The house's biggest fear comes through - Brendon easily won the HoH competition. Brendon then takes the necessary steps to avenge Rachel's ousting. As the HoH, he was able to chose the have-nots for the week - Britney, Matt and Ragan - for the third week in a row! The threesome will enjoy eggplant and escargot for the week - along with the classic BB slop. Yum yum.
Ragan and Lane are up for eviction. Lane is put up as a pawn to get Ragan out, as noted by one-on-one discussions with Brendon.
Zingbot 3000 - a robot that infiltrates the BB house to host the PoV competition. The 'bot gets some Zingers in on a few of the houseguests while it can.
Regan uses a strategy commonly used by many famous puzzlers - find the pieces on the outside of the puzzle first, and fill in the rest as it comes. That's why he has a PhD and a professor. A true mentor. His strategy works well and easily wins the PoV with Brendan a distant second.
The Brigade is starting to fall a part with Hayden and Enzo snuggling and sharing ideas about getting Matt's intentions and ability to stay in the Brigade given his supreme intelligence.
Brendon decides to open Pandora's Box after getting the impression he could escape to a beach holiday in Maui with Rachel for 24hrs. When in reality, Pandora's Box sent Brendon to the jury house in Maui sans Rachel and Rachel (re)joined the house for 24hrs. She made her presence felt by shrieking "I'm back, bitches" and got a equally off-putting reception from the other houseguests - especially Ragan.
The two then start a back and forth "dialogue" which lasts approximately 23hrs 57minutes. From Rachel attributing Ragan's "bitchiness" to his sexuality to Ragan using his "bitchiness" really well to take every comment Rachel made and rework it to slap it back at her. Calm is restored to the house in 24hrs when Brendon returns.
The sab kept houseguests guessing - and awake - one evening in tricking them to believe there would be a competition the next morning and they needed to get their sleep. The sab woke the houseguests up periodically throughout the evening and bright and early the next morning shares with them the unfortunate news there isn't a competition. Score another for the sab!
To no surprise, Ragan pulls himself off the chopping block and Brendon - upon consult with Rachel via pretzels - puts Matt on the block. Matt does his due-diligence and seeks counsel from Enzo and Hayden to sort out who they're voting for - knowing that Diamond PoV will save him, he's seeking to find out if his Brigade members will back him or Lane. Enzo outs himself as ready to oust Matt this week - seeking his vote as a jury member.
Ragan pulls off his last and final act of sabotage on Enzo with a note left under his pillow that read "I KNOW YOUR SECRET". A fine move by the sab after Kathy made the bed, diverting attention to her over him. This successful sabotage has made Ragan a cool $20k richer - kudos!
On eviction night, Matt shocks the house by removing himself from the block by using the Diamond PoV and putting Kathy up for eviction. A true shocker, since Kathy was also unanimously evicted from the BB house by a vote of 5-0.
After some practice of 'BB says' in the last couple days, the houseguests are faced with the game for this week's HoH competition. Britney was shown to have the best memory and handily won HoH.
Looking to the week ahead, we wonder if Lane and Britney's roughhousing will lead to more inappropriate touching, if Ragan and Brendon develop a new strategy to ensure their safety throughout the rest of the game and how this week's HoH will deal with a tighter house and more understated alliances. Some final reflections from our favourite houseguests on the week that was in the BB house -
"I'm taking my time on this one" Britney about Kathy
"Step to the left, step to the left - we do this in Texas. It's called do-si-do" Lane
"Meow Meow all you talk about is dropping grenades, meanwhile all we have seen you is bomb in competitions" Zingbot
"Brendon thinks he's the smartest person in the house, though he's only as smart as the person he's cheating off of. Zing!" Ragan
"Do you have to be the biggest bitch because you're gay?" Rachel
"The only thing honest about you are the pimples on your chin" Ragan
"State of Freakatonia" Ragan
"It may be time for Matty to be whacked here. Time to size him up for some cement shoes" Enzo
Britney Haynes - this week's HoH - has kept below the radar for the last couple weeks. To prep for her week of reign in the house - catch up on what some of her fans have captured about this young hotel sales manager from Arkansas.