“I like creating weird sh1t out of different things.. like, weird..like weird sh1t”

Head of Household: Kamu
Nominees: Lyric, Mallory, LALA
POV Players: Haley, Jason, Kamu, Mallory, Lyric, LALA (Host = Angela)
POV Winner: Lyric
Veto Ceremony: 
Havenots: Yash, Mallory, Dee, Melody
POV Players: Haley, Jason, Kamu, Mallory, Lyric, LALA

Lyric’s veto win leaves Kamu’s backdoor exactly where he wanted it, and Jason spends the first hour of Sunday morning working out loud that he’s the one walking into it. He tells Angela he was never actually told he was safe from a replacement nomination, gets a promise from her that she’ll never lie to his face, and pitches himself as the drag queen who takes out the big boys. Out in the backyard, Drew and Melody carve the other side into pairs, count the week to a 6–6 tie with Kamu holding the gavel, agree to keep Mallory and cut Lala loose, and land on Haley as the name they actually want gone. Then the house goes personal — Lyric raids Kamu’s HOH basket, Mallory’s tea party gets scheduled for Sunday evening, and Drew and Melody talk until nearly 3:30 about journals, dead cars, dogs, Rome’s love story, and one veto joke that dies on the table.

12:10 am Chit chat backyard

12:20 am Sweet sweet candy AKA Angela heating up the feeds.

Jason, on Angela’s pajamas: Jason: “It’s sexy. Is it a leopard or a cheetah?” Angela: “I bought pajamas like this, the same pair, for my daughters.” Jason: “That’s cute.”

Jason: “I know it’s late, but I’m up if you wanted to talk or anything.” Jason: “I have actually no idea of the concept of time in here.” Jason: “But I also don’t want to pull you away from fun conversations outside either. So if now’s not a good time “

On his day: Jason: “I went to lay down in the hot tub thing here, and I closed my eyes, and I got dizzy like I did with the competition. So I’ve been in vertigo all day since we got back from the comp, so I’ve been trying to get centered back again.” Jason: “When I close my eyes I get dizzy, so I’ve been a little out of sorts, like, all day. I’ve worked out and that kind of helped clear me, so now I feel better.” Jason: “Hi. I haven’t talked game with you in a minute at all. I just wanted to touch base, like, with where I’m at.”

12:30 AM — Jason and Angela, Bathroom

Jason: “So just trying to get myself back into sorts. And then even just coming off the veto and, like, not getting a chance to save myself.” Jason: “I was in a lot of fear before the nominations that, like, Kamu was going to put me up. And then he told me that he wouldn’t. And then I was like, oh, wait, I could be a renom. So then I got scared.” Angela: “But why would that happen if he told you he wasn’t going to put you up?” Jason: “He told me he wouldn’t put me up, but if I won veto to, you know, keep nominations the same. Which I was like, whatever you want. Like, you’re not gonna put me up, then great. But he never said he wouldn’t put me up as a renom. So I guess I got nervous about that, because it’s a possibility. I mean, it’s not a backdoor because it’s a Blockbuster, but I wouldn’t want to get backdoored.”

On the HOH room: Jason: “Kamu told me that he had told me in the HOH room that me and Lala are the biggest threats in the house. Like, that’s what people were saying.” Jason: “He said that you and Haley didn’t say that.” Angela: “I never did.” Jason: “And I wouldn’t have thought you would say that.” Angela: “If I’m looking you in the eyes and I talk to you, Jason, I’m never going to lie to you.” Jason: “But the fact that that even is a conversation makes me nervous. And since Lala was up, that’s why I thought maybe I’d be backdoored. So that’s where that fear comes from.”

Where he sits now: Jason: “Yes, perhaps I was aligned with some of them in the very beginning, but Rome was kind of the glue of all that. With Rome gone, it’s kind of like, I’m here and I’m like, how do I — because I just want to at least get to jury. Like, that’d be my dream.” Jason: “Obviously everyone wants to win, but only one person wins, right? So if I can get to jury and at least be able to be a part of the game moving forward, that would be, like, my ideal thing.” Jason: “I don’t see myself necessarily getting closer with Chuk or Kamu, like, game-wise. They don’t really give me that much in regards to that.” Jason: “I try to approach Devens, but he’s like, thanks, thanks for the offer. But, you know — thanks is kind of what it feels like.” Jason: “Me and Dee are cool. I really love Dee. The Latino bond that we have is very important to me in the house here with her. We feel like we have each other’s back, but we don’t talk much anyways. It’s, like, a kind of knowing with each other.”

The pitch: Jason: “If I am good at comps and if in any case I have to be the one to put them up, get blood off your guys’ hands, I’d be willing to do that and be the guy — the drag queen who takes out the big boys.” Jason: “I wanted to challenge how much I see myself as a drag queen, and I have my own ideas about what that looks like and my own ideas of what other people think that looks like. So for me to come in and prove that I can, like, roll with the big dolls — and that’s kind of why I aligned with Rome, because I kind of wanted him to, like, man me up in a way, which he kind of was doing, which is why I even think they perceive me to be threatening at all.” Jason: “It’s not like I’m going to come for them now, because that’s impossible. I feel like I’d be stupid to try to do that right now.” Jason: “At any point any of them want power, I’m up on the block again. I feel like I’m going to be, like, a block person who just keeps having to fight themselves off.” Angela: “I remember that all too well.” Angela: “You have my support, Jason.”

Angela on her own game: Angela: “When I came in here this time around, I really wanted to make, like I did before, strong connections, period. So I leaned a lot into you, to be honest.” Angela: “My strategy coming in is I wanted to make sure that I had the same thing I had before, this time not live afraid of people. I didn’t want to look at the memory board and look at all the people I was living with and be afraid of them.” Angela: “I was self-sabotaging my game last time. So I just kind of deserved it, in a way.” Angela: “I didn’t do so well. I survived 73 days. Did I flourish? Did I thrive? Did I do some great things strategy-wise? Not really. And that’s okay. Maybe I’m not that kind of player, and I accept that.” Angela: “I want to have fun this summer. I want to laugh harder than I ever did. I’m in my 50s. How often does something like this happen to anybody?”

