Though the Reward Challenge was 15-plus minutes in its own right, the Survivor Ghost Island episode 12 secret scene elaborated more on family time.
In showing the secret scene video from Survivor Ghost Island episode 12, “A Giant Game of Bumper Cars,” this post will discuss the events surrounding the episode and its edit.
Having made such a big deal about how the Loved Ones Visit can be such a picker-upper in Survivor, much more of the episode’s edit is about that initial meeting with the family than the celebration afterward. Eight players compete for the right to spend the day with family, but only half actually get to go out there on a reward.
Because of this, there’s so much build up on expectations to see family that it cannot match the occasion. As such, Survivor makes the introduction a lengthier affair and almost glosses over the reward itself, even when camera hog Domenick is taking part. Thankfully, CBS has uploaded an extended look at the Ghost Island episode 12 secret scene, going deeper into Donathan’s journey through this game.
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You could tell that this would be the kind of edit you would see if Donathan was going to win Ghost Island. Family content is the easier way to make a winner compelling to the audience, and Aunt Patty helping to bring Donathan’s family together after a distant father figure caused strife in his life is the kind of framing you would give an under the radar player.
Even though Domenick’s wife also doubled down on how much she loved him, it all circled back to Donathan. Domenick even made a country promise to try to go to the end with Donathan and Sebastian, although that part made the episode.
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Perhaps if Donathan was able to convince Laurel to vote out Domenick we’d see this extended secret scene on television! Alas, the way he’s been playing and the way he’s been shaded by the edit, that becomes less likely by the episode.