Was that the most un-dramatic quit you've ever seen? Like Jeremy said, it was just "ridiculous". First impression, Julie decided she wanted to leave the game because she was lonely. She didn't have any friends because she is just so beautiful and perfect that people don't approach her (her words, not mine). Really? I'm sure there might be a slight intimidation factor for like two seconds with a lot of new people that you meat, but the moment you start talking and/or interacting, that feeling disappears. She said "from day one, I was being judged!" When you are on a beach with strangers for a couple weeks, I'm SURE you get to know them pretty quick and you don't even notice what they look like. Are there luxury accommodations? Spa facilities, showers, laundry, elaborate dining? No, no, no and NO! Come on, Julie, you just didn't feel like it anymore? Yeah, yeah, it's always the thing about how hundreds of thousands of people have tried out countless times (pause to point my finger at myself!!!) but really, just to quit because she was missing old "Johnny Rocks"? Come on, sister, you coulda done better than that! How about faking abdominal pain? What about a healthy bout of diarrhea? How about swimming with the jelly fish? Jon's father is dying and he's out playing. This is just soooo frustrating to see someone walk away because it wasn't making her "feel good". The only GOOD thing is that she is not on the JURY! She gets to go and vacation with her boyfriend back at

PONDEROSA

, so at least she doesn't get a chance to influence the game anymore (remember when Na'Onka and Purple Kelly quit? They were still able to ask questions at the final

TRIBAL COUNCIL

). Lastly, and I promise (I've got my fingers crossed – okay, not literally, since it's impossible type without two fingers!!) WHY did she get an exit confession? Did any other quitters get that? I seem to remember a voice over for a medical evac in the past, but NEVER a full on confession! Was CBS afraid of John Rocker?

Oh, yes, how about that Mr. Probst? Did he wake up on the nice side of the bed that morning? He was like a little touchy/ feely guru out there. He must have watched a lot of Oprah, because he was doing a lot of mirroring of Julies feelings. Oh, I understand how you are missing your boyfriend and how people don't like you. He did try to get her to realize that her simple minded decision was affecting many other people in her alliance. He tried to tell her that whatever she did, it would change the game for some people. He was just a little too nice. I've seen him try harder with injured players, right? The little scene made me wonder how many times

JEFF PROBST

is called out there to council players. Maybe I am totally underestimating him. He has probably talked many players off the ledge before and it never makes it to TV because he's successful. I just wish he'd been a little meaner and firmer with her.Right, then, back to the episode ... there was a

MERGE

! Or was it?

TREE MAIL

told them to pack up and hike to the top of the mountain. Jumping back a little, Keith was pretty mad that Missy didn't fill him in on their voting strategy. He quickly figured that if Dale had voted for him, that it would have forced a tie, and if Dale HAD an idol, he'd be out. He said he forgave them, but secretly told US that he was done with the thrice divorced Muffin/Missy.

Merge feast

Jeremy was excited to get away from the masterminds, Josh and Reed. Josh was confident that Wes and Alec were still with them. Jon, on

COYOPA

laughed at Jaclyn because they had made it to the merge and were-thus date-able (together!). Kat, from the first

BLOOD vs. WATER

season had been eliminated and sobbed in her exit confession. She just knew that her boyfriend Hayden would never want to date her anymore because she was a pre-merge eliminated loser. Turns out she was not entirely wrong, they've since broken up. Don't worry though, Jon and Jaclyn are safe and ARE in fact recently

ENGAGED

. There must be something to Kat's logic, oh wait, it's KAT, sorry, momentary lapse there.

Josh and Reed counted their numbers and saw that they were in trouble. Josh wanted the couples to stick together and vote out the singles, but it quickly became evident that it wasn't going to happen. Jeremy was thrilled to be back with his friends from

HUNAHPU

. The tribes met at the top of a hill and had a wonderful feast to bond. Jeremy reconnected with Missy and realized they would have the numbers advantage with his three singles and the Muffin/Bagel pairing with the pretty power couple.

