I think we've gotten to the bottom of the "did Russel know he'd lost already" mystery.
I mentioned it to a coworker, who said he thought that there were some confessional shots in which Russell looked a little more cleaned up than others.
If you have the episode saved on your DVR or have the patience to check it out on CBS's site, go to about 1:25 in, when the final 3 receive their feast and Russell starts talking about how he made it 39 days twice.
Total green screen. No doubt about it. Really well done, if you aren't thinking about it, you'd never really notice, but it is absolutely a fake shot, recorded later.
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