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Survivor Recap: Welling Up
A moment so touching that it brings Jeff to tears is a reminder of what makes the show a groundbreaking force on television.
Nothing happened at the reward challenge other than Sai wanting to sit out — because, like a young millennial, she thinks she deserves a break — and then freaking out when her tribe (no clue which one after last week’s shake-up) doesn’t earn her a donut. Jeff immediately turns it into game chat, saying that Joe has now revealed a major relationship in front of everyone, one that can be exploited later, and, honestly, even as I was wiping away the tears with my shirt sleeves, I was thinking the same thing. As Joe says, what happened with them was greater than the game, just proving that no matter how many twists there are, how many idols are hidden, how many silly dice-game journeys they go on, the most impactful part of this show is the human connections and relationships at its very heart.
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