Big Brother 26, Week 3 Review- America's Veto: The "Most Important" Vote of 2024

After a straightforward week during Week 2, the house got more chaotic again. The revelation of the secret powers held by Quinn and Makensy became widespread knowledge, putting the two houseguests in the cross heirs. Desires to flush the powers led to some fireworks in the house, with Tucker running the show to get them on the block. While things didn't go as planned, it was all done to our benefit as the season gathered more momentum. 

The Blindside That Wasn't
The crux of this week's conflict centered around the veto meeting on Monday, though it wouldn't be seen on television until Wednesday and Thursday. After winning the veto competition last weekend, Tucker devised a plan to flush Quinn's power by putting him on the block and evicting him this week. Cedric didn't seem convinced by the plan, though Tucker took it and ran. Cedric warned Tucker before the meeting to use the veto on himself because they didn't have the votes. Instead, Tucker went through with his plan, using the veto on Angela, hoping Quinn would take her spot. Cedric nominated Makensy, forcing her to use America's Veto. The aftermath saw Tucker go after Cedric for blindsiding him. The kicker is that Tucker was absolutely NOT blindsided by this decision. Tucker deliberately ignored Cedric's warning, called an audible, and got mad that Cedric didn't do what he wanted. He insisted that Cedric didn't tell him, despite the show coming with the receipts in the episode. It made for a more exciting end to the week and gave us a narrative in the house that we can follow moving forward.

The Power of Production
Along with a messy veto ceremony, Wednesday night's veto episode did an excellent job of making Quinn look like the new villain in the house. The timing was incredibly convenient, with America set to vote for the third nominee following Makensy's use of America's Veto. This felt like a deliberate attempt to sway the voting body into picking Quinn to go on the block. To be fair, Quinn didn't do a great job of not painting himself into this role with his power, but the edit for Wednesday's episode felt incredibly misleading. The production team opted to tell the full story on Thursday night, but it was too late. Ultimately, it didn't matter that much, but it's something that was felt completely deliberate.

Cedric's HOH Week
This week was another mixed bag for the HOH. Cedric had an easy initial nomination phase, with Angela and Kenney being large targets and Tucker volunteering to go on the block again. His week got more complicated with the veto ceremony. He made an enemy of Tucker by "blindsiding" him and Makensy for putting her on the block and making her use America's Veto despite not initially wanting to and being promised safety by Cedric. Time will prove Cedric was in the right regarding Tucker, so I think this was a good week for him. 

Eviction Thoughts
No matter who your favorites are this season, America won this week with Kenney being evicted. I went on a mini-tirade last week about Kenney wanting to quit. This week, Kenney was sent packing, allowing him to finally get back to the family that he had missed for the last three weeks. I won't pretend to understand the mental side of being in the Big Brother house. Kenney clearly didn't have a handle on being in the house. He wanted to leave every other day. It was honestly frustrating to watch. Now, he's gone and we can watch the remaining 13 players go at it. I don't have too much to say about Kenney other than I'm glad he's gone for the sake of my viewing pleasure.

Week 4 Preview (WITH HOH SPOILERS)
What a week for Angela to be the HOH with Quinn primed to be the man in charge with his Deepfake HOH set to expire. While this means Angela is safe, Quinn gets to control the nominations and the re-nomination, should there be one. He made it clear during his speech this week that Tucker is at the top of the pecking order, though I don't think Tucker should be given two chances to get off the block if he's the intended target. He's won the last two AI Arena competitions and won the veto this week before choosing not to save himself. The danger with not nominating Tucker is that you might not get a chance to put him up afterward, depending on the result of the veto competition on Saturday. Makensy and Leah are sensible choices. Rubina might find herself in trouble since she's close to Tucker. Quinn could also throw us all for a loop and nominate a close ally, though it wouldn't make sense since people know he is in charge. This feels like it's going to be a relatively boring week since the outcome is already determined, but I'm open to being wrong about that. 

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