Episode 1
Robb Zbacnik brings a skateboard to live on a beach with. A skateboard. On a beach.
The oldest survivors, Jake and Jan, are chosen as tribe leaders and choose who is on what tribe (Jake picks athletic people while Jan picks people she thinks she'll like)
Clay and Erin are the last ones chosen.
Shii Ann wants to get a plan going and get it done ASAP, while the rest of the tribe simply celebrates.
Brian calls this experience "a business trip" in cofessional.
John trolls his tribe regarding their water supply, after they had swam a literal mile to find it LOLOLOLOL!
Robb and Shii Ann get pissy at each other over work priorities. (Shii Ann calls herself a she-devil in confessional)
The general votes are between Ghandia (lost the tribe lead in the challenge), Tanya (been sick), or John (bossy and rubbed people the wrong way with his water joke).
John is the first person voted out of Survivor: Thailand
Favorites as of this episode: Ghandia, Shii Ann, Robb (for unintentionally being hilarious)
Episode 2
Jed slacks off around camp and rubs people the wrong way.
Steph, Robb, and Jed all tend to stick together.
Steph starts getting sick from sleeping uncovered in rain, out of the shelter.
Chuay Gahn sings awkward out of tune anniversary song to Helen with accompaniment by Brian the Guitar Guy.
"She's kind of got the personality of an encyclopedia" -Clay in reference to Helen.
Monkey stares down Helen with awe from trees
General vote consensus is either Helen, who doesn't quite fit in, or Tanya, who is well-liked but is ill.
Despite quite a few blunders on her part, Jan doesn't appear to be anyone's target.
Tanya is ultimately voted out (despite his sociopathic reputation, Brian expressed concern for her health in his voting message).
Favorites: Shii Ann, Robb
Episode 3
Despite losing challenge after challenge, Chuay Gahn has relatively high spirits, everyone pretty much getting along.
Ghandia and Ted grow closer, and Ted snuggles and grinds against Ghandia against Ghandia's liking (when confronted, Ted genuinely apologizes)
Robb straight up chokes Clay and throws him off the raft (outside of the permitted zone) in the reward challenge and gets booted from the challenge LOL
Sook Jai suffers 3 more consecutive boots (Ken, Jed and Stephanie); Jeff gets pissed
Robb throws a big fit back at camp; Shii Ann once again goes over how much of an idiot he is in confessionals
Ghandia decides she doesn't really like Ted's explanation anymore, and starts telling everyone about it
Sook Jai loses their fishing net somehow
Helen starts talking around, hoping to get Ted out (bringing it up to Brian)
Brian expresses his idea that the #1 way to play the game is to sit back and just listen. Play it cool. He goes and listens to Ted's side of the story.
Brian tells Helen that, by talking to Ted, it sounds like nothing major really happened. Helen tells Ghandia, Ghandia gets pissed, yells at the top of her lungs, and punch-slaps a tree repeatedly LOL
Ghandia and Ted have big public confrontation.
Shii Ann borderline throws the immunity challenge.
Robb thinks that everyone will easily vote for Shii Ann, while most others want Jed gone for being lazy and stupid.
Despite Robb's group targeting Shii Ann, Jed is sent home.
Favorites: Shii Ann, Robb
Episode 4
Stephanie and Robb bond further in Jed's absence, and grow futher apart from the others
Ted wants nothing to do with Ghandia, and it starts to kind of spread to his tribe mates, especially Clay
Brian makes confessional expressing his belief that women should stay in the kitchen and laudry room while the men go out and work LOLOLOL
Divide between the Chuay Gahn women and men become more apparent
Ghandia trys rallying women to take out Clay
Helen strongly considers going with both sides. She doesn't want to tie the vote with the women, but she likes Ghandia and dislikes Clay.
Helen has mini meltdown at tribal
Clay writes down "Bye Bye Denver Diva" instead of Ghandia, and Jeff, for the first time, has to clarify who a vote is for
Helen sides with the guys, voting out the Denver Diva herself.
Favorites: Shii Ann, Robb, Helen
Episode 5
Brian and Ted solidify an alliance between them
Robb steps on a stingray; flails and yells awkwardly into ocean
Chuay Gahn's boat drifts away in the middle of the night (because of Ted)
At the Survivor Auction, Jeff offers the ability to switch tribes, but no one takes it
"What goes with nachos?" -Jeff "BEER!" -Jan "You're on the right track" "TACOS! ENCHALADAS!"
Monkey makes loud awkward scrrech while Ted tries to talk
Stephanie starts getting back in good with Sook Jai
A good amount of people want Shii Ann out, just Jake likes having her around
"Sorry girl. You get on my nerves and I don't like being around you. Nothing personal" -Robb Zbacnik
Even with Robb's impersonal vote, Stephanie is the one voted out
Favorites: Shii Ann, Robb
Episode 6
Robb confronts Penny, asking if she planned on voting for him last night.(Ken told Robb that she did) Penny denies it.
