Big Brother Season 17 Episode Nine Recap: Concealing The Truth

By Mark Drum
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Well it seems as if one of this season's biggest twist was finally revealed last week to most of the houseguests and there are two new houseguests in power. There is now a definite divide in the house between those in power and those on the chopping block. Also pawns continue to be the theme for nominations and the backdoor plan is the way to execute an eviction. Seems as if these houseguests are finding ways to ensure their targets are getting evicted. Here's my recap of last night's episode.

The Secret's Out

Julia, Liz's twin admitted to Vanessa that she was in fact a twin, 16 hours before the live eviction ceremony took place. Then like a wildfire, the news traveled through the house; Vanessa telling Shelli, Clay and then Austin. With the secret finally out, another new alliance was formed, "Sixth Sense," in the hopes that by week six, both Julia and Liz will be playing as individuals and boosting the numbers on Vanessa, Austin, Shelli and Clay's favor. After the news Julia then had to relay the information to her twin sister Liz during their swap. Some of the reactions were amusing to watch but also really spoke as to how observant or non-observant some of these houseguests are.

On the other side of the house, John made an observation about Liz's teeth. Since he's a dentist started talking about how there was a discoloration of a crown on Liz's "number nine," tooth. Which to Jeff and James the information flew over their heads except for the tooth looks different. They attempted to see if the actual tooth in question was different, however the plan failed and Liz was suspicious by some of their actions. Either way the news of a possible twin thanks to DaVonne has put Liz on everyone's radar. But now that Liz and Julia have the "Sixth Sense," alliance on their side, they've made it clear to not spend so much time with specific people and make subtle changes to make each twin look more like the other.

I'm kind of sad that this twin twist was blown up so early in the game, however with super fans of the show playing this season it was only a matter of time. Now I wonder how the houseguests out of the loop will react to this news, i.e. Steve, Becky, Jackie or whom I'd like to call floaters will take the news. Feelings aside, both Liz and Julia have an uphill battle these next two and half weeks until they can play as individuals. Plus it'll bring double evictions in coming weeks to dwindle the numbers.

Audrey isn't the Target

With nominations looming, most of the house assumes yet again that the main target will and should be Audrey. Even Audrey herself feels as though she's being targeted. However like last week the reigning HOHs have an ulterior motive. Now that Vanessa and Austin are in power their goal is to take out a threat to their game without becoming the bigger target. Austin's reasoning is if they take out Audrey now, he'll be the next target. Meanwhile Vanessa's main goal is to evict James or Jeff. I was surprised at how much trust Austin has with Vanessa and willing to lose power for the week if his two nominees won BOTB. In the end Austin nominated Meg and Jason, while Vanessa nominated James and John for evictions.

BOTB Foam Party

Continuing with Gronk's BB Take Over, the theme for the BOTB this week was a Foam Party. The object of the competition was to match clothing with those of partygoers, in the foam to then rush to their VIP. The first pair with 10 partygoers would win BOTB. Fun fact this is the first time they've used extra's who were not previous houseguests or celebrities in a POV competition. I found it hilarious during Meg's DR about how her and Jason had no chance in winning the BOTB because they aren't the strongest players. However it would seem as those this competition was made for them. For James and John, this competition was a struggle, mostly for James. John had a conversation with Vanessa that he'd be put up the block as a pawn and if he were to throw the competition be ensured safety up until jury. John's DR comment was spoke volumes, he was told he was nominated and should do whatever the HOH does, but if they continue this he may target them.

At the beginning it seemed as though James and John were doing a great job matching pieces of clothing with the partygoers, while Meg and Jason were struggling to get through the foam and maze of the competition. James then started having issues figuring out clothing items that matched with some of the partygoers, which added time against him and John. Meg and Jason were communication with each other being observant of the different partygoers in the maze and one after the other started to get into the flow. While James finally finished finding his third partygoer, Meg and Jason were finishing up with their 10th to win the BOTB, dethroning Austin from power. With Meg and Jason safe for the week, Vanessa was still in power, while James and John were still up for eviction.

Prediction for POV

For Vanessa and Austin's plan to work, someone should use the power of veto to save John. However I believe Johnny Mac will save himself and would mean Jeff, Vanessa's true target would be put up for eviction. If this doesn't happen Vanessa's second target James is still up on the block and would be the main target for eviction. So I predict that John will win the POV to save himself and in a "blindside," Jeff will be the replacement nominee.

Tune in on Wednesday at 8 p.m. on CBS 62 Detroit to see if the POV will be used on either James or John, what other party events are in store from Gronk during his BB Take Over and how will Liz and Julia's continue to act as one person.

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.