11:25AM BBT: We now have FotH.

1:21PM BBT: Elena goes to the bathroom area and says to Jess that it's such a process to get ready for the day. She says she was going to shave her face today but doesn't feel like it. Jess starts telling Elena that she has the temptation and she and Cody are safe so they are going to have to turn on themselves. Elena tells her that Ramses is not going home today. Jess says Ramses is going home. Jess tells Elena that someone is lying to her or keeping her out of the loop.

1:28PM BBT: Elena whispers to Jess that she wasn't going to go for the HoH because she thought she wasn't a target but if the votes don't come out right then she is going for HoH. She says she has a lot of it memorized. Jess explaining to her that Matt and Raven would not give her a straight answer. She tells Elena that Elena, Mark and Cody will keep Rams but the rest will keep Josh.

1:34PM BBT: Cody and Rams in the storage room. Cody tells Ramses to appeal to Raven. He says cry if you have to. Ramses heads to the bathroom area. Elena tells him that she wants to let him know that she is voting to keep him no matter what. Ramses calls Raven and Matt into the storage room and asks them if anything has been changed. Matt tells him no - they are good. They all fist bump.

1:41PM BBT: Christmas and Kevin in the Have-Not room. Discussing different scenarios on who wins HoH. Christmas says that Raven has a sympathy vote. Kevin says that is coming to an end.

1:47PM BBT: Paul comes into the wave room and talks to Christmas and Kevin. They discuss the votes. Christmas says something to to Paul about going back on his word. He says he is her to play and doesn't give a F.

1:54PM BBT: Josh comes into the bedroom and asks Alex if he should start saying his good byes or is it to early (Ramses is in the room). Alex says it's fine to start.

In the rose bedroom, Mark goes in and asks Elena how she is. Elena says she is OK but not OK. She tells him that if the votes don't match up tonight she isn't throwing HoH.

1:58PM BBT: Mark tells Elena thank you for making his bed. Elena says that she was hoping to make it so he didn't know what happened to it. Mark says Kevin told him and it's fine.

2:01PM BBT: Elena asks Paul if he is voting Josh out and Paul shakes his head yes. Mark tells Paul he is studying for HoH competition.

Mark tells Paul that the DR warned him not to do anything to Josh. Paul ask who did and mark tells him them in the DR.

2:08PM BBT: Paul and Josh whisper in the storage room. Paul leaves and goes to talk to Alex he whispers to her then says OK done and walks off. Christmas and Josh now in the lounge room studying for the HoH competition again.

2:22PM BBT: The HGs are getting ready for tonight's show and laying around just talking general talk or studying for competition.

2:27PM BBT: Josh and Alex in the Have-Not room going over the tattoos in the pictures yesterday. Most HGs in the bathroom area getting ready.

2:36PM BBT: Mark and Elena just sitting in silence in the red bedroom.

In the bathroom area Kevin was helping Cody cut his hair, most HGs are doing makeup and hair just general talk going on about hair.

2:42PM BBT: Everyone studying for the HoH competition tonight as they all want HoH.

2:46PM BBT: Josh pulls HGs into a room and starts to say goodbye then studies with them then when they finish he says after we leave here I hope we will be good friends. then he walks out and says every time I say goodbye I feel like I'm going to cry then walks out of the room.

2:52PM BBT: Paul is giving Kevin a hair cut in the bathroom area. Jason brushing teeth, Josh is walking around the house and goes to bathroom area to shave his face.

3:03PM BBT: Paul finishes cutting Kevin's hair. He is starting on Cody's. Other HGs getting ready for the show night.

3:11PM BBT: In the kitchen, Christmas is going through a bag of bottles. Then she looks at hr self and says she wishes she had something to push these puppies up. She pushes her breasts up and asks Matt what he thinks of that. He says it looks nice and goes back to fixing food. Christmas says she wishes she had brought her sexy stuff.

3:18PM BBT: Josh and Christmas in the kitchen. Christmas asking him if he is packed and his things int he storage room. He says yes. He tells her he is tired of crying about going. (Raven and Matt are in the kitchen) He says that he is over the crying and asks them not to hug him too long when he goes. Christmas tells him if he hugs her not to hurt her foot.

3:28PM BBT: Matt and Raven talking int he kitchen about how much they can drink. Raven says he has no idea how much she can drink. Talk of getting a bottle of wine.

