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Thank You. I hate the unanimous votes too, so far this season there's only been one close vote with Bronte vs Tiffany 5-4. I wish that the DR producers would ask each of these HGs what they mean when they refer to what "the house" wants. The HGs need to start thinking and playing for themselves because it would be more entertaining than watching them follow Paulie's gameplan.

Zakiyah is too deep in her imaginary relationship with Paulie to effectively play the game. Early on Davonne warned Z to not let her feelings for Paulie interfere with her game, but Z didn't want to hear that and began distancing herself from Davonne and hanging out more and more with Nicole & Michelle because they encouraged the showmance with Paulie. Nicole & Michelle are not Z's true friends in the house, but Z won't see it until it's too late to do anything about it. While Zakiyah is professing her loyalty to Paulie 100%, Paulie is busy working overtime with the other HGs plotting Z's eviction for next week. Paulie is using Z's own words, pillow talk & confidences in order to show her in a bad light to Victor & Paul. Paulie is not making Z look stupid, she's doing that all by herself and has no one to blame but herself. Z is a grown woman and responsible for her own actions. Paulie is not forcing himself on Z and he's not stalking her either.

I am really sick & tired of these HGs talking about what "The House" wants. There is no such thing as "The House" and anybody using that term is an idiot. "The House" does not vote - the House Guests do. And everybody in that house knows exactly who is making all the decisions regarding the votes from week 2 up to now. Instead of saying what "the house' wants they should be honest with themselves first, and each other and admit that "the house" is Paulie. I really want one of these HGs to call out the obvious and start playing the game of BB for themselves and not for "the house".

At times I think that James is vying for AFP because he talks about it all the time. He talks about AFP more than winning the $500K. I think James's first mistake was agreeing with the 8 pack alliance in targeting his team's strongest player and backdooring Victor. His last mistake will be joining the Bros alliance and trusting Paulie to get him to F4.

Exactly! And that's what I don't uderstand about these HGs. They need to talk to each other and discuss all of Paulie's different plans to figure out that Paulie has them all targeting each other and nobody is targeting Paulie. It baffles me that they can't see that Paulie is aligned with everybody and has all his bases covered. They managed to expose Franks manipulations - but they are totally blind to Paulie's schemes. I honestly can't believe that poor Victor is falling for this crap for the second time. He fell in with the Bros and they backdoored him the first time, and he's back with the Bros again - and they're probably gonna backdoor him again. I believe that Paulie's F4 is: Paulie, Paul, Corey and a girl (either Nicole or Bridgette) James & Victor think they are included in the F4 or F5 with Paulie but I don't think they're gonna make it that deep in the game.

I think that James has finally figured out that he is on the bottom in the "Bros" alliance and that Natalie is the designated pawn. I'm glad that James talked to Paul himself (as opposed to taking Paulie's word) and secured safety for him & Natalie. At this point it looks like Davonne is being backdoored and Bridgette is staying in the house. Natalie needs to broker a sit-down with Bridgette & James to make amends and form a trio, if not they don't stand a chance and can be easily picked off. Paulie has the numbers on his side to control the votes, and I wish that James was a better player so that he could see that he needs allies to compete against Paulie.

Victor & Davonne don't necessarily talk too much, Their problems are trusting the wrong people, and telling them your plans. I wish the DR sessions could influence Victor to play a different game if he wins an HOH. He has every reason to target Paulie because Victor was backdoored by Paulie and evicted from the house. Victor won 3 comps to get back in the game and has managed to stay off the block this week, thanks to Paul. If Victor got some power I would hope that he would use it to take a shot at Paulie first before going after Zakiyah. Paulie has been hinting to Victor to take out Zakiyah and I relly don't want Victor doing Paulie's dirty work.

