Okay, as the episode starts we are reminded that the plan is for either Jeff, Jordan, Natalie or Kevin to win the POV and Backdoor Russell. Natalie and Kevin are on the block and are desperate for Jeff and Jordan to follow through with this plan, but with things always changing, they know that the only way to ensure their safety, is to win the Power of Veto. Russell himself realizes that there is a backdoor opportunity and knows he has to give it everything he’s got to win this week’s veto, or he could be going up as a replacement nominee. Really, everything is riding on this veto competition because the game will change completely if any of the three “pairs” are backdoored and split up: Jeff & Jordan, Kevin & Natalie, and Russell and Michele.

In this episode, we witness my favorite couple having their first tiff. Jeff feels that jordan isn’t studying enough and preparing herself for challenges, so he is feeling a lot of extra pressure. I think more than she realizes it, she depends a lot on him. That being said, the two have the STRONGEST bond and more trust than any two people this season. They absolutely have that going for them…especially now when there aren’t many people left.

Russell and Michele feeling paranoid. Understandably, they too feel that they HAVE to win so that they are not backdoored. Russell feels that it has been too quiet and hasn’t been reassured enough about their final four plan, so it is starting to get to him.

In other news, Kevin talks about his sexuality and the houseguests are super supportive, which apparently his family hadn’t been.

Later on, Michele talks to Jordan and Jeff in the HOH room to see where their heads are at. She’s SO BAD at trying to casually talk about this strategy type stuff without seeming like she’s fishing for information and without making the person she’s talking to feel uncomfortable. The three discus that Kevin should go, but Michele does think that Natalie is annoying. The conversation is awkward and Michele leaves, not feeling confident about everything. As soon as she leaves, Jeff & Jordan discuss their concerns about the fact that Michele is being sneaky and not talking a lot about what her and Russell have been discussing. Jeff was frustrated because Jordan didn’t probe Michele for more information, instead leaving it all up to him to do and making him look like the bad guy.

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As we begin this episode, Drama Queen Lydia has been evicted and the remaining houseguests are battling it out to replace Jordan as Head Bitch in Charge (HOH) by putting the most cans into their respective tubes, or being the first to get 24 in. This challenge was HARD. Kevin did really well the whole time. The two with the least cans in tubes would be the Have Nots for the week. There were gold cans that you could use to stall somebody of your choice for one minute. Russell got one and used it on Kevin. Then Kevin got one and used it on Russell. This bought some time for Jeff to catch up and focus and that he did. He ended up passing Kevin by one can and is now HOH for the week. Michele and Russell are the Have Nots. Kevin and Natalie are the only ones that haven’t won HOH of the people that are left.

Natalie discusses with Kevin an idea she has to discuss with Jeff and Jordan and that is to make a final four deal with them. Their logic is that they can say that Russell and Michele are floaters and can’t really be trusted.

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This episode is action packed and right to business. We find out who the sixth eviction will be (seventh if you count Chima) along with who wins the POV (and if they use it) and who the new HOH will be.
At this point, Lydia and Natalie are on the chopping block with Jordan safe as HOH.

In private, Jordan tells Natalie she is a pawn and they really just want to get Lydia out. Cut to Lydia hiding under the sheets again, all down on herself. Looks like her unitard high has worn off. Her terrible attitude is not helping her make new friends in the house.

With so few houseguests left, the dynamic is changing. Russell & Michele are kinda teaming up as two loners. Then there’s Jeff & Jordan. Then we have the “evil team” leftovers: Kevin, Natalie, and Lydia…

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Okay, so much is going on. Michele’s the HOH, Chima and Natalie are on the block, and Chima gets has gone off the deep end. This is probably was one of the most anticipated episodes of Big Brother ever! What the heck happened!!

Chima’s obviously upset that Michele has put her on the block. In reference to Chima in the Diary Room, Michele says, “I don’t think my friendship with her is worth $500,000.” Totally. Well said, Michele. It’s funny how the people that are losing for once lose sight of the fact that the game is a game, and not about long lasting friendships and being nice to each other. Chima has lost sight of reality (or reality TV in this case) and as Jeff puts it, “She’s a nightmare!”

Chima starts talking about about the fact she wants out of the game: “I’m not giving them the satisfaction of voting me out of this house.” She starts to not wear her microphone. She’s just super negative and is not following the rules anymore. The backyard has been set up for the veto competition that is taking place the next day, and houseguests are invited to practice at their leisure. Given the face that Chima and Natalie are on the block, Natalie sends Kevin to go wake Chima up to come down and practice. She agrees, but she doesn’t wear her microphone.

“Chima, please put on your microphone,” Big Brother says over the intercom. “I don’t give shit,” Chima says aloud. Things are not looking good. She is completely ignoring and disobeying Big Brother. “Chima, please go to the diary room,” Big Brother insists. Cut to Chima throwing clothes over top of the camera to obstruct the cameras. In Big Brother, you have to wear the mic 24/7….

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So last episode, Jesse went home (yippee!), Michele became the HOH (anything can happen – yikes!), and there is A LOT of tension in the house. Chima is PISSED at Jeff for orchestrating Jesse’s eviction and taking away her power. Natalie’s pretty pissed too as her sidekick is gone. They’re mostly just extremely threatened that their power has finally been overthrown and Russell remains alive and well in the house, despite their every effort. That is what Chima wants most – to get Russell out and she thought she had it in the bag. She was wrong.

