Theodore Clarkson

***Theodore*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Japan. He later competed on Essential Survivor: All-Stars

## Japan

Ah, Theodore was easily the most favored by the edit this season. His dry nature yet analytical gameplay made for a GREAT casting decision. And even though he went out at the middle of the pack in 10th, he still made a great impact on the season as a whole.

Getting marooned onto the blue Wakai tribe, Theodore didn’t look at Essential Survivor as an ORG, and more like a business trip. From the beginning anything AND everything everyone did was getting spoken on to the highest degree. Whether it be how long you talk to him or what time you talk at camp. If you did it, Theodore spoke about it. This trend allowed Theodore to have the highest amount of confessional entries by far. At the first Tribal Council, he was recruited by Zent to join the ‘Floor Gang’. AKA a majority alliance where Zent attempted to call most of the shots. And while Theodore and the rest of the alliance weren’t okay with it, he campaigned for Brett to go home so hard that everyone ended up just going along with it. In addition, a side alliance was made by Zachary which included himself and the Triple T Trio (Theo, Tommy, Travis)

As the side alliance continues to bond more than Floor Gang, it becomes apparent that the T Trio are forming a tight bond. Evidenced by the creation of their own alliance, and the reveal of Tommy’s idol to the both of them. But despite gaining info from Tommy , Theo kept the news about his Legacy to himself. At the upcoming and final Tribal Council for pre-swap Wakai, it looked like Zent was attempting to ‘ditch’ Vincent this time. But when news got around of Zachary attempting to blindside Theodore. A gang of people rallied the troops, defending Theodore and blindsiding Zachary and Zent. Which is a testament to how strong Theo’s social game was.

Now come to the post-swap, and despite only going to one pretty straight-forward Tribal. His positioning in this phase was questionable to say the least. He was immediately split up from his ride-or-dies, Travis and Tommy. Getting stuck with X, Jay and Geo. And due to the paranoia caused by Zachaery’s finger-pointing exit speech. Theodore wanted to really cut down on talking with people, in hopes of diluting his social skills. Unfortunately, it didn’t exactly work, but he was never targeted for it who knows what would’ve happened. Off the bat, he didn’t get good vibes from Deca due to all of the pressing questions he was asked by him. When the time came around for Theodore’s first and only post-swap Tribal Council. He feared that his name got thrown out for his challenge performance, but when neither tribes seemed to budge. He went in thinking that the vote would go to rocks. Luckily for him, both Jack and Josiah flipped to the Wakai in voting out Deca. And besides planning out strategies and finding an idol, Theo’s post-swap game isn’t the most noteworthy, then we get to the merge and things don’t get better from here...

From the jump, Theodore deemed the NuFurui 4 as inactives and was very reluctant to work with them. But when he won the first merged individual immunity, his guard certainly lowered a bit. But regardless, it looked like OG Wakai was dead in the water. But when Jack and Josiah presented the info of Cheren having an idol to them, they took the bait and voted with the duo. Surprisingly enough, it worked and Cheren was gone with a majority of 6 votes on him.

But during this Tribal Council, Theodore made a very crucial decision by playing his Legacy Advantage on Geo, KNOWING he wasn’t getting votes. As if his allies weren’t sketched out by him enough, Theodore just deepened the wound by doing so.

At the Final 10, Theo lost immunity and things were looking rough, as the lines began to divert back to Tribal lines, Theodore knew that taking out a big threat would be optimal for his game, which prompted him to campaign for Josiah. After Josiah heard that Theo was behind his name getting thrown out, he gathered his OG tribe and led a charge towards Theodore. But, being oblivious to what was really going on, Theodore chose not to play his idol, getting voted out in a 6-4 vote.

## All-Stars

Despite his clearly well-played social game in Season 4, for a lot of the community, Theodore was a controversial pick to this cast. Some felt as if he was more suited for Fans vs Favorites season, but regardless, Production brought him back to see what he could pull off. At the marooning, he was met by his Andaman tribe. And as expected, his social bonds were working well. Even though the Brazil 4 were the tightest group, it was safe to say that Theo would be a solid 5 man to them. His social bonds allowed for him to get in one of the majority alliances titled, ‘The Five’ with Adam, Kim, Gabe and Tyler. After the easy Calvin boot, the people on the outside of Andaman seemed to be Enrique and Jay. So when Enrique had seemingly cost them the challenge, (much to Theo’s annoyance), he campaigned for his departure. But not before wishing that Paul would somehow become a target though. Regardless, it seemed like yet another easy vote, until Tyler began to spread information that Theodore leaked to Jay that his name was getting thrown out by ‘The Five’ And while we don’t exactly know if this is true or not, it was surely enough for Tyler to make a coalition with everyone but Japan alumni, to blindside Theo in a 6-2-1 vote.

## Voting History

 Now That's An All-Star Cast
 Is This What A Social Game Looks Like
 It's Clear As Day And I See Right Through It
 Voted Out, Day 7