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My gosh, but this is a great season in edgic. I mean by that - this thread. We're dissecting episodes down to the cellular level, and it's so much more interesting than the "let's play devil's advocate and try and figure out why Earl won't win" stuff in other seasons.

Re Randy - as I said earlier, he's always been this way, except that in this episode A) it was more so, and B) there was little of the strategic (and accurate) commentary to offset his orneriness - hope that's a word. So of course he's OTTN.

But... at the RC, he mentioned that he thought one of the dancers was interested in him, which was nice because the last time that happened Ike was in the White House (or some such). Now, does that one slightly charming moment of P-ness give him an M? After all, Corrine liked a 2-year old, when normally she'd be thought of as the one who would take little kiddie's toys from them (or some such.) Apparently, liking a 2-year old gives you an M, but liking a 20-year old is just dirty old man stuff. Neither is sufficient to be the sole P stuff to offset tons o' N.

Corrine was N. Yes, it is strategic to be nice to people you don't like (as in your job, was noted). But you don't then go to the break room and diss that person with how much of a MORON she was on the Smith Account, and how you've been cruel to her for months, yet you're nice to her over the coffee machine just this once and she's so dumb she falls for it. It's one thing to know basic Survivor skills, it's another to gloat --- and it's much more so when the "dumb moron" you've wrapped around your finger actually turns out to not be wrapped around your finger. Corrine was N, because IMO the whole Corrine confessional about the general level of Sugar dumbness was put in solely to make Corrine look (once again) as if she's mean and not on top of things. Too bad - I like both Randy and Corrine.... as characters in a reality show.

Sugar - what a peculiar edit. Is it just a pefunctory "sweetheart" edit and because she fits the young/cute tag she gets this edit? I simply don't understand how she's playing the game, or why she is doing what she's doing. It is never explained to us. I am keeping her as the 3rd choice to win simply because I can't figure out what she's up to, so thank you editors for making a player with the idol a complete mystery. She's dumb/smart, wiley/naive.

I, like the beloved colleenlover, don't do ratings much any more. They sort of get in the way of my enjoyment, and after 11+ seasons of edgic I don't need them to help me understand the game - heck, just read what's here and you get a great gob of insight. And nice to see new blood that seems to care.

Who's likely winner? Ken. Matty. maybe hmmmm don't know.... sugar

Corrine has 2 (or 1) INVs. Bad enough for me. And I really didn't like her "Marcus deserved to stay" comments, but not because they reflected horribly on her. It was emotional, but it was basically just a complaint that someone in her alliance was gone. Kenny (and Susie) responded quite accurately - "who IS deserving to go?" and "It's a game." The only thing that intrigued me about the inclusion of these comments was ... they were included. What Kenny and Susie said were so clearly obvious that I believe they were intended solely to placate viewers upset by Marcus' departure from the game. Which (as I'll discuss in a moment) is another reason why I don't understand why we're not supposed to be on Kota's side any more.

My problem with Ken's edit is more of an emanation from the edgical penumbra than the hard and fast rules. He started out as the nice naive guy. Kept hanging in there, but now his niceness is really not around any more. Like Craig, I'm wondering why I'm supposed to root for Fang suddenly. They were not likeable, and now we see them in control and there's no sense of joy, like the Rotu 4 getting played. He's allied with two players whom the editors have provided basically few reasons to root for - Crystal and Susie. The only original Fang that I have any sort of emotional connection to is Matty, because he's the one that most accurately conveyed the frustration exhibited through the entire edit that Fang was an awful tribe. So what things have happened in the edit to make that change? This aspect of the edit is IMO the strongest case for Matty, and would be the most emotionally satisfying end. the problem, of course, is that there are still many episodes to go - Kenny could get the redemption arc. (I base much of the above on the JP statement that the viewer will be happy - or whatever - with the winner. I'll be happier with Matty, just because he's overcome a lot more than Kenny. So start in on a redemption arc for Kenny... make us think he's in trouble and the poor kid is on the outs or in danger. And what exactly is Kenny's SPVs from others? Not much, except the generic "let's boot Kenny" stuff in the Marcus boot ep. That was personal - that is, about Kenny as a person - but just generic tactical stuff. Not that a winner needs a lot of SPV (hello, Earl) but in this odd season I'd like more Kenny-ness from other players other than the TC kudos. In fact, that stuff at TC made me worried about him.)

My random comment filter must be in the ON position tonight.