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Two guests were voted out on the first double eviction of the summer on Big Brother. (Photo via @big.brother Instagram) 

TV Review: Two houseguests were sent to the jury house during the first double eviction of the summer on ‘Big Brother 19'

Every reality show needs a villain, and the cast of Big Brother 19 voted off half of them during last week’s episode. Or did they?

After weeks of targeting Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson, the house was able to see the fruits of their labor. Leaving on a 7-1 vote, Jessica left her boyfriend, Cody, in the house to fend for himself.

Sunday

Alone in the BB house

Following the live eviction, the houseguests, minus Cody, celebrated making it to jury. Mark Jansen realized Jessica’s eviction speech about Paul was true and he is controlling the house.

Most players wanted to target Cody, except Josh Martinez and Christmas Abbott. They noticed “Marlena” still spoke with Cody and they had not picked a side yet. Alex Ow, on the other hand, wanted to nominate Matt Clines and Elena Davies as pawns so they could backdoor Cody, but Paul Abrahamian quickly discouraged that idea.

Alone in the kitchen, Kevin spoke to Cody about how he was feeling following Graf’s exit. Cody said it would not make sense to target him because he would never go after Alex. Kevin Schlehuber was trying to cover his game in case Cody would stay this week and win Head of Household.

Alex noticed this interaction and alerted Paul, Christmas, Josh and Jason Dent. Those four told Kevin not to speak with Cody. Schlehuber thought it was irrelevant who he talked to because Cody was going home this week.

Later, Mark and Jason were playing chess, and Mark told Jason that Paul is indeed running the house and they needed to take a shot at him before it was too late.

The Temptation Competition and nominations

Before the competition started, Alex wanted someone from her alliance to throw it to ensure Cody could be backdoored this week. Matt volunteered. Meanwhile, Cody had a plan to throw the competition so he could be the third nominee and ensure his chance to play for the veto. Everyone played in the competition except Alex and Christmas.

During the course of the competition, Cody accidentally got an answer right which kept Matt in last place. Mark answered every question correctly and received safety for the week.

Because Matt was already on the block as the third nominee, Alex needed to nominate another pawn beside Elena, and Jason agreed. Elena was nervous about being a pawn and asked Cody if he would take her off if he won the veto. Cody said yes. Christmas caught the conversation and started an argument with Mark about being disloyal and flip-flopping again. Josh involved himself, as usual, and an even bigger fight broke out.

At the nomination ceremony, the Head of Household nominated Jason and Elena for eviction.

Wednesday

The Power of Veto competition

The episode picked up with Alex telling viewers she was okay with Matt or Elena going home if the plan to set up Cody backfired. In a conversation with Paul, they both agreed that Kevin and Cody’s side conversations were not okay, and keeping Josh until the end was the smart move because he is easy to manipulate.

In another room, Cody opened up to Kevin about having a daughter and keeping it a secret because the other houseguests would have used that against him. Kevin admitted he missed his family, but he couldn't show emotion because people would think he was soft.

During the Power of Veto competition, Paul was the first eliminated, followed by Mark. Jason was eliminated and Matt followed quickly behind. Elena and Alex were both left and made a deal to not curse each other following the competition. Alex was eliminated, which made Elena the last one standing. Elena eventually ended up going back on her deal with Alex and gave her the cursed she received. Alex was furious, and the move put an even bigger target on Elena’s back.

After the competition, Alex continued to be petty and invited Cody into the HoH suite just to make Elena paranoid. Cody was able to get Alex and Jason alone and told them that he would never target them. He even took it as far to say that if they kept him in the house, people would always see him as a threat leaving the target off of everyone else.

Nominations

Matt won the Power of Veto, and Paul told him to take Jason off of the block. Matt said he needed to think about it, but eventually did use the veto to pull Jason off. Paul is still calling the shots — and no one is picking up on it.

Thursday

The claws came out again 

Josh found Cody alone in the bathroom and told him Jessica was not his target last week until they had a huge blowup. Josh was tired of Marlena’s disloyalty and wanted one of them out of the house last week. Cody shrugged him off.

In front of the house, Josh asked Cody if Mark and Elena formed an alliance with Jody when Cody re-entered the house the second time. Cody said no, and Josh explained why he asked that. This resulted in Josh and Elena having a face-to-face screaming match, with Alex tagging herself in.

Live vote and eviction

Host Julie Chen prepared the houseguests for the live vote and eviction. None of the speeches mattered except Cody’s. He told the house Alex and Jason were coming for Paul and the rest of the house. He later told Chen that it was all a ploy to stir up drama in the house.

By a vote of 7-0, Cody was evicted from the Big Brother house.

Double eviction

During the double eviction episode, the cast members compete in the HoH and PoV and evict another houseguest before the hour was up.

It started with Jason becoming the HoH and nominating Mark and Elena. His reasoning was the same as everyone else’s: They were shady and disloyal.

During the PoV competition, Mark and Jason were neck and neck, but Mark pulled out the win. He pulled himself off of the block and Matt was the replacement.

The live votes took place and resulted in Elena being evicted by a 6-1 vote.

Next week, viewers will see the drama unfold after the stunt Cody pulled while leaving the house. The Temptation Competition is over, but a new a twist will be unleashed on the house. A new HoH will be crowned, and someone will join Cody and Elena in the jury house.

Big Brother airs on Sundays and Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and Thursdays at 9 p.m. on CBS.

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