There was no new Big Brother episode Monday night, which turned out to be a gift, because the live feeds did more work in twelve hours than most edited episodes manage all season. Kamu Kirk finally pulled the trigger on the backdoor he had been telegraphing since Sunday night’s tea party ambush, Jason De Puy answered by turning a kitchen appliance into a protest instrument, and by one in the morning the same people who put him up were arguing about whether evicting him is even the smart play.
The veto ceremony played out exactly the way Kamu wanted
Feeds cut at 11:03 AM BBT and came back at 12:19 PM. Lyric Medeiros used the Power of Veto on herself, which shocked absolutely no one, and Kamu named Jason as the replacement. That leaves Jason, Mallory Aurichio, and La Trice “Lala” Verrett on the block. Jason had tried to talk Lyric into leaving the veto in her pocket purely to wreck Kamu’s plan, and he knew it was a longshot. The ceremony itself was the least interesting thing that happened all day. The block was a formality. The fallout is the story.
Jason turned a teapot into a campaign
At 8:31 AM, Jason told Taylor Brown his plan: every time he catches someone talking game, he bangs his teapot and goes and reports it to Kamu. It is petty and kind of brilliant, since Kamu spent Sunday framing Jason’s dealmaking as a house crime. So Jason decided to enforce the rule with maximum noise. He hung tea bags on beds. He rehearsed calling Kamu “Queen Kamu” and the “Queen of the tea party” at the ceremony. At 10:52 AM, the second Kamu walked out of the diary room, Jason cheerfully briefed him on every conversation he had witnessed. Kamu thanked him and called him “soldier.”
The best part came later, when Jason admitted he had no intention of banging the kettle all night. He just wanted everyone to believe he would, which is the sharpest thinking he has done in a week.
The Block Buster makes this a three-body problem
People keep forgetting how this season works. On eviction night, all three nominees compete in the BB Block Buster, the winner is pulled off the block, and only the remaining two face the house vote. Jason already won it in Week 2 and used it to survive. So the house is not planning one eviction. It is planning three and hoping the right person loses.
Which makes Kamu’s 9:26 AM chat with Mallory strange. He told her flat out he wants her to win the Block Buster, which is an odd thing to say to the person you have privately labeled the second biggest threat on the other side.
Barrett and Yash decided to fall in line, quietly
The storage room at 9:30 PM is probably where the week got decided. Barrett Pfeiffer landed on it plainly: do whatever Kamu wants, vote out Jason. His reasoning is pure self-preservation. He and Drew Campbell know they sit at the bottom of the Toolshed, Kamu kept them safe this week, and torching him in Week 3 only paints a target for later.
Yash Patel had the smarter read and lost anyway. His point was that if Jason goes, nobody left on that side is willing to take a shot at anyone, and then there is no war, just a slow march. He is right. They also agreed to keep Rick Devens out of the decision entirely, which tells you what the Dapper Dans alliance is actually worth.
Devens is sitting on the most dangerous card in the house
America handed Devens the Diamond Power of Veto through the BB Time Capsule vote this week, and he has told almost nobody. At 12:52 PM he told Dee Valladares he would use it on Angela Murray if it came to that, and would not even tell Angela he had it. Meanwhile Melody Morris and Drew spent the afternoon convinced Jason is the one hiding a secret power, and Drew repeated that theory to Dee at 10:20 PM. The gap between what this house believes and what is true is the most valuable thing on the feeds right now, and Devens is the only one standing in it.
The real fight is Lala versus Mallory, not Jason
Almost every conversation after the ceremony skipped past Jason and went straight to the backup plan. Devens twice called it stupid to evict Lala over Mallory, and the math is hard to argue with: Mallory can win things and would come after him or Dee, while Lala realistically cannot. Drew flipped twice in one night, wanting Jason gone at 10:20 PM and then telling Angela after midnight that in a Mallory versus Lala vote he would send Lala home, partly because Lala planted herself next to Jason during the blowup.
Kamu’s pitch at the hammock around 1 AM is the coldest and probably the correct one. Take out the two best competitors on that side now, because in a few weeks they run out of bodies over there and have to start eating their own. Drew’s answer was telling: the same way we backed Devens, we back you. Dee keeps saying she could go either way, which is what she says right before doing exactly what she wants.
The sympathy problem has not gone away
Angela called the tea party the most amazing thing she has ever seen happen in this game and Chuk Anyanwu called it television gold, and yet the same people keep circling back to feeling awful about it. Taylor said it stopped being strategy and turned into a pile-on. Devens admitted he encouraged the whole thing partly because he wanted it to blow up on Kamu and knock some shine off him. Sympathy does not win votes in this house. Hesitation does, and hesitation is how a lopsided vote quietly becomes a coin flip.
What to watch before Wednesday
Episode 11 airs Wednesday, July 29, and it is a 90-minute one, so the tea party and the veto ceremony land in the same sitting. Watch whether Jason follows through on the clean slate he promised Melody at 11:50 PM. Watch Drew, who told Dee he cannot stand Chuk and Haley Thogmartin and said it with real heat. Watch whether Chuk’s hit list of Melody, Mallory, and Drew ever reaches Drew’s ears. And watch Devens, because a Diamond Power of Veto nobody knows exists is the kind of thing that quietly decides a season.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is on the block on Big Brother 28 this week?
After Monday’s veto ceremony, the Week 3 nominees are Jason De Puy, Mallory Aurichio, and La Trice “Lala” Verrett. Kamu Kirk is Head of Household.
Did Lyric use the Power of Veto?
Yes. She won it Saturday and used it on herself, forcing Kamu to name a replacement. He chose Jason.
What is the BB Block Buster?
This season’s twist on the three-nominee format. On eviction night all three nominees compete, the winner comes off the block, and the other two face the vote. Jason won it in Week 2.
Who has the Diamond Power of Veto?
Rick Devens, via the BB Time Capsule fan vote. He has kept it quiet and floated using it on Angela Murray without telling her.
Was there a Big Brother episode Monday night?
No. This season airs Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Everything above comes from the Paramount+ live feeds.
Who does the house plan to evict?
Jason is Kamu’s target and the current consensus, but the real debate is the backup. If Jason wins the Block Buster, the vote becomes Mallory versus Lala, and that one is genuinely split.
