Talk:She Brought Orange Juice to a Frat Party/@comment-26485526-20190830044750



Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit! I saw this coming, but DAMMIT! Nigel seriously can go fuck himself... just by virtue of turning into a gamebot while my favourite player of the season had to get the boot.

I've been predicting a Kurtis boot for a while now, and since people this season have been talking about targeting the trio since before dinosaurs started roaming the earth it seems like, it did make sense to me for Kurtis to end up as the causality when nobody could agree on a target. I'm not sure this was the smart move for Leilani/Heather, and it bugs me that they're acting like Calvin having an extra vote is no big deal. You can't bitch and cry about Kurtis, Winter, and Sadie being an unbreakable trio, while also not caring that Calvin has two votes and is equally tight with Nigel. If you're looking for an excuse to send Kurtis home, fine. Stick to him being a threat, but don't fucking act like an extra vote is no big deal when the numbers are getting smaller and smaller.

In saying that, I'm a little bit disappointed that Kurtis didn't win immunity since I would've preferred Winter to go over him, if someone from "The Trio" had to leave. Kurtis at least had Heather in the opposing alliance, while Winter's story seemed to start and end with Kurtis. You could argue that Winter has a bond with Leilani, but it looks like she's more focused on Sadie and Deidre, so I don't know where this leaves Winter in the story, and as I've said in the past couple episodes, while I do love Winter, I don't think she's really developed as a character aside from her relationship with Kurtis lately. This has been a great season so far, and I'm interested in how Winter's story develops now that her crush is gone. As I said though, I just would've preferred Kurtis stay over her.

Deidre was such an entertaining mess this episode, and as irrational as her vote against Nigel was when her closest ally, Leilani, as well as the majority, voted against Kurtis, all of the points she made against Nigel were 100% valid. He's a sneaky gamebot that probably doesn't know the truth if it bit him on the ass at this point. Speaking of Nigel, he was so stupid this episode that it's actually hard to fathom. "People see me as untrustworthy? Why not play that up and make myself look like more of an asshole? That'll get me votes if I somehow slither my way to the end!" He's become gradually more and more gamebotty as the season goes on, and especially now that my favourite got the boot this episode, it actually pisses me off.

I do disagree with Jake's assessment that Calvin is boring. I've been impressed with him these past couple of episodes as he struggles to find his voice and take more agency in the game. I'm really happy that he's the one with the advantage and not Nigel, and I'm rooting for him to blindside Nigel's ass and actually show people he's not a follower.

Keep up the great work Matt!

CAST RANKINGS:
 * 1) Kurtis Hansen
 * 2) Heather Clarke
 * 3) Winter Alan
 * 4) Sadie Collins
 * 5) Calvin Huang
 * 6) Logan Simmons
 * 7) Tyrone Laurence
 * 8) Leilani Arthur
 * 9)  Jason Sanders 
 * 10)  Isaiah Peterson 
 * 11) Deidre Ryans
 * 12) Naomi Davidson
 * 13)  Inez Montero 
 * 14) Nigel Jackson
 * 15)  August Brown 
 * 16)  Adrian Morris 
 * 17) Elaine Nguyen
 * 18) Chris Taylor
 * 19) Gabby Ellis
 * 20) Rachel Berry