And last night was largely consumed with lots of plotting and muttering about who to put up as the replacement nominee when Victoria uses the POV and how it benefits each person's game. Zach wants Caleb put up and voted out of the house. He knows Caleb isn't one of "The Detonators" and is expendable. He also knows that he's on Caleb's radar. Cody's okay with that but Derrick and Frankie are not. They want Caleb kept because he's a "number for our side." (In other words, he's a guy and he's not after them.) They want Donny up (who's also a guy but targeting them) but Zach and Donny have a mini-alliance and trust each other. Zach's convinced Donny's not coming after him and Cody so they shouldn't nominate him to become targets in case Donny stays and wins HOH. Frankie and Derrick would like nothing more than for Donny to move Cody and Zach up above them on the hit list.
Brittany wants Zach or Nicole put up as the replacement and Derrick has flat out told her that Cody will never put up Zach. Brittany may approach Cody later about putting up Nicole. Zach's talked about volunteering to go up as a pawn, but Cody's afraid Zach would get voted out. (He might. Much of the house views him as a tad unstable and uncontrollable. A Zach HOH could be pretty entertaining though. God only knows who he'd nominate.)
There was talk of trying to convince Victoria not to use the POV so Cody wouldn't have to put anyone else up, but that's unlikely.
My best guess right now is that the replacement nominee will be either Caleb or Donny and it will largely depend on who is the last person Cody talks to. If Zach has his ear last it will likely be Caleb. If Derrick/Frankie/Christine have his ear last it will likely be Donny. Cody's concerned that putting up Donny benefits others more than him and leaves him more exposed to Caleb who's a bigger threat to him. Cody/Zach don't think Donny's actively coming after Cody or Zach so they're pretty comfortable keeping Donny around. They've heard Caleb talk about one of them needing to go, so he's the bigger threat to them even if he's less of a threat to others in their alliance (Derrick and Frankie for example.)
Cody's in an interesting spot. Caleb is migrating more towards the other side of the house these days. He's figured out that he's out of the loop in the old Bomb Squad and knows they're actively targeting Amber and likely him in the not too distant future. If Cody keeps Caleb and he wins HOH, Cody's got to worry that Caleb will completely flip and use his power as HOH to break up Cody/Zach or Derrick/Frankie, whoever Caleb thinks is now in charge. With two Detonators on the block, Cody might not have the votes to survive. Getting out Caleb then benefits him, and Brittany likes Cody and isn't coming after him, but she is after Nicole and Christine so keeping Brittany isn't a huge problem for him.
There's still a chance Brittany survives this week regardless of who the replacement nominee is. If Cody gives in and puts up Donny and Donny reacts badly, then Cody and Zach may be forced to try and rally votes to get out Donny since Brittany's not targeting them. If Caleb goes up then the risk of him swinging completely to the other side is too great and he's more of a threat than Brittany, so getting rid of Caleb would make more sense. Derrick and Frankie are continuing to stir the Brittany hate to keep her the target, but events could transpire to keep her around for at least one more week. This POV meeting and the aftermath promises to be interesting.
Fly!!! Eagles!!! Fly!!!
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