24x09 - Episode 9

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-Previously on "Big Brother,"

two alliances were running the game,

the Girls' Girls...

-Girls' Girls. -...and Po's Pack.

With Taylor the house's target...

-It'd be best for my game to send Taylor home,

simply because I have her blood on my hands.

-Pooch volunteered to be a pawn to help get her out.

-I'm not mad at you, Taylor, and you, Pooch.

-But the girls saw a golden opportunity to flip the vote.

And with the rest of the house on board for a blindside...

-Via vote of -,

Pooch, you are evicted from the "Big Brother" house.

-...the Pooch was put down.

Julie unleashed an all-new twist upon the game.

-Instead of nominating two individuals for eviction,

the HOH will nominate one set of besties.

On eviction night, the besties will be broken up,

because only one of them will leave the house.

What happens to the surviving bestie that's all alone?

I'll tell you that at next week's live eviction.

-At the Head of Household competition,

the festy besties were formed.

Joseph and Monte, Michael and Brittany,

Taylor and Nicole,

Alyssa and Indy,

Daniel and Kyle,

Terrance and Ameerah.

And after Turner won the Head of Household...

-I made HOH. I knew I had it in me.

-He became besties with Jasmine.

-Turner's my festy bestie. Who would have thought?

-Taylor felt great about her new teammate.

-Nicole is personable, strong, and the total package.

-Completely unaware that Nicole was planning

a bestie backstab.

-It would be wise to put Michael and Brittany up.

-As pawns.

-With a backdoor.

-Turner was happy to see either Brittany or Taylor go.

-Taylor is going to go hard.

-For sure, dude. -She almost won that last...

-I know. -Yeah, that's an easy out.

-So at the nomination ceremony...

-I've nominated the besties Michael and Brittany.

-...the rug maker weaves two possible paths.

-If Michael wins and takes the player off the block,

then I have a pretty great backup plan.

-Tonight, will the power of veto save Michael and Brittany

from the block?

Plus, escalating tensions set off a chain of events....

-You can...right off. You don't think America

is watching all that?

-...that will turn the whole game upside down.

All this right now on "Big Brother."

-Always remember, [laughs] you can dream it, you can do it.

♪♪

-This nomination ceremony is adjourned.

♪♪

I nominated the bestie besties, Brittany and Michael, this week.

-Here we go again.

-After Pooch was blindsided, I want to go after one of

the girls who I think was responsible for this,

and honestly, Brittany's kind of been sketching me out.

But if Brittany and Michael come off the block,

I've got my eye on Taylor, as well.

-Oh, Brittany.

-I hate being put up on the block with Michael.

I mean, not only is he my festy bestie,

but he is literally my best friend in this house,

because my supposed alliance, the Girls' Girls,

they've never really embraced me,

so Michael's, like, the only person I really got.

Can I have a hug?

The only way I'm gonna feel safe

is that if Michael and I win this veto

and take ourselves off the block.

-Yeah, for sure.

-Even though I'm Taylor's festy bestie,

it is important that Michael and Brittany win the veto.

That way Taylor and I will be the replacement nominees.

Hopefully we're in a position to finally send Taylor packing.

And when she gets evicted,

I can get whatever power Julie has in store.

Peace out, Taylor.

-Oh, boy.

That was stressful.

Brittany and Michael are two people who have been there

for me since the beginning of this game,

and it really sucks to see them go up on the block.

But it's better to see them up there than me.

I will do anything to not see another week on the block.

So I have to play in that veto.

I have to secure my own safety

so I don't go anywhere near the block.

♪♪

-Hey, Turn-Turn.

-What's up, dude? -Nothing. How's it going?

-Dude, it's going well.

-If Michael and Brittany win this veto,

they'll be able to come off the block

and Turner will be able to nominate

another pair of besties.

With Michael's track record, there's a really good chance

that he's gonna win this veto.

I do not want to see me and Terrance on the block this week,

so I want to make sure Turner sees that there's

a big target in the house.

So I'm definitely gonna back your decision this week.