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Cody is back in the house and Jody is back in power, but come eviction night it's the house that holds all the cards.

Previously on Big Brother, Jessica was tempted with the Halting Hex inside the Den, and the house was warned the consequence would soon follow. At the HoH competition, Josh tried to rattle Jody, but Jessica overcame his meatball madness. With the power couple back in control, Mark and Elena tried to get in their good graces.

At the nomination ceremony, Jess went for a pawn and a target but Paul was secretly working to kick the cosplayer to the curb. Soon after, Paul let Josh know he could be staying. With the veto on the line, Jessica blew the competition away.

Hoping Jess wouldn't use the veto, Paul advised Josh to lay low, but Jessica was torn. At the veto meeting Jessica may have unintentionally sealed Ramses fate. Tonight, will Paul's blindside plan go through or will the house flip on the meatball. Plus a new HoH will be crowned. All this live on Big Brother!

Good evening! Jessica has had one of the most successful weeks in the history of Big Brother! First, America tempted her with the Halting Hex. Then, the battle back sent her man back in the game. She then proceeded to win the HoH competition and the veto. But her hot streak could all be for naught if she doesn't see her target Josh walk out the front door tonight. So, who will be sent packing? We'll soon find out.

But first Jessica decided not to use the veto, a decision that could cost her and her allies dearly.

Jessica tells us she decided not to use the veto and ruffle any more feathers and to get the house to trust them. She says Josh said her and Cody were going to leave before him, but that's definitely not going to happen and she gets to be the one to send him packing.

Ramses tells us that everyone is saying Josh is the target, but you never know what's going to happen. Paul tells us including him, he's already got seven votes to get Ramses out. He's a little worried about Elena and Mark rekindling their relationship with Jessica and Cody and what they don't know can't hurt them, right? Josh says Jessica made a boo-boo this week because he's staying and her and her boyfriend are getting meatball blindsided this week!

Paul tells Josh it was a really good veto speech and he encourages to keep laying low.

Josh is in the storage room with Elena and he's crying and she gives him a hug. Josh says he's either going to lose his mind and go crazy or win an Emmy for this performance.

Kevin and Jason whisper about the plan. Kevin says everyone knows about the plan and he doesn't want to rock the boat right now.

Josh is in the lounge with his sunglasses on and hoodie and he looks sad, but then he does a happy dance and says to the camera they are getting played. Jessica walks by and he quickly sits back down.

Jessica talks to Mark to make sure they are on board for Thursday and they are completely locked in. Paul says since Cody came back and Jess got power, Mark and Elena have been chummy chummy with Jess and Cody and they are too chummy for his liking.

Paul says they are in the kitchen with Jess and Cody, or outside with them, or everything with them. Paul says they might as well shower with Jess and Cody. Paul says that's why he kept them in the dark so they can be blindsided along with Jess and Cody.

Cody and Mark are in the kitchen talking and Mark tells they can regroup and see who they can work with moving forward.

Mark tells us he wants to work with Jess and Cody because he likes to be around them and they are good competitors. Mark tells Cody he hasn't talked to Christmas about any game. Cody says he's pretending to work with Mark, he's not trusting him one bit because he had no trouble back stabbing him.

We see Mark and Paul playing pool and Mark is saying can we just fast forward to Thursday night. Mark says he's getting annoyed with certain people and Paul asks if he feels differently that Cody is back.

Mark tells Paul he likes him, he's always liked him and he's just glad they can have a clean slate. Paul tells us what?!? Oh you have a clean slate with Cody, OK let me write that down. OK what else?

Mark is saying there is a pair that is playing the neutral game that he hates. Paul tells us Mark doesn't like people that stay neutral and a "pair"? Sounds a lot like Matt and Raven, I'll let them know. Mark says we'll see what happens.

Paul says thanks for the grocery list of red flags and I'll play pool with you and I'm on my way.

We see Matt and Raven talking to Paul and he tells them to lay in bed like they're taking their nap and Paul whispers about his conversation with Mark. Paul says he's just letting them know.

Raven tells Paul Mark wakes up every morning and goes up there. Raven tells us if Mark is talking about her and Matt then she can't trust them at all. He thinks they are flying under the radar and are passive people? He'll see how passive they are when her and Matt win HoH and him and his little girlfriend are on the block.

