Whats truly amazing is watching Brennan ping pong between hating the concept and trying his best and his inability to resist competition and actually trying to do the mid rules.
The thing is, he did, in fact, get the least amount of points at the end. As he said he would. But because Ally and Oscar were both so good at being middle of the road that they tied for first, that made Brennan second place by default, and since Sam had decided second place would be the winner, Brennan won. But Brennan (almost) never sacrificed his integrity within the episode. He did, in fact, try his hardest at every turn. So we have a paradox on our hands where Brennan technically won the episode through his hard work.
8:29 such a brilliant move by ally. By saying brennan will pick zero, they have now forced brennan to amp up the joke because zero is no longer funny. Thus making zero both a safe and winning bet
fun fact: the royalty free song that plays during brennan and oscar's dance was also used for some reason in a bumper in the tv station for my city's subway system, and whenever i hear it i cant help but layer on top of it "DANCE IS A SIN"
i CANNOT get over "you're not just playing the cards, you're playing the other players." "wait, are you playing me?" "I'm playing poker right now on my phone."