Sup.

I'm gonna be straight-up with you guys, my vote is pretty much up in the air right now.

Jonathan, Charlie, you were two of my closest allies and best friends throughout the game. Yul, I always enjoyed speaking with you and wanted to work with you and I wished we'd connected long before we actually did. I look forward to talking to all three of you outside of the game. But, as much as I like you guys, when I look over all of our pictures? You don't seem like the three that should have made it to the finals. This is where I give you the chance to prove me wrong and sell your game the same damn way CBS sells us a winner twice a year.

I believe that one of the most important qualities someone can exhibit in a game is a good sense of awareness - something that I saw come up in more than one opening statement. So, let's test that. For my jury question, I'd like you three to write a synopsis of the season as if it were the actual show. I'm talking who are the main "characters"? What are some of the notable storylines? Who gets presented as a hero? As a villain? Lastly, and most importantly, how does the edit of the show support you as a winner? As far as length and format, this is open. I'm looking for quality over quantity. Keep in mind how the show itself presents the story of the full season.

Let me know if you need clarification. I wanted to leave it open but somewhat manageable. If you feel like you're being overly detailed, you probably are; I'm looking for something that gives a good sense of how aware you were about what was happening in the game with different people with justification for you winning as you go.

Episode One: “That’s So Provo”

For 22 people, the adventure of a lifetime begins in the heart of Morocco. The game hits the ground running with an exciting Captain’s Challenge to determine who will be responsible for picking the two competing tribes. After an intense first challenge, the winners of the Captain’s Challenge were Kelly for Sebou and Charlie for Dades. While the two deliberated over their tribes, Eddie and Bill chatted for a bit and secretly hoped they would end up on the same tribe, but said that if they didn’t and both made merge, they could potentially work together. The same happened with Ken and J’Tia. Unfortunately, both pairs were split as the two captains worked quickly to pick their tribes and each headed off to their respective camps, not noticing the Moroccans, led by a mysterious Yoosef, lurking in the bushes as they trudged towards their new homes. On both tribes, things seemed to start off well, with a few noticeable people not pulling their weight. At the first immunity challenge, everyone was shocked to learn of the season’s twist: Sausage Links. They were just as shocked to learn that they would both be going to Tribal Council that evening. The challenge was an individual one, and required a bit of luck and a lot of skill. Ken pulled out a victory for Sebou while Abi-Maria won for Dades. The Sausage Link began immediately after the challenge, leaving Angie, Hayden, and Eddie on the bottom for Dades, and Katie, Marisa, and Russell on the bottom for Sebou.
Back at Dades, Angie began to work hard to keep herself safe, making an alliance with everyone she ran into. Unfortunately everyone quickly found out about her plans, and she was the first voted out of her tribe. On Sebou, Russell began to badger and irritate people, making him the easy first vote.

Episode Two: Royal Flush
After a simple Tribal Council for Dades, things seemed to be pretty at ease. Most of the tribe got along, and the only true problem seemed to be Crystal, who was not pulling her weight around camp or in challenges. Having been close to Crystal in the first couple of days, Jonathan quickly realized that he needed to rethink who he considered an ally. After having conversations amongst the tribe, Jonathan approached J’Tia, Eddie, and Charlie about making a 4-person alliance, and adding Hayden and Dan in as numbers 5 and 6 so that numbers were on their side. All parties agreed, and the alliance felt comfortable amongst themselves.
Over at Sebou, things seemed to be pretty calm as well. Katie was not pulling her weight as much as the others, and people began to talk and form close relationships. Ken and Kelly both started to form a bond while Bill and Yul began to pair up. During all of this, Becky took note, and began to formulate a plan to propose a majority alliance later in the game.
At the immunity challenge, Dadès proved victorious, sending Sebou to Tribal Council where they voted out their weakest member in Katie.

Episode Three: Fade to Black
After the vote, Becky started to plant the idea of an alliance with Ken, Kelly, her, and Yul in other’s brains. While it may have sounded like a good idea, the others were a little wary of Becky, as she seemed to always have ulterior motives.
Over on Dades, the alliance of 4/6 was still going strong, but Eddie began to have his doubts about J’Tia. Eddie and Jonathan chatted a bit about how far J’Tia should go in the game. Unbeknownst to Eddie, Jonathan and J’Tia had formed a tight bond, as J’Tia was good at doing with the boys on her tribe. Jonathan decided to keep Eddie’s plea in the back of his mind, but convinced Eddie that the alliance should stay strong for now. Meanwhile, Abi-Maria and J’Tia began what would be one of the biggest rivalries in the game as both ladies were known for being loud and dramatic.
At the immunity challenge, Sebou proved victorious, sending Dadès to Tribal Council. Despite the feud between Abi and J’Tia, and Eddie’s wariness of J’tia, the tribe stayed strong and voted out their weakest member in Crystal, who apparently didn’t eat her rice.

