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January, 2018

Crime and punishment - Jeff Pitman's Survivor: China Eps. 5-7 analysis
Jeff Pitman's China recaps
Episodes 5-7: Crime and punishment

By Jeff Pitman | Published: January 29, 2018

Survivor: China's Episodes 5-7 serve as a mini-Survivor morality play, all about the inherent sinfulness of throwing an immunity challenge, even when everything works out exactly as planned. The swap, its fallout, and the merge vote serve as the fall of Zhan Hu, who obviously must be punished for their heresy.


Jeff Pitman's China recaps
Episodes 3-4: The leader curse

By Jeff Pitman | Published: January 22, 2018

Jeff explores the themes in Survivor: China's Eps. 3-4, a two-episode arc of people getting booted after being kidnapped, and leaders being removed. Also Jean-Robert going from full villain to surprise hero, and other general oddness.


Jeff Pitman's China recaps
Episodes 1-2: Shining through the mud

By Jeff Pitman | Published: January 18, 2018

In re-watching the first two episodes of Survivor: China 10 years after their original airing, Jeff Pitman finds the characters and location really hold up, except maybe for the excessive amounts of mud.


 

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