-Mm-hmm. -I think Michael

will win that veto. -Oh, for sure.

-So like...

you want to throw anything out there?

You want me to? [ Laughs ]

-Do you want to toss -- -I'm assuming Taylor.

She's a complete wild card. -Mm-hmm.

-And I don't trust anything she says.

-Oh, for sure. -I have personally heard Taylor

say she wants to go after a guy, so...

-If I'm here next week, if I win HOH,

it's a guy going. -Okay.

-I think you should backdoor.

-We can't keep risking. -We can't keep risking

because she'll get HOH. [Bleep] up.

-Oh, for sure.

-Taylor has been a target in the house since week one.

She's having a hard time making friends

and she's also rubbing a lot of people in the wrong way.

So I think it's a good time to go ahead and put her

on the block and get her out of here.

-If I get picked, I can use the veto

on Michael and Brittany.

-Take them down and then you just throw them back up?

-But then I don't want Nicole to think, like...her over.

-Oh, Nicole's not gonna think that.

-Okay. -I'm cool with Nicole.

So the goal is somebody win the veto,

take them off the block and backdoor Taylor.

But if that doesn't happen, Brittany goes home.

-Mm-hmm.

No, it's like an easy pick almost.

-Yeah.

-Ameerah is right.

Taylor's obviously the house target,

and it would for sure be the least amount of blood

on my hands if she goes home this week.

So I'm thinking backdooring Taylor,

that's just what I'm doing.

-This is it. We have to take her out.

-We have to. -Oh, definitely.

-Alright, sweet.

♪♪

-Hey, yo. -What up, dude?

-Jimmy Turner. -Yes, sir.

-What's happening, bro? How you feeling?

-Oh, I'm feeling good. How are you feeling?

-Good, good, man. -Hey, yo.

-Are we the only ones in here?

-Yeah. -Okay.

-I think having an open conversation with Nicole,

who is Taylor's bestie bestie

is the best way to go about this week.

If I'm gonna put Taylor on the block,

Nicole is gonna find herself on the block, as well.

Just so she understands, if she is a replacement nominee,

she's not my target.

So what I was thinking of doing --

tell me what you think.

Probably to -- not to backdoor you,

but backdoor Taylor, right? -Yeah.

-No, that's fine.

-And also, if it doesn't work out,

we'll still get Brittany out. -Correct.

-It's the at least blood on my hands.

It's what everyone in the house wants.

Anyone else wins, gonna say, "Please, for the love of God,

use the veto" so that we can take Brittany down,

but then get Taylor out this week, because, dude,

she can't keep staying in this house.

-Right. -Yo, I'm on board,

like, completely.

That's the deal.

Yes, this plan is in motion.

[ Door opens ] -What up?

-Now I just hope Taylor and I don't get picked for the veto.

Because that means I would have to throw it,

and that's not something I ever want to do.

And honestly, I know that with everybody in this room,

you guys know going forward that I have your backs.

-Right. -Absolutely.

-Anyway, I'm gonna leave so you guys can talk.

-Appreciate you.

See you later, Mom.

-Later, kids.

♪♪

-Last week was tough. -Mm-hmm.

-I'm a very easy target that doesn't ruffle feathers.

I understand why, for some people, it seems very cold.

-Mm-hmm. -But I have my own timeline

of when I'm willing to... -Open up about --

-Yeah, maybe it doesn't match up with

the "Big Brother" timeline, but...

-Have you had a negative experience

when you open up too soon?

-It's hard for me not to compare my pain

to another person's pain, because I feel

other people's pain so much more than I feel mine.

-Mm. -And so when I do share mine,

it's like are people going to see this as valid?

-Mm-hmm. -And I just don't want to

put someone in that position. -Really?

-Yeah. Oh, yeah.

People in my life have said some pretty awful things

about me and my skin tone.

-Really?

-But I just never thought that color is going to be

a big issue in my life, but it was.

-Wow. -Yeah.

Growing up and experiencing colorism,

specifically from people that you're close to,

it can really negatively affect you

and the way that you view the world.

