Erika wins! While the Erika thesis wasn't totally proven in the edit, we took the time to finish up the essay the editors tries to write this season.

Some highlights:

• Was Deshawn considered a threat at all this episode?
• Who does Broccoli Brad follow on Instagram? Does it matter?
• Will any of the final five Survivors play the game again?
• That very live, immediate reunion was new. Should they keep it?
• Dave presents a 26/39 day compromise.
• and much, much more!

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The penultimate episode may have brought down Danny, but every player left has a legitimate shot to win (except Heather).

Get some Xander Candy, kick back and listen to this week's recap episode. Some highlights:

• Did the edit kill Deshawn's chances of winning?
• Xander is smart, but is he self-aware?
• Heather is in everyone's final three. We try to figure out if she could win a single jury vote.
• Will Danny play again? Did he overreact to the hourglass twist?

Make sure to subscribe, leave a review and just have a good week! We'll post the final recap late Wednesday night. 

It's our longest recap yet ... and we could have talked even longer! Make sure to subscribe and leave a review. 

Highlights and links:

• Did Jeff read a book on game theory before this season?
• The two Secret Scenes that CBS edited two different ways.
  • Liana has a crush
  • Xander has a crush.
• Danny finally gets a backstory.
• The twist and how we all mostly liked it.
• Should Liana have sat out? Josh and Dave disagree.
• Why tonight's tribal council was like season 1, but better and less bigoted.

This season just gets better, and this episode was no exception. We recap the downfall of Shan and discuss the ramifications it will have on the rest of the season. 

Some highlights:

• How Erika could win.
• Danny continues to just say what he wants, and it usually works?
• Ricard makes big moves, but will they be the right moves?
• We discuss the rumored twist for next week.
• Will Shan be a bitter jury member?
• and much, much more!

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Happy belated Thanksgiving! We'll be back to our regular Friday morning posting this week.

This good season just became a great season in this double-elimination episode. We break it all down, including that extra vote play. Make sure to subscribe and leave a review!

Some highlights:

• Josh and Marc try to guess the voices on Dave's season 41 soundboard.
• Was Heather acting? Genuine? A little bit of both?
• The jury was already seated. Will this be permanent?
• This was Shan's worst episode and Ricard's best.

See you next week!

We don't really know why anyone voted for anyone this week, but it was still a top ten episode (for this season).

Dave and Josh recap the highlights, including:

• Evvie's redemption episode.
• Deshawn's less impressive showing.
• Xander is doing things and he's still here, so we can't fault him.
• Heather's big moment!
• and much, much more!

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We're back, we're uncertified and we're so excited to recap episode six, part two. 

Some highlights:

• Is Sydney a good villain? Should she be back?
• Danny trashing the twist that we all hate.
• Shan's moves.
• Xander played dumb well.
• Has Liana ruined her whole game?
• and much, much more!

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Did they actually merge? Are they half-merged? What did we just watch? We break it down in this week's recap. 

• Despite the twists, we liked this episode because the cast rules.
• The Survivor subreddit continues to be toxic.
• One of Josh's bold predictions about the merge was completely true.
• Was there a scramble if there's no tribal? We answer that existential question.
• Dave rushes Josh and Marc out the door.

Make sure to subscribe for weekly recaps every Friday! Dave apologizes for the afternoon upload this week.

It's the fifth episode of the 41st season and it's really heating up. We recapped the top ten moments. Some highlights:

• Josh invents "Forty-One-th"
• Will Ricard vote out Shan? Will Shan vote out Ricard? Will they stick it out to the end. We all feel differently.
• Knowledge is power, but is it too much power.
• Will Genie play again?
• And much, much more!

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The band is back together! All three Survivor Top Ten-ers are back this week to recap episode four of Survivor 41.

It was a good one and a return to form for fans of less advantages (so, all the fans).

Some highlights:

• Did Shan make a bad move? Did it matter at all?
• Is Tiffany a challenge threat? A social threat? 
• What is Sydney really thinking? 
• Nathan >>>>> Rupert
• Luvu can't lose with Naseer
• and much, much more!

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Do you ever feel like you're broccoli but bigger but your relatives are butterflies and there's goats around?

We don't either but some Survivor players are starting to feel this way, so we recapped their thoughts and actions in this week's advantage-heavy episode of season 41. 

Some highlights:

• Liana wants to play her game, and that's fair!
• Beware of the beware advantages that are different from the other beware advantages.
• Broccoli Brad is gone but he may live on via a new Twitter account.
• Is Shan getting a clear winner's edit?
• and much, much more!

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Season 41 is cruising right along, just without Voce. Josh and Dave break down the second episode with plenty of hot takes and thoughts on the new advantages (and whether or not there's too many advantages).

