Personally, I liked that the episode was 30 minutes shorter. Sometimes, all that long, drawn-out drama just gets on my last nerve...

The reward challenge reminded me of the Survivor reward challenges after the tribes merge. It's really just more of an opportunity for the producers to show the alliances out in the open. But I was really surprised that Conda took Kim with her for the reward. I hadn't realized that they had that close of a relationship on the Ranch.

Nothing like a yellow line to get everyone busting their butts again, huh? I couldn't believe the numbers this week. All those weeks they were relying on their alliances to save them. Now they have to do a little more work on their own to keep out of the bottom two. I was very surprised that Chris and Megan avoided the yellow line.

But in the end, the alliance stuck together. You can't convince me that they kept Kimmy because their "hearts told them to" (Conda). Kimmy is the lowest loser for the old red team, but Emily is the top loser for the old black team, so she had to go.

As I was watching last night, it occurred to me that I don't really like many of the people this season. And even the ones I like, it's more like a lukewarm "like". Part of me would like to see Emily win the at-home prize and rub it in their faces, but part of me just doesn't care anymore.

Statistics:

This week:

Mark 4.23%
Chris 3.80%
Kim 3.30%
Jeremy 3.19%
Conda 3.07%
Megan 2.94%
Buddy 2.77%
Emily 2.56%
Kimmy 2.40%

To date:

Buddy 30.27%
Kim 30.16%
Mark 29.90%
Jeremy 29.82%
Emily 28.03%
Chris 26.25%
Kimmy 25.57%
Conda 24.83%
Megan 23.55%

I got sliced!