Time to predict and vote and argue again. As we do.

Medevac Scenario Game

After our traditional Hiatus of Respect, we’re back at it with evac scenarios with John looking to tie things up.

Current score: Andy 3 John 2

Predictions

Andy: Sometimes previews misdirect, sometimes they play it straight. If the preview were suggesting that Tai, or Debbie, or Jason, or Obvious Winner Michele™ were in trouble, I’d pay less head to it. Because it’s not so much that it hinted that Julia might be in trouble, it’s that it featured Julia at all. We’re at the point in the season where “this episode is about Julia” = “Julia is going home”.

John: Michele is going home. To us, she’s the secret, under-the-radar leader of the women’s alliance. (Cydney is just the figurehead, obviously.) But that’s just because the edit is hiding her glory from us. It’s impossible for a big personality playing such an active role to hide during the actual game, so everyone there knows she’s a huge threat. And they’ll neutralize that threat immediately.

Emma: Given his cocky edit, I think ​this​ week is finally the one where Nick will… Wait, what’s that? Nick got voted out last week? I was… I was right? Okay, hmmm. That changes everything. I shall use my newfound power to hope the women’s alliance holds strong. Everyone is against Jason and Scot at this point, so they split the vote. Super idol, shmuper idol. Tai voted for Jason last week, so Jason plays his idol before the vote and Scot goes home. Maybe someday someone under six feet tall will be on the jury.

Mark: This has to be the week where my amazing Pick-6 team hits the buzzsaw. Even if the girls are mad at Julia for cozying up to Scot (as hinted in previews), I’m not sure she votes with the guys in the end. (And even if she does, Joe counteracts that vote, as we saw last week.) So as revenge for their assholery, I can see the girls targeting Tai and Jason now that everyone knows about the super idol. That super idol could save either of them, but I don’t see Jason using it on anyone but himself. Exit the best player in the game in a 4-3-2: Mark the Chicken. Wait, sorry, Tai. America cries and viewership plummets 30%.

Matt: Okay this week it is everybody against Scot and Jason but some of the people in the middle are getting a little big for their britches. The brains want to take back control of the big alliance and need to eliminate someone on their side and don’t view Scot and Jason as threatening enough to target. Meanwhile the brains wanting to make an in alliance power play try to enlist Scot and Jason for one vote and they want Cydney gone for betraying them. And so Cydney goes home blindsided by an unlikely alliance. Either that or Michele goes home. Definitely Michele. My pick is Michele

	Andy	John	Emma	Mark	Matt	Readers
First Elimination	Alecia	Alecia	Alecia	Alecia	Darnell	Alecia
Second Elimination	Cydney	Cydney	Cydney	Alecia	Alecia	Alecia
Third Elimination	Debbie	Joe	Joe	Liz	Joe	Joe
Fourth Elimination	Caleb	Caleb	Neal	Caleb	Caleb	Caleb
Sixth Elimination	Neal	Joe	Nick	Nick	Neal	Nick
Seventh Elimination	Peter	Joe	Julia	Peter	Peter	Peter
Eighth Elimination	Aubry	Nick	Nick	Joe	Joe	Joe
Ninth Elimination	Cydney	Cydney	Nick	Debbie	Michele	Nick
Tenth Elimination	Julia	Michele	Scot	Tai	Michele
Score
Preseason Winner Pick	Peter	Michele	Jennifer	Michele	Peter	Jennifer
Midseason Winner Pick	Tai	Michele	Aubry	Michele	Tai	Michele

Winner Prediction

Look, we all know that the answer is Michele. No need to get all ranty about it.

Who was the Week 8 MVP?

As suggested by commenter Roswulf, this might be the far more interesting discussion than trying to read tea leaves on the winner. So have it, who had the best week? Use whatever definition you want to make your vote. And comment below if you’d like to further the discussion.