Big Brother 26: Update #13

 

Before we get started, a reminder of who has whom:

SlayZeeAh gets us started by confirming what we all knew: She’s clueless (2 points for “Speak in opening vignette” to Carol!).  Following the nomination ceremony, Cam and Makensy aren’t surprised to be nominated but Tucker is, despite pseudo-volunteering to be a pawn as he did for Chelsie and Cedric (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” to Joe!).   In the HOH room later, T’Kor assures Cam he’s the pawn but the football player’s not taking it for granted (1 point for “Say “I need to win << comp name>> to Tessa!).  Meanwhile, Godzilla raises a toast of salted meat to dear, departed Brooklyn (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” to Viviana!)

In conversation with Makensy, T’Kor explains that she had to nominate her because there are so few people left in the game.  Excuse me?  THERE ARE 11 PEOPLE LEFT!  11!  

If I’m Makensy, I’m reading that as “She’s aligned with everyone except the nominees”.  Tucker tells us he’s not sure if he should use the veto on himself if he wins, while T’Kor tells us she hopes he doesn’t so she can remain relatively blood-free, thinking the Sixth Ave alliance will keep him safe.

Different reasons lead to the same result

 In other areas, Makensy complains about being on the block to Chelsie who says she’d use the veto on the Volleyball player if picked to play.  Chelsie’s lying, of course. She wants to win so she can keep Tucker on the block.  Meanwhile, Quinn still has the hots for SlayZeeAh but she’s clearly not interested.

It’s time to pick players for the veto! Godzilla is drawn at random, while Cam gets to choose. Everyone knows he’s going to pick Chelsie but this is Big Brother where we EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!  Cam swerves and chooses Joseph who’s thrown almost every competition he’s played in (1 point for “Picked for veto via random draw” to Brian), (2 points for “Picked for veto via houseguest choice” to Evan!).  “Why didn’t you pick me?” Chelsie asks Cam which is exactly what we’d say to Cam given the chance. 5 points if you read this line. Message me directly and don’t tell anyone else. Good until the next recap is published. He’s just trying to keep her safe, he says.  Dumber than a box of rocks.  And not those smart rocks either. That’s dumber than the truly dumb rocks.

It's a “Low score is eliminated and chooses a prize” veto comp meaning veto, cash prizes and punishments are up for grabs!  Makensy and Tucker are really gunning for it (1 point each for “Say ‘I need to win << comp name>> to Teresa and Brian!).  

Note: This comp is scored by what they eventually wind up with, not by what envelope they open.

1. Joseph is out first, and has the veto
2. Godzilla is out second, and gets “Trapped in the Mattrix” punishment which she trades for Joseph’s veto
3. Makensy is out third and gets a trip to Hawaii which she keeps
4. T’Kor is out fourth and gets a the “Radiation eradication” punishment which she trades for Godzilla’s veto
5. Tucker is out fifth (HE FINALLY LOST!) and wins $5,000 which he trades to T’Kor for the veto. He knows Cam is going to take the veto from him and he’ll get a punishment in its place but he did it for her. He’s something else.
6. Cam wins the competition and trades his “BB AI Assistant” punishment for the veto.

So: Cam wins the veto.  T’Kor and Makensy win prizes.  Godzilla, Tucker and Joseph earn punishments.

The scoring goes:

(7 points for “Win a cash bonus or prize” to Joe and Teresa!),

(16 points for “Earn a punishment / wear a stupid costume” to Brian!), and 

(8 points for “Earn a punishment / wear a stupid costume” to Evan!).

Most importantly, T’Kor now needs to make a renomination decision. She has enough trouble deciding what to eat for breakfast. Being forced into this decision could cause her to short-circuit entirely

An actual photo of T'Kor trying to make a decision

 Between the two of them, T’kor and Kimo see SlayZeeAh as an easy choice – mostly because they are aligned with everyone else in the house who’s not already on the block!  We get some AI Instigator nonsense but Tucker’s shockingly bad at stirring up chaos until Makensy starts telling everyone she thinks Godzilla is the instigator.  Let’s put a pin in that.

Godzilla does her punishment, and it looks brutal, clearing 1,000 “radioactive” balls from the backyard one at a time is bad enough, but she also has to get “Decontaminated” with foam and cold water several times.  This looks truly awful, and it brings her to tears. (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” to Brian!). Somewhere, Matt is laughing.

And speaking of Matt….

Joseph thinks 24 hours if isolation from these annoying people will be bliss, but his reverie turns into torture as an AI version of Matt spends the next 24 STRAIGHT HOURS telling him idiotic facts like “No number before 1,000 uses the letter A.  Let’s check!  One – no A, Two – no A…”.   This is torturous! Joseph’s ready to put picks in his eardrums.

I'm Matt as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!

While Joseph is tortured by Matt, Tucker’s psyche is tortured by Godzilla.  When he tells her everyone thinks she’s the AI instigator, but he would keep her safe to the end, she doesn’t believe him. She thinks he would keep Rubina over her.  Tucker’s exclamations to the contrary, she’s probably right.  The thing is, THERE ARE STILL 11 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE!  It won’t matter if he’s lying for WEEKS.  (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” to Brian!)

She takes this proclamation of loyalty, wipes her behind with it and schemes with Quinn, Makensy and SlayZeeAh to get him out.   Being the backstabbing schemer he is, and wanting to keep his heart throb SlayZeeAh safe, Quinn goes straight to HOH T’Kor – who’s looking for a renomination – and spills the tea.  Predictably, T’Kor is fine with going after Godzilla. Quinn also tells Tucker everything and while he feels betrayed, Tucker follows Rule #2: Trust but Verify. He needs to hear it from Godzilla to believe it.  

It's hard to feel bad for Tucker when she confirms it.  He’s an honest player and she’s so crazy he should know better. She’s a time bomb.  Whether she’s going to go nuts and explode isn’t a question of if.  It’s a question of when, and how close by you are when she does.  Despite her machinations against him, Tucker still wants to keep her safe. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” to Brian!).  We haven’t seen a player like him ever.

T'Kor’s decision comes down to “Does she want to piss off Quinn by nominating SlayZeeAh or piss off Tucker by nominating Godzilla?”.  Given how betrayed he already feels by Godzilla, I can’t imagine Tucker will react well if T’Kor goes against him.

At the veto meeting, Cam uses the veto and T’Kor nominates….

(3 points for “Nominated for eviction” to Brian!)

Quinn can’t believe his plan worked while Tucker just wishes they’d listen to him.  He agreed to be a pawn, he gave her $5,000 and took the punishment and he didn’t nominate her last week.  He feels completely let down and while it wasn’t his HOH, I can’t say I blame him.

So, what does that mean for our scores?  Brian’s lead grew to a massive 101 points over 2^nd place Demi but Joe has closed the gap on her, and now sits only 5 points out of 2nd!  Teresa picked up 9 points moving her to 4^th while Evan, recently in the cellar, is now in 5^th, just a few points from 3^rd! All it took was torturing Joseph. Viviana and Tessa fall to 6^th and 7^th while Carol looks up, hoping against hope that SlayZeeAh finally starts playing the game!               

1. Brian     194
2. Demi    83
3. Joe         78
4. Teresa  76
5. Evan      73
6. Viviana 71
7. Tessa    70
8. Carol    49