On Rome and the other side: Angela: “It wasn’t just me watching what Rome was building. He was building something, and he was smart, and he was a true born leader. And then there’s a bunch of us that were left out of it. What were we supposed to do but regroup and figure out what we’re going to do?” Angela: “That was probably his downfall — leaving people seeing it and then going, what are we supposed to do? Now we were stragglers.” Angela: “But it doesn’t mean that the other half of the house is an alliance, because that’s simply not true. Just know that. And there is no leader at all. It was just a group of people that needed to get together and figure it out.” Angela: “As far as anything goes on my end, Jason, we are good. I adore you. And you have my support completely. And don’t worry, because I have no intentions of doing anything to hurt you in your game.” Jason: “Awesome sauce. Ditto. Like, 1,000%.”

On Lala and Haley: Jason: “You know how Lala was so down today? I got her cheered up. She’s, like, a full 180.” Angela: “And Haley knows I have a friendship with her. And I told her, I don’t like being in the middle and I’m not going to do that. So please never ask me to. And she said she wouldn’t.” Angela: “Neither are going to make me choose or do anything stupid like that.” Angela: “I’m not going to stop talking to Lala. I’m not going to stop talking to Haley — unless they want me to. Individually. But not because another person wants me to pick or choose. And when they start saying something, I’m like, I don’t want to hear it.” Angela: “Play your game, but love your friends hard. Make friendships on both sides.” Jason: “You’re giving me, like, master class.” Angela: “No, I’m not. I can only tell you what not to do.”

Angela: “You’re here for a reason. You’re going to make an impact in so many ways that you don’t even know. So have fun.” Angela: “Because people feel your energy, Jason.” Jason: “I know. They feel me shift. I can shift fast, and it’s very obvious.” Angela: “Okay, so just be you. Have fun. Branch out. Love your friends. Make new friends. Make connections.” Angela: “You don’t want to be ostracized or left out or any of those things.” Jason: “Or ostracize myself. That’s what I do.” Jason: “I needed, like, a mama talk.” Jason: “Thank you, mommy. I’m going to be, like, thinking about this all night.”

Angela: “You don’t need to even have that out there, because tomorrow changes. You might feel differently. And already tonight, it’s been so different.” Jason: “I heard about this toenail, and it flew somewhere, and no one knows where, right?” Angela: “Yeah, it came out, and it flew away.”

Barrett comes in. Barrett: “Did you also have other cheetah jammies?” Angela: “Yeah, I had white ones with, like, a little cheetah on a scooter.” Barrett: “Yeah, and playing tennis.” Angela: “Playing tennis, yes. They’re super soft, too.”

12:31 AM — Lyric and Kamu, HOH

Lyric: “Wait, I want to see the room. Can I come up?” Kamu: “Oh, yeah, of course. Come in.” Lyric: “Wow. Do you like the bed?” Kamu: “Yes, honestly, I do. And you know what, they turned the AC down. Because it used to be pretty warm in here.” Kamu: “Devens was telling me that he used to sweat in here. He’d be like, dude, it’s so hot.”

Kamu: “Do you want one of these, by the way? Arnold Palmers?” Lyric: “I’m good. Thank you.” Kamu: “Take whatever. Just take a look at the stuff. Look at the ice cream up there. I didn’t even realize it was mint. You can have this whole thing.” Lyric: “No, do you understand? We’re locking in tomorrow. Because I can’t be eating like this.” Kamu: “It’s tea party — they lock in Monday. Lock in Monday, beginning of the new — well, I mean, I guess technically tomorrow’s the beginning of the new week, but we’ll pretend like the week starts on Monday.” Lyric: “Are some of these things, like, the stuff that you listed?” Kamu: “Yeah, like the green tea.” Lyric: “You’re such a Hawaii boy. Arizona green tea.” Kamu: “It’s like one of my favorite drinks of all time.” Lyric: “You like Olipop too?” Kamu: “That I didn’t ask for. That was just in it. Do you like them?” Lyric: “I’ve never tried Olipop, actually.” Kamu: “I was going to say, you can have them if you want. Like, look, I have so much. I’m not gonna be able to finish everything.” Lyric: “What is this? Oh — God. You like chocolate cake too?” Kamu: “Freaking love chocolate cake. German chocolate cake.” Lyric: “Have you not looked through this?” Kamu: “I honestly have not.” Lyric: “Holy smokes, Kamu. Shout out to Ralph’s.” Lyric: “Tell me to get the F out if you want me out of here, okay?” Kamu: “Nah, I’m just kidding.” Kamu: “I actually thought this was mochi at first, but it’s not.” Lyric: “They didn’t give you mochi? Did you list it?” Kamu: “No, I didn’t even think about it. I didn’t even know that was an option — but neither did Devens.”

Lyric: “I’m not taking any of your food. No way, José.” Lyric: “I’m too Hawaii like that to take any of your food. This is your HOH. Seriously, I’m so stoked for you.” Lyric: “I don’t drink juice or anything. I just drink water. For health reasons and just trying to stay lean, I just try to stay away from sugary drinks and everything.” Lyric: “You gave me an opportunity to play in a veto, and I freaking won.” Kamu: “You killed it. You crushed it.”

12:42 AM — Drew and Melody, backyard

Melody: “Anyone who wins HOH next week is going to have to swing for the fences, because who else are they going to put up?” Melody: “Unless they do put one of us up, and now it’s really like — okay, cool, what the f***?” Melody: “But I feel like everyone’s on the same page. Like, me and Yash were talking crazy.” Drew: “We’ll go, like, periods of time without talking game at all. That’s why I get worried sometimes. But I’m cool with Yash too, and I believe him when he says things.” Drew: “Part of me feels like let’s just wait this out and just survive, because I feel like eventually one of them is gonna piss off the other one. And then they’ll just go at each other and they’ll forget about us — that whole side. Someone’s gonna do something and piss somebody off and flip the vote.” Melody: “What you could do is just do one of them — like, just put up Haley, just put up Chuk. And then, but then who would the other two nominees be?” Melody: “Like, literally, who?” Melody: “I mean, if it was me, I could possibly put up Devens because of the thing he even just told me about being a pawn. He put me up, and I wouldn’t want him to go, and he would know that. And he could win veto and s***.”

