The Showdown - Brains V Brawn Episode 9 Recap - Australian Survivor

Recap of Episode 9 of Australian Survivor Brains V Brawn 2. Hostage situation?

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Hello and welcome to American Talk,Australian Survivor I'm Rachel.
Hello and welcome to American Talk,Australian Survivor I'm Rachel.
Hello and welcome to American Talk,Australian Survivor I'm Rachel.
I'm Leah, and. I met.
Thanks for joining us.
Before we get started, just a reminderthat we will be out all of next week
for all three episodes of AustralianSurvivor episodes ten, 11, 12.
But we will be back for episode 13the following week.
Thank you for your patience.
We just watched episode nine of Australian

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Survivor Brains versus brawn twoand there will be spoilers ahead.
We open up on day 19 to the brawn tribe.
Right after Ursula goes home,we see that Logan is quite upset.
Yeah, she's calling AJ an idiot.
Yeah,
Yeah,
she thinks that AJ has a bad planwith the hostages.
But AJ feels as happy as can be.
He's actually very, very happy.

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Yeah, but Logan feels like they needto take care of their old tribe mates,
which makes sense.
Yeah.
She said AJ has an individual plan,but they need to think of all of them.
And she's right. Like what?
They have to be cohesive at this point.
Yeah.
I mean, AJ's plan is really to getthe brawn to vote out the original brain
Tribe on the opposite island,and that's not the best idea.

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So let's see where Logan's coming from.She's not happy.
She shares this unhappiness with Kristen,one of the original brawn.
And Kristen, and AJ are talking,and it was pretty interesting to see
Kristen kind of play up to his ego.
She's like, yeah,you know, we'll work together.
But then she tells the camerathat she's really
just going to pacify him and lie to himif needed.

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Right. Which is understandable.
I mean, lots of people have done that,but good for her.
Yeah, she's.
Kind of flying under the radar,but getting along with everyone. Yes.
So then we jump over to the brains tribe
where people are not getting alongvery well either.
We see, an image of Max meditating,looking very peaceful, very happy.
And then Myles is yapping awayclose by on the beach.

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He doesn't seem to stop talking.
And while he's hands.
Yeah, he said he's so concernedthat he's not making connections
with the new tribe.But yeah. Relax, relax.
And, I like thathe called Max the mad Max at jungle Cat,
so I thought that was funny.
So we've got the jungle cat versusthe jungle rat
who will come out on top of.

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So Max, on the other hand,thinks that he's doing incredibly well.
He feels that he's getting alongvery well in the brawn tribe
and is maintaining hisidea of getting Myles out.
And he feels
positivebecause he also has that immunity idol.
Yeah, I'd forgotten about thatuntil he mentioned it.
With that he named I mean usuallypeople don't name their immunity idols.

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Oh, he was so full of confidence.
He just really thought he had it.
Thinks he has everything wrapped up.
Right?
Right?
And he thinks,yeah, he's in a great position.
So we'll see if maybe he'll get his idoltattooed on his chest.
Yeah. King George yeah, yeah.
Yeah. King George yeah, yeah.
I think Max is kind of one of those peoplewho thinks that everybody likes him,
right? Yeah, yeah, maybe. Right.
But he should feel like

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he's in a good condition, a position,because he does have the idol, right?
Right. Anyone who has anidol is going to feel good.
And he does seem pretty likable.
I remember the first few episodes,it seemed like
everyone was laughing with himand he seemed likable.
So I bet in regular life he's pretty easyto get along with and well liked.
But I think, but in the game of survivor,maybe it doesn't come across
quite as well.

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Yeah, it's funny, he's a teacher.
I wonder what? It's his students.Yeah, yeah.
You know, I think on his confessional.
Yeah, he just seems a little too much.
But, I'm sure he's a really nice personin real life.
So then we head to the immunity challenge.
So yet again, no reward.
Yes. What's going on. Here?
It must be starving.
Let the people eat right.

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Give them some triple deckers.
Yeah,so I guess we're getting right on into it.
And it was very interestingto see the reaction to Ursula's, exit.
They.
I guessI'd taken votes over on the Brain Tribe,
and they did not expect Ursula to be gone.
Yeah. And someone said you tookout all the muscle.

