We start off with even more flashbacks, apparently left over from the previous episode. Again, nothing new or earth-shattering. This takes a while, but we finally get to the new stuff.
Kevin in the Diary Room: “Jordan winning the second round is perfect. Now Natalie is no longer in the equation.”
Kevin tells Jordan that if he wins, he will take her with him. In fact, he gets a little crazy-eyed about his assurances, and Jordan finally calls him on it, what’s going on? Kevin is concerned that Natalie will convince Jordan to take Natalie to the end. Jordan tells him he shouldn’t be paranoid.
Jordan in the Diary Room: “I will take Natalie.”
Then we have some scenes with Natalie working Jordan, and Jordan working Natalie, and everybody starting to get a little freaky as the finale approaches. Kevin and Natalie actually get rather heated during one extended scene, and it looks like a bridge might have just been burned. Not clear, but I’m hoping so.
Cut to Michele’s arrival at the Jury House. She wastes no time in trashing Natalie about giving up the chance to play in the Veto Competition. She soon learns that she doesn’t have to trash her too hard, because it seems nobody in the Jury House is happy about Natalie. Does Natalie even have a chance?
Then we have the “official” Jury House debate, where the jury members supposedly sit around and politely discuss the voting possibilities at this point. It gets a little snippy, especially between Jeff and Lydia when it comes to Jordan. With all the bickering, it’s really not clear if there’s a definite choice. So much for that.
Finally, Round 3 of the HOH, and it’s the standard Round 3 for this sort of thing. Julie asks questions about possible statements by jury members, Kevin and Jordan have to respond with “A” or “B” for their answers. They make it all the way to a tie-breaker, so out come the chalkboards for a numeric response. Jordan gets the closest answer, and wins final HOH.
I believe people in 4 neighboring states looked up from their dinner table at the sound of my victory yell.
Jordan has to quickly decide who to evict. (We’re live here, people, keep up the pace.) After a rambling speech, she finally sends Kevin out the door. It’s Jordan and Natalie as final two.
In his exit interview, Kevin tells Julie that evicting him was Jordan’s smartest move.
Anyway, now they drag out all the jury members, and all the non-jury house guests, and everybody gets to ask questions. There’s a little snippiness, and some gentle digs, but seriously, this is all for show. Who is really going to change their mind at the last minute? (And it’s very clear that the audience LOVES Jordan, so it’s obvious how THAT vote is going to go.)
At this point, people just want the vote to happen, so I’ll cut to the chase. Here’s how it broke down:
America Jordan
Jessie Jordan
Lydia Jordan
Russell Natalie
Jeff Jordan
Michele Jordan
Kevin Natalie
And it was perfect timing that Jeff’s vote is the one that sent Jordan over the top. (Oh, and America voted him the $25K bonus prize, so a little icing to go on the cake.)
Thrilled with how this thing wrapped up. Now I just have to prepare myself for the slight depression that happens every summer after Big Brother stops controlling my life three nights a week. WHAT am I going to do with all this free time?
Don’t answer that.
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