Man, wish Neal had given Aubry his idol! Loved the drama of that whole scene. He is definitely a very interesting guy and would love to see him back.

Great episode for Aubry and Michelle. Thought that Aubry's final confessional was especially strong. Earlier in the season she gave us the theme of emotional intelligence, and this episode she really set up the need for perseverance against the odds (also in the recap). We are definitely meant to be rooting for her as underdog.

Michelle's confessional that there's no way Jason or Scott will get votes was very astute and perhaps foreshadowing. She continues to tie into the theme of letting the overconfident men think they're in charge. I'm sure this is what Cydney is counting on as well.

Cydney's edit is definitely picking up -- she continues to be portrayed as smart and shielded from the bullies and sounds like she might be fed up with Jason. Wouldn't count out Juiia yet either.

Bad episode / SPV for Debbie. She has no self awareness and appears to have overplayed her hand.

Jason and Scott have reemerged as bullies and were also called idiots by Nick. Seems no way either of them can win, although I could see one of them as the loser at FTC.

So next week we have 3 Brains vs. 3 Brawn vs. 4 Beauties who may or may not be on the same page.

P.S. Steven Fischbach had a funny tweet that this season should be called Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty vs. Bacteria.