Talk:Rejoice! Rejoice!/@comment-26485526-20180801181237

Fantastic episode, Matt! I must say, I realize the episode title referenced the previous elimination, but honestly, it suits this episode's elimination so much more! Lauren really has turned into such an entitled bitch the past couple of episodes, and seeing her get her comeuppance was just SO delicious! I initially hated Alexa for spilling the beans about Lauren leaving to her face, but this last swerve by Luis was brilliant! Amazing gameplay by Luis & Jerome this episode! Luis for me has gone from a "meh" character to someone I'm actually rooting for because he's finally shown that he has a brain and is playing for himself!

My only critique on this episode though is about Troy. I want to apologize in advance because this is most likely going to come off much meaner than I intend it, but here it goes:

I'm at the point where Troy's edit appears to be focusing on how perfect he is and how much we should sympathize with/love him. From the racist comments to Kent saying that Troy was "the only straight guy that felt comfortable laying next to him" (or something like that), Troy always seems to come out with people gushing over him, and it's getting to be almost too much, and I'm starting to think that this is leading towards a Rudy Butler edit where he never gets truly criticized (without the rest of the tribe defending him), and where everything goes his way.

I understand that Troy is in the middle and has made promises to both alliances on Abiang, with Rebecca/Dottie noticing so please note that I am reserving total judgment on him for now, and still consider myself a Troy fan. But with that being said, the coronation edit seems to be where Troy is heading, and it's making me want him to be legitimately shit on in a way that's not followed up by scenes made to generate sympathy for him. This edit he's getting just seems to be coming on quite thick right now, and that's why I'm talking about it now. I think you still have time to make him a really compelling and interesting character, but the more this kind of edit continues, the more it leads to a point where I may start resenting him.

As I said at the top, this was an amazing episode, with the blindside being the best of the season by far! I hope you don't take my comments too harshly. Keep up the awesome work!