First off...they indicated that Erin's best friend knew Rob but he sure didn't act like he'd ever seen her before. What's up with that?

Second, the producers can do whatever they want and though they do have a heavy hand in influencing these people it doesn't even come down to that. From watching the show that started it all "The Real World" on MTV, I've seen that the trick is to ask the right (or more importantly wrong) questions, or ask over and over and over again till you get the answer you want or several sound or video clips that closely resemble the answer you want and then EDIT the whole dam thing to look however you want it.

I'm not letting Erin off the hook for her desire to prostitute herself to men she doesn't even like for the million but some of it is editing to make it appear the way they want us to see it. As with anything though, they can't force her to be a complete money hungry slut...she was that to begin with..they just exploit it for the purpose of what they consider "good tv".

Since it's not a true competition where the outcome rests solely in a competitors ability to perform a task or impart some knowledge ..they can mess with these people and tell them whatever they want as long as to a general extent they're telling them all the same thing. No one has gained an advantage though Ms. Erin may lose a bit of hers. I believe that they've been trying to get the guys to realize that Erin's not being straight with them and that something is up to increase the chance that whoever she picks will shock the sh*t out of her and take the money and run.