BB27 Thursday Double Eviction Ep Recap w/ Quinn Martin, Week 10

Summary

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RHAP: We Know Big Brother - BB27 Thursday Double Eviction Recap

Episode Recap with Quinn Martin (Week 10)
Date: September 19, 2025
Hosts: Rob Cesternino, Taran Armstrong, Quinn Martin

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Overview:

This episode recaps Big Brother 27’s wild Double Eviction night (Week 10), featuring returning guest Quinn Martin (BB26). Rob, Taran, and Quinn break down one of the season’s most dramatic nights—two back-to-back evictions, shifting alliances, high-stakes competitions, and the ongoing chaos of Vince and Morgan’s fraught relationship. They dive into competition dynamics, the future shape of the game, jury speculation, and sprinkle in plenty of fan humor, soap opera-level drama, and production meta.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Immediate Reactions to Double Eviction

• Quinn’s Take: “Dare I say one of the better double evictions we've seen in Big Brother history. I thought it was exciting. It was easy to follow. They had not one but five cameras during that veto and I was like, thank God. We are planning ahead—we've learned from the last shuffleboard competition.” (05:10)
• Rob’s Take: Expresses disappointment that Lauren, having narrowly survived one eviction, immediately leaves in the double—robbing viewers of "humiliation events" and dramatic fallout (05:33, 06:56). He laments a lack of climactic showdowns but acknowledges the night’s entertainment value.

2. The Ascent of Keanu and Morgan

• Taran (09:42): “The lay of the land is this is Morgan or Keanu’s game to lose at this point. The two of them are just starting to trade comps back and forth, and I imagine they'll be trying to target one another, but it’s really just a matter of which one is going to be able to comp out to the end.”
• Quinn is Team Morgan: “Since when are we rooting for the comp beast that is saying things on feeds about, like, ‘Oh, well, Rachel just doesn't fully understand the game’… I'm Team Morgan, Team Ashley, Team Vinnie. I team Ava, too.” (10:11)

3. Ava’s Fading Path to Victory

• Rob and Taran (10:50–11:14): Discuss how Will’s endorsement of Ava in jury and the current jury dynamics still leave a slim, convoluted hope for Ava—but it’s a “long shot.”
• Taran: “It’s not completely impossible, especially if it's Ava versus Ashley in the end, it's just—how do we get to that?”

4. Production Changes & Live Feeds

• Endurance HOH Competition Live: (11:33–12:13) Taran excitedly shares that the feeds are back up and the classic endurance comp will be shown live to fans—a throwback to earlier Big Brother days.
• Speculation on Endurance: Jokes about possible tie-ins with Amarillo’s Big Texan steakhouse (12:23), old comp formats like spinning disks or slip-and-slide, and Quinn’s humorous hope for a “mukbang” endurance (13:00–13:09).

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Segment-by-Segment Breakdown with Memorable Quotes

Vince & Morgan: High Drama, Low Romance

• Vince and Morgan's Relationship (15:36–17:27): Quinn and Taran revel in the ongoing friction.
  • Quinn: “I love seeing them argue. Like, I think that this is the best situation for me… I feel like I'm watching a soap opera. And I hope that this is the season that we bring back Big Brother players in soap operas…” (15:41)
  • Taran: “The way that he [Vince] reacts to the pain—like, I imagine most people in the middle of conversations don't go 'ow.'" (18:43)
  • Quinn: “His curly hair looks so good. It pisses me off.” (17:19)

Vince: The Walking Injury Narrative

• Rob asks if Vince’s physical problems are real or “psychosomatic.” (17:28).
  • Quinn: “He was a college athlete… I know the guy who is perpetually injured… I think he just gets in his head and then it becomes real.” (17:56)

Kelly's Eviction and the Blockbuster Comp

• Production Critique: Quinn proposes a clever fix for the AI Arena twist: each player gets one “arena pass” per season to avoid stale storylines (28:15).
• Lauren’s Blockbuster Performance: “Lauren might be the greatest athlete we’ve ever witnessed in our lives. She was draining those balls… Come on. Under pressure, she was running back and forth. I was like, Lauren, go Tigers.” (29:06)
• Keanu “C-” in Comp: Both Taran and Rob critique Keanu’s underperformance despite his physical gifts (29:31).

The Mastermind's Underwhelming Night

• Quinn on Veto Comp (35:08): “This was a mental comp that I think I could have won. I was like, we’re playing Where’s Waldo and Waldo has a highlighter on him. This is crazy.”
• Taran calls out Vince for an obvious veto throw and points out how hard it probably was to see for houseguests with bad eyesight, referencing Quinn's own struggles in BB26 (47:52–49:35).

Eviction Fallout and Jury Speculation

• Jury Viewing Mechanics (39:20-41:36): Quinn details that jury watches ceremonies and comps with no DRs; they get to ask live questions, but context is limited.
  • Quinn: “It’s pretty much a Big Brother episode with no diary room sessions… and sound effects, which is great.”
• Kelly’s Interview and Social Dynamics: Quinn and Taran find Kelly extremely charismatic post-eviction but bemoan her lack of gameplay initiative (35:55–36:55).

Vince & Morgan: Could They Campaign Against Each Other?

• Taran (54:48): “There's a very real chance that Morgan can get the votes with both Ashley and Ava to evict Vince over her... They’re actually kinda incentivized to do so because... what else are they gonna do?”

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Quinn, on BB drama-as-soap-opera: “[Vince and Morgan] are blessing us with this as viewers. So shout out to them. Thank goodness they got cast.” (19:43)
• Rob, on Kelly’s eviction blow-up: “Did Kelly say one thing that happened after August 1st?” (34:20)
• Quinn, on jury housing: “The house is like a McMansion… if there was even a slight breeze, this cardboard box would go flying. It looks good on the outside… inside, we are at risk.” (82:44)
• Quinn, on eviction speeches: “My least favorite thing is these eviction speeches. ...Don’t throw in the towel, please.” (62:33)
• Taran, on who should be scared of comp threats: “They’ve exclusively referred to Keanu as a shield... and I think that in a competition whose end game is so comp driven, that makes me so nervous.” (80:36)
• Quinn, on being a social catalyst/matchmaker: “I am a social catalyst. I do love playing matchmaker. So if [Kelsey] really felt that way and she sought counsel from me of all people, I'd be like, sure, yeah.” (23:53)

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James Gunn's Big Brother Superfan Cameo (68:33–73:05)

• Surreal Pop Culture Moment: Director James Gunn guest stars, declaring his fandom for Lauren and disappointment in Vince (“I was a Vince fan, but he lost me this week.”)
• Quinn, on the crossover: “The idea, just imagining, we should have gotten... as one of the movies they do, like the Whatever Veto, they should have done that with the Scooby-Doo movie [which Gunn wrote]. They should have let him cook.” (70:15, 70:54)
• Gunn on his BB favorites: He cites loving BB2, BB6, BB16, and BB24—Derrick and Taylor are his all-time favorites (73:05).

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Strategic Forecast: What’s Next?

