It’s Big Brother’s penultimate week
and our game is still up in the air! Can Marissa hold off Jen? Jay is 35 points back but with many points
still out there! Can he count on Felicia to come from behind to take it home? What happened this
week? Let’s have a look!
We pick back up with “The final 5
cheer” (Points for “Speak in opening vignette” to Roberta, Jay, Carol,
Kristyn and Jen!) but it’s not all smiles for Circe who cries at the loss
of Ms. Incomprehensible (Points for “Shown on camera crying” to Kristyn!). We flash back to pre-eviction where Felicia
telling Blue she’s the target. She denies
it but it’s clearly jury management. Mama Fe shouldn’t worry about it. If she
receives a vote to win, it’s a travesty of justice. Jag and Blue have the “We’ve worked together
since the beginning, but I’d have gone for you too” conversation which reminds
us of the Chill-billy Red but leaves Blue in tears (Points for “Shown on
camera in gray” to me!) and (Points for “Shown on camera crying” to Marissa!).
Before the eviction, Blue comes clean to Circe that she knew Jared was her son
leaving both in tears again. (Points
for “shown on camera crying” to Marissa and Kristyn!) and eventually, the faded memory of Kitty
Kitty Purr (Points for “Shown on camera in gray” to Marissa!)
Post Bowie’s Double Eviction Night HOH win (for which
Carol already got points), we see Bowie have no acknowledgement that she loses
to both Matt and Jag in the final two. The Aussie has two difficult conversations
ahead: One with her target America who
begs and pleads saying she’ll go home if she’s nominated which Bowie lies (badly)
about and the other convincing Felicia to be a pawn again. The toothless fairy is an unhappy pawn but
she agrees (Points for “agree to go up as a pawn” to Jay!)
Post-Veto, America begs Matt to
use it on her, but he won’t, leaving America in tears (Points for “Shown on camera
crying” to Ricky!). After her
eviction, Matt promises Circe he’d never
nominate her and that Felicia would be his target. Let’s put a pin in that,
shall we? Meanwhile, Matt and Jag clear the air as Matt completes the lie circle,
saying no way he told Circe he’d go after Jag and Felicia made it up. Easy to believe – Felicia is a shit-stirrer,
after all. Matt does follow Greengold’s 2nd rule: Trust but
verify as he
confirms what happened with Circe leaving the Survivor legend to SMDH at the “toothless
fairy” spilling the beans. Jag tells us
he doesn’t trust Circe at all, and all I can picture is:
Felicia tells us she’d nominate
Matt and Jag if she wins. If I were them,
I wouldn’t sweat it.
It’s a “eliminate
the other person’s bb comic by rolling a ball and hitting it” HOH comp, Matt
and Jag go after Felicia while Mama Fe and Circe go after Jag and every time
she announces her target she SHOUTS IT. Circe notes that Matt will never go
against Jag (Points for “reference in this game” to Kristyn!) and it’s
Matt who takes home his first HOH! (Points for “Win HOH” to Roberta!). Matt’s gotta go after Jag here, right? Talk him down from winning veto and then backdoor
him? Circe and Felicia definitely think
Bowie Jane should see the block but Matt decides to nominate both mama’s
instead leaving Felicia bewildered as “they had a Final 4 deal”. (Points for
“nominated for eviction” to Jay and Kristyn!). So much for Matt never
nominating Circe. With this move, it’s
clear Matt is thinking about “What’s best for OUR game”.
On Halloween, everyone left cheers
Matt’s “I have a girlfriend” letter from Reilly (Points for “Speak in opening
vignette” to Roberta, Jay, Kristyn, Jen, and Carol!). In their post-nomination
DR sessions, Circe feels betrayed, Felicia warns us that they better stop using
her as a pawn and that as Blue showed, pawns go home (Points for “shown on
camera in gray” to Marissa!). Matt feels like his best chance is a final 3
with Jag and Bowie. It’s a good thing he’s pretty because if he thinks his best
chance at winning includes Jag in the game, he’s a beautiful idiot. Matt, Jag and Bowie solidify their
alliance as Jag gives them a name – “The Mafia” (Points for “name an
alliance” to Jen!) because “they’re taking shots”. Seriously? You know who else takes shots? Alcoholics.
Circe and Felicia play pool
outside as she’s still too pissed at Matt to talk to him. They both complain about
the three being up in the HOH room kissing ass.
Later on, Felicia files and clips her toenails ON CIRCE’S BED. AYFKM?
That’s NASTY and Circe is totally grossed out. WTF? Ugh.
Meanwhile, Jag starts working Bowie as his final 2 because he’s thinking
about “What’s best for MY game”. There’s only one winner, after all. They quickly turn to Circe as the target and
Jag knows he’ll have to get Matt on board.