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Yeah.
Which is a good point.
Yeah.
So this is where AJ has the opportunityto present his hostage situation.
And, Laura and Zara are saying, well,what about us?
What's going to happen to us?
And it's all very weird.
It doesn't feel well received.
And I'm thinking in the moment,his proposition is really his whole point

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of this hostage situation is
if you don't throw the challenge,all vote out one of your own.
But that's really been the casein every episode of survivor.
It's not like she'sjust framing it in a different way.
He's not doing anything differentthan anyone else has done before.
Right? So it's kind of weird.
It is.
It's just an odd thing to saybecause it's just going to backfire.

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You're just going to alienateso many people with that plan.
Yeah.
So it's it's a different approach.
He's reframing the situation,which I guess is what you have to do
in the game of survivor.
And initially it feels likeit's not going to take,
you know, the Brauner like this is AJ only
shared this with us.
shared this with us.
And then as they're picking who

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to sit out, they're like, you know what,we'll just try to get the challenge.
The brain are saying,let's just go all in, let's it right.
Let's try to win a. Challengeand that's it.
Right.
So I'm thinking, all right,enough about AJ's hostage situation.
Like plan's over.
It didn't work.
Yeah, they've already moved on.
Yeah, they've already moved on.
But no, that's not the game, right.
That looked like it was pretty miserableat first, unloading all those sandbags

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that looked very heavy.
And it looked likeit could go on for a long time.
Yeah.
So they're unloading the sandbags,then they have to move, their canoe.
And so this is where we startto see the throwing occur.
So we see Ben and Jesse are not pullingtheir weight in the canoe.
Not putting an effort in right all there.

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And yeah, it felt a little too obvious.
Like, come on, Ben and Jesse,we know they can lift a canoe.
They've done a lot more on this show.
And they were, you know, like makingfaces, like they're trying really hard.
And I just thought, you know,if you're going to throw it
just be blatant about it.
Yes. Well, this is what I have to sayto Australian survivor producers.
Don't know if they do this,stop and redo it

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because it is not fun to watchsomeone throw at a challenge.
because it is not fun to watchsomeone throw at a challenge.
It just is not fun.
I decidedit was a waste of the people who tried out
and made it to survivorand to the people watching, right?
It's just not interesting to watch peoplethrow a challenge and it's what you get.
You get voted on to be on this show,and I just think it's a slap

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in the face to the show to say,we're going to throw a challenge, right?
There needs to be some,
some sort of consequencethat they need to build into the show.
But it's it'snothing that I can think of right now,
but there's somethingthat they need to do to make it.
So yeah, they're going to throw it.
You're going to get penalized. Right.
Well then you see Miles begging for help.
He, you know, kept saying, Ben, Ben,you know, it was crazy.

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And they just nope, not helping at all.
And it was sad.That they got the canoe. Moved. Yes.
Oh yes.
But what was so sadis that the original brains are
they are working as hard as they canin the brain aren't.
And wouldn't
that put signals to all the brains like,hey, they're not trying to help us at all?
Yes, well, what can they do?
I don't know,but I would be so mad at them.

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Well, Miles was very upset,but what was so interesting about this
challenge is I wonder if they almost
picked this challengebecause there was talk of throwing,
because it made it very easyto throw this challenge.
So after they get there, canoe over, thenthey, you know, do their little puzzle.
And the puzzle says one of your sand bagscontains an idol.

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And so this makes everyonerun over and skip
the last part of the challengeand start opening up sandbags.
So it's kind of in that weirdgray area of like,
are you throwing the challengeor could you play it off as,
oh, I'm just looking for an idol.You know what?
I mean? Like it's kind of in between now.
So I think it is very clearly throwing.

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Right.
But it was the the nature of the challengemade it easier for them to throw it.
I hear you.
And then. So.
Go ahead. Yeah.So it was very interesting.
You know, we see all of the brainslooking for all the,
the bronze on the brain tribelooking for the idol.
We see Laura even say, you know, I'll goback if you guys go back and they say, no.

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So it's sad
to see that the Bronnerpulling ahead in the challenge,
the brains are about to losebecause no one's doing anything.
It was very annoying to watch, right?
I agree.
Frustrating. So yeah.
So then eventually both teams are looking
for idols and Kristin finds an idol.
She tries to sneak it into her pants,but nothing gets by Noonan.