• Taran (77:02): Outlines permutations for final five week:
  • Keanu and Morgan targeting each other; Morgan can’t play HOH.
  • Ava and Ashley might seize the chance to finally target Keanu, but “it’s all over the place.”
  • Ashley could be in a good spot, but Vinnie and Morgan are vulnerable if others wise up to comp threats.
• Taran: “There’s a very real chance that Morgan can get the votes with both Ashley and Ava to evict Vince over her.” (54:48)

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Jury House Vibes

• Quinn: “I feel like everyone's gonna be in their own space, decompressing… hiding from one another.” (82:07)
• Jury house is “McMansion”–like, but “cardboard box”–fragile; each juror gets own room, and there’s a ghost story for good measure (83:18–83:42).

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Closing Thoughts:

• Quinn praises the season’s entertainment: “It may not be the most strategic season… but it’s so Big Brother. I’m still enjoying it and I hope everyone is as well.” (84:05)
• Rob and Taran look forward to a high-stakes, comp-heavy endgame and tease various upcoming RHAP events.
• Quinn invites listeners to catch his Twitch streams (“7:12pm, six days a week!”) and Patreon content, including BB recaps and bonus games.

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Episode Highlights by Timestamp

| Timestamp | Segment / Topic | Notable Speaker(s) & Quotes | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:42 | Episode Begins (Major content starts) | Rob: “Coming to you live from my apartment, it's Rob Has a Podcast.” | | 05:10 | Double eviction praise | Quinn: “One of the better double evictions…” | | 09:42 | State of the house post-evictions | Taran: “Morgan or Keanu’s game to lose.” | | 10:11 | Horse in the race? | Quinn is “Team Morgan” | | 13:51 | Endurance comp speculation | Taran, Quinn | | 14:15 | Vince vs. Morgan drama | Taran, Quinn, Rob | | 19:43 | Unprecedented “non-showmance” fighting | Quinn: “Blessing us as viewers.” | | 23:53 | Social matchmaker | Quinn on hypotheticals with Kelsey and BB cast | | 29:06 | Lauren’s comp performance praised | Quinn: “Might be the greatest athlete we've ever witnessed.” | | 34:20 | Kelly eviction blowup | Rob, “Did Kelly say one thing that happened after August 1st?”| | 39:30 | What do jurors see? | Quinn explains jury viewing | | 54:48 | Vince/Morgan could face off as nominations | Taran: “Very real chance Morgan could get the votes…” | | 68:33 | James Gunn cameo | Full panel | | 77:02 | Final speculation | Taran and Quinn on next few moves | | 84:05 | Season verdict | Quinn: “It’s so Big Brother, I’m still enjoying it.” |

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Final Takeaways:

• The double eviction delivered drama, comp mishaps, and the heartbreak of houseguest exits—shaking up the remaining gameplay.
• Vince and Morgan’s volatile, unique non-showmance is at the season’s center—poised for an epic showdown or emotional meltdown.
• With comp threats overshadowing strategists, jury management could be crucial; the season’s endgame is wide open.
• The blend of BB strategy, pop-culture meta (James Gunn!), and “inside baseball” stories from Quinn add layers of fun for superfans.

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Listen to the next episode for jury house developments, live endurance coverage, and more iconic RHAP hijinks.

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[Rob Cesternino]

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[Taryn Armstrong]

Rob, they're going to be in my life forever.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

That's. They would never do anything that would impact my relationship with them outside of the game.

[Rob Cesternino]

That's good. That's good for the next couple of weeks. Ten more days.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Forever.

[Quinn]

Rob.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Okay. And we are so excited to be here. What a great guest to have with us on double eviction night. Of course, from big brother 26. Quinn is here. Quinn, how are you?

[Quinn]

I am feeling great. It feels like I just took a power nap with manta sleep mask.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay.

[Quinn]

Because I rejuvenated this season. This episode was great. I'm happy to be here. Shout out manta sleep masks.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Get 10% off from our presenting sponsor with promo code RJP27. Thank you. Quinn. Quinn, how are you? I can't imagine you were sleeping during that double eviction, baby.

[Quinn]

Absolutely not. I'm doing great. I dare I say one of the. One of the better double evictions we've seen in big brother history. I thought it was exciting. I feel like it was easy to follow. They had not one but five cameras during that veto and I was like, thank God. Or hoh. Was like, thank goodness. Like, we are planning ahead. We've learned from the last shuffleboard competition. Yeah, we're crushing it.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. I actually, I feel like I was kind of let down by the order of events here tonight because I. At first I was happy that Lauren made it through the first eviction of the night, but then I felt like that losing her in the double eviction was kind of a downer because that it we did not get to see the humiliation events in any way, shape or form. Whereas I feel like that Taryn, I would have liked to have seen what Vince did if it came down to a tie vote in the first Lauren eviction possibility.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah, I mean, I think it was a good double eviction and because it couldn't have not been a good double eviction because Vince had put so much work into making sure that no matter what happened, he was screwed. But this was like, again, that, like, you know, shot on the Death Star, like the one outcome that had the least amount of drama and fallout because Lauren survives. But the whole point of Lauren surviving with the blockbuster was that Vince was then gonna break his word to her that he'd been promising her all week that he would keep Kelly over. Keanu still stands up in front of her and evicts Kelly. And she was saying, I'll be done with you if you do that, Vince. And she was going to be pissed, but then she just leaves immediately in the double anyway. And so all the drama just gets sucked out into space because I'm still in space, apparently.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. So kind of a bummer. But overall, we'll talk it all through here tonight. Quinn, what's new? How are you doing?

[Quinn]

You know, I've been chilling fat. I'm getting excited for this Big Brother finale that's coming up. I'm gonna drive out to la. I'm super excited about that. I've been streaming on twitch. It's like 18 hours, but I'm from the Midwest, so that's like, you know, that's like the same thing as a four hour drive. Like, you're just behind the wheel.

[Rob Cesternino]

Let me ask Morgan how many seconds that is. She said that's what, 48?

[Taryn Armstrong]

Something like that.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

She did so much calculus on the side. Puts up three numbers. I was like, what, were you pretending to do the math? That's crazy.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Okay, we'll talk about all of that. But overall, good summer for you, Quinn.

[Quinn]

Oh, best summer of my life. Big brothers on our screen. So here we are.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Okay. Do you feel like that there is a possibility that you could be tapped by James Gunn to appear in a DC film after tonight.

[Quinn]

I'm begging. I DM'd him after we found out that he watches Big Brother, and he responded, and he told me that he was rooting for me. He was. I was like, you watch Big Brother? And he said, f, yeah, and I was rooting for you. So I'm like James Gunn. Quinion confirmed I was gonna die for him anyway after making Guardians of the Galaxy, but after seeing Superman, that's my go. I hope I. I hope I die on screen.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Taran, could we get. If we get an exit interview with Vince, could we tell him on camera? Hey, did you know that the famous director James Gunn happens to be a big fan of Big Brother? He said that he stopped being a fan of yours during your HOH because you let Morgan run the hoh.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I think. I mean, if it were. If it were a video interview, I think we would start with. Yeah. It turns out James Gunn was on the show, and he said he was a big fan of yours.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Wow.

[Quinn]

Really?

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah. Until you're hoh, when Morgan ran it.

[Rob Cesternino]

Oh, yeah. Okay.

[Quinn]

Well, me, I guess.

[Rob Cesternino]

All right, so I guess let's start at the end of all of this. At we have a night where, you know, we talked about that during the week. Ava and Kelly and Lauren, they had these, the three. And there was, like, a side of the house there. Even though it wasn't a very strong side of the house, they did have numbers. After tonight, those numbers are gone. They are wiped out. What's the lay of the land now moving forward, Taryn?

