...is not enough to keep the light from reflecting off Julie's glitter. Is that the other half of the stage showing on her right cheek?

Steven's offering his loyalty. Dan is offering to stay out of the way and let Steven campaign himself into the ground. That they're showing us any doubt on the Dump Steven faction probably means he's out.

And coming up: our first pointless family segment. Because really, nothing happened this week. At least, nothing PG-13 rated.

Julie: 'April, what did you first see in Ollie?'
April: 'Sucker!'
Julie: 'Ollie, what do you think your father thinks of April?'
Ollie: 'Sucking!'

Jessie's family thinks he's a saint. Renny's knows she's a saint -- or at least a former cheerleader for them. No compromise, no deals, and break out the ammo!

It's a wonder they weren't cast.

Apparently this BB cast doesn't know the idea of the "swing vote". Jerry and Renny, not in danger now but possibly in the future, sitting there apparently unaligned and...no signs of communication.

Well done. Oh, and the last comments sounded like Yearbook quips from friends that no one gets.

But they do speak 'kill the floaters', so they might be trying to avoid that perception. Of course, 'kill the floaters' remains one of the stupidest strategies on Earth...

The Dolly strategy is a pretty horrid one. Do they really see Jerry, Renny, and Steven (and probably Dan) as that potentially useless? I can understand the boot of Steven, but no power grabs early? Are both alliances so sure they'll last to F8 or so to where it goes 4-4 and the next HoH controls it?

...what? Have we ever gotten so many references to cage events that the episode didn't bother showing, not to mention the secret language of hamsters? And what did the rest of it mean?

Vote in progress. The order is very contrived: they're trying to make it look as if Steven has some sort of chance. I wonder if the contestants are paying attention to the order they're going out in...

And meanwhile, we learned two things about Jesse: his neck tendons stand out when he's nervous, and he's aware his alliance with Michelle is his greatest weakness. Interesting -- there's something of a functional brain in there. But he's still not going to be governor of California.

And Libra's vote for Steven kills him. Well done drama. *eyeroll*

April likes to conversate with Ollie.

By a Unanimous Vote of 9 - 0 Steven is evicted

Is it physically possible for Jessie to not talk about himself? Even in his goodbye speech, it was about him.

I know it will never happen, but Renny winning HoH would be great. Or an atomic bomb falling on the house. Or Season 3 of Dr. Will.

Steven out 9-0. Some suspense.

Notice Ollie and April moving away from the door, so they wouldn't be anywhere near hug/sorry range?

Jessie managed to make his goodbye speech to Steven all about Jessie's body! Now that took some work.

Quick shot of the HoH competition -- looks like multiple head-to-head rounds coming up.

Looks like it'll be showdown time again....... I guess the drawing for numbers was to determine who would go first.......

The only question is: will the winner pick hir opponent in the next round or both participants in the next round? (Usually it's both, but you never know with the cage........)

Yes!

They're haunting them again! This time it's with images of aliens in the mirrors!

and apparently the aliens took some of the items in the house as well..........

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So they have to identify which room the missing item came from, if it was actually taken.......

April/Dan Cupcakes? Kitchen (April gone)
Renny/Libra Hot Water? Kitchen (Renny self-destructs)
Memphis/Angie Silver Star? Living Room (Angie gone)
Ollie/Jerry Potted Plant? Spa (Jerry self-destructs)
Michele/Keesha Fan? Living Room (Michele self-destructs)
Libra/Dan Pitchfork? Bathroom (Dan gone)
Memphis/Keesha Candlestick? Not missing (Goodbye Memphis)
Ollie/Libra Shovel? Bathroom (Ollie gone)
Keesha/Libra for the HoH! Weathervane? Not missing (Libra gets it wrong and Keesha wins the HoH!)

Way to have horrible strategy.

Hmmm...I'm guaranteed to eliminate one person per matchup, maybe both...let's send up someone in my own alliance (Keesha) or not send up two people from the other alliance.

Good job. And a second straight challenge where you can let others self-destruct to the win

This is not a particularly intelligent group.

This does seem to be the first season in a while where the host is reading her briefing book, though. So at least she knows it's not a particularly intelligent group.

You mean the "You may or may not have noticed...." crack?

Memphis/Angie Silver Star?

Huh? What? Who called me? Am I supposed to choose? Go Angie!

(Angie gone)
Aw, crap.

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