Thread:BarBar/@comment-1734566-20150430070635

Man, I don't mean to brag and all, but looks like I was right in my insistence that Shirin's "victim" edit wasn't necessarily guaranteeing her a spot in the finale. And man oh man, I am SO glad that obnoxious b**** is gone! :D

This episode really did rack up the tension a lot more and continued the streak of interesting moves, despite the elimination itself being not all that shocking. First off, Dan has now solidified himself as the obvious swing vote, and therefore, a crucial position. I approve of this highly, of course, since I love Dan. And now Tyler is definitely back in the spotlight, first with his deviousness underhandedness by stealing Dan's clue, and then, of course, being called out. With that said, this episode will result in me giving props to the two people you'd least expect me to: I give Shirin props for REALLY arguing her point well at certain times about Tyler (although essentially calling them all stupid was a dumb move), and I also give props to Sierra for being the first person in the game to finally realize what a threat Tyler is (although that little spark of "genius" probably won't last very long). I find it funny that Will was such a focus last episode, yet here had zero lines up until TC. Carolyn is now getting back into the game too, and even (gasp) mentioned her IDOL again! XD Mike is still playing a solid game - that was probably the BEST way possible for him to oust his own idol without actually playing it. If he had played it, it probably wouldn't have gone too well. But even then, keeping it and exposing two would-be traitors who voted for Dan was BRILLIANT on his part - it gives him some social ammunition to go into his new efforts to convince Dan (and maybe Sierra) to flip back to him, AND he still has the idol. And Rodney...he's still playing the game, I suppose - but it seems that he's actually serious about taking Tyler to the F4 as originally planned, and his statement that he could beat Tyler is laugh-worthy. He's that delusional? OK then.

But with all that said, our original biggest threat at this point has finally been called out, Dan is now actually somewhat significant, and Mike may be in a minority of 1 against 6 people, but he STILL might have a chance. So all in all, this season is now officially wide open and anyone's game.

New rankings:

No chance: Will and Dan

Some chance: Carolyn, Sierra, Mike, Tyler, Rodney

No chance: No one - everyone's a target now, and those who aren't obvious targets aren't obvious winners, either. 