I'm on the fence about Varner. On one hand I was really excited to see someone play so hard when I didn't even remember him from his original season. On the other hand, major Russell Hantz vibes with his over the top confessionals (plus the number of them). I also hate the terms New school / Old school already. As if Woo is old school wtf.
I also can't stand Stephen, but I think even though he looked like a fool these first epis, he'll get far. Spencer's edit also suggests he'll get far imo, but he's ok in my book.
so i've heard from several sources that they threw that challenge. even jeremy and fishbach confirmed it. It may be that the discussion about monica happened even before the challenge started thus the need to throw?
The fact that Monica was barely on the season, but the central focus of this past episode made her the obvious boot. Survivor is getting so obvious with the "blindside" editing.