Episode 3 did not measure up the the high standards set by the first two, though it wasn't the worst episode ever.
The express pass was way too easy to get, and that ninja challenge was almost impossible. How long do you think the "ninjas" who can actually throw those spikes had to train before they could reliable hit three in a row? I bet it was considerably longer than any of the teams were at the challenge. They could have given them 10 throws to hit three and no one would have gotten it.
I mentioned this already, but Kamilla's game reminds me of Sandra. Current players aren't as universally gullible as when Sandra was winning, but I think Kamilla is a more complete player. The brilliant part of this move is that Kyle will likely get the target instead of her. It appears they wasted the extra vote, but better safe than sorry.
You would think players would have learned by now to not hide advantages in their bags. That was almost a very costly blunder.
I know it's only two episodes in, but this is shaping up to be one of the best seasons of all time. I like that even though they have designated travel agents, they still have some flight options to get some separation.
I have a better chance of winning the lottery. I would rather spend my hypothetical mental cycles dreaming about that then worrying about what would happen if Texas makes a deep tournament run.
That was a very promising first episode, and I agree that the fork in the road was great. I don't generally like subjectively judged challenges, but they have always been part of TAR, and I didn't see anything egregious. I initially thought the "can't get a taxi" thing was blatant racism. I was glad it turned out to be a simple language barrier, and that the team was doing something wrong.
Early editing was misleading this time. I bet he's kicking himself for not taking out Sai at the first tribal when he probably could have made it happen.
That makes all of this even worse. I guess I can officially move the NBA to the list of sports I don't really follow. This whole episode reminds me of how I felt when Beard got arrested...just a "no way that just happened" thing.