Big Brother Season 17 Episode 12 Recap: House Full Of Serpents

By Mark Drum
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Jackie's former teammate Jeff is out of the Big Brother house and she is now having to play the game without an ally. Jason suspects with those currently in power he's the target this week. Audrey continues her escaping the block act, but with the numbers to continuing to dwindle, she may soon find herself up on the block. The Zeta sisters of Shelli and Liz are the new HOHs, but by the end of this episode only one remains in power, while the other is dethroned and given a "whack street" punishment. Here's my recap for last night's episode.

Sixth Sense Still In Power

For Vanessa, Clay and Austin they're sitting pretty this week as their alliance continues to dominate the house. With power also has it setbacks. Austin revealed some information to Jackie about her possible nomination and being targeted by Liz. Then Jackie goes up to the HOH room to use this information to her advantage to talk with Shelli. After Shelli hears this information then has a conversation with Vanessa. The phone tree of information that went through the house from Austin didn't sit well with Shelli or Vanessa and even though the Sixth Sense is strong, they're starting to show who they would cut from the alliance first at the right opportunity. Austin's emotional game play or lack thereof according to Vanessa is detrimental to his game but also affecting his alliance members. This was a smart move on Jackie's part however because having no ties to anyone in the house any more she's starting to make connections. Which is shocking because she may actually be playing the game now. Maybe this floater could actually do some work in the Big Brother House.

Johnny Mac's Twin Tooth Theory

The twin twist is still on John's mind as he still suspects Liz has a twin. Him being a dentist observed that Liz has a crown on her number nine tooth. So when Liz won HOH, John was trying to find some clues from the HOH photos to see if his theory could be proven. However it was unsuccessful as Liz's photos showed no possible twin only photos of her parents and when Liz was a child with one photo showing her number nine tooth not even in yet. As a viewer it was entertaining to see John continue his quest to prove his theory and I look forward to his reaction when he's proven correct.

Audrey's Lies Catch Up

As nominations were being decided, Audrey once again wanted to make sure she was safe. She also wanted to plant the seed of one of her targets to be put up for eviction. Audrey goes to tell Shelli that Jason would be coming after her and Clay. This obviously doesn't settle well with Shelli and Shelli knows that Audrey has a way on manipulating and lying. But with that information Shelli did decide to put Jason up for eviction along with John, while Liz put up James and Jackie. Even before nominations Clay pulled John aside yet again to inform him that he's going up on the block, but really didn't pressure into throwing the competition. Jason was furious with being nominated and wanted to clear the air with Shelli.

From Jason's conversation with Shelli it was clear Audrey was again lying to her and was starting to consider targeting Audrey instead of Jason. With Jason fuming Audrey sensed something was wrong and wanted to confront Shelli about it. The discussion was not a pleasant one as Shelli warned Audrey to stop lying because it could come back to bite her in the butt. Jason feeling along in the house is tired of all the serpents and was determined to win the BOTB competition.

Getting Alice to Nirvana for BOTB

The 90s week theme continued with this grunge inspired BOTB competition. The houseguests nominated had to retrieve keys to unlock Alice and get her to Nirvana. The keys were placed in different areas of the backyard in four separate locations that had it's unique theme as well as challenge of finding the key. At the beginning Jason and John were leading by quickly finding there first key and then being handed their second key by James and Jackie. However when they were finding their final key, they started to struggle, which gave James and Jackie the opportunity to catch up. It was an battle to find the fourth and final key in a pumpkin in which they had to smash to retrieve. James and Jackie were first to find the final key but John and James were right behind. It wasn't enough however for John and James to catch up and unlock their Alice as Jackie and James got their Alice to Nirvana quicker. Which meant Jackie and James were safe for the week dethroning Liz/Julia from HOH, while Shelli remained in power with Jason and John still up for eviction.

There was an added twist to the competition, which was announced at the end. The dethroned HOH and the losing BOTB competitors had a punishment. John, Jason and Liz/Julia had to form a boy band called "The Whackstreet Boys," dress up in matching outfits with a pager which when then here music going off had to come together as a group and dance. They would have to endure this for the rest of the week. Which I look forward to the next episode to see what kinds of music and dance moves they'd be pulling off. Maybe they'll invite Jackie to inspire them with some dance moves.

My Prediction for POV

It would seem as though the obvious choice for this is John as he's won the past two weeks, but Jason is also a strong competitor. Either way I believe the POV will be used to backdoor hopefully this time for sure Audrey because her manipulation and lies are starting to catch up. Plus the house wants her out sooner rather than later. So I predict Jason will win POV, use it on himself and Shelli nominating Audrey in his place. Which would once again continue the backdoor the target strategy that has been going on this season.

Tune in on Wednesday at 8pm on CBS Detroit 62 to see if my prediction comes true. Also we'll see what outfits James, John and Liz/Julia have to wear as their boy band punishment, who wins POV and if it's used to save either of the nominees. Until then have a great week!

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.