Sarah Walker

Tonight’s highlight is the POV competition, but just as entertaining is the continual shift of alliances like sand dunes in a hurricane. The episode begins with several of the HGs in diary room confession mode. Jerry tells us he can handle being on the block because he “grew up tough.” When he joined the Marine Corps at 17, he was told to “Kill or be killed” and he’s adhered to that principle ever since. Renny reassures us that April is her target. A teary April confesses “This whole game is personal, and I’d be a liar if I said it didn’t hurt.” Ollie is pleased that his plan to convince Renny to put Jerry up against April instead of himself was a success. Dan feels that there is “something strange about these nominations.” He believes that Renny made a secret deal with Ollie.

Memphis and Dan discuss their situation under the cone of silence in the storage room. They are baffled as to why Renny chose to put Jerry up against April rather than Ollie; they agree that their best bet is to make sure that April goes home this week. The boys feel that if the POV is used on either of the nominees, one of them will take their place. “She’s not putting Ollie up.”

April and Ollie talk in their room. He promises to save her if he wins POV. Well, duh. Ollie continues that April couldn’t have a better person to go up against because Jerry bugs the hell out of everyone in one way or another. He gives her a pep talk about not being down, but she replies “I have to look vulnerable to these people right now.” April has been sneaking a peek at the Coach Dan BB Playbook.

Keesha visits Renny in her HOH room, which has become the Tasting Room this week, what with the ever present wine glass. Renny tells Keesha that she likes Ollie, and couldn’t see a reason to put him up. “I’ve been wanting to put Jerry up.” (As payback for nominating her the first week, and presumably for his general repulsiveness). Keesha interviews that she doesn’t think Ollie would go up if someone was taken off with the POV. She thinks Dan, Memphis or herself would take the place. Renny tells Keesha “No one should feel safe.” Keesha remarks that she does not feel safe, even with Renny, her BFF, as HOH. Renny ironically looks surprised. Renny must have heard that the jury house has a wine cellar, because portraying yourself as a loose cannon is a great way to get yourself there real quick.

Time for a little comic relief. It seems that Jerry talks to himself. Major conversations. Here is is lying on his bed, chatting away. Ollie comes, Ollie goes, it doesn’t phase him.

Time to choose players for the POV. Dan interviews that he does not want to see Ollie’s name come out of that bag. So you know Ollie’s name is coming out of that bag. Renny pulls Dan, who is quite pleased. April pulls Keesha with a face that tells it all. Jerry pulls Ollie and makes no effort to hide his disgust as April beams. Renny chooses Michelle to host. Ollie and April are thrilled that he will be competing. He hopes the competition is something physical. Snort. He tells April “someone is praying for us.” Must be the patron saint of ho’s.

Dan, Memphis and Keesha kvetch in the skank room about Ollie’s name being pulled. All three agree that the worst thing that could happen is if Ollie wins; they are sure one of them will go up in April’s place. Memphis interviews that Renny has “gone off the deep end.” She has been a “loose cannon” from day one, and her stint as HOH has proven her to be someone he can’t trust.

Time for the veto competition. The HGs enter the backyard to find it decked out as a graveyard, complete with all sorts of ghoulish props and signs specifying certain quantities. There are hissing Madagascar cockroaches, a giant python, and a stuffed crow, just for Ollie. He interviews that it is “freaky and outright evil!” Yep, there are all kinds of cursed things out there that move without arms or legs. To make Renny feel at home, BB has included eight Voo Doo dolls, each made in the image of a houseguest with several pins sticking in it. Sho nuff, Renny interviews that she knows people who stick pins in dolls: “Voo Doo is very real.” Damn right, Renny! And so are the pink elephants over there.

