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OK, it's obviously not saying anything insightful in suggesting that Sugar has had one of the most compelling edits of the season.

We get that she's Eve and that she's been dealing with composite manifestations of good and evil as her edit climaxes.

However, what has been intriguing me for quite a while now is the gender dimension to her edit. Consider these facts:

• Since she was shown to be biting the apple which, it was blatantly announced to us, transformed her from an innocent to a power player, only men have been booted: Five in a row, in fact.
  
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• She has had a connection with each of these men and has been directly responsible for the demise of three of them. Beginning with Adam / Ace from whose rib / pocket she emerged to ultimately destroy him, each of the boots has been portrayed as either vengeful or regrettable but necessary.
  
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• Her conflicts with other women have been qualitatively different. Despite attracting all sorts of venom from them (Kelly: "See ya, beayatch"), Sugar herself has been shown to be relatively benign towards them. This aspect of her edit reaches its apotheosis with her arch-nemesis, Corinne. Despite Corinne being reduced to text-book apoplectic OTT caricature in relation to Sugar, Sugar herself has refrained from responding in kind. Although this was evident in the main show, in the recap we see Sugar actually attempt to redeem her nemesis! Her edited conflict with Corinne, quite apart from whatever other way it affects the outcome, shows that her relationships with women are intended to be seen in a different light to those with the men.
  
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• Does anyone consider it a mere coincidence that Sugar was manipulated to be front and centre in the scene at the end of the recap where the girls were seen to be appreciating the male eye-candy? As a mere observer and commentator, Sugar was featured more than the men we were supposedly looking at!

So, what does this femme-fatale edit for Sugar mean for the eventual outcome? I feel that there are a lot of twists and turns yet to come in Sugar's edit; however, the flirting auction scene ("Would you cuddle a rich man?") does not augur well for Kenny. Especially when taken in conjunction with the last words left to us by Probst about trust.

Men in this Eden should trust this Eve only at their peril. The irony is that one of them will probably win because of it; but only because he has been seen to be espousing love and unselfishness thoughout.

One thing about this recap episode compared to previous recaps: Following the recent trend in editorializing, it went out of its way to tell us what we should think. Hell, there was even a recap within the recap to tell us all they needed us to need to know!

For this reason, if this editorializing trend continues, it may be prudent to place greater store in these recaps from now on.

What do we get from it? Well, reinforcement of what we've been getting told, for one thing. The seminal first episode challenge is highlighted again and, although this time the commentary is about Kota's dominance, the vision is about Matty unselfishly helping out his team.

While Matty's constant stepping out of the game to appreciate nature would have been a bad sign in other seasons, this portrayal becomes a positive when the locale is Eden. Similarly, professing love for a girlfriend is normally not such a good sign for someone's winning chances, in a season of Good v Evil it actually enhances those chances in MB's world.

Phoenix, I think, has noted that the relative absence of greed may be crucial to this season's winner. I concur. Kenny's edited escalating arrogance has begun to match Kota's. The final straw may have been his self-referencing with potential riches at the last episode auction.

There's a lot of water yet to find itself on the other side of the bridge and a lot of that has to do with Sugar's intriguing edit. However, I suspect that this season can now only end in a 'satisfying' victory for 'good'. And the person who has been edited to most personify that concept is Matty.