5:50AM BBT:  HGs are asleep.

7:30AM BBT:  Casey and Russell are now awake.  Looks like Casey is making himself something to eat. Russell is in the bathroom. 

9:00AM BBT:  Still just Russell and Casey Up.  Casey mentions the people that watch BB 24/7 (hey, that's us!), and Russell says he did not know that we could do that.  He thought it was only on SHOwtime from midnight to 3:00AM. (Where do they get these people?)

9:30AM BBT:  BB is having trouble getting everyone up today (OK, it's Jessie that won't get up.)  There's lots of FotH.  Laura's up and telling her story again about last night's marathon argument with Jessie.   In the HoH room,  Jessie is telling his side of the story to Russell.  Jessie's laughing and doing his impersonation of Laura:  "I just don't like being railroaded,  and I'm going to win HoH."  They laugh.  More FotH

10:45AM BBT:  The HGs have been given their cleaning instructions for the day,  basically BB wants everything in the house cleaned, top-to-bottom.  Casey did blab a DR instruction, "They said we shouldn't plan things that are specifically to entertain the SHOwtime viewers,"  [I wasn't entertained, were you entertained?]  The HGs are on indoor LD in the HoH room, (so cozy) and there's just been lots of FotH.  Thursdays are usually like this,  with very little to report.  Of course Chima is making an effort to flip the house back, so she won't be evicted,  but it's really hard to tell everyone stands.  Everyone's in the HoH room, it's very, very quiet. 

Noon:  LD in the HoH room is over.  Wow, it was like looking at an oil painting in there.  No one moved, no one said a word.  Now they're all out and running around taking game again.  BB told Jessie he has to pack up his stuff and get out of the HoH room.  Chima was called to the DR twice,  but refused to go because, "They are fucking with her game." Jessie says he thinks Ronnie is playing both sides. [Duh!]   Jessie tells Natalie that he wants Casey out, but they need to go after Laura first, because she is smarter.

12:35PM BBT:  Both sides are scrambling for votes. Seems like Ronnie is going to be the deciding vote.  Jessie and Natalie are in his ear now and he just told Jessie he is voting to keep Chima.

He leaves Jessie and goes out in the kitchen and Jordan says "Ronnie's got info."  Ronnie is in the re-cycled room with Jordan.  Very hard to hear but it seems like Jessie told him that they are playing on voting him out so why would he vote with them.

12:55PM BBT:  On feed four,  Casey and Kevin are in the pool room.  Casey was in bed and Kevin approached him to try to convince him not to keep Braden.  Kevin "If you do this, you are putting me and Lydia at risk."   Casey tells him that he trusts him (Kevin) but that Kevin should not trust the information they (Jessie/Russell) are feeding him.  Casey says, "I sympathize with what you are saying but you are worrying about things that haven't happened yet and I have my own situations."  Casey tells Kevin that there at least three people in line ahead of him as targets. Jordan walks in and Casey says "Tell Kevin he isn't a target." and Jordan tells him, "of course not."   Kevin:  "But Braden hates my guts." Casey asks Kevin "Have you not been in the house in the last 12 days?" "What makes you think you can trust them now?"

The conversation keeps going in the same general direction. Eventually Casey says "I appreciate your opinion and I hope we can keep having these kinds of discussions.  Kevin "I'm not trying to put pressure on you." Casey interrupts "No?" And cackles out loud. That pretty much ends the discussion.

1:07PM BBT:  Half the house in the HoH room and the other half is in the kitchen.  Just general chit chat.

1:10PM BBT:  Casey/Kevin Conversation Part II:  Now, while Casey is ironing a shirt, Kevin is trying to convince Casey that his belief that he will be targeted by the Jessie/Russell/Natalie crew is Braden's group feeding him full of bull.  Casey tells him "I have heard it from multiple people.....but you may be right."  Neither is succeeding in the convincing the other that they need to switch their vote.  But again,  Casey tells Kevin that he is glad they can talk about these things and he hopes it remains that way.

2:30PM BBT:  FotH  Except for brief glimpses,  I think it'll be fish and trivia until after tonight's show.

