Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Victor
HOH Nominated – Natalie, James
Veto Winner – Corey
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor #11 Michelle

Cleanliness – the true HOH

We’re just gonna come right out and say it, September 5th lacked excitement. But there’s lots of positive stuff to say too. One notable element of Big Brother season 18 is the relative cleanliness of the house. Mainly because Victor remains, the house stays spic and span. Usually at this point in the season (only about two weeks left) the house has succumbed to the housekeeping habits of average twenty-something bros – not typically the tidiest bunch. But because of our beloved Puerto Rican Sensation, the only exception to the neat, orderly BB house is the Tokyo room, Nicorey’s habitat.

Blasted by his own prank

While Nicole chats in the Diary Room, Corey puts salt into her water for a prank, giggling to himself like a little kid. Just moments before she’d jokingly called him a “baby” and thus, this silly revenge. But turns out the joke’s on Corey when they’re playing dominos a bit later and she takes a sip only to blast him with her saltwater spray reflex.

Epic fail commercial venture

Not much else happened on September 5th. James did a lame “commercial spot” for the new TV show Macgyver because BB gave them a pizza box covered in an ad for it. He didn’t get the memo that nobody wants an endorser clad in sunglasses. How can we trust you when we can’t even see your eyes? But it did have a plus side when James reads from the Macgyver pizza box that, “No man has done more with less,” and Paul chimes in, “Except me in my sex life,” ha ha. We love Paul’s self-deprecation.

Natalie wants James to shut it

In other James news, he confronts Natalie about the “tension” he feels between them. But she’s not really into talking about it anymore …and who can blame her? Of course there’s tension. They’re both on the block and he freakin’ said, “I love you,” so this leads to lots of taut feelings and maybe even an eyeroll or two. Just let it lie, now James. You made this bed so you gotta deal with the consequences. At the absolute minimum, they became great friends and had a lot of fun this summer. That’s no small accomplishment given their circumstances.

Nicole realizes she’s lost

In other showmance news, Nicole and Corey talked a lot of game on September 5th. Well, it was mostly Nicole talking and Corey nodding. They agree that Natalie will go home this week but they’re keeping it hush hush from James so he’ll think he’s on the way out. This is their arrangement with Paul and Victor so their Final Four alliance stays intact. But it’s an epic fail. James and Natalie pretty much know the plan because Natalie figured it out… all the more reason to evict her. No matter who they evict, though Nicole has a crucial revelation right before she goes to bed. Nic does the juror numbers tally and realizes she can’t win this game.  Best Nicole can hope for is second place because none of the ladies in the jury will give her a vote. The jury is almost ALL ladies. Nice job, Nicole! But hey, it’s a grand achievement to make it as far as Nicole with veteran status. She’s never been on the block and is likely to make it to final three. That’s nothing to sniff at.

– Katherine Recap

Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Victor
HOH Nominated – Natalie, James
Veto Winner – Corey
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor #11 Michelle

Meech’s got regrets

The September 4th TV show starts as James and Natalie find out that Meech is going home last Thursday night and thus realize they’re a lone duo in the game. For some reason this is a shocker to them and, of course, sends Michelle into the land of tissues and tears. It’s all Meech’s doing, though. She talks to Nicole, campaigning for the first time since being nominated, about an hour before the live eviction show and, surprise surprise, it’s too little and too late. This TV show edit is pretty on the mark, unlike some of the other ones in this September 4th show. We gotta admit that we were disappointed to see Corey’s sleep-talking get a segment when Victor’s nature watch bits with are so funny and entertaining. Hopefully Wednesday’s show will give Victor’s nature watch talents a spotlight.

Final Four… for now

The HOH competition stays pretty close but it’s slow going and everybody’s frustrated and shredding their digits throughout. Victor keeps his momentum going best. He’s a steady player… and the best! James, meanwhile has tiny fingers and works diligently but gets nowhere, like a comedy pratfaller making zero progress for nearly the entire competition though he’s clearly trying his best. The other players, though, are all getting closer to the win at about the same rate despite Nicole making silly egg puns the whole time. Soon after James gets his first letter Victor wins it all and becomes the next HOH, as we already knew. Speaking of already knowing stuff, James and Natalie predict right after the comp that they’re going on the block the next day. Correct, sir and lady!

