Survivor 42 Episode 5 Recap: There Is No Grace In a Phrase of Soccer
On episode 5 of Survivor 42, the Journey continued when Lydia Meredith and Rocksroy Bailey were sent to the island where two or more contestants must decide to protect or risk their vote. The entire scene could have been cut from the episode. Rocksroy and Lydia didn't reveal much to each other and probably won't be best friends once the merge comes. Neither chose to risk their vote, which means there are no consequences for going on the Journey, positive or negative. Although Lydia's story of body positivity was important to include in the edit, it's not fair to Lydia to make this a defining characteristic of her edit when we've been shown little to nothing else about her.
On social media, Lydia is hilarious. Surely, Lydia is firing some zingers in confessionals that are being left on the cutting room floor. When one of the only confessionals we see from a contestant is about what makes them different, then that becomes what defines them to a large portion of the casual audience who isn't on Twitter. It's a challenge because not everyone makes it far in the game. Hopefully, we see more of Lydia in the episodes to come and learn more about what makes her awesome.
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Lydia made the right choice to protect her vote. It was necessary to avoid a potential rock draw, since Daniel Strunk and Chanelle Howell made up and were going to potentially vote together. Ultimately, Lydia's unbreakable alliance with Hai Giang proved to be the difference. We didn't fully see how they were able to bring Mike Turner into the fold, but no one could blame Mike for not wanting to insert himself in the middle of Daniel and Chanelle, who were rarely on the same page.
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