Episode 4: Heads Shall Roll
The tribes were taken by surprise with a surprise Sausage Link Round. Each tribe competed in a challenge to see who would start the Sausage Link. Dan won for Dades, while Marisa pulled out a victory for Sebou. The Sausage Links put Debbie, Peter, and Abi in the bottom for Dades, and Betsy, Jean-Robert, and NaOnka in the bottom for Sebou. Following the Suasage Link, the hosts revealed that the 6 people left in the bottom would form a new tribe, and that all three tribes would be competing for immunity individually and all would be going to Tribal Council. Jean-Robert, Marisa, and Charlie pulled out wins for their tribe.
At Sebou, the pair of Ken and Kelly and Yul and Bill ultimately decided that Betsy was not to be trusted, and she was sent packing.
At the Rejects camp, Debbie was seen as the weakest link and got the boot.
At Dades, paranoia ran wild. The 6 people remaining were the 6 people who were in an alliance. J’Tia feared that Charlie was with Eddie and Hayden, and that if Dan went home, Jonathan and J’Tia would be in danger. Ultimately, Dan’s fate was sealed as he was deemed the weakest of the alliance.

Episodes 5 – 7
(Sorry I’m combining all of these but these rounds were pretty straightforward and simple, I feel

For the next three rounds, the Rejects tribe was sent to Tribal Council time and time again. On Dades, the alliance almost crashed and burned when Eddie told Hayden about the Core Four alliance. Hayden approached everyone individually, causing J’Tia to go off on Eddie. Fortunately, things were able to settle down, and the tribe was able to go into the merge as a unit. At Sebou, relationships grew as well, helping them go into the merge as a solid tribe. The Rejects numbers began to dwindle. The first to go was NaOnka, who proved to be too volatile and such a loose cannon. Following her departure was Abi-Maria, also a drama-queen, followed by Peter, who became an unfortunate victim of three tribals in a row. Luckily for Peter, he became the first member of the jury.

Episode 8: Back of the Pack

As the two tribes merged, Dadès feared that Betsy and JR would return to their Sebou roots. In an effort to ensure that their names were not mentioned, Eddie, Jonathan, and J’Tia quickly got to work. Jonathan approached Ken, Kelly, and Betsy all individually to make a deal to have each other’s backs if their name came up in any vote discussion, and also planted the idea of a future alliance in their heads. J’Tia rekindled her relationship with Ken, and started cozying up to Betsy and others as well. Eddie rekindled his relationship with Bill, and began to befriend Marisa. At the Immunity Challenge, Bill outlasted everyone else. Out of fear of the idols, the Sebou seven refused to reveal their plan, and the 5 Dadès members waited nervously to see whose game was about to end. At Tribal Council, Charlie took a shot and played his idol, only to be thwarped by Sebou as Hayden became the first member voted out at the merge.

Episode 9: Salt in the Wound

After a dramatic Tribal Council, the remaining Dadès knew their time was limited if something miraculous didn’t happen. Meanwhile, Yul began to strengthen the relationships he had with Ken and Bill for the future of his game. All the while, Ken was ensuring his safety by befriending all of those around him, making sure that he wasn’t a target for anyone. J’tia worked hard to make sure she was safe as well, and Jonathan continued to strengthen the relationships he had formed with Ken and Kelly. A future alliance of Ken, Kelly, J’tia, Jonathan, Betsy, and JR was discussed, as it was known that tribal lines were bound to break soon.
At the Immunity Challenge, it was revealed that there would be a double ended Sausage Link. Dadès knew this was their chance at getting a member of Sebou out. Jonathan and Charlie fought hard to pull off victories for their alliance, and put Ken, Kelly, Bill, Yul, and Marisa in danger.
Before Tribal Council, Eddie pushed hard for Ken to be the one to get votes, as he saw him as the biggest threat. Meanwhile, J’Tia and Jonathan knew that for their plan to work with this new alliance, Ken had to stay, so they pushed for Marisa, as they were worried about her connection with their tribe-mate, Eddie. Eventually, Marisa became the target of the vote and was sent home.

