‘Big Brother 18’ recap: ‘Did the secret room change the course of the game?’

Julie Chen welcomes us to another live eviction on tonight's Big Brother 18. We know the secret room twist is still in play and did any of the HG discover it? #ButFirst we go back to Day 41 right after the POV Meeting. The house is obviously happy, and we know that Frank and Bridgette will be split up. Michelle slightly regrets not using the veto and even gets upset and apologizes to Frank. Seems like she should have used it then if she felt this bad.

The monitor in the living room pops up with a message saying that clues are all around you. #CrackTheCode as the HG start searching the house for clues. They keep noticing the pictures and how every picture has a word highlighted in green. They start piecing it together and Paul seems to be figuring it out the quickest. He finally does figure it out and won’t let everyone know. He waits until Frank and Bridgette are away from the booth and goes inside the secret passage. We find twelve envelopes with one of them containing a round trip ticket. This means if you are evicted, you can go right back into the house. The rest of the HG start cracking the code and each retrieve an envelope. This sends some slight paranoia through the house. This could mean a plan to evict someone could backfire.

It is time to catch up with some former BB players and see how they think their close friends are doing this season. Jason from BB17 was very close to Mama Da and thinks she has been caught in some lies, but is pulling for her. Meg from BB17 was good friends with James and thinks he should be suspicious of Da. Nicole’s ex-boyfriend Hayden from BB16 is sporting a new haircut and is pulling for Nicole and thinks a showmance could be bad for her game. Mike Boogie from BB2, BB7 and BB14 was close with Frank but thinks he is playing a bad game. He knows Frank is a fighter and hopes he can pull out the miracle.

Will Frank can survive? The envelopes that the HG collected are in play from tonight until Aug. 18, therefore if he doesn't have it, it will be good for a while. Frank’s speech was classic, basically praising Bridgette and “bashing” the HG. It is time to vote. It is no surprise how the votes go and for the second straight week, it is a unanimous vote and FRANK is evicted 9-0. He goes to chat with Julie and she opens his envelope to see if he has the round trip ticket. He does not. The house can breathe a sigh of relief. Frank thinks that he was too trusting of people and that his big mouth might have gotten him into trouble. Frank will be Team Bridgette for the rest of the summer.

Will we get a power shift in the house with the new HOH competition? The competition is called “Perfect Shot.” Each HG has a red and yellow ball that they get to roll down a board numbered 1-21 with a perfect shot box at the end. The yellow ball is practice and they can do it several times, but the red ball is real and you get one shot. Luck and accuracy will come into play here. This will turn out to be a slight endurance comp.

We learn there is an exciting new twist called America’s Care Package. Julie tells us that each week America votes on the HG they want to send a care package to. Each HG can only receive it once and the care package for this week is a Never-Not Pass which means that HG will never be on slop. Furthermore, this is a unique twist especially if some major powers are in the care package.

Who will be the new HOH? Who will be nominated for eviction? Tune in this Sunday night at 8 p.m.!