And I know it is past time to stop talking about Jeff's prediction, but this might be a reason he would hype the season. A 1 against 6 scenario, and the person wins. Well, I don't want to put my hopes up too much, since they have been squashed mercilessly in the past.

The problem with Tyler is that (as opposed to pretty much everyone else still there) he is actually -better- than what the edit showed us. We get to know how good he is strategically and how everyone likes and respects him by hearing other people say so, we never -saw- it.

So I guess the Jenn/Shirin hype was meant to shadow a bit Mike's winning edit, but now we are meant to know he is for sure winning? There is no other way to explain this, because if anyone else wins right now, then we can be sure Suvivor's editors have gone insane.

Not only that, but Mike staying there with no idol works as a focal point to reunite them. Now, not only are they fractured, but they KNOW Mike can't be voted out. So they have to vote someone in their alliance. What Mike did was prevent Dan being blind-sided next vote.

Yes, I was disappointed because I really liked Shirin, but I think it is hard to doubt this is his best move. He really needs that immunity idol, and now the discord is planted.

In the beginning, when Dan started telling Shirin how sorry he was that Will attacked her I thought, "Is Dan a human being after all?" But then came the confessional, and… no. Just Dan.

I agree, I'm not trying to defend them to the least or attack Shirin, but there MUST be something more than what we saw. Dan alluded to her "calling [Will] names", which might be just Dan being delusional, but maybe is something the edit hid from us.

Almost all above me in the ladder have Jenn on their team, and only Streets_Ahead has Shirin as well, which I'm quite confident is the winner. Is it too early to ask what is the winning prize?

I feel it is like drunk speech. Everyone knows that drunk people speak things they wouldn't when sober. But it still matters, because if they spoke it when drunk, it means they were thinking it when sober. Will being hungry and tired is like being drunk, it excuses him for -speaking- these things, but not for thinking…

I don't know, I feel the things he said reveal he is a horrible human being. Because if he said it, it means he was at least thinking it before he got mad, and that reveals how he thinks.

I agree, the extra vote twist seems very interesting. I don't know how they never thought of this before (it is leagues ahead of the stupid Perry idol).

As I pointed out elsewhere, I feel Dan knows he is in a bad position, but what is his other option? Flip to the stars and have no chance at FTC? He has a much better (if still not good) chance of flipping back Rodney at F6. And Rodney should prefer going with Sierra and Dan than with Tyler and Mama C anyway.

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That is what they tried last season, but then the harmless idiots voted the smart people out first, and we got only idiots left (and Natalie).

I don't know about that. If you are unlikable as Dan, would you side with golden retriever Mike, star Jenn and underdog Shirin? Let's say the 4 of you get to F4. Is there any feasible scenario where you are not getting destroyed at FTC?

Jenn is the best! Even in a season with less (or no) assholes she would have been a star.

I agree, Will is way worse than Dan. And even Rodney, when Shirin was saying how she was abused growing up, looked like he regretted what happened (his eyes were even red). Will just piled up the BS. He is the worst there by far.

When I saw Joe being voted outed out I thought I had no chance anymore. Then I noticed that everyone in front of has Joe as well. Go team!

As I wrote somewhere else here, I wouldn't count Jenn out yet. I can't fathom the show giving her such an awesome edit if she were to become a Janu (and they were even nicer to Janu than to most because she saved Jeff's sweetheart).

Yes, he wanted to (pretend to) do a Yul move: playing the idol might keep you along for 3 more days, while the right alliance will give you the million.