3:15PM BBT:  Kevin, Russell, Chima, and Natalie are in the kitchen complaining about Casey's attempt to swing the vote in Braden's favor.  It sounds as if the fate of Chima and Braden is in the hands of Ronnie,  and Ronnie's played both sides,  so no one knows how he'll vote.  In as much as they're mad at Casey,  they figure that putting Jeff and Jordan up together would be best,  as they won't campaign against each other. 

3:30PM BBT Pre-show primping for the big show.  It's SRO for the bathroom mirror as even Ronnie works on his "look."

3:35PM BBT:  Russell is sitting at the Kitchen with Chima discussing the vote. Chima is calling Laura a traitor.  Chima says that she was her only friend in the house and she turned on me.  Chima said she is going to make anyone who votes for Braden feel like an ass. She also says she will not ever volunteer herself for anything.  [The pawn always goes home on BB.]  BB: "Chima, please go to the diary room."
Chima: "Oh you fuckers! I'm trying to eat!"  Chima is called to the DR but still sits at the table peeling her egg.

Feeds switch to Swim Room

Braden and Casey are talking  and we hear that Braden's father was a teacher. Casey is telling Braden what to say in his speech during the live show. Casey says to not make it long.

Casey walks into plush room to talk to Laura and asks about Michele's status and she says she is still voting Chima out but is nervous.  Casey is telling Laura how Chima said she wanted to go home.

3:45PM BBT:  Jordan sees Kevin lying down on the living room couch and asks him if he's OK. He's fine.  Braden walks by and Kevin tells Jordan that he thinks Braden was crying, and that she should go talk to him.  She follows Braden and asks him.  He admits it, and says that he is just emotional.

Preparations continue.  Jessie has just finished showering and shaving,  and seems to be the one that is least ready out of all of them.

4:05PM BBT:  In the pool room, Jessie makes a last-ditch effort to swing Casey back.  Casey is not buying it.  Jessie says that whoever told Casey that Chima was thinking to put him up was lying.  Casey says Russell told him that on day two, so that makes no sense. "Furthermore, Chima MUST go.  She offered herself as a pawn, and went around saying she wanted to go home.  Now it's going to bite her in the ass, and she deserves it."

Casey also tells Jessie that he is a little disappointed in him because he asked him not to relay their conversation, and "Two seconds later." Natalie is going to Laura asking her about her vote.  Jessie closes the door so no one can hear (even though they are whispering already) and tells Casey in no uncertain terms that he did not say a word, and that Natalie did that on her own.  Casey seems to believe him.

Jessie leaves and Braden comes in.  Casey and Braden start talking about non-game stuff. Casey says nothing about the conversation he just had with Jessie, and Braden does not ask.

Back to TRIVIA on the feeds.

On Tonight's Exciting Live Show:   In the DR Chima said, "In Big Brother, the pawns tend to go home,  I'm going to be different."  Ronnie was surprised he didn't go up on the block as Lydia's replacement.   Braden felt that Lydia backstabbed him,  but Braden said,  "It's OK.  I'm not going out crying like a baby."  Later,  Chima admits that she's starting to feel insecure as a pawn.  Chima's strategy is to just lay low.  Russell plants his seeds in Braden's head to get him angry with Lydia, so that Braden will start a fight, start to look more like a bad-guy, and get voted out.  Russell's seeds sprout and Braden blows up on Lydia in front of the other HGs.  This is the fight where Braden called Kevin a "beaner,"  but that wasn't shown on the program.   The fight caused a chain-reaction that set off a fight between Jordan and Lydia.  Kevin gives Jordan an ultimatum,  If Jordan stays friends with Braden,  then Kevin can't be friends with her.   It was Jordan's plan to vote out Chima, she tells Laura, they counted the votes,  and think they can pull it off.  Julie greets the HGs.  Russell said he has no regrets about the altercation he had with Jeff.  Russell said that just like in real life,  "there are  people you're not going to like."  When Julie asked Jeff's opinion, he joked, "My mother always told me if I don't have something nice to say,  don't say anything at all."  Julie: "Well you didn't follow that rule when you fought with Russell..."  Jeff:  "You saw that?" In the HoH room, Julie talks to Jessie:  This is your second time in the BB house,  how do you think you're doing compared to last time?"  Jessie:  "I think I have a bigger target on me this time." Julie asks for the nominee's last words.  Chima said that a vote for Braden is a vote for a bigot.  Part of her speech was bleeped. Russell voted to evict Braden.  Natalie voted to evict Braden.  Jeff voted to evict Chima.  Jordan voted to evict Chima.  [Commercial] Kevin voted to evict Braden.  Laura voted to evict Chima.  Lydia voted to evict Braden.  Michele voted to evict Chima.  Casey voted to evict Chima.  Ronnie voted to evict Braden.  This caused a tie that Jessie broke by voting to evict Braden.  The HoH contest:  The theme was, "Most Likely To."  The HGs had to guess how America voted in a series of questions.  The winner of each question got to eliminate another contender.  The brain's clique won, it was down to Ronnie and Michele and Ronnie won HoH.