Cody asks Ramses if he's been talking to people. Ramses says people could keep "him" to mess with Cody and Jess. Cody says he wouldn't trust anyone else at all. Cody had a dream that Josh goes out the door and he'll meet a flurry of boos. Cody says he'll be filled with joy and satisfaction. Screw the 500 thousands, that's all he wants and if it's unanimous, Josh will see blood.

Up next, the stage is set for a blindside, but one slip could change the outcome of tonight's eviction. Because Jessica accepted the Halting Hex temptation, a curse will be released into the house. Julie will tell us all about it before the hour is up.

Agreeing to a blindside is one thing. Keeping it a secret is another. We see Kevin talking to Jessica and Jessica tells him it was the best week.

Kevin asks about the temptation and she doesn't say no. Kevin asks what it is and she says let's just say it's better than Paul's. She can't go anywhere. Kevin is trying to figure out what it is. Jessica says her and Cody do have some trust in Kevin and she's trusting he keeps her secret, for now anyway. Kevin tells us they have a pretty good relationship they're both from New England, so he looks out for her and she looks out for him.

Kevin tells us he knows the plan to get rid of Ramses and he doesn't think Jess knows and everyone has been against her all season. He follows her into the bathroom and tells her the little kid with the glasses is going.

Jessica says she's frustrated because she wishes she had trusted her gut. She goes upstairs and tells Cody the house is trying to flip the vote and she feels like screaming. Jess trusts Cody's vote and Elena's, but she doesn't know if Kevin is going to vote their way and she doesn't even trust Mark. Jess wants to drag Paul upstairs by his beard and kick him in the face. She says she needs to lock in numbers, they only need 5 and she can break the tie.

Jessica talks to Elena and Mark and they both say they're voting out Josh. Cody begs Alex to vote out Josh and she agrees.

Jess talks to Kevin and the Cody talks to Jason and Jason agrees that Josh is going home. Cody says if Josh doesn't go home he's going to lose his mind, win HoH and tear the house.

Jason asks us, "Is Cody threatening me and the rest of the house?" Jason says alright Cody strap on your boots and let's go to war.

Up next is the live vote and eviction. Ramses thinks he's safe and Josh thinks he's safe. Only one can be right.

It's now time for the live vote and eviction. Ramses or Josh, it's up in the air who goes home tonight.

Julie gives Ramses and Josh their chance to sway the votes. Ramses says this time has been super fun and he doesn't want that to end. He doesn't think he deserves to be here and he says he can help people moving forward. They have to think of jury and he can help them out in the following weeks.

Josh gives glory to God, he misses his family, he tells the HGs they are part of his familia and he'll go to war for them and he asks them to do what's best for their game. It's time for the live voting to begin. Jessica will only vote in the event of a tie.

Cody is first to vote. He votes to evict Josh.
Jason votes to evict Ramses.
Alex votes to evict Ramses.
Mark votes to evict Josh.
Elena votes to evict Josh.
Kevin votes to evict Ramses.
Matt votes to evict Ramses.
Raven votes to evict Ramses.
Christmas votes to evict Ramses.
Paul votes to evict Ramses.
By a vote of 7-3, Ramses has been evicted from the house.

Julie is back to give the house the news. When she gives the results, the evicted HGs will have one minute to gather his belongings and walk out the door. Josh is looking shocked. They see him out and the crowd cheers for Ramses. Josh is thanking everyone.

Julie says Ramses, classic BB tonight. He says I know! Julie says he was told he was pawn, what does he think happened. Ramses feels like Paul turned the tide, it got crazy.

Julie asks why he didn't campaign and he says he did, he thought he was working hard. Ramses says some people had links from the beginning and he just couldn't get in.

Julie says you were friendly with everyone, but no alliance. Did you have a strategy for the game? Ramses says his strategy was to be friendly with everyone and have one close person, but then Jillian left.

Julie asks if the game was much harder to play than he thought it would be. Ramses says yeah you actually have to socialize and strategize. Julie asks if he thinks they made a mistake and Ramses says yes, he could have been loyal.

We see good-bye messages. Jessica apologizes for his eviction because of her game play. Josh is shouting the meatballs cost him his game. Paul says he was a funny kid and he enjoyed his company but strategically he was better than Josh and had to go sooner than later.

Kevin tells him he's sorry he had to go, it was strategic and don't take it personally and he'll see him for Thanksgiving.

Julie wishes him luck.

