In the aftermath of Adam's nomination of Sheila and Sharon, the former complains bitterly in the DR. Ryan's also pissed at Adam, as is Natalie, although she doesn't think James will come after her with the Veto if he wins. In the DR, Adam admits that he fell for James's tears, and confesses that he got "a bit choked up" himself. Whatever, A-Baller. Crying less hard than James in that scene was not a difficult standard to meet.
Sheila gets tired of sulking on her bed, and comes out to sulk in the kitchen. "I'm a big girl, I can take it," she lies to everyone. Sharon says this is her time to sit back and be cool. Sfhe insists that she never would have done this to Adam. Well, obviously; that would have required her to win an HoH competition, and we all know that ain't happening. Adam tries to say that it'll be fine in a couple of days, even promising to take her off the block if he wins PoV, but she's still pissed. "Derr!" she says angrily as she storms out. "I'll do it myself!" And when she's done doing that, she will stretch out the voluminous sleeves of her black satin robe and take flight.
So Sheila and Ryan sit in the bedroom complaining about Adam some more. Ryan predicts that if James wins PoV, he'll take Sharon off the block, forcing Adam to nominate Ryan or Natalie in Sharon's place and giving the minority control of the house. He goes into the kitchen to call out Adam, and also to accuse James in advance of planning to save Sharon.
Later, Natalie is trying to keep Sheila and Ryan calm by encouraging them to win PoV and, in turn, promising to put Adam up week as punishment for his faithlessness to his alliance. Meanwhile, outside, Adam approaches Sharon with his concerns that James is going to go back on his word again. Sharon's no help to Adam, and he decides that he did the wrong thing. Which is probably true, but at least it wasn't boring and predictable, so I approve.
Later still, Adam and Sheila have a talk in the kitchen, and he admits that he regrets his choice. Sheila says she was pissed at first (really), and while she will forgive him, she can't speak for anyone else. Adam then goes to Natalie to apologize to her. "Satan's tongue got to me," he confesses, and the editors supply a handy clip of James wiggling said oral appendage grossly. Ryan enters the sauna room as well, and also gets an apology, and like Natalie, he says they just have to win the PoV now. James couldn't possibly pull out a four-peat, could he?
Out in the kitchen, the women (including Sharon) sit and talk about Adam's nominations. Sheila's okay with it now, but Natalie still isn't. She's still worried that she could end up being nominated . James enters and maintains that he still doesn't plan to use the PoV if he wins. He gave his word, after all, and his word is unbreakable, as long as long as nobody pisses him off. Sheila leaves and Adam arrives, and then the three of them -- James, Natalie, and Sharon -- start discussing trust. Namely, Natalie and James's wish to trust each other and shared uncertainty over whether they should. Natalie isn't convinced that James will sit on the PoV if he wins it, but if he does, she promises not to nominate him if she wins HoH.
James has a talk with Sharon in which he speculates that the only non-nominee who would want to use the Veto to change the noms is Ryan. Sharon's like, duh, what about Natalie? James tells Sharon about what he and Natalie talked about earlier. She thinks James is an idiot for even thinking Natalie's for real here. Keep in mind, of course, that it's not exactly in Sharon's interest for James to hold up his end of the bargain.
At bedtime, James and Sharon lie awake in adjoining beds philosophizing interminably about the game thus far and how hard it all is to be without Joshuah and Chelsia. Between that and the night vision and the fact that they look so cozy in their beds, this is making me very sleepy.
Wondering who's doing all the cleaning in the house, by the way? Sheila, of course. That's all. I kind of figured as much, but the annoying bit is that everyone else just stands around watching her do it. She complains about it in the DR, but it's not like you ever see her handing anybody a sponge. Or throwing one at them, which is what any person in her position would do if she weren't dependent on them to keep her in the game.
Time for the PoV, which everyone gets to play in this week since they're down to six people. Ryan DRs that his alliance needs to win to get James out. And James DRs that he needs to win to stay in. So these are going to be some motivated players. Adam explains the competition: the big talking stone idol set up in the yard at the end of a sand trap will quiz the players on which day certain events happened. They're shooting for both accuracy and speed, and the wrongest and/or slowest player in each round will be eliminated. And there will be fake rain after every question for some reason. Sheila DRs that this is not the game for her, since the days all run together for her. I'm trying to imagine games that would play to Sheila's strengths, but all of them have her as the only player.
The first question: what day was Chelsia eliminated (it's 49). As the players start digging around for stones with the right numbers on the underside, Natalie DRs that she's confident in her ability to win this game as the house's resident counting fiend. Sure enough, she presents herself before the idol first. Sharon rattles off some math and arrives second. James is last. But Natalie's answer is off by a week, so she's out first. The other five have to sit there when the fake rain starts.
question is when Amanda got sick (it was day 16). Not one of them gets it right. Sheila and James were equally wrong, but since James got there first, Sheila's out. More rain. The idol then asks them when the couples were split up. (day 28). Everyone gets it right but James, who was also last, so he couldn't be more out. James DRs that he felt like a schmuck. It's down to Ryan, Adam, and Sharon for the PoV.
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"Typicaaaal!" James sings in the DR, and once again sings the song about how the whole house is against him. Aw, James, don't sell yourself short; most of America is against you too. Sharon DRs that she's going to stick to her strategy of keeping her mouth shut. Adam admits that with his replacement nomination, he "took the easy route." Ryan says that while he doesn't feel he can fully trust his whole alliance, he'll worry about it after James is gone. Which shouldn't be too long from now, I'm thinking. But I've been wrong before.
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