User blog comment:Tozza6/Haiti Boot Order/@comment-30509159-20170715034157/@comment-27391152-20170716113251

Samuel was definitely one of the better players of the season and had he survived the Final Four vote, he surely would've made it to the end. However, his biggest flaw was probably his short temper which we already saw happen with Abrham. For the first few episodes, Samuel was played up a lot as the swing vote and while he ended up sticking by his alliance come the Double Tribal Council, Jaxon ended up unexpectedly flipping and Abrham was sent home regardless. Not wanting to arouse any suspicion from the girls, Samuel decided not to mutiny and worked his ass off to convince them that he was the one to flip to their side and not Jaxon. They ultimately believed him and Jaxon was sent home.

Following Jaxon's vote off, Samuel spent the next two rounds on Exile, first with Milo and then with Hank as the three formed their cross-tribe alliance. After losing immunity again, Samuel was surprised to hear from Gloria that the others were planning to split the votes on him and Jaxon, leading him to go along with Gloria's plan to blindside Reece. However, once it turned out that the other side hadn't split the votes (thanks to Reece reneging on the plan), Samuel flipped back on the revote, thinking Gloria had tricked him. At the merge, Samuel was one of the three swing votes as he was tempted to flip over to help out his Exile buddies. Wanting to play it safe for the time being, he stuck with the Estere alliance although he did ensure he kept his trust with his Exile Alliance for making sure they were never the target. However, once he was unable to convince the group against going after Hank at the Final 9, he and Genevieve made their move to flip and send Hannah home.

While Samuel figured Genevieve would stick with the new group moving forward, he was very concerned to see her trying to make amends with the Estere gang and once their original target, Reece, won immunity, he tried to turn the tables on her instead. Not only did the Estere trio (Yiota/Reece/Chelsea) stick by Genevieve but Milo also flipped, which angered Samuel greatly. He, in turn, blew up Milo's game in front of the whole tribe and convinced the Estere trio to turn on him and Genevieve. The plan worked and Milo was sent packing but after Genevieve's second idol play, Samuel's only real ally, Hank, was out of the game. After Genevieve won immunity, it looked like Samuel was next to go but thanks to Yiota convincing Reece to turn on their leader, Chelsea, Sam was spared another day. Unfortunately, he was not quite as lucky the next time as he was voted out for being seen as the biggest jury threat.