Drew’s thesis: Drew: “Here’s what’s gonna happen. It seems like the six-person group, right? The three and the three. Kamu, Haley, Chuk, and the icons.” Drew: “There’s going to be a point where — I think in the next week or two — they go, oh s***, we have to go against each other now.” Drew: “And the goal is for us to be there and them to fight over who gets to have us on their side so they can get majority of the majority.” Drew: “So we just have to survive till then. Because then it’ll be a smaller battle. We just have to survive getting wiped out right now.” Drew: “We just have to survive, like, two more weeks. I feel like it’s brewing.”

On this week: Drew: “That’s why I would love if Jason went, because Lala is going to instigate a lot of bulls*** and just agitate them, aggravate them.” Drew: “If Mallory won Blockbuster, that would be huge.” Melody: “Yeah, hopefully she can pull it off. I believe in her.” Drew: “But if Jason wins it — it’s like, do we want Mallory to stay here? I know you do, obviously. And I don’t want her out, because I love Mallory. But the other part’s like, do we keep Lala in here because she’s just going to work with Jason and they’re just going to be such a nuisance to the other side? So you can go both ways.” Drew: “Do we cut a loss with Mallory now to just have the house have a more toxic vibe? Because Mallory’s such a good vibe. And having a toxic energy inside the house is good, because it’s only going to piss off Haley more, being here.” Melody: “This setup is so annoying, dude.” Drew: “I know right now your main goal is to keep Mallory, though. I’m just throwing s*** out there.” Melody: “No, I see what you’re saying, though.” Drew: “Haley and Lala are only going to hate each other more and more every day that goes by, because they’re just going to do little things that piss each other off.”

Melody runs it out: Melody: “Let’s run through some scenarios really quick. So let’s say we do cut off Mallory — which I really don’t want to do, I really don’t. And mainly for my selfish reason. Like, I would genuinely feel kind of depressed. Like, I’m not gonna lie.” Melody: “It’s still so early in the game. Like, I’ll make new friends or whatever. But I really don’t want her to leave. Like, it would be like you leaving and me being like, dude, what the f***.” Melody: “He wins Blockbuster, Mallory goes home, it’s Jason and Lala still in the house. Now, let’s say our side of the house wins HOH. Surely, hopefully, they’ll put up any of those six people, right?” Drew: “One of them would be guaranteed to go home if one of us wins HOH.” Melody: “And I guess Lala could technically be, like, a shield, too. Because people don’t like her.” Melody: “Okay, but then let’s say we don’t win HOH next week. I feel like I’m gonna be put up. I feel like Lala’s gonna be put up.” Drew: “And the other option is keeping Mallory. And then Mallory would go up before you, probably, is what you think.” Melody: “Yeah, maybe. I can’t tell if Haley f***s with me or not.” Melody: “I’m tighter with Kamu than Mallory.” Drew: “You haven’t done anything for you to be, like, targeted.”

The name: Melody: “We gotta get out, like, Haley. Is really, like, who it is.” Drew: “And what would that do?” Melody: “Free up —” Drew: “Kamu. And Chuk would be aimless. Would just be, like, directionless, kind of. That would make sense.” Melody: “I feel like Devens would be willing to, like, come over here. But what do you think the deal is with, like, Angela and Dee? Do you think Angela and Dee and Haley are their own thing? Or maybe two of them?” Drew: “Here’s what it could be. It could be two groups of three, very solid. Like separate, though, but they’re all kind of all working together.” Drew: “Or three groups of two-ish. It could be Angela and Dee, because we know they’re very close. Or it could be Haley and Chuk. And then the third wheels are Kamu and Devens, which I feel is probably the most accurate.” Drew: “So, process of elimination, Devens and Kamu are kind of a two as well. So it could be three groups of two.” Drew: “Or it could be they’re all just together. And they’re just wiping us out.”

On Devens: Melody: “My thing with Devens is, I don’t know if he would be willing to switch over. And for the next, like, few weeks too, at least. Because he was all like, I’m alone, I don’t have any friends, blah, blah, blah. And then Rome genuinely was trying to help or whatever, fell into his trap. And then we saw what happened there.” Drew: “I do think that was good, though.” Melody: “I mean, if I was Devens, I would have done the same goddamn thing too. I think it was good for us.” Drew: “I think Rome was a dude that probably would have sold us out pretty quickly. Well, we actually know he would. Because he did.”

On Lala: Melody: “It’s just, like, so annoying, because every time I’m like, let me get in an alliance, I’m like, why is everyone dumb and annoying?” Melody: “They’re probably thinking that about me too, though.” Drew: “They are. That’s why you’re stuck with me.” Melody: “I really f*** with Dee. I don’t know, dude. It’s, like, hard.” Melody: “And I like Taylor, but Lala’s annoying as f***. And not even, like, annoying in the way of her personality, because I love her personality. And outside of this house, like, just fing love everything about her. But in the game, dude — because I’m the same way as Lala. Like, I want to fing say s***. I want to make faces. I want to be loud. But, like, dude, you fing can’t. Stop. And you’re, like, bringing us down with you.” Drew: “Maybe just get rid of Lala.” Melody: “Yeah.” Drew: “Listen, I’m down.” Melody: “I feel like Mallory could also be a shield, which I don’t want to, like, label her or put her as that, but — she could win HOH.” Drew: “She almost did last week.” Melody: “That’s the thing. Like, who the f is going to win HOH for us if Mallory goes? I mean, we still have people, obviously. Like, I still am confident that I can win something.” Melody: “And Mallory has, like, a hit list. Mallory will for sure swing for the fences.” Drew: “Cool. I’m down. Listen, you do not have to convince me to keep Mallory. Because me and Bear were already talking about it.”