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I'm looking at that thinking,that is not going to work.
You know.
Her pants were too tight.
You have anywhere to hide it? Yes.
You have anywhere to hide it? Yes.
And then she saidthat Noonan called her out on it.
But, I mean, anybody would have seen that.
Yeah, yeah.
But I get the point.
You know, you don't want to tell everyonethat you have an idol.
But unfortunately,this was a public fight at night.
So then we'rewatching Karen be the last person to,

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you know, shoot the ballas long as she gets her ball on it,
then they're going to win.
And another thing that was really uniqueabout this challenge is that each person
had to throw their own ballright to the ledge.
Yeah.
It's like normally it's like one personyou know, can stand at the end
and win it for them.
But since everyone had to participate,this is another thing where like you're
running back to look for the idol, butyou have to be the one to throw the ball

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and you'realso trying to throw the challenge.
So this was a good challengefor this episode, knowing all of the chaos
that was happening,you know, between the tribes, right.
And then the whole tribe had to be
together before they could startthrowing the ball, right?
That was Miles problem.
He couldn't get them out of the waterhad that not been part of it, and had
everyone's name
not been on it, he could have stood thereand thrown all those balls

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for them. Yeah.
But since those rules were in place,it was just more of a challenge for Miles.
And he was really frustrated.
But somehow he got them to all come backso that he could start throwing.
Well,let's talk about Miles in this episode.
Oh, you want so badly for everyone to just
participate in the challenge,but they won't stop looking for idols.
He runs out and it's like, guys,come on, look for that cut.

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Just do it.
And he finds me.
I know she's down in the water.
Well,that was strange to how he just ran there.
And there was the idol.All those people are looking for it.
I don't know why they're strange again.
They're opening the sandbags,
they're dumping them out,and they're moving so quickly.
I think they, like, dump the sand.
And then, you know, the waterbreaks a little bit, and then it uncovers
and he's like, it's right here,but good for Miles.

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I couldn't believe it is.
The only person who's not even looking is,of course, the person who walks on
like the idol. Right.
And he just picks itup, said, come on guys, let's go.
I know, let's go.
Yeah. Well, that was great.
I was happy for me. Right?
That was hilarious. I thought.
I mean, that is. That's.
Great timing for him to be ableto pick that up and change the show,
change this episode.

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So now it's like we've got to win.
And unfortunately,they weren't able to pull it off in time.
Karen gets her ball.
After a lot of shots.
Yeah, but I mean, if the brains wanted to,they could have won the challenge.
But the brawn take the lead, andthey are safe tonight at Tribal council.
Thanks to AJ's plan.

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And the brains are headed to tribal.
But I was thinking, it's just.
It's so weird that the opportunitywas there to throw any challenge
at any time after the tribe swap,and it's just so interesting
that AJ was able to get them to do itjust by putting the situation into.
Yeah.
Why are they so afraid of this guy?

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It's crazy.
I don't know,I mean, he's like a dictator.
Very strange.
I'm looking at Benand Jessie, who seem to be.
And even Morgan seemed to beinto the throwing the challenge.
And Ben and Jessieseem to be the biggest proponents of it.
And are they really that close to Noonanor Polly
or Kristenthat they want to save them that much?

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I mean, maybe they are.
We just didn't realize it,but I don't know.
It was odd that they care so strongly thatthey're willing to sacrifice themselves
at a tribal council.
Yeah, they just really want
their original brains to stick together,I guess, I don't know.
And take a huge riskthat you could get voted out, right?
Right. I mean, well.
They felt that confidentthey were not going to get voted out.

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But now Miles has an idol.
So it's it's possible.
Yeah.
So Max is now very upset obviously,that Miles found the idol.
Zara is extremely frustratedthat they threw the challenge
and then says they decidedto throw the challenge.
But with Miles winning,the idol everything throws it off.

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Yeah.
So I don't know it was annoying thatthen they came out at the end and said
okay yeah we throw it like yeah.
That point I would rather themjust sit down and not even try
because it's like we said, it'sinsulting to the viewers.
It's insulting to the game to pretend
to participate in a challengethat you're not giving your all.
Yeah.
I remember a long time ago,one of my favorite, Henry,

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threw a challengeand I remember it backfired.
So you just never know.
Things can backfire, even though right nowit might not have backfired.
Coming up. It could backfire.
It affects the whole game.You're still weaker.
Your team is weaker.
You're down one person, right?
Even if the other team has to sitsomebody out,
then you have to play allyour players, right? Right.

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Yeah.
And then AJ who orchestratedthis whole thing as they're walking out
or they're going back to the max.
Yes. Max, are you at the bottom?
Yeah. Did he ask Max.
So you're at the bottom and I'm thinkingwhy would you ask him?
Yeah, I think it's too late.
You already made them throw the challenge.
You know that one of them is going hometonight, right?
I just I don't know,it made me upset to see him as bad.

