By Guest Blogger EllaMentry
Big Brother opens with a rehash that Pandora has brought new life to Jordan and Rachel. With the reinstitution of the duo twist, they know they need to win the POV in order to redeem themselves. It’s their final their lifeline, according to Rachel.
In the space bedroom the remaining four strategize around the latest twist. Both Kalia and Shelly are furious Porsche opened up the box. Kalia cools down considerably once she discovers Porsche actually won $10K with the stipulation she give another HG half and she’s the lucky girl. Shhhh, don’t tell anyone. Adam, Shelly, Porsche and Kalia are in cahoots to make it to the final four, so the obvious choice for beheading is the duo of Rachel and Jordan. If either woman wins the veto, Porsche must replace them with Shelly and Adam. Shelly is bound and determined either she or her collaborator will win and keep their partnership in the clear. Yeah, ok then. How many competitions have they won between them? One. Odds in Vegas are 1M to two. Who will take that bet or would you rather buy a lottery ticket?
In the candy bedroom, Jordan and Rachel put their heads together. The key is winning the veto and then plan from there. For now it’s all about competition. If they survive they will turn their attention to the social aspect of the game. Still, they apply for an insurance policy by approaching Porsche and Kalia to make a final four deal. Porsche accepts the bargain, figuring if Jordan and Rachel lose the POV, it doesn’t matter. If they win, she and Kalia can pretend to be on their side and remain safe for one more week. What Porsche fails to comprehend is neither Rachel nor Jordan have any intention of dragging the two sleepers along with them to victory.
Shelly attempts to say hi to Jordan, who rebuffs her through her silence. She angrily slinks off to Adam in search of sympathy, but gets nothing but nods and uhuhs. After she regurgitates her mantra of nothing but my husband and little girl matters, Shelly, the woman with no financial concerns, claims she’s going to go all Rambo on their azzes. Jordan had better beware and Jeff be damned. They’re just punks anyway and they’ll all be sorry for feeling the way they do about her. It’s tough talk from a lady who can’t win the “claw your way out of a paper bag” competition.
The POV commences and we find dummies hanging in the backyard with familiar faces. No – not the evicted HGs, but actual mannequins that the players must hang onto for dear life. Each dummy sports the face of past duo partners. Rachel clings onto Brendon’s doppelganger by wrapping her legs tightly around his torso, something she’s quite used to doing. This endurance competition is tailor made for the likes of Rachel. Adam, can’t hang and drops to the ground within five minutes. Shelly isn’t happy. What’s wrong with this guy? Jordan slips off soon after. She admits she’s not very strong, but still has faith in Rachel.
“She must be pissed at me,” remarks Jordan. She then coaches by whispering to her partner that Shelly is about to fall, and in just over 12 minutes of competition time, Shelly’s back gives out and she gives up. Her fate now lies in the hands of Porsche and Kalia. Only 18 minutes in, Porsche drops to the ground. Kalia, whose activities for the week have not necessarily included exercise, struggles with her physical ability as well as Rachel’s pronunciation of her fiancé’s name. It’s Brendon, not Bren-on, dammit. With the time clock at 32:10, Rachel is declared the winner and all is right in Vetland. Shelly makes a mental note that Rachel is most comfortable on Brendon’s back, but she’s not bitter. She has integrity and class, and honesty, and did she mention, class
Suddenly, the newbies suffer a mood shift and a plan B is now mandated. Fortunately, Porsche and Kalia have a final four deal with Rachel and Jordan, not that they mean to keep to the arrangement, but it will be good for a laugh while they string the vets along. It is now social game ‘do or die’ time for Adam and Shelly. Adam can simply walk up to the Veto winner and apologize for switching alliances in the hope they’ll carry him one more week. Shelly’s predicament is more precarious. Jordan has yet to acknowledge Shelly’s existence.
Shelly requests an audience with Jordan, who is the first to apologize for telling Shelly she should feel like s*** after the double eviction. Shelly turns on the tears, not necessarily out of remorse, but more than likely out of fear she’ll be out of the money and will be forced to face Jeff in the jury house. She claims she had no chance to win with the JeJo team in place. Sounds suspiciously more like Shelly is trying to claim jump.
‘Please give me the benefit of the doubt, my choice was purely game based. Dani made me do it. I tell ya, I was possessed by Evel Dick!’
Jordan listens, but as soon as Shelly crosses the line by offering to give our southern Pollyanna her first born child for the chance to stick around, she leaps up, eyes wide and runs from the HN room screaming. Yes, I made that last part up, but it was fairly obvious given the timing, Shelly’s gut wrenching, heart pouring apology was anything but altruistic.
In the next segment, Shelly does go as far as to offer her undying support to both her bestie Jordan and Rachel ,too. She will carry them all the way to the final two. She swears on her little girl, she won’t go against them. Well, what’s the point of sticking around if you aren’t going to try to win any cash? Twisted logic. For the first time, Shelly admits in the DR she’s straight up lying. Perhaps viewers will begin to appreciate her honesty relating to game play. Maybe it’s too little, too late. Either way, Jordan is on to her and realizes Mrs. Integrity is more than likely blowing smoke and she doesn’t even have a cigarette dangling from her lips.
The Veto meeting is a mere formality. Rachel removes the duo and Porsche has no choice but to replace them with Shelly and Adam. Game on now kiddies because it doesn’t appear either nominee will go down without a fight. Adam hopes to use his wit, charming stutter and dedication to Jordan and Jeff as his ace in the hole. Shelly will promise both girls a pony. Whatever it takes she isn’t planning on going anywhere.
It’s getting exciting now. Will the nominees appear on bended knee before Rachel, queen of the veto? Will Rachel and Jordan get all mushy or will they do some arm-twisting to achieve their goals? How will Kalia and Porsche play their hand?
We’ll get the chance to see it play out live next episode. As an added bonus, we should also get to see the look on Jeff’s face when Dani arrives at the jury house. Now THAT should be fun!
The following are some tweets fans posted during the show. Feel free to come and join the funny and in some cases nutty fans on Twitter. Just put the #BB13 hashtag in your Twitter search bar -
“ my God Rach and Jo just may be the best duo of the summer! Rach is a competitor & Jo has stepped up her social manipulation – love em!
“We get to see Dani in the jury house in tomorrows episode. Whoohoo! I miss her so much”
“lmfaooo shelly – be happy adam lasted a whole 4 minutes!!!”
“I can’t wait till Jordan leaves! All summer her fav line has been “its ppl here who have done NOTHING all summer..” as if she has…”
“So Shelly is in an alliance with people who aren’t even in the house? Now that is brilliant! I bet they will use the veto on her!”
“I like Adam. Don’t wanna hear he can’t win anything – hes won trust from other players – uber important game play. Votes in the jury.”
“I actually laughed so hard when kalia mentioned the ‘bren-on’ thing… I thought I was the only one who was annoyed by that”
“Peace Shelly…nice knowing ya.”
“Omg! Things get HEATED when Brendon, Dani, and Jeff reunite at the jury house!!! They need feeds in THAT house!”
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Enjoyed the recap *but* … you state that between Porsche & Kalia only one competition had been won. Kalia won two HOH comps and Porsche an HOH and Veto comp.
I now see that it may appear unclear, but the collaboration I was referring to was the one between Shelly an Adam, not Kalia and Porsche. Thanks for pointing out the confusion, I’ll try to be more concise next time.
Cheers!
I agree Anna, Ella writes a great recap! Rachel FTW!!!
EXCELLENT RECAP