These HGs may wake up when they're sitting in the jury house with the other evictees - and then again, maybe not. As a longtime BB fan I enjoy the drama, power shifts and the unexpcted twists for the entertainment value. I really like it when a HG brings something new to the game that we've never seen before. In BB16 I enjoyed Derrick's master-manipulation of the HGs because he was quite businesslike about his game. There wasn't a lot of drama, tension or fights - which made it kinda boring at times. Derrick was subtle with his manipulations and he had to deal with Frankie, Donnie, Caleb & Zach, all very different personalities, and that wasn't an easy task. As much as I enjoyed BB16 I'm not looking forward to seeing that strategy play out in BB18. Been there- done that.

I hope that Victor sticks around long enough to get the Super Safety Costume from"America's Care Package" just to mess with Paulie's ego.

Paulie has successfully managed to put targets on all of the girls by pitting them againsy each other ( Nicole & Davonne) and dropping hints to Victor to target Zakiyah. Since Bridgette is staying she has Paulie's blessing to target the "Mean Girls". As much as I dislike Paulie's control of the game, I have to give him credit because he's in a very good spot now. He doesn't need to win another comp until Final 5. Nobody in this group will nominate him because he has total control of the house and they willingly agree to all of his plans. Even though it's early in the game, it looks like Paulie is on Easy Street to the finale. I thought that the game advantages included in "America's Care Package" could or would shake up the game but these "fools" will just run to Paulie for advice on how to best use it. And of course Paulie will take full advantage to ensure that HE gets the benefits instead of who America voted for. Whoever gets the Super Safety Costume is lucky because there's no way that Paulie can co-op that.

Michelle's game strategy is to follow Paulie's game plan until, or unless something better comes along. She hasn't figured out that Paulie has all the boys and half the girls on his side, which doesn't leave many available nominee options. Michelle was cast as the superfan and I expected her to at least ask some questions of Paulie & Paul about changing the target from Bridgette to Davonne. For the past 2 weeks the targets were Frank & Bridgette, it's the only thing "the house" was all onboard with. Michelle was in a secret alliance with Davonne & James why weren't they talking to each other when the "BD Davonne" plan was hatched? You have to put in the work when you're committed to more than one alliance. And since Michelle does not have a +1 ( Z has Paulie, Nat has James, Nicole has Corey) who she can count on to have her back, she's kinda screwed. The team structure provided Michelle with safety for far too long. She should have had at least 1 ally that she could trust & be loyal to. After the big alliance fell apart & the girls alliance was exposed she still didn't have her +1 on lock. Most of the HGs are now in duos and she's counting on Paulie & Corey to have her back because she agreed to be the 5th wheel with the 2 showmances.

Zakiyah & Paulie both applied for the MTV show "Are you the One?" - and were accpeted as contestants. But they both declined (allegedly) After watching Zakiyah play BB for the past 6 weeks - I can honestly say - She rejected the wrong TV show because BB is a long shot for picking a mate. And Paulie is not "the one". After Davonne is evicted Paulie just might give her that kiss she's been begging for all these weeks, and then she'll be in love again. Zakiyah, Nicole & Michelle as friends is a toxic mix and they definitely don't bring out the best behavior in each other. They each have some serious insecurities, body image issues and low self esteem, which play out on the live-feeds 24/7. Z said her mom is a BB super fan and is watching the feeds and I can only imagine that Momma Everette is PISSED.

Now that Paulie has won the veto, and can take himself off the block he has attained God-like status among his adoring minions. Paul will name Davonne as the replacement nominee and she will be voted out by all the HGs and Bridgette will be safe this week. I just wonder when (or if) Paul will realize that he was manipulated into playing Paulie's game by nominating Paulie's targets instead of his own. Davonne was not targeting Paul, she was a secret ally. If Bridgette is saved this week, she is loyal to Paulie and has a reason to target Paul if she wins HOH.

