User blog comment:SerenelyChaotic/"Survivor: Worlds Apart" Prediction Game/@comment-25285441-20150430151334/@comment-27004474-20150501192628

If he told her beforehand she wouldn't have responded as enthusiastically and they would've known it was an act.

It may have been a bit cruel, but it was clever and no one (good aka Shirin and/or Mike) is hurt, so I say it was a well played move.