James and Natalie

Next we see a flashback to Victor and Paul calling their bro alliance the Sitting Ducks. But the true sitting ducks are James and Natalie, their partnership starts to crumble as James says things like, “You don’t have to like me back,” and then she comforts him that she likes him for who he is and no other reason. This isn’t exactly an accurate rendition of the Nat/James dynamic this week or even how Natalie talks to James. She’s much more of a mixed message type… and that’s putting it kindly. One minute she’s calling him her “soulmate” and next she’s saying they should just be friends. James then explains to Victor and Paul that he betrayed them the week before because of his final four deal with Corey, Nicole, and Natalie… but just as he’s making his point Corey and Nicole come into HOH and interrupt the conversation. So, James sucks it up and leaves. This is typical of James who is far too passive. Why didn’t he just ask for a minute to talk with Victor and Paul? It’s not that difficult to do. But no, he just gives up. He goes to Natalie resigned and she says, “What am I gonna do without you?” James replies, “You’re gonna win,” and she knows he’s right; (for once) Nat’s gotta play the damn game for herself. Oh yeah. In fact, from that moment forward she really starts detaching herself from James and the comments are far more on the, “Let’s just be friends,” trajectory these days. One of them is leaving the house and she’s prepping herself for being James-free. It’s actually pretty smart.

Victor nominates Natalie and Victor

In the nomination ceremony Victor keeps it simple with his speeches. All he says is that Natalie is the pawn and James was the deciding vote that got him out. So, it’s all pretty clear and makes sense. Paul and Victor are happy. Then in the Diary Room James makes an idiotic comment about how he’s responsible for Natalie being on the block and wants to win the Veto so he can take her off and make it up to her. Why James wants to sacrifice his (non) game for her makes no sense. C’mon, James. Everything was making sense for a second there! Why’d you have to go and ruin it with your silly remarks. Are you channeling Marcellas Reynolds (from BB Season 3) now?

Natalie bummed by Paul & Victor

The September 4th feeds begin with a bang even though Victor and Paul are calmly sipping coffee outside. Natalie comes to join them and immediately says she wants them to vote her out and keep James. At the same time James says to Corey that he wants to be voted out so they’ll keep Natalie. Paul responds by asking Nat what she’ll do if they kept her. This stuns Natalie. She doesn’t want to answer other than saying that of course she would fight for herself. But then Nat says, “It’s just really hard being on the block with your best friend,” which really bugs them because she put them on the bock together. Victor was even evicted as a result. Victor and Paul joke about it for the rest of the day. Corey decides to integrate all of this “strategy” into his Veto speech, “Well, since you both say that you want to leave this house, I don’t see much point in using the Veto to take you off the block.” Ha ha. It might actually make a semi-interesting Veto ceremony for the first time in Season 18.

Victor is a rapper too

Later in the evening we get some freestyle rap from “el douchebag “(Victor’s self ascribed rapper name) and it’s hilarity in the kitchen. Certainly more fun to listen to than Nicole’s whining or Jatalie’s bickering taking place in other rooms. The rappin’ mostly involves Vic engaging Paul across the counter with raps like, “Inside his beard/ is another beard/ and inside that beard …” And he even says, “Mic check on Mr Jenkins” at one point. Mr. Jenkins, being, of course, the basil plant that Bridgette had to leave behind when she was evicted. Thank you, Victor, for the endless reams of entertainment.

– Katherine Recap

Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Victor
HOH Nominated – Natalie, James
Veto Winner – Corey
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor #11 Michelle

Victor… or Jesus?