We all come in different shades,

but sometimes people within the same race

will still treat people with deeper skin tones as less than.

This isn't an issue that's specific to the Black community.

It goes across all races.

But the more that we talk about it,

the faster we can be the change that we need to see.

I don't know, I downplay a lot of my own things

so that other people can feel comfortable.

-Hearing Taylor's story and learning a lot about

why she is the person that she is,

and why she hasn't opened up as quickly

as all of the other HouseGuests

has definitely brought me closer to her.

Like, wow, like, I think I'm understanding you more,

you know, and why you may be a little more guarded at first

when you meet people because of,

you know, like, the stuff that's happened.

So seeing, like, your perspective

and hearing more about that, like, you're giving me, like,

a lot more respect for why I appreciate that now.

So thank you for sharing that. -Thank you.

♪♪

-Last week changed a lot of the trajectory in this game.

-Yeah. -And I've been feeling like

I was on the out since last week.

-All of us have. -Oh, for sure.

-Like...

-No. Never.

♪♪

-With Alyssa, I had a conversation with her

about the girls' alliance, and she was like,

"Oh, it was, like, set up by Paloma the first day,

but it's nothing really," and I can tell she was, like,

nervous that I asked about it.

-...being like, "Alright, let's get all the girls together."

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Been having some issues with the girls

in the Po's Pack alliance...

and feel like the girls are really prioritizing

their game over ours.

I'm even starting to wonder if getting Taylor out this week

is helping the girls' game more than it is helping us.

-Where's the remote? What's the other --

rest of the rooms looking like real quick?

-Alright. -Oh. There are the girls.

-Oh, there she goes.

-[ Laughs ]

-Oh, yeah, she is a machine.

-Well, dude, were any of --

-Oh, my gosh.

-Oh, really?

♪♪

[ Buzzer ]

-I think who would win this game would be Ameerah...

-Yeah.

-...or Nicole.

-You got to start thinking about, like, making big moves.

-We win the veto, we take down Michael and Brittany.

Home boy puts up Ameerah and Terrance.

-[ Laughs ]

-I'm just saying. I'm just saying, bro.

-Dude, like...

-All I'm saying, dude,

I guarantee I can get Michael.

With Brittany, if we approach Taylor and say,

"Listen, we're gathering together an alliance here,"

like, we have an option.

Home girl, the head of the dragon.

-Dude, we're gonna flip the script.

-Dude, dude, we could.

-Honestly, I love my boys for bringing me this idea.

Ameerah is a huge competitor in this house

and she clearly has all her ducks in a row

and is playing almost everyone in this house.

And so I'm thinking changing gears and backdooring Ameerah

is going to be the new plan.

-I mean, this is something solid already.

So we can -- Yeah.

-Yeah, we can name this Four.

-Yeah, we can name this Four, and then the bigger one,

we name something else.

-Yeah. We lost Pooch, right?

So the Pound.

Pooch ran away. -[ Laughs ]

-The Pound, bro. I think that's it, dude.

-Yes, sir. -Come on, baby.

-Oh, dude, that could work.

-So, Monte and I have been working together

with the Po's Pack for the last two weeks.

But at the end of the day,

Ameerah is the biggest threat in the house.

She's smart, she's a super fan,

and we all agree that she's probably more loyal

to the girls in the house than us.

So we're going to backdoor Ameerah.

I hope this works, dude.

This would be insane if Ameerah went.

Holy...

Right. Moving forward,

%, I'm vibing with this group.

-Yeah.

♪♪

-Hey, HouseGuests, it's time to pick players

for the veto competition.

-Let's go!

-Let's go!

♪♪

Only three sets of festy besties will participate

in the veto competition.

The Head of Household and their bestie,

the nominated besties, and one set of besties

selected by random draw.

Will my bestie and the nominees please join me up here?

♪♪

Remember, if the golden power of veto is used,

both nominated besties come down and a new set

of besties will take their place on the chopping block.

The set of besties who win the veto are safe

for the week, but it only takes one of them

to decide to remove the nominees from the chopping block.

