'Survivor Winners at War' Season 40: Jeremy saves himself, fans upset that team huddled up to replan strategy
On tonight's episode of 'Survivor: Winners at War' Season 40, we witnessed a whole lot of major moves not just by the castaways, but by host Jeff Probst too.
Titled 'The Full Circle', this week's episode started out with water works as Jeff reunited the castaways with their family members on the island. He also revealed that there will be no Loved one Challenge and everyone could go back and bond with their family.
That's not the only major move Jeff made, he also brought in the families of the castaways who are in the Edge of Extinction, to meet them for a brief moment. With the first half of the episode gone with the family reunion, the series wasted no time in jumping to the immunity challenge. Tony Vlachos won the challenge and apart from receiving immunity, he also received two fire tokens instead of the usual one.
Arriving at the tribal council is when things started to go out of hand. Jeremy Collins knew he was targeted this week at tribal council and decided to play his 'Safety Without Power' advantage. No one would be able to vote against him and he couldn't vote either.
Once Jeremy played his advantage, the entire group split into two to discuss what their next move might be. In the end, Sarah Lacina decided to use her 'Steal a Vote' advantage and steal Denise Stapley's vote. Kim Spradlin-Wolfe decided to use her immunity idol and play it for Denise.
Reading out the votes, Jeff revealed that Tyson Apostol had received the most votes and hence was being sent back to the Edge of Extinction. Taking to Twitter post the episode, upset fans affirm that the entire voting got out of hand because the contestants were allowed to go away and talk after Jeremy left. They claim that the series should not allow the castaways to do so.
"Can we please end the allowing them to huddle up at tribal? Takes so much drama from it. If Jeremy leaves and he was the plan, make them guess what their alliance mates are thinking. I miss the old tribals. #Survivor," a fan wrote. Another fan added, "That was horrible execution of that twist. No way they should have been able to huddle up after Jeremy ghosted them."
"The whole point of Jeremy’s advantage was that it’s played right before the vote. The fact that the players were allowed to walk all the way off and come up with a plan b on the sidelines after he played it was absolute BS #Survivor," a fan shared. While another said, "Okay, the safety without power should only benefit/hurt Jeremy. Shouldn’t there be a ‘no extra whispering’ clause with the remaining players when he leaves? #rhap #survivor."
"I’m so frustrated how the jury gets to talk and move the discussion over in the corner. At that point, Jeremy’s play was all for nothing. I guess that’s the new thing #SURVIVOR wants, it started a few seasons ago. They may as well all go back to the shelter and re-strategize!!" a fan wrote.
'Survivor: Winners at War' Season 40 airs every Wednesday night only on CBS. Check your local listings for more information.