“Fool me once, shame on you …” You know the saying. And I can’t help but think of it when I think of current Big Brother 19 Head of Household Jessica Graf.
(WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD) Jessica ALMOST had the perfect Big Brother week in the bag. She is in possession of a secret power that can save herself from eviction, her boyfriend re-entered the game via the Battle Back Showdown, she won HOH, and then turned around and won the Power of Veto.
That is absolute and complete control. Arguably one of the best weeks ever had inside the Big Brother house, outside of winning the game.
All that power and esteem and she’s still poised to be blindsided this week when the majority of the house votes to evict Jessica’s pawn instead of her target. And this all could have been avoided if she simply would have placed another target, or someone no one would ever vote out, next to her initial target. She had all the power to do so.
But before I go placing all the blame on Jessica, I have to point out that she did have her doubts about the plan. Her target this week is Josh. The entire house has agreed to unite to get him out. He’s a hothead and no one wants to be in the jury house with him, blah, blah, blah. But she had a fear the house would flip and vote out the pawn, Ramses. She was right to worry. But she was wrong to listen to Cody who told her not to sweat it and leave nominations the same. Cody was certain the house will get rid of Josh.
But that’s such a silly thing to presume on Cody’s part. Jessica and Cody have the biggest reasons to actually want Josh out because he’s butted heads with them all season. So that’s understandable. But what Cody and Jessica don’t seem to realize is that Josh hasn’t done anything to anyone else in the house besides Mark. And Mark is on their side this week and will also likely be blindsided when Josh doesn’t go anywhere this week.
When Jessica was having her doubts, her plan was to use the Power of Veto on Ramses and nominate Alex in his place. That way, she thought, Josh would surely go home because Alex would have the votes to stay. But then she realized Alex could look like a pretty juicy target herself, so people might take the chance to vote her out. So she decided Ramses, who has NO allies in the house, was a better pawn. Doh.
This could likely be Jessica’s fatal flaw in the game. And when she was having such a great week, too. All she had to do was pull Ramses down and put Alex, or even better Raven, on the block. No one would have voted Raven out. And if Alex was voted out, then that’s just another target out of the way. The same could even be said for Raven. At this point no one would vote against Raven in a final two scenario.
And you know what else might have been a good idea? Nominating Paul and Josh. That way Paul’s allies would definitely send Josh packing. And if by some chance there was a vote flip, Jessica could have evicting Paul on her resume.
I understand Jessica’s thinking this week, I really do. She wanted to rebuild relationships and stick to promises and plans to try and repair all the damage Cody did before he was evicted and returned to the game. But it’s Big Brother, and once a bridge is burned, it’s burned. Someone will always use what already happened in the house against you eventually. She should’ve just made a bold move this week and dealt with the repercussions later. I mean, she has the Halting Hex to help with that.
It was a great week for Jessica, but a tough one. In the end, I do get where she’s coming from, but I think she made a pretty big mistake this week. And while Cody could easily be blamed, she’s the one who had all the power this week when it’s all said and done. But she should really stop listening to Cody.
What do you think about Jessica’s moves this week in the Big Brother 19 house?