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I'm thinking, why did you do all of this?
Yeah, well, he's sacrificing his own team.
It's so sad that he would do that to them.
So here the brawn team are trying to doanything to keep themselves together.
We're the brainsbecause of AJ is just saying all right.
I don't really care who's around my team.
I just I don't know, it's so selfish.

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Maybe it's a big master planthat we haven't seen the,
you know, the big revelation yet.
And it's going to all work out.
And I don't know. Maybe.
When we get back to the brains camp
and everyone is kind of,you know, talking about this
and how are they going to deal withMiles idol?
So they have,

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they're talking about initially,
all of the original brawn are talkingand they're talking about targeting Max.
And I thought, that's interestingbecause earlier
this episode, Max is getting onso well with them.
Why is he the target.
Keeping his name up?
I don't know, maybe she doesn't like him.
I don't know,
I don't know,
but then I was happy to see Lauratrying to band together

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the original brains,
and she said we might not all get along,but we all have to stick together
for this vote because this idol gives uspower and we could really make a move.
Here, right? She's playing a smart game.
Because if they want to flesh the idol,they have to vote for more than one
person.
Yeah, they could do thisif they stick together.
And. And Mileseven offers to play his idol for.

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Max, right? Right.
You know, that was very generous.
And Max has an idolthat he's not telling anyone of, right?
Yeah.
So it's a little foreshadowing,
but I also thoughtMyles made a good point.
He said, that he wants to target Katebecause she's going to be
really good at the late game challenges,and she's a good social game.
And I thought,this is the first time, in a while

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that we've been hearingabout this kind of part of the strategy.
So I feel like we're always targeting,you know, the big boys, as JLP calls them,
that bring a lot of strengthto the, the challenges.
But in the individual game,it's a lot of like, balance.
It's a lot of endurance.
And it always seems like, some of theyounger women, tend to be better at that.

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So he sort of picked up that capemay be good at that down the road.
So I thought that was an interestingobservation by Myles. Yes.
And then they even get Max and Mylesto shake hands.
But right away
Max is kind of reserved.
And Zara says look me in the eyeand tell me you're with them.
And you could not do it.He could not do it.
It was just horrible.That was like an understatement.

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Yeah, he hehe looked like he was like zoning out.
Yeah, he hehe looked like he was like zoning out.
Well, he just couldn't handle it.
Right?
So all he could saywas, it's going to be a party.
Yeah. Not a not a good sign.
Yeah, sure. No. He. Oh.
Max says he feels he's being dictated,and it just doesn't work for him.
He doesn't trust Myles or Zara.

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And what does he do?
He goes to Ben and Jesse.
Jesse and tells him Myles all about Myles
Jesse and tells him Myles all about Myles
and had the play talking aboutI just why he's been like Noonan.
Just look in the futureyou know what I mean.
It just I don't understand.
And if they threw the challenge matchyou know.

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All right.
They're not looking out for me.They throw the challenge.
They get rid of me or one of my play.
My teammates, original teammates.
Yeah.
I mean, eventually someone has to flipduring the game, right?
Otherwise would be a pretty boring game.
So I, I think Max is trying to playa game.
He's looking to get into another alliance.
He's trying to advance the plotof the show, but now is just not the time.

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I think that,
I think that,
unfortunately, in a group of.
So there's five of the original Braunand then four of the original brands.
So if Max comes over, he's number sixand the six person alliance,
then they go to merge.
He's really at the bottom.
Yeah, I feel like it's just not the timeto be switching alliances.
I don't know, maybe later in the gameor if the numbers

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were a little bit different,but it doesn't feel
like it's going to benefit his gamein any way to align himself with Bennett.
Jesse, why does he know whyhe thought they would align with him?
Rachel because hethey threw the challenge, which throws
Mack under the bus.
Yeah, yeah.
No. Max said I love power.
Did you hear him say that? Yeah.
Well, it seems that.

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Could be why he's switching. Right.
Well, wait,that's more powerful. One that.
Yes. Yeah, that's.
Well,I that he's talking to Jesse at the water.
Well, when he's pouring drinking waterall over his body, I'm like, oh my God.
Well, we've seen a lot of them do that.I think it gets the salt water.
All right.
That's that's common.
And then we followed him for that one.

