Whether it’s fitting in with a group of legendary winners or falling back into a familiar role, the Survivor: Winners at War episode 12 secret scenes have it all.
It’s hard to imagine an hour where Tony Vlachos got eight separate confessionals, tried to flip the vote from Jeremy to Kim, got into a major argument with Sarah, and both built/established the spy nest network as a cooldown episode. Yet,somehow inSurvivor: Winners at Warepisode 12, it seemed as though the focus on Tony was just as concerning as it was invigorating.
We saw a wide variety of perspectives this week, aided in part by the fact that there were only eight players left in the game. As such, the first of twoSurvivor: Winners at Warepisode 12 secret scenes takes us away from the majority of players. Why look more at camp life when we can double down onSophie Clarke’s misaligned self-doubts on the Edge of Extinction?
Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if manySurvivorfans had Sophie lower down on the winner tier charts heading intoWinners at War,especially sinceSouth Pacificdid a better job of highlight Coach’s insanity and Ozzy’s challenge beast escapades rather than highlight her barbed banter. Thankfully, the legends on the Edge are there to comfort here and welcome her in as one of their own.
Tony's Spy Nest. Boston Rob's fall. A surprising Immunity Challenge... and another wild Tribal Council.@JeffProbstis here to share his thoughts about this week's episode. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!#Survivorpic.twitter.com/gWBBPT9vgv
— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs)April 30, 2020
We saw Ben Driebergen go full Ben Driebergen and start going on an idol spree starting from the Final Nine in his winning season, andthe second of twoSurvivor: Winners at Warepisode 12 secret scenes shows him starting it back up again at the Final Eight. Much like Tony Vlachos in the round before him, Ben’s finally breaking out of his shell and is now fully back on his idol bulls—.
The character of Ben Driebergen inWinners at Warcontinues to be a land of contrasts, as he has so desperately wanted to escape the label of being all about idols. However, outside of blowing up Kim’s spot and letting Tony know about the many blindsides his way, Ben’sbig movethis episode was to search for an idol early and ultimately pull it off (even if Tony caught him in the act).
Finally, Jeff Probst offers his post-facto recap of the episode, fully knowing what happens in next week’s two-hour affair and the three-hour finale on May 13.
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