Does Ronnie Have Hope After All?

Ronnie is sitting by himself in the pool room, smiling as he listens to Kevin argue with Jessie in the next room. Natalie, Chima, Michelle, and Jeff are also in the room as this meaningless "he said/she said" fight continues on.

Natalie's Big Plan: Can It Work?

Although Ronnie has been working hard to get that needed extra vote to ensure his safety, nobody seems to be biting. He worked Jordan and Jeff especially early this morning, but they apparently ducked their heads under the covers and started kissing (at least that's what she told the other girls today).

Over the last two days, Natalie has been pushing Jessie to pursue a tricky maneuver that would shock the house. By pretending that poor Ronnie will be the first unanimous elimination, she's pushing for Jordan or Michelle to give him a sympathy vote.

Will she be able to convince either of them? Doubtful. I know if I was either Michelle or Jordan I'd simply ask Natalie to then be his sympathy vote. If Natalie hadn't already attempted to create problems with a rogue vote this ploy may be more successful. I doubt anybody would be willing to take the risk at Ronnie once again surviving.

As I type this, another minor battle has began in multiple rooms of the house. It all began with Russell mad at Michelle for joking that Russell has an "erectile dysfunction" problem, and spread to other "lies" that somehow include Kevin. We all know the only time Kevin even speaks to anybody other than Lydia is when his name is besmirched, so he's pleading his case to King Jessie. Michelle and Chima are hashing things out in the bathroom, and the rest of the crew (Russell, Jeff, Natalie(!),and Jordan are outside.

Jeff is doing his best to be the voice of reason, advising Russell that he shouldn't get so hung up over little lies with people that you're eventually going to be friendly with again the following week. Russell, though, thinks it's bullshit to act like everything's okay with people you don't respect.

(Actually, I think Russell has determined that Michelle may be his match in the brains department, and is masterminding this non-controversy to undermine her supposed growing power.)

There's again talk about a house meeting (bad move!).

A Little Bit of Excitement (Not Really)

Kevin apparently snuck a bite or two of something besides slop this morning, and just received word that he would receive an extra day of slop as a punishment. Luckily, it wasn't a penalty nomination as some had predicted.

Natalie's taking credit for tattling, but what was especially laughable was her idea to go to Russell with a bunch of lies about Michelle. Her and Jessie concocted a story that Michelle really wants Ronnie to stay, and was asking if they are on board.

Afterwards, Natalie gloated that Russell believed their story, but instead he ran outside and laughed about the situation with Michelle. Unfortunately, little of that was shown as the Kevin situation flared up.

Update...sorta

Hi everyone!

So the feeds WERE on for a hot minute...then gone.

I saw Ronnie fall. And Kevin and I think Lydia (not sure on that one, was a quick view of what I thought was a girl who looked like her) are down.

If the feeds ever come back for good, I'll REALLY know who's down.

Lydia Confronts Jessie

Lydia is PISSED that Jessie told Natalie (who now wants a house meeting) everything that she told him this morning. They go back and forth about how they're both blamed for their "partners" (Natalie and Kevin) words. He claims that he's in the trenches for her - "they are throwing grenades, and I'm picking them up and throwing them back".

Dumbest statement of the fight comes from Lydia - "it's easy to pick on me because of how I look." Um, no, Lydia, it's because you're acting idiotic.

I have to hand it to Jessie - he's able to take anything either of these twits say and turn it back on themselves. Within five minutes, Lydia believes that Jessie revealed NOTHING to Natalie, and that Kevin is to blame for all of her problems.