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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (532)	2/13/2004 6:38:52 PM
From: E	Respond to of 2981

Oh, you're just jealous because Rupert is so darling. My hands are over my ears and I'm saying lalalalala any time you say things like that. About Hatch? It's a game in which the most likeable players are likely to lose, unless they know how to exploit their likability, the way Tina (I HATED HER) did when she beat that sweet guy who was such a fool to take her to the final two by acting as though they were such deep friends he would be a bad person to chose the one he could beat. (Same trick was pulled on that poor clueless girl scout leader who screwed herself at the end by being nice.) The interesting thing about Hatch is that he doesn't pretend to be nice, or trustworthy, or helpful, or anybody's pal. It's odd that it's so effective. I mean, people have often been kicked off because of personal animosity. I wonder if by acting so obviously like a sh*t, he defuses paranoia, which can then attach to others. Being the Fish Master doesn't hurt.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (532)	2/13/2004 6:53:09 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2981

About Jenna, I feel ambivalent. She made the right decision in going home, but absolutely the wrong one in leaving when her mother was, as she knew, on her death bed. She made a reference at the end to "even if she doesn't know I'm there," something like that, so clearly when she left, she had said goodbye. It did affect other people, her changing her mind, so I can see them being at the same time sympathetic and annoyed that she'd left with exactly the same information she had when she arrived. She'll never be sorry she left, though. Still, I think she owes her teammates an apology for having misjudged her emotions beforehand. I have a teeny bit of a suspicion that wanting to get the hell out of there (it was being physically more grueling than the earlier series) had something to do with her departure. The other side of that suspicion is that you can believe, when you're strong and healthy and at your best, that you can handle a hard thing like saying goodbye to your dying mother, knowing, and accepting, that when you come home, she's likely to be gone... and then, weak and exhausted and emotionally fragile, the same prospect that you faced with inner strength earlier could be absolutely more than you can bear. And in advance, you wouldn't know how changed and weakened you could be by physical and emotional stress. Hatch, it ain't about liking him, it's about appreciating the way he plays the game. I think what's interesting about the show is the interplay between the two. If you don't like anyone, there's no one to root for. Go Rupert.