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[gardenman]

It's showtime! We start with the typical recap. They show Jack and Christie winning their powers a few weeks ago, hinting that they'll be played tonight. (Half right.) Christie said she didn't want to get emotional. (Ha! She lives to get emotional!) Then we get the typical opening. Now we pick up immediately after the nominations. Cliff says he nominated the two alpha males. Jackson said he volunteered to be a pawn against Nick and Bella, not Jack. Now we see Tommy crying because Jack and Jackson are on the block. Christie's not happy that two of her alliance members are on the block. Now we get the first of fifty thousand debates on whether Christie should use it or not. (Trust me, it went on forever.) Cliff hopes his decision doesn't come back to bite him. Nick's very happy. They're finally showing us getting the slop. (That happened back on Friday.) Cliff named the four Have Nots. Tommy, Kat, Christie and Jackson are the picks. Christie thinks the week will be hardest on her. (Sure she does.) Time for the first break.

[gardenman]

And we're back. Jackson asks if anyone has the second power. Jack admits he does and says he can switch the veto pick. Time to pick the POV players. Jack, Jackson and Cliff are locked in. In the first draw Cliff picks houseguest choice and picks Sam. Jack picks Holly. Jackson picks Jessica. Jack unleashes his power for the redraw. In the redraw Cliff draws Kat. Jack draws Sam. Jackson draws Analyse. Cliff tells Nick and Isabella that he needs to win the POV so Christie can't use her power. Time for another break.

[gardenman]

We're back again. Time for the POV comp. This is the Jet Ski comp where they have to hold buttons down while they change clothes on the Jet Ski. (They used a raft to move them to the Jet Ski to keep them dry. When Sam saw the raft sitting off to the side he thought it was an airbag they had to jump on from the pool. Not quite.) If you let go of buttons the clock speeds up. Cliff's time is 4:47. Kat's time is ? Jack forgot to a button for a hit and his time was 13:10. Analyse gets her pants stuck to her butt and finishes at 9:06. Sam's really bad at this. His time is 11:21. Jackson says being slow and steady is the key. His time is ? Time for another break. 

[gardenman]

Back now for the results of the POV comp. (Spoiler alert: Jackson won the POV.) Cliff's time was 4:47. Kat's time was 3:25. Analyse's time was 9:06. Sam's time was 11:21. Jack's time was 13:10. Jackson finished in 2:59. Jackson says now Christie has to use her power so he can put up Isabella. Christie now goes through the first of many, many, many, will she or won't she flips and flops. Once again she doesn't want to get emotional (sure she doesn't) and turns on the tears. Jackson can't understand why Christie is reluctant to use the power. Vhristie thinks Jackson is a dictator. Time for another break.

[gardenman]

Back again for more Christie flip-flopping. (Trust me, this went on forever.) She offers two weeks safety to Cliff if he'll put up Isabella. Time for another break.

[gardenman]

And we're back one final time. Time for the POV meeting. Jackson uses the POV on himself. Cliff puts up Isabella as the replacement. Cliff said he could have made a big move, but he held true to his word. Christie's thrilled. Isabella's despondent. And that's it until tomorrow night. 

[SusieQ_2]

My favorite part of the show was when Jack used his power and ended up pulling Sam's name. The look on his face was priceless!

So that's one power down and in retrospect it did him no good anyway, He didn't need to use it but it's nice to have it flushed. 

[SusieQ_2]

It's kind of funny to see how things are manipulated for TV. Even though the outcome was the same that was absolutely not the way that conversation between Cliff and Christie went down. 

That convo lasted for what seemed like hours so I know they had to cut it down for the show but they totally changed it. It wasn't Christie who suggested that she get to save her power and give Cliff 2 weeks safety in return--that was Cliff's idea. They could at least have given credit where credit was due.