LAST EDITED ON 04-09-16 AT 03:32 PM (EST)Great info, as always, Flo Po!
This next episode should be interesting since on paper we have 3 brains v 3 beauty v 3 brawn, or 5 women vs. 4 men, but we know it's a lot more complicated than that. Seems to me that Tai and Cydney are the keys to the next vote.
Michele/Julia are a pair
Jason/Scott are a pair
Aubry/Debbie/Joe are suddenly looking to be in a much better position vs. last week
It appears Tai and Cydney could be free agents
Then we have 2 idols (Tai + Jason), plus possibly a new one hidden from Neal
Cydney has 2 potential options -- she could stick with the girls, or she could try to pull a Tony V. and say to Jason and Scott, I had to get rid of Nick, he was coming between us, and go back to her original Brawn alliance.
Re Tai: According to Nick's post-game interviews, Tai voted Jason because he thought that's how the girls were voting. But he's been shown to be close to Scott too. Like Julia in the promos, is he with the girls or he is trying to play the middle? He needs to land somewhere or he's going to be in trouble, because he's already shown himself to be a challenge threat and he's definitely a lovable jury threat. The girls would be silly to keep him around for too long but will they all underestimate him?
Julia could just be trying to flirt and get intel on the idols in the promo scenes with the guys, or perhaps she and Michelle will try to play the middle girls and the guys / and the Brawn and Brains. We've seen Michelle and Julia talking about jury management and also the importance of showing their moves, so I think their best target right now is to get rid of Cydney or a Brain (Debbie or Aubry). They were worried that Jason and Scott would come after them if they made a move too early, but we also know they'd love to sit at the end with a bully guy. It's interesting that we haven't seen much of Tai and the Beauty girls lately.
Tai's idol decision seems to be the lynchpin!