'Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part' Strategy? Where?!

Tonight, someone replaced our usual HGs on Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part with a group of HGs who actually grasp the concept of the show being a game of strategy. Let's see if anyone notices!

But first, a quick review: Ryan was not only not evicted, but has become HoH, while his former partner Allison was evicted not once, but twice in the span of ten minutes. This made Joshuah believe he was a mastermind, but James vies for the sneak title by suggesting that Ryan put Sharon and his former partner, Chelsia, on the the block this week. Also, Natalie is psychotic.

At the top of the hour, the house seems to be divided into girls against boys camps - with Joshuah on the girls camp, but sneaking information to the boys via Ryan. Taking his own sneaky precautions, he and Ryan agree not to hang out together in public but to feed each other information and to watch each other's back. Speaking of back having, James has Chelsia's as well. And I don't just mean in the carnal sense, he vows to protect her and try to save her from eviction.

The alliance make their first shift when a few HGs sit around daydreaming about what they will do with a million dollars. Natalie says she will invest it and let it grow, to which Matt replies BO-RING! and tells her that first she needs to make sure she doesn't get evicted. This upsets her to a near irrational degree and she storms off to cry. Matt is told he should ease up on her because eventually she'll win and put him on the block, but Matt laughs and says it will never happen because all he will have to do is make out with her and she'll do whatever he wants. A proud manwhore, ladies and gentleman!

Meanwhile, Natalie is pouting to Shelia, Sharon and Chelsia about how mean he is to her and how she no longer cares if he is evicted or not. This causes the eavesdropping Joshuah to tell James and devise a plan which he hatches on the group of girls. He proposes that they pull together their collective voting might and go to Ryan to offer him 2 weeks safety if he agrees to backdoor Matt. They all agree to this plan and to remain mum about it until Joshuah has a chance to talk to Ryan.

However, when Matt quietly approaches Natalie to apologize, I know their combined strength has a bikini obsessed, crazy eyed, Achilles heel. He tells her that he's only being mean to her to convince the other players that they are not a combined threat, but that he plans to take her to the very end. Not a hot second later she's spilling not only the plan to bounce him out of the house, but all the people who are in on it. I figure this to be the shortest lived alliance in BB History as Matt goes to Ryan and tells him exactly what to expect from those working against him.

Thus, when Joshuah goes to Ryan to tell him that the house wants Matt gone because they think he's in league with Ryan, it's rather anti-climatic. At least, it is until after letting Joshuah ramble on a bit, Ryan tells him he already knew all about the offer of 2 weeks safety and exactly who is involved, because Natalie spilled to Matt and Matt came right to him. It gets more interesting when Ryan tells Joshuah to not let Natalie in on any more of the deal, but lets it be known that he's considering their offer with much seriousness - he just needs confirmation from all involved that he will be safe for the allotted time. And so, Joshuah runs off to tell the rest of his alliance that Natalie betrayed them all. Thing remain interesting when Matt comes to talk to Ryan and Ryan tells him that Joshuah didn't make the offer yet because he is still too concerned about himself being backdoored. Which means Ryan is totally playing both sides of the house. Who knew he had it in him?

POV Competition:
The PoV goes back to the standard format we are used to from seasons past, with 6 players. Ryan, Chelsia and Sharon all get to pick chips from the bag and Ryan gets HGs choice. He chooses as safely as he can by picking Adam, while Shelia and Joshuah also have their names pulled.  Well, clearly one of the people on the block or Ryan will win the week.  The competition has them all hitting over-sized pool balls with over-sized cues in order to get as close as possible to the Veto-Hole, which is part of a long line of holes on a table. each round the person furtherest from the hole is eliminated and gets to pick a prize. Each round someone else is eliminated and each round the eliminated person can either keep their prize or take one of the prizes already won. It's kind of a let down when Shelia wins the PoV right off the bat. then Sharon wins a motorcycle and trades for the PoV. Josh keeps his letter from home, knowing the PoV will just be taken from him at this stage in the game.Adam wins $10,000 and trades with Shelia, so she gets the cash and he gets the motorcycle and everyone is happy. Chelsia wins a slop pass and trades for the PoV, and when Ryan takes the whole game, he wins Jen's unitard from last season, which he trades for the $10,000, leaving the PoV with Chelsia. Which is one hell of a bold move.

The rest of the show is spent on more then the usual whining for once, though the action begins with a lot of it. Shelia whines abut not having the cash, because she could use it as a single mom and Chelsia tells her not to play "the single mother card" rather brusquely. This sends Shelia to Adam's side, where she whines about how no one likes her. This moves right into no one understands them and everyone is against them, and next thing I know she's totally flipped her alliance. She doesn't waste a second when she runs to tell Ryan that he shouldn't backdoor Matt because only Matt and Adam can keep him safe while all the other in the house are out to get him. Which means the house is divided into a perfect 4 and 4 of Matt, Natalie, Shelia and Adam against Sharon, Joshua, Chelsia and James with Ryan firmly in the middle.

Veto Meeting:
Joshuah is ten shades of pleased with himself, cameratalking that he's made the biggest strategic move in history because the HoH is no longer in power - the house is...and he's controlling house. How many chickens you got there? Chelsia predictably saves herself before Ryan gets up to talk. He says many in the house want a certain person gone, but that their are equally divided. Thus, he's decided to replace Chelsia with James. This sends Matt in a tizzy, who has sat with his arm around Natalie, who beams under the attention of an occasional "babe" and cheek kiss, as he tells the other side to come to his face if they have a problem with him. Meanwhile James feels like he got played (because he totally did) and Joshuah has changed his mind - this wasn't the biggest strategic move in BB history, but merely one small battle. Lala-Land comes to a complete stop when Shelia declares herself the mastermind of the evening, and I am left wondering what in the heck just happened?

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