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CIRIE: It's the Cirie show. It wasn't so simple as her deciding which foursome to go with -- both feeling entitled to "use" her as the fifth wheel. While Yau-Man was voted out, it wasn't because she "chose" the Rombers. She worried about him finding the idol. Cirie thought of what was best for her. (Don't you love it when a castaway gets angry when another player does what it is in their own interest instead of the castaway with entitlement's?)

Cirie broke BOTH alliances. This season is about WOMEN dominating and the men outwitting and outplaying themselves. Watching James scratch his head that Cirie seems to be calling the shots instead of him and Jonathan not being able to control her either, only shows how she's the same great player who engineered the 3-2-1 Courtney boot. While I'm rooting for Jonathan, she's doing a great job. S11 was edited to show how StephaME lost (instead of how it should have been edited, showing how Danni won.) Whether Cirie wins or loses, that's what we are going to be shown.

AMANDA: She'll dump Ozzy in a heartbeat if she has to. Has she learned anything from China? It's a social game. Funny. She was out there without knowing if she had already won a million dollars in China, which of course she hadn't. The sad thing is that out there she probably didn 't see how bad her jury performance was to know she needed to change.)

AMI: Well, she voted against Cirie directly. If a woman's alliance has indeed form, it would be really odd and ironic that Vanuatu's biggest proponent of a woman's alliance wasn't included. Her vote for Cirie explains why she would be targeted sooner rather than later.

ELIZA: Her vote for Yau-Man is very revealing. Cirie refuses to vote for her. Obviously they have a side deal. She'll be able to tag onto Amanda/Cirie/Parvarti for awhile if that final 3 deal they formed on the fishing raft is real. (Imagine, we may have been shown the real deal instead of the bluff!). Note: Ami and Eliza are often standing around when Amanda and Parvati are talking strategy. Take another look at the episode. The women are stronger and more aligned than we've been shown.

JAMES: James showed us why he was outwitted out of two HIIs in China. He just stands there as other people make power moves around him. He's incredibly likeable and incredibly strong, but he's just not going to win this.

JONATHAN: He played his heart out. He was abrasive, but that's just who he is out there. He is my favorite of the favorites. Please, please, please let him find the hidden idol! Did I say, please? He is on the outs. However, what made him so likeable on Cook Islands was the way he faced adversity. If another chance at "mutiny" comes this season, he should take it. He has nothing left to lose. (Please find the idol!) Those were a man's hands uncovering that rock in the preview for next week and if it isn't a stand-in, they could be Jonathan's! (Please find the idol!)

OZZY: This episode we saw how Yul outwitted him for the win in Cook Islands. He's great at challenges, but he isn't the brain trust. He probably doesn't realize he's just been outwitted. Probst said there'd be lots of blindsides this season. Ozzy is guaranteed to be one of them. Guaranteed. He's an outplayer, not an outwitter.

PARVATI: She's not just a bimbo like Sarah-S4. She's a bimbo with a plan! She's smarter than people think. In a way, people thinking she's a bimbo plays into her advantage. She will cut James off easily when the time is right. She totally has an Allison-BB4 vibe this season.

YAU-MAN: Poor guy. Believe it or not, he wasn't voted off for being weak. He was voted off for his strength. In an odd way, his getting the first immunity idol was a game-ending move in hindsight. He left with class. I still cannot get over he was practically invisible in his boot episode. It was obvious from the way he looked at TC and the way other people talked openly at TC that he knew he was going. No blindside here. He left with class. I like him. I'll miss him. (But one trip to Exile Island and he would have found that idol for sure.)

ALEXIS: She's the only fan who gets screen time where isn't shown to be an idiot. She will be the last fan standing, whether that's final 3 or not. Hers was the only non-MikeyB voting confessional last week. "Sorry, I'm voting with the majority." While Joel and MikeyB form their circular firing squad and Chet/Tracy/Kathy provide cannon fodder, and Natalie plays Johnny Belinda, and Erik acts like a 14 year old and Jason bumbles around, she becomes the real threat. Like Ozzy and James, the alpha males will miss it totally.

CHET: Cannon fodder. All I can think of is that SEG didn't want two gay men in a row winning so they cast Chet. But, if he can duck, he can outlast the circular firing squad between MikeyB and Joel.

ERIK: He's a follower, not a leader. He's no threat, and he comes off as childlike. With so many targets on Airai, from would-be puppeteers to the canon fodder, he'll be the last Airai man standing.

JASON: Well, he aligned with MikeyB and isn't in Joel's alliance. However, with so many other targets, like Erik, he may reach the merge by default rather than anything he does on his own behalf.

JOEL: I've decided he's an idiot -- a macho idiot. While I admired the skill with which he had Mary ejected, in hindsight it was a dumb move. He already has people on the tribe know that he cannot be trusted and he's a threat. If MikeyB had targeted one of his allies, it would have made more sense. Joel shot his wad on the first boot in his tribe. Why? It didn't advance him at all. As I said on another thread, he's like one of those idiots who revves up a sports car in congested traffic and speeds from red light to red light only to stop along with everyone else, just to show everyone he has a sports car. He doesn't actually get anywhere any faster. I'm not impressed. He saved Chet/Tracy, two weak people he isn't aligned with, and put the target right on him. It was an alpha-male move for the sole desire to make an alpha-move. What bothered him was that Mikey B "thought" he was in charge, not that Mikey B was threatening him or his core alliance in any way. Strutting around like peacock showing his feathers. IDIOT.

KATHY: I like her. She doesn't seem mentally weak to me. She's and odd duck, but who isn't in their own way? But not being liked and being on the outside of her tribe is bad news. If she finds that idol, good for her. She will probably spend a LOT of time on Exile Island.

MIKEY B: He may have sounded whiny in his post-TC confessional, but he made good points. He's a goner and soon. Like Andrew in S7, he isn't adapting to the new reality. What he SHOULD do now is go over to Chet/Kathy/Tracy and cut a deal. He cannot get over his personal feelings that they don't deserve to be there, like Andrew couldn't get over his anger that Lil got to return to the game, to do what he needs to do to save himself. One needs to be able to adapt on a dime in this game and he's shown an inability to do it. If a "mutiny" opportunity comes, he should take it, but he won't. He'll stay on the same team feeling resentful that they didn't boot "less-worthy" tribemates first. Another would be alpha-male who will be shown the door. Maybe Joel, MikeyB, James and Ozzy can form a broken hearts club after the season is over.

NATALIE: Is she mute? I have no recollection of what her voice sounds like. Has she had a single confessional? We know she makes the family reward. Pure under-the-radar. She has even less screen time than Amber in the first few episodes of S2.

TRACY: Her tribemates run her down, but we don't actually see her belly flop through the game the way Chet does. I wish we could see more of her so we could get to know her better.

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It's a great season. Unlike ASS, where nearly all my favorite returnees were either voted off early or played really badly compared to their previous seasons, where I despised Robfather in S4 and hated seeing him take the slot that should have gone to Brian-S5, and hating the fact he did the same obnoxious act in ASS, but thankfully lost, the whole ASS season was a debacle for me.

There's no one returning who I inherently don't like, and there's no "source-spoiler" that's given away the whole season, and I'm really enjoying myself in a way I haven't since sourced spoilers have been giving away boot lists.