Robb then confronts Ken and gets pissy with him
The men of Chuay Gahn go for a futile swim trying to find the boat; their tiredness shows in the next challenge loss
Robb basically carries team in reward challenge, winning some lost favor
Robb and Ken sit down, have a serious talk, bury the hatchet, and Robb has large turn-around in attitude
Chuay Gahn finds dead bat fetus on beach; Jan gets very sad and emotional; Brian wonders if it's edible LOLOLOLOLOL
Despite his epiphany, Robb is sent home, reminding his tribe his name is spelt with 2 B's
Favorites: Brian, Shii Ann
Episode 7
Erin feels shaky going into a merge, and wants to keep an eye on Ken and Shii Ann
Ken doesn't trust Penny
Tribes have weird pseudo-tribe swap where contestants are paired up and sent to visit each other's camps
Shii Ann spills all the Sook Jai dirt to Clay; talk about Shii Ann joining the Chuay Gahners
*FAKE MERGE*
Shii Ann and Ted bond over being minorities
Brian continues to try and work Shii Ann to the Chuay Gahn side and vote out Penny
Shii Ann admits to Ken she's voting out Penny
Shii Ann goes public at Sook jai tribal, calling out Penny being manipulative and convincing people to vote for her
However, her pleas fall on deaf ears as Shii Ann gets the boot
Favorites: Brian
Episode 8
Brian forgets what Shii Ann's name is, despite trying to win her over literally yesterday LOLOLOLOLOL
Sook Jai now makes pact to stick together
Penny visibly tries sucking up to Chuay Gahn
Chuay Gahn's piss starts stinking up the entire cave LOLOLOL
Brian continues to spout misogyny
Brian and Jake start bonding, mainly over Helen being annoying
Jake gets as much info out of Brian as possible (which is none), and considers forming an alliance with him
Ken warns Jake not to trust Brian
Asshole Monkey (formerly "Monkey") comes into the camp and fucks with all the food, including eating the bananas and knocking over the noodles
Jake does weird ceremony for cooking and eating chicken; Asshole Monkey watches on from usual place in trees
Jan adds the chicken remnants to her pet cemetary (now consisting of Lucky the chicken and the bat fetus)
Remaining Sook Jai 4 come super close as the inevitable Pagonging looms nearer
The Sook Jais end up sending Erin home, through tears
Favorites: Asshole Monkey, Asshole Brian
Episode 9
Jake makes effort to fit in with the Chuay Gahns, but it makes people like him less LOOOOL
*REAL MERGE*
Clay gets hypnotized by CC Heidik's dancing booty
CC Heidik dances around the super expensive house, bangs on Brian's super expensive piano, shows off Brian's super expensive new cars, and does other equally batty shit that pretty well ruin Brian's average Joe persona he's built up
Big Ted takes some solitary Big Ted time in the canoe
Jake tries to use Ted growing apart from the Chuat Gahn'ers to weasel his way into sending Ted home
Clay wins immunity
Sook Jai plans to target Ted, since he's kinda on the outs. Jake tries swinging Clay to their side to accomplish this.
However, Ken says that if Chuay Gahn wants Penny out, he's vote for Penny to keep himself safe
Brian however targets Ken and keeps his aliances together and sends Ken home
Favorites: Brian
Episode 10
Jake tells Ted that every member of Chuay Gahn said to vote for Ted (Ted doesn't believe him)
Brian picks Clay to go on reward, and helped Clay all challenge, making Ted question where he stands
Brian says he could honestly go with either alliance to finals (Ted or Clay)
"Nice ass" -Clay to elephant
Jake tries winning Helen over while Brian and Clay are out. I believe that if Sook Jai had the numbers post-merge, Jake would win the game.
Clay brings back food and beer for the people back at camp to win favor
Penny isolates herself from Jake, who is unliked
Clay tells Penny he plans on taking her to final 4, but he said that to multiple people
Helen wins immunity
The Pagonging manages to continue, bringing Penny's game to an end
Favorites: Brian, Jake
Episode 11
Fear creeps across Brian's face and delight across Clay's as CC Heidik walks into the reward challenge
"Brian will play fair and with integrity. I trust Brian" -Helen to her husband
The loved ones return to work with the Survivors in the immunity challenge
Ted wins immunity
Helen wants to solidify a pact with Brian and Ted
Sook Jai finally comes to an end as Jake is voted out
Favorites: Brian
Episode 12
Ted confirms Brian and himself are still a final 2
Ted wants to bring together the girls and vote out Clay
Ted wins the new car, and proceeds to get drunk off his ass despite not being a drinker
Helen talks to Jan about voting Clay out but she's relunctant
Helen plays both sides of the tribe
Brian wins immunity
Jan is the swing vote most likely
Brian solidifies an alliance individually with every person left other than Ted, and calls Jan disposable in confessional
Brian keeps a firm hold on all his tribemates, getting everyone to vote off Ted
Favorites: Brian
Episode 13
During the challenge, Brian messes up his puzzle after he finishes so no one can copy off of it and catch up to him. A small move, but a smart one.
Brian wins immunity
Asshole monkey screeches at Clay, as most people do
Brian convinces his ace in the hole, Jan, to vote with he and Clay to get rid of Helen
Helen is uneasy, but ultimately trusts her f3 alliance with Brian and Clay
Jan listens to Brian, as everyone does, and votes out Helen
Brian wins final immunity
Brian believes the jury likes Clay less, and decides to bring him to finals, creating the first real goat in Survivor history
Ted randomly calls Clay a racist, despite Clay never saying a single racist thing (at least that we saw)
Both Brian and Clay bomb final tribal council
By one vote, Brian Heidik is crowned the winner of Survivor: Thailand
Overall, this was an incredibly dull season. No memorable or greatly likable people (outside of Brian, Shii Ann, and Robb. Maybe Clay. For memorable, not likable.) Dull Pagonging post-merge, predictable winner and boot order. Most classic seasons are must-watches, but this is one you can easily pass and feel alright about. While Brian pioneered what i'd call a perfect post-merge game, it doesn't make up for the dull predictability of it all.
Felt like it needed more but, that's what happens when a season is preditable.