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Ronnie beat the odds this week by sidestepping his inevitable eviction – and even avoiding a mere Chopping Block nomination.

This time last week, the house wanted him shipped out chiefly for being a manipulative rat. Turns out he had a lone supporter in Jessie, who also conveniently was this week's Head of Household. Because Jessie realized he personally held no grudges against Ronnie, he simply extended the video gamer's 15 minutes of fame.

Folks, Ronnie rides again.

Instead of our beloved, backstabbing dough boy, it was the easy going Casey who got the boot this week – banana suit and all. (We'll get to that).

And with Russell earning HoH duties for Big Brother's next week of gameplay, the Athletes are destined to maintain their stranglehold on the game, right? Well, not exactly.

At the close of Thursday's live episode, Julie announced that Big Brother's Athletes/Populars/Brains/Offbeats cliques would be dissolved. Even more, she introduced a new power to the game – the Power of Coup D'etat – which must be used by one HouseGuest (as chosen by America) in the next two weeks. With the power, one lucky player will have the ability to assemble a more personalized Chopping Block minutes before a live vote.

You set? Let's get to the recap.

Week 3 at a glance

Head of Household: Jessie

HouseGuests nominated for eviction (pre-veto): Jordan and Michele

Power of Veto winner: Michele

PoV used on: Michele

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

HouseGuest evicted live on Thursday: Casey

Who should have been evicted: Jordan

New HoH: Russell

HouseGuests remaining: 10 (Chima, Jeff, Jessie, Jordan, Kevin, Lydia, Michele, Natalie, Ronnie, Russell)

"It's an easy week, Jessie. Stick to the script... send the rat home" – Casey

The rat in this case is, of course, Ronnie, a scheming, dishonest HouseGuest who has managed up to this point to evade eviction – even after enduring dubiously shameful incidents like locking himself in the HoH room for 48 hours to avoid confrontations of any kind.

He's the house's most dangerous enemy, and the player everyone loves to hate. Everyone except Jessie, who secured the power this week to toss whomever he wanted out the door.

As Sunday came to a close, it wasn't Ronnie and a pawn on the Chopping Block, but surprisingly Jordan and Michele – two quiet-as-a-church-mouse types who allegedly didn't do a thing to validate their nominations.

On Ronnie, Casey would later say: "This dude's like a cat, man. He's got nine lives."

Margarita parties and banana suits

Heading into the week's Power of Veto competition, the HouseGuests adorned full-body, pink spandex suits, complete with a oversized round nose. They were supposed to look like pigs. The game called for HouseGuests to swing into a pit of mud and collect four personal pizza-sized objects that each had a number (from one to ten) printed on their underbellies.

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