Meanwhile,  back at the house...  It's still FotH 
6:07PM BBT:  The FotH ends,  and the yelling girls begin. 

Chima to Michele:  "You're a fucking liar."  Chima to Michele: "You're a fucking liar."  Natalie was screaming to,  I know she doesn't like Michele,  but I'm not sure what she was going on about. 

6:10PM BBT: Jessie and Natalie go into another room and hug,  they're very happy that Ronny beat Michele. Natalie: "Ronnie needs to know we have his back, that we're the four that are going to the end together."

In the kitchen, Lydia,  Kevin,  Chima are accosting Casey,  saying that Michele was lying, and "That he got played."  Casey tells them to move on.

Now Natalie comes out again and says that Michele said she wanted Casey out once while she was in the Jacuzzi.

Chima:  "Everyone in this house should know that I'm very honest."

Meanwhile, Laura and Russell chitchat back in the other room.  Russell says he was very concise in his reply to Julie, that he didn't expect a "birthday card."  (I thought he said postcard on the show.)

Jordan tells Laura not to cry.  Michele thought Jordan was talking to her and said she wasn't going to.

Ronnie meets Russell in the storage room. Big smile on Ronnie's face. Russell says that he will win all the physical competitions, and that "if we can work this till the end... !"  Ronnie tells Russell that Michele is going up this week he mentioned another name,  but it got got off.   Russell mentions "I wonder what is on Casey's mind right now."

Lydia, Jessie and Natalie go into the re-cycle room.
Lydia tells them that Ronnie told her "We need to talk later."
Now they discuss who took out whom in the competition.  They marvel that Jeff got one right.  Kevin says "He didn't even know my name when he took me out."

Jessie: "If Ronnie is playing both sides, he is doing so marvelously."

Natalie: "Ronnie needs to know that not only are we stronger, we're loyal."

6:18PM BBT: Jessie is saying how Chima started attacking people (verbally) and he thought it might get physical.  Now Natalie, Jessie, Lydia and Kevin are planning who should go up.  [As if the HoH was theirs.  -JEDI]

Now Jessie is going over how Julie would continue reading a few more words of the question after they had hit the buzzers.  They remember how Laura was about to eliminate Lydia, but then switched to Russell.

Natalie points out that next week HoH competition is going to be physical. And that all the athletes will be playing in that competition.  They talk about how next week Ronnie will be sitting pretty.  [I doubt that next week is physical.  They also need to understand that in endurance contests,  big guys have historically done very poor.  For example,  in a game that requires standing on a small pedestal or platform, a light female has an advantage,  especially if she was a waitress.  In endurance contests where they hang from a net or other device,  once again a big guy's weight will do him in over a lighter female.  -Morty ] 

Meanwhile, in the pool room...  Casey is schooling Ronnie on strategy, while Jordan and Michele listen. Casey says he took a big risk. A huge risk.  Casey: "Ronnie, we'll see tomorrow whether you stick to the plan or not."  Apparently, nobody is sure who sold out?

Casey:  "I wouldn't be telling you, Mr. HoH, I wouldn't be broadcasting who is safe."
Casey: "If we're still on track with the plan,  we can still get rid of one of those... Natalie, Russell, Jeff, whatever."

"One little piggy was swayed".

What did Chima Say?  We have learned more about what CBS bleeped during Chima's speech.   Not only did she say that Braden called Kevin a "beaner,"  she said that Braden called Julie Chen a "whore. "  Laura mentioned that Braden said "ho."  As I wrote last night,  this story is being told out of context,  he wasn't really referring to Julie Chen. 

