First, a look at this week’s rosters!
|
Scott |
Keanu |
Kelley |
|
Will |
Keanu |
Rachel |
|
Amy |
Keanu |
Kelley |
|
Kat |
Lauren |
Rachel |
|
Blake |
Ava |
Morgan |
|
Morgan |
Keanu |
Vince |
|
Melissa |
Keanu |
Kelley |
|
Aly |
Ava |
Rachel |
|
Nickole |
Morgan |
Rachel |
|
Angela |
Kelley |
Morgan |
|
Lia |
Morgan |
Will |
|
Slater |
Ava |
Rachel |
Second, 5 bonus points to Will, Morgan, Melissa, and
Slater for knowing Rachel’s final form was none other than the evil
mastermind Gru from the Despicable Me franchise!
On to the update!
Following Mickey’s eviction, Ashley thinks the Judges are
real now that they protected her and Vince thinks he needed the win, else he’d
have gone home. Keanu thinks Vince got his message, and Mickey went home which
cracked open the other side of the house, so his HOH was a success.
Keanu calls everyone into the living room and tells the houseguests they’ve been invited to The White Locust, and everyone knows a twist is coming.
The backyard has been transformed into a tropical hotel paradise,
but the Mastermind tells everyone that not everyone will be checking out. (1
point for “Mention ‘in this game’ [Keanu] to Scott, Will, Amy, Morgan and Melissa!). The Mastermind’s concierge appears, and it’s Tyler from Big
Brother 20! I fully expected points to
be given out here but there was only shouting and the only person that said
“Tyler” was…. Tyler. Weird, right?
Before the true insanity gets started, the houseguests compete one at a time sliding a three totems down three tables, landing in the green zone. Fastest person to complete all three wins safety, but that comes with a decision. In no time at all, Keanu takes the lead, but Ava smokes his time, earning her safety (4 points for “Win a special competition [Ava] Blake, Aly and Slater!”
Ava will now choose one houseguest to compete for their game
life in the Hamster Wheel maze challenge last seen on Big Brother Reindeer
Games. The first person chosen will have
6:30 to complete the maze. If they win, they choose the next person who only
gets 5:30, then 4:30 and so on until someone doesn’t complete it. First person
chosen who doesn’t complete it is eliminated from the game, while the fastest
person to complete it wins HOH! Ava has 10 minutes to decide
Ava gets to choose,
and Keanu immediately volunteers but Rachel doesn’t want to let Keanu talk to
Ava and drags the aura painter into the storeroom, angering Ava. Rachel and
Ashley insist that Ava not let Keanu go first. Keanu and Rachel war over “letting Ava make
her own decisions”, which is code for “Doing what Rachel wants”.
In the end, Ava asks for volunteers and chooses Vince when
he raises his hand. Vince makes the wheel look relatively easy and quickly
finishes the maze. (4 points for “Win
special comp” [Vince] to Morgan!). Never
one to shy away from giving himself problems, Vince wants to pick Lauren next,
which sets both Rachel and Morgan over the edge (1 point for “Mention ‘in
this game’” [Rachel] to Will, Kat, Aly, Nickole and Slater!).
He chooses Lauren who, with a minute less to compete, also
survives (4 points for “Win special comp” [Lauren] to Kat!). Lauren definitely wants to pick Kelley next,
but the weasel Vince promises Morgan will pick Kelley and convinces Lauren to
pick Morgan instead. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’ [Vince] to Morgan!).
I can’t stand his whiney gameplay, but he’s made Lauren do what he wants
again and again.
Lauren chooses Morgan, and consoles an upset Kelley saying “If Morgan doesn’t pick you, I’m going to be extremely upset”. Wow. What kind of allies are these? I’m sure Kelley is fine now, right?
Morgan also survives (4 points for “Win special comp” [Morgan]
to Blake, Nickole, Angela and Lia!) and tells Rachel the maze was easy, and
since the Queen wants to go next, sorry Kelley!
I mean, is ANYONE surprised by this besides Lauren? Keanu knows Rachel will win, telling Lauren
she just screwed him or Kelley…but Rachel is struggling.