The count: Melody: “This might be a split vote. And that’s the only thing — like, that might mess up our thing with Kamu. But we’d have to be willing to take that risk.” Melody: “I have a feeling that this week might come down to, like, a six versus four vote.” Melody: “How many of us are there? It would be, like, seven versus three or two. What? I’m just saying random numbers. I don’t know.” Melody: “We need six votes to stay.” Drew: “This week, you could tie.” Drew: “Fifteen minus two, thirteen minus one, twelve. So you need seven to stay. Because if it’s six and six, Kamu breaks the tie.” Melody: “So you need seven. Wait, is that accurate? Fifteen minus one is fourteen.” Drew: “Minus two for the people on the block. Twelve.” Drew: “So they have five votes locked, because it will be Devens, Angela, Chuk — oh yeah, it’ll be five.” Melody: “How many of us are there? Like seven or eight. Just count them, please. Okay, me and you. Barrett. Taylor.” Drew: “Let’s just say this counts as Mallory, Jason, whoever’s off.” Melody: “Yash, that’s six. And then — there’s one more.” Drew: “Lyric.” Drew: “So it’s gonna be six-six. Because Lyric wouldn’t vote. But Lyric’s gonna vote with them.”

Kamu comes out with Lyric. Melody: “Oh, there’s Kamu. With Lyric. Kamu, stop that. Kamu, stop that right now. Dude, you blew it.” Drew: “I was about to make my move right now.” Kamu: “They said that the veto players are probably gonna be doing DR tonight. So I’ve kind of been, like, waiting to get called. But, bro, I’m so tired. If they call me, they call me.” Kamu: “The veto was cool.” Melody: “Good night, Kamu.”

2:00 AM — Drew and Melody, lounge

Drew: “Oh, and then we gotta do the hairbrush one. Oh yeah, we have to dry our hair. We did that in the HOH room. I don’t know if they ended up using it or what.” Drew: “No, we were actually having a sleepover in the have-not room. I was drying my hair upside down. And the camera’s off. And we were trying to talk game.” Melody: “So we were hanging upside down like this. Like, yo, bro, I don’t know if I can trust that person.”

Drew: “How many hours do you look at yourself in the mirror?” Melody: “A lot, but you definitely do it more than I do. The entire time we were at the table just now, you were doing it. And then when we were in the room before noms.” Drew: “What else am I supposed to do? What do you want me to do, close my eyes? Do you not look at yourself?” Melody: “But you do it more. I’m sorry.” Drew: “Should I stop looking at myself in the mirror?” Melody: “No, I think it’s funny.” Drew: “I don’t like my eyebrows right now. I would do my eyebrows right now if I knew how to do them better.” Melody: “Like, threading?” Drew: “You can always look better. It’s what my hero told me.” Melody: “Who’s that?” Drew: “I don’t really know. I forget who said it.” Melody: “For some reason, I think it’s American Psycho. Dr. Will said that. Clavicular.” Drew: “Dude, maybe that’s why they picked me. Maybe they wanted, like, a clavicular knockoff.” Melody: “Oh, f*** no. I can’t be associated with that.”

On nerves: Drew: “I’m so curious how this game’s gonna go. This is only week three. Do you get nervous in here?” Melody: “I mean, yeah. I get nervous before, like, every time I’ve competed.” Drew: “I mean, you’re on the block. Were you nervous during the vote? Or did you feel somewhat safe?” Melody: “Once Jason won the Blockbuster, I didn’t feel nervous at all. Honestly.” Melody: “Do you ever, like, wonder who that second vote was? But I also — no, it doesn’t really matter. Whatever it is, it would be literally so dumb to dwell on it.” Melody: “I forget who I was telling this to — maybe Mallory, or, like, Kamu, because he was like, I got you. I was like, I don’t give a f*** if the house is split and I stay.” Melody: “I’m still here. I’m still here.” Drew: “I’m still standing.” Melody: “But I feel pretty anxious, like, a lot of the time, which I kind of thought was gonna happen anyway.” Drew: “I know I also feel anxious. Like, every time it’s the — a veto, or, no, a nomination. What, were they just lying to me? Like, I’m not going to get absolutely blindsided.” Melody: “The fastest my heart has beat in this house was when I saw, like, my face on the nomination thing. It’s a feeling I’ve only experienced, like, a handful of times ever in my life. Just, like, my heart beating out of my chest.” Drew: “Well, at least you’re good this week. It’d be really cool if you won HOH. So you’d feel safe again. And you’d have a week to breathe.” Melody: “It’s so hard because I want to play, like, a fun, exciting game and do fun, cool s***. But it’s like, I kind of need to, like, win.”

On luck: Drew: “This game is a combination of luck with finesse and just, like, natural ability. It’s not like something you can train for. A lot of it is just, how do you control your emotions, and what’s your instant reaction.” Drew: “But also, like, the luck of the draw. Like, Jason — what if he won the veto today? Like, that would be insane. He wasn’t even supposed to play in it. But it’s just a random draw that made it interesting.” Drew: “It’s like he could have gone and not played the veto. He had an extra chance. But he could walk away going, like, damn, we always had a chance at a veto.” Drew: “I feel like he will go up on Monday and his life’s on the Blockbuster again.”

On the trio: Drew: “Do you feel like you’ve done anything wrong?” Melody: “I mean, the whole Rome thing was ass, but obviously it doesn’t really matter anymore.” Drew: “What did you feel like you did wrong?” Melody: “Well, I felt like I could trust Rome, and obviously I couldn’t.” Melody: “Even the first few days in the house, it was just ass, because I automatically was grouped in with, like, Lyric and Mallory, even though I was barely even close to them at all. I was like, dude, I feel like I was closer to, like, Kamu. Which is the funniest thing.” Melody: “I was like, bro, I barely know these girls. So that f***ing sucked.” Melody: “What’s really hard is not having, like, a journal. You can’t write anything down.” Melody: “Obviously, I want to place, like, top five. That was, like, always my goal. I mean, my goal is to, like, win, obviously. But top five to, like, feel good about it.” Melody: “I also don’t want to beat myself up over it. But also it’s hard not to, because it’s like, well, maybe you just didn’t try hard enough.” Melody: “I’m, like, a spiraler.” Drew: “I got that. I get that vibe.”

