Overnight there were rumblings in the Big Brother 17 house that could spell bad news for Vanessa Rousso, but of course that’d mean one of these Houseguests would have to take a stand against her with just two weeks left in the season. Will it happen?
On separate sides of the game we heard talk from both the Austwins and Steve that Vanessa was more in their way of winning than we’ve heard before this season as they slowly start to catch on to what she’s been doing and how her plan is coming together.
Kicking off the run of talks last night in the BB17 house we had the Austwins outside pondering their best move this week as Austin continues to push Liz to stay since she’s the stronger competitor and can help the three of them get farther. Liz has continued to resist even though Julia has repeatedly agreed. Even if Liz changes her mind, it still won’t matter if it’s against Vanessa’s plan.
Flashback to 9:56 PM BBT 9/7 as the Austwins consider going to John and offering a final deal between them. They want to do this behind Vanessa’s back but worry John would run that deal to Vanessa who would be on to them. Austin asks what difference would that make when it’s win or die for them now anyway. Julia says she believes Vanessa has been playing them and has a Final 3 deal with Steve and John.
Cutting to the core of how Vanessa has stayed so long in the game, Austin says he’s afraid to piss off Vanessa. Julia points out how Vanessa “starts crying and going crazy.” It really is effective with these HGs as Vanessa has done it week after week. She’ll even be completely safe and start freaking out, guilt tripping HGs, and then getting their support to do what she wants.
The talk breaks up for a little while before the twins return to the hot tub without Austin. Flashback to 10:13 PM BBT. The twins agree that they can not trust Vanessa and now believe she has a F3 deal with Steve and John. Liz says she’ll feel sick if that turns out to be true. Julia says she thought she could trust Vanessa more than Austin, but now realizes she was wrong. Liz says Austin wouldn’t betray either of them “because love is involved.” As cheesy as that sounds, Liz is probably right.
Julia nails it and suggests that Vanessa is playing both sides working on a F3 and will throw the competitions until that stage before turning her game back on and really competing to win. Yep, that’s most likely her plan, but the question is whether or not these knuckleheads will do anything about it or let her continue to ride on through the game like they’ve done week after week of figuring her out and doing nothing about it.
Working at this from the other side we’ve got Steve who spent some time last night recognizing what Vanessa was up to as well. Flashback to 2:00 AM BBT 9/8 as Steve sits alone in the hammock talking out loud. Here he realizes that Vanessa is trying to use Austin in the same way he’s been working with John.
Steve regrets his plan to get out Austin didn’t work this week and now he needs to adjust to deal with it. He knows the remaining twin will follow Austin’s lead so he needs to work on turning Austin against Vanessa. In the meantime Steve knows he needs to double his efforts to make Vanessa feel better about his and her deal in case he is unsuccessful with Austin.
Should Steve and Austin meet in the middle and discover they’ve both reached the same conclusion about Vanessa we may see an agreement to make her the next target and buy each other another round in the game. There isn’t much time left and Vanessa is in a very good spot even if the others try to move against her considering her ability to talk herself out of almost any bad situation, but will this one be too much for her to overcome?
What do you think the Houseguests will do? Is there a chance they’ll turn on Vanessa before she gets herself to the F3 or have they missed their chance and are unlikely to realize the other is on the same page regarding her season long tactics?