The players have five minutes to examine everything. Dan interviews that he tried to estimate quantities of various objects. When time is up, the players take their spots in booths. Michelle reads their instructions: “The object of this game is to earn three points. To earn a point, BB will ask you a question about an item in the yard. The answer is always an amount. You will write down what you think is a correct amount, and reveal your answer to everyone. After seeing each player’s answer, you now have two choices: to Stay, or to Fold. If you Fold, you cannot earn a point for that item, but you are still in the game, and may continue when the next question is asked. But, if you have confidence in your answer, you can Stay in the game, and go for the point. If your answer is the closest to the actual answer, you will win the point. But if you Stay, and your answer is the furthest from the correct answer, you are eliminated from the competition. No risk, no reward. The first player to earn three points will win the POV.”

In the first question, the players are shown on a placard a length of five inches. They then must write down in inches their guess at the total length of the python. Jerry Stays; Ollie Folds; Renny Stays; Dan Folds; April Folds; Keesha Folds. Renny is eliminated and Jerry wins the point. Second question: the players are shown 50 pins in a Voo Doo doll and asked how many total pins are in all eight dolls - aw, too bad Renny is already eliminated, she’d have this in the bag! Jerry Stays; Ollie Folds; Dan Folds; April Stays; Keesha Stays. Jerry wins the point and April is eliminated. Jerry is showing a real aptitude for quantifying the occult; he just needs one more point to win it all.

Third question: Here are five roaches. How many cockroaches are in the tin? In the yard is a glass box containing hissing roaches, but it is enclosed in a fitted tin cover. In order to estimate the number of roaches, the HGs had to stick their hand in and grope around during their five minute examination period. Keesha opted out of this - however, she moronically Stays, as do Dan and Ollie. Jerry folds, and as it turns out his guess of 100 roaches was only off by nine, and he would have won the game. Dan is next closest and wins the point; Keesha is eliminated. Fourth question: here’s two ounces of blood. How many ounces are in the punch bowl and eight creepy looking goblets? After writing his answer, Dan looks studies the other players. He interviews that he “read their behavior.” He thought they would Fold, and they did. Dan Stays and wins the point; no one else Stayed so no one is eliminated - it’s 2-2 Dan and Jerry.

On the fifth question, the HG’s are shown 80 nails hammered into a board. How many are in the bed of nails? The three remaining players Stay, but Dan’s guess is closest and he nails the POV. Ollie slinks back over to April, who interviews that she will “Do anything” to get Dan to use the POV on her. April has already demonstrated her willingness to “Do anything” with no particular incentive. Look out, Dan.

Back in the love nest, April tells Ollie he did a great job (No points! Great job!) and that she is disappointed in herself. “I’ve just gotta work on Dan, now.” Ollie tells April to promise Dan that both he and April will not put him up. April replies “I have things I can give people.” I’ll bet you do, April. You might need a microscope to see them, but….. Oh! She was talking about the BB gold bars. She has 5K worth.

Dan signals Jerry to meet him in the storage room. He wants to find out where Jerry stands, as he is considering using the POV on him if he can get Renny to put up Ollie in his place. Jerry admits he took “a nasty shot” at Dan during the POV ceremony last week when he called him “Judas.” He continues that he has a “street fighter mentality” and would like to take that comment off the table; “it was uncalled for.” He promises to protect Dan and Memphis if they keep him around. “That’s the only chance I have. You guys keep me, you’ve gained another alliance.” And as Brian proved, you just can’t have too many alliances! Dan interviews that if he were to use the POV on Jerry, he would “have no enemies left in the house.” Except Renny! She’d be seriously ticked.

Dan and Memphis chat in the backyard. Dan asks “Why don’t you think she put up Ollie?” To which Memphis replies “It’s like she won HOH and went postal.” They discuss the various evils of Jerry vs. Ollie. Dan thinks Ollie might put up the two of them if he were to win HOH. “You can’t read him.” Dan interviews that Ollie “lurks” behind “April’s bleach blond hair” and you never know what he is going to do. Memphis worries that if they try to make a move against Ollie it could backfire on them. Dan would rather make a move than sit back and let it happen to him.

