For the first time all season, the Survivor Ghost Island episode 9 secret scene felt like it should have been included in the original episode runtime.
This piece looking at the Survivor Ghost Island episode 9 secret scene will discuss content from this week’s episode.
Now that the Chris and Domenick feud is over, Survivor Ghost Island is starting to develop its secondary characters. Players like Angela and Laurel saw a lot more screentime in episode 9, as we started to see the bigger picture of what the season will entail. Sure, there’s going to be an idol play here and there, but even in this past episode, it became a story about players coming out of their shell.
Look no further than to Angela to show how it can be just a few good days in a row for someone to turn their game around. Even though she got a prominent showing this week, the Survivor Ghost Island episode 9 secret scene showed how even a ragtag group of players could come together and illustrate smart teamwork in the face of a much stronger team and still come out on top.
The secret scene acts more of an extended view of what happened at the Tiki Taco reward, including a better look at the full spread of food. However, it also prominently showed Wendell listing off the accomplishments and successes that make Donathan and the women of his reward challenge team a compelling force to be reckoned with. It also showed Angela standing up for herself and stepping forward as a player ready to come out behind Chris’ shadow.
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The way that Survivor Ghost Island has been edited needs to necessitate the Naviti vs. Malolo vibes throughout, as well as the Chris vs. Domenick vibes leading up to the merge. That’s how the players played, and that’s what the edit requires to tell the season’s story. However, it feels a bit unfortunate to have seen this side of Angela hidden in the edit up to this point.