Talk:Can We Pause? I'm So Confused/@comment-26485526-20190815044945



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

Beautiful episode Matt, just beautiful! I've said about as much as I can say about ______ in my comments below and in the past few episodes. She was just a terrible, fake, game-bot and I'm not at all upset to see her leave. As someone said this episode, I'm surprised she didn't short-circuit when swimming.

Sadie well and truly owned this vote, and I love how she was aware enough that she caught on that Kurtis & Winter were emotional enough to be swayed enough by Elaine to want to keep her around. This was definitely the right move for her because I don't see Elaine ever working with her in the game should they both stick around, and for being part of "The Trio," that makes her one of Elaine's targets in fact. However, although they couldn't trust Elaine as far as they could throw her, I do think Winter & Kurtis would've been better off voting Leilani because she is in the stronger position and is a bigger threat to win, who probably will be coming after them in the future.

Touchy Subjects was really well done, and playing off of that, Calvin really impressed me this episode. You can see that he's thinking for himself more and more, and I love that he's wanting to take more agency in the game. It'll be super interesting to see where his character goes now that his BFF is no longer around!

I loved the scene where Winter admitted her feelings towards Kurtis, and I love that he took it so well and it didn't affect their friendship in the slightest. It just makes me love them both more and more as characters. It sucks that I'm getting the feeling that they will be split up in the very near future with Kurtis specifically taking the fall, but I hope that Kurtis specifically can manage to wiggle his way out of it, because I do feel like he has the more interesting relationships in the game given his connection to Heather, while I feel like Winter's relationships have mostly run their course now that she's opened up to Kurtis.

I also loved the evolution in the relationship between Leilani & Sadie and their awkward interaction when it came to repairing their bond. I was a bit caught off guard that Sadie was so stand-offish there, when she admitted she was hoping to reconcile with Leilani herself. But I guess that's what happens when Sadie's in a pissy mood, and I get that she wanted to approach Leilani on her own terms.

Whatever happens next, I'm sure you'll do a great job with the rest of the season, and I'm so excited to see what happens next!

CAST RANKINGS:
 * 1) Kurtis Hansen
 * 2) Winter Alan
 * 3) Heather Clarke
 * 4) Sadie Collins
 * 5) Calvin Huang
 * 6) Logan Simmons
 * 7) Tyrone Laurence
 * 8) Leilani Arthur
 * 9)  Jason Sanders 
 * 10) Nigel Jackson
 * 11)  Isaiah Peterson 
 * 12) Naomi Davidson
 * 13)  Inez Montero 
 * 14) Deidre Ryans
 * 15)  August Brown 
 * 16)  Adrian Morris 
 * 17) Elaine Nguyen
 * 18) Chris Taylor
 * 19) Gabby Ellis
 * 20) Rachel Berry