Most of what transpired September 3rd in the Big Brother house happens in the evening and off the feeds. The Veto competition starts in late afternoon. So then, inevitably, ends late as well. The challenge then lasts more than five hours. Corey wins the Veto while Natalie takes second place. The houseguests look like they were trapped in a mine for several days in filthy faces and ripped, dirty costumes. The effect is particularly funny on Victor, who comes out looking like Jesus – appropriate since he’s the savior of BB18 as our beloved underdog. That is until he puts his red baseball hat on and ruins the whole messiah look. If Jozea was still in there he would have fixed that pronto – Off with that cap, savior boy! … and here’s a sweep of bronzer on your Adam’s apple while we’re at it.

Nat explains on a loop to the unhearing James

After the challenge Natalie and James “get real” with each other for a bit. We know historically this means Natalie tells James what’s actually going on in the house that he can’t see while he refuses to acknowledge it for an eternity. It was like this back when she convinced him they needed to evict Paulie. The circle of BB life continues to spin and loop on the feeds as Natalie tells James over and over that because she played so hard in the competition they’re coming after her. This is, of course, completely 100% the case and currently happening upstairs in the HOH. Natalie knows in her gut. But James stays clueless as she gets increasingly frustrated until finally Nat Nat says that if James teams up with Nicorey after she leaves she won’t talk to him again. That gets his attention and James finally starts listening because he’s hurt. Natalie apologizes but it’s obvious she’s pleased that he’s finally hearing her. She’s frustrated, Nat explains, “because I followed you into the dark,” and got screwed. It’s pretty true. Especially the part about him being in the dark.

James finally starts hearing Natalie

James sustains a bruised ego once he realizes she’s right because HE wants to be considered a threat. James even says to Nat that to evict her is a, “waste of an HOH,” implying that she’s no threat. But we can see clearly that, as per usual, James is wrong. He continues to say he’ll fall on a sword for her but Natalie’s insistent she’s going. As of right now she doesn’t want James to sacrifice himself for her anyway. Natalie fights her own battles… and wins more often than James.

One of these things does not belong

Meanwhile upstairs Nicorey and Paul convince Victor that Natalie needs to go. It’s becoming clear that her weakness and whining are just an act (we knew this) and she’s capable of kicking ass when the chips are down. Getting rid of Nat puts Nicorey in an excellent position, Nicole especially. This whole season James has played like the ultimate pawn and also a protective shield for Natalie. He’s all talk about, “making big game moves” but the only thing James ever really does is try to please people with shoving his head deeper into the sand. The votes are against Natalie because the one person who really wants James gone (Victor) doesn’t get to vote this week. Victor has good reasons for wanting to evict James. It was James who put him up on the block when Victor was evicted. Of course he wants him out. It’s rational revenge. The minute he’s out of his Jesus digs, Victor’s ready to roll with literal vengeance. Who can blame him? Not us.

Why shower when you can plot and scheme?

Still, the plan is to blindside James by letting him think he’s going all week and then, swift and cool, evict Natalie. This way James won’t be prepped to compete in the next HOH and will also be emotionally unsteady. It gives them a better chance to win, but really they don’t need much of a leg up. James isn’t exactly a stellar competitor. You think he regrets jumping off the last HOH willingly for Nicole yet? Our guess is that he hasn’t given it a second thought. Reason #47 why we’re not big James fans up in here at Fetchland.com. Let’s see if it stays this way until Thursday. There are several days for the dynamic to change. Considering how much it shifted just from yesterday, when Natalie was allegedly thrilled at the prospect of a Paul/Victor final two, it could be a new story as soon as tomorrow. Stay tuned here at Fetchland.com for all the latest and greatest in the Big Brother house and check out our tweets @RuiningBigBro.

