
Watching all this from the comfort of the Spy Screen is Nakomis, who is pretty sure there's some "smack being talked" when she catches Diane and Natalie chatting it up in the kitchen. Adria and Natalie continue to push to find out if they have allies and what those allies might do for them. Adria steamrolls into the cloud room, getting the drop on Diane and Drew and asking them what they would do if they won the Veto. Not wanting to lose her cuddle friend, Diane is concerned that Nakomis might put Drew up if one of the twins were taken down. Diane has difficulty handling A's intensity and leaves, and when she does, Adria confides that she thinks Drew is her best chance in the Power of Veto competition. Drew says that works for him, but then later admits he doesn't know what he would do if he won.
THE WEB--AN AMAZON SHOPPING SPREE
A welcome distraction from the twin tension arrives in the form of a Luxury Competition aptly titled "The Web." In the backyard the HouseGuests find a gigantic web of rubber bands with a series of white rubber balls, each with a letter on it. Or as Karen put it so gingerly, "A giant rainbow exploded with a spider and had a baby." The goal of the game is to get through the multi-colored web, grab one of the balls and push it through until the end. Once all the HouseGuests have gotten through with their balls, they then need to spell out a word.
If they complete "The Web" as a team in under three minutes, they get to have an 18 item shopping spree on Amazon.com. For every 30 seconds over three minutes they lose one item. Whoever completes the course the fastest gets an additional $1000 Amazon shopping spree. Drew goes first and, taking one for the team, pushes as many balls as he can to the end of "The Web." Adria goes next, rocking through fast and furious. Diane gets low and in the words of Marvin, "all Lara Croft Tomb Raider." It is Diane who is the quickest, something which Drew takes credit for having pushed all the balls near the end. "I should get twenty percent of her winnings," he says with a smile. Natalie goes last and after some initial spelling miscues they spell the code word, "INTERNET." For their finishing time they get 14 items.
Happily the shopping spree nets a fire bin, some Omaha steaks and a bunch of fitness equipment. The fire bin comes into play later as Marvin suggests burning Holly's cat that she gave to Jase for good luck. The pagan ceremony brings a wide smile to Marvin's face.
ALL ABOUT DIANE
The twins don't relent in their all out strategy to turn Diane their way. While Diane is alone in the living room, Natalie and A come in and lay into her, talking about commitment and how they would behave if Diane were on the block. For her part, Diane just hangs back and tries to slough off their assault. "I'm just going to cross that bridge when I come to it." Diane feels like she is always being cornered by Natalie and Adria and doesn't really enjoy how uncomfortable they make her feel.
We revisit the "Young and the Restless" competition as Cowboy and Marvin both give over-the-top line readings that they feel would be at home on a soap opera. They fake having Karen be the object of their affections and both pretend to kiss her while placing a hand over her mouth.
|