Paulie wants to recruit Bridgette to take out the girls so he doesn't get any blood on his hands. Paulie has successfully given her 3 girls to specifically target and she bought it hook, line & sinnker. Go Girl Power! Bridgette does not have any game moves of her own, she only knows how to take her marrching from the boys. Before Tiffany was evicted she fed Bridgette a steady stream of negativity about the girls who betrayed tiffany & treated her badly. Bridgette & Tiffany bonded over being bullied by the "Mean Girls". Frank also programmed Bridgette with a lot negativity about Nicole & Davonne. Bridgette has been interacting with the other HGs since Frank is gone, but she thinks that she can trust Paulie now & that doesn't make sense. Bridgette will be used by the boys & clipped when she's no longer needed.

That DR session was quite informative for the viewers because Michelle never admitted to any of the other HGs the REAL reason for her unreasonable hatred of Bridgette. At least jealousy, as a motive, makes more sense than the comment about Bridgette shaving off her stupid eyebrows. Michelle tried to spin her treatment of Bridgette as game strategy, but that didn't fly.

Ditto that! Call me a "Mean Girl" because I laughed when she cried on Frank's shoulder in the storage room. Michelle had the power of veto to save Frank, and they both could have hung out in jury together. But instead of playing the game for herself, she chose to play Paulie's game, and do what "the house" wanted. If Michelle really wanted to play with Frank using the veto to save Frank would have been the better move for her game, and Frank would have been grateful. But Michelle didn't want to share Frank with Bridgette. They could have a powerful trio and definitely some competition to go against Paulie & his group of losers.

I really hope that Davonne gets picked to play in the veto comp and miraculously wins it and leaves the noinations the same. Davonne is the only woman left in the house who is not shielded with powerful allies, and is actually playing the game for herself. I can't imagine how disappointed Davonne must feel being in this house with all the girls being smitten with the boys and not focused on the game. Davonne really loves this game and I'm glad that she was given a 2nd chance to play. The only play to save Davonne this week is her winning the veto, or the veto not being used at all. If Davonne ends up on the block this week she will be evicted because Paulie has "the house" convinced that she is a bigger threat than Bridgette. Davonne's last hope would be the round trip ticket back into the game. I'm not really looking forward to seeing the girls get picked off one-by-one because there will definitely be lots of hurt feelings and non-stop crying. If Davonne does manage to get through this week, I'm voting for her to get America's Care package of eliminating 2 votes. It may not make a big impact on the game but something needs to shake up Paulie's reign over these HGs. If any other HG gets the next care package they'll just give it to Paulie and not use it to help themselves.

Initially I liked Paulie, but lately he is really getting on my nerves trying to micro-manage everybody's every move. Paulie's sense of entitlement is over the top and he talks way too much. He acts like he's BB royalty because his brother played the game. GTFOOH! No other HG is allowed to play the game & make moves unless Paulie OKs it. Paulie has aligned with everybody in the house in various groups, alliances and sub-alliances. So when Paulie talks about 'the other side of the house", I have no idea who he is talking about. He's managed to cover all his bases to the extent that everybody brings him information and he gives them nothing in return. Paulie has basically stated to several different groups of HGs that he's playing Derrick's game - and these dummies are OK with it. In a recent conversation with Corey Paulie told him that he doesn't trust Zakiyah 100%. Paulie is convinced that Davonne is scheming against him (which she is) and that Zakiyah is privy to those schemes but won't share that information with Paulie. WTF? Davonne lost Zakiyah & Nicole to their respective showmances weeks ago. Davonne has zero influence & trust with Zakiyah & Nicole, yet somehow Paulie is sure there's a girls alliance working against him and that Davonne is the mastermind. Paulie is using Zakiyah and he's afraid of Davonne getting in Z's head and start playing the game for herself. Davonne has won zero comps and has zero influence on other players, yet she has Paulie, Corey, & Nicole targeting her for eviction. Paulie has even convinced Michelle & Paul that Davonne is a huge threat to their games. The only reason that Paulie is targeting Davonne is because she's one of the smart girls and Paulie only wants to keep the dumb girls around because they are easy to manipulate and will do what the boys want (at the expense of their own games). All these HGs that are so willing to jump on the "get Davonne out" bandwagon should be asking themselves who's next on Paulie's hit list? James & Nicole should be worried because if Davonne is successfully backdoored this week the newbies will be emboldened to get the other 2 vets evicted.

