*recap of the past 97 days*

Liz, Steve and Vanessa, all still in contention for the big prize.

HOH Part 1:
Hanging off of big apples and being slammed into large pads painted with giant mouths. The apples get dipped in gooey sticky stuff and get powered sugar blown at them and whipped cream being shot at them, the slip down the rope to take seats on their apples.
Steve out first.
Vanessa psychologically bends Liz's will into dropping off the apple.

Now Steve and Liz must face off in Part 2.

And Evil Dr. Will is teased as the upcoming jury mediator. *eyeroll*

• Part 2...,tribephyl, 10:01 PM, 09-23-15
• Part 3...,tribephyl, 10:10 PM, 09-23-15
• Final Eviction,tribephyl, 10:18 PM, 09-23-15
• Jury Questions,tribephyl, 10:31 PM, 09-23-15
  • Winner is...,tribephyl, 11:05 PM, 09-23-15
    • YAY!!!!!,Puffy, 01:17 AM, 09-24-15
• RE: BB 17 | Live Finale Night ,Agman2, 04:12 PM, 02-18-16

LAST EDITED ON 09-23-15 AT 10:03 PM (EST)

The HOH Comp is a giant Crosswords Puzzle.

Steve goes first. Flubs on a misplaced letter and appears to have a difficult time.
Liz is seemingly doing well.

Steve finished in 28:27
Liz finished in ... 31:11

Steve wins Part 2!

Vanessa and Steve face off in Part 3.

If he wins, Steve KNOWS the jury will be very proud of him for evicting Vanessa.

Enter... Dr Will.

JOhnnyMac enters and speaks the Vanessa talk and Austin gets bitter.

Dr. Will acts the part and surprisingly gets great responses about Vanessa. Some hate her personally but have great respect for her game.

Steve gets a glowing reception until... JMac calls him a rat and flays him in front of the others. Julia piggybacks on the sentiment. Ick.

Liz...not getting the best responses.

However, if Liz wins the last HOH and Evicts Vanessa (if she can), her stock will go waaaay up.
Well, there goes that one.

HOH Part 3 is a Q and A about Hamster quotes.

?1: Steve (1)
?2: Both wrong
?3: Steve (2) | Vanessa (1)
?4: Steve (3) | Vanessa (2)
?5: Steve (4) | Vanessa (3)
?6: Vanessa (4)
?7: Steve (5)

Steve wins Final HOH AND the sole decision about whom to evict.

Probably a foregone conclusion now, he'll be the one to evict Vanessa and thereby win the game.

Steve is up... what is his decision?

Steve: Mouth diarrhea over Vanessa's game-play. But decides to openly regret his decision to evict Vanessa.
Liz is overjoyed!

Vanessa admits she never trusted Steve. Also that she would have evicted Steve, so just desserts.

Up next is the Jury Questions.

Shelli:
Jackie:
Becky:
Meg:
James,

Julia, Austin, JMac and then ...
Vanessa:

Three questions are directed to Steve and he successfully discounts their claims of floating or coattail riding.

Three questions are directed at Liz and she admits to relying heavily on her alliance and really really wanting the money.

6 to 3 Steve wins over Liz.

Congrats, Steve!

Thanks for your recaps all season. I'm so glad that Vanessa didn't win, even though she played the best game. I'm very happy that Steve won.

Oh gawd, did I miss it?