There's no denying that "Survivor" gets better every season and that there's a real reason the show has lasted as long as it has. From competition, to broken alliances, to chaos and betrayal, it has everything you could ever want out of a reality show, and this season of second chances is already making "Survivor" history in more ways than one.
Not only is this the first time the show has brought back previous contestants who didn't come out as the ultimate survivor, but it is the first time they are repeating challenges and hiding immunity idols within them. We've also already seen the tribes go from two, to three, back to two and then the earliest, and largest, merge of any season. With these second-chancers knowing the game better than anyone in the world, the producers understand that they need to keep throwing curveballs out them to find out who really has what it takes to be the Ultimate Survivor.
With so many twists already having happened just seven episodes into "Survivor: Second Chance," host Jeff Probst has promised that there's a lot more where that came from.
"The game isn't done evolving and the second half of the season will make a new era in 'Survivor' history," he told People. "There are so many players playing an impressive game, nearly everyone is really in it to win it. The game evolves. You will see it slowly birth a new way of approaching relationships. I think fans will enjoy it, and I feel confident this will go down as one of our very best seasons."
With 11 castaways still remaining, it's hard to tell who is going to come out on top. At this point, it's really anyone's game, and anything could happen from here on out. While predicting the winner is hard to do at the moment, it's getting a little easier to tell who will be sent home next. But even when you think you know who could be going home, the popular "Survivor" blindsides are always something that can happen very easily.
The remaining contestants are in it to win it, and are willing to do whatever it takes to not hear those dreadful four words from Probst: "The tribe has spoken." In a teaser for tonight's episode, which it titled "You Call, We'll Haul," you can see Ciera Eastin approaching Stephen Fishbach to make some sort of move against Joe Anglim, who is known as the biggest threat this season.
"I would make a movie against Joe," Eastin says, to which Fishbach agrees. "Ciera wants to flip the game on its head, and I do too," Fishbach explains.
In the teaser, you can hear Probst telling them at tribal council, "When is somebody going to make a big move?"
Yes, there have been two major blindsides so far this season, and getting rid of Woo Hwang was probably the biggest move so far, but there hasn't yet been that one monumental decision that truly changes the game and gets people scared.
Soon after Eastin and Fishcbach's conversation in the teaser, Andrew Savage realizes that this big move plan could absolutely be to get rid of Anglim, and as a friend, he lets him know that Fishbach is throwing his name around. Now, it's all on Anglim to try and get Fishbach out instead, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to form the alliances to make this happen. Finally, we'll get to see that evil side of fan-favorite Anglim we've been waiting for, and it looks like tonight could be a total blindside on Fishbach.
"He has a very tough road ahead. He is a physical threat, and everybody knows he is a fan favorite as well," Probst told People of Anglim. "These two qualities are great in life, but bad on 'Survivor.' But what has impressed me is how good a job Joe is doing in developing relationships so that he doesn't have to necessarily win every challenge to stay in the game."
Given his track record, there's a good chance he could win every challenge, but thanks to his close relationships with people like Savage, hopefully Fishbach won't be able to get rid of him just yet. But then again, it is "Survivor," and anything can happen.
With Kass McQuillen being eliminated last week, and becoming the first member of what's going to be the biggest jury in "Survivor" history, Eastin could also be in jeopardy to go home. McQuillen was her strong ally, and with Abi-Maria, the most unreliable (and possibly craziest) contestant being their other ally, things may not be looking so good for Eastin, either. Savage has been trying to send her home from the start, and when she was the only one to strangely vote for Savage at last week's tribal council, this only made him want to get rid of her even more.
While there will most likely be some sort of blindside tonight, it's still unclear if Anglim, Fishback or Eastin are going home. But thanks to Savage, hopefully Anglim is safe.
With McQuillen on the jury, the remaining contestants are hoping "Chaos Kass" doesn't come back and ruin their chance at the grand prize. "I'm a jurist. I deal with juries all the time. Rule number one: Never put a lawyer on the jury, ever," the real life lawyer told Parade following her elimination. "Certainly don't make me the foreman of the jury...Second, we need to run it. We need to have fun with it, and show people that the jury needs to be respected. I'm not out of the game. I'm out of a million dollars, but I decide who gets the million...I'm open. I'm open to everybody out there, if they show me something. I'm really taking the role seriously. I want to see where people are at when they come out."
See what really goes down on "Survivor: Second Chance" tonight on CBS at 8/7c.
