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With Rachel out of the house, attention turned to her other half, Brendon, who no one else apparently wanted to hang with:

- Lane: “I think when Rachel left – when she hugged him – she stabbed him with a syringe of rabies. Brendon, you’ve gotta be put down this week.”

- Britney: “I just don’t want to stand out there with him by myself.” She went on to call him disgusting and repulsive.

She had reason to, though. Only about a week ago, Brendon had dished out similar grievances with Britney in an effort to steer attention away from his girlfriend.

So, with a new HoH competition ready to begin, practically everybody would be okay with anyone winning – so long that “anyone” wasn’t Brendon.

Anyway, to win HoH, players had to untie a giant piece of rope that was knotted to countless points of a string track. First one to make it to the other side would be the most powerful person in the house for the week.

Enzo got crap for going neck and neck with Kathy. Kathy, as we know, may be a sheriff back home but is the most useless player in Big Brother competitions. Getting compared to Kathy is never a compliment.

So Brendon went on to win HoH, and he made sure to rub the victory in the faces of his housemates. Brendon: “Rachel, that one was for you… that’s what happens when you evict someone you love, guys.”

As is custom, Brendon showed off his HoH room. And, as is custom when the HoH room is in Brachel’s court, no one wanted to see.

Britney (“I have to deal with the frickin’ Neanderthal!”) got pissed off because people who weren’t in danger of being nominated – like Kathy and Enzo – were “sucking butt” to Brendon. Perhaps it was a bit of jealousy working on her end. She, Ragan and/or Matt were the week’s likely candidates.

What Lane appreciated most about Brendon’s HoH room was that it proved Brendon is, well, a human being. Lane: “We are amazed to see that he has a family. He’s not cloned. He was not made in a scientific lab. He came from somebody.”

The rest of the episode dealt with certain players campaigning for their safety. In the end, Ragan and Lane would be nominated for eviction.

On Wednesday’s show, Lane said Brendon “has lost it.” Even though he’s later told by Brendon that he was put up as a pawn, Lane couldn’t understand how his name entered the hat.

Then, a green robot entered the house and instructed the houseguests to retreat to the backyard.

For this game – the PoV competition – the players had to collect pieces from one end of the lawn, carry them across a balance beam to the other side and arrange them to complete a puzzle.

Kathy, for really no reason, said she was “gonna take her time.” None of it makes sense. Why say something like that?

Pandora’s Box returned for a second time, and Brendon accepted what was inside. Thinking he was getting 24 hours alone with Rachel in a resort-like setting, he walked through the door only to learn that he got a vacation – but no Rachel. Instead, while he was gone, Rachel returned to the house for the day.

Britney: “When I saw Rachel walk through that door, I wanted to throw up all over myself.”

As Enzo said, Rachel stormed in with guns blazing, greeting everyone with, “hey, bitches!” and then getting in a huge argument with Ragan.

Some of the best things said by Ragan:
- “Why don’t you get us a drink, waitress?”
- “You’re such a good person, that’s why you were voted out by unanimous vote.”
- “Everything about you is a lie. Your boobs are a lie. Your face is a lie. The only thing honest about you is the pimples on your chin.”

Rachel, on the other hand, didn’t have much to say, other than offensive things like Ragan being the biggest bitch because he’s gay.

Anyway, before her departure, Rachel left Brendon a message with loose pretzels telling him to put up Matt for eviction.

However, knowing that Matt had one final chance to use his Diamond Power of Veto, I wouldn’t surprise me if Big Brother intervened and planted the message in Brendon’s room. I mean, reality is never as real as we’re led to believe. I’m sure Big Brother is doing this kind of thing all the time.

At the PoV ceremony, Ragan took himself off the block, and Brendon put up Matt.

On Thursday’s show, Enzo let the Brigade know that it may be time to cut ties with Mattie. Between Lane and Matt, he trusts Lane more.

Then, Enzo also thought he figured out the Saboteur’s identity via a note left on his bed. Fingers pointed at Kathy, who had very recently started making the houseguests’ beds.

Said Enzo: “It’s like the end of a Scooby-Doo episode, where they find out that the Governor is the ghost. In this case, the sheriff is the Saboteur. She made the bed, she put the note underneath the pillow. The note ends with an ‘S’ which means the ‘sheriff,’ so give me a Scooby snack.”

This news delighted Matt, who figured he’d look like the house hero for replacing himself with the houseguest everyone wanted out.

As expected, Matt used the Diamond Power of Veto minutes before the live vote and then nominated Kathy to take his place. No one seemed to care that he had it; they were grateful to get rid of the player they suspected of being the Saboteur.

So they did, with a unanimous 5-0 vote.

Kathy’s parting words for everyone was for the house to be good to each other. Oh, and for someone to look after her fish. They need feeding twice a day.