Survivor, you tricky Sob. After the celebration episode last week that did away with the abhorrent Mergatory twist, there was a renewed hope that the show had turned a corner and was maybe moving away from all the hackneyed, terrible twists and game innovations. In a typical season in the 40s, directly following the mergatory would be a split Tribal Council with the 12 players left in the game. Sadly, the show went back to that well, except they managed to make it worse? You can’t expect every episode in every season to be great. But this was an especially big bummer after the high of last week.

Rachel Lamont, Sue Smey, Gabe Ortis, and Caroline Vidmar at the Beka beach during Survivor 47, episode 7/©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Beka

After surviving the vote as the backup plan, Andy comes back to camp and talks to Sol, the only person he knew with certainty voted for him.