Could be, although I am in the camp of shying away from basing the boot choice on the title. The Souvenir could be related to a battle scar. They knew when titling it, I am sure, that people would think it was about Colton, and they know people are watching to see him get booted. So I feel highly cynical about the title and view it as manipulation by the PR machine.

I try to keep some trust in game logic. Monica has stated that the girls know NOTHING of Colton's disgusting attitude towards minorities and they don't know what Leif has been through. They don't know how Jonas might feel. Tarzan was supportive of Colton.

Basically, the girls could have leverage if they had seen the Bill TC, but they don't. They also don't know if the guys on Salani are going to want to reunite. The men have achieved a majority again, and Christina now knows that Colton has not been playing the game to become a girl at first opportunity, because he betrayed her and Monica, as did Alicia.

The logical target for Christina is not Colton. It is either the "keep the strong" appeal to go after Tarzan, or it is "boot a woman, but not me, go after Alicia who is seducing Colton away from your group."

The Alicia vs. Christina storyline was set up big in Ep 1, and it should come to a head in this episode, as we do know there is a TC.

My prediction is that Leif and Jonas don't want to make a move to anger Colton if they are not going to boot him. They also don't want to flush the HII, because the HII is a tool they hope to use for their alliance when the merge comes. They probably don't like either Christina or Alicia.

I feel like Christina's story is done, whereas Alicia's probably has legs into the post--merge, as does Colton's. Tarzan's story could also be wrapped.

I don't make much of the coffin shot with Leif. I can see how the editors would like having the material and adapting it to their message of don't get comfortable. Leif could get himself in trouble as he did lose their trust, but I think he is a hard guy to stay mad at and is trying hard to make amends. I think he will be a liability in a challenge that requires speed getting up to the platform, but he's not always a liability for all challenges.

I think this episode is not being hyped as much as it could be if it marked Colton's demise. Jeff's tout is actually not a big hype. He is going for the angle of Survivor history, not focusing on some BIG HUGE thing that will be emotionally satisfying or outrageous. His tout was emotionally flat.