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Well I don't knowif they have limited water.
I guess that's what I'm thinking.
We never heard that they're limited.You're right, you're right.
I think they they're not going to makethe people you know, right.
You're right. Right.It just looks strange to me.
Well, as much as it looks, that was
as much as were upset with Max,he does pitch a pretty good plan.
He wants A33 split.He says three on miles.

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They're on a three on Kate.
Then whoever else plays his, idolfor either
himself or Zara, then the opposite persongoes home on the revote.
So he has a good strategy.
And he
has this idea, though, that I don't thinkis that smart to bring in Laura.
So Laura's his closest ally on the beach,
and he wants to bring her in.

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My concern there is now were seven
people in a tribe of nine.
So Miles goes home tonight.
Next weekZari goes home, then the following week.
Now what?
You're goingto have to turn on each other.
So I just feel like,
So I just feel like,
I don't know, I feel this,it just is a very myopic plan.
He's not really looking forward.
There didn't seem to be any logic.

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And oh wait, Laura, this is his.
He says it.
Zara has an awful bedside manner.
I know my that's an odd thing to say,isn't it?
Yeah, but Laura. Is not in a hospital.
Laura is really good
because she said, listen, Max,you know you're at the bottom of the pack.
We are will be at the bottom of the packand he just does not believe her.

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And then she said she's going to flip.
Yeah.
So surprising. Surprising.
Yeah.
Maura seems to think that this is the wayforward.
You know,
if she can't convince Max to do otherwise,then this is what she has to do.
I do wish, though, that Laura,who seems to be more level headed
and kind of looking at the gameas a whole, I wish that

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she would have gone up to maybefind some cracks within the brain.
I think that would have beenthe best solution.
I'm looking at Morgan.
We really haven'theard much from her at all.
Is she even that close to the ground?
Would she be willing to flip?
Has anyone talked to her about,
you know, like,should they target one of their own?
I feel like that would have been athose seem to be the best ways to break

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ties is to kind of liketurn in on your own alliance
in that way and split the gamein half in a different way.
I don't know,I feel like they're just I'm okay
with Max wanting to flip his alliance,but not in this way.
He could do it in a smart way.
Now you're making me think.
Max seems to be the only personthe brain's really talking to.
Bronze.

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Yeah, right. Well, the other three don't.
Yeah, I guess. Yeah. I'm sorry.
I just had a good impression.
Yeah.
Zara and Laura really don'tseem to be doing much talking.
He might just be lecturing.He might not. Be.
Yeah. Hey, I. Am, I guess you.
Well, then Laura
decides that she is goingto bring in one more person as well.

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So now, head of the nine people inthe tribe are all on the same plane.
She wants Zara to also work with them
and have Miles play the idol for herso that he goes home.
And I think, how could you do this?
Then the four person alliance,you're going to leave only one person out
and what's going to happen next to vote,you know,
then it's going to be Zaraor it's going to be Laura. Yes.

(21:38):
Why would you give in like this?
I guess at some pointyou have to say there's nothing I can do.
I have to say self. Zara.
So I didn't feel like we were there yet.
But what'scrazy is as all of this is happening
and Max is getting all of the originalbrains to vote with the original brawn,
the brand are talking and they're noteven interested in working with Max.
No, no. No.

(21:59):
No, no. No.
So they are thinkingstill about voting out Max.
And it's just so surprising
that Max is getting his own peopleto turn on each other.
Well, the Baron don't even trust him. No.
I don't know what's happening.
He seems to have a very poorread on the situation.
Or I guess maybe Ben
and Jesse are just really good liarsand good at making him feel comfortable.

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Well, and what I think is saythat Max was just can't think,
couldn't see straight that Miles said,you know, he would play
the idol for Max or Zara or anybody.
He's so loyal and he wants it to workso well and he can't see that.
You know what I mean?
Here's a loyal guyyou should have stuck with him.

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What was
the initial rift between Myles and Max?
Myles voted for Max.
Well that is that is too bad.
I know but. It's been a while.
It's time to move on.
Well yeah. Survivor is a fluid game.
And like if you hearmost people say when they at tribal
that you have to keep moving and changingand you can't just stick with your

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all your alliance all the time,sometimes you have to move
with someone else, even if it's one vote,
you can still go somewhere else,but then go back to where you want to be.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But Max and Noonan do not see it that way,I guess.
No. Well, then we head on into tribal
and Max shares that he is the swing vote.

