Man... Jonathan. You do realize you need votes at the end of this to actually win the million dollars, right? I mean, snaps to you for still being around. I honestly didn't expect you to be here this long, so you're obviously doing something right. But you're not making any buds, that's for sure. I have to agree with some of the bickering around the campfire. Once you start feeling comfortable in a situation, you kind of turn into a jerk. Remember wayyyy back, in the good ole' days when there were four tribes split along ethnic lines? A couple days into it, when because of your age and experience you started acting as if you were Big Man On Campus.... and then you started bitching about how everyone should get in line and build a floor for the shelter? I'm not saying that a floor wasn't a good idea, but you weren't exactly inspiring when it came to selling the idea. It was more like a direct order from a commanding officer. Only bad thing was, no one had signed up to play Army. So, you had a few humble days when you stupidly followed Candice over during the mutiny. You quickly realized that no one really liked you, absolutely no one dared to trust you... and you did the only smart and sensible thing. You put your head down, stayed quiet, and caught a sh*tload of fish. Yeah, you should have continued to do that. But instead, after Yul first threatened, and later saved your butt, and you jumped ship YET AGAIN... you started getting cocky all over again. You know... Yul didn't pick you because he liked you the most, he picked you because you were the least liked on the other tribe, and therefore the easiest to peel off. You should be thanking him for giving you an extended life, not marching about and feeling smug as if you have a whole new slew of friends in your back pocket. Uh, because you don't. So, aside from general cluelessness, I don't now what the heck Jonathan the Rat was thinking when he decided to play the spoiler during the auction. Okay, so you win lots of food and get to eat. That could just be good money management. But then you bid up items you aren't that interested in, or don't need, just to screw with everyone else? Yeah... that's not earning you any brownie points. And then you lay around camp afterwards, complaining to everyone how full you are, and how thirsty that hot dog and pizza and beer made you... while your new-found friends exited the whole experience without getting a single bite of food? Are you cruel, or just stupid? I vote "D": All of the Above. Anyway, Jonathan got an entire episode just about devoted to him. That should help his ego nicely. In the meantime, I'm thinking that Yul might be catching a bit of Jonathan's "Big Man on Campus" bug. He's much more diplomatic, of course... but I think he may have alarmed his good buddy Becky when he started going off about how he didn't want to piss the members of the jury off too much, because he wanted to be sure to get their votes over whomever he was up against in the final two. First of all, it's a bit early to be predicting that you'll be in the final two, no matter how many secret immunity idols you have hidden in your knapsack. Secondly, you're chatting with the person you've essentially promised that you're taking with you to the end... and you're telling her how you want to manipulate the jury to be sure you get the votes instead of the person that's with you? If I'm Becky, I'm simultaneously pissed that Yul is already trying to grab at the votes, and concerned that he's yammering on about this as if he doesn't assume that Becky will be in the final two with him. Eather way, I guarantee that that conversation sent red flags up all over for Becky. So what do I think? I think Yul want to take the dirty rat Jonathan all the way to the end with him, assuming that no one will ever throw a vote Jonathan's way. But if Yul steamrollers over everyone that's been loyal to him in the process, he may find that the check may not get handed over to him quite that easily. Funny thing about people, then often remember the most recent betrayal as opposed to the greatest betrayal. If Yul boots out Becky, Ozzy, and Sundra in order to keep Jonathan around... Yul may end up looking more like the rat in their eyes. And what do you think? Is Yul going to keep Jonathan around as a human shield to take all the shots fired from the jury? That could make things interesting!