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Jury House segment is as lit as the house itself was last week.

Honestly, as long as Michael wins the F5 HOH, Taylor will be fine. There's no way Michael is going to get rid of her in favor of Monte/Turner. Alyssa is in more danger of going than Taylor - and that's only if Monte or Turner luck into a POV win to take themselves off the block. Losing Brittany in the DE doesn't hurt Taylor's game and probably improves her chances of making it to F2. I don't believe Michael wants Monte or Turner anywhere near F3 when he could have Taylor and Alyssa instead.

Well, Alyssa's rule is nothing pre-2010, so there is a possibility she watched the 2012 opening ceremonies, lol. FYI - that's still my absolute favorite Olympics opening ceremony moment of all time.

Now, the real question is who would be savvy enough, of the HGs, to realize that there's no way the answer to that question would be False? Because logic and decency says no one jokes around about the Queen dying for a reality show competition. I'm betting Michael and possibly Taylor are the only ones who would logic that out. Alyssa would just stare blankly, wondering who Queen Elizabeth II is until someone showed her a picture.

I can't imagine that CBS would postpone tonight's BB episode because of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. I could be wrong, but there will be plenty of opportunities to air tributes and documentaries in the coming days before her funeral. The real question is whether or not the HGs have been told about her passing. Tremendous world news.

Are you telling us that you believe the BB comic artist never read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" as a child?

Oh, have no doubt, Michael realizes this. But this coming week he can't play for HOH and if he can turn Monte/Turner's attention onto getting rid of Brittany instead of him, that puts him back in control for the F5 HOH. I don't think for one second this is Founding Fathers alliance lasts beyond the DE.

Don't worry, Alyssa will be ahead of Michael by the time Thursday rolls around. Can't have those womenfolk gettin' anywhere near to the end. As much as I want Brittany to go, I'm entirely down with either Monte or Turner going in the DE. Brittany can go the week after.

Superficially, yes, but situationally this week, no. First, Michael had made a promise to Turner of safety last week and given the circumstances under which that safety promise was made, it would be very dishonorable to go against it. Michael would have needed really good reason - like absolute confirmation from Terrance, Monte & Alyssa (and Kyle last week) that he was Turner's original backdoor target - to break that promise to Turner. Terrance was the only one of those three to try to throw Turner under the bus, and even that was a lightweight toss. Additionally, Terrance was making a total ass out of himself to Michael, what with the "I'll poison the jury against you" threats. And, finally, while Monte might prefer to keep Terrance over Alyssa, he's fully aware of just how easy it is to sway Terrance into "making a big move" that is short-sighted and stupid. Getting out Terrance is certainly easier than getting out Turner, but the really easy move would be taking out Alyssa. Of the options Michael has, this week in particular, this IS the best move he can make.

Watched Sunday night's episode last night and all I have to say is Brittany is playing for 2nd place. She's just delusional enough to think she can make a convincing pitch to the jury that every move they're attributing to Michael has been a joint move that they discussed together and agreed upon, but 1) that's not how the jury perceives it because he's been the HOH, not her, and 2) most of the jury likes Michael, on a personal level, more than they like her - and it's not just the crazy eyes. I think it's all but certain that Alyssa, Turner and Monte would take the shot at Michael this week if it presents itself. Taylor might too, but she's less likely than the other three. Brittany will NEVER take that shot, but, thankfully, I think Turner/Monte are setting this up nicely to get Brittany if they can't get Michael this week with the information they're divulging to Taylor. Look for them to have a conversation with Alyssa later today, I bet, also divulging the Brittany/Turner info. If I wasn't so worried about the bro-down to the end with a potential Monte/Turner/Michael alliance, I'd almost root for the following sequence of events: 1. Turner wins DE HOH & puts up Michael/Brittany 2. Michael wins DE Veto & takes himself down, with Taylor going up as the replacement nom 3. Brittany is voted out by Monte & Alyssa because she's Michael's #2 and everyone knows it 4. Michael wins F5 HOH & puts up Turner/Monte 5. Michael wins F5 Veto & leaves the noms the same 6. Turner is voted out by Taylor & Alyssa 7. Taylor wins F4 HOH & puts up whomever 8. Alyssa wins F4 Veto for her first comp win of the season and votes out Michael because duh, who doesn't take out the comp beast at that point? 9. Taylor wins F3 part 1, Monte wins F2 part 2, Taylor wins F3 part 3 and takes Alyssa to the F2 10. Taylor wins (8-1 vote with Kyle voting for Alyssa because showmance, but everyone else recognizes the comp wins at the end, especially getting out Michael) 11. Joseph wins AFP 12. Taylor & Joseph talk post-show and she realizes that everyone in Dyrefest lied to her when they got back in the house about him throwing her under the bus, so the budding romance is back on.