– Katherine Recap

Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Victor
HOH Nominated – Natalie, James
Veto Winner – TBD
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor #11 Michelle
Battle Back Winner – Victor & Victor (again)
Return Ticket Holder – Paul
Have-Nots – None
Have-Not Supplement – N/A

Domino Games = Scintillating Feeds

On September 2nd Victor finally makes his HOH nominations after an interminable wait. The houseguests play dominos all day while patiently anticipating Victor’s decision. Of course, he puts Natalie and James on the block, as expected. But what was surprising after the fact was their reaction, especially from Natalie who says she, “can’t wait to see Victor or Paul win $500K,” and also that she just wants to win HOH so she can put Nicorey up on the block. It’s so lovely to see that putting Natalie on the block has recharged her cheerleader bunny batteries and completely cured her HOHitis. She’s out of her slump – hooray!

The cutest beautician, a secret killer in the game?

Speaking of Natalie, now that she’s bright and bubbly again she can make anything fun and cute, including a solid hour of nose strip application and removal. She and James stay up late and beautify together while they talk game. Her revitalized personality shows us a crucial Nat Nat attribute. Turns out she’s one of those people who’s at their best under pressure. This bodes well for her in these final weeks. So, watch out, houseguests! We predict that Natalie’s going to be playing hard in these final days and the way James has been acting (he said “I love you” to her on September 2nd) it appears that he’d be happy to fall on a sword for her.

… and they’re entertaining too

The consensus on Twitter agrees with Natalie that Paul and Victor deserve to be in the final two. In fact, several feedsters and updaters have commented that if they end up there they’ll be the first truly deserving final two EVER in Big Brother history. This is largely due to the fact that many great players get there by leaving their alliances in the dust, whether it’s by choice or not. These two are tight, though and will do everything they can to stay together. It doesn’t mean they’re guaranteed to make it all the way to the end as a duo because luck plays a critical element in the game of Big Brother, like in most games.

Next we’ll see the Veto competition and subsequent drama confetti, so tune in to Fetchland.com for all the deets. You can also check our daily updates on twitter @RuiningBigBro.

– Katherine Recap

Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Victor
HOH Nominated – TBD
Veto Winner – TBD
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor #11 Michelle
Battle Back Winner – Victor & Victor (again)
Return Ticket Holder – Paul
Have-Nots – TBD
Have-Not Supplement – TBD

Clueless in captivity

The September 1st Big Brother live TV show started off with a fizzle but soon sparked into an emotional boom. At first, the show focused on Corey’s BB bribe by attempting to inflate the paranoia James aroused when he propositioned Corey to give it to him. But, as we know, this was much ado about nada and Corey did the expected move, bribing Victor to do what he was going to do anyway (evict Michelle) as a gesture of goodwill among alliance members. It just so happens that five thousand dollars is our favorite friendship token and now it’s probably Victor’s too. Meanwhile Meech, nat and James are completely clueless about what’s going on. Yawn. They remain utterly clueless in captivity.

Victor’s parents send their love

The banality of this opening segment shifts into a higher gear soon, though when the houseguests each get a video greeting from their families. Victor and Paul both collapse into sobs and it’s pretty darn terrific to see how cool, warm. and loving the families all are to their beloved Big Brother contestants. Victor’s family especially gets a nice long segment where they show lots of Victor-growing-up photos. His parents are lovely and sweet in all their pride. It just makes us adore Victor all the more to see how he completely loses himself in tears upon seeing his parents. He’s smart, cooks and cleans, works out, gorgeous, and hottie’s sensitive too!

Meech calls out Nic on her way out

In the live eviction that follows Meech gets feisty, especially when Nicole ends up breaking the tie votes to evict her. Michelle declares that they all have to get Nicole out of the house because she’s “gonna float her way to the final two,” which may be true but it doesn’t exactly make Nic regret voting her out. Speaking of floating, Meech steals Paul’s floaty, Pablo, on her way out and then threw him into the audience. In his goodbye message to Meech, James says if she’s been evicted then he was blindsided and that gets the #SadMeech waterworks flowing. Yes, the level of cluelessness James has come to perpetrate in the house this season wreaks havoc upon many of the houseguests’ games, including his own.

