The circle - final week

[jay55]

New thread, if we can stay awake to find out what happens...

Can't believe Pippa and Femi are getting it so wrong, AGAIN.

I find it interesting that femi and pippa have brought the originals together and made them all focus their guns on the newbies.

If they’d did lots of chats and been nice, arse licky and funny they’d have stood a chance, the originals would still be focused on their petty arguments, but they literally made themselves rhe new target.

@jay55

Can't believe Pippa and Femi are getting it so wrong, AGAIN.

Yes, they look so completely delighted with their scheme - have to say I'm delighted they are being played by the OGs.

19 episodes in and a fun episode. Enjoyed that and stayed awake.

Will miss Scott. Liked him a lot.

Alice is really petulant - pp was spot on with that word also scathing about everything and everyone - very unlikeable from my POV, maybe not everyone obvs.

Femi and Pippa had that momentary ‘if they are being genuine’ but it was immediately buried under misplaced puffery. Poor fools.

Pippa would have been better on her own. Femi's really poor at this.

That was a really good episode. I will be interested to see who the influencers are tomorrow...but surely either Tom or Alice will be blocked.

Perhaps the Alice fella came in with the attitude that so near the end he'd no chance, so it was shit or bust with a controversial persona.

That was the episode of the season - almost the episode of all seasons. Have we seen OGs put their heads together to play the newbies before?

I don't care about curtains of blond hair, but Natalya is scarily smart, and ice cold, too. I don't see how anyone could maintain such a pretence. Hashu really is adorable. Andy, bumbling, lucky so far. I have nothing to say about Manrika.

Bring on this evening!

telling you are right I like his game play - it’s how he is when speaking to himself out of the chat that I find perplexing.

mayidestroyyou completely agree best perhaps if all seasons (although there was some Tim/woody action from season 2 which was very memorable in a different way). I was desperate for manrika to realise that Tom had contacted her and to ‘see that and understand that’. It might soften the Natalya/Manrika awkwardness that they’ve had some proper fun together whatever.

I love Hashu/Syed so much. Absolutely rooting for him to win. I admire Manrika's moxie and will be glad for her if she wins but she's got so paranoid and in her own head now I'm not sure if she'll make it. Andy is a lovely guy but too boring to win. Natalya/Felix could be a dark horse but what DRAMA if she won! The newbies are irrelevant though at least they're stirring things up.

I missed tonight’s annoyingly.
I was hoping it’d be repeated on 47.

Who did Scott/dot visit?

I did start to warn to him and as another poster said he would’ve been good from the beginning

Can you not watch it on All 4, Rummikub? Was literally a gamechanger - it felt as if there was a true, verifiable evolution in contestants' understanding of how the game might be played. Obvious once it's thought of - but I haven't seen them do it in any other season. (Though I skipped the Celebs.)

I’ll check that out thanks! Does sound like I missed a key episode!

Total aside...anyone know what colouring pens/pencils Manrika was using (when she started the game player chat)

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Can you not watch it on All 4, Rummikub? Was literally a gamechanger - it felt as if there was a true, verifiable evolution in contestants' understanding of how the game might be played. Obvious once it's thought of - but I haven't seen them do it in any other season. (Though I skipped the Celebs.)

Oh absolutely, the penny totally dropped didn't it!

I reckon pippa knows they have been rumbled, she said “do they suspect it’s us” and then femi kept saying “if they are genuine” which leads me to believe pippa has said they are playing us, and the producers are making it look like they are all swept up in it.

She’s also a lot less animated and looks a bit peed off, I’m not sure she likes femi.

I wonder what Natalya’s motivation was to go on the Circle .

You don't think that's obvious, Newpuppymummy? I'm thinking her 'Military Police Around the World' TV show has already been commissioned ... (Judging by the swooning displayed by posters on this thread. )

I'm not feeling the Natalya love. I find her dull and she's also blank behind the eyes. I think she's pretty, but again I'm not seeing what some of you see. I won't go any further with her looks, as I'm not sure why everyone is focusing on that, it's just not how I form opinions of people.

I would love Hashu to win, but really wouldn't mind Manrika or Andy winning. They've both played the game well I think, in different ways.

Agree Nataliya is quite boring and monotone. Also one minute oh I feel so guilty next minute "hope we can carry on this after we leave here" I mean wtf. If she's gotta do what she's doing carry on...but making promises for after is a step to far. I just couldn't keep that bullshit up. She's played a good game as she's still there. But it's not nice.
Femi and pippa should have used a different tactic not the Gemma one to obvious.
"Alice" is just there for the beef. I think they should have bought new players in before the last week though as it's pretty obvious how it's going to go. #whathebloody

I am really enjoying watching both Felix and Syed. Manrika has played the game well and so I don't feel too sorry for her being fooled by Felix. I think it's Hashu I want to win ultimately, he seems lovely and has been really good fun. Can't wait to see his reaction when he discovers that Felix is really Natalya!

I suspect hashu/syed will possibly win, Andy, whatever newbie and possibly manrika might vote for him. Manrika may vote for felix but I could see her voting for syed. Felix will also possibly vote for him, but I suspect likely she will vote for manrika. It’s hard to tell.

Why anyone would go on the show is quite obvious...a hundred grand is a huge prize, and also if they wish a tv career, then they get the air time. I imagine they all want that.

Hashu will definitely win the viewers prize (if there is one).

Dot being shown the other contestants
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