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I haven't had a chance to read everything written here, but here are my preliminary ratings for Episode 2.

Timbira

Candace: CPN5 - She explained her decisions about most everything and we were able to see her logic, even if we weren't meant to agree with her. I don't think she was obviously negative, but it was clearly there (most notably her reaction to the idea of a beach fire pit).

Coach: MORN4 - I've only watched once, might consider CPN4. He wasn't really shown doing anything other than arguing with Candace. He trusts Brendan when he shouldn't. He wants the weak to go but votes out Candace who was perceived by the rest of the tribe as strong. He wants the weak to go but was highlighted by Probst as dragging in the challenge (I think he was the only one to get negative SPV in that challenge, but I'd have to rewatch to be sure). He might make it far, but his winner's chances aren't looking good to me.

Sierra: CP3 - She told us her place on the tribe and what she needed to be done. She explained why she had Brendan help her look for the idol, she explained why she thought it was too dangerous to continue searching for it, and she correctly assessed her position going into tribal. I don't see the "P" from her this week though, most of her portrayal seemed very factual to me.

Debbie: UTR2 - Okay, so she was there this time, but I'll eat my hat if she wins. I don't think she should get an N for "telling on" Candace (we certainly weren't supposed to root for Candace to stay over Sierra) or being "fooled" by Brendan/Sierra (in fact, she was shown to be very positive throughout that entire encounter).

Tyson: UTR2 - He was in two scenes which didn't really affect the story. He's visible without being too much in our faces.

Erinn: MOR3 - I'm really going to have to rewatch this after looking at the visibility chart. I just felt like she was one of the more visible ones after the immunity challenge. Very MOR stuff: short surface-level strategy talks with the boot of the episode and the rest of her tribe and a TCQ which I feel gets answered every season. Although I'm not really crazy about her winner's chances right now (I think she's probably around the middle of the pack for winners).

Brendan: CP5 - Oh man, he just seems to be in with everybody. Sierra trusts him, Taj trusts him, Coach trusts him… We got inside his head a ton, weighing in about Sierra, his chances in the game, and the opportunity to be on Exile with Taj. I don't think his edit was particularly manipulated to be P, he seemed to be presented as simply a rational thinker.

Jerry: UTR2 - See Tyson.

Jalapao

JT: MORP2 - The scene with Stephen seemed to present them both in a very positive light. He was the country boy who knew what he was doing out in the wilderness, the effective leader that Coach could only wish to be.

Stephen: CPP3 - Shown overcoming his first impression of JT. He elaborated on how his friendship with JT and his perception as a goofy right-hand man could benefit him in the game of Survivor. I might be projecting my own view of these two in my "P" tone, but this scene just screamed positive to me. I appeared to me to be almost sitcom-ish, two friends from completely different walks of life joking and having fun together.

Spencer: MOR2 - Narrator? He gave us the line about Sandy being next and then in general seemed to be the narrator for the termite scene. He disappeared with the rest of Jalapao after the immunity challenge.

Taj: CPP4 - She had plenty of glory shots in the challenge throwing every female from Timbira out of her way. She explains her awareness of her standing on the tribe as the wife of a famous NFL player. Then, she explains her strategy to get Brendan to give her the clue as well. I can't point to any specifics for the positive tone; with her generally happy demeanor, it's hard to separate Taj the person from Taj the Survivor character.

Sydney: UTR1 - Bye.

Sandy: UTR2 - Wow, I've never seen anyone throw out more winner's quotes than Sandy. This is an absolutely great cool down episode for her and absolutely what she needed to have any chance at all. She expressed relief after the previous episode's tribal council and after winning immunity. I think she also got a few lines about holding Erinn down (or maybe Erinn said something about Sandy holding her down?). Either way, she was nicely weaved through the episode without ever being an overbearing caricature. I wouldn't put her on my short winner's list yet though.

Joe: UTR2 - Well, here's what I wrote for last episode about Joe, I think it sums this episode for him up pretty nicely as well: "Was going to give him a UTR1 before watching a second time. I really can't remember a thing he said or did, despite having 12+ sentences and a confessional." Things do not look good for Joe.

Winner's List:
Strong Contenders:
Stephen (strong game awareness, we know who he is even though he has not significantly impacted the immediate storyline)
Tyson
JT (similar to Stephen with less game awareness)
Sierra (the editors seem to go out of their way to make sure we know why Sierra does everything she does. She's been fairly visible but as a major part of the first episode twist and a potential boot, she's actually been decently well hidden)

OK Contenders:
Jerry (pretty much here on account of his episode one confessional)
Erinn (the editors are definitely making an effort to make sure we remember Erinn from both episodes, the same can't be said for Sydney/Debbie. The TCQ she got let us know her stance without an actual confessional)
Brendan (poor episode one + great episode two)
Taj (same as Brendan to a lesser extent on both ends)
Spencer (closer to a narrator than a winner)

Not willing to eliminate yet:
Coach (He's always wrong. Always. Not to mention arrogant and just downright creepy.)
Sandy (I eliminated her last episode, thinking she was too big of a distraction, but her cool down seemed to be edited with care)

Eliminated:
Sydney
Joe
Debbie