Today is Care Package delivery day. The house is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Care Package to see what the heck America is thinking. The Ball Smasher side of the house (Scott, Alex, Shelby, Morgan and Whitney) think/hope/pray America is with them. The Late Night Jamboree side of the house still thinks America loves them and is on their side as it's largely unimaginable to them that they're not beloved.
Danielle and Jason are so convinced that America loves them that they now think Justin is lying to them about voting out Neeley and they're trying to figure out a way to get him to tell them the truth. He is telling them the truth, but they don't want to hear it. They seem to be forgetting that America nominated Neeley. If, as the polls indicate, Shelby wins the Care Package, that may just have the heads of the LNJ side exploding.
Danielle wants to play a real season of Big Brother where people talk game and don't just sit around talking about nothing all the time. She also thinks the Ball Smasher side of the house is boring and doesn't know how to play Big Brother. The Ball Smashers actually talk more game than anyone I've ever seen play Big Brother. They spoke yesterday of waiting until after Care Package as last year the next Care Package was the co-HOH and they want to see if that is this week's Care Package before they make a decision on how to move forward. The LNJ member who was present for that was shocked to hear that co-HOH was even an option. The Ball Smashers wondered what on Earth the other side talks about if they don't talk game and have some idea of what future Care packages could be.
Danielle is not planning to nominate Scott as that would be too obvious and she probably won't nominate Whitney, so that leaves Morgan, Alex and Shelby as likely nominees. Morgan is very nervous about her status in the game. Alex has vowed to help protect her and they want to get to the final three together. Alex wants Morgan to try and get closer to Danielle this week to get a little safer. I still wouldn't be shocked to see Danielle nominate Justin. Her final three had been herself, Kryssie and Neeley. With Neeley now gone she has to rethink that final three. Taking Justin to the final three would be dangerous as he'd likely beat everyone. The same with Jason. I think Danielle, and most of the LNJ would like to take Scott or Shelby to the final three thinking they're the most hated of the other side.
Whitney is generally loved by everyone in the house which is both good and bad for her. She's not an obvious target, but she's among those most likely to win. (Her game may work better with a jury than America however.) Still, taking Whitney to the final three would be a big risk. I think the LNJ view Alex and Morgan as being good players, but probably easier to beat with America.
Today's Care Package will likely end up going to Shelby and when the LNJ see that they won't believe it. When they hear that it gives the holder the power to eliminate three votes, they'll look around, start counting votes and realize they have no control over the voting process this week. In all likelihood Shelby will cancel out the votes of Jason, Justin and Kryssie. Danielle will then have to recalculate her nominations. Does she put two Ball Smashers on the block, or flip the house and use this as an opportunity to get out Jason or Justin?
With America giving the Ball Smasher side of the house the edge in votes for multiple votes in a row, Danielle would have to rethink things a bit. She likely doesn't want to have Jason or Justin in her final three. Does she take advantage of this Care Package to nominate the two of them so Shelby has to veto the votes of her own people? If Danielle puts up Jason, Justin, and America nominates Kryssie, the only people Shelby can use her vote veto on would be Scott, Alex, Whitney, and Morgan. That would just leave two people voting (Shelby and whoever of the Ball smashers she didn't use the Care Package on.) If they could convince Shelby to not use the vote veto on Whitney, they might think they could influence Whitney to vote their way, leaving the deciding vote to America.
In that scenario the LNJ would have everyone on their side playing in the POV and they'd have the best chance to win it with four on two. Of course, whoever won the POV would then likely have their vote cancelled by Shelby and the Ball Smasher side would still control who goes home this week. This is a bad week to be Danielle. This Care Package is among the most powerful yet deployed.
Danielle is going to need to do a lot of strategic thought. With the LNJ getting clobbered in the recent voting she has to be worried about who America puts up. Her only real chance to weaken the Ball Smasher side is to put up two Ball Smashers and then pray her side wins POV, but with Kryssie the likely America's nominee and her track record on POV comps, that's not promising. Could she, would she make a deal with the Ball Smashers for safety for a few weeks in exchange for sacrificing her own side this week? Does Danielle trust her own ability enough in the POV comp to assume she'll win and can save America's Nominee?
This could be a very interesting next few days as Danielle has to pick the best of a really bad set of options. Does she keep Kryssie, try to join with Whitney and Justin more in the middle of the pack and sacrifice Jason? Would the Ball Smashers play along with that and boot Jason if he was up there? The Ball Smasher side will likely control the vote this week if Shelby wins the Care Package. Do you let them get Jason's blood on their hands? Does Danielle stay loyal to her side and pray they win the POV? Does she think her side can win back America's vote? Those live DR's tonight could be pretty interesting.
A Danielle, Shelby, Alex session of game talk could be quite interesting too. I'm pretty sure those three could find common ground on people they don't want to take to the final three. I think none of them would want Jason or Justin in the final three. Do they get rid of one of them now? Chances are none of them are overly fond of Whitney being against them in the final three. Do they work out a compromise where Whitney and Jason are the initial nominees with Justin in reserve if the POV is used?
We'll find out this week exactly how good a game player Danielle truly is. This Care Package is a game changer and opens up a lot of opportunities for Danielle. Does she explore them, or continue to try and widen the divide between the two sides?
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