Foxy Natalie in the HOH comp

It’s another classic Big Brother HOH competition after this with the chicken wire coop egg challenge. It’s called “Poached Eggs” and the houseguests wear fox ears as they steal eggs from chicken coops and then roll them down chutes to knock over the letters H.O.H. It comes as no surprise when our hero, Victor wins the HOH yet again. It only takes about two hours after the TV show ends (and the challenge  began) to finally accomplish this arduous task. Looks like Victor will nominate James and Natalie, who will finally not be surprised by what’s actually going on in the house but it’s too darn late to do anything about it. We’ll admit it, we’re mostly sad for Natalie in this case.

– Katherine Recap

Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Nicole
HOH Nominated – Michelle, Paul
Veto Winner – Nicole
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor
Battle Back Winner – Victor & Victor (again)
Return Ticket Holder – Paul
Have-Nots – Victor, Corey
Have-Not Supplement – Squid and seaweed

Corey throws the Veto

The August 31st TV show is a fun extravaganza to watch thanks to the Christmas-themed Veto competition. It’s the noteworthy “counting competition” that Big Brother engages every season. Corey throws the Veto challenge to Nicole with a pretty obvious bad guess of one billion. So, now she has all the power in her hands and we know that in the end of the episode she won’t use the Veto, leaving Paul and Meech on the block.

Meech takes to her bed… for good

The TV show reveals the origin story for Michelle’s cave-dwelling with a scene about #sadmeech where she takes to her bed and cries, wailing that it’s all falling apart for her. Natalie tries to console her but, alas, she cannot be comforted. She’s lucky she has Natalie to turn to. Many houseguests in her same situation from all the years of BB have done this alone with virtually nobody to turn to. Michelle will likely look back on this and realize she was not in the worst position even if she felt like it at the time. In the Veto meeting the only noteworthy event is Nic’s choice of shirt, which was an abomination – especially paired with cutoff jean shorts. Yikes.

BB bribe Bros

Meanwhile in the Big Brother house we see on the feeds Michelle has gone full-blown cave dweller now. She’s barely functioning and sleeping twenty hour a day. For some reason James and Natalie seem oblivious to the blatant friendship between Paul/Victor and Corey/Nicole. They seem blissfully unaware although nobody’s really hiding their strong connection. In fact, Corey finally uses his Big Brother bribe on August 31st, giving it to Victor. It’s a sweet interaction because Victor’s genuine delight at the $5K is a joy to behold. Never mind that he certainly didn’t need a bribe to vote out Michelle and keep his best buddy, Paul. It’s a glorious exchange and seals the deal for this Final Four Alliance. They are a quatrain of truth and it’s lovely to finally see Nicorey playing the game. They could have just set it up so Corey used the bribe to have Nicole keep the nominations of the block in the Veto ceremony, as she did. But they wanted to show good faith and help out a buddy – Victor. We approve 100%, Nicorey. Anything that gets Victor closer to the final two is a bonus in our book.

Thursday night’s eviction is most likely going to be a final farewell to #SadMeech so the real action comes in the next HOH competition. We can’t wait. Check out Fetchland for Big Brother 18 TV show recaps and live feed updates.

– Katherine Recap

Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Nicole
HOH Nominated – Michelle, Paul
Veto Winner – Nicole
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor
Battle Back Winner – Victor & Victor (again)
Return Ticket Holder – Paul
Have-Nots – Victor, Corey
Have-Not Supplement – Squid and seaweed

Wistful and Complaining share a bed

It’s been uber quiet in the Big Brother house and August 30th is no exception. The most interesting houseguests by far remain Victor and Paul, especially given the couple dynamics of the showmances. Natalie and James have slipped into a pattern where she complains constantly while James wistfully wishes they could be kissing right now. It’s not making for the most funtacular feeds.