I, as Head of Household, will pull one chip

out of the box to determine the other set of besties competing.

Going into this week's veto competition,

I actually want to pick Monte and Joseph

because I know they're down to helping me with our new plan

of backdooring Ameerah,

and they can be imperative in helping me accomplish that.

Nicole and Taylor.

-Yes. -Yes!

[ Applause ]

Ugh!

Not only do I have to play, but now I have to possibly

throw this comp so that Taylor and I

end up on the block and she can go home.

-Remember, if you're on the block with your bestie

come eviction night, one of you will be going home.

Julie will inform us what happens

to the bestie who survives,

but one thing we should all know before playing the veto,

surviving eviction night does not guarantee your safety

for the following week.

Big Brother will inform us when the competition is to begin.

Good luck.

♪♪

-What the... -What's up?

-My thing is now is to sabotage it,

but the thing is is, like,

I hate throwing comps.

Turner told us at the picking player ceremony

that the bestie who survives will not be guaranteed

safety next week.

So I guess my idea of me getting

some special power next week wasn't right.

However, I'm still willing to throw this comp to guarantee

that Taylor and I are on the block together.

-Here comes Turner.

Dude, sorry for taking your room.

We needed to -- -Dude, I don't care.

-Alright. -[ Laughs ]

-I think because, like, our conversations

last night and stuff that we've talked about,

now I'm like, "Holy...this game is real."

The fact that she's still here...

it's all coming to a head in my mind,

and so I'm just like...

-Yeah, for --

-I am % on board with throwing it.

I am % on board doing this for us.

-Hearing that Nicole is thinking about throwing

this competition has me feeling great.

Right now, I really want to backdoor Ameerah.

So Nicole throwing this competition makes my chances of

winning even higher.

And on top of that, Nicole has no idea

she's about to help me backdoor Ameerah.

Man, this game is way more fun than I thought it would be.

-I'm going to tell you both right now, after this week,

we have to be very strategic.

Throwing this comp is great for my game.

It's just I'm having an internal struggle,

because I am a competitor, and I am an athlete.

It's just really, really, really rough that I have to

purposely lose something to gain something.

♪♪

-Can I have the room, guys, please?

-Yes.

-Let us know if you need anything, Nicole.

-Yeah.

-[ Sniffling ]

I clearly have to throw this veto.

And it -- it's really messing with my head.

[ Crying ]

I feel like the only way that I can control

where I'm going after -- now that we're in

festy bestie mode -- is for me to get rid of Taylor.

This game's so hard!

-I know.

-Oh, damn.

-So Nicole is in her room, she is sobbing,

and we are just very worried.

We're not sure if it's something

with her mom, with her cancer treatment,

and all we can do in this moment is just sit here

and send good vibes and energy her way.

-I have so much damn integrity.

But throwing competition is the best way for me to prove

my alliance with people, or my allegiance to people.

It's driving me crazy.

-It's tough, but you have to build these alliances.

-I know that, it's just

I never had an issue with Taylor.

-She is affecting my game. -I know that,

and that bothers me.

-Has she talked to anybody?

-If she gets HOH, someone we love and work with

will be on the block... -I know.

-...most likely me.

Nicole and I are pretty much connected with every single

person in this house except for Taylor.

So it makes sense to remove Taylor now in order for

Nicole and I to move forward in our final two.

-I know what I need to do.

Period. -Like...

In order for me to go forward in this game,

I need to get rid of her.

-Yes. -She is a tough competitor.

She is a strong player.

-No more further questions.

-She's just a threat to all of our games.

-I don't see her as a good person.

-I know, I don't see her as a good person, either.

She's a loose cannon.

-Just a... -Yeah.

Um...

-I don't know the details. She doesn't need to tell me

the details, but, like, I know she's hurting.

It just want her to understand that when I see her hurting,

game doesn't matter to me.

I just care about her well-being,

whatever's best for her.

[ Knock on door ]

-Hey, babe. -Festy bestie.

-How are you? -I'm good.

