
THE KAREN FILES
As Karen is on the block, it's time for a look at how she's played the game over the course of the summer. She tells us, "I have a detailed, complicated strategy that does not involve bad behavior," and then we get to find out just what this slow burning, under-the-radar woman from New Jersey has been up to. It hasn't been easy. Even though she is only 30, she says she feels as if she has really had to get juvenile to make it in the House. She's kissed Diane, she's sun-tanned to a crisp, and she has cried...and cried...and cried.
But Karen's biggest point is that people seem to have forgotten that it's the Jury that decides who will win BIG BROTHER 5. For her money, Karen has done a good job of trying to be friendly with everybody who has been tossed out of the House. We then see a montage of Karen escorting the evicted HouseGuests out the door, ready with a hug and a kiss every step of the way.
NAKOMIS & JULIE DISCUSS THE FUTURE
In the HoH room, Julie asks Nakomis if she was surprised by Diane's decision to take Drew off the block. Nakomis says that she really wasn't. For Nakomis, it just cemented where the division in the House is, and that Diane isn't really somebody she can necessarily trust. Next, Julie wants to know how Nakomis plans to get to the Final Two, and Nakomis replies, "When opportunity knocks, answer your door." In a bit of foreshadowing, Nakomis notes that she feels good if Karen is still in the House; if Karen isn't, Nakomis does feel vulnerable.
THE TWINS, WILL AND MARVIN...OH MY!
At the beautiful Jury house, Will and Natalie are tanned, rested and ready for the new arrival. They stand. They wait. It's Adria! Will is very nearly speechless, but at the same time thrilled as he recognizes that even though he's not getting the money, neither are the twins. With his trademark flair, he laments that he is going to be living with Tweedledum and Tweedledee. "It's like one brain operating two bodies."
When Adria whips out the tapes and the three of them watch her eviction, Will is ecstatic. He asks Adria about her now famous departure speech, and before she can finish her answer, Natalie begins to answer at the same time. This leads Will to remark later, "They're like two psychotic cocker spaniels gnawing at the same piece of meat." Just as Will is settling in for a crazy week, just him and the twins, Marvin comes waltzing down the stairs, the victim of the double eviction week. Marvin shows that while he may be out of the game, he's not completely finished when he reminds the other three that it is up to them who wins the $500,000.
LIVE VOTE
Julie calls the Live Vote to order and offers Karen and Cowboy the opportunity to try and sway the HouseGuests one last time, as there are only two eligible to vote, Drew and Diane. Karen lays down that everybody is in the game for different reasons. She says she has been in the game as she would be in real life, adding, "I'd like to stay if you'd like to have me." Cowboy seconds Karen's emotion. And the vote is on.
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