By the way *SPOILERS* are ahead and if you don't want to know what has happened this far on Survivor: Berkshires, I suggest you don't click on this blog and/or read any further.
Pontoosuc Tribe
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5th: Alyssa & Jacey (For the second time in a row this season... this episode really shows near to none if any confessionals from either of these castaways, which is leading me to believe whether or not any of them make it far, because they sure aren't getting a winner's edit, or any edit for that matter....lol.
4th: Gator (Even though he's pretty damn nice and obviously knows his ways of the outdoors, he really doesn't seem the least bit strategic, so when "Bearnap" comes to picking a partner in crime for an alliance, I'm sure she'll pass up on Gator since he's kinda a nonstrategic player, she'll most likely go look for an alliance in Bailey or Nate... But this season I definately see Gator getting Bailey'd from last season and taking 4th place.
3rd: Nate (Didn't really see any of him this episode at all, the only up to his games is 3 things. (1. He is extremely smart and that I'm sure he can win lots of challenges, 2. His smart abilities can help him further his strategic game, and 3. Bearnap wants to possibly work with him) His only down fall is he's to arrogant and cocky).
2nd: Bailey (This one was really hard considering it was obvious it was going to come down to Bailey and Bearnap, but the reason I put Bailey here is for the simple fact that taking the leadership role really hurts his game and I don't think he knows that. It puts him out in the open and even though he is smart, has people wanting to align with him, and single handedly won the challenge today, people will give him too much credit for making moves in this game and I know Bearnap will take him out somewhere down the road.
1st: Bearnap (She has not only an idol, but also has 3 people in mind she wants to allign with.... So she along with Bailey are ahead of the game and ready to make moves on players. My only bad feeling is that Bearnap, Bailey and Nate form a f3 alliance of which Gator, Alyssa and Jacey obviously wouldn't stand a chance against. But for the amount of confessionals she gets and the amount of screen time she takes up, I'd say Bearnap is definitely going to win Berkshires and I would be happy if she did.
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Onota Tribe
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5th: Molly (I think it's self explanatory, She got to confident, and really didn't notice that all the guys were talking without her??? of which in my book is a huge red flag! She should have aligned with Nichole and used her idol to blindside Jake who is obviously the leader of the guys, she had a chance at redemption and blew it by getting rid of Sada on the first vote).
4th: Nichole (Nichole for me hasn't done any strategizing at all to save her butt and little to no confessionals. She should have confronted Molly with a f2 deal of which she didn't =/. If Nichole was smart, she'd immediately take advantage of this upcoming swap and knock out some of the three guys to better her own game).
3rd: Zach (He's the third guy, caboose, the "other guy" in the trio guys alliance of Zach, Alex and Jake. Zach really hasn't done anything this entire game but fit himself into an all male alliance, he is definitely not winner worthy and will most likely go home soon after this swap, he isn't making merge... saying it now).
2nd: Alex (I think the reason Alex is #2 is because of the fact him and Jake are calling the shots of the tribe, my only thing with Alex is that, *Jake is less of a threat*, *Jake is more strategic than Alex*, and if it came down to this swap, I think Jake could easily find a new alliance, while I think Alex would be an early target right off the bat, starting at the swap).
1st: Jake (I think it is pretty obvious why Jake is in 1st place, Jake is really strategic, and him and Alex pulled off the Molly blindside, even though I think it was a stupid move, they did it and it cannot be undone. Jake I think can position himself come the swap, pretty easily, in a dominate alliance and take on this game pretty well, but as for Alex and Zach, I see them being early merge boots).
This is my 2nd Cast Assessment of Berkshires and as of now I see three dominate characters, (Bailey, Bearnap and Jake). So I can't wait to see them work together! or have a clash of the titans type of scenario run down. xD!
Great 2nd episode TheRenny and keep up the good work! Mantyke
Once again, I love all of this. The stuff that's horribly wrong, the stuff that's impressively correct, I love all of it. I'm glad you're enjoying the season, and I think you're really going to love what's left to come. A few characters took a few episodes to develop, especially Jacey, who, for some reason, most of the early footage of her was unusable - video/audio issues haha.
