‘Survivor’ Review and News Update: “It’s a ‘Me’ Game, Not a ‘We’ Game” Puts Michelle in a Moral Dilemma

After Tai voted out Scot in the tenth episode, there was bound to be aftershocks and the next episode titled "It's a 'Me' Game, Not a 'We' Game" proved to be fairly surprising. It brought a fringe participant under the scanner.

Michelle's name might not sound familiar because she has not been much into the limelight during this entire season. She is the decent 24-year-old girl who ate a cookie last week and was shocked when Aubry decided to vote out Debbie. But the last episode brought her under the spotlight.

When she was left out of the Scot blindside, the girl knew she had to take command to get back and integrate into the group. And she began by asking out Aubry for a brunch with Cydney. However, this would not have proved enough and she would have to go against her longtime friend Julia. And this is where her dilemma began- to turn hostile or to stay loyal.

And it was clear that the situation left her with a bad taste in the mouth as she complained how bad it was. She said that she does not want to write down the name of her biggest ally, but the interesting part was that her decision would not have any impact on the actual vote

Cydney was the one who would get to call the shot if she would flip. But she would not as she was barely able to make eye contact with Jason when the tribal council discussed Tai's blindsiding. And therefore, Michelle's action did not really matter to the results, but it did matter to her.

She was facing the real game and what every player undergoes. Everyone has to deal with the moral implications when they take an action, which in their view, is not right. In short, one has to get one's hands dirty to win.

And it did get dirty for her when she was convinced by Cydney and Aubry to vote out her best friend. It was truly her episode with two challenge victories and some serious confessions.