Welcome back! Last night the memory wall was populated by images of the three evicted HG. Pictures that hold the key to winning tonight's critical household competition. The memory wall says Inked and Evicted. The pictures are of them with tattoos on them. Kevin is inspired to get a BB tattoo. It's time for the live HoH competition.

HG, the power is up for grabs. Jessica as outgoing HoH you are not eligible to compete.

This competition is called Inked and Evicted and this is how it works: Last night, you all studied pictures of Cameron, Jillian, and Dominique as they appeared in a wildly tattoo magazine. She will now ask a series of True or False based on the pictures they studied. Get it right and you stay in the game, but get it wrong and you will be eliminated. The last HGs standing will be the new HoH. Does everyone understand?

First question: Myrtle Beach is one of the timeshare treasures tattooed on Jillian's arm. Everyone says True except Elena and she is out.

Second question: Why the battle back wasn't for me was one of the headlines on Cameron's volume of Inked and Evicted. Mark, Alex, Cody, Jason, Kevin, and Josh all says True. Christmas, Matt, Paul, and Raven all say False. Jason switches to false. The correct answer is false. Marl, Alex, Cody, Kevin, and Josh are all out.

Question three: Both Dominique and Jillian have a tattoo of the word money. Everyone says false and everyone is correct.

Question four: Jillian had tattoos of flowers on her skin and as a print on her bikini. Everyone said true and everyone is correct.

Question five: The woman tattooed on Cameron's back is wearing a purple headband. Christmas and Jason said True and Paul, Raven, and Matt all say False. The correct answer is False. Christmas and Jason are out. Jodi's headband was orange.

Question six: The words battle back did not appear anywhere on tattoos or text on Jillian's cover. Raven says false, Paul says true, and Matt says false. Congratulations Paul, you are the next HoH.

Welcome back! Let's go to the living room and talk with the HG. Julie greets them and says congratulations to Paul and how does it feel. Paul says scary and nervous but good at the same time. Julie asks Josh how he feels and he says great. Julie asks Jessica how she feels and she says America gave the temptation and she can keep her and Cody safe for a few weeks. Julie says good night.

Last week, Jessica entered the final Den of Temptation and accepted the Halting Hex, but in doing so she released a consequence into the house that will change the game. It is called the Temptation Competition and for the next three weeks, before nominations, the HGs will be tempted to compete in this competition and for the first time in BB history, the HGs will get to choose whether or not they want to compete. The winner of this competition will be safe for the week, but like all temptations participating comes with a consequence. The HGs who finishes last will automatically go on the block as a third nominee. Tune in Sunday when the Temptation Competition will be revealed to the house. Plus find out who Paul will nominate. The Wednesday will the veto be used? And next Thursday someone MAY be evicted.

Tonight's coverage of Big Brother 19, S19E15, written by IndyMom78  

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Mark apologizes to Elena because Paul didn't include her because of him. Elena says he didn't tell me because of your relationship with Cody. Elena says she still doesn't fully trust Cody. Elena says once she loses trust it's hard to rebuild. Mark says he's not going to tell her what to do. Elena says she knows. Matt walks into the room. Elena simply says it is what it is. Raven walks in and kisses Mark on the cheek. And then kisses Elena on the cheek too. Matt asks Elena if she's accepting hugs or no? Elena says no very firmly.

7:38PM BBT: Mark says "I want a kiss." Elena says no, I'm pissed. Elena says the only time she cries if she gets really pissed off. Elena says I'm not going to cry. Elena says she hates when people approach her when she's clearly pissed off (talking about Matt and Raven). Mark asks if she's mad at him? Elena says no I'm not mad at you, but I'm pissed. Elena then says I knew about the temptation. Elena says she and Cody are safe for a long time. [Clearly Jess did not tell her what it really was. ~Rachel12] Elena says Jess can't lie about the temptation. But Elena just figured it out.

7:40PM BBT: Jessica tells Mark and Elena about how she got a hinky feeling before the PoV meeting and how she wanted to use it to put up Alex. Elena asks why she didn't.

Jessica explains that it's because Cody said everything was fine and she is just tired. She didn't want to make waves. She also says that it wasn't until after that meeting that Alex and Jason got into that fight with Cody about not wanting to vote out Josh.

Elena tells Jessica that at least she was able to give her vote for Ramses, but she still wishes she was in the loop.

7:45PM BBT: Jessica says that the one person who lied straight to her face was Raven. Right before the live show she told her she was voting for Josh and by then she definitely knew she was voting for Ramses. She says the fact that she was capable of that is unreal.