[Taryn Armstrong]

The lay of the land is this is Morgan or Keanu's game to lose at this point, it seems the two of them are just starting to trade comps back and forth, and I imagine they'll be trying to target one another, but it's really just a matter of, like, which one is going to be able to, like, comp out to the end?

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Quinn, do you have a horse in this race between Morgan and Keanu?

[Quinn]

I'm team Morgan. I feel like I'm losing my mind. Since when are we rooting for, like, the comp beast that is saying things on feeds about, like, oh, well, you know, Rachel just doesn't fully understand the game. You know, it's like he. I feel bad. Is locked in a house with nothing but women. So it's like, who's he going to listen to but the echoes of his own voice? I don't know. I'm blown away by this, but I'm team Morgan, team Ashley, team Vinnie. I team Ava, too. I know. I feel like I'm always going to win. Okay. I know Ava's let us down, but this is not the worst thing someone has said on Big Brother. Okay. I. I still have love for her. Okay.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. It does seem like that there may not be a path for Ava. Right. At this point.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I wouldn't say that. You know, Will going out saying he wants Ava to win. Rachel has no idea the things Ava said about her. I don't think it's completely impossible, especially if it's Ava versus Ashley in the end. It's just. Yeah. Like, how is that actually.

[Rob Cesternino]

How do we get to that?

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. So.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Especially because Ava for sure has Kelly and Lauren on lock. And you would hope that Ashley has Rachel and. And Will on lock, but I don't know that for sure because of their exit interviews.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Word on the street is that we're headed towards an endurance competition tonight. Coming out of the double eviction. Does that sound right?

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah, this is. This was very surprising. The feeds are back right now. They came back on immediately and I realized that there are probably a lot of fans that haven't been around super long that are like, wait, that happens? Yeah. This is what used to happen all the time. They used to just come right back on. So the feeds are on right now, and we have been told by Big Brother that they will stay on for the competition tonight.

[Rob Cesternino]

Wow.

[Taryn Armstrong]

It's a kind of endurance competition tonight. So I will be live on YouTube, Twitch and Patreon watching that later tonight. But yeah, that's. That's what's going on.

[Rob Cesternino]

All right, so a lively night of the feeds coming up here as we figure out who's going to be the final five. HRH Queen. What would you like to see?

[Quinn]

I think for. We're saying endurance. Everyone's thinking it's going to be maybe a test of strength, maybe a tense, a test of speed. I think it might be something completely different. I think that CBS is going to partner with Big Texan, the restaurant in Amarillo, Texas, and. And where they have to eat a 72 ounce steak, a baked potato, a salad, an assortment of fried shrimp, and then a large beer. I think that that's the real endurance comp. So I think Keanu seeing a Vinnie win, you know, screw it.

[Rob Cesternino]

I don't think Vinnie could do that.

[Quinn]

Morgan, I think it would outweigh him. But, you know, do we know, has.

[Rob Cesternino]

Morgan ever done a mukbang on her Twitch stream?

[Quinn]

He's seen the clips on Twitter.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

That are out there.

[Taryn Armstrong]

For what it's worth, she needs something else. They did say a classic battle of endurance is back. So what could that be? In my mind, it could be spinning discs. It could be slip inside. Obviously, if it's slip inside, just hand it to Keanu, which maybe is what they want. Other than that, like, I don't think there are any, like, super. They haven't done the egg fence thing on feeds in a long time, so that seems unlikely. Pressure cooker theoretically could be a possibility, but they really hyped it up last time. I would imagine they would have done so again this time.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay, so I guess let's talk through the night and then we'll break things down as they come up. But really, I thought that the first hour actually was more interesting than the second, the double eviction, because we really got to see all of the, you know, Vince and Morgan high drama that you've chronicled all week. Taran.

[Quinn]

Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

And this was good. Like, it feels like they tried.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Well, it was a night where they had a lot of canvas to work with. And we can tell because they did like a 12 hour interview with Kelly during this. So they definitely had room to let it breathe on a Thursday, which they don't normally have.

[Taryn Armstrong]

They had room and they had material to work with and they. They used that material. Not always in the way that I specifically would have wanted, but, like, this was good stuff. It was high drama and they. They really leaned into it between Vince and Morgan. And I think, you know, portraying their morning fight, getting ready, going to the shower was a really smart decision. That was one of the funniest ones and it was pretty representative of how they operated generally over the last few days. And they also made sure to show Ashley actually pushing this, this, this. This vision of hers, which was exactly what was happening. They included Keanu more than they needed to because Keanu was completely irrelevant to the strategy of the week. But, you know, they love. They love their Keanu, so that' it was good stuff and the music was good and the editing was fun. Like, I liked it.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quinn, how are you feeling about the Vincent Morgan of it all?

[Quinn]

I love seeing them argue. Like, I think that this is the best situation for me is that that they have managed their games, have managed to crash cross paths like this. I thought it was so obnoxious when Kelly is like, don't. Don't make the girl wait. As if Kelly has talked like, Big Brother strategy, like, this whole game. And I'm Like, I know that you can't fathom the idea of, like, Morgan and Vince having this long discussion. It's not like they're talking about, like. It's not like they're having Bible study and you're getting frustrated with that. It's like they're talking Big Brother. Let's all get in line here. But I love the drama. I feel like I'm watching a soap opera. And I hope that this is the season that we bring back Big Brother players in soap operas, because we didn't get that for big brother 26.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Rachel talked about being on the Bold and the Beautiful. Do you think that they will write a storyline around Vince and Morgan?

[Quinn]

I think they have to, but they shouldn't tell Vince that. Like, it's. It's. It's a show. He'll think it's real, and they'll get some of the best acting you've ever seen your life. And I'll be sad. I'll be at the awards ceremony. I'll lose my mind, be great.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I don't think that they would. I think they, like audiences for that show would be like, this is unrealistic.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

They're not buying it.

[Taryn Armstrong]

This is. This is too childish and dramatic. There's no way.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. And Vince, not particularly bold, so, you know, cross that off. But very beautiful. Very beautiful. Especially beautiful. Yes. You know, and they showed him tonight, and I didn't realize that how much he is. He straightens his hair. What does it look like?

[Quinn]

Yeah, his curly hair looks so good. It pisses me off.

[Taryn Armstrong]

It looks like a beautiful mane of curly hair.

[Quinn]

Rob.

[Rob Cesternino]

You know, they had a montage tonight of Vince's many ailments of, you know, as you've chronicled, groin, back, leg, and he's falling apart. Do we feel like that any part of this is sort of, like, psychosomatic, where, you know, Vince is having this mental breakdown that is, like, manifesting in these different ailments he's feeling.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Maybe he.

[Quinn]

He was a college athlete, and, like, I. I know the guy who is perpetually injured. I've played with many of them where it's like, we're in preseason. How'd you pull your hamstring? So I just imagine Vinnie's college career just in that PT office every day, talking about, like, yeah, and I don't know what it is, but maybe, like, you could look at my other hamstring as well. I think he just gets in his head and then it becomes real. I would love to see his game footage from College. Because if he's hurt like this, I just imagine he was throwing shoulders in this game of baseball.

