You are right, michel, and, as always, looking at the editing "big picture". I agree with you 100%. My comments tried to look at the betrayal aspect from Brenda's point of view as we go to the finals as well as how humanizing her earlier might have taken something away from what looks o be a Cochran or Dawn win. I do think that over reaching everything in the edit is the mission to keep Survivor "viable" in these difficult times. I have thought from the first time they appeared that the two dolphins swimming together juxtaposed with the group minded school of fish have always been Dawn and Cochran going to the end together. The lack of focus on Brenda gives us a clearcut underdog victory if gawky little Cochran has come back from his first season to triumph now.

I think that Dawn's comment along the lines of acting and not allowing others action to determine her fate will prove prophetic when the final votes are tallied. I don't know what comments we weren't shown from TC, but the editing showed two of the three "traitors" (Dawn and Sherrie) affirming how loved Brenda was after her decision to give up reward and that it should go far in helping her stay in the game. Only Cochran is shown saying "Sometimes the easy choice (or was it obvious?) isn't always the best one."