There’s a new sheriff in town on Big Brother and there are two things that HoH Jessie despises: shirts that cover his pecs and loud-mouthed Renny. With the ever-scheming Brian getting the first evivtion notice, tears were shed but most were of the crocodile variety. “I could have done a dance, a jig,” Libra said upon learning of the elimination, “a high-step, a freaking-flip … I was just so happy!”
With two challenges and one shirt-ripping under his belt, Jessie gleefully took over the HoH bedroom, leading his increasingly-perplexed castmates through a tour of his new digs that were decorated with pictures of Jessie flexing, Jessie in a unitard and an oiled-up Jessie. Schoolteacher Dan said it best: “If all the house guests know one thing, it’s that Jessie loves Jessie.”
With a weak showing throughout the open competitions and her muscle-bound nemesis becoming the HoH, the outspoken Renny was faced with what she called her, “biggest nightmare,” later adding, “I’m going to have to bite my tongue.” If the previous episodes are an indication, then it is a mighty tongue that the New Orleans mother has to clamp down on.
And her fears were well warranted. Jessie soon announced that his first order of business as HoH was to put Renny on the elimination block, and was openly shocked when the steadfast Memphis then proclaimed of his plans, “Over my dead body.”
Instead of working the rest of the group against one another, an over-excited Jessie tried to use his HoH status to impress people with his new bedroom and convince the other players of his mantra, “I’m not stupid.”
The competition split the remaining twelve into two teams and Jessie, donning a beret, an awful accent and a false moustache, put himself on the stronger green team. Though flowing wine may have previously joined these strangers together, tonight was all about which team could steal the most vino. The losing team went on the dreaded slop with the winning team not only enjoying their HoH’s favor, but dining on actual food for the week. The Green berets easily won, though red-capped Renny was applauded by both sides for her hustle, possibly buying herself a little more time in the BB house.
With the nominations for eviction looming, Dan did his best to court HoH Jessie, even trying the aged-old, “Can I use your private bathroom?” trick.
Jerry, Semper-Fi hat back in place, wooed his housemates with stories of his marriage of fifty-four years, even bringing the steel-hearted Libra to tears as he mentioned his wife’s battle with Parkinson’s.
With Jessie on top, Brian’s first-round teams split and soft-hearted Jerry suddenly a non-factor, the Key ceremony had everyone wondering who was to be nominated for eviction. In a shocking twist, Jessie chose to save his thorn in the side, Renny, leaving Steven and Dan up for eviction. Jessie explained it the same way for the polar opposite roommates, telling the Catholic school teacher and the gay rodeo champ that they had both “showed your cards too soon.”
Tuesday’s elimination will surely be telling, but most likely none more so than Steven’s confessional that HoH Jessie, “is a tool in all senses of the word. … He is a tool.” – Reagan Alexander
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