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He feels like he's in a good spot.
I thought it was interestingthat he's announcing it so confidently.
I guess he wants the brawn to knowthat he's definitely on their side.
He wants to be vocal about that.
But calling himself the swing vote impliesthat he may swing the other way.
Right? So I don't know.
I thought that was an interesting thingto label yourself as.

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But they don't have a plan.
If he swings the other way, like,
yeah. Yeah.
So going into tribal,
only an original brawn has really come upas an option to vote for.
Yeah. So Max isn't worried at all.
Miles is not feeling that well.
He doesn't know what's going to happen.
So it's a tough tribal.
It's time to voteand then it is time to play an idol.

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Myles plays it and I'm thinking,oh my gosh, if he plays it for Zara
and he goes, oh. My gosh,that's what I was doing.
Like oh my gosh.
I'll play it.
But then I. Thought he's a smart guy.
He's played a lot of games right.
That's what he. Yes he. Did.
He does a lotwell with his time playing games.
So I think he just said,I'll play it for you, Max.

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I'll play it for
you guys are knowing that it'sprobably going to be used for himself.
That's what I thought.
Looking back on it.
Maybe. Yeah. I didn't think that way.
I just thought maybe he got the feelingduring tribal I better places for myself.
I things aren't looking good for me.
No, but thank goodnesshe had that in his, thought process.
Yeah.

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So Miles plays his idol for himselfand Max keeps his idol in his bag.
So then we see a splitbetween Miles and Max.
None of miles count.
And Max goes homewith an idol in the pocket.
He must have been. Season.
So upset.
That he played that Kate would have gonehome.

(25:08):
Yeah.
Kate, who received onevote, would have gone home. Right?
And then nextthe next episode would be four, four.
Oh my gosh, why was he so stubborn?
He was just stubborn, right? Yeah.
He seemed really surprised, right? Yeah.
It was not expecting that at all. So
and thecrazy thing is Miles played his idol

(25:30):
and almost all the votes that he gotwere from his own ally.
Oh. So I'm glad he didn't go home.
The people he's knownsince the beginning of the game
voted for him,not the people who you just met.
While good luck this,all of the original brains
had voted for Cadeand then they played the idol for Max.
It just would have been a lot better.
And that could havemaybe brought Max back in.

(25:50):
But wasn't meant to be. Right?
That's what I was trying to say.
Just vote together as a pack.I just, I don't know.
And now so now everything is really ruinedbecause now Max isn't
even in the game anymore.
Right now he just misses. So upset.
So the OG Braun never told anyonethey were going to vote for Max, right?
No. No, there wasthere was never even any thought of it.

(26:12):
They were just sayingwe're we're going to vote for miles
and we're going to split our votes.
And. Right,I mean, just coming up with that.
So they really played it smart by himkeeping keeping it to themselves.
Whereas Max
runs to the other side and sayshey this is what we're going to do.
Well it's too bad.
I mean even though I don't really likehow Max was in the confessionals,

(26:33):
I have to sayhe was an interesting player to watch.
Right? Yeah. That's what they like.
Yeah.
It would have been nice to see themplay longer.
It was fun to see the feudbetween Max and Miles.
They were very vocal, very theatricaland it was fun to see.
So it'll be it'll be too bad to seethe jungle cat in the jungle, you know?

(26:54):
But yeah.
So it's the showdown of the season.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
So it was a great episode.
Excellent episode, very, very good.
And I'm thinking back to the episodewhere Rich handed
Max that scrolland he couldn't send anyone home,
and he was planning on sending Milesand planning to vote Miles out.

(27:16):
And if you would have saiddifferent people
home, Miles would have been outbefore this episode.
That's coming back to haunt Max.
He does.
He's he doesn't he doesn't go away now.
Yeah, I guess he's doingyou know, he can he's being flexible.
He's moving around doing whateverhe has to do.
He obviously is finding items and,trying to win challenges.

(27:39):
I mean, he's not giving up on thisgame, right?
He might be too aggressive,but he's he's not sitting back
where I feel likemaybe even Max kind of sat back
because if he was playing the game,he would have played his idol.
Yeah, he should have had some feelingat that tribal that maybe things
weren't going to go his way.
Maybe. Yeah.
But it's funny that, Miles finds his idoland plays it a few hours later. Yes.

(28:02):
Yeah, well, he had to. It was the public.
Well, the jungle rat lives on another day,
so it's another excellentepisode of Australian Survivor.
We can't wait to see what happensnext week.
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