Deal or No Deal Island

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Reality-competition series are a lot like group vacations.

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But if they make a Good Deal, they choose who to eliminate next.

The final player meets the mysterious Banker in person and hopefully wins the games total pot.

Their feeble attempts at strategy?

The gorgeous Storm Wilson, whom a couple of competitors nickname Box of Rocks?

So far, Davids on the same page.

But is the skill gap as wide as it seems?

So begins the trouble.

That way, whoever grabs the Steal case would know who holds the highest value.

This sounds smart until you remember that teammates can always swap cases.

Still, David is appalled to see both of his teammates swoosh down the zip line immediately.

Why wont they listen?

Do they evenknowwho heis?!

As several contestants point out, this makes absolutely no sense.

Any high-value case would be higher than the most valuable medium-value case.

But what can you say?

Lukes the kind of floppy-eared guy who says things like, No risk, no reward, baby!

You simply cannot talk logic into this person.

His is a flame that can only extinguish itself by burning too bright, too fast.

And so, Luke grabs the $450,000 case, dooming his team in the process.

Heres the thing, though: David screws up, too!

Still, theres at least one tantalizing mystery on the horizon: Who is this seasons first female banker?

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See you all next week!

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