SPOILER ALERT. This covers Big Brother 28 live feed activity from Monday, August 24 through the early hours of Tuesday that has not aired on CBS. Wednesday’s episode is where the broadcast audience finds out. Stop reading here if you only watch the episodes.
LaTrice Verrett used the Power of Veto on herself Monday afternoon, and Dee Valladares put Mallory Aurichio up in her place. Mallory is not a pawn. She is the target, and the people telling her otherwise are the ones running the plan.
What Happened at the Ceremony
Feeds went down around midday and came back with the result. LaTrice saved herself, which nobody disputed was coming, and Dee named Mallory the replacement.
The block for Thursday is Drew Campbell, Mallory Aurichio and Taylor Brown. Three nominees, because Thursday’s live show includes a Blockbuster competition that pulls one of them off before the vote.
Mallory Is the Target and Is Being Told She Is Not
The cover story is running smoothly. Dee and Barrett Pfeiffer have both been assuring Mallory that Taylor is the primary target and that she is only there as a body. LaTrice was told the truth Monday morning, and by early afternoon she had passed it to Taylor.
So the person on the block who does not know what is happening is the one it is happening to. Mallory spent Monday planning to appeal to Angela Murray’s emotions for a vote she is unlikely to get.
Devens Moved This Entire Week
Rick Devens has never been nominated this season and he is quietly the reason the target moved twice. He spent Monday morning telling Drew that Mallory may be the bigger threat, and separately telling Dee he was building the case for Mallory over Taylor.
By mid morning Dee was telling LaTrice her new target was Mallory. That is the whole arc: Drew walked into the week as the person going home, talked his way out of it at the nomination ceremony, and Devens filled the empty seat with somebody else. Our Monday spoiler post tracked the first half of that pivot.
Melody Came Apart
Melody Morris has been the emotional center of this stretch and Monday did not improve it. She had already spent Sunday screaming in the gym and calling Dee a coward. After the ceremony she went back to the same well, venting again and repeating the word.
Before the ceremony she had promised war and said she would lie about anything necessary to protect Mallory. What actually followed was quiet. One feed site described minimal campaigning effort Monday morning despite everything FAP had said it would do.
Mallory and Barrett Had Words
The sharpest exchange of the day was small. Mallory watched Barrett socializing with Dee and said she was going to ask him why he is having fun with someone who is ruining her life.
Barrett denied enjoying himself and offered to stay close to her for the week. He is also currently holding a final two with Dee and a separate final two with Drew, which is a lot of commitments for one person in a house with eleven people left.
Drew Went From Dead to Safe
Three days ago Drew was the target and the entire house knew it. He is now the person the veteran players intend to keep. That reversal came out of a nomination speech where he called himself the biggest liar in the house and went after his co nominees.
Whether he understands how thin that safety is depends on who you ask. One feed log had him in the storage room Monday evening flip flopping between the group that wants to keep him and the one he came up with, which is the behavior of someone who has not picked a side yet.
The Alliance Everyone Built Is Gone
The Mosh Pit, the seven person group that formed to evict Kamu Kirk, is finished. Dee knows she blew it up. What she has left is Devens and Angela against a house that is increasingly aware the veteran players used everyone else to do their work.
One new thread worth watching: LaTrice and Barrett discussed forming an alliance Monday morning. That comes from a single feed site and has not been corroborated anywhere else, so treat it as unconfirmed.
Thursday Is the Whole Ballgame
Mallory’s only realistic path is winning the Blockbuster competition and removing herself. No outlet has published a name by name vote count, and nobody is reported as flipping, but the consensus read is that she does not have the numbers against Taylor.
Thursday is also Big Brother’s 1,000th episode, a 90 minute live show with the Blockbuster, a live eviction, returning houseguests chosen by fan vote, and what CBS is calling the biggest twist of the summer. No twist details have been released, and notably, nobody in the house has been reported discussing it at all.
One more thing worth noting about how this week was built. Dee has now used a competition win, a five thousand dollar bribe and a replacement nomination to remove a person almost nobody outside her own three was targeting a week ago. That is a lot of capital spent on a houseguest who has never won a Head of Household.
The counterargument, and it is the one Devens has been making, is that Mallory is exactly the kind of player who reaches the end without ever being seen as worth removing. Whether that read is correct is something the jury eventually decides rather than the feeds.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who used the Power of Veto?
LaTrice Verrett used it on herself Monday afternoon, August 24. She won it Saturday in an eighties aerobics themed physical competition, her first competition win of the season.
Who is the replacement nominee?
Mallory Aurichio. The final three nominees for Thursday are Drew Campbell, Mallory Aurichio and Taylor Brown.
Who is the target?
Mallory. Dee, Rick Devens and Angela Murray are aligned on it, and LaTrice and Taylor both know. Mallory is being told Taylor is the target.
Why are there three nominees?
Thursday’s live show includes a Blockbuster competition, which lets one of the three nominees remove themselves before the vote. Two then face eviction.
Is Drew safe now?
He is no longer the target. The veteran players intend to keep him after a nomination speech that improved his standing with Dee, though he has been reported wavering between factions.
What is happening Thursday?
Big Brother’s 1,000th episode, live and 90 minutes, with the Blockbuster competition, a live eviction, returning houseguests chosen by fan vote, and an unannounced twist.