[Rob Cesternino]

He was a baseball player. That's right. He told Zach that when Zach was in the house.

[Quinn]

That's true. People sleep on him. He's an athlete. All right.

[Rob Cesternino]

He's an athlete.

[Quinn]

How do you think he grabbed those balls in the pit like that?

[Taryn Armstrong]

The funny thing about it is the way that he reacts to the pain. Like, I imagine most people in the middle of conversations don't go, ow.

[Rob Cesternino]

Oh, yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Oh, there's a crap.

[Rob Cesternino]

I've got a crap.

[Taryn Armstrong]

What do I do?

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, well, it came up the other night that there was a theory that perhaps there is, like, a voodoo doll event somewhere that maybe Kelsey has been working with the Etsy witch.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Oh, okay.

[Rob Cesternino]

Like that.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I mean, I don't know why he's still. He loves and misses her.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, well, it's interesting, for sure. So, yeah, we got the. All of the high drama of Morgan versus Vince. I mean, this was really incredible, especially for two people who are not in an actual showmance in the house to be fighting like this. Quinn, have we ever seen anything like this?

[Quinn]

Oh, God. I would say I feel like seeing Tucker and Angela when he was in the shower, and he's looking at her as it's come out that she tried to flip on him. I'm the one who snitched. Guilty of his charge. Love that. The real genuine heartbreak as he was talking to her and he was like, I used the veto on you. Like, that felt very, like, similar to this. But I don't think anyone compares to what Vinnie and Morgan are blessing us with as viewers. So shout out to them. Thank goodness they got cast. This is great.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Just Taryn, the incredible drama of Morgan just, like, by herself. Just, like, just replaying the conversation when Vince had said that he wanted them to be the final three. And how could he say that?

[Taryn Armstrong]

How could he say that? How could he say. And this is the thing, too, is that last night on the episode, they. I feel like intentionally cut short that moment right before the veto ceremony because he was saying, like, Morgan, you can't burn me. This. This is way more than just the game. Like, this is real life. Like, you can't burn me like that. You know what I mean? Like, really just heavily implying, like, they have something going and he. She can't turn her back on that. And that's what really got to her. And that became a huge topic of conversation for them. And so they had to go back and show at Least part of that conversation.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

With. In the episode. Because she then used that as.

[Rob Cesternino]

As she.

[Taryn Armstrong]

As she does the. The idea that he was like, you promise you won't do this on. On our relationship outside of this game? And she's like, I promise. And then afterwards, like, you know what? It's kind of messed up that you made me promise something like that, Vince. That's making me not want to listen, not wanting to adhere to the promise. So he was like, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that.

[Quinn]

Please.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quinn, you're going to be out in LA around the finale. What do you do if you run into Vincent Morgan and they come to you and they ask you, quinn, can you help? Can you give us some advice? Can you mediate for us what we say to them?

[Quinn]

I would say yes in a heartbeat. I would be like, yeah, let's get a private room. I'd be like, hey, let's. Hey, everyone, get out of here. All right? We have a private meeting to discuss things. I would do that in a heartbeat. And I feel like. I feel like I'm pretty emotionally intelligent. I think I could offer some insight. I think that I can heal this because I want them to be friends outside of this. Like, I. I'm obsessed with their friendship. I think it's great, and I will be a champion to keep things together, you know?

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. And do you think that everything is going to be okay with Vincent, Kelsey, and that then Morgan and Vince are just friends after the season?

[Quinn]

I think that if we have two adults separately saying that it's platonic, I'm going to choose to believe that if they're moving in a way that is sketchy and makes Kelsey uncomfortable, then I'm going to side with Kelsey every single time. But I think that, honestly, none of my business, which I know, I know I'm in the drama, but I think that if they're both looking us in the eyes and they're telling us it's platonic, we'll see what happens. You know, we saw Mackenzie and Cam cuddling into the depths of Big Brother 26. MacKenzie told Joseph and I to our faces, it's. It's platonic. She left the room. We burst out laughing because it was like, oh, whatever. And she was telling the truth. It was always platonic between those two. So I'm going to choose to believe that love to Chelsea or Kelsey, of course. But, yeah, I'm hoping that they're able to have a friendship afterwards.

[Rob Cesternino]

But what if Kelsey comes to you and says, quinn, you Know what? I've had it with Vince. Will you introduce me to some of the other Big Brother cast members? Will you introduce me to Cam? Will you introduce me to Joseph? Will you introduce me to Tucker?

[Quinn]

I am a social catalyst. I do love playing matchmaker. So if she really felt that way and she came, if she sought counsel for me, of all people, I'd be like, sure, yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

Who do you think is hot?

[Rob Cesternino]

And then that would be awesome.

[Quinn]

I suppose that would be awkward.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Oh, Quinn. What if. Yeah, what if she said, okay, but you're not allowed to introduce Lauren to these people?

[Quinn]

What's happening?

[Rob Cesternino]

Right?

[Quinn]

This is crazy. I would be like, I think Lauren and Zach are having some. Some discussions. And was I the only one who is picking up Lauren and Adrian early season? Was I the only one that there was some low key chemistry? Am I crazy right now? But if she was like, you can't introduce me to anyone. I. I'd be like. Or you can't introduce me to people that you would introduce to Lauren. I'd be like, okay, that's a weird set of rules, but let's build off of it. Sure. Who else do we want cut out? Is. Is Paul allowed in this or no? Like, I'd be sure. I'm a yes.

[Rob Cesternino]

Ander.

[Quinn]

Let's build on it. Sure.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Listen, you would have been perfect. You'd have been perfect to have in there instead of Vince. You would have brought her together with Lauren, you know, you wouldn't have pushed them apart.

[Quinn]

I did. With Takina.

[Rob Cesternino]

Takina. Hello.

[Quinn]

I love love.

[Rob Cesternino]

You love love. Maybe Vince would be like, you see, she has all these rules. This is what I'm talking about.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Oh, I see you talked to Morgan. I bet she gave you all kinds of demands and forced you to do things.

[Quinn]

That would be pretty funny. I'd be like, yeah, she actually gave. She gave a set of ideas. Sure. I'll be like, all right. I also Cam Sullivan brown.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

The Mr. Suave himself. I heard he might be into Morgan. So I feel like, well, you can. You'll witness me threes. I promise you that. I promise you that.

[Rob Cesternino]

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[Quinn]

I've. I've been said it. I think that the AI arena sucks. I'm sorry. Like I even think making it beyond four weeks is a little silly. I do have a solution to fix the AI arena if you want to hear that. Yeah, I think that every player should be given a arena pass at the start of the season so you can compete in the air just once so that we don't get held hostage with like a Kelly for example for the whole season. And then I think that what you do is now you're creating the argument of like hey, don't use your arena pass. Let's try to trick them and then send them home and then you can have any number between One and three people competing in the air. If it's just one person, you put a time constraint on there to keep it competitive. And if you don't succeed, you're still on the block. That's my perspective to fix it.

[Rob Cesternino]

They love it.

[Quinn]

As far as, like, competitions, it felt like. I felt like I was watching Prime LeBron James out there. Lauren might be the greatest athlete we've ever witnessed in our lives. She was draining those balls. And in front of Kelly and Keanu's faces. Yeah, she was. Come on. Under pressure, she was running back and forth. I was like, lauren, go Tigers. Go Tigers.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Come on.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, get her on Will's podcast. Yeah. When I saw the competition, I was like, oh, yeah, this is built for Keanu. I mean, he's so. He has so much more length. He's going to be able to just, like, drop the ball in there. And he was so bad at this.

