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Survivor: Gabon - Episode 7 (Ratings Watchdog)

I'm very sorry that I have to give really short explanations this week. This is the first chance I've had to even rewatch the episode. I'm hoping to be back in full force next week or the week after if not, but I've been buried by school work recently and I'm sure I'm not the only one…

New Fang Tribe

Ace: MOR3

A rather mild boot episode for him. He only got two confessionals and there wasn't really much from him aside from a strategy scene with Matty about the idol and then trying to get the idol from Sugar. I think he was just neutral but I could understand a very weak negative for him "using Sugar" and constantly saying that she's in his pocket.

Crystal: MORN4

I was originally going to give her OTTN because of the whole rice situation and especially her outburst at Tribal Council, but I felt that there was too much "other stuff" to her edit - I don't want to say complexity because it wasn't really complexity, but just some of her confessionals didn't really scream OTT to me and I felt like they kindof balanced out her edit a bit (ie. The confessional about Ace manipulating Matty and them targeting her). If this is a close-call, I could easily see myself changing back to OTT.

Ken: CP3

I'm seeing a lot of CPPs for him, but I think I missed where the positive was because I don't really see this as the intent at all, unless it has something to do with him aligning with Sugar (a positive player).

Matty: OTTN4

OTTN because everything about his edit was simply him whining or complaining about his tribe, about not having food, about losing, etc., so he was very simplified this week and his edit (surprisingly) had a negative tone attached to it. Even though he was sortof right to be complaining about Fang, it just seemed like OTTN was the intention to me.

Sugar: CP4

Definitely CP, but her tone in this episode is a little bit harder to figure out. I've said this before in other episodes, but I think her personality is naturally positive (ie. Her confessional on Exile conveys this well) and I don't necessarily think that's what the intent of the edit was. However, they definitely didn't make her betraying Ace out to be negative, which is important. She's clearly more Mixed than positive, but neutral might work too.

New Kota Tribe

Bob: OTTP2

Definitely OTTP for all the emphasis on the letter and even the way he was portrayed at the log-roll challenge.

Charlie: UTR1

One confessional and one Tribal Council question, which equals a 1 visibility when you compare it to the other people who got 2s.

Corinne: CPM4

I have to give her CPM if only for displaying two completely different sides in public and in confessional. Yes, she trashed Susie and said "I hate her, I hate her" but to Susie's face, she took the comment very well and reacted exactly how a smart player should have reacted. The only thing I wish we had is a quick line is confessional that gave us her insight on the situation rather than just her ranting, but I don't think OTTN really conveys the edit properly. Plus, she was even slightly positive at the Reward (recall her going over to Bob when he got his letters and saying "Your family loves you, Bob!")

Dan: OTT3

This was by far the hardest rating for me because all of his confessionals showed some complexity and self-awareness, as well as awareness of his position within Kota. Yet, everything seemed so simplified at the same time and like they were trying to make him into a caricature. Combine that with the SPV from people like Corinne and Marcus, and I ultimately decided to give him OTT over CP.

Marcus: CP4

This is the most clearly strategic Marcus has ever been all season and it's also the most visibility he's ever had. I definitely think he earns a CP for it and I don't think anyone's really arguing with that. (He also got an "Earl" shot on the edge of the crater at the Reward.) Perhaps a minor positive but not really.

Randy: MORN3

Randy got some negativity at the Reward Challenge by being overly harsh (especially with Sugar), which is where his N comes from. Aside from that, we saw him strategizing at the end of the episode and he had two confessionals, but nothing was particular significant or insightful enough for him to earn more than a MOR from me.

Susie: OTTM2

I almost went with OTTN because I definitely think Susie was extremely simplified as …, but she did have that positive-type confessional at the Reward Challenge so that made me change it to OTTM instead.

MOST POSSIBLE WINNER BY FAR:

Marcus

[HUGE GAP]

STILL REMOTELY POSSIBLE:

Ken

Especially after this episode, I would argue that there's no point to having a #2 choice, but I'm going to have to say that Ken is the only other person with even a remote chance right now (not even Randy, in my opinion). He had a very strong first episode including a confessional near the start that introduced his character. He's never had an episode where he was totally ignored (not even Episode 3, the debated INV1) and he's had a mix of strong strategic episodes plus some good MOR ones too. Also, he's managed to not get quite as much of the Fang negativity as other players have gotten (particular G.C., and then Crystal). I'd say this is about a 1% chance though and Marcus is a 99% chance.

ELIMINATED BY EDGIC:

Ace, Bob, Charlie, Corinne, Crystal, Dan, G.C., Jacquie, Kelly, Matty, Paloma, Randy, Sugar, Susie

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