On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 8:54:47 PM UTC-6, zeppo wrote:
> On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 3:13:36 PM UTC-7, Brian Smith wrote:
>
> > Has Sarah said anywhere what her relationship with Yum Yum was like?
> I have only read the interview that she did with Dalton Ross, and in it she said that she thought that Yum Yum liked her. So, for what that's worth,
> it seems like they were on good terms.

Sarah seems very likable to me. It'll be interesting to hear what Carolyn has to say about their relationship. Yum Yum did vote with Sarah so you'd think they were on the same page. Or did he and Carolyn play her knowing that their two votes would trump Josh's one vote?

> > Zeppo, I've got a question for you. Do you think Carolyn's getting a Gabler edit? To me their edits are pretty similar. The difference this time is that we know they could be making a Carolyn >win very obvious from the start.
> IMO, she has been getting a much more well-rounded edit than Gabler was receiving four episodes into S43. Even if she had no game chops whatsoever,
> we would still have seen a lot of her because of her personality, and due to the fact that her tribe has had to go to TC so often. The editors could have
> given her the "Noura edit" and left it at that. However, she does know how to play, and we are seeing that for ourselves. If she ends up as the winner I
> don't believe that Probst and Van Wagenen would want to telegraph that outcome in such an obvious way from so early in the game. But really,
> what do I know? I still thought that Gabler was a doofus when he was sitting in the F3 last season.
> I think that she is going to be a major character in this season's story, but will not be the winner. I predict that her emotional instability will be her
> "achilles heel".

Yes, she's getting more airtime thanks to Tika going to TC so often and I agree that her edit at this point is more positive than what they gave Gabler.

I'm finding the editing to be really off this season. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they are telegraphing a Carolyn win. They're way too focused on scripting this season trying to manufacture crazy moments. It's like they hired WWE writers to storyboard this season.

I think Carolyn's emotional instability is a big act. When I watched the opening scene of the season I thought she was a complete idiot but after four episodes we've seen her pull off moves that only a seasoned fan of the show would even consider doing. The few people I see being able to beat her are likely to be targeted before her. Danny will likely go shortly after the merge, Kane's not strategic enough, she'll backstab Yum Yum, and Matt and Frannie will be each other's demise. The way the young women are being taken out Frannie will probably be next. And Carson is too cocky. He'll be blindsided!

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Brian