Re playing the other side - I'm not sure myself. But I would say that there isn't much real chemistry between him and Holly. One scene last night was of the two of them in bed, Holly on top, kissing on him. And his hand is just laying there on the blanket! Whatever he's feeling, it's not anything hot or steamy! If I was with a guy, we're in bed, scantily clothed and kissing, if his hand is laying listlessly to the side of me, that would be the only hint I'd need that I wasn't "all that and a bag of chips" to him! But Holly is not a very bright young lady.

Scott apparently is VERY much aware of his neutral status and is doing it for the reason of not pissing america off.
Yes, I think Scott is trying to keep whatever shreds of dignity he can muster, and avoids the extremes of the "originals" and their unbelievably juvenile and ignorant behavior. But he certainly isn't garnering any of my respect. How can you sit by and listen to what these people say, the cruel ways they taunt Dave, Charla, Tara and Keith, and not speak up?

The question with all of these reality shows is always: "How far will you go to win?" Will you lie, and to what degree? But what the originals are doing is beyond mere lying - Amy envisions this as "good vs. evil" but she's got it backwards and thinks she's on the "good" side. She reminds me of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," where suddenly his handsome facade begins to decay, revealing his grotesque and repulsive inner self. Amy's lank hair with it dark roots and bad original dye job, her pitted face, her makeup all smeared, ice pack lumpily sitting on her head, as she sits in a drunken stupor after having hit her head on the bottom of the pool - she's just so pathetic, as are Beau, unDesireed, and Holly.

MJ