Surviving Barstool Episode 7 drops Wednesday after Chicago merge fallout
TLDR: Episode 6 of Surviving Barstool set off a staff-wide power ranking war and reopened an old wound about who got voted out of the Chicago faction at the merge.
Season 5 of Surviving Barstool has Barstool staff locked in a Chicago office grinding for a $250,000 prize, and Episode 6 gave the fanbase exactly what it wanted: chaos, betrayal, and a comment section eating itself alive. By Sunday night the reactions were pouring in, and by Monday afternoon Gaz had turned it into a full-blown power rankings debate.
The rankings themselves, posted by Gaz, put Tommy on top followed by Rone, Pat, Tate and Feits, with the caveat that the criteria was gameplay, entertainment and "crazy moments" all lumped together. It's the kind of list built to start arguments, and it doubled as the official reminder that Episode 7 drops Wednesday, 5pm ET on Rumble Premium and 8pm on YouTube.
My surviving power rankings (game play, entertainment, crazy moments) for episode 6 1) Tommy 👬 2) Rone 🐢 3) Pat 💥 4) Tate 🌛 5) Feits 🌜 Episode 7 drops Wednesday night. 5pm on Rumble Premium. 8pm on YouTube.
Not everyone was in a joking mood. Brandon Walker went after Nicky Smokes directly over a vote that reportedly gutted Chicago's numbers early, telling him the office got "outnumbered at the merge" because of a decision made on day one. It's the rawest strategy beef the season has produced so far, real receipts being pulled up in real time on the timeline instead of buried in a confessional.
@nickysmokess You cut chicagos legs off at the knees on day one and now you’re bitching about it.
Amid the strategy sniping, the episode still delivered on the physical-competition front. One clip circulating showed Glenny Balls working through a baseball-themed challenge on an outdoor diamond, the kind of segment that reminds you this is still, at its core, a game show with actual obstacles and actual stakes for the cast.
The postgame breakdown shows have become as much a part of the ritual as the episode itself. The Breakdown Boys went live to dissect Episode 6 in real time, even if the stream had its own production hiccup with one host's connection lagging out mid-conversation.
Dave Portnoy even weighed in with a shot at Tom Scibelli, needling the self-described Survivor purist for having to watch someone form a pregame alliance months before filming even started. It's a small jab, but it's the kind of detail that shows how closely the boss is watching the season play out alongside everyone else. Between the alliance drama, the challenge footage and staff turning power rankings into a Monday tradition, Episode 7 has plenty to answer for when it drops Wednesday.
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