Big Brother 14: Off What?

     I'm finding it hard to get these things up, so I'm skipping the live eviction journal this week and just doing a summation of my thoughts on what was easily the best episode of the season.  The look on Danielle's face when Dan got rid of Shane was amazing.  In all honesty, I don't know if I should be lauding Dan as a great player or deriding Danielle and Shane for being so stupid.  Dan pulled off the biggest move of the season, bigger then getting himself off the block, and while it certainly took a great deal of skill to pull off, I'm not sure anyone but Danielle would have fallen for it.  I'm sure some will argue that it was a season long's amount of work building trust with Danielle that allowed Dan to trick her like that, but I just think she's stupid. 
     What rational reason was there for her to take Dan off the block?  She knew he wasn't going home.  Shane was voting Ian.  So why would Dan want to be off the block?  That should have been a huge red flag for her and if she was smart at all she would have been adamant that Dan was safe and she was keeping her nominations no matter what he said.  I just don't understand why she thought Dan had a need to be off the block other then to have control of who went home.
     Let's not leave Shane out of the conversation either.  My favorite quote of the season so far was when Danielle brought the idea of taking Dan off the block up by asking, "Should we take Dan off?"  And Shane's reply was, "Off what?"  I don't know, you idiot, maybe it has something to do with the game you've been totally immersed in the last month or so.  As much as I don't understand why Danielle went along with this scheme, I understand even less why Shane did.  I don't care how much I trust someone, if they are deciding to put me on the block in such a fashion, I'm yelling at them not to.  Shane just sat there and said whatever you want, Danielle.  Why would you put your fate in someone's hands like that.  I would have not left her side for a second after she brought it up, making sure she realized how stupid and needless the move was.  Shane has no one to blame for going home but himself.
     Almost as precious as the look on Danielle's face, was Ian's realization of what was going on.  When Danielle pulled Dan off the block, you could see the amazement and relief in Ian's face because he knew he went from being voted out to still in the game.
     Dan is exactly in the spot he wants to be in.  If Ian wins, he most likely keeps Dan around.  If Danielle wins, she most likely keeps Dan around.  If Dan wins, he takes Danielle with him.  He has a lot of blood on his hands, so he knows his chances of getting jury votes is probably slim, but he has pretty much guaranteed that he at the very least wins second place money.  He played a pretty perfect season and should now go down as one of the best Big Brother players ever!