Overview

• Veterans and Australian players have coalesced into a cross-country alliance that appears poised to steer the endgame.
• A key contender revealed powerful protection to secure loyalty, leading another player to physically tear a Knowledge Is Power advantage as a trust test.
• Uncertainty persists over whether damaging or splitting an advantage’s parchment actually voids its effect under the show’s mechanics.
• The production’s handling of a quitting gambit drew public pushback from host Jonathan LaPaglia, while an executive producer defended on-the-fly rule changes.
• The season enters its final stretch with a small jury forming and just two episodes left, elevating the stakes for jury management and rules clarity.