For this week’s veto comp, they
have to build an “antenna” by stacking blocks atop each other on a floating pedestal. Matt’s told Circe she’s safe but she thinks
she’s fighting for her life in this veto (Points for “Reference ‘in this
game’ to Kristyn!) Every move they make in the water shakes the pedestal. Jag
channels his inner Phil Dunphy (Google it) saying “Slow is smooth and smooth is
fast”. He goes super slow but winds up pulling out his SEVENTH veto win of the
summer, making him the all-time Veto king! (Points for “Win veto” to Jen!).
I feel like “Set an all-time record” should be a scoring category. Alas!
Despite all evidence to the contrary,
Felicia still thinks their final 4 is a thing and Bowie should go up as a
replacement nominee. Proving the power
of denial is stronger than the power of reality. Her BS detector needs a serious tuneup. Bowie
and Jag are convinced Circe is the right move but still haven’t gotten Matt
there when the Scaryverse sends another message. This is easily the longest any Big Brother twist
has gone and I love it. They have a Halloween
Trick-or-Treating luxury comp with the winner getting $5,000. As Jag has already won cash, he pushes Bowie
to give to Matt. She’s STILL doesn’t see
that she’s the third wheel in their bromance.
Circe is happy they didn’t give anything to Bowie because maybe she’ll finally
see how they acted to everyone else (Points for “Reference ‘in this game’ to
Kristyn!). In the end, Matt takes home the cash and now he can take Reilly
on a great date! (Points for “Win a special competition” to Roberta!).
At
the veto meeting, Jag doesn’t save either of the Mamas leaving Felicia truly
pissed. Jag notes that Circe is a
wonderful friend….to Matt but he can’t just vote her out because that’d burn
Matt’s bridge right when he might need him to get to the finals. Honestly, if Matt chooses to sit next to Jag
he’s dumber than I thought. There’s no
way that kindness would be reciprocated but Matt’s playing for THEM. Jag’s
playing for HIM...and for Jen because it’s about time Jen won Big Brother (so she
says).
On Thursday, Circe complains about
Felicia doing toenail surgery on her bed (Points for “Speak in opening
vignette” to Kristyn!). Both Mama’s
think the other is the pawn but neither is comfortable. Jag gets to work on Matt, asking who he
thinks is better at comps. Matt thinks it’s Felicia but Jag does the Chicago “Razzle
Dazzle” shuffle, saying Felicia has been in must-win situations all season. We
know what she can do. Circe hasn’t and
has been throwing comps.
Bowie joins them and is solidly
with Jag. Matt’s worried that if he
pushes back too hard, he’ll get on their radar. THERE’S NO MORE RADAR! THERE’S ONLY ONE WEEK
LEFT IN THE GAME! Also, Jag is pushing
Matt and he doesn’t seem not worried about being on Matt’s radar. This tells
anyone paying attention who’s really running the game. Circe knows what’s up, of course, as she makes
her pitch to Bowie. She knows they haven’t been close since the Red vote (Points
for “Shown on camera in gray” to me!). Bowie and Circe do the Liar’s Dance
leaving Circe more unsettled than when she was on the block against Cam (Points
for “Show on camera in gray” to Marissa!)
As Jag and Bowie do some running, Jag
jokes that he’s an Olympian too. Overhearing it, Felicia sees an opportunity to
drive a wedge in the bromance, telling Matt that they insulted his being deaf.
They quickly clear the air (again) later on leaving Jag pissed at Felicia,
saying they’ve carried her here the entire game, despite how much she lies (Points
for “Reference ‘in this game’ to Jen!).
Could this be Felicia's final stir of
the pot?
At the vote, despite Matt telling
her she wouldn’t go on the block and despite his telling her she’s not the
target, Circe is evicted 2-0 (Points for “Received vote against” and “Jury
member” to Kristyn!) and (Points deducted for “Evicted” against Kristyn!). In the end, gameplay won out over emotion
and let’s be honest, Circe should be used to getting voted out just before the
finale anyway. It’s her lot in life. She’s got a lot of charisma too - very
funny in her conversation with Julie.
The next HOH comp is similar to
last weeks: Seven questions referring to
the “Chenbot” comic book (now available on newsstands and most devices). Most
right wins. Jag takes a quick lead but Bowie ties it up at three. Jag takes the lead back but Bowie ties it
back up at four! After the 7th
question, it’s a tie with Felicia way out of it, which is a shame. A Felicia HOH right now is just what the game
needs. At the tiebreaker, it’s Bowie who
takes the victory for her 3rd HOH – all won on tiebreakers! (Points
for “Win HOH” to Carol!)
Jen’s veto win, naming an alliance
and other references result in her slowly gaining on Marissa who maintains her
lead with flashbacks, and crying points. If Jag goes on to win, it’ll finally
be Jen’s time to win Big Brother. At 35
points back, Jay is still in it but will need Felicia to accomplish the
impossible to get there. Current scores:
- Marissa: 145
- Jen: 129
- Jay: 110
- Scott: 98
- Roberta: 84
- Ricky: 70
- Kristyn: 63
- Carol: 60
- Dalphyne: 48
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