- If Natalie had voted for Liz she'd have to answer to Russell. In the long run, he's a much stronger ally than her "sister". He had asked her if she could vote out friends. She proved herself to him.

- Of course Liz knows now. The problem is that Russell knows she knows. Bad, bad move. Remember Natalie approaching Jason about the Micronesian idol? She said something like: "I don't know if you have the idol and I don't want you to tell me but I sent you to EI to give you a chance to find it so we could work together."
Liz HAD to say something like that or say nothing at all.

- The impact of the RC editing is that we didn't see Natalie fail.

- Even with that picture? Just kidding. Monica looks good but she's not a smart player. To paraphrase her answer to Shambo: "It's just a game, pretend you like her."

- Laura was judging someone she knows. I'm judging a character on TV. I don't know Laura but the editors wanted me to see a judgmental bitch and nothing else of her. I call 'em as they show 'em.