On home: Drew: “Is it weird to be away from your family right now, or you’re used to it?” Melody: “I think it comes in, like, waves.” Drew: “Dee was pretty shooken up today. Which was surprising to me.” Melody: “I’ve definitely cried more than, like, I think people realize. I think I’ve cried, like, every single day I’ve been here.” Drew: “When?” Melody: “Just, like, find some alone time, like, in my bed or outside or in the storage room.” Drew: “Do you like to cry alone?” Melody: “Yeah.” Drew: “You know you can talk to me, too. I won’t make fun of you.” Melody: “To your face.” Melody: “I don’t think I’ve ever gone this long without seeing my parents, like my mom.” Melody: “I actually feel like I’m doing better than I thought I was going to, though. I was telling Dee that. I genuinely thought I was going to come in here and immediately not be okay.” Melody: “It’s just, it’s nice to know that she can see me. But it does suck sometimes. Like, sometimes I wish I could just call my mom.” Drew: “And tell her what?” Melody: “Just, like, talk to her and have her tell me what to do. Just, like, a hug or something.” Melody: “That’s why I do those, like, fake phone calls. It helps so much, because I really do sit there and I, like, picture my mom talking to me and telling me what I think she would say.” Drew: “What does she tell you?” Melody: “Just stuff that she always has, like, my whole life. Just, like, don’t let people get to you. Do your own thing. It always works out.”

Drew: “I love to be in, like, social gatherings and I think it’s fun. I like to rally the troops. I would say I’m the most extroverted person, which is why all of us are here. I think all of us are the most extroverted people in each social group that we’re in.” Drew: “But I’m also somebody that, like, I laugh, have fun, and then I’ll go home and I won’t talk to anybody for days.” Drew: “I genuinely have maybe one friend, two, three. People are always surprised. Like, what do you mean, you’re always laughing, always doing something? It’s like, I would rather have two or three people that I think are genuine friends than 50 people who I’m, like, friends with.” Drew: “I’m a pretty private person, which is funny — but I’m on a show with five billion cameras, live all the time.” Drew: “It probably also goes along with me being younger and just not having as many life experiences or stories, but I’ve grown to be more of a listener in here already than someone who’s leading conversations, because I feel like no one wants to hear what I have to say.” Melody: “Do you actually feel that way?” Drew: “Yeah.” Melody: “Why?” Drew: “Just because I’m younger.” Melody: “Yeah, but you’re not even that much younger. Like, most of us are, like, 24, 25, 26, 27.” Drew: “No, exactly, but it’s just that I’ve lived less life, so what I think is interesting is very different than what other people would find interesting.” Drew: “I’m used to being the one who’s telling stories and being the center of attention.” Melody: “Does that feel weird?” Drew: “No. It’s cool. I feel like there’s less pressure. I get to sit back and relax. And just observe.” Drew: “I guess I’m not good at looking interested or something. Every time I walk around, people ask me if I’m okay. I must look miserable. But it’s just, like, I’m just chilling.” Drew: “I love listening to all these people because I genuinely love people and I love to hear what they have to say. And I think it’s so cool that we all get to meet 16 random people in this weird fishbowl.”

Melody: “I even did that when I joined the cheer team at my high school. I joined the cheer team because I genuinely wanted to cheer and dance, and it just wasn’t like that for a lot of other people, I guess.” Melody: “It almost seems like everywhere I go — I wasn’t popular in middle school. Like, I was bullied in middle school. And I feel like I still feel that way as, like, an adult in, like, social settings.” Drew: “How?” Melody: “I just always feel like the, like, one out, I guess.” Drew: “Well, if it makes you feel better, I wasn’t popular in middle school or high school. If you couldn’t tell.” Melody: “And not that that matters. Like, I don’t care. But it kind of sucks when you’re an adult and you still feel like you’re, like, the weird kid.” Drew: “But it’s cool. Like, you’re cool. At least I think you’re cool. Whatever that means. I think it’s funny that you’re, like, a little off. It makes you interesting. If you weren’t, it would be boring and I don’t think I’d be talking to you. Because some of these people are, like, boring.” Drew: “I lose interest in what they have to say pretty quick. You’re, like, very bizarre.” Melody: “Bizarre. Bazaar. You just say bazaar a lot.” Drew: “I like that word. It’s like you go from being pretty deep to, like, going, bah. You go from randomly making the noise that just, like, no one would do unless they had a couple screws loose.”

Drew on himself: Drew: “I truly consider myself a private person. No one knows a lot about me. Like, even my close friends.” Drew: “It’s as silly as, like, oh, it’s Drew’s birthday, what do we get him for a present? No one has any idea of what I like and what I’m interested in.” Drew: “I think it’s fun to talk about stuff I do and things to get people excited and interested, but I never get deep. I think I’m a very superficial person when it comes to talking about myself. I like to keep things very surface level, but I love to get to know people deeper. But I don’t like to open up. Why? I don’t know. That’s the real answer — I don’t really know why. It’s something I’ve always done.” Melody: “Do you feel like you’ve done that here? Or no?” Drew: “Yes and no. I didn’t realize how emotional I was about my whole dad thing until I said it out loud, which was funny. I was like, wow, I guess I am hurt by that. And it made me feel like an idiot.” Drew: “I think it’s fun to experience emotions, because that’s what being a human is.” Drew: “Am I going to look back in, like, five years and laugh at myself for crying about Rome leaving, because he’s a guy I just met two weeks ago? Like, absolutely. But in that one moment, I felt — I’m always terrible with goodbyes, because there’s not a lot of people in my life. So every goodbye is hard.” Drew: “With Ashley it was like, thank God it wasn’t me. But for Rome, it took me two weeks to get to know him and he was a pretty cool dude.” Drew: “I can’t believe I cried over a guy I met two weeks ago. But maybe it was not because it was about him. Maybe it was because I was just so sad about something else. I just needed to get it out.” Drew: “But usually I try to suppress it, because that’s, like, the manly thing to do.” Drew: “I’m a very hypocritical person in general. I’ll say one thing, do something else, and then make fun of myself for it.”