[Taryn Armstrong]

We really got to work on phrasing, guys. Yeah, I agree. I agree. I thought this was Keanu's. Listen, I think this was built for Keanu. This is built for people with longer limbs who are taller. They can lean closer to the tube, and. And the closer you get, the better because those. Those balls are very light, and they. They're not going to fall very, you know, straight. And so he should have had an advantage here, but he was not using the full advantage of his height. He was, like, not leaning all the way over. He was not taking his time to wait until he was steady. Lauren had the best technique here. She was leaning as far as possible. She was using both hands and making sure she was completely steady before she dropped the ball. Both Kelly and Keanu were rushing, and they weren't waiting until their arm was stable before they dropped it. And so they were often, like, veering off to the side.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. I mean, Kelly had three so fast, and then she had a couple that went in and out before she got the last one. But Lauren. I'm sorry, Lauren, but I am really interested to know how it would have gone if Lauren sat on the block.

[Taryn Armstrong]

That. That's the thing. It's like, this was just, like, the least entertaining way for this to have gone down, unfortunately. But we can't have everything. You know, they tried. They made this built for Keanu. He just couldn't pull through for us.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Okay.

[Quinn]

I love the name of that competition, by the way. Yeah, I thought that was hilarious.

[Rob Cesternino]

What was it? Oh, the mastermind. The mastermind needs to get the orbs and drop them in the thing.

[Quinn]

Yeah, that was hilarious. I was like, whoever did that in production has the same exact sense of humor as me.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quit. Is the mastermind coming into his own here late in the game of Big Brother 27?

[Quinn]

I'm kind of loving it. You know, at a certain point, Ainsley had won me over. I loved her son Janky. I thought he was adorable. And so I'm starting to invite these interesting characters we're getting every year because I just know come like Big brother All Stars 3. We're going to see all of them again. So we got to build up our catalog of big Brother villains. I'm loving it.

[Rob Cesternino]

Do you think that Big Brother All Stars 3 will be janky Ainsley, the mastermind, the. What is it? The NETHER Gorgon?

[Quinn]

Yes, 100%.

[Taryn Armstrong]

We're gonna have like the end game themed.

[Quinn]

They're gonna have Memphis up there too. All the new era baddies, you know.

[Rob Cesternino]

That'S what James Gunn is there to talk about. Taryn. Yeah. The Suicide Squad. The.

[Taryn Armstrong]

The bcu. The bbcu.

[Rob Cesternino]

Mm. Yeah. Sweet Kenny K.

[Taryn Armstrong]

We don't need sweet kids.

[Quinn]

Yeah, his little. That. He's a. He's no wiener. Come on. That's my goat.

[Rob Cesternino]

Bringing Amy the accomplice. You got them all.

[Quinn]

So I co Sign it.

[Rob Cesternino]

All right, so we ended up with. Then it's Kelly versus Lauren on the. On the block here. And we get some live voting going on and ultimately it's not going to go well for Kelly. I'm sorry. It's counter versus Kelly. And then it's a tie. And Vince breaks the tie for Kelly. And Kelly, you know, the eternal instigator does try to blow some stuff up on the way out of the house. And Quinn, she dumps out her notebook on Vince and all of his double dealing.

[Quinn]

I'm like, you should have been trying to play Big Brother earlier. Like, who knows what that would have looked like. Also how hilarious where she's like, we had a final two, a final three. And I'm like, as if Kelly was like the shining star of what a good ally is, you know? And so I'm like, I don't think anyone ever thought that he had loyalty to you, Kelly, because he put you on the block. You know, it's not like he was. He was avoiding putting you up and then you're keeping a secret. Like, I was like, I would not be moved if someone told me, like, if Kenny was leaving and like, aired out that, you know, oh, Cedric is this villain because we had a final two. I'd be like, okay, that seems pretty inconsequential to me. I don't know. I've not moved at all.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Darren, did Kelly say one thing that happened after August 1st?

[Taryn Armstrong]

I don't think so.

[Rob Cesternino]

Mm.

[Taryn Armstrong]

No. Yeah.

[Quinn]

I mean, she was good, though.

[Taryn Armstrong]

She was, like, good in the interview.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

I mean, she thought she was so charismatic in the interview. I thought she did great.

[Rob Cesternino]

I was like, yeah, but, yeah, she did have some life. Before we got to Kelly's interview, though, the Mastermind shows up. And the Mastermind is going to be a big night for the Mastermind. It's gonna be the month of mayhem, and it's a night all about the Mastermind. Quinn. I did feel like it was a little bit of an underwhelming night all about the Mastermind.

[Quinn]

This was a mental comp that I think I could have won. I was like, we're playing where's Waldo and Waldo has a highlighter on him. I was like, this is crazy. The fact that, like, and granted, those TVs are about this big. They're the smallest TVs you've ever seen in your life. They look like a college freshman dorm room. So I guess that that would be difficult. But the fact that, like, that's the life or death veto that we're getting is. It felt. It's so under.

[Rob Cesternino]

Under weird to do a quiz as the veto competition for the Mastermind. So maybe some notes on there. So. All right, Kelly comes out and they ask her about, who do you care? Who do you want to have come out after you in the double eviction? And she says, whatever, it doesn't matter. I'm out. Couldn't hear.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Just work in the crowd. Like, she was just like, she was fishing for. For responses and laughs. And they were giving it to her like she was. She was crushing. She was like, yeah. Oh, I don't care about those guys.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, this is the Kelly line food.

[Quinn]

You're like, all right, we got our. We got a 10 minute stand up set going on here. This is insane.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quinn. Maybe Kelly is just really good in the room. That's how she got cast on the show.

[Quinn]

That must be it, you know, And I'm just like, I'm excited to meet her now. And I'm like, this sucks. That, like, had she just even tried to play big brother, I think that she would have been a well received house guest just because she got a lot of screen time, like, given what she delivered, I don't know. But I so wish she would have put her foot on the gas this season. Because I think she would have gotten all those fans that I know she was looking for. I'm like, we just got to know Kelly as a player instead of just, like, the bug collector.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yes. She said she was going to tell everybody about the bug collection if she got voted as. She did not do that.

[Taryn Armstrong]

She. They were talking about it when the feeds came back.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

So I want to know if they found Garrett.

[Quinn]

Garrett is the bug that Tucker hid in the Big Brother house. So I'm like, there's actually six bugs in there, not five. All right. He's like, crystallized Beetle, please.

[Rob Cesternino]

So she did also manage to say on the way out that, hey, Morgan gets whatever she wants and Vince gives it to her. Vince does whatever Morgan says, which I think that'll stick.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah, I think it's fair. Listen, I think that generally, it's still kind of a good thing for Vince to be called. It's generally a good thing to be called out before somebody leaves, because now everyone's going to be thinking, I can probably beat Vince in the final two. And that was already true. Like, Kelly saying that isn't going to change the perception that the jury has of Vince, but it might change the perception the players have. Events. So with no additional lost to jury equity, he gains in, like, getting to final two equity. So I. I do think that this was actually kind of a good thing for Vince here.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quinn, did the jurors see this part of, like, when Kelly is saying on the way out that Morgan gets what she wants, Vince is going to give Morgan whatever she wants? Like, will a juror see that?

