I liked the way Ananya said to befriend her & then solve her issues. Once she knows the truth, she'll help her for sure. Hope the writers have a plan of this track. And I liked your prediction of Ananya being with her but if it was, Maya's spy had not called her the second day.
That's also my question why Maya is keeping the loopholes after planning for years, why she didn't acknowledge that it's not so easy to hide from MJ. Her spy should be more intelligent & should keep his eyes on MJ always.
Don't want to talk about precap but I liked the theory you gave about joining the party.
Awesome post.