-I'm gonna stretch.

-You still on? -Yeah.

-Okay.

-No, you're -- Oh, you good? -Sorry, sorry.

Yeah, I am good. -Glad that wasn't your face.

Look, all I'm gonna say is whatever you need to do

at any point, do what's best for you, okay?

-I appreciate you saying that.

I know I'm here for the right reasons,

and I know that have to do what I have to do and fight.

I'm a fighter and I'm here to win.

-Sorry, is Ameerah here? -Yeah, come on in.

-Oh.

-I think this game just pulls us in so many different directions.

You just have to... keep fighting.

That's all we can do, is fight, fight, fight.

That's not even part of my vocabulary, so...

I appreciate you saying those words,

but that's not who I am.

I'm just the type of person that when I feel like

somebody is projecting their negative energy

onto me or trying to come at me

with passive aggressive behavior,

I know how to stand up for myself.

I was a cop for years. I am a fighter.

I don't need somebody telling me to bow out.

That's not who I am,

and I will never be that way.

No, screw that.

I don't care who anybody is, no one's ever going to

be able to take the fight out of me, period.

-I don't like to be spoken to passive aggressively like that.

-Who?

-Oh. -Oh.

-Oh. -She was like,

"You know, if you decide that you want to quit

and stop fighting, it's okay."

-It's okay to quit? -Who said that?

-Taylor did. -Taylor did?

-Oh, beautiful. I'm...done with her.

I will not...talk to her from here on out.

She can...off.

I'm pissed. Taylor tells her she can

leave this game any time she'd like.

Taylor's trying to manipulate and capitalize in this moment

while Nicole's in a vulnerable state.

As I do think she tried to do do a Paloma,

I'm fuming now.

She says a...word to you... losing my...

I don't give a...

-Thank you.

-Hey. -Chips before workout?

-Just stop.

From this point on, just stop.

-No, with your fake...

-I am a fake b*tch. -Don't speak to me until finale.

-You're bringing me to finale?

-No, when you're sitting out there.

-To think you did a Paloma, you're trying to do to her,

you can...right off.

You don't think America is watching all that...

You don't think so?

From here on out, do not speak to me.

♪♪

-I thought he was joking. Is he serious?

-He's serious.

-Do you have any idea what's going on?

-I'm not speaking for him, so if there's something

that you want to talk to him about,

that's between you and him.

-Oh.

I really thought he was joking.

♪♪

Daniel.

-No, stop.

I will never forget what you did to Paloma.

You think she didn't spiral because of you?

You didn't add to that? And now you're trying to do it

to Nicole, mind games?

-That's not fair.

♪♪

That's really not --

-Do not speak to Nicole like that ever again.

-What? -Ever again!

♪♪

♪♪

-It doesn't matter.

-I feel bad for Taylor.

I thought that Taylor was just trying to be a friend

and offer her a little support.

I love Daniel so much, but I didn't agree with him

throwing Paloma's name out there.

We don't know actually what went wrong with Paloma,

and I don't think this is a public argument

that needs to be had.

-[ Sniffles ]

[ Voice breaking ] I'm not trying to hurt

or manipulate anybody, and, um...

it seems like every time I try to connect with somebody...

I'm just hurting them.

I hope that you didn't take what I was saying

when we were speaking as a...

-You need to learn how to speak to people.

What you said to me was

very passive aggressive and very rude.

-Personally, I have never once witnessed a concrete instance

in which Taylor bluntly disrespected somebody.

It makes me feel bad. She doesn't deserve it.

-I think that you need to really, really, really, like,

look from the outside and think about the words

that come out of your mouth before you say them.

You brought negativity to the room.

I don't need those words from anyone.

I am a -year-old woman who makes my own decisions.

And the last thing I need is for you to tell me

that it's okay for me to quit.

-I understand.

And I'm -- I'm sorry.

-Quite frankly, I mean, I...

obviously did not want to have this conversation

before a competition.

And all I can say to you is I hope you fight for your life

out there, because I can't say that I want to --

I just don't even know anymore. I don't even know.