[Quinn]

Oh, no, no, no. Probably not. Like, maybe when they rewind the tape and they, like, clip it in the jury house, maybe they'll see it. But I don't think the jurors will necessarily care. I. My stance is like, dang, that sucks that someone's trying to blow up your spot as you're leaving? I know that that's messy TV and that's what everyone wants, but as a player, I would be so annoyed if, like, Kenny got out and he's like, actually, Quinn's this guy, and he's a problem. I'm from Boston. I'd be like, all right, well, come on, dude. Let me get out of this unscathed. But, yeah, I don't know if the jury will see it in the re. Watch.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay. All right. So after.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Actually, yeah, sorry, briefly, you reminded me of a question. What are they showing the jury nowadays in terms of footage from the house?

[Quinn]

It's pretty. Imagine, like, the Episode with all the diary rooms cut out is kind of the vibe is like, you see the ceremonies where it's like I have decided to put so and so on the block. Like, you see that but you just don't get any diary rooms. During the janky world. There was instead of like the zoom in of that like ceramic Italian guy, he's making the pizza for the jury edit, we got this elephant that had one big eye. They were loving that. And then in the actual like what they put on Paramount plus was it was zoomed in on a pizza maker. But it's pretty much a Big Brother episode with no diary room sessions.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Okay. And is it the same like thing that we're watching the jury watching it? Is it like that's basically what you're seeing? Like, is that like a realistic interpretation of how that went.

[Quinn]

You. I mean, I was asking so many questions that it's like it's on the jury to then ask the person who's coming in that just witnessed what was on screen to be like, like, I mean production Press pause every 20 seconds to be like, okay, when this happened, did you make any deals? And the T course, like, we can make deals. That's crazy. You know, like, but like outside of that, it's like it's on the jury members to ask enough follow up questions while the episode is playing because they can always rewind it a couple of seconds to like let it finish through. So I'm confident that will Rachel. Like they're going to take it pretty seriously, I feel like.

[Taryn Armstrong]

And when you say like the episodes, you don't mean like the actual, like you're talking about like ceremonies and comps. Do you see the comps?

[Quinn]

Yes, exactly.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Fully.

[Quinn]

Yeah. You see the comps? Not the full unedited.

[Rob Cesternino]

But yeah, yeah, yeah. What they would have shown on television.

[Taryn Armstrong]

You probably get a better version of the comms because you don't have to sit through the diary rooms.

[Quinn]

That's. Yeah, it's super. To the point. You do get the sound effects, which is great. I, I love the campiness of Big Brother. And so whenever you hear like the. I'm like, that's awesome. Thanks for including that today.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay, so we got the first HOH competition or the. Or the second HOH competition for the double eviction hoh. And this one was not the most fun competition. The roll the balls competition, I don't really know how featured the Mastermind. I guess they were more powered orbs for the Mastermind.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Something like that.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. What's he doing Quinn, what's the mastermind doing with all these orbs?

[Quinn]

He's charging up his new base because we witnessed it get exploded in. In week one. CBS launched actual missiles on. On Fiji. Probably aiming for Love Island. Probably not to be confused with Cheat Island.

[Rob Cesternino]

Cheating Island.

[Quinn]

And so I. If I had to get Best Friend island building up for something.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

And it's a new base where all the jurors are going to be held hostage.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

And they're. They're going to have to be rescued come finale night in the three part hoh.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Taryn, There wasn't a lot of drama here as Morgan really heated up and got her fourth and fifth or landed.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah, I. I do feel like I really wish we had stayed on the wide for this. I think it would have been more exciting. And then it got very confusing because Julie was like, Morgan is one with four. It's like, actually, they don't seem to think so, but Morgan seemed to have figured out before anybody else that the best way to do this is to bounce it off the wall to. To change the trajectory. You basically get more hang time on the. The end zone by going diagonally rather than straight through. So. Yeah. That as soon as she figured that out, she seemed to have just like crushed the rest of it.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Okay, so once Morgan ends up winning hoh, did you feel like it was a done deal for Lauren? Taryn?

[Taryn Armstrong]

I. Yes.

[Rob Cesternino]

So.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Well, as soon as Morgan won the hoh, it was going to be either Lauren or Keanu, and it just depended on what the final nominations were. Because if Keanu had stayed on the block, Vince and Ava would have voted out Keanu and she would not have made her shot. Landed her shot. So theoretically, this Veto competition was 3v3 with Ashley, Morgan and Keanu all competing to potentially take Keanu off the block and guarantee Lauren's eviction. And then Ava, Lauren and Vinnie. Sorry, it wasn't 3v3. It was 3v2 because Vinnie was for sure throwing Ava and Lauren competing to try to take Lauren off the block, which would have resulted in a Keanu eviction.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quinn, how would you have done in this hoh?

[Quinn]

Oh, I mean, come on. Probably pretty terribly. I did the, like, slidey competition called new rule and I just work out too often, I don't know how to like, understand is how to throw hard. Okay. So it's like at a certain point I'd be rolling those balls and they'd be launched into orbit, busting holes through production. It would be honestly, they'd be like gunshots heard on CBS's lot. And it's like, no, that's just Quinn slinging balls down the. The shuffleboard. But I'm sure I would do a really good job cheering others to success. You know, I'd use positivity and words of affirmation to build everyone else up.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay, so we go to commercial with Morgan telling Lauren she's thinking of putting her on the block. I. I'm ha. I'm very happy you stayed, but also you're going to go onto the block. She tells her. Lauren's like, okay.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Oh, oh, okay. I didn't. I don't know.

[Rob Cesternino]

But.

[Taryn Armstrong]

But okay.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. All right. Good to know.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I'm so happy you're here, though. I'm really. That I was. I mean, did you see Morgan when Lauren walked in?

[Rob Cesternino]

Oh, yeah. I think she was very. She seemed like she was good at faking it with Lauren all night. I mean, that she also, when they vot in the first eviction that they passed each other and even, like, did a thing in the hallway. So Morgan did a good enough job of putting on, like, a good face with Lauren in this episode tonight.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I mean, it's very easy when she feels like she's getting her way, I think.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Did a good job.

[Quinn]

How easy to not take it personal when you're the one twisting the knife? You're like, hey, it's just a game, dude. And it's like, oh, well, thanks, Quinn.

[Rob Cesternino]

How much time do you have to choreograph the moves that you're going to do in the hallway when you pass each other?

[Quinn]

Oh, it's the top five most stressful things in the Big Brother house. You have to come up with it in advance. And then you come up with contingencies where it's like, hey, just in case we're sitting next to each other or for the voting order, just in case this is what we should do. I think all of mine were car crashes. I don't think I ever nailed a cool one, unfortunately.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. So you talk about it during the week leading up to the eviction?

[Quinn]

Yeah, I would say that's what BB26 did. It's now occurring to me that we probably should have done that while in lockdown. I don't know how we completely missed that. But, yeah, I would say that's probably the best time and most appropriate. But, yeah, I feel like. I feel like.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I feel like they should just be like, all right, here's my cool, like, interaction. We're just gonna solemnly walk past each other and that would stand out.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, just like a head nod, like, you're in the office.