Comic relief time again. Dan asks Renny, a salon owner, to cut his hair. Seated in the chair, he begins to get panicky. He asks Renny to tell him what she is planning to do with it, and she tells him basically that she’s going to do whatever she feels like. So we begin to see that the whole loose cannon thing is sort of a way of life with Renny. Dan does the only thing he can do at the moment, and begins to pray. Renny says “If you don’t shut up, I’m gonna scalp the crap outta ya!” The ordeal over, Dan rates his new do an A+. So, if you live in the New Orleans area, and you’re able to stay quiet lest she scalp the crap outta ya, be sure to look up Salon de Renny next time you’re feeling a little shaggy.

The HGs come in from the backyard to find that the table has been switched out for a smaller one. Each comments on the profundity of the change, the meaning to the game and their possible fortunes now that the big table is gone. Renny merely comments “It was a bitch to dust.”

As Dan relaxes in the pool, April joins him to solicit the POV. April asks Dan “Where’s your head at?” Dan replies “I was just going to ask you the same thing,” to which April responds coyly, “Where would you like it to be….?” Okay, I made that part up, but you know she was considering it. In real life, Dan continues “I’m always open to suggestions.” As one who is also open to new propositions, April replies “That’s what I like about you, Dan!” So April first offers a joint promise from Ollie and herself not to put Dan up. “It’s better to have two people agree to not put you up than one.” To clarify: although Jerry has in fact shown evidence of multiple personalities, he only gets one vote. April also offers Dan an unspecified amount of her BB cash.

Now, I can’t tell you if April’s offers went any further than that - we know April does many things that BB prefers to pretend never happened. April goes on to request that Dan let her know “if there is anything I can give or promise you.” He agrees to think about it and asks April if Renny and Ollie made a deal. April replies that she doesn’t think so; she believes Renny “did it on her own” because she “had nothing against Ollie.”

Dan and Memphis are holed up in the skank room. Dan says he needs to talk to Renny to “get some information out of her.” He doesn’t want to risk Memphis or Keesha by using the POV before he knows where Renny stands. He goes up to Renny’s Tasting Room, actually wearing the POV medallion and looking like the skinniest, whitest rapper in the world. He asks Renny if she and Ollie made a deal; she says no. “I like Ollie.” Dan asks “If Jerry were to come off, who would you put up?” Renny looks at him sharply and replies “I’d have to think about that.” Translation: “I’d put up whoever could do the most damage to you for messing with my nominations.” She continues “I’d probably look at you as a traitor.” Dan interviews that Renny was “not showing her cards.” They know when to hold ‘em in Nahwlins, dahlin’. Renny tells Dan she feels she can trust him - to keep the POV in its box.

Time for the POV ceremony. Renny is wearing a pink flower as big as her head tucked behind her ear. In his plea, Jerry tells the group that he is 75 years old, he “grew up hard,” he is set in his ways and does not sugar coat things, what with his “street fighter mentality” and all. “I can get nasty….” NO! You, Jerry?! He says he did get nasty when he called Dan “Judas” last week - you know, when their power positions were reversed - and apologizes for the slur. He finishes by congratulating Dan on his win, and encourages him to use the POV as he sees fit. April congratulates Dan as well, says she “respects Renny’s decision,” but if Dan wants to use the POV on her it would be “greatly appreciated.” Dan says he respects them both, and reveals that one of them “brought up an interesting proposition.” Really, Dan, what was it?! “Money.” Oh. Anyway, what with him coming from a hard-working town and given his low paying profession, it gave him “something to think about.” However, Renny gave him something to fear, so back goes the veto in its little wooden box.

In post POV diary room confessions, Dan reveals that he “wanted to create paranoia by bringing up the money.” Ollie says they will have to go to plan B. April says she will try to get some votes, but if things look like they are not going her way, she is “going to be a total bitch.” I guess that’s what Ollie meant by “Plan B.”

So at this point, it looks like April will be joining Libra, of all people, in the jury house. But in this crazy season, you never know and two days is a long time, especially with two schizo players like Jerry and Renny involved. So tune in Thursday to see what happens. In the meantime, get your BB fix from Media Fiends with all their excellent coverage: MediaFiends.com Snakes in the Graveyard.