-Okay.

Um...

I'll give you the space.

[ Voice breaking ] I would never try to hurt her.

I never tried to hurt her.

I never tried to hurt Paloma.

I never tried to hurt any of the girls in that house.

So I have a feeling that she's not

going to contribute in this veto

and advocate to get me on the block

next to her and send me home.

I have to win the veto, get back in there,

and play for my life.

♪♪

-[ Snoring ]

♪♪

-Hello, beautiful people!

It is time for the veto competition!

-Let's go! -Yeah!

-Come on, dude and dudettes!

For sure, dude.

♪♪

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Yeah!

-So we walk out into the backyard,

and all of a sudden, we're transported into

this woodland, hippie commune.

So I, for one, have never sampled the devil's lettuce,

but by the looks of these trees, someone is about to get high.

Let's go, guys.

Whoo-hoo!

[ Chicken bawks ]

-Welcome to the Woodstack Festival,

the grooviest lumberjack festival in the world.

Before we can boogie down, I need you to do me a solid

and put together the epic Woodstack billboard

so all of our lovers of wood know where to go.

Here's how it works.

Each duo has decided which position competitors will take.

On "go," the festy besties must use teamwork to assemble

their Woodstack puzzle billboard on top of their tree.

The grounded festy besties must run on the ground

and bring back the puzzle pieces one at a time to their partner.

When they run to get a piece, their partner will fly into

the air and build their puzzle on top of their tree.

Communication will be critical,

because the festy bestie on the ground

will have the job of holding their partner in the air

in order to build their puzzle.

But be careful.

If you knock over your puzzle,

you will have to fly the piece back up,

costing you valuable time.

The first festy bestie to finish their puzzle,

land on the ground, and hit their button

will win the golden power of veto

for them and their bestie.

It's time to play Woodstack.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Yeah! -Yeah!

-Wining this veto competition is huge.

I want to have complete control this week so I can

follow through with the Pound alliance's plan

of backdooring Ameerah.

-Everything is on the line.

I'm on the block with my festy bestie, Michael.

So we have to win this veto so that we're not

on the block together come eviction night.

-So, I'm not on the block, but in this game,

you're never really safe without that veto.

I had this massive blow-up with Nicole this morning,

and going into this veto comp,

I'm a little nervous that she's not gonna give it her all.

All I know is regardless of where Nicole stands,

I need to fight as hard as I can so I can protect myself.

-As much as I hate the idea of throwing a comp and losing,

I want Taylor out of this house even more.

So I'm willing to throw this to make sure we go on the block

and ensure that she goes home.

-I want to win the veto and make sure that

my festy bestie Turner has an amazing HOH

and keeps the power in his hands.

But I'm super afraid of heights, and I'm literally so nervous.

I know my body, and I can feel that something

is just not right, and I know it is more than

just my foot.

I feel like I'm about to pass out.

-Oh, gosh.

-Can you unclip me? I'm about to pass out.

Unclip me.

Oh, I'm about to pass out.

-Oh, oh.

Come on, have some water, girl.

Have some water.

-Look at me. -Jas, Jas, stay with us.

-Look at me. -It's okay, it's okay.

-Look at me. -I can't, I can't.

-We're gonna put you down now.

Stay with us, Jasmine.

-Jazzy, over here. Come back, Jazzy.

Come back. -Come on, baby.

-She's passed out. -She's passed out.

-Can we get somebody?

♪♪

-Jasmine is passed out.

The medic is looking at her right now,

and we are hoping and praying that she is okay.

-Yeah, jazzy.

Alright.

[ Applause ]

-Yes, girl!

-Great to see you back, Jasmine.

How are you feeling?

-I am feeling okay.

I have been medically cleared to still participate

in the veto competition, but due to the fear of heights

and my anxiety from passing out,

I have decided not to compete, and to Turner,

I want to thank you for being the best festy bestie,

and I hope you understand, and I promise to make it up to you.

-Of course, of course.

