Part 3: The Jury Takes Control

Jaison's question is a doozy, although you can't deny that he's still got a bond with these guys. He asks the three to give them information about who they really are. "If not, I will," he says. So, Natalie says she's unemployed, Russell only hints at being a businessman who's been successful recently, and Mick talks about still being buried in medical school debt. Jaison's point? "No one is broke. I think you guys should look at other criteria." Smart.

Shambo's questions are, on the contrary, quite aggressive. "I would just like to apologize to America for dismantling Galu," she says, before calling Mick's game "feckless"--Mick, that word means "incompetent" by the way--and Natalie's as being more about hanging on Russell's word. Natalie's other strategy: play up the fact that being an aggressive female player spells doom. "I had enough intuition to see that the most aggressive women get voted off!" she goes.

"I call it major BS," Shambo says. "Natalie, Mick, there's no way you're getting my vote."

Brett asks Mick one question: if they were to go on a bro-date together, what would they do? "I'd whisper sweet nothings on your ear," he quipped, before turning serious. "We'd check out the news, grab some pizza, talk about girls and sports and stuff like that." Brett isn't really convinced, it seems. "I just wanted to see what level did you invest in myself during the game," he explains.

Kelly's first question went to Natalie, who she notes was very similar to her. "I don't think you ever own the field," Kelly claims. "Maybe I'm not as good as the others, but I did do things on my own and I'll tell you I got better in the game," Natalie answers.

Her next question went to Russell: "You've said many times that you're going to lie, cheat and steal to win. Does it apply in real life?" Russell answers in the negative. "The three most important things for me are honor, integrity and lotalty," he answered.

"It's hard for me to sit here and believe that from you," Kelly answers.

Monica's also not going for Russell, outright calling his game dishonest--but he isn't convinced about Mick and Natalie, either. So why do the others not deserve to win? "Natalie ... only aligned with Russell all throughout," Mick claims. "Russell was willing to lie to people. That doesn't deserve a million bucks."

"You pit people against each other, too," Russell tells Mick. And then, to the jury: "He didn't mind if I was being the snake. The two honest people"--referring to Mick and Natalie, of course--"we're congratulating me. They were both following the snake!"

Dave only had a mathematical question: what are their chances of winning? Mick pegs it at 20-25 percent; Natalie at 30-40 percent. Russell? "It went down to around 55%," he says.

Laura's question is aimed at Russell: what made him target her for elimination? "You're the biggest threat from Galu," he answers. "Whether that's true or not I don't know, but [if things went differently] you'd be here right now."

Next: Erik gives us the best foreshadowing tool.




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