u/Echon07

I feel like Jared NEVER intended on making so many fan characters 💀 Considering the fact that these 6 have consistently gotten MUCH more focus than the other 6, I feel like these 6 were the only ones Jared had originally planned to create, but he wanted to include more favorites, and wanted an equal number of fans and favs, so he made the others to just be filler boot characters, and that's why they were all booted so early, before most of the favorites.

This especially feels like the case because these 6 have really good dynamics together as a team, and have been consistently well written.

Like, bro, just how lazy are the fans? 😭

I genuinely don't understand why they made Spencer so dumb this episode. Like, how did he think this was a good idea? "With a slimmer majority, I've secured my importance to Rosa's game." Okay... but even if Lake, Rosa, and Ally all vote with him, that's still 4 against 4 and he risks a tie breaker, but after his stunt, he's losing Rosa and has fully lost Lake.

But if I had to predict, to keep Spencer from being obviously eliminated next episode, Spencer will convince Natalia, Fiore, and Ally to vote off Lake, while Rosa and Lake vote Natalia, and Tom and Gabby vote for either Spencer or Fiore.

I'm personally hoping for an alliance between her and Spencer. I feel like they could have a really good dynamic. I imagine Spencer would approach her start of next episode applauding her for finally making a big move and "playing like a true finalist," and then he'd offer an alliance with her, which she accepts thinking that he can help her become more strategic and better at the game.

I think this would also align with his whole "time to step back into the light" confessional, and also knowing that Bruno will be an unreliable ally if his beef with Lake ever comes to head.

Ara's definitely manipulating Nura, but I feel like she does still like Nura to some extent. They definitely do vibe well together, as shown off last episode. The question is how much of this is just an act?

I think this is the first hint that she has some sort of trauma. I'm guessing probably from her parents, who constantly pressure her to be the best. As a result, Ara learned to do the same thing to others to try and boost herself up. So she's basically like Amity from The Owl House.

Benji wants to work with Rosa's alliance now after she helped him feel more confident, but Ally insists on staying with Natalia's alliance. But Benji puts his foot down and says that he's voting with Rosa whether or not Ally will join him, to which Ally says "Then I guess this'll be the first time we vote on opposite sides," making them both sad, but they both promise that no matter what, they won't target each other. Ally then has a confessional saying that if she can't rely on Benji as a number, she needs more leverage in the game, which means taking out Benji to get the idol for herself, even though it kills her to do so. She tells Natalia that Benji flipped and that they should target him since he'd be the easiest to beat in a tiebreaker since it's now 5 vs 5. Natalia is surprised that Ally is flipping on her number 1 ally, but she thanks her for the information and agrees with the plan. At the elimination ceremony, Benji is shocked to hear his name, and he looks over at Ally, teary-eyed. She just grimaces and looks away, being totally unable to look him in the eye after her betrayal. Natalia wins the tiebreaker and Benji is bummed, but Rosa assures him that she believes in him and encourages him to pursue his comics full time. Benji looks over at Ally and solemnly says "I guess this is goodbye then," but she still refuses to look at him, actively holding back tears. Then after, she has one more confessional, crying, and saying "I won... but at what cost?"

Perfect kickstart to her arc

They NEED to do at least one double elimination this season, and this literally would have been the PERFECT opportunity to do so! I genuinely cannot understand why they didn't just do this 😭 They literally kept Evie another episode for no reason at all

Sam is very clearly NOT actually flirting with him for real. He's clearly annoyed and only does it to distract him to win the challenge.