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I think this is my first post in Edgic all season (I've missed it), but I've just been so busy I haven't had time. And some of the ratings are just such a surprise to me this time around.

(All vis numbers are approximate)

Brett - UTR2
Almost won immunity, talked a little bit to his fellow Galus.
Wow, he's the male Catalie.

Dave - MOR3
Was involved in Russell's hidden immunity idol search.
Talked with Galus about the plans (and called dumb by John, light N potential).
Shared thoughts on tiebreaker, willing to take a chance
He was involved in major parts of the story with commentary. Classic MOR.

Jaison - UTR2 or MOR2
Involved in a lot of strategy talk, specifically with Monica.
Seems similar to Mick's edit, but he did the most talking. I could see either way, leaning MOR.

John - CP4
Weighed out all his options, inluded his relationship to Shambo, and narrated the plan and his decision with it.
I see no N, his worries about the votes were practical.

Laura - CPN4 or MORN4
The major target of the episode, N for all the content slandering her.
She showed a little bit of insight, but when compared to how central she was to the story, it was minimal. Leaning MORN.

Mick - UTR2
Kinda was shown talking to people... kinda. Def less content than Jaison.
Won immunity, which was not central to the story.

Monica - CP3
Had her plan to save Laura, seen conspiring with Foa Foa.
Actual insight involving why she was scheming, Monica talked about Monica. I appreciate her smarts.

Natalie - UTRP1
Was the boot target.
What stood out was her grateful narration about the reward. Gets her the P but not central to the story.

Russell - CP5
Duh. We were in his head every step that he took. And he sure takes a lot of them.

Shambo - OTTN4
Evil cackling, set against Laura. Wants to vote Laura out, really hates Laura.
Even if Laura was negative, Shambo can be too. See Sugar versus Randy during Gabon. Both earned N ratings.

This episode was intriguing though. I am most curious about what Jaison's and Laura's concensus will be (even though Laura's doesn't really matter).

The winner's choices sure are shot to hell though, aren't they?

There's Russell. He's a dominating presence like Todd, Earl, and Yul but he breaks all visibilities precedents and is uncommonly negative.
There's Jaison. He's got solid ratings and numbers, but had a nothing special first episode and had a nasty OTTN/MORN part of the season.
There's Mick. He was really good. Until merge. UTR in the merge kills you, just ask, oh, I don't know, Bob, Parvati, Todd, JT, and Tom, all of whom earned CP strings at merge.
There's Monica. She hasn't been INV1... and that's it. Nothing else either. Breaks all precedents.
And then there's Natalie. She also breaks all precedents.

I'm sticking by Jaison. He's the next best thing that not Russell, and I feel that overly dominant airtime is deceiving. I'd be confident in him if he'd be getting CPs, but he's not.
So Russell is still creeping in my mind. I cannot fathom that super distraction winning. It would be... revolutionary.