[ Applause ]

So, obviously, Jasmine's health comes first,

and I'm absolutely fine with sitting this one out for her.

So I really don't want her to think that I'll be upset.

[ Horn blows ]

-Let's go! -Let's go, let's go, let's go!

♪♪

-Go, Brittany, go, Brittany, go!

-When you go back, get the one with all white lettering.

-In this competition, one bestie is responsible for

running back and forth to retrieve puzzle pieces

and the other bestie is responsible for

building the puzzle at the top of the tree.

I'm ready, Brittany, whenever you are.

Whenever the bestie on the ground goes to retrieve

a puzzle piece, the bestie in the harness

is raised up higher.

-Coming, coming, coming!

The first pair of besties to complete the puzzle

and ring the buzzer will each win the golden power of veto.

Come on, Brittany, we're ahead. We got this.

-I want to throw this comp,

but I don't want to make it too obvious that I am.

So my strategy is to give Taylor a few of the correct pieces

before I start to sabotage her.

-I need a side piece.

This puzzle is double sided, so when you have a piece,

you aren't sure if you're looking at the front or back,

and if it's even gonna fit the right way.

This puzzle is way harder than it looks.

-What do you need, Michael?

-Are you kidding me? I have to fight for my life

in something where I have to be this, like, Hulk woman?

[ Roaring ]

I literally am visualizing my husband

standing next to those puzzle pieces.

[ Cheers and applause ]

But I'm doing it for us, I'm doing it for him,

I'm doing it for our future family,

and that is literally what's on the line,

because I know I'm going home if we don't win this.

-Good job. You're doing so great.

-Rest it down and then spell the word.

-I'm trying.

Brittany and Michael are two people

who have been good at communication.

-This one, this one. -Okay.

-But Nicole and I are not communicating well.

But I don't even know what to ask for.

Like, I could be in trouble.

Okay, I need...

-Focus, Taylor.

Going into this comp, my plan was to throw it.

But with how terrible Taylor's doing up there,

I might not have to.

Come on, focus.

-Nicole just keeps yelling "focus" at me.

Nicole, maybe you should focus on telling me

where these pieces go.

-On the right side.

-This composition requires a lot of teamwork.

-Oh, you're right, you're right. -Yes.

-Good. Good eye, Brit.

-There you go! -I'm so up close,

it's kind of hard for me to tell what I'm working with.

But Brittany, at the other end of the yard,

has a much better vantage point,

and we can communicate about what she's seeing,

what I'm seeing, and what piece we need next.

-I'm just trying not to knock it over.

-Alright, I need help with the imaging.

-I'm completely rooting for Michael and Brittany.

I want them to win this veto so that we can go ahead

and replace them with Nicole and Taylor.

Then hopefully Taylor will be meeting Julie

on eviction night.

-Let's go center first. -Yeah, leave that up there.

-Let's go center first.

-You got it. -Okay.

-You got it.

-Nicole and I are clearly struggling with our rhythm,

but I'm still able to get a couple puzzle pieces together.

I just hope we haven't fallen too far behind

and we can hit our stride and finish out this puzzle.

sh**t. -That one had to drop.

We're good.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Piece at the bottom.

-Come on.

-Be careful.

Are you ready? -Bring me down,

bring me down, Brit! That's my bestie!

-Do it, do it!

Do it! -Doing it together.

[ Ding! ]

-Yes! Brittany!

Oh, my God, you did so incredible.

-Congratulations, Michael and Brittany.

You have won the golden power of veto.

-Congrats!

-[ Laughs ]

-Brittany, how does it feel to be a veto winner?

-Um, it feels amazing.

One of us for sure would have been going home

had this not happened, right?

-Mm-hmm.

-Success.

Well, we lost, but success.

Now I just hope that Turner follows the plan,

puts Taylor and I on the block,

and finally Taylor will be out the door.

-You crushed that.

Obviously, teamwork just didn't clock in today

between Nicole and I.

And after everything that happened today between us,

I'm just hoping Turner isn't looking at us

as a replacement nom.

And now I'm just praying to the "BB" gods

that there's some way I can be saved.

