'Big Brother 11': Coup D'Hot

"Big Brother 11" put its trust in America this week to give the power of Coup D'Etat to our favorite houseguest. Thankfully, America didn't let BB down, choosing nice (and, it must be said VERY attractive) guy Jeff. Will he use the power or save it until next week?

Julie welcomes us, looking quite banana-like in a yellow shirt and capri outfit. Lydia, on the other hand, looks like an extra from The Warriors. Julie teases that we'll learn who won the Coup D'Etat...a little later. I would be mad, but I already spoiled it in the opening paragraph so who cares! Whee!

There was a lot of drama in the house this week, so Julie wastes no time kicking the action back to the house, post-veto meeting. Jordan and her clan want Ronnie out, but Lydia is worried she will go instead. What we learn in this entire next segment is that Russell is one paranoid dude. He thinks every innocent conversation (even one about something so innocuous as reading material) is all about him and getting him out of the house. He eventually gets Michele one on one and she spills that people in his alliance, specifically Chima, have schemed against him in the past. Russell confronts Jessie with this information, and Jessie straight-out lies and says Chima's never said that to him. We just saw the footage, Liar McFibberpants! Unfortunately, Russell seems to believe Jessie and Chima more than he believes Michele. Just because they talk the loudest and the longest, Russell, doesn't mean that they talk the truest. Chima gets wind of what's going on (through Natalie, of course) and confronts Michele about it. Michele, inexplicably, completely lies about telling Russell Chima wanted to backdoor him, and then backtracks a bit and admits it in so many words. Strange. Why did she do that? The entire thing blows up into a huge screaming match with Chima and Russell getting up in each other's faces. It was like zero to head bobbing in 3 seconds flat. There was so much more to this blowup on the feeds, so subscribers feel free to discuss away in the comments!

Ronnie, meanwhile, has devised a strategy to get a much needed swing vote: act pathetic and hope Jordan will throw him a sympathy vote. Ronnie, Jordan may be a bit simple but she's not that dumb. He picks just the right time to do it, that is, interrupting Jordan and Jeff when they are making out. Then he farts in the bed next to them! Smooth, Ronnie! Jeff remarks on Ronnie's inadvertent salting of his game. Hee.

Houseguest Q&A is lame, so I will skip it. Just know that Jessie is still really, really bitter about being on slop. Baby. In Russell's session, he admits he apologized to Chima for their fight and says now he needs to adapt considering the crazy behavior he exhibited in the last week. Then he sucks up to Julie a little bit, thanking her for being there (like she's doing it on a volunteer basis - as if!) and calling her beautiful.

Finally, it's time to reveal who won the Coup D'Etat power: JEFF! Just don't mess this up, Jeff, or else America will hate you. Julie gives the secret power holder the chance to use it before the nominee's final speeches...but Jeff smartly declines. Lydia gives a short and sweet speech. Ronnie also gives a sweet speech, until he calls Michele "the worst human being he's ever seen" and tells her he feels sorry for her. Way to go out with class, buddy! Ugh, that just confirms that my dislike for him isn't misplaced. Thankfully, Ronnie is evicted 4-3. I love that the self-professed mastermind of the game didn't even make the jury. In his exit interview with Julie, he says he didn't like Michele because she had no loyalty to him. Then he goes on to say that he was only loyal to Jessie, Natalie and Chima. Not Michele. Julie totally calls him out on expecting Michele to be loyal when he wasn't planning on being loyal to her, and on the fact that he tried to bully Michele into giving him a vote. Go, Julie! Call him out on his ridiculous hypocritical behavior.

It's time for the HoH competition. This week, it's called "Say What?" and is based around messages from viewers that were played in the house the night before. Things get interesting when it gets down to Kevin, Chima and Natalie. GO KEVIN! Unfortunately, Chima takes the win. Sigh. Thank goodness Jeff has the Coup. Here's hoping he uses it to put Jessie and Natalie up and breaks up the alliance of evil.

Favorite quotes:

• "You can't hear, can you? With those ugly-ass, cauliflower ears." - Chima, to Russell
• "How old are you right now? 34? Act your age, act your age." - Russell, in return
• "There was a little bit of a triangle going on the the room. Ronnie was trying to work on us, and I was trying to work on Jordan." - Jeff
• "The power of what? Coop Dee Tah?" - Jeff

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