I LOL'd at your description of Dan! All that seems swept under the rug now with the remaining people.

I would love to see Janet, Elaine, or Lauren win. I guess the only 2 I absolutely don't want to win would be Dan the Groper or Noura. She's been entertaining but her gameplay is horrid.

I ditto what share has said. I really do not have a favorite to win, which is unusual.

Elaine for the win for me!

I agree with share. Even my husband thinks Noura is a FLAKE. Yet....I see myself in her. I am really entertained by her! I've been using the splitting the vote thing with leaves on the ground she did.....as an example in discussions since last week. ha ha

Noura is so unreliable, I wonder if they'll take her to the end. Often an unlikable person goes to the end just because the ones who might really win aren't threatened by that person. But Noura is so extremely unreliable that no one can trust her vote in TC and she just may win immunities. I just don't know what to think about Tommy and Dean. Such cyphers.

Hope Noura goes tonight!

There doesn't seem to be anyone who played hard and played smart, so I don't care who wins. It feels like the million hasn't been earned and is just being given away.

Elaine is my pick in our family competition. My daughter picked Tommy. DH and son are out.

Noura is a psycho. Don't care for crazy. I really like Janet but I want to win haha. Lauren is ok but she sat in her interview one week saying how stupid Elaine was. That she wasn't smart enough to have an idol and wouldn't know how to use it anyhow.

Tommy, Dean and Dan are just cruising by. I don't hate Dan. I think nothing else was said abt all that crap because it was all lies. Elizabeth admitted she completely lied abt it.

I want to be the family winner again so I can trash talk to DH and kids for another few months so, go Elaine!

I think Lauren has played the smartest - she figured out who would win that immunity challenge and she does seem to be thinking about the gameplay a lot. She's also a leader and pretty social so if it came down to who I think played the best game that are still in the game, she'd be my pick. Janet & Elaine I just like so if they win I'd be happy for them.

Several of the best players this season, in my .02 have already been voted out.

WOW!!!

And good riddance!

Whoa.

Another shocking ending, how much more of this can we take?

Wonder what happened, but glad it did!

Wow! Everyne---watch all the way to the end, past TC.

Darn I really liked her.

I guess he touched the wrong person! Bye bye!

Wow! And the finale won't be live. What a creep . And the Asian girl had to go because of him.

Jeff was very clear when he said that Dan had left the game; that he would not return to camp; and that he would not be on the jury. I doubt he’ll be at the reunion show.

What it said on screen at the end is that there had been another “incident” with Dan, but that it did *not* involve another player. So, that means Dan was inappropriately touchy-feely with a crew member.

So I guess it wasn't all lies, eh? It always astounds me when people believe the accused. Sure, there are false allegations but for the most part why would someone (usually a female) make up a whole scenario about inappropriate touching when she knows she will not be believed? I think Survivor dropped the ball on this one, he should have been kicked out long ago. It really creeped me out when they showed him with his octopus arms and legs all over one of the girls while they were sleeping, Michaela I believe. I hope Kellee gets another chance to play. I sincerely think she was traumatized by this. She was a smart cookie.

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I wish they had booted Dan the Groper before tribal - then they could've just used his outster as the one voted out instead of Elaine.

Whatever happened, I'm glad that woman spoke up. The players aren't supposed to interact with the crew at all other than their on-camera interviews. How stupid does he have to be to get handsy with a non-player. Good riddance!

I hope Kellee gets to play again as well.

Yep...that was a BIG finale! Dang! The world we live in. I did not see THAT coming.

So next week Janet plays her idol, last chance and Dean has an idol nullifier....so Janet will be OUT....that's my guess....

PEOPLE has spoken to multiple people involved with the show’s
production, who confirmed that the incident in question — which involved
a member of the show’s production team — happened after an immunity
challenge as Spilo and other contestants were getting into a boat to
transport them back to the camp.

At one point, Spilo allegedly touched the female crew member’s leg.
According to multiple sources, he insisted that the contact was
inadvertent and accidental as he lost his balance while trying to get
into the boat. At least one of the remaining contestants witnessed the
incident.

But the show’s production team wasn’t convinced that the contact was merely
incidental. After consulting with the show’s legal team, producers
eventually decided to remove him from the show.
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I hated to see her go also.

Thanks Toby....that explains a LOT! The legal liability of this is what got Dan removed from the game.

I'm so looking forward to NEXT season. This season has been too much "Me Too" drama for my liking.

I didn't know and probably most people didn't know, that Kellee actually reported Dan's behavior to production on day 2! Nothing was done. So she then told it on camera after the discussion with the other girls. Then it had to be addressed. That's disappointing, it should have been addressed on day 2! I can see the possibility of a lot of legal action resulting from this mess.

Don't worry I am positive Kellee will be back soon as a contestant because she was really screwed and not just by Dan. The other women should have stood up with her. I was sorry Elaine went too.

I am so bummed Elaine is gone. Not just because she was my pick but because she was so very likeable. She was honest and straight forward and it seems she could have really, really used the money. Losing her mom just 3 months earlier had to be horrible. She was just freaking NICE.

If Dan is guilty then charges should be brought against him and not just be sent home. I really fear though that a lot of this metoo stuff was for ratings. I said before when some girls lie, like Elizabeth ADMITTED she did, then no wonder it's hard to believe someone. I hope Janet wins now.

I hope to God that next season is just Survivor without them trying to bring in all this ridiculous drama. If they do, it's because they are going for a different demographic. Like the age group that watches MTV, teen mom and the Kardashians, seems like that's where they are heading, the social justice warrior, drama queen stuff.

I doubt Dan did anything that would warrant charges or I'm sure they would've had him arrested. He was just a creepy, touchy guy who wouldn't stop and then made excuses for his behavior. I think he'll be suffering plenty in real life as a result of his actions.

Next season is the previous winners - they know how to play the game and I'm sure they are all in it to WIN the million.

If they feel the need to draw in a new demographic, then the old demographic (me!) who has been watching every season but 1, will say adios.

"I hope to God that next season is just Survivor without them trying to bring in all this ridiculous drama."

Is this a serious comment?

I can't stomach the show and leave the room when my wife is watching but I've seen enough snippets over the years to understand its thrust and posturing for its audience.

Be real. What this show is about is voyeurism concerning manufactured and phony situational drama. That's about 95% of what's going on. Other so-called "reality" shows are the same.

The drama is front and center, there's nothing else to the show. You can be sure that even those among the production staff who seriously found the guy's behavior to have crossed the line, were delighted that a new and unexpected plot element got introduced to the show. They don't care who wins and who doesn't, they want things to happen to engage the audience to react. A bad reaction is as acceptable as a good one.

That's a lot of words from someone who has to leave the room when the show comes on.

Yeah, I'm often not as succinct as I should be. Sorry.

Do you disagree with anything I said about the show?

Hated that Elaine got voted off but I bet they’ll have her back again, just like Kellee will get another chance to play.

My first choice to win was Elaine, but that's not going to happen now. My second choice to win is Janet, but I sincerely doubt that she will last past the next tribal council since Dean wants her out and he has an idol nullifier.

AND, since next week is the 3-hour finale which will be aired at the same time as the season finale of The Masked Singer, we're going to watch The Masked Singer.