Was really close like 31-28 minutes. Was some kind of spider web type comp with unscrambling letters.

Not surprised by that.

Part 3 has most luck in it but I think Steve might have better read on the jury.

I don't think Steve has a better read at all. He has no idea who didn't like him, who was aligned etc. But it really doesn't matter like you said it's luck. I bet they both miss JMacs answer which I'm gonna guess is what was your worst move and he would answer not evicting Steve.

I've heard Steve mention John was a threat with jury and Vanessa thought he was Victoria. Doesn't matter tho we agree a lot luck involved.

Vanessa has to tell Steve if you don't take me I'm not voting for you and if I don't take you don't vote for me, that's 3 votes against us and still cut him. He'll still vote for her if she does it.

It's pretty clear Steve thinks he's made f2 while Vanessa is avoiding the topic and has no intention of taking him if she wins.

That's what I'd do. If he's worried over Jackie vote he might be scared of taking Liz.

seems like part 3 should be a battle for first place vs third place and Liz will get second

also part 3 is usually a crapshoot; let's not act like there's a lot of skill or anything. I would line it at basically an even 5050. Cody beat Derrick in it and Ian beat dan. Anythings gonna happen and it could easily come down to a random tiebreaker too

Hopefully Van read into Steve a little and realized he might not take her. She has to convince him how Shelli is Liz's sorority sister if he takes her that's 4 right there plus Becky and Jackie have said all along they want a female winner and Meg ans James hate him and have a strong bond with Austin.

Dr Will could cost Vanessa the game. Steve thinks because he usually does the jury round table he will convince them to vote for who played better and that's Vanessa.

Don't think Dr Will doing it this year but they don't know that.

I don't think Steve has a decent read on any person in the world except his mom, he may or may not have a solid read on her. He is def on the bottom of the cast in that regard.

But yeah, part 3 is such a crapshoot. I think Derrick mentioned last year he thought some people answered the opposite of what they normally would just to throw a wrench into things.

Jason just didn't have any skills or instinct for the game. He was a superfan but had no idea whatsoever how to apply it. He just sat and smoked without doing anything. He gets 0 credit in my book, same as Meg & J-Mac.

Agree that Jeff could've been very tough if he stayed in. He was a convincing guy, he just overplayed socially without being smart about who he told what. He could've been a force to reckoned with if he stayed longer, he was the guy that could've brought the whole other side of the house together. Lots of potential, he just overplayed early & did it stupidly.

Becky was solid in comps. Small credit to her for deciding to just not float after a little while. Socially no one respected her though. She wasn't able to accomplish anything because she didn't command any respect. The only thing she did worth of value was throw Vanessa under the bus. I'd lump her in with James for how they played the game.

Audrey was willing to play the game but couldn't back it up with any skills. Replace Audrey's willingness to play the game with Jason's knowledge of BB and you may have a decent player. She just didn't display any skills whatsoever besides her willingness to play the game so I put her on the bottom or close to the bottom of the cast because of that.

Shelli & Clay both had potential, their showmance killed them. Shelli > Clay though, I think Clay would've been similar to Jeff, going home because of social overplay had it not been for the social guidance of Shelli & Vanessa. The season would've played out totally different if Shelli decided to go with the goblins side of the house early on instead of going with Vanessa. Shelli basically would've been in Vanessa's role on the other side house.

100 percent agree she should do this.

I disagree with this. Steve has said when by himself he knows vanessa will take liz. He and vanessa are just playing the acting game to each other "we did it. we don't even need to win the final leg as we're final 2. Oh but i'm not gonna throw it nor should you even though we don't need it." I think both will probably take liz. And steve and vanessa aren't stupid. They realize the other will prolly take liz. Steve might take vanessa if she tells him if he doesn't keep her he loses her vote, meaning 3 against him. Plus she should mention austin is tight with james and meg and can convince them to vote for liz to win. That's the 5. And tell him she has lost the austwins vote because she took out austin so that would be 3 for him +jmac+becky+jackie+meg+james. That he will win 8 to 1(shelli for vanessa, but she can claim even shelli might vote for steve.) vs vanessa but lose 5 to 3 vs liz. Not that all that is necessarily true but it is possible outcome he could believe. That could be the vote if the jury is bitter/don't like vanessa so they give it to steve. Give the Ian beat Dan speech basically that ian won because the jury was so pissed at dan.

I guess vanessa could take either as she wins easy against either unless a bitter jury result. If it's bitter it doesn't matter who she faces. Steve is more liked by the house though, and the house knows how much it means to him, so still safer for vanessa to take liz.

If steve wins and takes liz to finals will be such a bad beat for finals drama. Not getting to see the jury ask vanessa questions and see vanessa give her reasons why she should win. If steve wins final hoh and takes Liz though he deseres to win. He played an excellent game that is so underrated by most. I saw an article rating steve in the top 10 woat player in bb history. What a joke. Closer to top 10 goat than woat.

I think it's gonna be Derrick.

That's wouldn't be as good for vanessa. He's the only past champion i've noticed who doesn't praise her game as much as others. When james said to vanessa "you're playing too hard" and vanessa responded "did you win last year?" derrick tweeted "i did win last year and i agree with james you're playing too hard." But he has a love for james because of james having a kid. Derrick also said a few weeks back vanessa definitely made a name for herself this year. Question is will she be in the same category as janelle, rachel, and danielle(not sure which danielle? If reyes that's a compliment. But prolly he means Donato because vanessa did good at comps like donato, janelle, and rachel.) This seems a bit wrong. Why just compare her to female stars of the game? Especially females that weren't that good if danielle donato and not reyes. I think it's an insult for derrick to just see vanessa(compare her to only good comp players) as a comp beast and not give her credit for her manipulation skills and how she controlled the game.

You may be right that he was acting. If so, he fooled me because he seemed genuinely excited and elated and kept telling Vanessa things like "should we tell Liz" and "I won 50k!", so I was buying that he thinks Vanessa is going to honor their f2 agreement and take him. And also that he thinks Vanessa thinks he's going to take her.

Maybe it was a combination of acting along with real excitement over the fact that he now gets a showdown with Vanessa in part 3 for what will likely be all the marbles. Also I suppose he could be trying to make her question herself and feel guilty about not honoring their f2, although that would be a pretty advanced move for Steve given what we've seen of him so far.

I think it is exactly what your 2nd paragraph says.

Sounds like Steve is definitely planning on evicting Vanessa if he wins part 3 of the HOH. So glad Steve won part 2 so at least he have this epic sweat on finale night. Let's see if Vanessa can win yet another 50/50 flip with her life on the line

this is a gambling forum. You really need to look up 50/50 flip.

I think they both realize whoever wins this comp wins 500k and whoever loses gets 0, pretty big bubble. Vanessa may feel slight chance steve takes, her but really it's all on the line. If she's thinks the comp doesn't give her a decent edge i could see her trying to make a money deal like save 100k(a 100k gift) to the other if one of us wins the game. We would never know of course.

has that stupid montage episode been part of previous seasons and I have just blocked it from my memory?

I think you really need to rewatch past seasons of how random the part 3 questions are

Every single season brah