Michelle is concerned with her image & how she's being portrayed on TV. Since she is a superfan, she's very much aware of the cameras. Michelle required no coaching in regards to her specific behavior towards Natalie, Tiffany & Bridgette. Michelle, Zakiyah & Nicole have all engaged in some "Mean Girl" antics. Whether they are truly "Mean Girls" in the real world is not the point. CBS has plenty of video to incorporate into the show if they choose to use it for storylines for these HGs. None of these women want to be portrayed as "Bullies and/or Mean Girls" and they all have ample opportunity to try & repair their repsective images.

Ugh! the return of "The Stupid People" is just what this season needed to be boring & predictable. They all like to talk about being so smart and they can't seem to make a move without consulting with Paulie. All the guys talk about how useless & stupid that Natalie is, but she is the only one who can see right through Paulie's schemes and manipulations. If Natalie won an HOH,there is no doubt in my mind that she would nominate him straight up - no backdoor plan. Davonne & James at times seem to be aware of Paulie's control of the house, but can't do anything to counter it. It looks like their new strategy is "if you can't beat em - join em." But they are not valuable, or core membes of Paulie's group so they won't last longer than 2 weeks. i am quite disappointed in James & Davonne's game play - I expected so much more from the vets.

It's too bad that Paul promised MIchelle safety for this week because I'd love to see her OTB with Bridgette and an entertaining battle for veto. Hopefully now that Frank is gone Michelle can focus on the game.

Finally some game being played out on BBAD. Lots of scrambling and jockeying for position and the usual throwing people under the bus. Congrats to Paul for wining the HOH Paul has been quite open about nominating Bridgette because according to "the house" (Paulie) she is the target this week. Paul wants someone from his "team" to volunteer to be a pawn alongside Bridgette on the block. However, no one is stepping up and your Boy is PISSED! Paul promised James, Victor & Michelle safety for the week, so they are not options. Paulie & Corey want Davonne up; Nicole & Zakiyah want Victor up; Victor, Natalie, & James want any HG who hasn't been nominated before to be put up as the pawn; and Davonne wants either Nicole or Zakiyah up.

Paulie needs to clip Z sooner rather than later, she's accomplished nothing gamewise and has become increasingly annoying with her cattynes, pettyness & jealousy. Paulie may replace her with Bridgette because Bridgette is alone, but she can win comps (and was 100% loyal to Frank) Paulie doesn't really trust Z because he believes Davonne has more influence over her than he does. Paulie isn't sure that he has Z's loyalty & trust 100%.

I think that Paul believes Paulie will take him to F2. I'm surprised that Paul can't see that Paulie's F2 is with Corey - not him. Paul is learning the game at a much deeper level than Corey, and Paul is way more articulate than doofus Corey. Paul could outtalk Paulie at F2 and would have a more compelling underdog argument for the jury, while Corey had the luxury of a big alliance & a showmance.

I'm just waiting for someone to overthrow Paulie's control of the house. I can't understand why everybody constantly defers to his judgement. I wanna see one of these guys challenge his authority, but they all want to align with him. I had hopes of Victor, Paul and or James planning an attack against Paulie & Corey, but instead they've formed a boys alliance to pick off the girls. I hope that Davonne, Bridgette or Natalie wins the next HOH and puts Corey & Paulie on the block together. I really don't want Nicole or Zakiyah or Michelle to win HOH because they will only do what Paulie dictates. The boys alliance have their pecking order for future evictions but I haven't heard what they plan to do if Bridgette or Davonne wins the HOH. They only view the women as available for nomination and posible votes, but never as HOH. I wish this season had more committed women players because Nicole, Zakiyah & Michelle are quite disappointing. They are all way too insecure and it's negatively impacting their BB game.