Episode 10: Strategic Cluterfuck of Mammoth Proportions

After the pervious Tribal Council, it was clear that tribal lines were beginning to dwindle. Everyone was aware of it. The 6-person alliance was officially established, while Eddie maintained his connections with Bill, and Charlie sought out an ally in Betsy, proposing a Final 3 with her and J’Tia, unbeknownst to him that the new alliance of 6 was in full swing.
At the Immunity Challenge Auction, Bill bid the highest on Immunity, keeping him safe at that night’s Tribal Council. That evening at Tribal Council, J’Tia and Jonathan knew that they had to turn on one of their closest friends and allies in order to prove their loyalties to their new alliance, and voted Eddie out with the rest of the Sebous.

Episode 11: The Black Ciera

With the new alliance in full swing, things seemed to be looking up for the 6 members. Things seemed to be going well, and they had a clear path to the Final 6, knowing they would have to throw some daggers along the way. At the Immunity Challenge, Majority Rules, a lot was revealed of the tribemates. Ken was seen as in control, Kelly as a hero, J’Tia as strategic, Betsy as trustworthy, etc. Back at camp, everyone was talking about the results of the challenge. Jonathan and Betsy chatted about taking out one of the bigger threats in Ken and J’Tia, who happened to be in their alliance, who was targeting Bill. While Jonathan could see some benefit to making a big move with Betsy, he ultimately decided that it would be in his best interest to lead her, Bill, JR, and Yul on, having them believe he was voting J’Tia, so that Betsy and JR would no longer be trusted by Ken and Kelly, allowing J’Tia and Jonathan to go further with them. In the end, Jonathan sided with his allies and voted Bill out.

Episode 12: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

After a dramatic Tribal Council, a new 5-person alliance of Ken, Kelly, J’Tia, Jonathan, and Charlie was formed and they set their sights on Betsy. Yul’s ally in Bill was now gone, so he began to rely on his ties with Ken, though he felt a bit betrayed by Ken and Kelly. Betsy and JR began to target J’Tia, who they still saw as a huge threat, and they had less ties to her than they did to Ken, the other threat in the game. At the Immunity Challenge, Ken and Yul walked away with Immunity. The plan was set in motion to vote out Betsy at that night’s Tribal Council. When the tribe arrived to Tribal, Jean-Robert played his Individual Immunity Idol he had won in the auction. When the votes were cast, Betsy revealed her Hidden Immunity Idol, and J’Tia was ousted with the next highest number of votes.

Episode 13: One Hell of an Evening

The next round was a speed round. With J’Tia gone, Jonathan had lost his closest ally, and began to focus on his relationships with Charlie, Kelly, and Ken to make sure each of them kept him safe. The round was pretty smooth for the alliance of 4, and with Ken’s ties to Yul, Betsy was eliminated at the following Tribal Council after Ken had won Immunity.

Episode 14: #RideOrDie

With JR the clear next target, he made a last effort to sway Jonathan and Charlie to his side, but to no avail. The alliance of 4 took JR out, as he targeted Kelly for her sweet and heroic demeanor and her acclaimed plan to get to the Final 3

Episode 15

At the beginning of one of the final rounds, everything seemed pretty clear. Yul was the next to go, being the only member remaining not in the majority alliance. When Kelly won Immunity, everything seemed clear-cut. However, Ken and Kelly had another plan. They believed Charlie to be a bigger jury threat than Yul, and targeted him, approaching Yul to vote with them while having Charlie and Jonathan believe they were voting Yul. Yul crept out of the shadows and made a move, alerting Charlie and Jonathan of their plan and getting rid of Ken, the biggest threat remaining in the game.
Despite having disagreed on the last vote, Charlie, Kelly, and Jonathan still wanted to sit next to each other in the Final 3, again leaving Yul on the outs. At a very crucial Immunity Challenge, Yul pulled out a victory. When it came time to vote, Yul targeted Kelly with Charlie, and Kelly set her sights on Charlie. Jonathan found himself in the middle. Getting rid of Charlie would have been the smarter move, and would have benefitted him in the Final Tribal Council. However, he decided he would like to end his game on a loyal note, and voted Kelly out as he had been aligned with Charlie for the entire game. Kelly then became the last member of the jury, leaving Yul, Jonathan, and Charlie as the Final 3 of Sausage Island: Morocco.