In spite of Brendon’s humiliating attempt to get them to vote him out instead, Rachel was eliminated in Big Brother 12 Episode 16. We left off at the start of the HOH competition.
Brendon is fighting for Rachel and blah blah blah. Matt realizes that his allies suck at competitions.
After the eviction, the rest of the house scattered to be out of the room with Brendon. Britney says that he attacked her that week. She loved every minute of it, trying to turn it into a big joke at his expense.
Kathy’s in dead last as usual. Enzo’s not far ahead of her, and Ragan and Britney are falling behind the rest of the pack as well. Brendon has a massive lead. It doesn’t appear that anybody else has a chance of catching him.
3 hours before the eviction, Enzo told Hayden he’s going after Ragan and Britney after this. They’re getting too tight with Matt and Lane. They proposed a side alliance with Brendon/Rachel to eliminate Ragan and Britney.
Brendon gets stuck on a knot. All of a sudden, his lead starts to slip away as Lane begins catching up with him. While this provides a little bit of drama, it’s not enough to stop him. Brendon wins HOH. Right on cue.
According to Brendon, he’s the biggest target if he didn’t win. However, minus Rachel, his target has decreased. What he needs to do is not be too big of an ass this week, or he’ll just make himself a bigger target in the process. He’s not off to a very good in that respect, though.
As the winner, Brendon’s first act is to choose three have nots for the week: Ragan, Britney, and Matt. This is the third time for Ragan and Britney.
Now the Brigade is regretting this decision to get rid of Rachel instead of Brendon. It’s quite amusing. Speaking of regret, Britney realizes she put her foot in her mouth when she opted to openly mock Brendon to his face. As the diamond power of veto holder, Matt couldn’t care less who gets nominated.
When it comes time for the very lame HOH room revealing, Enzo and Kathy pretend to be interested. The people who know they’re targets decide not to even pretend.
Hayden and Enzo are starting to trust Brendon more than Matt, who’s always with Ragan. They’re also worried about Lane, who’s spending too much time with Britney. They’d like to get rid of Britney this week.
Contrary to their plans, Brendon is thinking of putting Britney up there, but he’s planning to put her up against Lane.
For his third act of sabotage, Ragan will be talking about a secret alliance, which he hopes to tie back to Annie’s message about the lifelong friendship. His hint is that it’s a male and a female. That would point the finger at either Kathy or Britney. They swear on whatever they can think of that they don’t know anybody.
In addition to their slop, the have nots will be given eggplant and escargot. Surprising to see Big Brother willing to pay for the snails.
Ragan has decided to try to save himself by speaking to Brendon, who wants him to make it quick. His proposal is that they become secret allies because nobody would suspect it. Very interesting play, but Brendon’s still not playing this game for himself.
After that, he pulls Britney into his room. Her offer to him is that, if he doesn’t nominate her, she’ll play for the veto hard for him. Really? That’s all she has to offer? Will she want to use the power of veto on Lane? Her response is that he’ll have someone else in his corner for the veto. That’s not a no. As to next week, she does agree to do whatever for him that he does for her.
Nominations
Enzo is safe.
Kathy is safe.
Hayden is safe.
Britney is safe.
Matt is safe.
Lane and Ragan have been nominated for eviction. The hell? He just threw away every deal that was made to him. I don’t get the sense that he has a plan, or cares to have one.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 12 Episode 18, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.