Michelle… prone

Meech does her best to create excitement from her prone-under-the-blankets-position because she made some comment about selling Big Brother houseguest stolen items on eBay. This happens just as feedsters put it together that each current houseguest has been pissy about missing items, some tweets about this even list out the missing items. At one point Victor even says that he found his missing hoodie in Meech’s bag. Shock and awe. We can hear BB fans typing ferocious tweets at this mention. Cries of “thief!” etc. almost drowning out the seventy billion jokes about how much food Meech keeps shoving in her face… but not quite, the nasty food jokes win by a nose. One of the funniest tweets about Meech’s “theft-gate” scandal comes from Ian Terry, Big Brother 14 contestant. Michelle has said she’d love to meet/date Ian and talks about him frequently in the house… apparently he doesn’t mind.

Hammock Nicorey

So, Meech and Ian haven’t even met yet but are having a more compelling relationship than Nicorey at this point. Surprise, surprise, folks! It’s going nowhere between Nicole and Corey. It’s newsflash city in here. Basically, Nicole talks for nine days solid about how she and Hayden didn’t work out because he wouldn’t ever get married and have kids and blah blah blah. Who told Nicole this was how to communicate? Maybe it was the same person who taught her how to listen because she fails to hear Corey’s many attempts at shutting the conversation down. In fact, the summation of the Nicorey story is that it’s bound for a major shutdown, all systems kaput. He said it at the beginning of the summer anyway, but for those who wonder if Nicole has changed Corey’s mind; he tells Victor on August 30th that, “I’m not coming out of the BB house in a relationship,” thus sealing Nicorey’s fate as a flash-in-the-pan. Shocker.

But not all duos are so banal. Victor and Paul remain boisterous and amusing at all turns. Victor does funny skits as a nature guide while Paul keeps the conversations scintillating – mostly. We just hope they can stay in the house a mighty long time… like maybe until September 22nd, season 18 finale night.

– Katherine Recap

Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Nicole
HOH Nominated – Michelle, Paul
Veto Winner – Nicole
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor
Battle Back Winner – Victor & Victor (again)
Return Ticket Holder – Paul
Have-Nots – Victor, Corey
Have-Not Supplement – Squid and seaweed

Nicole didn’t use the Veto in the ceremony of August 29th, so Paul and Michelle remain on the block – no surprises in that. Natalie’s the only one who’s noticed that Paul is all-up-in-that HOH and best buds with Nicorey now …but nobody else seems to care much. In Meech’s case, she’s basically given up and James hasn’t noticed because he’s actually on The Bachelorette right now and not even playing Big Brother. The plan remains to vote out Michelle but there are murmurings of possible interruptions to this on the horizon, as always. Right now, Corey intends to use the bribe on Victor so that he’ll vote Michelle out – as if FitVic would ever vote Paul out anyway, Ha!

Why would anyone evict Paul?

Still, the house seems relatively divided even as everybody pretends otherwise; with Nicorey on one side and Jatalie/Meech on the other. Paul and Victor continue to play the middle and keep everybody feeling comfortable with them, even Meech. It’s interesting how James dropped out of the HOH competition for Nicole and now he sits, resolute, on the opposite side of the house. One thing we know for certain is that in the same situation Victor never would have given it to her. He doesn’t respond to pleading when HOH is on the line. Victor’s playing the game. Unfortunately for those of us determined to be entertained, the houseguests are mostly horizontal these days, getting up to eat and chatting about nothing the majority of the time. But we do enjoy the workout sessions with Corey and Victor. They’ve taken on a new level of charm now that activity in the house has slowed to a crawl.

Corey and FitVic workin’ it out

The current feedster rumor mill worries about the imminent tie vote – a highly likely scenario. James and Natalie are set to evict Paul. While Victor and Corey will vote out Michelle. This tie means Nicole (as HOH) has to vote and break the tie, thus making the ultimate decision and therefore losing that evicted houseguest’s jury vote. Those of us watching the feeds for entertainment value (and NOT because we’re somehow emotionally vested with Michelle) are ready for her to go. She’s in full blown hibernation cave mode now. If all goes as we (and Meech) expect, Nicole would vote to evict her. This has been Nic’s goal all along. And, let’s be honest, she wasn’t getting Meech’s jury vote anyway.

