Survivor
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That everything should be about the decisions that the players make and the consequences of those actions.
Then, we see Sam and Teeny sit down to make fire.
Sol would pipe up, Yes, my question is for Wind.
Why did you blow Teenys fire away from her rope and Sams right onto it during the clutch moment?
How did we get to this final two?
Well, first, there was a challenge.
Come on, Sue!
Jeff yells at her.
Um, Jeff, sheis digging.
Shes just seconds behind Teeny, and Sue is practically three times her age.
This is what digging looks like for a 59-year-old.
Give the woman a moment of peace.
This far into the finale it seems like it is Rachels game to lose.
Theyre coming from inside the house.
This is not a good sign.
It was at that moment I knew that Sam was going to win the fire-making challenge.
Rachel tells her to keep adding sticks.
Shes working at it, but the elements are against her.
Sam starts nursing his flame, and its building bigger and bigger.
With that, the wind decided.
The fire-making challenge was created to give people without a shot in the game one final reprieve.
It was essentially created to give controversial winnerBen Driebergena pathway to the final.
Ive always thought it was a sham.
His victory is so annoying.
Find a way to find a way!
he shouts as if Joe Rogan is right there in his ear.
Yeah, find a way to control the weather, I guess.
Who are we all supposed to turn into?
And the inspiration starts again.
Dude, no one was looking at you because you had a horrible track record.
Shes twice his age!
That it was even a showdown is amazing.
Thats when I started thinking about the kinds of games that the jury rewards.
Its muscular, its active, its risk-taking.
Sam doesnt like Rachels game either, but I think its because a woman played it.
She got that from Sol because he liked and trusted her.
Thats called a social game.
She got the idol under everyones noses, which is skill.
She had to solve a puzzle before it was yanked into the ocean.
Rachel deserved all of those.
Even if she got them by luck, she deployed them with skill to save herself and optimize them.
She was the underdog who made it all the way to the end as well and won.
Luckily, there was just no denying that Rachel played a dominant game post-merge.
