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Episode One- Part One

KOTA
Ace- CPN - He actually came off as a bit of an ass, but we definitely got insight into his strategy.
Bob- OTTP - He's the boy scout who everyone looks up - that's pure positive editing.
Charlie- MOR - He was a narrator with lots of gushing about Marcus.
Corinne- UTR - I don't remember much about her at all from the first half of the show.
Jacquie- UTR - Ditto.
Kelly- UTR - Who is this?
Marcus- MOR - There wasn't much speaking in the first episode, but he was clearly in the picture.
Paloma- UTRN - The only comment I remember is the snickering about yoga.
Sugar- UTR - She was there, but not overly revealed yet.

FANG
Crystal- MOR - We got enough to recognize her and her skills, but no real insight.
Dan- UTR - He wasn't really a focus until the second half.
GC- MORM - He was definitely shown taking his break during the IC, but he stepped up at TC (sort of).
Gillian- CPM - We got a lot of her point of view, and while her viewpoint was positive, we saw why she annoys.
Ken- MORP - He came across as pretty naive in an endearing way, but was not infected by Michelle's negativity.
Matty- UTR - He had no real focus.
Michelle- OTTN - She was relentlessly negative about just about everything.
Randy- CPN - He was definitely CP, but to me he was complaining a lot in the first half of the episode.
Susie- UTR - She didn't do much yet.

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Episode One- Part Two

KOTA
Ace- UTR - After the first half buildup, he's irrelevant in the second half.
Bob- UTRP - He got positive feedback from Jeff during the challenge and from the Onion Alliance.
Charlie- MOR - He had more narration of the Onion Alliance.
Corinne- MOR - She got the editing trick of nodding when Marcus said she was smart, and she gave a confessional.
Jacquie- UTR - She was referenced and present during the Onion Alliance talk, but did she speak?
Kelly- UTR - Who is this?
Marcus- CP - He laid out in some detail his approach to the game, but there's no real tone yet.
Paloma- UTR - Other than sitting out the challenge, I can't think of anything from the second half.
Sugar- UTR - She's not really standing out much yet.

FANG
Crystal- MOR - We got her paranoia about Dan having the idol, but that's about it. No real tone.
Dan- CP(P) - It is a weak CP, but he did give some insight during the search. The unjust suspicion may give him tone.
GC- MORM - He gets a lot of confessionals, but they are mostly narration. Negative for rejecting the leader role and being stupid about the water, but some positive in gushing about how the team came together.
Gillian- MOR - She's not really negative, but it was pretty clear why she had to go, and the audience agrees.
Ken- UTR - He's certainly not invisible as a target and the person Crystal approaches about the vote, but he does little himself.
Matty- MOR - He's much more involved in the boot discussions this time around, but he's not a focus.
Randy- CP - There's no tone this time, but we definitely see a lot of the tribe through his eyes.
Susie- MOR - She had a nice discussion with Gillian, but that was about it.

The Fang tribe got better editing in the second half as they seemed to turn things around, and Charlie's comment that the Kota tribe might never lose seemed likely to precede a fall. Does the Fang tribe contain a winner? They've certainly received the bulk of attention, but that isn't uncommon for the tribe that attends TC. The Kota tribe is easier to read as only a few players have been singled out for significant edits thus far.

Too little visibility - Jacquie, Kelly, Paloma, Sugar, and Susie. Others have had weak part of the episode, but the other has compensated to some degree.

Too OTT - Bob. He could still turn it around I suppose, but generally an OTTP player gets voted out to the dismay of the audience.

Too much visibility - Charlie and Randy. After Todd's win in China, I recognize they could get some needed cooldown later, but as of right now, we're seeing far too much of them.

Dark horses - Corinne and Matty. Both are present, but off center so far. They'll need considerably more development to establish an Edgic profile.

Flawed contenders - Ace, Dan and GC. Ace got a huge edit in the first part to go under the radar in the second. Dan did the opposite. I'm not ready to get rid of either as contenders yet, but a less extreme variance would have been better. As for GC, his flaws as a player are too obvious in my opinion with his quickness to take offense, but the Edgic profile isn't bad yet.

Best bets - Marcus, Crystal, Ken - in that order. Marcus benefits from being a focus on a tribe that didn't go to TC without being the most visible member of that tribe (Charlie). He's not a lock by any means at this point though. Crystal has been present without hogging the camera in both parts of the episode - that said, I think she's the Gary Hogeboom of this season (a draw for the audience) more than the likely winner. I find Ken's edit interesting. He's portrayed as an underdog, who then naively tries to befriend the camp sourpuss, who is voted out. That's not a bad first episode. He's low key in the second episode, but he is clearly involved, and that's not bad positioning for a winner at all.