At the beginning of this episode, the five 'at risk' players were having a discussion between themselves and wishing eachother luck. It was either Woody, Georgina, Paddy, Ella or Jan who would have been blocked from The Circle...
In the hangout, both Tim and 'Sammie' had to make the difficult decision of blocking another player from the game. They discussed each of the players; with 'Sammie' trying to protect Georgina and Paddy, and Tim trying to save Ella and Woody...
Tim said that he felt Georgina was 'positive, brave and cute' - which was an amazing thing for 'Sammie', as Tim had basically saved one of his crew automatically, and he just had to fight for Paddy! In terms of Woody, 'Sammie' felt like she had to say nice things, to keep Tim on her good side. She said that she had nothing bad to say about Woody and couldn't be letting him go during this blocking...
In terms of Paddy, this is where 'Sammie' had to try and use his tactical powers to persuade Tim to keep him in the game. 'Sammie' admitted that he really liked Paddy and didn't want to lose him from the game. Tim said that he obviously wouldn't be able to bargain about trying to get rid of Paddy...but that meant that all three members of 'COT' had made it into the final 6!
Next, they both spoke about Ella. 'Sammie' decided to go first, and said that she felt as if Ella was the biggest gameplayer, wanted to be 'best friends' with everyone including him, Tim, Georgina and Paddy and started calling Jan 'Momma Jan' after two conversations with her...Tim said that he hadn't yet seen this side to Ella, and would want to have a private chat with Woody to discuss the possibility of blocking Ella. Tim then said to himself that he feels like he had made friends with a 'monster'...
In the end it was Jan who was blocked from The Circle. I think it was because she wasn't in 'Sammie' or Tim's little clan...so she didn't have anyone to side with her or fight for her to remain in the game!
Jan decided to go and see Tim, and again, they were both delighted to find out they were both real. We saw them having a short discussion about Jan's time in the game, and the rooted him all the best for the rest of the game!
The newsfeed was updated, and both 'Josh' and Jan's video messages were showed to the rest of the players...
There were several private chats that took place after Jan's depart, including one between Tim and Woody...Tim explained that he met Jan and they both spoke about trust. He warned Woody to make sure that he protected himself and Ella at all costs, but didn't reveal why...tim was referring to the fact that 'Sammie' wanted to try and get Ella blocked from The Circle, but didn't want to go round spreading rumours.
Ella was also caught in a private chat with Georgina, speaking about both of the most recent blockings...Georgina admitted that she felt awkward trying to be friendly with Ella when she was part of a crew who were trying to get her out of the game...but at the same time, the connection they have with eachother is genuine and she's in two minds about what to do. She also said that she feels like a snake for being on both teams, but she's not a snake...
And finally, 'Sammie' decided to pull Tim for a private chat to discuss the last blocking decision and that Tim pretty much made the decision of who to block without much input from her...Tim hoped that his decision of blocking Jan was the right decision and that he hopes he wasn't too forceful with his thoughts...He decided to tell a porky pie but saying that Jan gave him a second opinion on tactics for the game, but in reality, Tim still has his suspicions around her. They are both playing tactical games, but they're both playing for different sides!
The final game in this episode was called 'ISN'T IT FUNNY?', where each of the players were able to ask a question beginning with 'Isn't it funny', but in anonymous mode...They would then all be able to discuss the question and try to work out who was asking which question!
Woody - 'Isn't it funny how Ella's never mentioned what she does for a living?'
>She replied and said that she's a 'jack of all trades' but primarily works in customer service.
Paddy - 'Isn't it funny how Woody and Ella never seem to have a bad day?'
>They both agreed that they're both just genuine people, and Ella added that she's pretty much a happy person most of the time...
Georgina - 'Isn't it funny that Tim is so naive. He thinks everyone loves eachother in here, and is so genuine, but not everyone is...?'
>He was taken back by that question and said that he doesn't feel like he is naive at all. He presumed that either 'Sammie' or Georgina would have asked him that question...
Ella - 'Isn't it funny how @'Sammie' thinks the way you spend your prize money after The Circle, is more important than the impact you've had in The Circle?'
>'Sammie' wasn't very happy with this question, and I think she assumed Woody may have asked it...
Tim - 'Isn't it funny how @Ella has more than one bestie?
>Ella wasn't sure who asked that question, but assumed it could have been 'Sammie'...and continued to answer the question by saying that she's not trying to be everyone's friend, and in the real life world, she does have a lot of besties...
...And last but not least, 'Sammie' - 'Isn't it funny how you're using Woody? Saying he's your best friend in here, something you have said to multiple players past and present?' #MommaBear #BiggestGamePlayer
>Tim knew that 'Sammie' had definitely asked that question and Ella thought it could have been Paddy, but 'Sammie' wanted to try and cover her back, so put in the group chat 'Keep the positivity babe', hoping that nobody would suss her out!
The final part of the episode saw 'Sammie' invite Georgina and Paddy to one final group chat. 'Sammie' explained that he thinks he may have persuaded Tim to think twice on Ella and trust 'Sammie more'...when in actual reality, he now trusts and admires Ella that little bit more...
'Sammie's last words in this episode were 'Let's get the little dogs to big bogs, and we'll bring Tim with us'...So... 'Sammie' is hoping that the final four are her, Georgina, Paddy and Tim...But let's find out in Thursday's episode and see who gets blocked before the live final of The Circle...!!
At the end of the episode, we found out that each player would receive a video message from somebody close to them...
To watch The Circle live, it's on every night (apart from Saturday), Channel 4 @ 10/10:15pm!
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