Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20160407062505/@comment-2142533-20160407202544

LincolnAloisio wrote: Master Hydraffe wrote:

Tai's stray vote against Jason could mean something; hopefully it is a testament to loose bonds between the two. According to Nick, Tai was voting with the girls against Jason, but they changed their vote and didn't warn him.

Hopefully that means he won't use the super idol to save Jason/Scot.

I don't think Tai's slip about the idol was unintentional. Neal says he has an evil side, so that very well could be part of his plan.

Either they changed the vote or deliberately tested him and not give away they are voting against Nick in case the Beauty idol (which I think the Beauty girls might've speculated is his) may be played on him.

I do think Tai has a dark side -- Peter did say that he taunted the Brawn before they left I think on one challenge, while in this episode he kinda played with Cydney's mind during the IC.

Anyway, I could say this episode was fulfilling and a good arc that closes Nick's story. From invisible player that seemingly the delusional "mastermind" of Beauty, when he really is the target of the girls, to being the social "golden boy" that attracts Scot and Jason and seemingly is in a good spot seems odd to me, but it all closes as Cydney, Julia and Michele weren't having ANY of it. Nick accusing the girls of a women's alliance made Cydney irritated, and as each day grows it seemed Nick's closeness to Scot and Jason grows too, pushing out Cydney from the Brawn core. Add to Tai in Scot's hands, Cydney can't guarantee that the guys will keep their original alliance.

While I she had her iffy moment by being angry publicly about Nick's accussations (although maybe that's a way to show that she's not Scot or Jason's puppet?) I'm impressed about her balls forming the women's voting bloc (made popular before Fishbach trended it haha) using Debbie and Aubry, but what is more impressive is she was brave in getting Julia and especially Michele to vote out their fellow Beauty in Nick. Maybe cracks there were shown that the two's annoyance to Nick became more visible as time went on, that Cydney saw the opportunity to blindside Nick when he thinks the Brawn-Beauty alliance is a go. So we had a great blindside of a potential challenge threat, the tribe lines are now even 3-3-3, Scot and Jason at least for once got a taste of being at the bottom, and now the game is really wide open as everyone has now aligned with kinda everyone it seems.