6:30PM BBT:  Pool room:  Ronnie mentions to Michele that at least this week, after the Have / Have Not competition, they won't be sleeping in the concrete room.

Ronnie is saying how Chima would vote Russell out if he was on the block. No question.
He tells Jeff "We'll talk. I don't want anyone hearing."
Jeff: "Everyone's not lying, but obviously someone is lying."

As soon as Ronnie leaves, Laura says "I think it was Ronnie, and I think he did it on purpose.  It's a smart move. He didn't know he was going to be HoH.  How it works is that he makes all of us vote to evict Chima, that makes us all targets before him if the other side gets HoH.  To make sure he would still be here next week, he had to make sure it was a tie, that way no one is worried about Ronnie."  (Damn, I KNEW she was smart!)

Ronnie comes back in.  Laura gets up to hug him and says "Ronnie, why is this game so stressful?" Then asks him to ask for skimmed milk when he gets called to the Diary Room.

Ronnie: "That was the hardest thing I had to do, to go in there and say 'I vote to evict Chima', after that speech."

Chima meets with her supporters. Chima revels in her victory over Braden, "I threw him under the bus and then backed over him."

7:00PM BBT:  Michele and Chima have made up and hug,  they are friends again.  [Ha!]   Michele cried [I think it was fake -Morty] and said she felt bad about her, a girlfriend,  being mad at her.  Chima and Laura are talking all chummy with each other too. 

Tonight's Big Brother Coverage is by BigFLGuy:

9:00PM BBT After Dark feeds start off with a bang! Laura is arguing with Jessie, Natalie, Chima, Lydia and Kevin. They are all yelling at her asking her why she betrayed them? Now Jordan jumps in arguing with Natalie.

9:05PM BBT Casey and Ronnie in pool room talking about who the "rat" is. Looks like Ronnie is convincing Casey that he did not turn. Cannot believe that Casey is falling for this.

Back in the dining room Jordan and Natalie still going at it. Kevin says, "females just open your eyes."  We switch to the backyard and Ronnie and Casey are not outside with Jeff. Ronnie is saying we've all got to stop fighting. Jeff speaking for himself to Ronnie says "me going forward from the point, how the fuck do I go forward when I have a rat in my group? How do I trust anyone?"

9:11PM BBT Back to dining room and all the arguing keeps up at a rapid pace. Now Laura is crying. Poor Laura! Jordan is petting Laura's hair to help her calm down.

9:16PM BBT Chima is complaining that they told her in the diary room that they told her they cut the "beaner" comment during the live show. Chima is mad!  She says if someone is a racist then they should edit the show to make them look better.

9:19PM BBT Ronnie is called to the diary room.  As soon as he goes in side Jordan says "it had to be Ronnie." Michele is in total agreement. Casey, Michele and Jordan all on the outdoor couch and seems like they all agree the Rat is Ronnie.

9:29PM BBT Laura say's "Jessie is the biggest Bozo ever and I hope CBS is portraying him that way." She then says, "this is the best case scenario for Ronnie.  Because they hate us, we hate them.  He's not going to be a target for a few more weeks at least three, four or five, maybe six more weeks. So (A) he's getting his whole stipend and (B) he's sitting pretty to the end. PERIOD!  I didn't say a word to "them" that we know that it's Ronnie and I'm glad you (speaking to Jordan) that you didn't.?   Jordan then says we just can't loose another player.  Michele, Laura, Jordan and Jeff are in agreement that they should not tell Ronnie anything else!

9:38PM BBT Jordan goes on a rant, "I hope everybody in America (looking straight in to the camera) is watching right now Jessie is the biggest douche bag ever."  Laura throws in "he's got an ugly face and the only reason he's here is his body."  Jordan keeps on "I make up these stupid voices (speaking like she's Jessie) and I'm just a fag.  Basically the FAG of America."

 Michele snaps at Jordan "that word offends me I'm bi please don't be saying that."  Michele goes inside and Jordan says "oops."

9:53PM BBT Natalie, Chima, Kevin and Russell are attacking Michele for voting to evict Chima. Natalie's favorite question, as she says it over and over again, asking Michele, "Why didn't you come to me and ask me instead of assuming the rumors you hear are correct?"

