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(Warning: This post contains spoilers for FBoy Island Season 3, Episode 8.)
Mercedes’ first win on FBoy Island might’ve happened more than a year ago, during Season 2, but this beachside paradise is still weathering the aftershocks of his victory to this day. Benedict, who arrived last season as a Nice Guy but lost to Mercedes, returned as an FBoy—and when forced to reveal that last week, he directly referenced having gotten his heart broken as a Nice Guy as a reason for switching sides. Mercedes and Louise Barnes, who chose him over Benedict, broke up after the show, and part way through this season, Mercedes returned to try his luck again—in spite of the fact that his little brother Marquies was already on this season, trying to date the same three women.
Marquies’s doom was swift and predictable, but Mercedes’ rise to total FBoy Island domination has been remarkable. 20-year-old model Hali Okeowo clearly knows that she can’t entirely trust him, but week after week, he manages to charm his way out of elimination. It doesn’t help that as revealed last week, Hali’s group is down to three men, all of whom (including Mercedes) are FBoys. More and more, however, it’s looking like Mercedes is going to win this thing—a horrific prospect for FBoy Island, for Hali, and for womankind as a whole.