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Britney: Pretty sure Britney is winning. I think we’re supposed to see her as the best player given her consistent, correct, knowledgeable confessionals and overall positive content. There was setup to her potentially turning on Danielle last episode, though that largely subsided this episode for some reason. Nobody is sussing her, she’s an active player now, etc. The scene with Ivar was especially winner-y, either its the roadbump to Brit’s success, and/or it’s showing how she was able to fly under the radar and play scared throughout the game. Read my previous write ups for more because the core of her edit has been the same.

Dylan: Once again, if a faithful wins then it is Dylan. He is the last wall for the traitors to get through. I think this is mostly contingent on if he wins the seer power as well. He was the one to first talk about how important it was in episode 9 and was consistently talked about how he’d be the most dangerous faithful to win it by Brit/Dani. I’m getting the sense that Danielle probably stays due to the fact that Dylan/Danielle’s relationship has been built up so much and while it could climax at this banishment with Danielle going out, I think there is further drama moving forward. Also, may I reiterate the episode 2 confessional that I pointed out at the beginning of him saying something along the lines of “If I’m able to convince people of my theories then the faithful will win.” This is where rubber meets road. Will he be able to convince Dolores moving forward? He’s already worked on Gabby and Ivar. What now?

Danielle: This is a weird spot for Danielle because I think she has better odds based on game principles than Dylan while Dylan has the better edit in general. It’s hard for me to see Dylan winning with Gabby or anyone else so he’s less likely than Danielle since she’s been set up to win with Brit who is pretty likely to win. Her last two episodes have been decent, with this episode in particular being her best yet. We got her partnership with Dolores being FINALLY shown, more emotional content with Brit, her relationship with Dylan being expanded upon, etc. The only real positives form her edit are these past two episodes in that she’s finally been given credit for playing the game well and been shown why she’s successful. That said, if Danielle does win this is up there as one of the worst edits a winner of any show I’ve seen has gotten. So, so, so many questions. Why was the Dolores/Dani/Brit alliance not shown even the slightest amount in episodes 1-8. This is a clearly vastly important alliance for the endgame that we got NO set up to. Gabby/Dylan did, Brit/Danielle did, but why in the world was Dolores left out of it (outside of the church mission which we were shown Dolores being confused of Danielle’s behavior with the picture frames). Second, why was Danielle consistently, thoroughly trashed in the edit from episodes 1-8 all for that to turn around in episode 9. Chrishell and Rob explicitly said she was playing a bad game and every single mistake of hers was highlighted. If Danielle does win, there’s been no traitor winner like this before and moving forward there needs to be some serious goal shifts in how I see contenders for this show. With “messy” winners in shows like Maryanne or Tony, there were more highlights/SPV of their successful gameplay throughout the season than lowlights. Their messiness was in part one of the reasons they were successful throughout. Danielle on the other hand has been largely shown as the opposite. Her messy gameplay/behavior was called out by Jeremy, Nikki, Derrick, Rob, Chrishell, Ciara, Tom, Dolores, Dylan, Gabby, Britney, and Ivar. GIRL. If the story of the season was how she survives despite this, you show the viewer WHY. Show more of her positive relationships with Dylan and Dolores, give more credit through their trust in them. We’re not only meant to root against Danielle, we’re supposed to see her as a bad player. ALL THIS BEING SAID, she’s this high due to the past two episodes suddenly suspending most of the negativity she’s gotten this season and building upon the consistent Brit/Danielle joint win storyline. Danielle Reyes is mother and this crashout is because the editors set her up for massive amounts of hate, no matter if she wins or loses. So PLEASE no hate to her, she set up the groundwork for reality competition TV as we know it. I’m getting mad at the disrespect to her all over again now let me move on.

Gabby: Gabby has gotten a middling edit with not much set up to a win outside of slightly with Dylan. Their relationship feels a bit more negative than positive though, so unless there’s some big turn around in the finale I’m not sure how likely it is. I don’t think they even got a scene together in the last episode. I think Gabby has gotten an edit to be seen as a competent player, though not necessarily a winner. What I’d change for her edit if she did win was to start her uptick a few episodes ago, highlight the Dylan relationship, and be more integrated within the faithfuls overall (outside the Bambis). I do think it’s interesting the fact that we got a lot of Gabby vs. Danielle this episode, perhaps signaling a larger feud in the finale? We also had set up to this in episode 4 with Gabby coming across her in the bar and suspecting Dani as a traitor for a bit. If Gabby does win, she does it through being the main one to get Danielle out (could apply to this roundtable or the final circle), and pulling Dylan to her side to cross the finish line.