It’s all good Kingfish, I knew what you meant. I believe it became apparent to all, including James, that Clay would be evicted before the showmance couple took their seats for Thursday eviction night for all the reasons I stated. Yes, when James initially nominated both he was primarily targeting Shelli, but his intent was to break up the showmance...so mission accomplished in that regard and why you and I included James in the unanimity.

Even without a crystal ball, a deck of tarot cards, or a Zoltar fortune telling machine, James made the right decision to not take the 5K. Why hand over the punishment to a non-Sixth Sense member to get someone else angry at him? And he would have forced himself to name a replacement nominee for Shelli. Putting up a pawn would have infuriated yet another non-Sixth Sense member. Choosing one of the twins would have had Austin, Liz and Julia all three pointing a cannon his way.

Hypothetically I guess Vanessa would have been the “safest” replacement for him, but that would have most certainly sent Jackie on her preannounced “warpath.” And with the number of days between POV and eviction, it’s not inconceivable that Vanessa could have become the evictee. If so, not only does James primary target slip through his fingers, but the showmance stays intact.

So IMHO the little man with the big set made the right decision at POV to keep the nominations the same.