I finally caught up. This is a dreadful season. It's definitely bottom 5, maybe bottom 3. The cast just isn't very good. The loved ones mechanic is failing in that regard; like, Jon Rocker was interesting, but absent him, his loved one is a trainwreck--and not an entertaining trainwreck, just a trainwreck. Ugh, Julie. You are dead to me.
John and Jacyln made the correct call in voting out Josh. They have a pretty clear path to the final four now--kill off the entire other alliance, then play the "Jeremy is too big a threat" card with Baylor and Missy, take out Jeremy and Natalie, and boom. Their odds there are much better than with the other alliance, where it would have been an uphill battle against Josh + Reed + Keith + Wes + Alec.
I liked Josh, but his problem was he was playing too strategically among people who aren't playing at all. Tony's mania worked because there were a bunch of other manics stirring the pot most of the time. Josh was just too obvious. Also, he really didn't handle the Baylor situation well. "You owe me" has never been a successful Survivor strategy ever, even in cases where one person clearly did owe another (I'm not convinced that was actually the case here).
But I actually think Jeremy is playing a somewhat better game than Josh, so I was glad to see him prevail. He's equally perceptive but a bit lower key. I suppose he is who I am rooting for at this point.
Missy actually showed some strategic acumen here. My respect for her rose.