Drew: “What’s funny, though, to me — I’m changing the subject — is the podcast that they do every single day about the live feeds.” Drew: “And I feel like this cast is lacking in any sort of —”

2:50 AM — Drew and Melody

Melody: “I like digital art. Like, even, like, physical art. Like, I like creating, like, weird s*** out of, like, different things, like magazines and stuff.” Drew: “Like collage kind of ideas?” Melody: “I guess that’s what it would be, is a collage. But, like, weird.” Drew: “Weird in what way?” Melody: “Just, like, weird s***. Like, I don’t know. I literally don’t know. I would have to show you.” Melody: “Like, I really love music. Learning how to play the drums would be really cool.” Melody: “Just being able to, like, literally just be myself and express myself. And that, like, pays the bills.” Melody: “I mean, me and everybody else in the entire world want that dream.” Melody: “The only thing I really know I care about is wanting to write, being by the beach, and traveling.” Drew: “What are you passionate about writing? What brings you enjoyment doing it? And then what do you enjoy writing about?” Melody: “I think the main thing that I love is journaling.” Drew: “That was hard to get out. I’m getting tired of fing struggling through those words.” Melody: “Journaling is so fun for me. I journal so often, and I have for so many years. I’ve kept a consistent journal since I was in fourth grade. So they literally serve as self-guide books for myself.” Melody: “It’s so fun and sometimes sad to go back to my other journals and read them. Because it’s like, life just happens on repeat until, like, it doesn’t.” Melody: “Anytime I feel like I’m just stuck in the same s like I have been feeling forever, I’ll just go back to my journals and be like, okay — and especially with age, I’m like, I’ve gotten out of this before. Like, how did I do it? And it’ll be there.” Melody: “When I write my journals, I’m not intentionally doing that. I’m literally just writing down my experiences and my feelings.” Melody: “I think, narcissistically, I feel like I just have a natural ability to write and express emotion and things like that.” Melody: “I think all of us in here are narcissists, because we all thought we would be good on TV. So you’re not alone in that, at least in here.” Melody: “I want to write a book. I don’t know if that’s, like, my dream, but I definitely want to write a book. Like, it could be my dream. I don’t know what my dream is. I guess I’m still finding out what that is.”

Drew on the other path: Drew: “I also just picked something when I was, like, 18 or 16. I was like — just sold myself on that idea. Because I was like, it’s very logical. And it’s, like, a very straight and narrow path.” Drew: “But half of me is like, I want to do the safe thing. And the other half of me is like — I like entertainment. I think entertainment is so fun.” Drew: “I don’t know if I want to take that risk of fully fledging into it. This is the first time I’ve ever done that. I was taking a summer class. I was taking biology over, and I was just studying hella. And I tried to convince myself that I wasn’t going to get on the show, and I could just finish this, and I’d be one step closer to getting to dental school. And then they hit me with the you’re ready to go. And I was like, oh God.” Drew: “So it was the first time I’ve ever just been like, let’s just take a chance and do this and focus on this.” Melody: “It’s also crazy because you’re like, oh, this is my first time — and it’s like, you’re really 22.” Drew: “What do you mean by that?” Melody: “Like, it’s most people’s first time taking a chance like that too, and they’re like 35.” Drew: “True. I’m blessed to do it super young. I’ve got a lot of — hopefully, knock on wood — a lot of years to find myself and do whatever I want.” Drew: “I chose dental because I wanted to be a business owner. I just didn’t know what. So I was like, oh, if I choose dental, that’s an automatic skill that I will have and be able to market.” Drew: “Do I have a passion in dental? I see the beauty of it. I see you make people feel better. There’s a lot of money in it. There’s definitely some heartwarming things that come from it. You interact with people, and that’s something I love to do. But I don’t know if I would survive 10 years of being a dentist and still be —” Drew: “I have boyish charm, and I think I could see myself having that, like, my whole life, because I just like to have fun and I never take anything really serious, because I think it’s just fun to have fun. So I’d want something in my life where I could just stay happy and always be silly and never feel the burden of reality, I guess. But that’s such a stupid thing, because that’s not realistic at all.” Melody: “Is that why you did those TikToks?” Drew: “No, I’m just a goofball. My TikToks suck.” Drew: “If you went to, like, a grade school, like middle school, and you ask everybody what do you want to be when they grow up, I think probably 80 percent of them, 90, would say, like, YouTubers or TikTokers or influencers.” Drew: “I have no idea what these people will look like in 20, 30 years, 40 years. I don’t think influencers will be around that long. I don’t think it’s sustainable, because of micro-influencers.” Drew: “I think it all goes in cycles. Like, we’ll be back to, like, cable, essentially. There’ll be so many little channels of YouTubers, TikTokers, whatever it is at the time, that it’s just going to be cable again. And we’ll start over, the cycle repeats.” Drew: “This is nothing groundbreaking for sure, but it’s just interesting.”

On the movie: Melody: “I was in this, like, indie film. It was really fun. Do I think I acted super well? No, not really. But I tried.” Melody: “It hasn’t even come out yet. I think it’s coming out in October. It was supposed to come out last October.” Melody: “My friend that I know, who does stand-up, he’s also super into films and filmmaking, and he was like, I’m gonna make this movie, do you want to be in it. And I’m probably in, like, 10 minutes max, like, screen time. I’m, like, the first, like, girl who gets killed.” Drew: “Dude, that’s a spoiler. Now I’m not watching it.” Melody: “Everyone who’s in it is, like, a stand-up comic that I know. So it’s, like, a comedy horror.” Melody: “It’s low-key, like, me just being myself. My character’s name is literally Melody.” Drew: “So maybe it’s not acting.” Melody: “There’s one scene where they have me eat chicken wings on the bone. Super, like, grossly. And then I chug a beer.” Drew: “Bone-in chicken wings? And you just eat it really gross?” Melody: “I get, like, hot sauce all over my face. And my hands are all, like, messy. And then I’m just, like, chowing down. And then I pick up the beer with my gross hands and I, like, chug the beer. Except I can’t chug beer, so I was like, someone’s going to have to edit this.” Melody: “And then I get killed with, like — I don’t remember. A bat.” Drew: “How was dying?” Melody: “Just, like, fake blood. Just, like, creative editing. I can’t remember, dude. I filmed that, like, so long ago at this point.” Melody: “Bro, I’m in, like, the first five minutes.” Drew: “Damn, you went from ten to five. You just realized, maybe I didn’t do much, except — sounds like you weren’t even in it, and you were just, like, on a lunch break.” Melody: “I dedicated hours of my life to being in this movie, by the way.” Drew: “Dude, you’re the best.” Melody: “F*ing ahole.”