[Quinn]

I like the showmanship. You know, I like the showmanship. We're here. Cameras alive. Let's do something cool. It's like, as long as you don't go in there and say sadly explaining their vote. Yeah. Oh, the best is I sadly vote to evict with a big smile on your face. I was guilty of that. Every week. I'm like, hey, man.

[Rob Cesternino]

All right, so let's talk about this. Where's Waldo Veto. Where the mastermind is going to be hiding in the different pictures. And this was a competition where that for a while, like, every single person in the competition had gotten every single answer right. Except for Ava had missed one before. It did seem like that Vince really took a dive.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah, for sure. He threw that. I ca. I mean. I mean, it was bad for him to throw it because he's in a worse position having thrown it. But also, it would have. It's honestly even more embarrassing if he didn't throw it, considering how many he got wrong and how easy it was. Now I will say, and, Quinn, you can maybe correct me on this if I'm wrong. I. I have to imagine this was more difficult for the contestants than it was for us because the screen was kind of, like, far away from them, and it was probably smaller than, like, the screen we're looking at.

[Quinn]

They probably. They probably had, like, two TVs split between the. Like, I think there were six of them, and it's just straight up hard to see. I'm nervous about Ava. Thank goodness she lives in New York. She's not doing a lot of driving because we do need to get her some glasses stat. And I think that explains, like, with the aura painting, she didn't know who the accomplice was because my girl needs to go to an eye doctor. I. I'm sending her CBS pay. Please, please pay her bill for that. But it is extremely hard. We did. It was called bad AI and that was like, the. Which one doesn't make sense. I straight up. My. My prescription was a year old when I went in the BB house. Now it's two years old. I could not see the pixels on the screen. I was just straight up blind. So I. If I had to guess that was the experience of those in the house is that if you had. If you were blessed with good vision, you had a chance to win. If you didn't, welcome to the losers bracket.

[Rob Cesternino]

Well, it came down to, in the end that it was Morgan versus Keanu in the tiebreaker. Now, Taran, they were asking about a competition that I had no idea which competition they were talking about, that something where Vince won faster than Catherine could do something.

[Taryn Armstrong]

It was the wall, I believe, that they were talking about.

[Rob Cesternino]

Got it.

[Taryn Armstrong]

And it was. How long did they. How long did it take, essentially?

[Rob Cesternino]

How long was the walker? And this was such a interesting tale of two approaches. Okay. How long in seconds was this competition? Keanu does not do 1 ounce, 1 second of math. He goes instantly, writes on his pay, on his board. 1800. He locks in Morgan. The computer is going. She's going. And she's writing, and she's writing and she's writing, and she's crunching the numbers, and she comes back up and she says, what, 120.

[Taryn Armstrong]

120.

[Rob Cesternino]

Her answer. It was two minutes.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Now, to be fair to Morgan, she's slept probably a collective six hours in the last seven days.

[Rob Cesternino]

20 seconds. It's probably.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah. That is the amount of time and seconds she's slept in the last week. But, yeah, it's pretty embarrassing.

[Quinn]

Quinn, what happened there, Maybe she got confused. She was saying how many minutes it was. I'm a Morgan apologist. I'm just doing propaganda. She guys, a minute.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay.

[Quinn]

And 20 minutes. That's two hours. Therefore, she waited.

[Rob Cesternino]

Should we entertain the theory, Taryn, of would Morgan throw the veto here?

[Taryn Armstrong]

She did, I believe, say when the feeds came back, it was a good thing she didn't win the veto because she realized that they wouldn't have had the votes to take out Lauren. However, I don't think she actually said she threw it. And I'm not sure if she. Yeah, I don't think she said she threw it. So I. I think there's a good chance because it did look like she was genuinely trying to figure it out and calculate.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

And then at the last minute, couldn't figure it out.

[Rob Cesternino]

It seems out of character for Morgan to throw a veto.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

And also it seems out of character if she was throwing the veto. Like, Quinn, wouldn't you throw on the high side? Because there's a possibility that, you know, if Keanu goes over by, you know, by. By a second. Now you've won the veto.

[Quinn]

We've seen the number 27 win with Bowie Jane. So if I were her, I would be super. I'd be like, you know what? 5,150,000 seconds. I remember this. I was there 150,000 seconds. And then maybe you could just trick people into saying you're bad at math. But, yeah, I would be slinging zeros on there if I wanted to throw it.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. So I don't think that Morgan threw it. I just don't. I think that you're probably right. Her brain was fried. And then somehow Keanu comes down, once again survives the block, and this guy has. I mean, I think we're officially on nine lives. Darren, Truly.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I mean, he did finally survive a vote, so he's got that going for first time ever that he would have survived a vote, and it happened to be the time he lost, so that was. That was lucky. But. But here he is again, surviving this one, winning the veto, and it's starting to look like Keanu might win this season.

[Quinn]

At least he's. He's actually good at the cops or, like, he's at least winning hohs and vetoes. So it's like I could justify it just, like, a little bit more, but I'm like, oh, my God. I don't want the copies to win. I want it to be the hardcore gamer strategist. Like, okay, that's what I'm hoping for.

[Rob Cesternino]

Is there a scenario where Keanu wins hoh? Does he put Vincent Morgan on the block this week? Is that a possibility that Vincent Morgan could sit on the block with each other?

[Taryn Armstrong]

I think it's a very real possibility because he kind of has to for the same reason he put Vince up the first time. If he doesn't put Vince on the block, he's leaving Vince the opportunity to use the veto on Morgan, and they're both safe. And Keanu is now forced to evict either Ava or Ashley. And he would say, that's a total waste, bro. That's a waste of an hoh.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quinn. Won't that be high drama, though? If by tomorrow night Vince and Morgan are on the block with each other, how will that look? What do you think?

[Quinn]

It's uncomfortable.

[Rob Cesternino]

Uncomfy. So, so uncomfy. So uncomfy.

[Taryn Armstrong]

It would look like Vince trying his best to make sure he has the votes against Morgan.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Yeah, that. Would they campaign against each other, Taryn?

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah, they would. They would both campaign, I bet.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Because the worm is going.

[Taryn Armstrong]

There's a very real. There's a very real chance that Morgan can get the votes with both Ashley and Ava to evict Vince over her. There's, like, an actual chance that that happens. Like, and they're actually kind of incentivized to do so to some degree because it's not like vintage's as such in competitions. And if they can't beat Keanu, like, what else are they going to do? They kind of have to make sure that somebody's still there to compete against Keanu in a physical competition. So if they take Morgan out and it leaves Keanu and he's just going to be able to take whoever he wants to the final two, it's like, that's kind of bad news.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Quinn, would that be a good final humiliation for Vince to lose Morgan on the way, like his final days in the Big Brother house to then lose Morgan as an ally where she, after all this then, you know, ends up disliking him by the time he leaves.

[Quinn]

Anyone going through that is like, oh, my God, that CBS therapist about to be working overtime. Because that would be earth shattering of like, you know, you're getting clues in the doctor that like, people are asking if it's platonic, if it's whatever. And then, then your friend flips on you and then now it's like it's not even strategic anymore that you're aligned. Oh, my God. I would be in shambles. I would. I'd be in a padded room. I'd be like, oh, my God.

