Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20160922075848/@comment-2142533-20161103132439

Wow. Didn't see that coming. Thought it was a decoy boot, never thinking that Michaela would be in any trouble especially how quiet we have shown in terms of dynamics in. It does seem to lead to a boring boot of either Bret or Sunday (and I'm happy to see Mama Sunday scenes), but they were practically just waiting to be booted (I mean Gen X, come on, you don't vote against each other if you feel there is no hope, especially if you think the tribe isn't going to stick with you later on) but they were saved by this seemingly rash move by Jay.

I think the move was premature. Michaela is volatile, but I am not sure if she's that volatile to be eliminated. I wonder if he's thinking that with the cross-tribal alliances forming that he should make that connection, but I don't think we see any scenes of him much trying to really make bonds with Bret or Sunday strategically (if he did, we won't see the two Gen X seemingly giving up by voting against one another). I don't think any Mill were approaching them before TC day, and it shows they are being used as just a number in this episode. With Sunday being shown to connect with Hannah to a degree, I think if they didn't Merge, we can see Gen X use Hannah against Jay and Will who as Bret said "shown their cards".

Talking about the Merge -- Merge at 13 is a bit too much! I mean don't they want to see if another Mill is boot to make it even? But it seems they are banking more on the post-expansion dynamics to shape up the game, which I feel is true. The Nerds may get their revenge against the cool kids as each of them have their Gen X pairs:

- Zeke:Chris & David - Adam:Ken & Jessica - Hannah:Bret & Sunday

I predict one of Will, Taylor, Michelle or Jay going out (maybe Taylor most likely), while I feel the Mills will try to force a Gen X to vote one of their own in F12. Then we may see the divide between Gen Xers show, and the Mills being used as swings. I think we could see a great merge coming up. I feel they should always merge 3 to 1, I mean I don't know how is this going to turn out.