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The Case for Jaison:

Episode 1 - Early on, we learn about him from his comment about how most people wouldn't pick him for a swimming challenge, based on stereotypes, but he's a champion water polo player. He got positive SPV from Mike, being surprised based on those same stereotypes. Then he got the confessional reflecting on Russell's sabotage, having had his socks burned in the tribe fire. Jaison has a connection to the theme of race, which dominated that early portion of the premiere for seemingly no reason, given how quickly Ben was expelled. And Jaison's sock-burning helped to explain Jaison's later whininess down the road. He really should've been given an MOR, and possibly even a P tone, for this episode.

Episode 2 - Jaison is introduced as Russell's tightest ally, one that he actually takes seriously in comparison to his "Dumbass Girl Alliance". Jaison actually gets the first real positive SPV from Russell in this episode. Jaison is the first one Russell shows the idol, and we're always getting into his head about how the alliance with Russell will work out. This makes Jaison look good because Russell actually had to EARN his trust, again in comparison to the "Dumbass Girl Alliance". When Ben is an asshole and Mick defends him, Jaison knocks down the biggest asshole of the season. Jaison also shined in direct contrast to Ben in his assessment of Yasmin's visit, saying that fighting won't do anything, but fighting to win challenges will. Again, solid episode for Jaison.

Episode 3 - This one is easy. This is Jaison's heroic episode. While everyone is just willing to go along with Russell and take out Ashley because he wants her gone, Jaison is the first (and only) person to stand up and go against Russell's wishes, and still survive. He fights against evil racist Ben, and he comes out sounding amazing and eloquent compared to the racist on the other side of Natalie. At this point, I would say he's the most positive character left in the game by far.

Episode 4 - After a huge episode 3, Jaison gets a cooldown. Russell calls him a baby for complaining, but Jaison's complaints are justified later on, and are justified by the fact that Russell burned his socks. Still, the N is appropriate for this episode. Jaison, however, shows just how much struggling Foa Foa has to deal with for several episodes, so I don't really think he's dealing with a redemption arc. His "this is the worst decision I've ever made" could be doubt, or could be means to hide him, or hell, it could just be an ironic clip brought up in the finale. The fact is, Jaison gets decent screentime in the first episode where Foa Foa doesn't go to tribal council.

Episode 5 - Again, another episode of Jaison complaining. I admit, things looked bad in episodes 4 and 5, but they could've easily shown him complaining as a voiceover. They've done it before. Instead we got a close-up of those creepy, pale hands, proving just how tough life really is, and just how tough he has it himself. He re-iterates his statement about being on the water polo team, but says Survivor is tougher. Wouldn't him surviving and proving that it's possible to survive the harsh elements make a great storyline?

Episode 6 - Jaison gets more introspection about how he wants to find the strength to pull through a tough time like the one he's going through. During this episode, Jaison also narrates the sadness of losing that pizza reward that they more than likely would've won, due to Russell S. getting medevaced. He even goes out of his way to say he hopes Russell is okay. I'm not entirely sure why he earned an N for this episode, because he really wasn't THAT bad. When he laughed in the water, it was better than Mick saying he wished he'd been voted out like Ashley. When he complained about the loss, we're supposed to feel for Foa Foa, because they just can't catch a break.

Episode 7 - This episode is a bad one, the OTTN. But at the same time, the stuff that made Jaison OTTN is kinda stuff that HAD to be shown. He was physically weaker and fell behind in the challenge. As such, he was the decoy boot that Liz tried to get the tribe to take out. This was the low point of his journey. But even here, he showed a tremendous amount of self-awareness. He was ashamed about his own performance. We heard how he felt he performed badly, and that earns him a little respect, since he didn't try to hide his failure. At tribal council, he reiterates this: he messed up. We've seen plenty of players blatantly fuck up and then try to deny it, but Jaison owned it. To me, he was less than OTT. Maybe CP/OTTN. But this edit wasn't as bad as it seemed.

Episode 8 - Jaison starts off the Foa Foa rallying cry this episode after an abysmal past few episodes. This doesn't feel like a true redemption, because he's not really on a journey to make up for his earlier fuck-ups. Jaison called out Erik for being full of crap and actually put the events of the episode in motion. We didn't need to see that. We could've been shown SOLELY Natalie's role, but we got Jaison pushing for Erik's boot. And then Jaison has his big confrontation with Erik at tribal council, where once again, he is the hero fighting against the big bully. And by the end of it, Erik even respects Jaison a little bit more for fighting so passionately. Jury connection? I think so. He said he would be happy leaving once Erik is gone, but he's still here three rounds later.

Episode 9 - Jaison gives positive credit to Natalie for her rat-catching. Jaison is also the first person we see learning about Russell finding the new idol. This goes back to episode two when Russell found the original idol and told Jaison. Recall that Mick seemed to have replaced Jaison around episode 4 or 5, but here we have Jaison seeming to be Russell's right hand man. Not good, but not a bad episode either. Jaison continues to remain on peoples' radars.

Episode 10 - Jaison has his first scene of non-Russell strategy (alongside Mick) where he talks to Monica and he puts himself in charge, saying that they can take out John if that's what she wants. Not a lot of substance for Jaison this episode, but I feel like he needed somewhat of a cooldown, especially going into episode 11.

Recap - Jaison had a scene left out from that third challenge (where the Ben/Betsy storyline was much more important) where he got into a fight with John (that didn't come up again), and he got a great introspective moment about why he needs to win. Again, he has a negative moment, but he understands that and knows that he made a mistake and needs to work on changing it. Now, not a lot of other info, but Jaison had that important scene, and who knows what the importance of the recap is.

Episode 11 - Jaison was majorly P again this episode, as he has been since the merge. He sacrificed for his tribe in order to make sure that he would have a better chance of winning immunity and preventing a Galu from winning immunity. He's upset with his decision, because he's hungry, but his exact words were that he needed to make a sacrifice for the good of the alliance. Once again, Jaison gives a confessional about how he may be annoyed with someone, but he's not going to go out of his way to alienate that person (Shambo) unnecessarily. And Jaison wins immunity, making him the big hero in order to guarantee that at the least, Dave wasn't immune to alienate Shambo. And then comes Jaison's crowning moment, where he shows intelligence and awareness of a potential problem down the road while Mick is willing to go with whatever Russell wants.

Overall, Jaison has a great edit. Very solid numbers. Very positive in those first three episodes and since the merge. And the negativity between those times is backed up by the harsh conditions we see in the environment (episode 4 is the ONLY bad part about Jaison's edit). He's been very introspective throughout the series. He's never been arrogant and he's been a very heroic character overall. He's got a connection to the early theme of race in episode one. He has proven himself strong, a survivor of the man test (somewhat). He seems like the best fit, Edgically. Russell is right behind him and Mick is third, but Jaison's the only one who fits both the criteria of strong story, and balance to his ratings.