Jesse’s bitches are ridiculous. In this episode, they were worshiping him as if he was a God: Natalie, Lydia, and Chima….acted as if Jesse had passed on. He was only evicted ladies! They drank his bottle of wine and shed tears of Jesse, as the glorified his name. Barf! Kevin sat with them but rolled his eyes the whole time. As Kevin put it, “OMG these girls…!

So outside, Michele told Russell, Jeff, and Jordan that she wanted to put Chima up. As Jeff put it when referring to Chima, “She puts a raincloud over everything.” At this point, I’m hopeful that Michele sticks to her word, but it WAS her idea and it wasn’t them trying to convince her to do so, so it’s looking good….

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So with this episode, we’re going into Jeff’s last chance to use the Coup d’Etat, and for sure he’s gonna use it. He’d be stupid not to in my opinion. Other than Jeff, the only two people guaranteed safety this week are Chima (HOH) and Kevin (POV).

So Jesse is incredibly paranoid about the mystery power. He and Natalie suspect that either Jeff or Jordan have it. They decide that they should try to get on their good side, and uncharacteristically decide to spend the day out side with them. Jordan and Jesse are not stupid and realize that they are scheming and obviously feeling threatened.

Russell, who is actually ON the chopping block, is also scrambling. At one point, he and Jesse are talking outside while they play pool, but there is an incredible amount of tension because Jesse still feels betrayed that Russell had chosen Jeff in the POV competition over him, putting him at risk with the mystery power floating around. Nothing is really resolved in their conversation.

Later, Russell talks to Michelle in private in their room, discussing joining him, Jordan, and Jeff in an alliance. Natalie and Jesse know that the two are talking, so Jesse barges in and says to Michele, “Wasn’t it 4 or 5 days ago when he was calling you crazy?” Obviously, she knows that and is talking to Russell on her own free will, but Jesse can’t stand that Russell is trying to scheme his way back to safety. Michele leaves the room as the two beefcakes bark at each other….

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Shortly into this episode, Jeff and Russell reconfirm their newish alliance, which also includes Jordan. Obviously it’s dependant on what happens in the POV competition. Once that’s done, Russell then tries to get Michele on his side. Doesn’t go so well. They’re playing pool and he starts referencing what Ronnie had said to Michele when he was evicted, saying no one should ever have to deal with that. Then he went back to when he was upset about Michele lying in front of Chima, and Michele still denied it. Michele gets mad then goes into the HOH room to vent with Chima and Natalie. The girls confide in each other, growing tired of the boys and decide that the three of them need to get rid of the boys in the end. It’s all getting so messy!

Time to choose players for Veto Competition…

HOH is Chima so she’s in, and so are the nominees, Lydia and Russell. The three other players turn out to be Natalie, Russel got houseguest choice and picked Jeff (sealing his fate with his previous alliance with Jesse, Natalie, etc.), and Lydia also got Houseguest Choice and chose her best friend Kevin. Chima selected Michele to host. In the diary room, Jesse said it was the end of the road for “Russell and Jesse” when Russell picked Jeff instead of him.

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Ugh, as the episode started I was reminded that Chima was HOH – nightmare. At the same time, I was also reminded that Jeff has the Coup d’Etat, meaning that he’s the one with the actual power this week. Excellent. Nobody knows he has it or what the power is, so they’ve coined it “The Wizard.”

Chima has to put two people up for nomination today. She tells Michele that she wants a woman to win, so she is hesitant in putting women up for eviction. She thinks she wants to put Russell up, but Jesse and Natalie want to keep him as a potential number, even though they don’t completely trust him. Russell senses this and realizes he needs to do something to save his ass, so he apologized to Chima for their differences and things he had said to her in the past.

So I guess the houseguests were telling each other sad stories, and whoa, Chima had the saddest for sure. Ten years ago, Chima was raped by a serial killer, and survived. The guy was apparently put on death row and has since been killed. It sort of changed everyone’s opinion of Chima, myself included. She is pretty tough and rubs people the wrong way, but with something like that, you can understand how that has shaped who she is. I have a new found respect for her.

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So in this episode someone goes home, someone is safe, the coup d’etat and it’s power holder are revealed, and a new HOH is in place. At this point, because the coup d’etat is still looming, the only people safe are Russell (HOH) and Michele (POV).

That being said, Russell gets paranoid. He thinks Michele and Jordan are talking about him, even though they are talking about literature. He tries to talk to them separately to find out what they were talking about, and when he talks to Michele about it in the HOH room, Russell talks about his worries. Michele then goes on to tell him that she has been in meetings where Jesse, Chima, and Natalie say that they should backdoor Russell. Russell knows they are already mad at him because he put Ronnie up for eviction, but he is taken aback by this. So Russell confronts Jesse on what Michele said about Chima wanting to backdoor him. Jesse denies. Natalie is then brought into it and she is sent to get Chima and and tell her to go upstairs to meet with Russell. Chima goes up and listens and denies Michele’s accusations that Russell relays to her, so she says to bring Michele in there. Michele comes in and denies saying anything. Yikes. Michele, bad move – I know she was mad that Russell blabbed what she said, but now she looks like a liar to both. Then, the fight just comes between the two loud mouths and Russell and Chima start yelling their heads off at each other.

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