Paul tells Production that he can't find his HoH key.

Elena tells Jessica that every day Matt licks her because they say he is her dog. She says that a little bit ago he came into the room and tried to do that. She was like, "No." She says that Raven was all happy and acting like nothing happened. She can't believe that she and she just doesn't work like that. We get FotH.

7:50PM BBT: Feeds return with Jeff Schroeder interviewing Ramses. Jeff asks him how he didn't see this coming. He says that he campaigned his butt off the last couple days. He says he could have campaigned more not to have Jess put him up in the first place. Jess says we'll get there.

Jeff asks him how he felt about the Battle-Back. Ramses says that he was worried because he did go against him in the vote for Jillian but he felt that Cody was against a lot of other people more than him. He says that he really wanted Jillian back.

Jeff says, "So let's talk about last week's HoH," which Ramses almost won. Ramses explains how it worked. Jeff says that he chose to give his punishment to Jess and asks why. He says that he didn't want to be the butthole who gave it to the girl with one working leg (Christmas).

Jeff asks if he regretted it when Jessica won and Ramses said no. Jeff asks who he would say was in his alliance and Ramses says he didn't really have one. He says that he wanted to have one person he could really trust and that person was Jillian. He says that Cowboy and Alex was one side and Cody and Jess was the other and neither of them really trusted him. Jeff asks if he was surprised that he went up. Ramses says that he feels he gave good arguments why he shouldn't go up, but he wasn't sure if he should go talk again. He says it's a delicate balance.

8:03PM BBT: Ramses interview over. We get WBRB and fishes again.

8:05PM BBT: Feeds back. Jason and Kevin in the Wave Room talking. They're talking about eating and sleeping. Kevin leaves and says he's going to check on his lady. Jason is alone and says hi to his wife, Holly. Jason says hi to his son and that his son is the best thing. Jason says people like me but when they meet you they're going to be confused about how she's with him.

Camera switches to wash room. Raven and Mark talking. Mark asks if he's an outsider now. Raven says no not at all and kisses him. Mark says OK and it's just scary being in the dark. Mark says he understands though. They high five and he leaves. Raven is doing her make-up and then leaves.

Camera in kitchen. Paul is making chicken. Christmas asks who slept in the round bed. Someone says nobody. Christmas explains that she slept with Elena. Paul asks Raven to get garlic cloves ready for him.

In the wave room Mark and Jason are talking. Mark is upset about something. Jason tells him about people wanting certain up. Mark asks if me and you are good? Jason says yes. Jason says with Paul you're fine. Mark says but in general. Jason says everyone is gunning for Cody and Jess. Mark asks are people going to come for me because of my association with Cody? Jason says yes just straight up. Jason then says we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

8:10PM BBT: Jason and Mark still talking in the wave room. Mark says if she wins HoH who is she going to come after? Jason says I don't know; I don't think so. Mark says have Matt and Raven said anything and Jason says no. Mark says what about Kevin? Jason says no Kevin and I don't talk game. Mark says does my name still come up? Jason says yes but I deflect it. Jason says if Paul does put you up just breath. Jason says no one is gunning for you. Mark says I'm going to fart. Jason says let it rip. [OMG ~Rachel12]

Jason and Mark continue game talk. Alex pops in and says Ha! I caught ya! Jason says we're just talking naked ladies and positions. Alex says the only woman you've seen naked is Holly? Mark says only one? What about the woman who punched you? Jason then announces to the LFers that Alex strips in her sleep and he doesn't say anything. Alex says she has tiny scissors and she cuts off part of Jason's hair in his sleep. Jason pretends to be shocked. Alex leaves after more joking.

8:13PM BBT: Jason and Mark continue talking game.

Jason is talking to his wife in the Wave Room through the camera. He tells her that he knows it's her birthday the next day and he wishes her a happy one. He says hello to his son. He tells her that he hopes she go to watch the live show tonight.

Feeds switch to Raven and Mark talking in the bathroom area. He asks her if he's an outsider now. She says NO. She tells him that she loves him. They high five and he leaves.

Mark goes to the Wave Room and joins Jason talking to his wife. Jason tells her that Mark keeps him grounded in the art of weight lifting, pool, etc. Alex is in the room, too.

