Following John’s eviction in Big Brother 17 Episode 29, a new battle began for HOH and for one juror to return to the house.
Julia, Steve, and Meg were already eliminated by the end of the commercial break. James is the next one to drop, but they still have hope in one of the jurors. Liz doesn’t last much longer than her sister.
That leaves the jurors up against Vanessa, and although some of them have bigger targets, Vanessa has had a hand in everybody’s eviction. Jackie is the next one to fall. Becky falls. Then Shelli. John is the last juror standing, having been out of the house for about 10 minutes. Vanessa promises John he’s safe. I’m not sure how believable that is, but apparently they decided before he left that they would work together. Eventually, he’s had enough and drops, though he never accepted her deal because it wasn’t smart. Vanessa wins HOH.
Seeing as every person in the house has targeted Vanessa, she could go after anyone. Her alliance has become a complete joke, there is an opposing alliance, and then there are a couple of floaters who seem to have become her best hope.
It probably would not be smart for Vanessa to target Austin and the twins, but if people keep waiting to do that, how do they expect to get rid of all three of them? Vanessa wants to target Meg and James, despite the fact that her alliance is terrified of John. The way she sells this plan is because Meg and James asked about getting rid of Steve instead of John last week, which ironically would have meant Shelli’s return, with a giant chip on her shoulder about her and Clay having been broken up by James.
Vanessa asks James and Meg if they have any information that would help her make a decision. Silence. Then they lie and say they never knew she was a target. Both of them volunteer to go on the block over the other, complete with tears, showing how dangerously close they are. James promises to target Austin next week, but he fails to provide a reason why Vanessa should do that herself. Perhaps they’ll be in the mood to talk when they’re on the block.
James remembers something. Vanessa had made a deal with him that she would not nominate him and one other person if she were HOH before final 7. With John’s return, we are back to 8. They do not, however, share this memory with Vanessa.
Nominations
Meg
James
They sealed their fate by refusing to talk, but I’m not sure there was much they could do to prevent this.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 17 Episode 31, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.