After winning HOH in Big Brother 12 Episode 17, Brendon nominated Lane and Ragan for eviction. Nobody knows why.
According to Brendon, Lane is the pawn. His target is Ragan. He declined to nominate Britney and Matt because at least they fight to be in the house. What foolish logic, or lack thereof. I’d say Rachel was the brains of the operation, but I’m not sure that’s true.
It’s time to pick players for the veto competition.
Brendon chooses Enzo at random.
Ragan chooses Kathy at random.
Lane chooses Hayden as houseguest’s choice.
Ragan knows he has to win because otherwise the idiotic saboteur twist would blow up in CBS’ faces. Again.
The houseguests are awakened by a robot, the Zingbot 3000, who is there to insult them/host the veto competition. This is quite annoying. The robot explains the rules. I don’t know what they are.
They will be carrying puzzle pieces across a balance beam. Kathy says she’s taking her time. I think I’ve seen her use that strategy before. Ragan completes the first of four puzzles first. Brendon’s behind him and paying more attention to Ragan than himself. Ragan finishes his second puzzle, and Brendon is trying to pass him by copying him. The disaster of the competition is Kathy. Falling off her balance beam, she’s put out of her misery without having to continue. Ragan solves his third puzzle. Then the fourth. Ragan wins the power of veto, keeping alive his hopes for the easiest $20,000 in the history of Big Brother.
As much as he may be in their alliance and is the only one winning any competitions for them, Hayden wouldn’t be too upset to see Matt leave. Matt is a threat for HOH, and he’s got votes from the other side of the house that Hayden and Enzo don’t. They’ve been so invested in this foursome that they’ve failed to realize they need to reach across until it’s too late and they had to go to Brendon of all people.
Pandora’s box is back. Brendon sees Rachel on the screen. Oh god. Obviously, he opens it. Somebody slap him upside the head please. He will be receiving 24 hours at a private mansion. So Matt gets the diamond power of veto, and Brendon gets to take a little break elsewhere? Sounds fair. Although he expected otherwise, he will not be seeing Rachel. Instead, she’s on her way back to the house to see everybody else. She’s as obnoxious as ever.
Rachel warns them that she’s still a juror, so they have to be nice to her. Ragan disagrees with this theory. Rather than letting the opportunity go, he takes the bait, daring her to not vote for him. This guy’s not very bright. He gets dumber by the minute, just wanting a fight. Everybody else is biting their tongues. She keeps fighting, and he’s happy to oblige. Hopefully at some point one or both of them will stop being stupid.
After the commercial break, we’re back for more. Okay, when can this be over already? This stopped being entertaining five minutes ago.
Realizing she probably won’t see Brendon, Rachel leaves a message for him in pretzels to target Matt. It shall be done then. She shows the message to Kathy and asks her to make sure nobody goes up there. Why’s she being nice to Kathy when supposedly she wants to get rid of the people who aren’t doing anything to further themselves in the game? Of course, once Rachel leaves, Kathy tells Enzo and Hayden about the message.
We all know Brendon has no intention of forming an independent thought, so it’s clear he’s going to do as Rachel says. Nonetheless, he checks with Britney to make sure she won’t be nominating him next week in the unlikely event she wins HOH. She lies and says he’s safe.
Ragan doesn’t want to see Matt go up in his place. He has no problem throwing Britney under the bus.
The saboteur warns them of a competition tomorrow that could change the course of the game. Throughout the evening, they are awakened by nonsense messages with the point of keeping them awake. After a few hours of this, he tells them there really is no competition. Lame.
Ragan takes himself off the block, and Brendon nominates Matt in his place as instructed. Unbeknownst to him, Brendon is the first person who’s actually been able to target the Brigade. Too bad Matt has the veto to save himself and choose the replacement nominee.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 19, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.