Originally Posted by molly noggin:
“Creating the Brigade in the first week seems to have been quite a smart move, seeing as all four members are still loyal and in the house and none of them have been as high on non-brigade members' radar as other non-brigade members!”
It was smart, but it is only a stand-out move this series because no one else formed an alliance. In pretty much every other series, there have been at least two alliances, so in a way, it was just a defacto type move to make. They have done well to hide it though, I'll give them that.
As for loyalty, I think they have only remained loyal due to not being tested. Look at what happened this past week with Matt. Their first true test and they were quite prepared to sacrifice him.