Touché', in. re semantics. We are not using the term “perfect” in the same way.

And I'd like to find another more exactly appropriate description than “perfect”, but I can't. Well, maybe “Flawless”?

Admittedly, if one's idea of a perfect game is one in which the player controls every aspect of every other player's game, and always makes the others do what they would have them do, then Denise's game wasn't perfect. Her self-control was flawless, but she couldn’t control the others, she could only try to influence them.

But if the idea is to always react to circumstances that aren't in anyone's total control, and always make the more rational decision, and on occasion even make a brilliant maneuver, and if the series of ensuing events results in a win, then that person's game has to rank somewhere close to perfection.

And I did not see Denise make a mistake. I regard her efforts to evade the enmity of most of the jury and blunt the hatred coming from Abi as semi-brilliant. The final vote was evidence of her effectiveness in that regard.