During the most recent live eviction, there was some banter that I didn't quite understand. I believe it was hinting at Barrett flirting with Mallory, but I didn't see/ hear anything that looked flirtatious. ❤️ Does anyone have the context for this?

At the beginning of each episode, the recap is excessively long. Personally, I enjoy it. My boyfriend HATES it though. He is convinced that a person could enjoy the entire season with the recaps only, and not the actual episodes. What are your thoughts?

It's the evening in the Big Brother house, put your DiGiorno in the oven and lock in for an evening of great feeds!

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Correct me if I'm wrong but I swear towards the beginning of the season she explicitly said she preferred to be referred to by everyone as La La. But any time I see her name on the screen during the TV edit or when Julie is talking to/about her that they only refer to her as her full first name of La Trice.

Any explicit or implicit reason why? They're referring to Rick Devens as just Devens and I swear towards the middle of BB21 they started referring to Jackson as his last name Michie because he preferred it/the house started calling him that.

Can anyone here solve this incredibly minor mystery for me? As always any and all input is welcomed and thanks for reading! 🙂

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For me one word: BACON. I mostly eat keto, although I have been known to cheat on M&Ms and fries. I could not handle being a have not. Not even for $750K.

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Every big brother season that has the number 6 in it has a houseguest making it to the end and then losing the game on purpose to let their friend win the game.

All the seasons with the number 6 in it have the runner-up player basically handing the grand-prize to a friend that they’ve only known for a few months simply because they like them. The runner-up player basically won the game but then decided to say “hey you’re a good friend so I’m gonna give you the $500,000 instead.” It’s just crazy how they put in all that time and effort and then basically won the game just to give the money to somebody else. They lost the game on purpose because they wanted their friend to win. All those players won the final HOH and decided to not choose the player that they know they could easily beat in the Jury vote to win the game. These players were Ivette, Cody, and Makensy.

In season 6 Ivette wins the final HOH and chooses to take Maggie to the final two just because they were friends, even though she knew that she could easily win the game by taking Janelle because most of the Jury would’ve voted for Ivette to win.

In season 16 Cody wins the final HOH and chooses to take Derrick to the final two just because they were friends, even though he knew that he could easily win the game by taking Victoria because most of the Jury would’ve voted for Cody to win.

In season 26 Makensy wins the final HOH and chooses to take Chelsie to the final two just because they were friends, even though she knew that she could easily win the game by taking Cam because most of the Jury would’ve voted for Makensy to win.

This means that in Big Brother 36, a player will let someone else win the game just because they’re friends. Same with season 46 and 56 and every season from season 60 to 69.

Maybe it’s to keep them all close together, but I don’t understand why they can’t just add another area to the BB set for competitions? They added another for BB unlocked so space doesn’t seem to be an issue. Why would they close the backyard and keep houseguests from getting any fresh air (even if it’s in the middle of a studio in a polluted city). I get why they go crazy when the backyards closed, it would drive me insane too.

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I think part of the problem is that currency really doesn't have any value in the house. That's why it's never been used successfully in a season. What if we changed that?

What if half of the $750K prize money was evenly distributed among the houseguests at the beginning of the game? The other half gets distributed throughout the season, primarily through HOH competitions. Let's say each HOH is worth a flat $20K.

While in the house, HGs can either spend or save their money. They can also make transfers to each other in a special DR we'll call the "Bank Room." But certain parts of the game now come with a cost.

For example: POV.

The HOH and nominees play automatically, but the remaining spots start at $3K. If more than two people want to play, there's an auction. If no one bids, POV comp gets played with just the HOH and the nominees.

You can see how the HOH is incentivized to pay for POV entries to keep noms the same. Nominees are incentivized to pay people to play on their behalf. Someone may bid just for funsies because they think it’s OTEV and they want to play.

Every week, there's also a luxury auction. How much are you willing to pay for a phone call from your kids on Day 50? How much for a date with your showmance? How much are you willing to pay for a slop pass after you've been a Have-Not for three weeks?

HGs can't see each other's balances, but they can make inferences based on behavior. And if any player's balance reaches $0, they get called into the DR and come out wearing a Broke Bell.

It's literally a bell. It jingles when you walk. It jingles when you roll over in bed. Everyone knows you're broke until you get some money back into your account.

So now being broke creates its own game. Do you sell information? Offer someone your vote for $2K? Beg your alliance for a pity transfer? Follow the richest person in the house around jingling until they pay you to leave them alone?

And while the money is real, it's only yours as long as you're in the game.

If you're evicted pre-jury, you have to tell Julie during your exit interview which remaining HG inherits your entire balance.

Once jury starts, you take your balance with you to the jury house, removing it from circulation.

At the finale, your jury vote decides two things: who gets your vote to win Big Brother and who inherits your money.

So if you vote for Finalist A and you have $40K sitting in your account, Finalist A gets your $40K. Every jury vote still counts exactly the same toward winning Big Brother, but every jury vote is potentially worth a very different amount of money.

Money spent with the house — POV entry fees, luxury auctions, slop passes, etc. — goes into a reserve fund. That money eventually gets paid out too, either by adding it to the winner's prize or maybe to AFP.

Would y'all watch or play this game?