Julie's a vision in white-and-bile as she reminds us that either Keesha or Libra will be leaving tonight. But first...
For the second time in as many minutes, we get to see the moment in Tuesday's Power of Veto ceremony where Jerry called Dan "Judas" but declined to put him at risk by actually using the Veto. "Apparently Jerry did not get the manual for Big Brother," Libra says in the Diary Room. And Renny DRs in kind that Jerry's speech made him look worse than Dan. After the ceremony, Dan starts to make a response, but Libra wisely defuses the situation by saying it's just a game. She just did Dan a favor, I'm thinking.
Up in the Head of Household room, Memphis and Michelle discuss what a dumb, rude move that was on Jerry's part. And Libra goes so far as to apologize to Dan, who DRs that he's thrilled about how much sympathy he's garnering. And Libra seems confident that she, and not Keesha, will be the one going home.
And out in the backyard, April and Ollie discuss how much they hate Keesha and how much Keesha has it in for April. "It's because I'm prettier than her," April says. Even Ollie can barely keep a straight face at that. Still, they agree that they need to get Keesha out. Or April agrees, and Ollie just pretends to because wah-PSHHH!
But Dan and Memphis don't feel the same way about Keesha, and they consider forming an alliance with Keesha and Renny. Which is fine, until they decide to name their little group "The Renegades." Funny how my favorite alliances are the ones that decline to name themselves, even though doing so technically makes my life easier. Oh, and the other funny thing about this alliance? They don't plan to tell Keesha she's in it. We'll see how that works out.
April and Ollie, meanwhile, are trying to figure out how to get Keesha out instead of Libra. They figure that again, Dan is the swing vote. So morning, Ollie approaches Libra to offer to "flip the house." All she needs to do is talk to Dan. Libra's more than willing to give it a shot, if only in the interest of self-preservation. She pulls Dan aside while he and April are doing the dishes (the latter wearing a sweatshirt and heels, because she's so much prettier than Keesha) and the two of them go into the storage room to talk it over. ["April couldn't have been more freaking obvious with her cover. "I'll wash the dishes. I just love getting my hands in that warm soapy water." Loudly enough for no one to hear." -- Angel] Dan DRs that he's torn between not sending a pissed-off Keesha to the jury and keeping Libra around to draw everyone else's fire.
Time for some DRs about the nominees. Jerry talks about Keesha and Memphis and makes no damn sense. Ollie wants to teach Keesha a lesson. And April says, "She is a liar, a backstabber, her voice and laugh annoy the crap out of me. She sounds like a hyena when she's laughing. I feel bad for America who has to sit and listen to it as well." Wait, is she talking about Keesha, or the image in the mirror that conceals the DR camera?
Let's go to Houston and meet Libra's family while we still have the chance, shall we? Her husband Scott talks about how he wanted her to have the experience, and he's getting a lot of support with the kids from the likes of Libra's mom, who we see bathing one of the infant twins in the kitchen sink. "I really miss her and I really love her," says Libra's five-year-old daughter Fallon, who is very cute and well coached. We then see a clip from some night in the house when Libra lay in bed with the lights out, crying about missing her kids. We see Scott and a bunch of people at home, watching Libra opt for the Hawaii trip during last week's Power of Veto competition, and they seem to think it was a great idea. I seem to think it's a reenactment, but I can't prove it, so... whatever. And Scott calmly but clearly criticizes Michelle's over-the-top reaction. We also see Dan and Memphis telling Libra she made the right choice; if she'd gone for the letter, Dan said, it would have read, "Dear Libra, why did you not take the trip?" Heh.
Time for the viewscreen Chenterview with the houseguests in the living room. Julie brings up Dan's religion (by saying it's been brought up a lot in the past week) and asks if it affects how he plays the game. By the way, I'm not seeing the cross around his neck tonight, either. He's probably decided it's a tell either way. Dan admits his mistakes and, like he did at the beginning of the season, says he's going straight to confession as soon as he leaves the house. Julie asks Jerry if he still feels as strongly about Dan, and he says he pretty much still does. Dan jokes that what bothered him was being a teacher and not getting addressed as "Mr. Judas." That would be a better disarming tactic if it were funny. Julie calls Memphis out for his eye-rolling during Jerry's speech, and Memphis says something about personal attacks being unnecessary in the house. Julie then asks Renny who has surprised her the most, and Renny says all of them. What a surprisingly dull question.