Lauren realizes too late that she’s going to lose another ally because she listened to Vince
But Rachel isn’t making any progress. She was great at comps in BB 12 and 13, but age, success, and pressure have robbed her and that clock keeps ticking…5….4…3…2…1…0! Rachel loses! She apologizes to Brendan (5 points for “Mention a previous season’s player” [Rachel] to Will, Kat, Aly, Nickole and Slater!) but she’s gone (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” [Rachel] to Will, Kat, Aly, Nickole and Slater!), (2 points for “Jury member #1” [Rachel] to Will, Kat, Aly, Nickole and Slater!)
Will: That wasn’t supposed to happen. Ya think?
Ava opens Wednesday’s show (2 points for “Speak in the opening vignette” [Ava] Blake, Aly and Slater!) and everyone’s dealing with the aftermath. Vince is at a loss (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Vince] to Morgan!) as Lauren is revealed to have the fastest time, winning her 2nd HOH! (5 points for “Win HOH” [Lauren] to Kat!). She’s excited but her head is reeling. From now on, she’s only making decisions that are best for HER game.
Keanu isn’t that upset Rachel is gone (1 point for “Shown on camera in gray” [Rachel] to Will, Kat, Aly, Nickole and Slater!) as her fate was in her own hands. Morgan is mad at Vince for picking Lauren over her, and Vince somehow has the nerve to say “I’d never pick her over you”. YOU JUST DID! LIKE AN HOUR AGO! (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” [Morgan] to Blake, Nickole, Angela and Lia!). Morgan now understands what Kelley, Keanu, and Lauren feel about Vince when he chooses someone else over them. She’s angry because she’s a likely nominee, as she knows Lauren rightly thinks Morgan influences Vince.
Lauren holds conversations with Ava and Keanu to talk about nominations,
and it sounds like neither is a top target for her, though Ava would be fine
backdooring Keanu if the opportunity presented itself.
At the nomination ceremony, the Judges hit the block as
Morgan, Will and Ashley are all nominated by Lauren.
(3 points for “Nominated for eviction” [Morgan] to Blake,
Nickole, Angela and Lia!)
(3 points for “Nominated for eviction” [Will] to Lia!)
(3 points for “Nominated for eviction” [Ashley] to no one!)
Will laments over the fate of the Judges, but this is what
happens to alliances whose only true strength is social game. Eventually, you’ve got to win some comps.
Ashley isn’t shocked, and now wants Lauren gone, as does Morgan.
Morgan, Lauren and Vince have separate talks with each other about what would happen with the Veto. Morgan would obviously use it on herself, Lauren might use it to take Ashley down and half-backdoor Keanu, and Vince being Vince, promises both women he’d do what they want. Finally, Lauren talks with Will, but he knows every word she’s going to say and has no interest in 2 AM, 3 AM conversations. He’s going to bed at 10:30
Keanu feels good about not being nominated, and thinks being
the #1 target will protect him from being renominated. Ashley, not knowing
Lauren is already considering using the Veto on her, works on Lauren to sway
her, but Lauren is so indecisive that she might not use it at all if she wins.
When it’s time to pick veto players, Vince (2 points for
“Picked for veto by houseguest choice” [Vince] to Morgan!) and Ava (1
point for “Picked for veto by random draw”!) join the competition. This
makes Will happy, as he’s been working with Ava the whole game (1 point for
“Mention ‘in this game’ [Will] to Lia!). What does “Working together”
actually look like when between the two of you, you’ve had power for one week?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Keanu sees that if the Veto is used, he is a likely renomination (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Keanu] to Scott, Will, Amy, Morgan and Melissa!) but Vince doesn’t care. He’s over being sorry and is back to being the weasel. Morgan doesn’t think Lauren wants to use the Veto, but Vince believes he can convince her to take Morgan down. This is a chance for Vince to prove himself, she says.
At the veto comp, it’s BB Comics! An iconic competition,
meaning extra points for the winner! (1 point for “Mention ‘BB Comics is
iconic” [Vince] to Morgan!). As in the past, they have to line up the
comics in the proper order and choose which is correct in “spot the difference
in these pictures” fashion. While
perusing through them, Vince notices one of the pictures is Kenny from BB26! (5
points for “Mention a previous season’s houseguest” [Kenny]!).