Ehhhhhh... Yes, she's the easiest to win against, but if she takes out Turner, that's one less option he has to get to the end. I just don't see a strong reason for him to keep her around after F5 when he can easily beat anyone else in the house in any comp.

The only one left who, for sure, is playing for 2nd place money, at best, is Brittany. I think there's at least one scenario where everyone else left wins, but the odds of some of those scenarios coming to pass is next to nil. The girls have already, correctly, realized that Monte's no more of a comp threat than Alyssa. They won't let him get to the end, and Michael won't drag him to F2 either. Turner is almost assuredly gone in the DE, unless something really wild happens. By the way, I sort of love that Brittany's inability to STFU and her addiction to talking game with everyone is going to be her undoing with Michael. I can entirely see her going at F5. It would be a pretty simple argument, since she, currently, has more competition wins than any of the rest of the people in the house except Michael (presuming Turner's gone in the DE). If Michael is HOH, all he does is put Alyssa and Brittany up on the block and then manipulate Monte into voting Brittany out.

This season has definitely been more entertaining than the last several, and I'm loving it too. I like the fact that we can't really see how this is going to play out and that, as @Lady Calypso pointed out, much rests upon competition wins. I want one of the women to win HOH in the DE. I don't want Turner or Monte to win out in some odious bro-down, and I'm positive that every single one of them would take a shot at those two. Unless he won veto, Turner would be gone and I'm entirely down with that. He's a little rat snake.

Oh, good God! Turner laid it on way too thick in the HOH. I swear if Michael doesn't see through the "I don't want to eliminate the last LGBTQ HG" comment from Turner, then he's an idiot. And Michael's no idiot. He knows that Turner was 100% aiming for him last week and didn't give two shits about whether Michael was the last LGBTQ then, so why would he now care? Other than he is sucking up hard to Michael. The thing is, Michael doesn't NEED either Monte or Turner to comp beast his way to the end. So, these guys are basically begging Michael to not target them next. Turner, Turner, Turner... Let's throw the girls under the bus for trying to form an alliance, meanwhile, let's propose a bro-down alliance to someone that you're basically trying to bring in as a third to the two remaining Pound members. I'm choosing to believe Michael is seeing through this blatant move from Turner.

And right there, Turner just basically confirmed the suspicions of Michael, Brittany, Taylor & Alyssa - that he and Monte are closer than they're letting on. One of those two is going next week unless they win HOH. ETA - Turner just threw Brittany under the bus about their 5am convo this morning. And about the possible Taylor/Brittany/Alyssa alliance.

I found it interesting that Michael let Monte think that next week's target is still Alyssa, when it is very clearly not. He didn't confirm to Taylor that the boot order is Turner, Alyssa, Monte - mostly because I don't think he cares who of Turner or Monte goes next week, but he definitely is not giving anything away to Monte.

Oh, no, everyone said Michael smoked the rest of them. The POV was apparently close. We'll find out on Wednesday.

