Great drama tonight, as Lex discovered what we've known all along-- Rob is simply not to be trusted. There was obviously some out-of-game dynamics involved in Lex's decision to help Rob last week, but he was a fool to confuse the game with real life. Rob's making no such mistake. Banking on Rob's good will-- without even hammering out the details in advance, but just taking it on faith that Rob would make good-- was just insanity, regardless of their relationship outside of the game. Lex himself turned on Ethan. This seems like a bit of poetic justice. And much as I'd have liked to have seen Lex win, he brought this on himself when he got rid of Richard, then Colby, then Jerri. By the time of the merge, he'd killed his own cannon fodder.
I think Rupert also made a very naive choice in bringing Amber along with him to the reward-- a choice which didn't further his standing in the game at all. His alliance with Jenna was already strong, and Amber is never going to choose Rupert over Rob. Rupert might have been wiser to take Kathy, Shii-Ann, or Alicia and forge his own alliances, waiting for the opportunity to drive a wedge into Rob's inner circle. Except, of course, he thinks he's inside that circle.
Posted by Peter at April 9, 2004 12:27 AM"Except, of course, he thinks he's inside that circle."
Sad that Rob needed a prompt from Kathy to even remember Rupert's name when attempting to list off the players in his alliance. I think if Lex and Kathy had discussed the transfer of immunity with less emotion and more thought they might have been able to create enough confusion with the last minute swap to throw Rob's plans in disarray. Maybe not, but now Kathy certainly faces an uphill battle to stay in the game much longer.
Posted by: Brian L on April 9, 2004 5:16 AM