‘The Anonymous’ Recap: ‘Divide & Conquer’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

THE ANONYMOUS -- "Divide & Conquer" Episode 108 -- Pictured: (l-r) Marcel Cunningham, Victoria Vesce, Bismah Ahmed, Andy King -- (Photo by: Rico Torres/USA Network)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Eight of ‘The Anonymous’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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There comes a point when we are playing a long game, be it board game or something more complex, where we make quite the decision. In that, we see the home stretch ahead of us, we have an idea of how we might win and that prompts us… to just go for broke and try to win the whole thing in a hurry. Because once you’re comfortable and truly feel as though you have a handle on everything… why not just go for it and swing for the fences? If anything, this particular moment is top of mind today… simply because so many had that epiphany and made that call during last night’s episode of The Anonymous on USA Network.

But before we get to how that happened, and what that may mean for the competition going forward, we do need to take a moment and talk about that Marcel cliffhanger. For ‘Divide & Conquer’ informed us in its opening moments… that Marcel is someone who might want to play the lottery regardless of whether or not he wins this competition. Because he landed ANOTHER Safe Box in the Face-Off, and despite Nina’s best efforts to remove him from the game, she could not. Because he had that immunity and that led to a little bit of shock in the house, the kind that seemed to settle down as the game moved onto a very healthy team competition. Wherein Nina led the group to win a fair chunk of change to be entered into the pot.

However, while it was nice to see Marcel survive to battle another day, and enjoy a great challenge, make no mistake about it… that go for broke mentality was brewing. Because it seemed as though, the exit of Xavier, a competitor that everyone both feared and admired, inspired so many to go for it. As though it was now anyone’s game for the taking and that led, to some surprisingly spicy moments in this show. Wherein everyone began to fire off an agenda and attempted to curry favor to that agenda. For instance, Jack was all about getting Victoria out of the game as quickly as possible, loudly declaring why and how it would benefit him, and there were others eager to move Bismah out of the game. 

Which brought about, the spiciest chat we’ve seen to date on the show. Because everyone understood now that they could use the shield of the chat to just let loose and really poke people and shift about attitudes and conversations and that truly led to some bold moments, some fiery words and ideas and outright chaos at times. All because everyone wanted to fill that void that Xavier left and take control of the game. To the point where some of the folks that we’ve yet to see really flex up on the group, did so here, such as Andy. Who fired off some incredible shots and even put himself up for elimination to try and win The Anonymous and shift the balance of power and well, that fire and that desire to take control, brought forth seven people for elimination. Three of whom, Bismah, Jack, and Lilly, were at real risk, as a result of the free for all present here.

But while we wait to see if the push to get Bismah out pays off, as team voting has in the past, or if Jack’s attempt to seize control will cost him the whole thing, or if Lilly has finally run out of goodwill at a time when everyone is trying to kick their own agenda into overdrive… we can celebrate one epic episode. Because wow, this one truly put us on the edge of our seats and informed us of how everyone is ready to step up and claim their prize, and truly… nothing will be the same going forward. Because now, it is clear that everyone understands this is a game, and that they have to play it as such and be as cunning as can be, and well… it should be interesting to see what the landscape of this game looks like going forward. Now that everyone is ready and willing to do what must be done to win this game. Until next time.

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