Daniele followed her scripted for television HOH win in Big Brother 13 Episode 11 with an also scripted for television nomination of Rachel & Brendon, a couple that once again can’t make it past week 5 before the house turns on them.
Brendon’s plan: win veto and remove Rachel so that Daniele is stuck with her rather than him being stuck with her.
Well, I can see this is going to be an evening of waterworks.
Jordan volunteers to Jeff to go on the block as a pawn should it be necessary. Jeff is willing to honor his deal with Daniele for as long as she’s in power.
Daniele views this as her opportunity to make a big game move. Her and her army of… Kalia. Somehow her terrible gameplay is Rachel’s fault.
Daniele, Brendon, and Rachel are joined in the power of veto by Jeff, Adam, and Porsche. They have apparently run out of ideas because it’s a mix of all the previous competitions.
The first competition up for bids is how long it will take them to transport 10 gumballs across the balance beam. Dominic’s winning time was 70 in 12 minutes and 10 seconds. With her bid of 2 minutes, Rachel will either need to complete the task in that time, or Adam will be knocked out after bidding 3:17. Now we get to listen to Brendon being a cheerleader and Kalia’s equally annoying impression of him. With a time of 1:49, Rachel eliminates Adam.
Brendon and Rachel completed the superhero veto puzzle. They are now bidding on how long it will take them to complete this new version. Rachel again bids lowest, 38 seconds, and she is competing to knock out Porsche, who bid 1:58. The ridiculously short bid is not enough, and Rachel is eliminated.
The third task is to pluck 11 hairs and spell an 11 letter word, nominations. Not wanting to spell, Jeff bids a high 1:59, but the thinking she was being smart Daniele accidentally bids lowest by a good margin with 29 seconds. She seems to have the word but not enough time.
While dressed as cows on the moon, they will have to transport 3 gallons of milk from the pool to the jug. Saying she does not want a repeat of what happened when she was partnered with Keith (I’m sure there’s logic in there somewhere), Porsche bids 3:19, a time far higher than Jeff’s 54 seconds. Coming just a couple seconds shy, Jeff is eliminated.
The final round is to put a ball into the hole. Brendon’s bid of 33 seconds is 2 seconds lower than Porsche. Finishing with 3 seconds to spare, Brendon wins the power of veto.
Brendon’s plan is to use the power of veto to save Rachel so that he can stop whining about his PhD and what he’s giving up to be here. However, he will tell everybody that he’s going to save himself so that Daniele has to make a last minute decision that burns her. He’s not even telling Jeff and Jordan, a good thing because Daniele’s only hope is to send them fishing for answers.
Daniele doesn’t trust Shelly because she considers her a floater, though she doesn’t want to make yet another enemy either. Her other option is to nominate Jordan and assume the house will view her as less of a threat. I disagree because Jordan’s clearly a far better player than either of them, but ultimately, you don’t take anything for granted in this game. If you nominate two people, make it two people you want to get rid of. Don’t assume your intended target is certain. This is Big Brother 101 and was made obvious the very first week of the very first house nominations in Big Brother 2.
Rachel and Brendon offer to work with Daniele, but she’s not biting.
As planned, Brendon uses the power of veto to save Rachel, a surprise to everybody in the house. The replacement nominee is Jordan.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 13 Episode 13, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on CBS.