When we last left our plucky houseguests, outgoing HoH Renny was watching with sadistic glee as her six remaining housemates battled it out to take her seat of power. In the King of the Jungle competition, the objective was simple: be the last contestant hanging onto your vine, and become the new Head of Household. But simple does not mean easy. Not only were the contestants pelted by freezing rain, but the vines they clung to repeatedly lifted them high above the BB courtyard and then viciously slammed them into a padded makeshift barrier.
Everyone seemed determined to take the HoH key from Renny, but one player in particular saw this competition as his last hope. “This is basically do-or-die for me,” Ollie admitted. “It’s me against the world Even though Michelle and I are close, it’s still me against the rest of the house.”
For some, the ride was short-lived. After 26 minutes, Jerry was the first to show signs of weakening. “There was no way I could keep the rope from cutting into my groin,” he admitted in the over-share of the night. After forty-one minutes, and innumerable face-to-facade meetings with the padded wall, Jerry dropped out. An obviously fatigued Keesha quickly followed.
Michelle was holding her own with the three boys, but when one of her sneakers snagged the netting on the wall, she was dumped from the vine. After two hours, only Memphis, Dan, and Ollie were left. Another hour passed, and Memphis was ready to give in. “My body said, ‘Get off,’ so it was time to get off,” he said, leaving Ollie and Dan to slug (or swing) it out for HoH.
That’s when Dan started wheeling and dealing. His first offer — that guaranteed Ollie safe passage into the next week — fell flat. Later, a soggy, beaten Dan then offered up everything but the kitchen sink. In what may go down in BB history as the worst deal ever made, Dan would take the title, but Ollie would be saved, along with a person of his choosing. Ollie also got to choose one of the nominees for eviction, and essentially in control of the PoV.
“Ladies and Gentlemen,” A smug Ollie boasted in his confessional, “You are currently looking at week seven, season 10 HoH! Right now, I’m calling the shots!”
Renegades Negated
As soon as Dan had settled into his new digs as puppet HoH, Ollie sought out his partner in vine to make sure that the two were still, “on the same page.” Ollie correctly assumed that Dan’s choice for eviction would be the cantankerous Jerry, but the preacher’s son insisted on Memphis as the other sacrificial lamb. Little did he know that in the week prior, Dan and Memphis had formed a secret alliance that was supposedly built to last “to the end” with the pair even giving calling themselves “The Renegades.”
But Dan had given his word to Ollie, effectively sealing a spot for Memphis on the chopping block. “This could be a huge mistake that could backfire,” Dan admitted.
Trying to regain control of the situation, Dan hoped for a new alliance with Keesha and Renny to keep Memphis in the game. Dan had Keesha on board, but his plan to include Renny hit a stumbling block. “I don’t trust Memphis,” she said. Once again, Dan proved his powers of subterfuge, filling Keesha and Renny’s heads with visions of the promise land and insisting that Memphis would be used, “to a certain point,” and then cut away.
Though he seemed to have the votes in place, even Dan knew that his master plan had flaws. “My entire game,” he later moaned in his confessional, “depends on [Renny] who walks around here with wigs and boas.”
Nomination Ceremony
Torn between staying true to his “Renegade” alliance with Memphis and keeping his oath to Ollie, the HoH faced his housemates and openly admitted that “a deal was struck” during the King of the Jungle competition. “And I’m going to honor that deal,” he said. Ollie was the first to be saved, followed by Renny, Keesha, and then Michelle. With Jerry and Memphis on the eviction block, Dan had kept his word to Ollie but made a new and dangerous enemy.
“I am pissed off,” Memphis declared.
With Ollie’s stranglehold on Dan firmly in place and Memphis now gunning for his former ally, Tuesday’s PoV competition takes on a whole new meaning. With an angered Memphis proving to be such a big target, could slop-addled Jerry once again slip through the BB cracks? – Reagan Alexander
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