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10:03PM BBT Ronnie is entering his HoH room for the first time.  All houseguests are there with him.  (I find this quite surprising).  Ronnie is VERY excited about his Play-Doh and his "giant bubble wand."  Tears begin flowing when Ronnie reads his letter to all the other houseguests.  He then complains that he said he would never cry while in the house.  10:12PM BBT and everyone still in the HoH.  Jeff isn't saying a word and judging by his face he could kill everyone in the room if he only had a large knife!  Finally Jeff laughs when Ronnie opens his CD and is disappointed that it's the "Legally Blonde Soundtrack" and NOT the "Legally Blonde Musical Soundtrack."

10:25PM BBT Laura and Jordan outside rehashing the same old shit.

10:28PM BBT Jeff comes outside talking to Laura and Jordan saying that Ronnie is a good kid. He can't believe those people are up there with him when all week long Ronnie seemed to spend most of his time with the other group. Jeff complains that he just has a soft spot in his heart and it was touching to him to see Ronnie crying while reading his letter.

10:40PM BBT Casey, Jeff, Jordan and Laura setting on couch outside in total silence. Jeff is holding his head in his hands and scratching the top like he's trying to figure out where he went wrong!

10:46PM BBT Chima, Kevin, Jessie,  Lydia, Natalie and Russell are in HoH Room talking about how Casey was the first one to leave the HoH Room.  Jessie then comments how Jeff was just grinding his teeth the whole time Ronnie was enjoying his new HoH Room.

10:51PM BBT Michele comes out to the back yard and Jordan tells her "sorry I said' fag.'"  She continues, "I say gay a lot I've got to work on that."   Michele tells her no worries and then goes over and climbs into the hammock. Her mic is still on and we can hear her crying.  She's very upset that she didn't win HoH.

10:55PM BBT upstairs in the HoH room they are talking about Amber always crying and wanting to be a model while she was shoving food into her mouth. Though funny seems like a random conversation out of nowhere.

11:03PM BBT Seems to be a lot of discussion around the house about the sleeping arrangements. Russell comes up asking Jessie (while he's lying in the bed) what kind of workout they'll be doing tomorrow. Russell attacks Jessie and starts shaking him like play fighting. Russell tells Jessie he's so happy.  A homoerotic fantasy is at hand! [If I ever smoked, I'd need a cigarette right now.  BigFLGuy]

11:08PM BBT Kevin is in bathroom telling Jordan and Laura that someone needs to double up in a bed so Natalie doesn't have to sleep in the Pool Room.   Laura suggests to Kevin that he talk to Jeff to see if he'll move.  Kevin leaves the room and Laura whispers to Jordan "fuck that, I'm not giving up my bed."   Then Laura and Jordan say goodnight to Michele, who has just entered the bathroom.  As they are walking away Michele says wait, hugs!  So they all three hug.  How sweet.

11:15PM BBT Russell and Natalie on couch in living room.  Whispering strategy.  Meanwhile Jessie and Lydia are in a bed playing around. Jordan and Laura are in the same room lying in a bed and just roll their eyes.  Back on the couch you can hear Lydia saying that she thinks Ronnie wants Casey gone.

11:19PM BBT Jessie and Lydia are attempting to make yet another tent in their new bed.  The tent is a total failure.  They give up and get back in bed.

11:28PM BBT Ronnie is telling how he was Twittering.  He continues that they told him something in diary that he's not allowed to say yet but it will be exciting.

11:31PM BBT Kevin is saying to Natalie, Chima and Russell in the living room that the day before Casey had said to him "shit's about to go down."   When Kevin asked him what he meant he said never mind.  Natalie's reply is his ass is going home.  Kevin then says hindsight is 20/20.  They all agree.

11:39PM BBT Jeff helps Ronnie up to his HoH Room with his stuff. Ronnie tells Jeff that Michele is lucky she's on his team otherwise he'd put her up.  He continues it would be either her or Casey. [Commercial Break.]   We come back and Laura has made it into the room.  He tells Laura that he was upset with Michele because in the pool she told him after the cliques she would try to get him out.  She says she wouldn't want to take him to the end because he's too adorable and smart.  He felt like she was lying and he took offense to it.  Laura then asks him about the secret he's not allowed to talk about and he says it's nothing game changing it's just about Twittering.

