Day 80 in the house and it is right after the Nomination Ceremony. Victor is happy about getting revenge on the people who evicted him. This is the first time all season James has been on the block. The veto is the only thing that can save Natalie or James. Nicole has a breakdown in the diary room about feeling guilty for turning on James. Nicole is quite the ugly crier.
James and Natalie are admiring their pictures and Natalie makes a comment about being the pawn this week. Paul overhears this and tells the rest of the Final Four alliance. They have always thought Natalie is smarter than she acts and they could always flip the script and send her out instead of James.
Natalie’s attitude definitely seems to have changed a bit as she again believes they should have stuck with Victor and Paul. She keeps reminding James of that. James feels guilty and thinks he is the target. Natalie then goes upstairs to apologize to Victor and Paul. She thinks she is leaving and is sorry she turned on them and then actually throws James’ name under the bus. Wow! They look shocked and so do Nicole and Corey once they are caught up. They are now definitely split on who to evict this week. Natalie tells James about her version of the conversation. Problems for #Jatalie this week.
It is time for the POV competition and the HG will play this one at a time. The competition is based on the new CBS show MacGyver. The object of this is you are trapped in an industrial warehouse and are tying to escape with the quickest time. This is very similar to The Escape Game (which I just played in Nashville a few weeks ago). Nat is able to move through the first two rooms quickly and is able to finish the competition in 9:06. Good time. Nicole is up next. I don’t see her winning this. She gets stuck in the 2nd room as her time expires. Natalie still has the veto.
Victor is up third and just like Nicole, he gets stuck in the second room. He is out next. Natalie is in good shape. Natalie’s man James is up next. He moves quickly through the first room, but the trend continues and he really struggles in the second room. It is down to Corey or Paul to take the veto from Natalie. Corey doesn’t seem like the brightest tool in the shed but he does surprise us sometimes. He actually flies through this competition and does it in 6:14. Natalie looks so defeated. Corey now holds the veto. Great news for Final Four. Paul like many others got stuck in the second room and Corey brings home his third veto of the season. It looks like the first major showmance is being split up. I also don’t think I will be watching MacGyver this fall.
Final Four celebrate in the HOH room and they seriously start debating about who to evict this week. Victor obviously wants James out and the rest seem to not like Natalie’s new attitude and how she is playing the game. It sounds like a coin toss this week. Meanwhile, Nat and James are sulking and James seems willing to sacrifice his game. Their talk gets a bit heated when Nat continues to question his decisions and how she never should have trusted Corey and Nicole. She tells him if she leaves and he goes with Nicole/Corey to never talk to her again. Ouch! James sounds shocked that she said that to him. They seem to be on the rocks right now.
Corey keeps hinting to James that he might be safe. He is a bit confused and to make things worse, Paul and Victor bring him into the HOH room and tell him about Natalie blaming him for their current spot and basically throwing him under the bus. He truly looks devastated. I think I want James to stay and Natalie to go. He walks outside to meet Natalie at the hot tub and looks like he is about to burst into tears. Sad times for Captain Camo.
The Veto Meeting is here and this should be another predictable one. Corey isn’t going to use it and he obviously keeps the nominations the same. Natalie and James got super dressed up for the occasion. It seems the Final Four alliance have no idea who they are voting out tomorrow. I personally think Natalie is going home.
Who will be evicted from the Big Brother house … James or Natalie?
Tune in Thursday night at 9 p.m. on CBS to find out!