KAREN KO'D, DREW NEW HOH
Following through on their plan, Drew and Diane boot out Karen, keeping Cowboy for their alliance. Nakomis immediately gets her game on, knowing she will need to be sharp if she wants to stay in game. Drew wins Head of Household for the third time, narrowly eclipsing Cowboy and setting the scene for a tense week of alliance building and end-of-game scenario planning.

DIANE PLAYS BOTH SIDES
Diane feels pretty good about her position. Drew and Cowboy have her back, and Nakomis and Karen unclear about where her true allegiances lie. Karen pretends she's doing okay, assuring Diane, "I'm not freaked out or anything."

Over cards Karen gives Nakomis and a close analysis of the situation as she sees it, her first concern being her exit path: "Am I the back door? That's so undignified. Diane made a commitment to you and to me: Final Four. Drew made the same to Cowboy: Final Four." She adds that Diane will do whatever Drew wants, so it's probably going to be a vote against Karen. For her part, Nakomis tells Karen, "If there's a tie, Cowboy will leave."

But though Karen and Nakomis are true and honest, they are up against the scheming ways of Diane and the two remaining boys, Cowboy and Drew. Cowboy tells Drew that he plans to be natural this week. He then admits, "At one time I wanted to go with my sister," but now he senses is out to get him.

Diane then sits in the backyard with Karen and Nakomis and has them believing that she is not necessarily voting Karen out. Karen doesn't believe that Diane can lie that well, but at the same time feels like she might be going out.

HORSEMEN BATTERED, BUT NOT BEATEN
The two remaining Horsemen talk strategy and make it clear that Diane is the odd one out in their power triad. Drew details how the plan has gone well to date with Diane winning the Veto, Diane removing Drew from the block and now Diane and Drew voting Karen out. Cowboy then asks the truly important question: what happens next? Drew tells Cowboy what he wants to hear: that Diane doesn't win HoH, and it will be the two of them. Cowboy is psyched, realizing he could be one of the Final Two. At that very moment, Diane shows up, telling them to break it up. She then asks Drew straight up, "You're not going to screw me over for Cowboy after all this? Promise? Swear?" Drew assures her that he is not going to screw her over.

JULIE & THE HOUSEGUESTS
When Julie Chen asks Drew what he thinks about losing two housemates in 48 hours, he replies that it's been kind of weird and the House feels like it's been cut in half. Julie then asks Diane whether she thought she would get this far in the game. Diane's answer: "Of course I did." We glimpse a different side of the BIG BROTHER 5 House when Julie asks Karen what she would do with the money. Karen simply replies, "I'm trying not to contaminate myself with illusions of grandeur at this time."