Big Brother Season 17 Episode 34 Recap: A Pectacular Return

By Mark Drum
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So Mr. Pectacular, Jesse Goderz from Season 10 of Big Brother made a surprise appearance in the house hosting this week's HOH competition. But first Steve nominated the couple "Liztin," or Liz and Austin and two-thirds of the Austwins up for eviction. Their goal was to ensure one of them got off the block and either John or Vanessa be put up in one of their place. So many emotions were aired last night from happiness, to anger to sadness and to confusion. Here's my recap of what happened on yesterday's episode.

Get Julia To Win The POV

Liz had cried off even before the nomination ceremony was over due to the fact she and her boyfriend Austin were up for eviction together. However she later realized she needed to keep her head held high and compete for the POV. The goal from both Liz and Austin was that Julia should win the POV, protecting herself from eviction and then saving another of their alliance members, mostly her twin sister. This would limit the options Steve would have in a replacement nominee. Steve would then have to decide between Vanessa and John as the replacement nominee. He has a three-person alliance the Austwins are unaware about. I enjoyed seeing the Austwins squirm, while Vanessa was feeling good about the situation because she was not nominated and her goal for the POV was to make sure the nominations stayed the same.

A Ballerina Bowling Wrestler Host

With all six houseguests playing in this week's competition, a host needed to be filled. This marks Jesse's return to the Big Brother house after being away since season 14. His appearance was one that both twins were excited about. I was laughing when Austin was a little envious at how much attention he was getting from his girlfriend and her twin sister. I was more expecting there to be an impromptu wrestling match from Judas and Mr. Pectacular, sadly that didn't happen. The outfits for this POV competition had saw the houseguests and the host in a ballerina outfit, tutu and all!

Austin Betrayed & Judas Is Safe

The POV competition was a familiar event to Big Brother fans. The object of the competition was to knock over four pins, after spinning 15 times to remove a barrier for 15 seconds to try and knock the pins down with a bowling ball. A pretty simple task, however for those houseguests unable to keep their balance after spinning 15 times would fall right now. This was the case for Steve, when he competed alongside Liz in the first heat. Steve was not able find his balance and lost his heat over Liz. Julia was up next and Vanessa convinced her to select Austin to compete against. This threw Austin off guard and Austin didn't want to throw his chance. He didn't understand Julia's choice and Judas was brought back was determined to win. Austin was his round and was not going to let anyone stand in his way because he thought he might be the target, since it seems as though he was getting ganged up on.

After Austin eliminated Julia, John eliminates Liz and then it was Vanessa's turn to go up. She decides to choose Austin over John, which made Judas red and determined to win. John's DR comment about how Austin went on all fours to the bowling balls to roll was hilarious. But Judas was playing and eliminating Vanessa, leaving himself and John for the POV. John knew he was safe and with Austin winning POV John knew Julia would go up in his place. So like John has done many times before he threw the final competition giving the win to Austin. Judas was happen and was going to seek revenge on those who have betrayed him.

Not A Knight In Shining Armor

Liz was not happy with how Vanessa also selected Austin over John. Both twins wanted to get answers and this was not looking good for Vanessa. I was impressed how she was able to defuse the situation, but it also bothered me that neither one of the twins saw she was only protecting herself. Vanessa was smart about playing it, as Austin wanted this situation to happen where Julia would go up on the block and have him safe. She brought up a previous conversation she had with Austin to the twins revealing he was looking out for his own self-interest. This made Liz upset now with Austin. While Austin not tired to defuse the situation was not having as much luck as Vanessa.

I'm surprised Liz would really think Austin would save her over himself. I laughed when Liz was saying Austin was no "Clay," and she's absolutely right. Austin isn't Clay because he's actually playing the game for himself. Austin didn't come on Big Brother to just be evicted he came to win. So I didn't feel bad about Austin's situation nor Liz's because we finally saw them having to realize both may be separated from the game. What did surprise me was that there wasn't really a push for Liz, Austin or Julia with Steve to convince him to put John or Vanessa up for eviction. They all kind of accepted their fate and knew Julia would go up once Austin used the POV on himself. When Austin did so Julia was put up in his place.

My Prediction For Eviction

By a vote of 2-1, I predict Liz will be sent to the jury house. Which will continue the Vanessa BB Poker game. I can't wait to see how the jury members react when both Meg and James enter the jury house. I won't be surprised when they talk about Vanessa's game. For this upcoming HOH competition I predict it will be an endurance competition and so we won't know who the winner will be. I also can predict another double eviction will happen next Thursday, which will leave us with three houseguests for the September 23 finale. But first we'll have to tune in tonight to CBS Detroit 62 at 9pm, to see which twin will be evicted!

Mark Drum is a Farmington Hills, MI native and Big Brother fan since 2000. Mark is a graduate from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Theatre Arts.