On Patty: Melody: “Also, this is when I had my Nissan Altima. So my Nissan Altima, I really hope it makes the scene. Because that s*** was fing busted. RIP Patty.” Drew: “Why was it Patty? Because your favorite holiday is St. Patrick’s Day?” Melody: “I got that car on St. Patrick’s Day.” Drew: “My car.” Melody: “No, it was blue.” Drew: “Nice, dude. That makes sense. Why? Because it doesn’t make sense at all.” Melody: “My car’s name now is Maui. Maui Wowie.” Drew: “Who sang that song?” Melody: “Kid Cudi. F, I need to talk to Mallory about that.” Drew: “Yeah, she mentioned him a lot, actually. I think that’s her favorite artist.” Melody: “When everyone in this damn house was being like, my dog’s name is Maui, my dog’s name is Maui — like, everybody has a dog named Maui.” Drew: “And you’re like, I have a car named Maui.” Melody: “I wanted to say that, but I was scared.” Drew: “Why were you scared?” Melody: “Because everyone was like, bro. I mean, everyone, like, loves dogs.”

On dogs: Melody: “And can I tell you something really quick? I don’t like dogs. Like, at all. Like, if I see a dog, I’ll be like, aww, cute.” Drew: “And then what? You kick it? Or what?” Melody: “No, it’s just like, they’re kind of like kids. They’re just so annoying. Like, they’re annoying and they’re messy and they always want attention.” Drew: “You know what’s really funny is you’ve just described yourself to a T.” Melody: “I’m not messy.” Drew: “Do we need to talk about your shaker bottle?” Melody: “It’s clean.” Drew: “No, I’m just messing with you. I don’t think you’re messy.” Melody: “Well, on a real note, though, I do like dogs.” Drew: “Oh, so now you’re backtracking. Dude, take a stance here. Set the record straight.” Melody: “Okay, I don’t like dogs. I don’t like dogs. And I’m standing on that.” Drew: “I have two dogs, by the way. And I’m not a big cat person.” Melody: “The thing is with dogs, it’s just like, they’re drooling and they smell.” Drew: “No, my dogs are cool. They just smell and they drool and stuff. They kind of remind me of kids because they’re annoying and need attention. You would love them.” Melody: “What type of dogs do you have?” Drew: “My new one — Bam Bam.” Melody: “The other one is, don’t tell me — Pebbles.” Drew: “Dude, I didn’t think you would get that.” Drew: “Pebbles is a Carolina Dingo. No one knows what that is. It’s like a very weird breed. But it looks like a coyote. She’s like a Shiba Inu looking dog.” Melody: “Those are my favorite ones.” Drew: “They smell really bad and stuff.” Melody: “Actually?” Drew: “No. I don’t know. She’s, like, very sophisticated. She, like, sits, like, very — posture’s on point.” Drew: “Then there’s Bam. And Bam walks like me. He has a lot of mobility.” Melody: “I wonder where the f*** he learned that, bro.” Drew: “No, he showed up like that. I swear. And I was like, what’s wrong with this guy? And then I was like, wait a minute.” Drew: “He’s kind of like a mutt. He’s cool, though. Half of his face is black.”

On kids: Drew: “What’s your beef with kids?” Melody: “I just don’t like kids. I think it stems from being an only child. Like, I was never really around siblings or anything, and I was always around adults. And, like, kids are just annoying.” Melody: “Not every kid. Like, I don’t want to sound like a heartless person.” Drew: “I think we’re way beyond that. You hate dogs and kids.” Melody: “I never used the word hate.” Drew: “You hate old people too.” Melody: “Stop it. The kids, they are cute. Like, sometimes I’ll be like, oh, cute. But I’ll never want, like, a kid. Or if a kid is around me for more than, like, three hours, I’m like, no.” Melody: “Maybe I am just a bitch, but I just don’t care.” Drew: “I think it’s because you’re a bitch.” Melody: “They’re like, oh, did you know 2 plus 2 is 4? And I’m like, yeah.” Drew: “Would you consider yourself somebody who has patience?” Melody: “Yes.” Drew: “Would you consider yourself delusional?” Melody: “No. I do have patience. If I don’t have to have patience and I don’t want to have it, why would I be like, ah, let me be patient with this child that is pissing me off?” Drew: “I think you have a very short fuse.” Melody: “But that doesn’t mean I don’t have patience.” Drew: “That’s so funny to me, though. That you just, like, want to dropkick them and stuff.” Melody: “I didn’t say that.” Drew: “Not just the extent that you go. It’s just pure hate. It’s on sight.” Melody: “It’s not pure hate and it’s not on sight. It’s just like, please don’t talk to me.” Drew: “You’re like a scared minion.” Melody: “But to be fair, every time I have interacted with a kid, I am really nice. One time, I low-key adopted this kid. At this, like, coffee shop. And he was chill.” Drew: “He was all right. He’s one of the good ones.” Melody: “So sometimes when I get myself in situations like that, I’m like, okay, I can vibe with kids. But overall, like, nah.” Drew: “Overall, nah. Except that one dude. He was tough.” Melody: “Me and my friend used to go to this coffee shop, and I don’t even remember what happened, but the owner was like, can you watch my kid or some s***?” Drew: “That’s such a very interesting way of speaking. This guy was like, yeah, can you watch my kid or some s***? Like, you could have just ended it at, can you watch my kid.” Drew: “But you always end up just, like, somehow just belittling every situation. You’re like, yeah, dude, I was, like, really fing tired and this jackass fing pulled up to me and tied his goddamn fing shoe. Like, that’s, like, some bulls you would say. And it’s just like, why? Like, why is he a jackass? And why’d you goddamn his shoe?” Melody: “That usually ties in the story later.” Melody: “My stomach hurts so bad. From laughing.” Melody: “He was trying to get the baristas or something to watch the kid. And then they were like, dude, we can’t. And then so the baristas were like, can you watch this kid, since you guys are just hanging out. And they gave us, like, a bunch of coupons.” Drew: “So it was worth it.” Melody: “He was cool, but he really liked getting picked up, which was annoying at some point, because I was like, I’m getting tired.” Melody: “I would never trust my child with me. I took one look at me, I’d be like, no.”

