The Circle Series 2!

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The Circle is back on tonight (Channel 4, 9:15) and I am soooooo excited

The sound wouldn't work for me but Daily Drop is Juicy!

Agree. Feeling Tim may be smarter than Sammy thought. The total personality change may have fooled Georgina and Paddy but not Tim. He would have been better just sewing seeds of doubt about Ella and accepting Jan going. Hope Ella stays, not that I want her to win as she is snaky and brown nosy but she's not a psycho and maybe means her bland platitudes at the time

Wrong thread 😳 I have asked for it to be removed

Think the producers have been steering James in this direction. It's too swift a change to be all his idea.

Lol wine - I wondered what I'd missed for a minute there .

Alex/Kate said he had no contact with anyone once in there. I can see the logic in the alliance with Georgina and Paddy as the other 3 seem a definite group who like each other, but not in the total personality change. Sammy got to be an influencer because the others saw her as likeable. She should have stuck with that with Tim etc and tried to be more likeable and trustworthy than Ella and hoped next time Tim would rate Sammi higher than Ella

Is anyone else a bit concerned about James psychological state? He seemed almost manic last night, and I think he talks as though he actually is Sammie now which is worrying.

Yep a little. Maybe just the way it's edited but I said earlier he was behaving like the Messiah

He's quite good at convincing people of stuff - definitely in the right job as recruiter!

Sammie does seem to have a personality transplant. Maybe because the end is getting near and he is desperate to win. Maybe he thought he would confidently win, after all, who wouldn't like a single mom with a cute baby, and now he realises his initial game plan isn’t working.

I wondered whether the producers have suggested a revolution,to spice things up.

I'll be so happy if Tim sees through Sammie. Agree that Georgina and Paddy will be upset when they realise that they've been completely manipulated by Sammie and also think Georgina will regret how she is being with Tim as he seems totally genuine.

Damn that daily drop clip looks good.
I couldn't love Tim more.
#whatamigonnadowhenthisshowisover?

I do think there's a lot of off-screen encouragement from the producers to create drama.
I also think it was the producers who told Paddy not to reveal his disability and then when to share that photo. There's also been a few other instances that seem slightly dubious and like someone behind the scenes it pushing the show in a certain direction.

I really liked Georgina at the beginning but her inability to see that Georgina was a bit dull and not contributing much in the circle and that was why Tim blocked her not nastiness changed her. I think she did the nasty pic of Woody too which made me think her judgement was poor and she was vicious with the wrong people, but it's probably easy to say that from here.
Wish Ella would reveal more of herself than the superficial best friend to all facade and say what she likes apart from whatever that music I'd never heard of was. She must do more than listen to music and shout

Yes I agree regarding producers inteference. I also think that its a no brainer that Jan will go tonight leaving the other two cliques going against each other into the final. The main difference appears to be that Tim, Woody and Ella all appear to genuinely like each other whilst the other three arseholes are only in a clique because they need to for self preservation.

@doublebarrellednurse the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, definitely.

I can’t believe the change in James. Really quite startling. I like the Woody/Ella/Tim trio so much better than the revolutionaries

You do remember that Ella said if she were secret influencer she would block Tim? No so nicey nicey in that trio after all. At least the COT is upfront about what they're doing!

I think Woody and Tim are genuine in their approach of kindness and friendship. I don’t think Ella is the same though, I think she is playing a game. That was shown by her conversation with Josh and Sammie/ James is right that she claims to be everyone’s ‘bestie’ and brown noses to everybody to stay at the top. I have no doubt she would work to block the competition given the chance and I think that was obvious in her blocking of Brooke - Tim took all of the flack for that but actually Brooke and Ella haD appeared to be getting on very well in the days before the blocking. I think Ella was concerned about Brooke & Georgina’s friendship and, realising that Georgina was the more popular of the two and that Brooke was an easier targets she had been doing a lot to undermine Brooke’s character when anonymous in games (Eg: her portrait of Brooke) which ultimately led to her convincing Tim that Brooke deserved to go over Joyce. I think Ella has a huge game plan but, unlike Georgina or Paddy (who I think are also genuine) is too savvy to say anything about it on air because she knows about the public vote. I honestly think she is the most manipulative on there, to the extent that she has even manipulated her public view.

Well doneTim. Won that battle.

Sammie looks defeated.

Wtf why did he let that happen

James is coming across as deeply unpleasant here to be honest

That was quite fascinating. James is so competitive!