User blog comment:TDFanatic52/Character Analysis- Mal/@comment-24152851-20170222034856/@comment-27157772-20170222041443

Even if Mal is into breaking other people's stuff, I am still going to label that as a strategy. And I am fine with you disagreeing with me on that.

As to your argument on the contestants being dumber than their past seasons, I agree with your Courtney example. This is because if you look at the size of the idol with how small Heather's clothing is, it would be smarter for Heather to hide the idol and come back for it. Either way, everyone would know Heather has the idol. How Heather managed to sneak it if Alejandro did not take it would be a mystery.

With Cameron, yes, he did study Mike's MPD. However, Mal never made an appearance in the season unless you count the sillouette. It could be a possibility that since Mal never showed up that Cameron didn't know about him until it was too late.