DR speeches on the nominees from Memphis (he wants to keep Keesha because he can trust her), Renny (she calls Keesha her biggest ally and best friend), and Dan (Keesha is an ally, but keeping Libra's unsettling presence is to his advantage).
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Now to the private Chenterview with HoH Michelle. Julie asks her about her relationship with April, and Michelle thinks that April is sticking to her because she keeps her word. I'm sure it has nothing to do with Michelle being HoH. Julie asks Michelle if she regrets any of her harsh words about Dan burning in Hell or Libra being a bad mother. Michelle says she does, but not all that much. They talk a bit about Michelle's letter from her family, and then we're back to the living room.
Nominee speeches. Keesha wants to assure everyone that there will be no hard feelings if she gets evicted. Libra waxes philosophical about the nature of the game. They both could have skipped that whole thing.
Renny's the first to go to the DR for her vote, which is to evict Libra. Memphis votes the same way, and then Julie sends us to commercials wondering how the four remaining houseguests will vote. You know what, Julie, four swing votes is kind of a lot. Better luck building suspense week.
When we come back, Jerry votes to evict Libra, so it doesn't look like April and Ollie were able to pull off their plan. Dan votes Libra out as well, so I bet she's really glad she picked that trip now. Ollie and April make it unanimous, because they are losers.
Julie breaks the news to the houseguests, and Libra hugs everyone goodbye as she tells them to have a good time. She goes out to the studio while the remaining players watch her picture go monochrome.
The first question of Libra's studio Chenterview is why her alliance was so volatile. Libra talks about the ways she and Keesha and April are all similar, and how she thinks that they would have gotten along fine outside the house. She unconvincingly tries to decline all of the credit for every eviction, but she's okay with calling herself the "puppetmistress." Julie asks why she left her family, as if we haven't been over this, and Libra says she left them to do something for them in the long run, as well as challenging herself. That's a really well-practiced answer she has there.
Taped farewells from the houseguests. Ollie lectures Libra on her "selfish decision" of "going against April's wishes," which is what got her where she is now. April does the same: "Bad move, bad move," she scolds. Renny talks about their bond as mothers and blows her a kiss. Jerry blames Libra for most of the evictions to date, and Keesha sweetly wishes Libra the best. Julie sends Libra off to the jury house, and we have the HoH competition to look forward to. Or endure, as the case may be.
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When we return, Dan, April, Jerry, Keesha, Memphis, Renny, and Ollie are all sitting in chairs and ready to play "Diary Room Confessions," where they'll have to guess which of the first four evictees said each quote that Julie's about to read off. When she reads the first question, nobody wants to buzz in and risk elimination, so she has to read it again. Finally Renny buzzes in and gets it right, and she chooses to eliminate April. April looks so pissed that the studio audience gives a spooked little whoop as she goes to sit to Michelle. Dan easily aces a question about Brian, and gets to eliminate Jerry. Ollie buzzes in before Julie even finishes reading the third question, gets it wrong, and drops out. He missed April that much? Memphis does the same, when if he'd listened to the whole quote, I think it would have been clear it was Jessie from its incoherence. That leaves Dan, Keesha, and Renny. On the fifth question, Dan remembers to throw the competition while he still has time, so it's between Keesha and Renny, the latter of whom answers the final question like she's on Jeopardy. Lady clearly watches too many other game shows. The other players congratulate Renny with varying degrees of sincerity.
The announcer tells us about this week's "America's Vote," in which we get to vote on an extra food item for the house this week. I'm trying to imagine a more transparent ploy to get people to rack up texting fees, but I'm coming up empty. Text me a few suggestions, won't you? Julie does her usual end-of-show pitches, and then we get to "eavesdrop," which this week appears to consist of watching Renny sit alone on her bed, while the others hang out in the kitchen and talk about the vagaries of air conditioning. Thrilling. As always.
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