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Following Ragan’s veto win in Big Brother 12 Episode 18, Brendon decided to nominate Matt in his place. Of course, Matt also has a veto, effectively making himself HOH for the second week in a row, so he won’t be going anywhere tonight. At least Brendon got to go to a mansion for 24 hours. That’s sure an equivalent reward to the diamond veto Matt received for performing the same action.

Brendon continues to talk about how much he loves Rachel. I’ve still yet to see her say the same thing to him.

Matt asks Enzo and Hayden to tell him which way they’re going to vote. Even if he pulls himself off, he still has potentially the opportunity to throw his alliance completely off course.

Before leaving, Rachel told Kathy about the pretzel message. She obviously didn’t want anybody else to know. So Kathy told Enzo and Hayden, and she told them not to say anything. So now Hayden is telling Matt.

Lane is told he’s got Hayden and Enzo behind him, and he hopes that Britney is the third vote.

Ragan’s final act of sabotage is to leave a note somewhere in the house saying “I know your secret.” I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Lame. He leaves this for Enzo, who now suspects Kathy since she made his bed.

Ragan says he does not regret being a moron by yelling at a jury member while Rachel was in the house.

Unlike last week’s hometown visit, we get to meet family members. Apparently, only Brendon gets to be attacked by a bitter ex. Nobody is quite sure whether Lane and Britney are going to hook up or not.

Now it’s time for the pre-vote speech. Unlike the typical speeches, this will be different. Matt pulls himself off the block with the diamond power of veto. He cannot name Brendon (HOH) or Ragan (veto winner), but he can pick whoever else he wants to put up against Lane. He puts Kathy, the least threatening person ever, on the block.

Votes
Hayden: Kathy
Enzo: Kathy
Ragan: Kathy
Matt: Kathy
Britney: Kathy

By a vote of 5-0, an extremely excited house has voted to evict Kathy. What a wasted week for Brendon, but he did get Rachel’s wish of getting rid of somebody who’s not playing the game.

Brendon is not eligible to compete for HOH. The real HOH of the week, Matt, however, is. The competition is called Big Brother Says, a series of questions based on commands Big Brother gave them while playing the Big Brother Says game yesterday. Ragan and Hayden are eliminated in the first round. Matt is eliminated in the second round. The remaining players are all right on question three. Lane is eliminated next. Nobody is eliminated in the next question. Both get the next question wrong and stay in the game. Enzo is incorrect on the following question. Britney is HOH.

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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.

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.

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Britney won the power of veto and obviously did not use it in Big Brother 12 Episode 15, meaning yet another showmance will be broken up this week, much to everybody’s delight.

Britney apologizes to Rachel and gives her a hug. That was weird. She does not, however, hug Brendon, who she calls the spawn of Satan. Ragan, likewise, is easily offended by Brendon.

Brendon would prefer to take a dive rather than stay in this game. Rachel could be the wife/mother of his children. This guy’s an idiot. He agrees, too, saying “I guess I’m an idiot.” Even if that quote is somewhat out of context, it’s the only necessary part.

Enzo doesn’t get these people. They’re fighting each other. They should be fighting the Brigade. The rest of the house is just too stupid.

In spite of Brendon’s ridiculous veto ceremony speech, Ragan tells Rachel that she’s at the center of all the conflict in the house. Then Rachel starts crying. Again. Of course, Brendon marches over to defend her, without knowing what the conversation was about or why. Britney and Ragan find this all quite amusing and decide to poke Brendon with a stick.

Ragan’s next saboteur task is to create paranoia that the voted out person isn’t really leaving. Certainly a plausible scenario. Would not be the first time.

Julie asks: who is the most underestimated player left in the game, not including Brendon and Rachel who are on the block?

Matt: Kathy
Lane: Ragan
Britney: Ragan
Enzo: Hayden
Ragan: Ragan
Kathy: Ragan
Hayden: Britney
Rachel: Everybody
Brendon: Britney

Brendon’s ex-fiancee says that she’s heard everything he has said to Rachel. She and her family are amused/grateful while watching him on the show. Ultimately, though, I’m wondering why CBS is giving an ex the chance to air their story. We usually see friends, family, pets, co-workers… but never a bitter ex with an axe to grind.

Votes
Enzo: Rachel
Britney: Rachel
Kathy: Rachel
Ragan: Rachel
Lane: Rachel
Hayden: Rachel

By a vote of 6-0, Rachel has been evicted from the Big Brother house. Brendon did not get his wish, no matter how much of a fool he may have tried to make out of himself. It’ll be hilarious if he wins HOH, though. As she’s departing, he tells her he loves her. Would be nice if she made an effort to respond in kind for once. She says she has plans to move to LA, maybe. Britney’s departing words come off as bitchy. The other houseguests mostly play it smart.

Having made it to the halfway point, Rachel is off to the jury house. Julie tells her this may not be the last she’s seen of the Big Brother house.

The object of the HOH competition is to untangle themselves from all the knots they’re tethered to. They’ll have to deal with mud and chickens, too. Then a storm is brewing. This doesn’t look like it’ll go on for too long, but it will be long enough to continue beyond tonight’s show.

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