I was lukewarm on Hyongchul (sp?), but his betrayal of Eunkyul was really well done and made total sense for him long-term. I think Eunkyul's bet there is highly questionable, as he comes into the episode saying Jiwon and Hyongchul need to be split up. Even though he suspected Hyongchul might be lying, he had a big enough lead that he could have risked less and still been in okay shape. I guess it ultimately boils down to how much he trusts Hyongchul, but I have no clue why he had much reason to trust him, so it seems poorly played to me.

Amazing game design and the makeup of the remaining cast should make it really interesting. I think most people will end up with a lot of information so Yoohyun should probably have a good shot based solely on his (presumed) bet-sizing edge.

Stoked for the Hyunmin/Dongmin F2 alliance but we'll see how long it actually lasts. As of episode 2 I'd definitely take back what I said after the premiere about Dongmin being an even wolfier version of Kim Gura. Dongmin's got a very real chance to ship this thing imo.

Simply put, this is one of the best episodes of reality television ever produced. For this show to have such an insanely strategic, emotional, perfect episode this early into a series is unbelievable. I mean, it took Survivor at least 14 seasons for something like this to happen, and it's probably more like 20 when you look at the complexity of the entire situation.

Sangmin is incredible. There's really no other way to put it. He's one of the best reality TV characters in history, and he's absolutely tremendous at the game even though he's downright mediocre at the matches (i.e. he's not good at figuring out the angles of the individual games, but he's so good socially and at the actual "big picture game" that it doesn't even matter). All I want is for him to learn English and get randomly dropped into the Big Brother house one summer. He would destroy everyone. Ultimately, I doubt he'll end up winning this season of The Genius, and he needs to get Jinho out ASAP, but...my God, what an unbelievable two games he's played.