-Brittany, you crushed that, man.

It sucks that I didn't get to win

or even play, however, If I had to pick another winner,

it would definitely have been Brittany and Michael.

Obviously, they're gonna take themselves off the block.

Now all that's left is to make the biggest move so far

and backdoor Ameerah.

Feels like everything is lining up to make

the Pound alliance's plan a reality.

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-Yeah.

Same.

-Now that Michael has won

his third veto, and after all the drama

that went down today, it is time for the Pound alliance

to start pulling people in, because it's extremely obvious

people are trying to strong-arm this game

and we're going to need more numbers.

It's absolute garbage that the people who, like,

are playing decently, being respectful or kind,

are getting the... end of the stick.

-I would definitely love to talk

and see what we can come up with.

-Yeah, yeah.

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-I can count on one hand how many times

people have asked me to talk game in this house.

So to hear from Monte that people want to talk with me

in the HOH room tonight, it's definitely piqued my interest.

I don't know what's up, but if someone's willing to

talk to me, I'm gonna listen.

-We have now gotten a lot of confirmation

that that whole girls coming after the guys thing

and that group that has sort of formulated...

-Mm-hmm. -...the two of you,

unfortunately, have been left out of

that conversation and out of that group.

-Even though they were saying things like, "Girls' Girls"...

-Yeah.

-Us seven, right now, are on the outside

of what could be a potentially juggernaut of an alliance

who are making a lot of decisions and pushing

different narratives to have things done

throughout the house.

-I feel like we've been treated so poorly

by so many people in this house, and I'm honestly sick of it.

That's why I'm so passionate about this.

I think we have the opportunity to change the narrative,

take control of this game,

because we literally can. -Right.

-This is the only week we have to flip things.

-The fact that they didn't take the opportunity

to keep you and bring you into the fold,

like, honestly, what were they thinking?

-Right. -While we have these numbers,

we have the opportunity to really...

Right?

-I have been looking for

people to trust with everything.

-It appears that Ameerah is the one who is, like,

the head of this clique here.

-[ Laughs ]

-That looks like the strongest option

because the main person who is out here...

-Calling the shots. -...putting these feeds

of narrative out to say who should be voted out

each week will be gone.

-Yeah.

-Finally. -I know, bro.

We were waiting.

-Taylor, Taylor. -Come on.

-Are you filled in? -And I'm all in.

-Let's go! She's back, baby!

-I feel really good about this group of people.

This is our only chance to shake up the game.

And the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward.

-This was the last week to do this.

If they would have sent Taylor home like they're planning,

it was dead in the water.

-Yeah. -It would've been one by one

by one.

After this week, once Ameerah goes,

we're the majority of the house. -Yes.

-And I think that the house is kind of bullying you.

-That ends today.

It's hard to be that strong and not people get intimidated.

Just because you're strong is no grounds

for us to test how strong you are.

-I'm not trying to break in here, damn.

Bend a little bit, but...

-You're not a shield. You're a part of this alliance.

Everyone is part of it. This was built together,

so we need a name.

-The Leftovers. -Leftovers?

-People sleep on leftovers.

-I say it's time for the Leftovers to take over!

Ahh!

-This game is wild.

I went from being completely alone

to now being brought in as the key member

of the Leftovers alliance.

I guess what Julie says is true,

expect the unexpected,

and you can expect to see a lot more of me.

-I'm looking forward for this next veto meeting

so we can go ahead and get Taylor on the block

and get her out of here.

"Big Brother" isn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.

This is going really well and it's actually

really fun to take people out.

Highlight of my summer, America.

-This is going to be insane.

Ameerah thinks she's sitting pretty,

but she has no idea what's about to happen.

Bring your appetites, America, because the Leftovers

are about to become the main course.

-With the Leftovers serving up a blindside,

it will be a veto meeting like never before.

Plus, which HouseGuest will be the next evicted,

and what happens to the festy bestie who survives?

Find out, tomorrow night at :, : Central,

live on "Big Brother"!

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