Whatever it is, I can hardly wait! The more or less tribal predictability was beginning to be somewhat of a bore. My enthusiasm has now rebounded higher than the mountain the Boran tribe climbed!!! I loved Jeffie's not so subtle hints about tribal math followed by his evil smile and devilish comment to Silas at the end of TC that the Game is always changing, or there's always someting new in the game, or some such statement!!! Then, Silas' village idiot grin made it clear that the comment had gone right over his head. Great TC!

I agree that Silas and Lindsey will soon be sweating bullets. Interestingly enough, I also think that Braaandon and Kim P will be in a world of hurt. Here's why...

It is clear that the tribes are in for a shake and bake of personnel. I am pretty sure that Jeffie or MB will not dictate the actual people undergoing the transfer. Logical procedure since there is 6 and 6 is to vote/draw straws/or whatever for 3 people from each tribe to trade places. It doesn't really matter how the tribes are split, even though it would be fun to figure out. There are only so many ways you can cut this pie and all of them appear to work to the detriment of the Subaru tribe.

Subaru matrix...

If the tribes get to decide, I would bet the GXA alliance would select Frank, Teresa, and weak-ticket Lindsey to go to Boran. The cocky GXA will gamble on getting one or more of the younger Boran members, and they will probaly think they can give the new younsters a necklace and have them join the GXA at the local Mall. They will also think they will have Lindsey as a mole inside Boran...whatever good that might do (ha!).

If they have to do some sort of random chance the split could leave Subaru with either of the following three splits:

GXA 3/OFA 0 or GXA 2/OFA 1 or GXA 1/OFA 2.

No matter how you cut it, Frank and/or Teresa will be able to let the other side know about the votes against Silas and Lindsey. In fact, since it would be in their best interest to do so, they almost certainly will. No doubt they will also reveal how weak Lindsey is and how treacherous and lazy the rest of them are. The Boran tribe is Frank and Teresa's only hope to stay in the game now. Regardless of what happens to F and T, they will almost certainly bond well with any of the Boran folks and will arrange to vote off (at the first opportunity) whichever GXA is most vulnerable.

Boran matrix...sort of...

Boran is another matter entirely due to their solid tribal bonding. Chosing three will be tough. Do they keep the strongest together? Do they try for some balance? Do they select those who will be lease likely to benefit Subaru? They are clearly aware that there is some division in the Subaru tribe, so do they try to plant a young mole? Any psycologists out there who can help chew on this???

If they have to chose, I would guess they would likely send MamaKim, Kelly, and Tom. MamaKim and Tom would bond with either of the OFA left in Subaru and Kelly could be the mole with the younger group. This split would weaken Subaru while giving M,K, and T a pretty good chance at survival. At the very worst it would be a 3-3 split...and none of these Boran members has any votes against them as opposed to Silas and Lindsey.

Ethan, Lex, and Clarence would maintain a solid base at Boran and this would almost force Clarence to walk the straight and narrow to maintain his alliance since he has votes against him and is a known food thief, which would not play well with any OFA members coming to Boran if it were leaked to them. As mentioned, either F or T will bond well with these three guys and will be able to set up a four or five vote alliance to eliminate the GXA intruders to the Boran tribe.

My read is that the GXA is in deep trouble! Can't wait to see what the rest of you think.

There are going to be GREAT episodes comin up!!! I look forward to the rest of you folks' thoughts and speculations. We are in for an interesting week as we wait for next Thursday!