Survivor: Season 42 Episode 3 Review

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The following contains spoilers for Episode 3 of Survivor Season 42.Only three episodes into Season 42 of Survivor, and it's already proving itself to be a messy one. The good news is, it's the best kind of mess, with everything from questionable player choices to even Mother Nature herself opposing the castaways in this episode. The beginning of this season has been so compelling to watch so far, which is a good sign for how the rest of the game is going to go. When you have players making the kinds of chaotic choices that were made in this episode, there are bound to be some incredibly entertaining moments.

The episode starts with Maryanne finding her tribe's idol, one of three that needs to be activated across all tribes before it can be used, though it also takes away her vote until that happens. In following the trends of every episode of this season, apparently, she immediately lets the whole tribe know and doesn't try to keep it a secret. Over at the Vati tribe, there is a funny scene where Daniel's tribemates reflect on his penchant for losing everything. This seems like simply a fun character detail, but it pays off in the next scene where Daniel takes Mike's idol to read the fine print on it and make sure he knows exactly how the idol works, but ends up momentarily losing it in the jungle in the process.

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Not only does this start to set up how much of a mess Daniel is early in on the episode (which comes back again at Tribal Council), it also gives some valuable information about these three-way immunity idols. Daniel discovers that if the idol remains inactive by the time the Merge rolls around, it regains its power as a full idol without