I thought the most interesting thing last night was the contrast between how the 2 veterans reacted when they were offered an F4 deal: Mike took it, Penner came across a little cocky and blew it off. Wants to play the lone wolf (or has a secret deal we don't know about). It was edited for the audience to be surprised and show Penner's missed opportunity. See below for Dalton Ross' take it on it.

My take: Great episode for Mike. Not so good for Penner (and this is coming from someone who loves Penner). Then in the preview, we see Penner getting a little testy with Lisa. Hope that doesn't put a target on his back.

There was a part of me that sighed when Denise/Malcolm/Lisa/Mike made their F4 deal, because "alliances revealed" surely means that at least one of them won't get that far. But nice to see my 4 favorites getting together.

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From EW:

Did I just see what I thought I saw? Did Jonathan Penner just turn down a promise for a final four alliance? Did he really just tell Skupin and Lisa that he wants to take it one thing at a time and not commit that far down the line? Penner? Seriously? Well, I certainly did not see that one coming. JP is clearly playing the long game. Instead of just looking to get to the end, he wants to make sure he has the jury votes to win should he get there. And that means not backstabbing the people on that jury. But that doesn’t even come into play if you don’t make it there. According to Lisa, “I think he missed an opportunity.” She and Skupin then headed to the woods and made their final 4 alliance with Malcolm and Denise instead. And I am very, very curious to see how that decision will end up shaking out for Penner in the end. The general rule of Survivor is, if someone offers you a long-term alliance, you accept it (even if you do not plan to live up to it). We’ll see how this alternate approach plays out.