FRIENDSHIP RALLIES AS BATTLE BEGINS
Tensions settle briefly after the big blow-out of Kaysar's repeat eviction. Janelle and her crew get down to rightful revenge-plotting as the Friendship Alliance take stock of their position. "This time it's personal, and I need to go after them," Janelle warns. With two members on the block, the Powder Puffs have some quick thinking to do and a PoV to win. As Janelle gloats over winning HoH, April is goaded into declaring, "Oh my god, they are so immature," forgetting that her ally Jenny tossed the HoH key away rather than place it over Janelle's head after the HoH Competition.

Rachel starts stressing over partner Howie's inability to keep his name-calling under control as he lays into "Busto" (April) again. "You let it go!" Rachel demands. Refocusing Janelle and Howie on the game-play, Rachel next proposes luring floater James back to their side with an eviction deal. They want Jen gone; James wants Maggie gone; so they agree that Rachel will offer James the deal. Meantime, Janelle checks out her HoH Room. None of the Powder Puff gang take up Janelle's offer to tour her room, but James diplomatically follows them upstairs in a move that alerts the "girls" downstairs that he is considering his alliance options.

Ivette has "an instinct that James is going to have (her) back" and chooses to trust that feeling and believe James. Taking advantage of this, James begins to twist Ivette's loyalty to him, fostering seeds of betrayal towards Maggie. "Maggie has to go…. She'll never trust me, and she is my nemesis in this game," he confides in the Diary Room.

April and Jen have an impromptu strategy huddle behind the living room couches. April reports that Ivette has already starting backstabbing and creating mistrust between the Friendship allies. "Ivette is becoming more and more about herself in this game…and what will benefit her," April charges, as cracks in the Powder Puff gang begin to show.