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Good episode again. I'm really enjoying this season because your editing is much better than the real show's was.

Crystal talking about trading Kelly for fire, and Charlie making pacts with Dan & Paloma.

8, because it wasn't AMAZING but it was still really good and detailed. And because Crystal is still there ;)

No, but I am beginning to notice a huge change to exile. In the past, the general pattern was to send the strong people to exile, but now it looks like it's becoming the opposite: send the weak people. I like how that small twist is changing exile radically.

With the alliance game on Fang, I see the outsiders (Ken, Michelle, the non-powerhouse players) forming a bond as well. Not so much retaliation, more of a defense, counter-attack sort of way, if that made any sense.

Charlie - 9 (he's [subtly] playing a hardcore game)

Corinne - 6 (if only we saw more of her)

Dan - 7 (he's becoming set up like the Fang God, and I see a downfall happening (a la Marcus in the real show))

Gillian - 7 (even though people could see her as negative, I saw her more sympathetic)

Marcus - 7 (he's developing more as a character...and not a bad one)

Susie - 8 (she was cool and almost pulled out the return of the stick from Micro, but I agree it was her time to go)

great episode! =)

Ace - 1 (still don't like him...)

Charlie - 10 (Go Charlie! <3)

Paloma - 8 (Yay! Paloma, Charlie & Dan FTW!)

Once again, I still view the Fang tribe as far more popular/likable, because we haven't had to see dissent over a vote yet. I like the Heroes + Villians alliance, as you called it in the EP3 preview, because I think that's an interesting dynamic that hasn't really been played up on the show before, and it's definitely a great tool for building tension, especially with Ace saying that at some point, their alliance will fall apart.

The alliance forming between Dan, Charlie, Ace, and Paloma. I feel as though the characters on Fang are far more interesting and likable, and so far I feel as though we haven't really seen much by way of personality in the dominant Kota alliance, especially since the most visible character on Kota (Crystal) is stranded without her closest ally.

8.5

Dan's reasoning behind "sleeping with the enemy", as it were. I'd like to hear his thoughts on it.

Also, GF, I like that you posted notes on the episode, but I'm a copy editor and a grad student in English and the rule of thumb in writing is this - if you have to explain anything you did in your piece, then your piece wasn't strong enough to get it across in the first place. In other words, I think you might be giving away too much of your thinking by posting those notes. Deleted scenes is one thing, but justification for why you wrote the episode the way you did I think might be giving up just a little too much by way of information.

Ace - CPM3 - I think the fact that he knows the dynamic of his alliance makes him automatically a complex personality in my mind. He doesn't intend to stay true to his alliance with Dan & Charlie, which I think disqualifies him from being MOR. Tone is hard, I'm not entirely sure he has a tone rating at all, but I feel like he needs something for his awareness of his intent to screw Dan & Charlie over, but it might not be enough for an N rating.

Crystal - CPN4 - I think her speech at TC was less about tribe unity and more about terrorizing her tribemates into a better performance. I think she's bullying in any way she can, and if she disguises it as a motivational speech, she's less likely to get called out for it. Personally, I saw little to nothing positive about her TC speech.

Dan - CPP3/4 - Not sure about visibility. Fewer confessionals this episode, but has TONS of SPV. Obviously he's being built into the hero role - he's the one that should catch a casual viewer's attention, the one they should care about, the one they'll want to win, and his boot should cause all kinds of outrage with the casual fan. (Especially if it's at the hands of Ace, who's being built into the opposite role)

Jacquie - UTR2 - Being led around in her alliance, letting others do the leading

Matty - MORN4/OTTN4 - lots of negativity toward Susie, even at tribal council, much the same as GC in that sense.

Randy - UTRN2 - Not really much to comment on here, probably going to get an N or M tone almost every episode.

I think there is little to no hope for a female winner.

I liked it. Dan is getting good air time but that worries me cause he could go down the way the real Marcus did.
Then again his alliance wouldn't be complete douches to everyone.

The challenges were fun to read. Go Fang!

9/10 good stuff.

Not yet.

I really enjoyed this episode a lot. Fang is still reasonably visible, and they have a very Rotu-esque type feel to them, even though Ace is a little more negative than any of the Rotus were pre-swap. The Suit Alliance is a really great idea, and Charlie is really setting himself up for the win (he is setting up a really strong strategic and social position). The little Ken interludes are fun, and he seems like he could be a good villain later one. Kota is entertaining as usual, and I really like how Sugar revealed the alliance accidently in tribal (I've always wondered why people act so stupid at tribal. It must be the seats).

I liked "Dan can do no wrong." Great line.

9. It was a very good set-up episode into some killer action later on, and Charlieownage is fun to watch

The preview already told us that Ace wants to pull in Corinne as the fifth, and Charlie is just going to be more suspicious of Ace with this move. Kota wins reward, and Paloma goes to exile. With two clues, she, with the help of Charlie, finds the Fang idol, and Charlie tells Dan about it, but tells him not to tell anybody else that he knows, a command to which Dan abides. Kota wins immunity, and Gillian is sent home by "The Powerhouse" (god, did Charlie come up with that name? It's so ridiculous), and Ken, Michelle, and Randy go along with the majority. Perhaps Randy starts seeing into the alliance, but it's loose and unstable enough to stay relatively hidden before it factions (which it will inevitably do. The alliance is incredibly spread out, unstable, and distrusting of itself).

Ace - CPN2. Low visibility, but we saw into his head and he already plans on backstabbing Charlie and Dan before seeing his other options.

Charlie - CP3 (visibility edited, I copied it wrong from my spreadsheet). Nothing overtly positive or negative for him, just solid strategic play.

Dan - MORP4. We didn't really get too far into his head this episode, most of that was given to Charlie and Ace, but he was shown as a positive force on the tribe.

Gillian - OTTP3. I felt really bad for her. She wants to compete, but her tribe is shutting her down, and she only has good intentions. Her story is incredibly simple, but a nice, happy one of a woman who wants to be there.

Ken - MORN2. He gave too much of an impact to justify UTR with his decision to send Susie and his reasoning, and a lot of what he said was mean, but he was still a little bit under the radar. He might be a good endgame villain once Ace gets booted.

Sugar - MORP4. I didn't feel like she was particularly one-dimensional, with her talking about her father's death and her great friendships and feeling sad to have to vote somebody out, but we didn't get too far into her head.