Board Thread:Season Rankings/@comment-24899664-20141222121159/@comment-25629305-20170411041640

Africa had a ton of amazing moments. To list some:

- Everything that happened on OG Samburu (underrated and one of the top 5 tribes of all time IMO)

Some examples:

Lindsey Ritcher, on day 1: "OH MY GOD GUYS I'M ON MY PERIOD *cackle*"

Linda Spencer's iconic meltdown: "I WANNA BE ON THIS TEAAAMMMM!!!!" she shrieks as her bewildered tribemates shuffle around awkwardly.

Linda to Lindsey: *condescendingly* "your mother must never have hugged you, Lindsey :-( GIMME A HUG!!! <3"

- The downfall of the Mall Rats (though I would also count this as an overarching ~Samburu Moment~ in its own right)

- Everything Kelly Goldsmith did or said:

Examples:

Lex: "You know what this is? It's the UBER SPOON. You know what UBER means, Tom? It means ULTIMATE" (*eye roll*)

Kelly, confessionalizing: "Lex is so politicking for a win and THAT'S FINE (ed. note: this is clearly, in fact, not fine) but watching him kiss ass to everyone and talk in his stupid dad voice... I don't like it. Am I the only one who notices that he's a totally weird person???"

Example Numero Dos:

Kim J: *casually*, "So, how was Samburu, Kelly? :-)"

Kelly: "OH MY GOD THEY WERE SO TERRIBLE. ALSO FRANK HATES WOMEN, HE WOULD *NEVER* VOTE FOR A WOMAN TO WIN THIS GAME WE NEED HIM OUT." *they are on the sit-out bench in the challenge talking in front of everyone*

Example Numero Tres:

Frank: *is making elephant noises*

Kelly, confessionalizing: "Frank is a very big loner. I mean, I guess a large section of the population is socially awkward and introverted, but, I feel like there are prescription drugs out there to counteract that, and he should probably be on them :-)."

Example Numero Cuatro:

Lex: *hissing demonically* "I will not live with a snake. I'm going to cut off the head of whoever did this."

Kelly: *actual response* "mmmmmm... yah :/"

Cue her confessional: "This morning, Lex was just a total jerk. I mean, what did you expect from this game? I'm SORRY somebody voted for you. GET OVER IT. *eye roll* Screw you, Lex, if you're just gonna sit there and yell at me like I just stole cookies for something I didn't do!"

And of course, she immediately spends the rest of the episode scurrying off to plot with the Samburus on how to eliminate him from the game, what an inspiration <333.

Example Numero Cinco:

"When it's me, you'll know it :-). I couldn't be more excited to be casting this vote tonight. I never wanted you to win, and now I hope you don't. If this is the last vote I cast, then at least I got to vote for you, who I have always found to be.......... not fun to be around ^_^."

But Kelly Goldsmith wasn't the sole star, of course, nearly everyone in Africa had at least some sort of star power, the only person I really actively disliked was Tom Buchanan, who I find distasteful and more than a little problematic, but that's another story for another time. Africa is a truwely misunderstood and underrated season :(((