My impressions of
Survivor: Worlds Apart (so far):
- White Collar: Tyler and Carolyn
- No Collar: Jenn and Hali
- Blue Collar: Mike and Kelly
Naming just two per tribe, those seem genuinely capable of getting to the end. I would add a seventh player: No Collar's Joe. (I deliberately kept it two, per tribe, in the above list.)
This doesn't mean I'm completely impressed. And some of that has to do with how they come across, on what is captured episode after episode, to signal to me whether this person has the smarts to get to the end of the game. Sometimes, the persona is actually enough. Carolyn could be like
Survivor: Vanuatu's Twila.
Those I listed above, plus Joe, I think are playing the game reasonably smart. But, at the same time, there is the possibility that a player can lose out by association. That's what I think of Mike, who is too attached to Dan. The only Blue Collar male with Survivor smarts is Mike. But, by forming a connection/alliance with Dan, who appears incompetent (piss-poor male/female relations), it could cost Mike. (It would be better if, with the realigned tribes, Dan were to get voted before the official merge so enough time passes where Mike doesn't get targeted. I'm sensing that Blue Collar's Sierra will work with Joe, Tyler and his fellow White Collar mate, Joaquin, to eliminate at least one original Blue Collar male.)
This is an interesting season so far. I sense, by a numbers count, that the women get higher marks in being smarter Survivors. (The best of the males, so far, is Tyler.)
Worlds Apart is liable to get even more interesting.