Yesterday saw the picking of the POV players with Mark and Paul being picked to compete. With Cody out of the POV hunt, the Paul side of the house (pretty much everyone but Mark, Cody and now Elena) celebrated. Cody seemed to care less one way or another. He's just adopted a 'whatever will be will be' approach and is now mingling with everyone.
Cody and Kevin had a talk early in the day where Cody revealed his brother dying and also that he had a daughter. Cody swore Kevin to secrecy and Kevin agreed only to then go and blab it to Paul and Jason. Paul thinks it's all a lie to get sympathy from Kevin and is trying to use it against Cody. (It's not a lie.)
Then came the POV comp. This was the prize and punishment comp where the first person evicted gets the POV, then has to see if anyone else takes it from them. The last prize is typically the worst punishment. Matt ended up with the POV, which despite being on the block he's planning to use on Jason instead of himself so they can backdoor Cody. Matt thinks he, Raven and Paul will be the final three. (Yeah, right.)
The punishments went to Paul, who had to pair up with another houseguest as tandem skydivers for 48 hours. (He initially picked Cody but Cody said no, then he picked Christmas who agreed.) Jason got the Extreme unitard. Every time a horn sounds he has to say "I am so extreme." He says the unitard weighs fifty pounds. Matt won the Outback dinner for selected houseguests. (Raven was drinking a beer from his prize and managed to chip a tooth, further increasing her injury count.) Mark won a one week trip to Colorado.
Then came the big prize and the big punishment. There was $5,000 cash that Alex took and a punishment of having to pitch a tent and cook hotdogs for the house on a little propane stove whenever a bugle sounds for a week. Elena won the comp and opted to take the $5,000 from Alex and leave her with the punishment. Alex was not happy about that. Apparently she and Elena had made a side agreement partway through the comp not to give the other one a punishment, but when Alex took the money, Elena decided to forego that side agreement and take the money and give Alex the punishment.
So we've got a somewhat unhappy house now with Christmas and Paul tethered together for 48 hours, Jason stuck in a unitard for a week, Alex in a park ranger outfit pitching a tent and cooking hotdogs for everyone for a week, while Elena sits and counts her $5,000.
And speaking of Elena, she's finally talking about playing BB. She was telling Mark they should "go rogue" and nominate Paul and Alex if they win HOH. I'm not sure Mark is okay with that, but Elena now seems to be seeing where the game is going and wants to shake up the power in the house. She and Mark had a long chat over game strategy and Elena knows what she's doing. She also knows she and Mark, and Matt and Raven are big targets for Paul. She thinks she can get Matt and Raven on board with them. (Not likely. Both are still fully under Paul's control.)
Mark and Elena are pretty good competitors in comps however and both now know they're the next targets for the house while everyone else feels pretty safe. We could see one of them win the HOH in the double eviction and make a move. Mark seems to still be targeting Josh (which is dumb as Josh is likely no threat to win) but Elena may be targeting Paul and Alex which could make for a very fun show on Thursday.
If Elena wins HOH on Thursday, Paul will be quickly on her telling her who to nominate (likely Matt and Raven) which Elena may then be able to use to get their votes to evict Paul. (Assuming she really has what it takes to 'go rogue' and nominate him and Alex.) If she can get the votes of Jason (who likely won't vote Alex out) Mark, Matt and Raven, it would be goodbye Paul. That would really shake up the house in a big, big way.
I suspect Mark and Elena would also have to win the POV to guarantee Paul would stay on the block as his sheep would likely use it on him, but this coming Thursday's show could be pretty entertaining if things break just right.
Of course, there's still the chance the house decides to keep Cody and vote out Elena. Alex seems to be in favor of that now with Josh always in favor of that. Paul still feels threatened by Cody, but if he gets word of Elena wanting him and Alex on the block, he might just change his mind about that. I don't expect any big surprises before Thursday. Matt will use the POV on Jason and Cody will go up opposite Matt and Elena and likely Cody will go to the jury.
It's possible that a smart player (if one exists in this house) could use Matt's devotion to Paul in putting up Cody instead of using the POV on himself, as a weapon against Matt and get the votes to evict Matt to weaken Paul. Christmas, Kevin and Mark would be three votes. Where would they get the fourth vote? That would likely only be possible with Josh and a longshot at that, but it might be an interesting move. If they then allied with Mark, Cody and Elena against Paul, Jason, Raven and Alex things could get interesting. With Alex unable to play in the HOH comp and Raven likley shaken by losing Matt, it would be down to Paul and Jason to win HOH against a pretty formidable group. Sadly that likely won't happen.
Expect to hear lots of grumbling from Alex as she gets called to pitch her tent and make hot dogs for the house over the next week. Seeing Elena walking around punishment free and with $5,000 won't help her mood any. Josh is still actively pitching Elena as a target and he may just end up getting his way if things break just right. If Elena approaches the wrong person about uniting to take out Paul and Alex then Paul could decide she's a bigger threat than Cody and flip the house on her.
Things could get interesting this week. They probably won't, but they could.
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