Big Brother Season 17 Episode 19 Recap: Hands In Cookie Jars

By Mark Drum
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Poor Clelli, they were in a part of a strong alliance, made lots of friends and little enemies, they were getting comfortable. A little too comfortable because when houseguests start to get comfortable they become the targets. Emotions were at an all time high and words were said. Is Steve still in this game? We haven't heard from Steve in two episodes. But first let me recap last night's episode.

Tempers Flare

Following the nominations ceremony, Clay and Shelli were visibly upset with James going back on his word. But James never went back on his word if he didn't really mean it. So it wouldn't count right? For Clay and Shelli they felt betrayed and hurt that they would be targeted. The worse case scenario for them was not having the other to possibly be in the jury house. I was scratching my head when they were talking about that because I though the point of this game was to win, not find love or a buddy to be with a jury. Shelli's "ride or die," campaign Clay could not control his temper and wanted to lash out at James. Meanwhile Shelli needed to let things soak in, while Vanessa tried to console both of them, but neither one wanted her sympathy. Then Vanessa feeling hurt gets emotional and starts speaking with the other houseguests about what had transpired during her time as HOH last week. It's a smart move for Vanessa but also bad because she's letting her emotions get the best of her. Finally after things started to cool down, Shelli and Vanessa made amends. Clay and Shelli even tried to make amends with James in hopes that he'll consider putting someone else on the block.

Game of Throws for POV

For the POV ceremony, Julia was selected to host the competition. James selected Jackie as his houseguests' choice, while Becky and Vanessa were also chosen to compete for POV. Both ladies felt like they were in a predicament because of their relationship with both Clay and Shelli. James and Jackie however wanted to make sure to keep the nominations the same, which neither Clay or Shelli didn't want to happen. Austin was slightly sad not being able to compete as the theme for the competition was set in Medieval Times as he has a degree medieval romance literature.  The competition was simple; throw a dart into a catapult to land on a high scoring zone. The person would be eliminated from the competition but then would be given a reward, punishment or the POV. This classic game in Big Brother has been a staple and the first prize to the first person eliminated from the competition would receive the POV. Some of the punishments included a Knight's outfit to be worn with a unitard or as Shelli called it a "humlilitard," for the remainder of the week, another punishment was being a Squire and attending to the Knight for 24hrs. Lastly a "Castle Guard," punishment that entailed doing a Knight's training over 2400 times in 24 hours. The two rewards in this game were $5000 and an Irish Vacation. In the end, James won the POV, Becky won $5000, and Clay won the Irish Vacation. For Jackie, Vanessa and Shelli, they each had their punishments. Jackie having to wear the Knight unitard costume, Vanessa being her squire and Shelli receiving the "Castle Guard," punishment.

Meg makes a move

During the POV competition those houseguests who were sitting on the sidelines were treated to some mead. Apparently Meg had a bit too much to drink in the festivities as she created quite the scene with Clay in the bathroom. As John had said Clay and Meg were fighting their primal urges not to do anything, which then Big Brother playful put the hashtag #BBScandal. It's pretty clear that in Meg's state that she has feelings for Clay. Even though Clay was begging her to vote him out, Meg would not promise that as she had formed a bond with Clay since the beginning. But Clay having his "lady," neither Meg nor Clay would act upon some repressed feelings. This will be interesting to see how this unfolds if Clay stays in the house and how Shelli will react when seeing it on TV. Also hilarious that John was there seeing what transpired, but not during their conversation, as Meg begged for Clay not to speak of what happen. However it's been recorded and now aired for the audience, their families and for them to watch.

Judas is revealed

As one last attempt to save themselves from being evicted this week, Shelli and Clay tried to convince James to nominate Austin as a replacement nominee. The reasoning behind this is because of Austin's alter ego, his wrestling name Judas. Who happens to also be the name of the traitor to Jesus in the Bible and was also a name that has been used in previous Big Brother seasons to describe a houseguest. Most famously our own Michigander Dan Gheesling in Season 10 by Jerry MacDonald. But for James to put someone else on the block, he would need some information from Clay and Shelli to justify a replacement nominee.

The argument to have Austin be the replacement nominee was weak. They mentioned he was the one vote to evict Audrey, convinced Liz to have her put up Jackie and James on the block as well as begged Vanessa not to put him up when Jason was evicted. The information was good but just not good enough for James to put anyone else up on the block. This is because Clay and Shelli as James said, "had their hands in too many cookie jars." So James kept the nominations the same.

My Prediction for Eviction & HOH

So the power couple of "Clelli," will be separated this week. I predict that as much as Clay wants the house to vote him out. Shelli who has said she was the bigger target will be evicted by a vote of 7 - 2, with the only two voting for Clay being Vanessa and Austin/Judas. I really hope the power continues to stay with the underdogs and/or floaters. I predict that for this upcoming week of HOH we'll see John win HOH. It would be nice to see more of what he's thinking and who his targets would be.

I also predict that Julie Chen will announce that next week's eviction will be a double eviction. Which then makes after next week all the houseguests evicted after going into jury to crown the winner. Keeping the jury at seven instead of nine. Tune in tonight at 9 p.m. on CBS 62 to find out if Clay or Shelli is evicted from the Big Brother house and if I'm correct on my prediction of a double eviction.

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.