We’ll keep you BB updated on Fetchland.com but will also be the first to admit that the feeds are a bit of a snorefest these days. You may be better off just reading this daily recap refresher while spending your valuable time enjoying the last few whiffs of summer. Count on us for the dirt when anything significant happens in the Big Brother house.

– Katherine Recap

Daily BB House Stats:
HOH – Nicole
HOH Nominated – Michelle, Paul
Veto Winner – Nicole
Evicted – #1 Jozea #2 Victor #3 Bronte #4 Tiffany #5 Frank #6 Da’vonne #7 Zakiyah #8 Bridgette #9 Paulie #10 Victor
Battle Back Winner – Victor & Victor (again)
Return Ticket Holder – Paul
Have-Nots – Victor, Corey
Have-Not Supplement – Squid and seaweed

The August 28th TV show promises HOH challenge and juror Battle Back competitions but as soon as it starts we see the pre-competition dispute between Paul, Meech, James, and Natalie. Paul’s super pissed that Victor went home and it was on Michelle’s HOH. During this fight Natalie admits that she wants Victor to stay which permanently blows up Jatalie’s alliance with Corey and Nicole. Also, Paul calls Michelle a C-word, which she didn’t love. The genius of Paul’s fight finagling works only if he can keep Nicorey and Jatalie at odds, then get Michelle out of the house. If he can implement that plan he and Victor will sail through the middle to the winner’s circle.

HOH comp Final2 = Nicole and James

Next we see the HOH challenge and it’s a killer Loch Ness storm. Paulie’s legs are a massive assemblage of trembling muscles. Nicole’s eye makeup runs down her face and out the door. The houseguests struggle, shiver and fall, one at a time. When it gets down to the final two for the juror’s Battle Back position, Victor declares that although he’s in pain, that’s his house and he’ll be damned if Paulie will take his spot there. That’s how a winner wins. They gotta believe in it first, envision the prize, fight for it, and then finally own it. This fierce mental state’s how Victor ends up winning the Battle Back… again. Victor’s certain he can do it. So, he does. But that’s about all he can do – he’s a big guy after all. FitVic doesn’t make it to the HOH final two – leaving Paul up there to hopefully win it for them. After Paul falls off the wall, the final two (Nicole and James) make a deal. She promises not to put him up and claims that she JUST wants a letter from her mom. So, James drops for her mom and tells Natalie he trusts her because they’ve had each other’s backs all season.

Nervous Natalie

Paul isn’t so worried because he’s been “cozying up to her (Nicole) lately” and he has utter faith in his own social game. In fact, Paul trusts the sanctity of his position in the house so completely that he offers himself up as a pawn. Meanwhile in the less-trusting corners of the BB house, Natalie seems pissy that James sacrificed his chances at winning the HOH because this was a comp perfectly designed for him.

Then we see Corey get the care package and he “feels like a kid on Christmas morning,” of course. Thing is, the $5K bribe isn’t as important to Corey’s game as he claims (in his diary room session) because he doesn’t really have anything at stake with his girlfriend as HOH. Also, the fact that Corey wants to use it to “make the other guys do stupid stuff in the house” spotlights this fact. He doesn’t really need it. We at Fetchland STILL don’t really understand why Corey was chosen for this care package. But we’d guess that Nicole’s belief that Corey got the care package because he’s so loved isn’t quite the answer.

Final Four

In the next scene Nicole says she’s most threatened by Michelle. This leads to the ultimate bland team formation “Final Final Four” composed of Nicole, Corey, Paul, and Victor. Although it seems tainted by Nicorey, we’re just thrilled to see Paul and Victor still viable in the game. Nicole won HOH at a really great time for her own game and she made it this far without going on the block, which is impressive. Speaking of impressed, Meech’s ability to make it through the nomination ceremony without shedding a single tear shows some growth as well. So, now Nicole’s happy because she’s keeping her alliance with Paul a secret while also getting Meech out – her ultimate goal for the week. At the same time, Natalie and James are just grateful they aren’t on the block. Everybody’s happy… for the moment.

– Katherine Recap