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Day 53 - Sunday 8/9

Calm before the storm

Day 52 - Saturday 8/8

The plot thickens

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Ratings - Tinfoil Hats edition

It's the time of the season when they start catching up the edits to accurate storylines, more or less, and that never hurts. Their commercial teasers and Twitter feed are still a bit behind the times, but oh well. The fact that they've all but omitted the Steve/Vanessa partnership is interesting, and I hope they'll throw a couple flashbacks into Wednesday's show so they can take full advantage of how conflicted he's been this week. That's the kind of meaty stuff they and viewers love, and it'd be a shame if they end up overlooking or over-simplying that.
Won: Outback dinner (guest) He still doesn't bother me nearly as much as he does some and let's face it, he's doing pretty well in there. He talked himself out of a certain nomination and possible eviction, and now nobody sees him as a threat since they believe he's not there to win. He's also in a solid trio which is a pretty good spot to be at this point.	Won: $10,000; Never Not pass; Outback dinner (guest) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD People laughed, people yawned, and people screamed, but when it came down to 'brass tacks' Becky came through. Her plan was risky and will likely come back to bite her, but when she proclaimed 'I've worked Black Friday, I can handle Vanessa' she meant it. #BlackFridayBoss has kicked ass this week, and tomorrow's veto meeting fallout should give us a good show.
Won: 1 week 6 days knight; 24 hours Vanessa polish Like Becky, she talks big but she hasn't really been in a position to act on her big words yet. I hope she does get some power as it'll be interesting to see if she lives up to her talk, and of course it'll be fun for us if she does.	Won: Outback dinner His pranks and tinfoil creations are a nice side game, and his BB game isn't too shabby either. I liked him back in the beginning, and when he became Jeff's icky sidekick I said I thought he'd be okay again if/when Jeff got gone. Nailed it.
Won: 1 week Wackstreet He's the 'superfan' who's kept that on the DL, and it's been working for him. He's laid low except when he's needed to step it up, and he did that without fanfare drawing too much attention. Now that we're past midway point, he's been revving up with insightful gametalks to the right people at the right time. Daytimers who don't keep up have probably missed most of those, but that's why there's Flashback.	Won: ½ week Wackstreet I think she's hilarious much of the time, especially when she gets going with Liz. They've shown that a season of all twins or close siblings could be a good twist indeed, with bonus entertainment because they aren't required to do the fake small talk or playing nice with each other. It makes it all a bit more Real, if you will, when not much about reality TV is.
Won: ½ week Wackstreet, Outback dinner See Julia, with the addition of her weird whatever-it-is with Austin. I like how the whole thing is out of whack. It's definitely not a showmance, but it's more than a one-sided obsession too. Again, their whole thing doesn't fit the mold and that's fine with me - I'm not a fan of predictable or ordinary.	Won: Gronk party cruise She's cute, fun and funny, and she leans like nobody's business. That's about it, but that's enough to have gotten her this far.
Won: 2,400 battles NOMINATED I'm torn. As annoying as she can be, she garnered some unexpected respect with her endurance win and 2400 battles. Now that her bedmate's gone and their creepy squealy interaction with him, we'll see what she's like on her own. She didn't let on to Vanessa that she knew the plan and that was surprising, though I'm not totally convinced Vanessa didn't see through that. Post-veto meeting fallout could be epic, and Shelli's in position to take the brunt of it.	NOMINATED - HOLDS VETO Ups all the way, not only for winning again when he had to but for keeping his cool with the pressure on him before and after the comp (not to mention during). He came to a very difficult crossroads this week and opted to drop his Danielle/Jason-esque secret partnership with Vanessa because he could see she was doomed, but that probably didn't make his decision any easier. I'm sure she'll forgive him and let him visit the mansion when it's all over.
Won: Outback dinner; 24 hours polishing Jackie After five weeks of dominating the game and the feeds, she's been surprisingly quiet now that crunch time has arrived. I'm looking forward to some memorable blindside fallout after she's put up as renom. But even if she reins it and doesn't explode on Monday, I do not expect her to go quietly, especially being on the block next to Shelli.	Won: Ireland trip; Outback dinner (guest) He started badly, calling himself a 'superfan' after being recruited at a basketball game and marathoning a few seasons. He said BB is about making new friends and memories, and he had a problem with lies and backstabs except when he was doing it. He spent most of his time stapled to Shelli and they got a lot of mother/son jokes, but I saw them more as creepy Lannisters, especially when she went on about how like her brother he is. He provided loads of unintentional comedy, weird mouth things and mumbling translations, he peed in HOH shower, and he got out just in time.
Won: 1 week Wackstreet Another superfan who found out it's easier to play BB from home, he fell into Vanessa's disastrous Renom Roulette wheel and went out earlier than many hoped. He got mouthy about many of them and popped some good funnies, but he laid around most of the time until it was too late. He gave us some of the best reaction faces of all time, especially the night they played squicky truth or dare - he even had a dedicated cam for much of it. He mentioned this site often, usually saying it's 'hard to navigate' so he'll probably never see this.	Won: Nothing She was erratic and unpredictable, and the random ways she kept them stirred up made for some of the best feeds in ages. And as a bonus, she featured in all the fights, many because the others didn't believe her telling truths. They did buy most of the fibs, and without 'empirical evidence,' but they fell for her wacky gameplay more than twice. She marooned herself in a bed and a dental chair, with some laughs in between, and she got the 2nd ever penalty vote. I enjoyed watching her, and will miss her.
Won: Nothing I haven't given many empty wheels before their time, and I don't think any of those got them as early as he did. But we've never had such a misogynistic, inappropriate, and unfunny pig before. CBS let him get away clean and that's what it is - I'm just glad to see the back of him.	Won: Power to nullify 3 votes She wasn't afraid to confront people nor to keep fighting to stay, which was good for us, but didn't help her much. She figured out the twins early but didn't leverage that to her advantage soon or well enough. Her 'game on' fight with Audrey and pantry rant to us were memorable, especially her catch-phrase 'get your life!' She was smart, funny, and volatile. She didn't let us take full advantage of #DaVonneHasADaughter, a hashtag that was too good to be true.
Won: Nothing He was like a parody of all the former surf boys we've had, with all the worst qualities of asshat hamsters past rolled into one. He verbally beat up on Steve a few times but the primetime version earned him viewer loathing, even if his actoring was lousy. He ranted, streaked, flipped us off, and mostly talked about himself, but he promised to save us all someday through music.	They erroneously said last year that BB16 would have 'the most houseguests ever' but this year they really did, with 17 total after the twins split into separate entities. Now my symmetry for this section is out of whack and I don't know what to put here.

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