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Episode 1 (Penn the Magic Dragon) Thoughts
 * Matt Marcy: Probably my favorite this episode overall. I really loved the clever presentation (in the style of an educational PowerPoint), and the dude has a really great sense of humor! I think it was pretty obvious he wasn’t performing to fool the duo—it felt like a performance from, say, Jonathan Burns, as it was a relatively simple trick surrounded with great comedic presentation. That’s not a bad thing by any means though! I can happily say this was a very entertaining performance. 8/10
 * The Sentimentalists: Mentalism is kind of weird on Fool Us. Not because it’s often not well done (it usually is), but because it almost feels a LITTLE unfair when they fool, because there are always so many ways to do the trick. Tangent aside, another very solid performance! I didn’t love their presentation, but the trick was very well done, and they really considered EVERY factor in their trick as to make sure it had a shot at fooling them. And they did! Pretty ok first Fooler, but not the best. 7/10
 * Andrew Evans: I’m not really sure what to say about this one...it was a pretty straightforward illusion. I didn’t love the presentation or the trick, and it didn’t really have much of a *wow moment* like other performances may have. Passable, but probably the least good of tonight. 5/10
 * Dom Chambers: It was a pretty ok bottle magic routine. I’d like to give the guy extra points for having bottles with legitimate liquid in them, that could be a pretty detrimental factor if handled poorly. This dude has some pretty smooth movements, though! I thought it was a good, entertaining routine with shades of Darcy Oake (who’ll come later, don’t worry :P), and a decent way to close the show. 7/10

Current Rankings:
 * 1) Matt Marcy
 * 2) The Sentimentalists
 * 3) Dom Chambers
 * 4) Andrew Evans