In the kitchen all the other HGs are eating. Alex leaves the room and Mark asks Jason if they're OK. Jason says that after Dominique went home people were gunning for him, but he thinks he's OK. Jason says that he knows people were gunning for Jess and Cody, but now that they have safety he doesn't know what will happening now. Mark asks if they're OK.

Jason says that he hated lying to them but he had something personal against Ramses because he won the $25,000 and he had a good game. Mark wants to know if his name is being brought up. He says that his name was brought up when Alex was HoH, but and Jason says that he deflected it. Marks says he owes him for that.

8:10PM BBT: Mark tells Jason that he needs to fart and Jason tells him to let it rip. Alex comes into the room and Jason tells everyone in America that Alex doesn't sleep walk, she sleep strips. Alex says it's true because it's really hot in there. She leaves the room and Jason continues talking to Mark. He says he honestly doesn't believe that he's a target. He says that he might be on the radar, but he doesn't think he's a target. Jason says that he will never vote him out, that's for sure.

8:15PM BBT: Mark says he's just worried because there were three outcasts... one was him, one was Elena, and the other one is safe, so he admits that he's worried. Jason says that he, Paul and Alex are usually together... and Kevin. Mark says that he and Kevin don't talk much. Jason says that if he goes up he needs to stay calm and to make sure that Cody and Jessica don't flip. Mark says they won't.

Mark says that he will talk to Paul after his HoH room. Jason says that's a good idea. Mark says that he has been honest with Paul. He says that there are people in the house he doesn't trust but he and Cody have cleaned the slate. Feeds 1 and two are now on Cody and Jessica in their new bed in the Rose bedroom. Jess says her belly hurts. Elena comes in picking stuff off the floor and says that people just throw their crap everywhere.

Feeds immediately switch back to the kitchen. Feeds switch back to the Rose bedroom. Cody tells Jessica that her four outfits today have rocked. Jason asks Mark if Paul really wants to bring Josh to jury and Jason says HECK NO. Jess says there was so much ass kissing going on it was sickening. Cody says that he was just telling everyone that he wants everyone to look at him as an asset and an ally. He's not mad. He says that he felt if he laid it on any thicker it would seem fake.

8:20PM BBT: Jessica tells Elena that she told Cody if things didn't go their way she hoped that Julie would call on her because she wanted so badly to tell everyone about her ‘Halting Hex.' She says she fell in love with Julie so much for calling on her at the end of the show so she could do it. Mark has joined them and says he can't believe he has to live with that F for another week. Cody says that they had already mentally prepared themselves and had already decided they didn't want it to be another Jillian thing so they weren't going to react. Cody says they feel everything he feeling, but they had a serious talk about internalizing everything. He says they were going to go after Paul and Raven, but Paul won.

Jason and Alex are in the Wave Room and Jason tells her about his conversation with Mark. She calls him a dumb dumb for telling him that he was ever a target.

8:25PM BBT: Alex tells Jason that it's most likely going to be Mark and Elena. Jason says, "Well DUH!" Alex leaves the room and Paul comes in. Jason is now telling him about their conversation. He tells him that he told Mark, "Well, you did flip flop with Cody," and Mark says he worked that out with Cody.

Alex comes back in and Paul says he's making Big Boy moves this week so they better protect him next week. They promise they will.

Jason, Alex, and Paul all say they doubt that Jessica and Cody have protection for two weeks because Cody was panicked. They saw it in their eyes. They all bump knuckles. It sounds like they might be putting up Mark and Cody. Paul is now talking to Christmas. He says if he really had that safety, why is he kissing such ass. He thinks maybe she is safe, but he's calling their bluff.

8:31PM BBT: Paul thinks that if he had a power like that he wouldn't say anything until he had to. He says he had an absolutely panicked look on his face. Bluffing. He says they can't just make a statement like that and expect him not to act on it.

Cody, Jessica, and Mark are still talking about the evening's situation in the rose bedroom. Cody says he's surprised that everyone just said YES, we were on this side and you are on that side. No one lied about their votes or anything. Mark says he can kind of understand it. He says that everyone knows how he felt about Josh. Mark says that maybe he's nieve, but he feels good. He says that if he goes home before Josh and he doesn't even make jury... gosh.

Cody says he wonders if they (BB) will even talk to him and Jess this week. Mark asks her if she has any idea what the curse is. She tells him she can't answer that because there are very specific things she can and can't say.

