Dan decided to nominate his ally Memphis (again) in Big Brother 10 episode 25, except this time he did it with Memphis’ blessing, allowing them to shake off suspicion of their alliance together. Dan followed his HOH win with a luxury competition win (not so much winning as not sucking as bad as everybody else), and he decided to take Michelle with him to a private beach in hopes of getting her to whine less.
Tonight’s episode of Big Brother airs one hour earlier and is a special live eviction episode. As if anybody needed to be any more confused about the BB schedule.
They keep talking about how big a risk it is for Memphis to be nominated. I’m not getting the risk part. The only risk is if Dan wins veto and is forced to pull Memphis off the block (or leave him on there). Whover wins veto decides who goes home unless it’s the HOH. The nominations are moot.
It’s all going according to plan. Keesha may now be trusting Dan, while Jerry believes he’s still got Memphis. They believe that they can influence Keesha or Jerry who to vote out if they should win veto. They know, however, that it’s in their best interest for Memphis to win veto.
For the first time, a remaining houseguest will be able to meet up with a jury member. Dan has picked Michelle, who believes he’s a psycho (yeah, she believes that about him… go figure). He takes a private helicopter ride to a remote island. She’s not sure what to think, but he does let her know that Renny, Memphis, and Keesha also knew that he planned to backdoor her. She believes the jury’s already pretty well set on their votes, but she also says picking her was the best decision he’s made.
The final power of veto of the season is up for grabs. Dan’s back to his old ways. He doesn’t want to win veto, not just to save Memphis but also to make sure Memphis gets blood on his hands by being forced to vote someone out. They must match each houseguest with two things that describe them. Despite not really trying, Dan’s doing really well. By the time he reaches the top of the pyramid, he notices that Memphis is the only person he can see, and Memphis is a couple steps behind. Keesha’s doing a decent job, while Jerry has no prayer. In a close finish, Memphis wins veto one step ahead of Keesha.
Now they have a choice. Do they want to keep their word to Keesha, or do they want to keep Jerry, who can’t possibly win either of the final three competitions (typically, one endurance and one very physical)? Keesha tells them she can tell they (aka Memphis) are going to vote her out. She doesn’t get an answer one way or the other, but she threatens to do whatever it takes to get the jury to hate whoever sends her out of the house. She wants to fight, but neither of them is particularly interested in fighting in return. Dan follows her into another room and says it’s all Memphis’ idea.
Memphis has removed himself from the block, and Keesha goes up in his place by default. Keesha has nothing to say to Memphis but thanks Dan for his support. An unsurprised Keesha has been evicted from the Big Brother house. As she’s walking out of the house, Dan tells her he took Michelle on the trip. Keesha’s theory is that Memphis got rid of her because Dan was going to take her to the final two instead of him.
The first part of the final HOH competition is about to begin. This will be an endurance competition as usual. It’s pretty safe to say Jerry will be a non-factor, and I suspect it favors Dan. The interesting thing to see will be whether Dan and Memphis are willing to deal once Jerry’s out. They’re all standing on planes. If they don’t want their plane to roll, they’ll need to keep their balance.
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Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 10 episode 27, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.