Vince makes a lot of trips, and I think he’s throwing it, so
he doesn’t have to choose between Morgan and Lauren. Will had a strategy but it
evaporated as soon as he touched the battlefield. Both he and Ava are predictably terrible at
this. Now they can work together as someone else decides their fate.
Morgan moves like she’s possessed. This is what it looks
like when you really want to win. She
likes all the comics, but thinks Jimmy’s was the best (1 point for “Mention
‘in this game’” [Morgan] to Blake, Nickole, Angela and Lia!). Lauren knows
she has it right, but wonders if she really wants to win, and delays a bit to
make it look good.
At the reveal, Ashley came in 3rd at 20 minutes, Lauren in 2nd at 13:30 and Morgan in 1st at 12:45 (7 points for “Win Veto” and “Win an iconic comp” [Morgan] to Blake, Nickole, Angela and Lia!). Lauren’s delay cost her the win. I hope that’s what she truly wanted. Meanwhile, Ashley must be talking about Lauren when she says “it sucks coming this close and losing.”, right? She couldn’t be talking about herself because SHE LOST BY 8 MINUTES! THAT’S NOT IN THE SAME REALM AS CLOSE! Finally, knowing the Veto will be used, Keanu thinks he can convince Lauren to nominate Vince instead of him, as she’d be Public Enemy #1 if he was evicted.
Keanu tries convincing Vince to ask to be renominated, as
Vince would stay over either Ashley or Will.
He may as well ask the Sun to come up in the West. He tries his luck with Lauren, who’s only
slightly more receptive, but makes a good point calling out that Vince has done
nothing for her game besides sending her allies home. If you’ll recall a page
or so ago, Lauren promised to do what was best for HER game, and that is,
again, TRUSTING VINCE. Keanu may be an
oafish lunkheaded barbarian but he’s straightforward. Vince is a snake, and she’s an idiot for
trusting him…. again.
At the veto ceremony, Morgan uses the veto on herself, and
Lauren puts Keanu up as a replacement (3 points for “Nominated for eviction”
[Keanu] to Scott, Will, Amy, Morgan and Melissa!). If you’re keeping track
at home, and I am, add him to the list of people going after Lauren next week.
Ava also opens Thursday’s show (2 points for “Speak in
opening vignette” [Ava] Blake, Aly and Slater!). Lauren explains her decision as “Keanu is
a huge threat” (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Lauren] to Kat!) and
I agree…but that threat is desperate for someone to ally with and that could’ve
been you. He’s not surprised but he is
disappointed. Ashley is happy about it, but hates to compete against Will, as
both hope against the odds that one of them can beat him in the Blockbuster. (1
point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Will] to Lia!)
Again, this highlights the problem with an alliance that
only has social power. The decisions are made by those who win comps.
Lauren considers any of the three on the block going home as
a successful HOH, but I fail to see how. Ashley and Will have done NOTHING and
have no chance to win. Getting rid of either is cutting dead weight. Keanu is a
different story. He’s been the house target for two months now. If she bags
him, that’s a resume’ builder.
Now that Lauren is HOH, Vince is spending more time with her
which angers Morgan to no end and Ashley seizes on it to drive a wedge between
them, reminding her that Vince chose Lauren first and her #1 is hanging out
with the person who nominated her. She can’t seem to make the logical leap to
“They must be working together” (1 point for “Shown on camera crying” [Morgan]
to Blake, Nickole, Angela and Lia!)
Lauren tries to smooth things over with Keanu but she’s
unable to actually finish a sentence, throwing out three half-baked ideas on
why she nominated him. He is angry with her
and will absolutely put her and Vince up if he survives and wins HOH.
Julie spent some time interviewing Rachel here, and the
Queen is surprisingly honest and charming.
It’s a good false face, but in the end, it is still false.