8:35PM BBT: Cody says he wonders if anyone is thinking that so many people voted for Jess to get the Halting Hex and now they've elected to keep the guy who has been berating her. Mark agrees. Mark says that if he goes home this week he's almost OK with it because of what he did to them. Cody says it's OK. Mark says that he just doesn't want anything to affect them or Elena.

Mark says that it sounds like no one is scared of Josh and the two strongest competitors are safe, so it's going to be a very strange week. Jess says it was so hard to keep the secret to herself until Cody came back into the house.

8:40PM BBT: Mark asks if it was that she gets to keep herself safe and anyone who came back in the Battle Back? She says she doesn't know how to answer that so she'll just say that she's using it to keep them both safe.

Jess leaves the room and Cody asks Mark if he thinks Paul will nominate Alex and Jason. Mark says they were on the same page and he and Elena weren't. Mark says that there's no way they want to bring Josh to jury. He says that he told everyone that he only had a problem with him and then tells everyone there's two meatballs in this game. Mark says that Josh has a talent for contradicting himself in one sentence.

8:45PM BBT: Mark says that he was the second one out in two straight competitions. Cody says he went out on that one, too. Cody says that he hopes they don't pick Have-Nots based on that. Mark says that the next question there were way more people so he thinks Paul will have to pick. Cody says that if Paul is picking that he and Jessica will get it.

Jessica and Elena are in the storage room. Jess asks if anyone has talked to her. Elena says that she is being clearly rude and avoiding conversation. She says there are clear indications of how people lie in the game and Raven's was disgusting.

Jessica joins the Mark and Cody back in the rose bedroom. Mark says this could be a good week. He says that he's an optimist.

8:50PM BBT: Kevin and Paul are talking in the Wave Room. Paul tells Kevin his theory that Jessica and Cody are bluffing. Kevin says that he thinks maybe she has it, but what if Cody is caught in a room with another girl tomorrow. Is he still protected?

Mark walks into the room and they say they are talking about eating. Mark tells them that he asked Jess about how they will be cursed and she couldn't tell him anything.

Paul tells him that he really questions everything. He says it doesn't make sense. And if they did have it, why would they reveal it? Mark asks them if they are looking at him differently because he's spending time with them. Paul says they seclude themselves a lot and because he spends time with them he does too. He's just being honest.

8:55PM BBT: Paul says he took a lot of things from the fact that they revealed what they did. It shows that they don't trust him not to put them up. Jessica and Cody are talking about Josh.

Cody and Jessica are talking about when Julie asked her about being blindsided. She said that everyone was thinking she'd just been blindsided and she was like, "I'm not the only one who's been blindsided," and then she told them about her ‘Halting Hex.' She says that she doesn't think that anyone in this house believed she could like as well as she did the last two weeks. Cody says that he likes it when his girl can show people she can be scary.

Cody says that he doesn't know who he will be friends with out of the house. She says that Raven is someone she definitely won't be friends with out of the house.

11:40-12 Midnight-ish BBT: Paul, Raven, and Matt have been talking in the HoH room for a while. Paul is saying how Jessica and Cody were lying about their Temptation because they said that they're not allowed to talk about it, although Jessica mentioned it during the live show. Paul said that production said they're not allowed to lie about it and he knows because he has a Temptation.

They are very perplexed about Jessica's Temptation and keep going back and forth on the subject of Jess lying about it. Paul is certain that BB would not give such a powerful advantage to them. [And yet, I think Paul's Temptation was more powerful. ~Morty]

They mention Elena and how she hasn't spoken to Matt and Raven in days. Paul mentions that Cody came to the HoH to say he covered Marks butt meaning they're in cahoots.

Paul says he wants Alex to come up to talk to her about Cowboy. Apparently Jason asked Paul earlier in that week if Paul knows whether Alex is playing him.

12:20 - 3:00AM BBT: Matt told Paul that he already made his goal - he just wanted to make it to jury. He said he's been playing the nice guy up until now, but now that they are at jury, he will do whatever they need him to do to help them out. Christmas came in and Paul told the three of them (Matt, Raven, Christmas) that from the "original group" they are the only four who have stuck together, so he wants them to stay strong. They can tell the rest of the "group" (Alex, Jason, Kevin, Josh ED: he didn't mention those names but I believe that is who he means) what they feel is necessary but full game discussions will only be between the four of them.

