When Ronnie nominated Laura and Jeff in Big Brother 11 Episode 5, his real plan was to evict Russell, or so we were told.
Ronnie tries to comfort Laura, but she believes that every single thing he’s ever told her is a lie.
Russell’s plan is to try to get in good with the other alliance. Either that, or he’s at least trying to convince the other side that he’s tired of playing the game. Then he returns into the house, asks if everybody’s still talking game, and screams at Lydia for no good reason.
Natalie is skeptical, but Jessie wants to keep him on their side, as long as he’s still on their side. Jessie’s theory, which may well be how it turns out, is that Russell is the bigger target and, therefore, will be the first one to go home. Problem is if Russell goes up and gets saved, his closest ally becomes the next target.
Here come the waterworks. Once Lydia’s done crying, she wants to backdoor Russell.
Jordan doesn’t know how to tell time on a clock when somebody says something like it’s quarter to the hour. Rather than learning, she’ll just keep asking different people until she gets the answer she can understand. So Jeff hopes to teach her. Good luck with that, dude. You need to teach her math first. These numbers are far too big for her to calculate. She’s only got 10 fingers and 10 toes.
Chima and Casey go on their first date to see The Ugly Truth, pig out, and drink margaritas. Jeff wishes he was up there so he could be with Jordan. Awww. Despite that, he still trusts nobody.
Ronnie selects Russell to participate in the veto competition. That backdoor looks a little open.
Laura selects Natalie.
Jeff selects Casey.
When they walk into the yard, there’s money everywhere. In each round, Big Brother will ask them to collect a certain dollar amount from pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. They will have two minutes to collect their change. The houseguest furthest from the target amount will be eliminated. The winner of each round will be able to pick a money bag. There is a $5,000 bag, a slop pass, and an empty bag. If they take a bag, they will be eliminated. Laura’s not a big fan of counting and stuff.
They are asked to bring $100 in quarters. Jeff has a strategy of counting off $10 at a time. Ronnie is pretty much just guessing. The change will be counted by Coinstar. Yeah, they apparently even managed to turn them into a sponsor. So does the 8.9% fee count against the total? Natalie got $560.50… wow. Russell got $179.25. Casey has a difference of $61.50 to take the lead. Laura has a difference of $243.50. Ronnie has a difference of $507.70. And he’s the smartest guy in this competition? Michele wants him to be a little more subtle in the future when throwing competitions. Jeff has a total of $87.50, for a difference of $12.50, which makes him the winner of the round. Ronnie has been eliminated. He denies throwing the competition. Jeff has no interest in the bags.
The next task is to collect $75 in dimes. Natalie had a difference of $16.90. Russell had a difference of $32.80. Casey had a difference of $20.30. Laura had a difference of $269.80. Okay, that’s even worse than Ronnie last round. Jeff’s difference was $5.80, so he wins again. Laura has been eliminated. She’s much less likely to be accused of throwing it. Jeff again declines the bag.
Big Brother has now asked for $40 in nickels. Natalie’s difference is $5.60. Russell’s difference is $15.55. Casey’s difference is $21.40. Jeff’s difference is $7.35. Natalie wins this round. Casey has been eliminated. Unlike Jeff, Natalie wants the bag. Not a wise idea this early in the game. She gets the slop pass, which at least is not cash because that could have created resentment. As it is, it looks like she feels safe enough to not want veto.
Big Brother wants $10 in pennies. Russell’s amount is $8.59 for a difference of $1.41. Jeff’s total is $10.97 for a difference of $0.97. Jeff has won the power of veto, redeeming himself for his earlier inability to spell.
If Kevin’s onboard with Lydia and Chima, Ronnie will agree to backdoor Russell. Laura will agree to anything. Whether she’ll actually live up to it remains to be seen. She agrees to not put up Ronnie, Lydia, or Kevin. I get the sense Laura’s not dumb enough to win HOH, though. Natalie doesn’t like the plan, since Jessie won’t like it. So then they bring Jessie in. Do you really need to run this by everybody in the house, including Russell’s closest ally? Jessie doesn’t like the plan, but despite putting his two cents in that it’s a mistake, he does say that he’ll go along with whatever they want to do. He doesn’t understand why they would trust Laura instead. Ronnie realizes that Russell is a potential ally, albeit an unstable one.
At the veto ceremony, Jeff obviously uses the veto to save himself. In his place, Ronnie has decided to nominate Jordan, further decimating the popular clique however the vote goes. Jordan now realizes that Ronnie is playing both sides. However, Ronnie’s not really targeting her. Nobody trusts Laura, with good reason. His hope is that Jordan is liked enough that people will keep her around. It’s too early to get rid of Russell, but the damage is done, since Russell is aware that Ronnie doesn’t trust him.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 7, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.