Some highlights:

• Phillip Sheppard makes a brief appearance several times throughout the recap.
• Josh thinks Xander was the better vote. Dave disagrees.
• Was Evvie playing too hard? Will her social game help her strategic decisions?
• And much, much more!

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What a premiere episode! We recap two hours we've been waiting to discuss for a long time, with plenty of highlights:

• Dave can't pronounce anyone's names or anything at all
• We were wrong about Shan, and basically our entire bottom three in our pregame draft (which you should still download)
• What do we think of the new changes? Spoiler alert: we like them.
• Come on in! Jeff made the right call but execution could've been better.
• And much, much more!

Make sure to follow us on twitter, where Josh live tweets every episode. And be sure to subscribe for weekly recaps!

After 15 longs months, Survivor is back (and so are we). It's our 14th pre-season draft and, like most players on Survivor, we have a lot to prove.

It's the most diverse cast since Survivor: Cook Islands, but there's no terrible twist! 

Take a listen as Josh, Dave and Marc pick their teams of six in our semi-annual Survivor snake draft.

**If you haven't already make sure to listen to part one to hear the top 10 through six players!**

Some highlights from part two, as we wind down our rewatch and countdown of the top ten Palau players:

• Our first ever pre-merger cracks the top five in a season top ten players rewatch.
• Is Tom kind of a villain? Is there a double standard with Katie, who seemed to deceive just as much as Tom?
• Was Ian actually buying what Tom and Katie were selling? 
• Our thoughts on recent season 41 news.
• and much, much more!

Make sure to follow us on Twitter and stay tuned for more rewatches and recaps as we get a little closer to the season 41 premiere in September!

We rewatched Palau and things got a little wild towards the end. Some highlights from part one of our two-part rewatch

• Marc makes a podcasting deal with Dave
  • Dave accepts.
• Three pre-merge players make the top ten list.
• Josh remembers everything that's every happened on Survivor.
• Is Katie good? Bad? Is Tom good? We reassess 16 years of bias about Palau's cast.
• and much more!

Stick around for part two next week. And make sure to follow us on Twitter.

The definitive ranking of the top five players in Survivor China is finally here. Make sure to watch part one first! 

For the first time ever, all three hosts agreed on the number one player for a Survivor season. 

Some highlights:

• Who voted for who in final tribal, and why?
• Josh remembers that he forgot how much Amanda doesn't impress him.
• Dave clears up the infamous reunion show lie from Denise.
• Marc picks the next season we're rewatching!

All that and more on this week's rewatch. More to come, make sure to subscribe.

We rewatched all of Survivor China and once again ranked the top ten players of that season. Join us for part one as we break down players 10 through six.

Some highlights:

• Marc's realizes his love for Frosti wasn't what he once thought.
• At least one player that didn't make the merge cracks our top ten.
• Dave tries to redeem Jaime, 14 years later.

Follow us on Twitter, make sure to subscribe, and tune in this Sunday for part two of our rewatch!

We wrap up our Exile Island rewatch with the five best players of the 12th season of Survivor.

Once again, the season winner did not take the number one spot. And once again, we all disagreed on who should take that spot.

Make sure to listen all the way to the end to hear what seasons we nominate and follow us on Twitter to vote for the season you want us to rewatch.

Finally, if you know if HB really stands for Hunny Bunny, tweet at us and let us know! 

After you voted for Exile Island on Twitter, we rewatched all 14 episodes (and Dave even watched the mid-season recap that no one ever watches). 

In part one, we break down the top 10 through 6 players on Exile Island, which includes two players that didn't even make the merge. Find out who made the list and tune in next Sunday for our top five Exile Island players.

Highlights from this week's episode:

• Josh explains why this is the beginning of the new school era.
• One castaway could not stop repeating themselves, which is how they made the list in the first place.
• Seemingly all of Marc's coworkers watch Survivor now, but do they listen to our podcast?

Follow us on Twitter at @SurvivorTopTen for updates and live tweets, whenever Survivor starts airing again!

Back in 2009, Russell Hantz had a "bye week" before returning to film another season of Survivor. Spoiler alert: he burned out with no votes from the jury. Still, it was a beautiful crash and burn for the rest of us to witness.

He also made great television. Find out if Russell got our #1 spot as we count down the best five players of Survivor: Heroes vs Villains.

Make sure to watch part one if you haven't already. Look out for our Twitter poll on @SurvivorTopTen so you can vote for the next season rewatch player rankings.

And finally, make sure to subscribe and leave a review! Be brutally honest (but only if you like the show).

In arguably the best all-star season of Survivor to date, the show had no shortage of characters. We broke down our top ten favorite characters of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.

For the first time in a rewatch, a pre-merge player made it into the top ten. Find out in this episode and stay tune next week for part two!

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