So Paul's plan is to put up Jessica and Cody because he thinks what she is saying about her temptation is BS - he believes she has one, but doesn't believe it's as good as she is claiming - he believes they are both acting scared and nervous and they wouldn't be acting that way if it is what she is claiming it is. IF the temptation is that she can immediately remove both of them from the block, he will replace them with Mark and Elena; If she can only remove herself he will replace her with Mark. His preference, if it comes to that, is to keep Elena because she has already talked to him about distancing herself from Mark and she does NOT like/trust Cody. Matt and Raven were a little reluctant about this, (Ed. Raven is really pissed at Elena because she won't even look at Raven and she has been saying stuff about them). Paul pointed out that if Elena goes, Mark is definitely going to stick with Cody/Jess and that is three strong people they need to play against. If Mark goes home, Elena will come to them, and even if she doesn't, she is not going to want to win an HoH, because she either sticks with Jess/Cody and goes against 8, or she goes against Jess/Cody, so he believes if the temptation keeps Cody/Jess safe and he needs to replace them, it will be Mark going home. They all seem to be on the same page with this and Paul explained his reasoning.

Paul talked to Alex and told her all the above (they are "secretly" working together but nobody has picked up on that at all and they are both very excited about that). Alex completely agrees with Paul's plan. Paul talked to her about Jason and told her she has to keep her eye on him and not give him all the information, because he talks and lets stuff slip, so the less he knows the better - just tell him he is safe - there is a plan and not to worry. He asked Alex to tell Christmas she can send Elena up.

Elena comes up and Paul starts off slowly, kind of hinting that Mark is screwing up her game - he told her this week might be a pivotal moment for her in the game. She can pivot, and be OK, or she can keep doing what she is doing (hanging out with Mark, Cody and Jess) and he has no idea what her fate will be moving forward. He said he is not putting her on the block but if he has to put two more people up because of the temptation, he might put her up as a pawn. She expressed concern that Ramses was the pawn last week and he went home - Paul corrected her and said he was NOT the pawn - that might have been what Jessica wanted, but that move wasn't right for the rest of the house. Paul said that is why he said it could be a pivotal moment for her this week. He said that IF she ends up on the block with Mark, that will give her an opportunity to campaign and talk to people (without Mark there) and gain some trust with the rest of the house to still go after Cody and Jess. They repeated themselves over and over (as most house guests tend to do). Elena told Paul she trusts him more than anyone in the house. Mark finally made his way up to HoH saying he can't sleep - he said he didn't want to be "in that room" (HN). Paul told them both to go to bed and get some sleep and not to sweat anything.

NOTE: There was a couple of hours that Jess, Cody, Mark and Elena were in the bathroom talking and at one point Elena was saying that when they were studying, she said "Miami" and asked Paul if it was Miami and he said yes - however, I was focused on HoH conversation and didn't really catch conversations in the other part of the house during this time.

2:26AM BBT: Paul has "Game Chat" alone in HoH room to camera. This is the cliffs notes version of what he said, all opinions are that of Paul not myself lol

He does a recap of everything he's done so far. Says he knew right away Cody was an alpha male and threw the first HoH competition to him so he would win and show his cards said he rallied the votes to keep Christmas and get Jillian out of the house. The next week he won HoH and backdoored Cody "flawlessly". The Alex wins HoH and he solidified a relationship with her. Dominique goes home and leaves seeds about Mark. He takes credit for three targets gone.

Then Jessica wins HoH and does the dumbest move ever by putting up Ramses and Josh, and he doesn't know how he skated that one by. Even though he was safe he still had the power and rallied the votes to get Ramses out. He talks about planting the seed that Ramses won the $25k just so Kevin owes him a solid. He mentions Ramses had to go and josh had to stay since josh will never take a shot at him but might take wild shots and jess and Cody. Does give him a shout out and that he likes him as a person and hopes to hang with him after the game.

He claims Elena was the only other person that knew the tats for the competition as well as he did and he purposely gave her misinformation on the arm tat that she got wrong. Saying he told her it was Miami.

He calls BS on Jess having a temptation that keeps her and another person safe for three weeks and is putting her and Cody up anyway. Worst case Mark goes home this week. He's trying to get Elena away from Mark game wise.

He thinks things are going pretty well so far but thinks he's had to win too many competitions but since he's the only vet he's had to. He's thinks it's hilarious that everyone listens to him and does what he says and haven't tried to get him out yet.

His plan is to have an operation each week and so far he's three for three and this week will make four for four and he's the puppet master of the house.