11:51PM BBT Russell asks Laura and Jeff in your gut, gut, gut, who do you think it was? Laura says Casey.  Jeff says I just think I'm the worst Big Brother player in this house.  They are BOTH lying to him because he's HoH.  They then start rehashing Chima's speech. Jeff say's that he was embarrassed that she said those things.  They all are in agreement that Braden didn't mean the things he said in the way that it's now being portrayed.  Ronnie brings the subject back to "the rat."  He is saying he thinks it was Michele.  Ronnie is now telling them a story that Michele brought Chima, Jessie and Natalie up to the HoH Room and told them that Laura, Jeff, Casey, Jordan and Ronnie were going to vote to keep Braden.  She told them that they all thought She was going to vote that same way but that she was not going to vote that way.  He said he asked Michele about it and that she denied it.

12:08AM BBT Jessie and Lydia playing chess. Ronnie comes out of HoH Room and now there's more game play being discussed than chess playing.  Ronnie is telling them how Michele offered to help him move his stuff up to the HoH Room.  He then quotes her on how she said she was excited that she gets to sleep in a good bed now.  When she did say that to him he didn't say a word.  He tells them however that he told her he was married and that wouldn't work.  Russell comes up the stairs and joins the group.  Michele comes up and says she didn't want to touch his stuff but it's all over the bed.

12:19AM BBT Jessie is telling Natalie and Russell that they are washing their hands of Casey and that he literally has no one.  Jessie says that they all think that Casey is the rat, which isn't true.  But seems like he's planting a seed to get them to bring Casey into the group.  Jessie continues that he believes Jeff will just bring their team down.  Jessie says Casey shot himself in both feet by screwing his side and the other side.  Again he says they don't believe that Casey is not telling the truth.  Jessie wants Laura to go home.

12:22AM BBT Ronnie is telling Michele "I'm not a schmuck."  [that is very debatable  BigFLGuy]

12:28AM BBT Ronnie says for the twentieth time tonight I can't believe this happened.  You go from being on the bottom to the very top.  Talking about himself now being HoH.  He then says he can only imagine what his parents think about Chima after her speech.

12:32AM BBT Jessie is saying how Casey is not their leader.

12:35AM BBT Jeff, Laura and Casey outside chatting. Jeff says since we don't know who played us we should just pretend like it just didn't happen.  Jeff says he didn't know that Ronnie was the next Johnnie Depp or Marlon Brando because if he was the one that was a rat he should get an academy award.

12:40AM BBT Jordan comes outside and joins the group.

12:43AM BBT Natalie, Jessie and Ronnie upstairs.  Natalie says that Casey will be a big threat next week if he's still in the house.  She thinks it will be an endurance comp and that Laura would not be good at endurance. Natalie then says did you hear us get yelled at last night telling us we had to go to bed?  Almost instantly the feeds are gone and the message We'll Be Right Back is all we see.

12:46AM BBT Feeds back and Natalie continues that she thinks the endurance comp will be a water one.  Jessie is saying to Ronnie that they (Russell and Natalie) want Casey out but you know we might be able to use him. Natalie immediately says she doesn't care who she votes out. She says she'll even vote out Jeff. The all get hungry and head down to the kitchen.

12:51AM BBT Ronnie asks if anyone in the backyard is hungry.  They all say no thank you.  Natalie and Jessie in kitchen.  Ronnie goes and gets Lydia out of bed.  On the way to the kitchen she hugs Ronnie and thanks him for having her back.  Natalie picks up dish out of the strainer and it's dirty.  She gets pissed off and throws it in the sink yelling if people don't know how to clean dishes then they shouldn't touch them!

12:53AM BBT Jessie, Ronnie, Natalie, and Chima in bathroom. They are telling Chima how she's going down in reality TV history for her speech.

12:55AM BBT Casey, Jordan, Laura and Jeff on outside couch chatting.  Casey is using sports analogies for the BB Game.  The girls are saying that Russell is a bully.  Jeff comes back outside and says that Jessie says you got a zit over your eyebrow what are you stressed?  Jeff says he wishes he had a bat so he could crack him in the head and tell him yeah I do, what about that?

