Jen & Drew Talk Survivor

Drew is really sleepy and losing his train of thought in this raw analysis of Episode 4. We debate whether Cody is playing a solid strategic game, whether you should give up protein, and what level of paranoia is appropriate in this game. Oh and Drew makes up a new saying for "calling the shots" that is probably all the rage in Canada now.

Travel and scheduling force Jen and Drew to pack two Survivor 43 episodes into this one podcast episode. We talk about Jesse in the middle and find two Survivor players surprising us while a favorite of ours is starting to struggle. Also Jen wishes that Survivor were occassionally a bit more like the Great British Baking Show as we wonder if there is anyone on this show that doesn't have a story of overcoming something really difficult.

Jen and Drew are back for their first true episode covering Season 43 of the best show on television. As always we discuss the winners and the strugglers. We reassess our preseason picks, and ponder at the baffling decisions of Gabler. We also chat about who surprised us, the cast as a whole, and lament that there is far too much harmony on all these tribes!

Jen and Drew go through all three tribes and make a bunch of assumptions based on first impressions about who will be the strongest and weakest players on each team. We use this same sound logic to pick our winners of the season as a whole. We had a lot of fun recording this one and hope you are excited about Season 43 too!

As the season is nearing its end, people are losing their minds, but one Survivor rises up to stand up for the cause of sensible, strategic gameplay. Jen and I discuss the rise and fall of Jonathan and the force that Maryanne has become in this game. We call out Mike for his hypocrisy. We commend Romeo for finally engaging in the game and wonder whether Linsdey could have or should have done something with her idol.

Jen is under the weather, so Survivor Fantasy expert, Tyler Glodjo joins the podcast so I can tell him how much I hate do or die and how glad I am that it didn't ruin an otherwise great episode (he agrees). We talk about one of the happiest exits in Survivor history, the dominance of Omar, discuss why others aren't making big moves, and who would win if Omar isn't dethroned. 

While Jen loved this episode and equated it to a Hallmark movie, both Jen and Drew have beef with Survivvor and this season's contestants. We both wish challenges were a little harder, brainier, and more diverse. Jen takes issue with Omer's veterinary care and Drew's got beef with Jonathan's monkey run. And finally we name this season's fontrunners and runners up at this juncture in the game.

We discuss what was, by far, the most interesting, entertaining, fascinating, and powerful episode, not only of the season, but in a long time. Jen is now vying for the position of President of the Maryanne fan club. We both applaud Drea's stand. We also talk about Hai and Mike. We discuss how we finally saw the Jonathan we thought we would see. And finally Jennifer says Survivor contestants don't have it that hard and laments we haven't gotten any exotic animal stories from Omar.

We discuss Drea's wealth of advantages, Tori's skills of observation, Jonathan's appetite, Omar's diplomacy, Mike's social game, and Chanelle's karma. It was a pretty normal episode but there was a lot going on between the lines. We also talk about who we wouldn't want to go to the end with at this point in the game.