(Alternative title: Just Malin It In, which is both how I feel about this season and what Mr. Please Don't Take My Coaching Away did on his last HoH question. Most blatant competition throw since Dirtalie.)

Parts of the Internet suspect the rats made one last desperate attempt to intervene and save Janelle yesterday -- by putting all of Dan's alliances out in public. Right: all eighteen zillion of them. And how did they do that? They leaked at least part of his DR session over the cage's audio system. No word on just how much or what got out: the feeds were cut when Malin rushed to stop the broadcast. (Gawds only know what goes into his DR sessions. He may have realized immediately that as a rat tactic, it's one which leaves everyone vulnerable.)

So Dan may be in some degree of difficulty. It's not necessarily immediate and it obviously had no influence on the vote, but hamster reactions seem to indicate at least part of his dialog was significant. Hamsterwatch noted that the last time we had a DR public audio leak, it was also with Dan, in his original season -- and then went on strike. She feels, quite accurately, that this was a rat trick and they could have stopped it immediately for a wrong-button push. They wanted Dan to be heard, and so they made sure he was. Too much producer manipulation -- she needs a few days off.

They're dropping like hamsters.