Syed and Manrika had to make the difficult decision of whether to block Andy, Dorothy or Felix, and in the end they chose to block DOROTHY. She explained 'I was so f*cking close' and Manrika explained that Felix was going to be devastated. Syed said that he couldn't believe Dorothy had to go, adding 'Felix you better be worth it man'. Felix admitted that he was glad to have stayed, but Manrika had saved him for all the wrong reasons. Dorothy explained that she could go and see Andy, admitted that Manrika was going to be shocked and that although Syed would be terrifying to see, he intrigued her the most and Felix was the guy that she trusted the most, calling him an 'absolute legend'. In the end, Dorothy decided to go and see Felix, another catfish in The Circle and they were both shocked to see eachother. Dorothy a.k.a Scott and Felix a.k.a Natayla had a chat about how much they were supporting eachother in the game. Natayla explained that she was in the army, and playing as some random army guy, and Scott admitted that he was Nanna Dorothy's grandson. They both agreed that they loved Syed as he has been really honest and open! Felix went on to explain that he was close to Andy at the start, and even realised that Manrika was having issues with him. He added that almost every girl relationship Manrika has had in here, she ended up blocking with Dorothy/Scott saying that 'it's a game...have that in your mind. Go and win it for me!'. Felix said 'Im so glad he's a catfish!' so I'm sure they'll be friends on the outside!
Andy explained that he has started to crawl back up the ratings, going upto 3rd, and was grateful that the 2 people he gets on well with saved him. The newsfeed was updated with Dorothy's video, and before it played, Syed said that he was almost 100% sure that she was real. They were all shocked that Dorothy wasn't who she said she was, but Manrika explained that at least she was able to learn more about her, whether she was a catfish or not. She added 'we're down from 7 to 6...so just 5 people to beat!'. Manrika invited Felix to a private chat saying that now Felix has lost his biggest ally, she needs to try and be the replacement for him. Manrika began to open up and explain that she wanted to win so she could 'try and take away her worry' from her Mum, adding that 'if Felix isn't real, I'm actually going to scream!'. Felix explained that 'we're all playing a game in here, so I hope she understands this' with Manrika explaining that it all comes down to the final rating, and people would vote for who they think is worthy of the prize.
The players were then involved with a game called 'Getting Blanked' which would see the players having to fill in the blanks of sentences. Tom explained that he needed to get Andy, Syed and Manrika to doubt eachother...Syed's statement was 'BLANK should not trust BLANK' and he filled in the gaps to make the sentence say 'Andy should not trust eating chicken vindaloo...' and although the comment was anonymous, Andy knew instantly that it was Syed. Alice's statement was 'BLANK is the player I would most like to BLANK' and filled in the sentence with the words 'Felix is the player I would most like to leave The Circle' as she wanted to cause some drama. Tom's sentencewas 'It's so obvious that BLANK is a BLANK' and filled in the sentence with 'It's so obvious that Manrika is a game player after what she did to Gemma' which didn't go down well with Manrika. Andy added that he wanted to believe that 'none of us have written that'. Felix explained that Gemma did go whilst one of the newbies was in the game, and Andy said that he was sure one of the new players is infact an old player, to which Felix agreed with!
Felix explained that 'operation suss the newbies out starts now', but before that plan was put to action, Tom decided to invite Manrika to a private chat to see if she was feeling alright afer several of the other games that had been played. Manrika explained that Gemma was a catfish pretending to be an NHS nurse, so that's why she blocked Gemma, and admitted that it was the only thing she did to Gemma. Tom explained that Manrika's confession helped him to build the story up backwards and being nice to her; therefore 'playing her at her own game'. At the end of the chat, Manrika stated 'I love this guy's energy...these 3 boys more than anything know why I'm here, and I'm hurt that one of them said that'. Felix also started a private chat with Alice, admitting that she was 'starting to have very strong decisions...' and that 'little old Alice there is spiking my interest right now'. After a girly squeal which Felix said 'that was a girly squeal, Felix would not do that', he began asking Alice some probing questions, including what her job was and what she studies. Alice explained that she was a Chemistry teacher from Manchester, and it came to Felix's attention that a previously blocked player, Pippa...a.k.a 1/2 of Tom, was in fact also from Manchester, so he decided to bring her name up in conversation and Alice questioned 'who is Pippa??'. Alice ended the conversation with her feelings about Felix, stating 'does Alice now like Felix?...No...'.
Manrika started a group chat with Syed, Andy and Felix called 'The Game Player' to see which one of the OG players had made that comment about her in a previous game. Felix stated that 'hopefully she's not accusing any of us', and it was Andy and Felix that seemed to agree that the new players could in fact be previous players, with Manrika saying 'oh my God, this makes sense! Andy added that he thought they were all being tested to see if they would not turn on eachother, and it was Manrika's smart suggestion that led her and Felix to go and question Tom, and for Andy and Syed to team up and get the low down on Alice.
'The players were all invited to a 'Going Wild' party, with Syed explaining that he was ready to go wild and Felix hoping that it was an animal dress up party! Whilst they were all dressing up as animals, they were all involved with a game called 'Animal Instincts' which Felix admitted sounded a little kinky. They had to each vote for the players are different animal personality types. The first was 'vote for the top dog, and Syed got 3 of the other player's votes' including Andy and Manrika. Felix was voted as the 'biggest weasel' by both Andy and Syed, as the 4 OG's wanted to throw the scent that they were all working together, with Syed adding that this 'falls in with the family feud plan!'. Alice admitted that there was definitely beef between Manrika and Andy, and Manrika stated that 'the newbies have come into this close knit circle family, and being like...what's going on' adding that this is gonna really f*ck with their heads...
Manrika decided to finally invite Felix to a private chat, to 'make the preist confess his sins'. Manrika discussed that they should go into a conversation speaking about him officiating her and Felix's circle wedding, and then go on to explain that they've fallen out with some of the other players. They invited Tom to their chat, with Manrika's opening line suggesting that she would 'more than likely need to use your services one day', and explaining the new arguments that had happened between the other players, with Manrika stating that she knows Felix would not have said anything nasty about her. Tom stated that his plan had worked, if they were being serious and there has actually been a riff between the OG's. Felix asked if Tom had any suspicions of any of the other players, but he seemed to deflect the question. After the chat, Manrika said 'we seem like the dream team don't we' and Felix called one of om's answers 'wishy washy'. Manrika also explained that the chat went well, kind of how she wanted it to go, adding 'I feel like we've got Tom on side'. The Circle's alert also revealed that the final blocking from the game would happen in tomorrow's show (Episode 19), so let's see who makes the final 4/5 (depending on whether there is a single or double blocking!).
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