Two goodBig Brotherplayers, two major blindspots: Cody trusted too much and Vanessa overplayed her hand.
I initially pegged Paulie as a goonier version of Cody, a blonde Player-2-in-Double-Dragonclone of his brother.
But now hes Head of Household, and hes revealing a savvy side.
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Conversely, theres Tiffany.
Nominated by the Roadkill winner, Tiffany goes paranoid.
She ascends to the HOH room and begs Paulie for the truth.
Is someone gunning for her?
Is the whole house against her?
Is Victor the real target?
Paulies still new to this game, but hes seen this show before.
As time goes on, everybody starts to lose it a bit, he tells Frank.
Paranoia spreads like a virus.
Thats bad, especially at this point in the game.
The Eight Pack alliance is comfortable.
Frank was actually in theBig Brotherhouse before, and maybe hes learned from his mistakes, too.
Frank 1.0 depended on victories and healmostmade it on competition prowess alone.
Frank 2.0 is more strategic.
With fellow revenant DaVonne, he starts discussing the need to change the plan.
They want Victor out, but theyve brainwashed him into thinking hes a pal.
What about Tiffany, an apparent ally with the potential to go loose-cannon?
Has DaVonne learned from her mistakes?
Reply Hazy; Ask Again Later.
That she is a better player this season is indisputable.
But DaVonne doesnt forget and maybe she doesnt forgive.
I wanted to play this game with Tiffany, she says.
But I am starting to see her sister Vanessa.
The emotional roller coaster.
That worries me, and that I cannot play with.
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The plan is to Get Victor, and everything goes accordingly.
At the veto selection, Paul gets to choose someone.
Hes already given up on Victor; the boy cant keep his mouth shut.
But he doesnt want Victor toknowthat.
So he picks Zakiyah, and when Victor gets angry at him, he plays dumb.
Victor shrugs and hops on Frank for a piggyback ride.
The veto competition is a classic spelling bee, with toes and fungi and lots of other gross things.
Predictably, Tiffany immediately tries to win the competition, openly competing against DaVonne.
At a certain point, my competitive side takes over, Tiffany explains.
She makes a good showing, spelling out TWINKLING.
Thats enough to defeat Pauls word, SLOUCHED, which surely describes his gameplay so far.
Bronte spells POWERFUL, which sounds like wishful thinking, but Paulie dominates with SUSTAINABILITY.
As Nicole notes, Paulie managed to win a spelling competition unlike his brother, who misspelled his word.
Thats why you always double-check, bro, Paulie declares.
(How delicious to ponder the long-term possibilities of the Paulie-Frank pairing!
They both respect each others game which means they both recognize the potential threat to their game.)
But DaVonne has some other ideas.
The four non-Tiffany members of the Fatal Five get together for a meeting and ponder trimming their membership.
But DaVonne has a target in her sniper scope.
She wants to reshuffle the deck.
She never got to evict Vanessa.
But vengeance is vengeance.
