LAST EDITED ON 09-05-15 AT 03:52 PM (EST)

>why wasn't Julia booted
>last week? How was booting
>James more important for every
>non-Austwin's game than booting an
>Austwin?

I guess you meant "how was booting Meg..." instead of James.

For Vanessa, James was the only real foe so it was vital for her to get him out. When she couldn't, it would have been extremely dumb to anger Austiz and leave Meg in the game as a certain vote against her. Therefore, she HAD to push for Meg's eviction.

Steve is an obediant puppy so he followed her lead but his main reasoning was that he didn't want to anger Austiz too early. They had James and Jmac in their sights at that time so why give them a new target before the next HoH was decided? Liz won that HoH and, since Steve and Jmac kept Julia, she only had ONE target: James. I'd say it worked out perfectly for Ste-Van

Jmac was another story: He did consider booting Julia but, in the end, James and Meg had nothing to offer him that he didn't already have with Ste-Van.

Simply put, James and Meg played an extremely weak game. Julie, for once, was on the ball when she told James that he didn't do anything when he wasn't HoH.

As for being exposed, Vanessa could always say that she got close to Jmac as a way to protect them all. In fact, she could say that he voted to keep Julia because she worked her magic on him. As for Steve, he is part of the "scamper squad" so there's nothing to worry about being exposed for talking strategy with him.

PS. Austin dedicated his vote against James to Jace which shows that James was dumb to make his "big move" so early.