I THINK they all went back to the original

COYOPA

tribe site. That means everyone packed up from camp one and two and then just went back to camp one. It's the better campsite anyway though, so I guess it's good. There do seem to be plenty of crabs jiggeldy-jiggin around on their beach. It was Wes's birthday and his Dad forgot. Josh wished Wes a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to remind Keith. He nonchalantly offered Wes a freshly caught crab for his breakfast. Hey Keith, how about cooking it first? Josh went to work on Baylor and Jeremy talked to Missy. Baylor was conflicted because Josh was her first ally and had saved her on the original tribe. Missy pulled the mother card and told Bay that she should just follow along with whatever Missy did. Missy had made a few mistakes, but was a changed person and was taking control (can't doubt her on that one).

Jon and Jax. as she has put on the new

HUYOPA

flag –( WHY can't these people be more original with tribe names? How about the

HOWLERS

– for the monkeys? Or the

Crabby Monkeys

? How about calling them the "

Stinky People

?" Enough?) were approached by both sides and saw the advantages to each. Jon wasn't happy to be in the middle and having to decide the game.

Turns out that Julie is a hoarder! She put some of the feast trail mix in her bag to keep to herself. Anyone else could have done that too. I didn't think it was so bad that Julie saved some for herself. Is it so horrible? Julie was proud that she'd been so slick and could nibble indiscreetly when necessary. Hunger was setting in and the trail mix seemed to be missing. Julie was off sun bathing (wait, don't you own a spray tan salon?) and Jon peaked in her bag. He saw the trail mix and the others quickly grabbed some. Josh looked particularly shocked. Was it for the fact that Jon had invaded Julie's personal space, or was he surprised to see that Julie was holding out on some food? Usually the one who looks into another bag looks bad, but somehow Julie turned into an evil hoarding bitch. Julie knew what had happened when she came back. She didn't like the uncomfortable silence that greeted her.

Time for the first- (drumroll, please!)

INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY CHALLENGE

!

Getting ready for the INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY CHALLENGE

This is the best season of challenges so far, all fun, difficult and NEW! While at a close distance, they had to hold ropes to balance a ball on a platform. Jeremy was out, with Julie close behind. After a time, they moved backwards to make the balancing harder. Reed, Baylor, Alec, Jax and Natalie dropped out in the second round. With two balls, Josh (Jeremy openly beamed) and Jon were done. It was down to Wes and Keith. I thought for

SURE

that Keith would lose it to give the

Working the Immunity Challenge

birthday boy a present. Did he think about it, nope, don't think so. Wes was happy for his Daddy, as the necklace was put around Keith's neck.

Scramble time. Josh was going after Jeremy who was going after Josh. It was neck and neck and they approached the finish line and ..... screeeeeeeech ..... Julie told a camera guy that she needed to talk to Probst and it was all over. Julie pleaded to leave; she didn't want to stay just to convenience Missy. Probst sorta/kinda tried to get her to stay, and that was that. Probst gathered the tribe on a log and told them that little Miss Julie had decided she couldn't take it anymore. Josh was happy and Jeremy was mad. Missy wished she'd worked a little harder on Julie. I wonder if Missy had approached the whole thing differently, if it would have worked. What if she'd flat out told Julie that they needed her vote, just one more time. What if she'd been one hundred percent honest and told Julie that she'd been a good friend since the beginning and it would really, really help Missy's game if Julie stayed just a little longer. It's hard to read Julie. Would she have quit anyway? Was she actually just a selfish person?

Anyway, there was no Tribal Council and Julie has left the building. She's off cuddling with her boyfriend and having a good time after totally disrupting some "plans". Yes, I hate quitters, but I hate even more when it's for no good reason. At least

Na'Onka

and

Purple Kelly

endured many nights of freezing rain. At least

Colton

and

Brandon

had mental issues. At least

Penner

,

Skupin

and

Russell

had medical problems. Just to quit because you aren't into it anymore ... Ugh, so difficult to get over.

Next week it's the "Battle of the sexes" and the pretty couple is conflicting with their alliance choices. So there are seven guys and four girls left. What is Alec doing to piss them off so much? Is it too early to predict what the final tribal will be? If the finale is on the 14th, that leaves five regular Wednesdays. Will they go into the finale with 6? Two quick tribal councils and that will leave 4. There's too many, right? Will they do a double elimination one night? Will there absolutely be a three person finale? Help me figure this out. Drop a comment here or catch me on twitter

@marymac102

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