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Mark Lindquist
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Josh's best play was one he was never going to make: He should have come to Jeremy and said, "Look, nobody else is playing this game and you, me, Reed and Natalie should just lock up a Final Four pact now." Then, pretend to be voting with your old "alliance" for a few votes as Natalie and Jeremy use

This was my favorite episode of the season, though that's probably because this was a Yay Jeremy! episode and I find Jeremy to be a really likable presence in the game—especially now that he's toned down his blunt-force anger that had cropped up earlier during both the rice fiasco and the Keith immunity idol thing.

Unfortunately, I was working during what was apparently the good half of the episode, only to finish in time to see the second half of the episode be entirely devoted to Julie. Darn me for getting my ratios wrong. It's too bad that one of Josh/Jeremy will be going soon, because the other is almost guaranteed to win

Nah, not being facetious, I really don't see the appeal. Her music has never done anything close to hitting with me. It's nice, slick entertainment. That's cool. There's a place in the world for that. I even enjoy some. I'm just not in the cult of Beyonce, I guess.

I know that her records sell eight billion copies, but who actually listens to this stuff? Like does anybody on this website ever think to themselves on a random August day, "Man, I haven't listened to that Beyonce album in a while. I should totally put that on." There's clearly a large market, but who's in it? How

I watched 'The Babadook,' which pulled off the mean feat of drawing water from my tear-ducts while simultaneously freaking me out.

The speculation is correct if my Dylan channels (basically, the forum Expecting Rain) aren't lying. Dylan's an all-time great at interpreting songs, though, so I wouldn't just toss it off as, "Meh, cover album, whatever." The last two times he did cover albums (discounting 'Christmas in the Heart,' which I love for

Dylan's got some spectacular album covers (most of them) and then a few absolutely awful ones. 'Good As I Been To You' appears to have been done in Microsoft Paint or really early Photoshop. 'Empire Burlesque' is just silliness. 'Tempest' is lazy. The rest are mostly awesome.

That would have been a much, much better ending. If you're going to do the meta thing, really go for it.

I was that guy. Whatever I said was going to be a completely random guess, as I know nothing of the category. I know my Herman's Hermits, though, so Henry it was.

To be fair, the asinine Lego art category had some easy clues.

You're right, bad phrasing on my part. I mean more that the idea of playing in a long competition in front of cameras wasn't something she had to adjust to so much.

I completely buy Natalie as a player who could dominate post-merge. She knows how to play reality TV. Slow and steady early, build your relationships, solidify your alliance post-merge when everybody's back together and don't do anything crazy. And, I think, there are a lot of people this season who have no clue how

Jon and Jaclyn are stupid, but they're surrounded by stupid people and stupid people revert back to high school and try to be friends with the quarterback and prom queen in social situations. I think Baylor's somewhat sickening comment of "They're the hottest couple ever!" says far, far more about the human psyche

That Jeremy and co. alliance (or the possibility of it) is really interesting, because those are some Type-A personalities and the whole thing could end up detonating.

Just my hunch, but I think Jon/Jaclyn are going to be big targets early. If Jeremy's getting annoyed with the PDA of Josh/Reed, wait until he has a few days around Jon/Jaclyn.

The cast is subpar, but there are at least a few players who would seem like they're actually decent players. I think at least Jeremy and Josh get invited back. Maybe Baylor, too, because I would not shocked for her to be the "villain" as we move post-merge. What if she just decides to dump Missy to be in a "cool kid"

If he didn't try for his fake idol ploy, there's a 100% chance he goes. Whereas if he tries it, it's at least knocked down to 95%. He was pretty much screwed by the numbers, because he's relying on people who already chose a side three days prior when they voted out Kelley.

That final four is a nightmare. I don't even know who I'd root for there. Jaclyn? I guess?

Not sure how much Julie ever wanted to play Survivor, though. Obviously, the production came to Rocker and said, "We need you to be attached to a human being for this season," and Rocker thought to himself, "Hey, my girlfriend Julie is a human being."