Just a week after clapping in his face and throwing a
tantrum at him, Ashley shows a complete lack of awareness and pitches Keanu on
keeping her over Will. 5 secret bonus points for sending me the word tantrum in addition to any other bonus points. He’s so lost for true allies now that Rachel is gone (1
point for “Shown on camera in gray” [Rachel] to Will, Kat, Aly, Nickole and
Slater!) that he thinks they could team up and do some damage. I
can’t believe he’s entertaining this.
Morgan is still so angry at Vince that she walks right past
him without acknowledging his existence. No overlong hugs today, I guess. He’s tried to get her on the same page with Lauren,
but they do not trust each other and so he settles for “both of them will keep
me” (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Vince] to Morgan!)
At the BB Blockbuster, they have to untie a rope that wound
around, up, down and through a bellman’s cart.
By going over, down, around and through they need to unwind it long
enough to insert their key into the lock.
First person to do it wins safety.
Keanu looks like a man on fire. Ashley looks like an
unathletic woman in good shape. Will is 50, out of shape and has a hurt knee.
He has no chance here. Keanu calmly, quickly
pulls ahead and wins his way back into the house. (4 points for “Win special
comp” [Keanu] to Scott, Will, Amy, Morgan and Melissa!). I genuinely feel
bad for Will, who seems like a good guy. He looks like he’s hurting.
There’s tepid applause when Keanu is named the winner, but
no post-comp strategy talk. Ashley is
visibly upset, and this is the first honest emotion from her all summer (1
point for “Shown on camera crying” [Ashley] to no one!). Will is emotional
too. Neither will speak against the other.
During the voting, Ava walks right past Keanu in the hallway without
acknowledging his existence. I wonder what that’s about?
In the end, the votes come in 3-2 and Will is evicted.
(3 points for “Received vote against” [Will] to Lia!)
(-2 points for “Evicted” [Will] to Lia!)
(2 points for “Jury member #2” [Will] to Lia!)
(1 point for “Shown on camera crying” [Ava] Blake, Aly
and Slater!)
(1 point for “Shown on camera crying” [Morgan] to Blake,
Nickole, Angela and Lia!)
(1 point for “Shown on camera crying” [Ashley] to no one!)
As Will heads out the door, Morgan gives Vince a long hug. I
guess he’s forgiven.
Next week is a double eviction night. You will keep the same players throughout the
episode.
So, what does
that mean for our scores?
Veto winner Morgan led all scorers this week with 18 points,
with Vince’s 15 landing him in 2nd place with Rachel in 3rd.
Kelley tied Rylie, Zach, Zae, Amy, Jimmy, Katherine and Adrian with 0 points.
In our game, Nickole led all scorers with 31 points,
followed by Morgan at 29. Blake and
Slater tied with 28 with Will at 27. I
brought up the rear at 9. Thanks for the 0, Kelley!
Overall, Will leads by 31 points but both 2nd
place Slater and 3rd place Morgan have passed me, dropping me to 4th.
Thanks again, Kelley! Melissa remains in 5th but 6th
place Aly is close on her heels, just a point behind! Now 7th place Nickole’s
big week jumps her up past 8th place Amy. Kat and Angela remain in place
in 9th and 10th, respectively while Blake tries to find a
way past Lia and out of the cellar.
Overall scores
|
Will |
256 |
|
Slater |
225 |
|
Morgan |
220 |
|
Scott |
209 |
|
Melissa |
197 |
|
Aly |
196 |
|
Nickole |
178 |
|
Amy |
168 |
|
Kat |
160 |
|
Angela |
151 |
|
Lia |
143 |
|
Blake |
137 |
Weekly scores
|
Nickole |
31 |
|
Morgan |
29 |
|
Blake |
28 |
|
Slater |
28 |
|
Will |
27 |
|
Lia |
26 |
|
Aly |
23 |
|
Kat |
23 |
|
Angela |
18 |
|
Amy |
14 |
|
Melissa |
14 |
|
Scott |
9 |
Houseguest scores
|
Morgan |
18 |
|
Vince |
15 |
|
Rachel |
13 |
|
Ava |
10 |
|
Lauren |
10 |
|
Keanu |
9 |
|
Ashley |
9 |
|
Will |
8 |
|
Mickey |
2 |
|
Kelley |
0 |
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