Good to know that account posts fake info. I've been flashing back to this morning's convos and listened to the entire Brittany/Michael conversation from late this morning (in the storage room) - there was nothing in it where either of them discussed Turner or Taylor as someone they were sitting opposite of at F2. Brittany WAS recounting a lot of her convo from around 5am BBT that she had with Turner (Cams 3-4 in the downstairs bathroom) - there's a lot she didn't share with Michael about that convo. And, she's presenting everything to Michael as her being 100% loyal to him until the end, but she also told him that Turner initiated this convo when she's the one who actually initiated it. Turner/Brittany discussed who would be best to sit next to at F2 and that they both think they could probably only win against each other. Turner lied dead-on to her about having nothing with Monte. Lots of "I'm not playing for 3rd..." to each other. There was some discussion about Alyssa and her potentially winning against anyone at F2 - they recognize she probably has 4 votes locked in (Indy, Jasmine, Kyle & Terrance) - so, yes, Turner was advocating, a bit, at taking Alyssa out this week, but not panicked or "OMG!" the way Brittany tried to present it to Michael. He seems perfectly okay with Terrance going this week. What I'm seeing is Brittany having conversations with, so far, 3 different HGs that dance about when to take the shot at Michael.

My take on it was he is dumping her as soon as he doesn't need her for numbers. If he's HOH at F4 and she's still there, she's toast unless she wins veto. Same with F3 - he will never pick her for F2. If she is still too blind to recognize that the first opportunity that comes to get rid of Michael, it needs to be taken, that's on her. She WILL lose to him at F2 and she WILL get cut if Turner or Monte win HOH either of the next two weeks and Michael wins POV. Brittany needs to listen to Taylor and Alyssa and toss Michael if at all possible.

I think Terrance's perspective on the timing of Michael bringing forth the Kyle info COULD have an influence on the jury. He's told several people in the house, Kyle included, that had he known it going into Dyrefest, Kyle would have been gone. He seemed really bothered that he sent another POC out on his HOH, after, basically, being manipulated by Kyle, who chose to blow up the LOs before anyone else in order to save his own game. If Michael & Brittany had told the house what they knew before the eviction on that Thur of Taylor's HOH, it wouldn't have changed the people on the block that night (Indy & Terrance), but it would have changed the game the following week. Do any of us believe that Kyle would have been anything other than dead-man-walking that week, whichever side of the split house he wound up in? I'm not sure Terrance is articulate enough to make this point well to the rest of the jury house, but they might have already come to that conclusion themselves, and Terrance can drive home how badly he feels about sending Joseph out instead of Kyle, and it's all Michael's fault that Joseph's game ended when it did. Plus, who is to say that, had that info been out there already, Michael wouldn't have chosen Kyle first for Brochella instead of Jasmine - easy elimination, no blood on his hands, etc. The butterfly effect of Michael & Brittany withholding this information until when they did impacts both split house evictees - even if we all know Jasmine wasn't long for the game no matter what.

Not gonna lie, the more I think about it, the more I'm on board with this petty, bitch-ass move by Michael to leave Terrance on the block and make his veto speech about Terrance's jury blackmail threat. Terrance thinks he's the biggest, baddest ass that ever assed BB and he's playing the game, but he's so completely the opposite of that, he wouldn't even give us good feeds. He'd just mope his lame, petty-assed way to Eviction on Thursday, knowing he got OWNED by Michael to the very bitter end.

Monte might not realize this but sports climbing was a huge hit as a debut sport at the Summer Olympics last year, and ice mountaineering is being added to the Winter Olympics in 2026. And it's not really gender stereotypes, but basic social stereotypes of jocks v. nerds.

Well, it's either that or blame production for giving him pants or shorts that aren't his size...

BB Golf FTW!!!!! Oh, wait... He wants the ball in his hand, not the stick with which one hits the ball.

Feeds back again... Michael is up in the HOH pacing alone, Terrance, Monte, Brittany & Turner are in the kitchen. Taylor headed for the bathroom then came back to the kitchen. No sign of Alyssa at the moment. ETA - Michael has now joined everyone downstairs.