1:06AM BBT Casey says "I miss my family and Vodka."  Laura says she misses "sanity, logic, her family and phone."

1:07AM BBT Chima and Natalie in bathroom saying they'd rather have Laura go first then Casey.

1:11AM BBT Jessie and Ronnie talking in kitchen.  Jessie is saying that Laura should have been on the block instead of Lydia then none of this would have happened.  Jessie is telling Ronnie that even Russell has lied to him (Jessie) as well as Natalie.  He continues saying that Russell gave everybody a deal in the house.

1:20AM BBT [By KKHliboki]  Lydia, Natalie, Kevin, and Chima are talking in one of the bedrooms.  They badmouth Laura about her implants, her boyfriend, and the HoH competition.  Natalie tells Lydia that Ronnie wants her to think of a good alliance name.  After brainstorming a few ideas, including "The Technotronics,"  Lydia thinks they should call themselves "The Naturals."  She says they have natural breasts,  natural muscles, natural brains, natural attitude. Then she thinks of "The Natural Born Killers."  They bring Jessie into the room and he likes the name. They decide they'll call themselves NBK.

1:35AM BBT Just got back from feeds being down for a few minutes.  Ronnie is outside talking with Casey telling him the story he told earlier about Michele.  He's trying to convince Casey that she is the rat.  Casey tells Ronnie that as of last week that he and Jessie had a little agreement.  But he continues that he told Jessie something last night and he went and told Natalie.  Casey apologizes to Ronnie for rubbing him the wrong way.  Ronnie apologizes too.  Ronnie suggests they have a "pre-meeting with just Ronnie, Casey, Jeff, and Laura but not Michelle tomorrow."  Then have one that includes Michelle and pretend like it's the first meeting.  Give her some information and see if it comes back from anyone.  THEN they'll know if they can trust her or not.  [If he pulls off this "pre-meeting" then he will have Michelle completely setup and they will then all believe she is the rat   BigFLGuy]

2:01AM BBT Jessie, Natalie and Ronnie talking.  Jessie says they should send Laura home since Casey has nobody.  Natalie agrees. [The more I hear Casey talk the less I think he and Jessie are friends from before entering the house. The more I hear Jessie talk the more I'm certain they were! - BigFLGuy]

2:15AM BBT Ronnie heads upstairs to the HoH Room to go to sleep.  As he's going up the staircase Chima, Lydia and Kevin come walking by heading to the bathroom.  The two girls (Chima and Lydia) are giggling like crazy.  We never really hear what they were laughing about. Meanwhile Ronnie is upstairs reading some sort of HoH "Instructions Manual."   It's several sheets of laminated pages connected with a ring.

2:15AM BBT Now Chima, Lydia, Kevin and Natalie are outside.  Natalie wants to know what they are giggling at.  They tell her there was a dental damn in the storage room and they are laughing about it.

2:36AM BBT Ronnie comes out to the backyard where Natalie, Lydia, and Kevin are talking much about nothing.  First he asks about the laundry being done for the HoH.  Then he says, "I'm so glad everything went down the way it did, forshizzle."  Now they are talking about Laura. They all feel like she's walking around like she's safe.  Ronnie asks what was this about Laura's boyfriend being abusive?  We immediately lose feeds.  Feeds come back and Ronnie says nominations will be Friday around noon. He says he's received "communication."  Ronnie says Laura needs to go before Casey as she will do better in challenges. [Jessie obviously got through to him.  BigFLGuy]

2:43AM BBT Natalie is talking about Braden that security took him straight to a hotel and you get no phone call for one day. Feeds are gone!

4:10AM BBT:  The HGs are asleep except for Ronnie, who is tossing and turning in the HoH bed.

2:48AM BBT Ronnie going up to bed. Lydia saying she's ready for bed.  Chima is ready for bed just waiting for her clothes to finish drying. Lydia is admiring the black and white photo of Braden on the wall. Kevin just walked up to Braden's photo and calls him a douche bag. Lydia and Kevin head off to bed. Natalie goes to bed. Only Chima is left up and she's just waiting on her clothes to be dry so she too will be off to sleep soon. [Why would they all stay up so late when the are fully aware there will be a  Haves and Have Nots Competition first thing in the morning? - BigFLGuy ]

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