The Paulie Exposed Party continued on Big Brother 18 Sunday night as we got a closer look at the things Paulie has been saying about the women in the house, and as some members of his alliance started to realize he might not be the kind of guy they want to play the game with.
The episode picks up right after the double eviction. Michelle is in tears and she’s trying to explain herself to Nicole. But since we didn’t get to see everything that went down before Thursday’s episode, we have to see that all go down.
Normally I’d be annoyed by having to see such old footage, but I’m glad the TV-only watchers get to see this side of Paulie. Natalie explains to Zakiyah how Paulie has been playing her all while flirting secretly with Natalie. Zakiyah decides to go to Paulie about what Natalie told her, only she calls it being attacked. Does Zakiyah believe Natalie or not? Who knows, but what is for certain is that Paulie is not happy with Natalie and he tries to put the flirting all back on her.
Natalie decides to also tell James what Paulie has been up to. James also goes to Paulie to find out what he has to say about it all. Paulie plays it off as he flirts with all the girls in the house and that Natalie is just a typical Jersey girl. And he hates Jersey girls as he’s said about 5 times this episode and about 50 times on the Live Feeds.
And for the clencher, we get to see Paulie call Natalie as fake as the things on her chest. He’s such a charming guy, isn’t he? We get a lot more of the uncomfortable confrontation with Paulie and Natalie, showing us further that this guy has no idea how to act around women. Let’s just move on. I feel dirty and sad and can’t handle this any longer.
No let’s cut back to 90 minutes before live show. Nicole asks James if he’s voting to evict Michelle. James tells Paulie, Nicole and Corey that he’s voting out Zakiyah. Paulie wants to know who put this plan together. James said the girls did and Paulie asks if he’s doing this because the girls say so. James says yep. Paulie of course is heated and goes to grill Paul. And Paul isn’t having it. He’s so over Paulie.
Paulie goes back into ask James if this is actually a shot at him. James says no, but Paulie says it is and he’s clearly getting played by a Jersey girl. Paulie threatens James, telling him he better win the HOH. Let’s cut back to after the eviction, and Paulie is attempting to apologize to James.
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Plotting and planning continues as someone is about to win Head of Household.
Victor and Paul talk about how they’re going to play the floater game (yes, America, what they’re doing is the real definition of floater and that’s an OK strategy). They simply plan to go to the side who has power this week.
It’s finally time to get to the Head of Household competition and it’s a knockout game. First up are Michelle and James. Michelle is the first one out, so James picks Paul and Nicole. And of course Nicole whines to us that she’s suspicious that James picked her. Paul wins this round, eliminating Nicole. Paul picks Natalie and Victor to face off next. Natalie is out. Victor picks Paulie and Paul to face off next and Paul wins the round and eliminates Paulie.
The next match is James vs Victor and Victor wins the round. The final round is Victor and Paulie. Paul decides to throw the competition to Victor so he can keep the blood off his hands. So Victor is Head of Household. Again.
Paul lets us know that now he’s got to pull some strings to make Paulie as a target happen. And he gets right to work. Paulie automatically thinks Victor is going to take a shot at Michelle but Paul tells Victor that Corey and Paulie need to go up. He tells Victor that this is the time to take this shot. It’s now or never, he says. And Victor does recall that Paulie was the one who backdoored him when he was evicted earlier in the season.
Oh yeah, America’s Care Package is a thing. I almost forgot. And for some reason America decides to give it to Nicole (psst, Nicole only got the package this week because everyone on social media voted Bridgette to win but since she got evicted, Nicole’s votes, which I’m assuming were about 100 votes, means she’s the winner). And she gets a stupid costume that looks like a safety witch, as Paul said.
And now it’s time for the first true blindside of the season (James ruined every other possible blindside this weekend). At the nomination ceremony, Victor reveals that he has nominated Paulie and Corey for eviction. And Paulie is as shocked as you’d imagine and the Diary Room tears are just an added bonus. For those who aren’t Team Paulie, anyway.
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