On Rome: Melody: “That fing corny-ass fing Rome and their bulls***. Like, maybe I’m just, like, a total fing hater and bitch.” Drew: “You weren’t alone.” Melody: “I know I’m, like, kind of being mean, but also, like, love is love, like, whatever.” Drew: “You’re so interesting.” Melody: “No, I feel like I’m coming across, like, super rude, but — no, so I love Rome.” Drew: “This is a pressure cooker, for sure. And I think everyone has — I forget what it’s called, dude. Goggles?” Drew: “So many people have gotten together, so many people have gotten married by being here. So I think he maybe came in with that idea and just decided it was her.” Drew: “Because is that really — are we really, two weeks into it, do you really love somebody? I don’t think so.” Melody: “In love.” Drew: “Like, he fully said he was in love. Which maybe they are, also.” Melody: “Maybe they are. No hate.” Drew: “I truly believe he is.” Melody: “I just have, like, a different view. Like, if someone did that to me, I’d be mad. I’d really be like, yo, get the f away from me. Like, you’re not the one. Because, like, why did you just do that?” Drew: “Yeah, but you’d be mad at, like, anything. Like, you’d be like, damn, he fing sneezed, like, two feet from me, like, what a fing jackass.” Drew: “Look, I don’t like that you just lied. You clearly didn’t like it.” Drew: “Listen, I thought it was a little theatrical as well. Do I believe what he said? I do believe. I truly believe that he thought that, and it wasn’t for the cameras, and I think that was 100% his truth.” Drew: “Do I think it’s a little insane two weeks in to fall in love with somebody? Yes. But that’s me personally. I would take, like, six months to say that.” Drew: “But he did it in two weeks, so he’s the GOAT.” Drew: “I really would hope that it’s reciprocated, but fear it may not be.” Drew: “Listen, you’re a baby hater and you hate dogs.” Melody: “I don’t hate dogs and I don’t hate babies. I just don’t like them. That’s different.”

On what’s next: Melody: “Okay, so when you say you want to work in, like, TV and entertainment — like, what, like this? Like, you want to do what we’re doing right now? Or you want to be, like, behind the scenes? Or both?” Drew: “It would be so cool to play until, like, I’m, like, 35, you know? But then what? And I think it would be fun to either go into, like, the production side of it or host something.” Drew: “I’m, like, 35, I’m like, cool, I played these games that I love for 15-ish years, which is insane already.” Drew: “And say, like, Julie Chen is like, I’m done. I don’t think they would cancel the show if Julie isn’t on it. Like, I think they would just find a new host. They would find somebody who’s been there, like, either played the game, in the industry — or they would just find somebody completely new.” Drew: “It would be so cool to be like, oh, I’m now the host of this show. That’d be sick.” Melody: “You working in production or something, that’s, like, super not narrow. The host part for anything would be a little bit more narrow, but not impossible. I mean, you already made it on Big Brother, which is more than a lot of people can say.” Drew: “Yeah, it’s pretty funny that we’re playing Big Brother. I still, like, I’m tripped out on it. Because I’d be watching this season if I wasn’t.” Drew: “I literally said it last season. I was like, this is crazy. Like, I’m watching Big Brother 27. I was like, next summer I’m going to be on. Like, I just said it. And my family was like, okay. They’re like, what’s he on about?”

On the bit that never lands: Melody: “Bro, every time I say, nurse, he’s out again — no one laughs. No one laughs. Which I’m used to at home. No one ever laughs at that at home either. I just think it’s funny.” Melody: “But fing Lyric. Let Lyric say that bulls, bro. Everyone’s cracking up.” Drew: “Really?” Melody: “Yes.” Drew: “It’s because they don’t like you.” Melody: “I know. I’m like, are you fing joking?” Drew: “Can I be honest with you? Let me hold your hand when I say this. I don’t really think it’s that funny. And you overuse it.” Melody: “It’s not. And it’s not supposed to be that funny. It’s, like, a thing I do for myself. But why the f is everyone cracking up at her?” Drew: “Why did we crack up when she said it? Maybe because she said it in a way that it sounded like she was making fun of you. And they’re not laughing at the joke. They’re laughing at making fun of Melody.”

The last one of the night, a rewrite of a song lyric: Melody: “Do you know that song? Let me just say the joke, actually.” Melody: “I can’t drown my demons, they know how to win veto.” Drew: “Do you know that song?” Melody: “You don’t know that song? I feel like you would know that song.” Drew: “I have no f***ing idea.” Drew: “I love your capybaras, man.” Melody: “Damn it, dude. That joke would have been so funny if you knew.”

Drew: “Also, I’m super tired. I think we’re going to sleep.” Drew: “All right, let me know if you need that jacket.” Melody: “Yeah, actually, is it still in there?” Drew: “No, I took it back to my bed.” Melody: “I just like extra padding.” Drew: “Are you going to wear it or are you going to just put it under you?” Melody: “Probably a mixture of both.”

Where it stands

Jason has worked out the plan without anyone telling him. He knows Kamu never ruled out a replacement nomination, he knows he and Lala got named as the biggest threats, and he spent the hour selling Angela on himself as the guy who takes the shot she doesn’t want to take. He got her support and a promise she won’t lie to his face. Neither is worth much on Monday if Kamu names him anyway.

Drew is the only one saying the outcome out loud — Jason goes up, and his life is on the Blockbuster again. Drew also spent the same hour telling Melody he wants Jason gone specifically so Lala stays and keeps the other side scrapping, then agreeing minutes later that Lala should go. Both, to the same person, in the same conversation.

The number to watch is twelve. Twelve voters, Kamu breaking a 6–6 tie, Drew and Melody counting themselves at six with Lyric as the swing. If Jason takes the Blockbuster and Mallory and Lala are the two left, Drew and Melody have already committed to Mallory — and Drew says Barrett is there with him.

And the quietest thing in the night is Melody’s read on her own seat: grouped with Lyric and Mallory from day one without ever being close to either, always tighter with Kamu, voting with a bloc she never picked.

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