Talking About Stuff, with Mike and Christiana

Okay, so looks like tonight is double-elimination night on Survivor: Guatemala! According to the previews, both tribes are going to tribal council.

I imagine they will be using a similar thing as in Palau where the tribe that wins the challenge will get to sit and watch the losing tribe's tribal council.

We kind of knew this was coming, because if you work out the number of "days" total spent on the island and the number of people remaining, there had to be at least one double-elimination episode.

But anyway, I think Yaxha is in for some angst tonight. Nakum has Margaret and Cindy in a minority who are probably the next two voted out from that tribe unless they pull off something really dramatic. But with Blake gone, who does Yaxha vote off next?

Looks like Amy goes down like a bowling pin in tonight's challenge, but no one knows whether that will produce an actual injury or not. She may be seen as one of the weaker members of the tribe, but then there's Brian. As much as I love him, I think he may have tipped his hand a little by playing the strategic game so aggressively. But then there's Brandon, the only one left who didn't vote for Blake, and of course Gary.

According to Blake's interview on Survivor Live, the fact that he IS an ex-quarterback and that he's lying is pretty much a given for all the ex-Nakum members, but even though they actually teased him about it, Gary continues to deny deny deny.

I can see why nobody would push too hard on it right now, because he's one of the stronger people on that team, and it would be counter-productive. But I want closure, dammit! If it just fades into a non-issue, I'm going to be really annoyed.

Anyway, just want to let everyone know that the Survivor Edition of the Podcast will be a little late this week, (probably Saturday), but there's no reason that we can't continue to talk about it in advance of the show tonight, and I'll have a place for comments tomorrow as well. In fact, since the show won't be recorded until later, we might even be able to include your comments, so don't be shy!

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