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Okay, after seeing the end of the episode (15 minutes ago for me), Joel doesn’t seem that dumb - his plan did work. I still don’t like him, though, because he’s arrogant and power-hungry.

Loved, loved, last night's show. I like the fact that this group, at least most of them, have some idea of how the game is played and strategy. Joel saw Mikey B taking control, didn't like it, and took some risks to upset Mikey's plan.

Also, did you notice, Joel didn't vote for Mary. He voted Tracy. He knew he didn't need his vote to eliminate Mary and now can truthfully say he didn't vote Mary out. Don't know if it will actually do any good, but at least we're seeing big-time gameplay on the "Fans" side.

On the "Favs" side, I'm a little surprised to not have seen more gameplay, particularly on the "couples" alliance side. They have placed huge targets on their backs and should get picked off one by one, starting with the girls (Parvati first). Course, things can change in a hurry.

Any way, I'm liking Joel and Alexis on the Fans team and the Jonathan/Ami alliance on the Favs. Oh, I almost forgot Cirie. She's gonna be a wildcard this season and mix things up, I predict. She's very good at gameplay and a likable person.

I believe this will be a very, very good season.

That could come to backfire on Joel, if his tribe discovers that he didn’t vote for Mary himself after he was the one to engineer the whole plan to get her out. Of course, this is assuming that he didn’t tell the tribe beforehand that he personally wasn’t planning to vote for Mary.

I’ll say this for Joel, though - he’s not afraid to take risks.