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I definitely struggled with Sam at one point but he grew on me. You can tell a lot about how someone handles adversary and while I think he can have some initial responses that are pouty and entitled, he also showed a decent ability to recognize his own BS. He dealt with being humbled decently well. I'm seeing this in his post-game interviewed, because he definitely biffed it a few times.

The one thing I know Sam had that I don't know Sue or Teeny had, was someone's vote. I was stunned that Caroline voted for Rachel. I agree with her vote, but that vote can determine the larger second-place prize... I think Teeny might have gotten Sol's for that reason, if she'd made it. But clearly Sue didn't have someone's vote.

Honestly, yep. I also couldn't really parse if he knew he was giving him second place or if he just was like "I'm going to vote for the dude who I like" -- which if fair, I guess. But he might have thought, like me, that Caroline was voting for Sue.

Sue has annoyed me a lot all season long, but I enjoyed her at the end.

Yeah, I also like Kyle and I also thought that was some BS. Though I do think they might have edited a bit so that it felt competitive. Rachel just seemed so far ahead in terms of gameplay and driving her own story than Sue and Sam.

I have ranted about this. It seems ridiculous to me that it could be decided by wind. I respect that Sam really owned how much he just got lucky in his exit press. He only saw how much it was luck last night and I respect that he didn't try to turn it into something other than sitting in the right place.

I will say, Sam should probably take Rachel cheering for Teeny has a compliment. It suggests she thought he was the tougher person to beat.

I think they did a decent job, honestly. But maybe at the cost of some people looking very dismissive of Rachel only to then vote for her. So they probably weren't actually seeing her quite the way they came off in the edit.

However, on the merits, I agree. It seemed like Rachel was the winner weeks ago. and indeed. She was.

Also from Sam's exit press -- he sure was being truthful! He said it was both being stupid and having some hubris. I think what we saw on the show was legit -- he got there and then was suddenly like "OH my GOD, that was so important and I didn't do it! I'm so stupid!" -- but he dealt with it.

He just also got, I cannot say it enough, so STUPIDLY lucky with the wind. I fully expect Jeff to defend the wind for months after this before finally, three years from now, admitting it was a problem. That tends to be how he rolls. But maybe he'll surprise me.