To tell you the truth, the guys of Lopevi did have it coming to them. By fixating on voting off all of the younger guys, Sarge, Chad, and Chris had themselves believing they were in command of the game. They were so sure about their numbers, they voted off a guy right before the merge. Rory came back during the merge and properly warned them about Ami, but the former Lopevi didn't do a good enough job of securing their female votes, and so the purge began. Once again, Julie pulled off a brilliant strategy move by telling Twila that she was not the only one that the guys offered a final four deal. When Twila never called her on that bluff by checking back with the guys, it opened up the door for the situation we have today.

Now, in a perfect Survivor world, all hope would not be lost. Anybody who is enough of a schemer should realize that there is a chance to divide and conquer. The problem is that there is a decidedly unschemerish attitude among the Lopevi. Sarge has not come to grips with his new minority status in the game, and is constantly fixated on the estrogen level in the camp, as if giving them all testosterone and having a hairy chested Julie and baritone Eliza is going to make anything better. Chad seems like a nice enough guy, but if he is going to get himself out of this hole he has to pull a Charla and exploit his handicap differently abledness. Scout has had cancer and a knee replacement, LeAnn is missing a kidney. You would think one of them would relate to Chad. I sometimes think Chris is a schemer, because he did pull a little magic the first week staying off the chopping block despite being unable to beat Scout in a challenge. I think Chad is a little too preoccupied in keeping his golden locks free of split ends than he is of trying to shake up the current situation.