at his best, and I hope he goes far for the sheer entertainment value.

Nick is as much of a jerkbag as his interviews made him seem to be, and the girls don't seem to be buying it at all, which I love. If they lose I hope he winds up on the outs and starts sulking about it.

Anna seems like she's going to be a queen, and Julia will be the Chelsea to her Kim. I'd be totally okay with that happening. 

Jenny seems really great. She's one of my favorites right now, and that bug thing looked painful as all hell. Hope she can keep on trooping.

Jason reminds me of a cross between Hantz and Joel Anderson. Big guy, obviously pretty capable, but lacking in social grace. If good strategists are katanas, Jason is a sledgehammer. He can get stuff done, but he's got no finesse and no tact, and I don't see him pulling it off long-term. Swap victim, most likely.

Peter seems really enjoyable, and the previews for next episode make him seem sassy as hell. I hope to see more of him.

Neal feeling out-weirdo'ed by Debbie was a great moment, and I'm really interested to see where his story arc goes.

Aubry reminds me a lot of Sophie, but with more insecurity. She rallied really well at the challenge and if Debbie keeps ostracizing herself, I could see her managing to go deep into the game with the right alliances.

I'm surprised at how much I like Scot. I thought that he'd be a very obvious stunt cast, and follow similar routes to Rocker, Jeff Kent, or Cliff, just assuming a dominant role and then getting taken out early. But he seems to have a lot of the social grace that Jason lacks. I don't really see him as being as much of a misogynist as Jason seems to be, he seemed more concerned with work ethic and basic intelligence than anything else. I think his meritocracy mentality won't pan out for him in the long run, because that's not what Survivor is about and it's incredibly easy to manipulate, but I think he'll be a decently rootable figure right up until he gets played for a fool.

[gamerfan09]

Cast Rank

I was pretty apathetic to the premiere (certainly wasn't amazing as the Cagayan/Cambodia opener, but definitely better than the Worlds Apart opener), but meh we'll see.

The Beauty tribe were all surprisingly great, I don't hate anyone on it what a godly tribe <3

Brawn though... ugh. I'm getting Blue Collar vibes from it and I just can't deal with that again.

[gamerfan09]

Cydney is the worst tbh I was not ready for two Tashas in a row

But Cydney brings a lot of sass and IMO she delivered quite a strong performance in the premiere.

No she did not Cydney is MORbore who aligns with flops blech

Only good she showed was aligning with Darnell.

[stekay]

Pretty decent premiere. I thought Brawn was going to be horrific reading some of the comments here but they weren't that bad. They're a hot mess. Neal, Nick & Cydney are my bottom 3.

[Marionete]

I really don't get why people hate Anna just because of her political views ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

She's great on the show and definitely my top fave next to Tai and Debbie!

What are her views?
The main reaction I've seen to her is mainly positive tho. Some people even have her as a winner pick

[gamerfan09]

I really don't get why people hate Anna just because of her political views ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

She's great on the show and definitely my top fave next to Tai and Debbie!

What are her views?
The main reaction I've seen to her is mainly positive tho. Some people even have her as a winner pick

Donald Trump supporter/Republican iirc

[Hysha]

I'm surprised at how much I like Scot. I thought that he'd be a very obvious stunt cast, and follow similar routes to Rocker, Jeff Kent, or Cliff, just assuming a dominant role and then getting taken out early. But he seems to have a lot of the social grace that Jason lacks. I don't really see him as being as much of a misogynist as Jason seems to be, he seemed more concerned with work ethic and basic intelligence than anything else. I think his meritocracy mentality won't pan out for him in the long run, because that's not what Survivor is about and it's incredibly easy to manipulate, but I think he'll be a decently rootable figure right up until he gets played for a fool.

+1. Scot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jason

[stekay]

I like Kyle & Scot tbh