Count me as one of the ED faithful. I find that he really is the only player who realizes that the rules of real life do not apply in the house, it is it's own entity entirely, and thus the lines of appropriate/inappropriate social behaviour are a lot murkier.
His strategy may not be the best, as it certainly looks like his time is up, barring a miracle... But man has it been entertaining. He has systematically hunted almost every person in the house and taken them down in one way or another... He has rattled every single player he has set out to and although the results don't necessarily show immediately, he plants the seeds that do damage in the future. For instance, the Eric/Amber situation will likely blow up again very soon; and he is definitely setting things up quite nicely for Danielle and her allies to have a fighting chance - exposing the lies and manipulation within the LNC... By the time he is done, the nerd herd will be beaten almost into submission. They will eat themselves alive (hopefully).
He is also far and away has been the best player at reading the game and the different situation/controversies that have arisen. Really the only mistake he has made was last week's elimination, and unfortunately for us viewers, and CBS, he will be out because of it.
It would have been interesting to see how Dick would have faired without the Danielle distraction that has put him at a huge disadvantage the entire game.
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