BB28Aug 23, 7:57 PM

Evening Update: Dee Told Mallory

Sunday Dee said Mallory Aurichio out loud as the Week 7 replacement — to Drew, Barrett, then Mallory herself — while telling Mallory she's leaning Haley. The veto ceremony is still Monday morning. LaTrice still holds unused veto; noms remain LaTrice, Taylor, and Drew. Dee told Drew Yash already took $5k. Sunday's episode showed the bribe coin and Drew's Never Not Pass.

Sunday was a waiting day, and everybody in the house knew it. The veto ceremony is Monday morning's problem. LaTrice still holds an unused veto, and the noms are still Friday's slate: LaTrice, Taylor, and Drew, under HOH Dee. What changed today is a name. Dee spent Saturday night into Sunday letting Haley sit as the assumed replacement — and then, over one afternoon, said Mallory out loud. To Devens. To Drew. To Barrett. And finally, at 6:31 PM, to Mallory herself.

Overnight: the Haley-shaped plan

Saturday night still looked like Haley. At 11:52 PM FAP was asking whether Dee puts her up — Barrett thought so, Drew still wanted Yash — and at 12:05 AM Barrett said Dee might pick Haley over Yash for less blood. Drew was glad the renom wasn't "one of you guys." Mallory said knock on wood. Read that back after the evening this house had.

Feeds came back around 9:28 AM. By 9:58 AM Dee was telling Yash she wouldn't put him up as a renom if she didn't put him up initially; Yash said he'd keep acting like he's going up. That's the line, not a locked deal. Midday, the Honor Society fight got a poolside encore: Taylor wanted a heavy talk, Haley called it silly, and when Taylor said it might come up in the DR, Haley called it "a threat."

Afternoon: the Mallory turn

At 12:49 PM, Dee walked Devens through it: Taylor is still the target, Drew already suspects Mallory, and the plan is to tell the others about the Yash pact and bring up putting Mallory up. Lala is the vote if it's Drew vs Mallory — pressure her. Devens said it depends how Mallory reacts to the nom.

At 2:34 PM Dee told Drew about the bonded Yash deal — "Yash can't put me up so he's not going to be my renom," and "He already accepted it" when Drew asked about the $5,000. Haley is off the list because she "had a sht two weeks"; Taylor stays the public target. Drew is scared of sitting next to Mallory. Dee's answer: fck the sympathy vote — they'll pressure Lala.

From 3:45 PM, Dee ran it by Barrett: the Yash deal is binding, Mallory is the best renom, a Drew-vs-Mallory vote could tie, and Dee would break it against Mallory. Barrett said he'd vote Mallory to avoid the tiebreaker: "I choose you over Mallory. Every time." (Dee later told Barrett the Yash promise isn't actually binding, but putting him up would still be a bad move.)

Then the boys debriefed at 4:26 PM, and it got ugly. Drew: "Dee has been nothing but bad for my game." Barrett couldn't argue. Drew thinks Dee aired his Never Not Pass to Haley. Devens fake-napped nearby, got made, and the whole thing got force-spilled to Dee, who got heated. Drew: "I think I'm gone now." Dee later laughed that Drew needed Barrett as a buffer and called him a little brother.

Evening: Dee tells Mallory — twice, both ways

At 6:28 PM, Dee to camera: it's okay, we're sending Mallory home. I feel bad for Barrett.

Three minutes later she pulled Mallory to HOH: "I know you feel a weird vibe and it is exactly what you think. I am considering you as a renom." The only other options she named were Yash and Haley. Mallory said she'd put up Yash, Lala, or Haley — never Dee — and: you told me I was good. Dee: I did; I have till the morning. When Mallory asked how she's leaning, Dee said Haley.

After Mallory left, Dee talked herself back around on camera: Haley is the easy option, but Mallory is the best game play, emotions can't get in the way, the Barrett work is done and Lala is on it. Mallory gone helps Devens and Angela. That contradiction — Haley to Mallory's face, Mallory to the lens — is the whole story tonight.

By 6:57 PM Mallory was out of the pod in sunglasses, crying, called to DR. By 7:07 PM Taylor was telling Lala that Dee told Mallory she's going up. Lala: Drew or Mallory got to go.

On TV: Sunday's episode showed last week's noms, Dee handing Yash the $5k BB Bribe coin (Yash accepts on the episode), and Drew landing on Power 3 — the Never Not Pass. Saturday's house bit is now canon.

Open Monday morning

Unused veto in LaTrice's hands. No ceremony yet. Noms are still LaTrice, Taylor, Drew. Dee is talking like it's Mallory but told Mallory it's Haley — and she gave herself till morning. We're not picking a winner. Monday will.

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