Survivor: Season 42 Episode 13 Review

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The following contains spoilers for the finale of Survivor Season 42.After 26 days, Survivor 42 has finally reached its end, and it ended up being a satisfying conclusion to the season's arc. Survivor finales are always more fun when the winner isn't obvious and when there are multiple members of the Final 3 that could potentially snatch the crown, and this finale certainly delivered on that front. Many fans probably had predictions as to who would win going into the episode, and likely so many of those expectations were subverted by the end. However, the ending wasn't a blindside; it's not like the conclusion came out of absolutely nowhere. If anything, this episode tied threads together that had been weaving their way through the season from the start.

The episode starts with one of those threads, namely, the growing animosity between Jonathan and Lindsay. Lindsay feels that Jonathan is acting too righteous and condescending, and she's starting to worry that if she doesn't win the next Immunity Challenge, they'll send her home, and she's not ready to go out like that yet. Romeo is evidently also not ready to go home, as he makes a fake Immunity idol and tells the group that he'll be playing it at the next Tribal as a way to get the target off of him for one more vote. It's a smart move, and it works out for him, despite the fact that his «idol» is a bit shoddily constructed.

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Before the challenge, the players are given a riddle that if solved will give them an advantage in the challenge. Lindsay unscrambles the clue quickly and sets off to look for the advantage, looking for a full 40 minutes while the rest of the tribe struggles to solve the full riddle