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Big Brother 11 is just as unpredictable – if not more so – than other editions of the long-running CBS series. By the end of week one, the house was split (more or less) between two factions: the Populars and a smattering of Brains and Offbeats on one side; the Athletes and everyone else the other.

Jump ahead one week (or up until Thursday's live eviction), and the HouseGuests ditched their former teams for something more stable: total unity. The Athletes are friends with the Populars. The Brains are in bed with the Offbeats.
This, of course, isn't how I remember high school.

Even better, the entire house (save for one lonely soul) shares a common enemy – Ronnie – who should be the next to vacate the premises or something ain't right with the current season.

It's too bad they didn't catch a whiff of the scheming, playing-both-sides rat before it was too late. Otherwise, feisty players like Laura – a guest I rather enjoyed – would still be in the game. It was nice knowing you, oh Georgian bikini model.

Week 2 at a glance

Head of Household: Ronnie

HouseGuests nominated for eviction (pre-veto): Jeff and Laura

Power of Veto winner: Jeff

PoV used on: Jeff

HouseGuests nominated for eviction (post-veto): Jordan and Laura

HouseGuest evicted live on Thursday: Laura

Who should have been evicted: Jordan

New HoH: Jessie

HouseGuests remaining: 11 (Casey, Chima, Jeff, Jessie, Jordan, Kevin, Lydia, Michele, Natalie, Ronnie, Russell)

"I definitely have some big moves in store for the week" – Ronnie

When Ronnie said this at the start of his week as Head of Household, I didn't think much of it. So he's a champion persuasive speaker. What gives? He's also the season's token dork and would probably seal his own fate as a goner if he kept making waves this early in the game.

Even though he voted to evict the wrong person the week before – and therefore putting a serious hurtin' on the Populars' side of things – Ronnie still didn't strike me as someone who could do any more damage to the side of the house that the majority of at-home viewers are pulling for.

What's amazing is that he apparently was only getting started.

Following a witch hunt that basically pitted the screwed eviction on Ronnie, the manipulative mastermind that same evening nominated to get rid of two HouseGuests that in no way could have expected it: Jeff and Laura. Two players, mind you, who put their trust in Ronnie to make up for his voting error by chipping away at the Athlete regime.

Clearly, Ronnie's allegiance was still with the Athletes. As Ronnie would say before Sunday's episode came to a close: "You get lied to in Big Brother. Guess what? That's Big Brother."

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