[Rob Cesternino]

And yeah, because you feel like got.

[Quinn]

Her found dead in a ditch, that.

[Rob Cesternino]

He basically gave up everything for Morgan. And then to lose Morgan, whether she gets mad at him or she betrays him.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I mean, that's just Vinnie.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

Yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

Be good.

[Quinn]

Yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

So this next person that goes out, they're gonna go out on Wednesday night.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Is that what they said, it's gonna.

[Rob Cesternino]

Be, a Wednesday night eviction?

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yes. There's a special eviction on Wednesday. They did not say elimination. So I assume it is just a quicker week, a sped up week and then, you know, then like another kind of double ish round where it's essentially just fast forwarding through the final four stage.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay. So yeah, look at them from. From five to four, that. Do you think that there's going to be another feed outage? I feel like that they've done that in the past with some of these, like times when they go from five to four.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Definitely could be. It's kind of promising that the feeds are up right now. So maybe not. And they did come back after whatever it was called White Locust. They didn't wait until that episode to bring the feeds back. So there's a good chance they'll come back. I guess I would say it's not like they're hiding much. You know, we're gonna know who was planned to be voted out.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. I'm just Remembering like times in the past where they've done like the like five to four Austin and big brother 17. I feel like his eviction, I feel like that we knew the feeds were down, somebody had been evicted and we didn't know who it was going to be.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

So these like sped up weeks remind me of like Big Brother 6, like before they did the double eviction or.

[Rob Cesternino]

One of James Gunn's favorite seasons. Yeah.

[Quinn]

Where you're like putting your foot on the gas and it's a sped up season. My one thing is like, okay, if we're going to do this, can Julie be there for the exit interview? I think it's so crazy imagining them being like, okay, Rachel, put this blindfold on again. We're going to drive you back to the CBS lot so we can do your proper exit interview because you got voted out and eliminated in the middle of the week. Like, I hope that if they do do the sped up eviction that we get an actual interview with Julia, which I know cost CBS more money getting her out on stage, but I don't know, I feel like it's weird whenever we're doing it. It break give us a 90 day season.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

We're gonna have 17 house guests.

[Rob Cesternino]

The Wednesday night episode that Julie will be there and they'll be like a normal. It'll be like a normal eviction night on Wednesday.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I don't know if it'll be like normal. Like I don't know if there'll be an audience there, but yeah, I could see like a barefoot Austin situation. No crowd, but Julie's there.

[Rob Cesternino]

Right. Because it's gonna be a one hour episode. I believe Wednesday night is gonna be a two hour Survivor and then at, at 10 o' clock they'll have the final five elimination for big Brother. And then Thursday is going to be what, the 90 minute Amazing Race premiere or it's going to be Big Brother and then the Amazing Race premiere on Thursday.

[Taryn Armstrong]

It's a lot.

[Rob Cesternino]

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[Rob Cesternino]

Back to Lauren, who's gonna sit on the block with Ava? And I was rooting for Ava to go home here. I'll be honest, frankly, you know, it's time.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah, I mean there were scenarios where almost anyone could have gone in the double, but most of the ones that, that, that led to Ava being evicted were if Keanu had left and, and so that did not work out for that particular result. Ava was basically guaranteed safe under the current setup. So yeah, there was basically no, no way she could have been evicted on a Morgan hoh Quinn.

[Rob Cesternino]

All the speeches this season have been just about this person next to me is the greatest person I've ever met in my life. I will. You could never get me to say one bad thing about this person next to me.

[Quinn]

I think that might be my least favorite thing about like Big Brother is these eviction speeches. It feels like they throw in the towel. They're scared. Mind you, big brother 27, I swear they hate each other. Like, you know, all the Pre jurors on TikTok Live throwing shade at everyone and their dog. And so it's like, it's crazy that they're, you know, do whatever's best for your game. I don't agree that at all. The first time I was on the block, in addition to shouting out ice Spice, I like, you know, try to use it strategically saying, like, keep me here. I'm going to use my superpower to try to take out Tucker. The second time I Tried to articulate, like, hey, I'm a sinking ship. You know, I'm Icarus. I'm born to die. Let me die before you and vote to keep me this week. I can't stand the, like, good sportsmanship, shaking hands, being like, this is my brother. Love them, and you got to do what's best for you. You know, do what's best for me and vote for me to stay. Please, like, share value of why you should be in the big brother house. Don't throw in the towel, please.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quinn, did you hear anything from ice Spices team after you shouted her out?

[Quinn]

No, but I did find out on stage on finale night. It's like we go to commercial break. Only thing I heard this is before, like, oh, so. And show got shot at. Joseph, like, perks up and goes. Ice Spice got canceled while I was in the big brother house. So I was like, I was showing her love while she was canceled, but yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

Was Ice Spice canceled?

[Quinn]

Yeah, apparently she's not very nice to her. Like, other musicians on she's back though.

[Rob Cesternino]

And I didn't know that.

[Quinn]

Guys, please. I didn't know. I didn't know.

[Rob Cesternino]

She's fine.

[Quinn]

Yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

I. I see her sitting with Taylor Swift on football games.

[Quinn]

They're besties. They're besties.

[Rob Cesternino]

It's fine. Okay.

[Quinn]

So, Rico, Nasty guy, I can tell.

[Rob Cesternino]

Ava was crying about Lauren, and Lauren, she loves everybody and do what's best for you. Vince votes to evict Ava, but unfortunately, Ashley and Kiana votes evict Lauren, and Lauren is evicted from the big brother house.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yep.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yep.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Pretty unceremoniously evicted.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yes. I thought she just fought for life. Yeah.

[Quinn]

Sorry, Sarah.

[Rob Cesternino]

I. I thought that Morgan might be a little annoyed with Vince's crying that Lauren was leaving. She did seem to provide some comfort to him.

[Taryn Armstrong]

This is, like, again, such a motherly relationship. It's very much like. Like mommy dearest. Like, this was what's best. I know it's bad. I know you think it's sad right now, but this is what's best. Vince.

[Rob Cesternino]

She rubbed his back. He was, like, doubled over.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Mm. I know it hurts now, but I. I know this is going to be good for you in the long run.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. You'll thank me one day.

[Quinn]

It's so good. Oh, my God. Morgan, on. On every show for the future, she. But I need Vinnie to be there, too. Like, I think, like, I would watch Got to get out season two, and it's like Vinnie gets in there. He's. He's ready to play. He's excited and Then here comes, like, the greatest, like, monkey's paw gift of like, oh, my. Ally came. Oh, my God, it's Morgan. She's going to emotionally manipulate and berate me for the. For the whole three days that we're here. Oh, God. Like, I need them together on every show. It's so fun. Amazing Race would be money.

[Rob Cesternino]

Send them to the traitors where Morgan is a traitor, and then they're at the final roundtable where the final fire where, you know, Morgan is gaslighting. Vince. I'm good. Vince. Vince, you can trust me.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Honestly, it. It's kind of messed up that you're even questioning it at all. Like, do you know how hard it is for me to stand here and have you even be thinking about this right now?

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. All right. Lauren had a rough interview with Julie. I thought so many people, we've rushed through their interviews this season for us to have a lot of time to spend with Lauren.

[Quinn]

Lauren is like checking the skyline, being like, do we have a live feed TV that I can look at? And then maybe that'll distract us. I don't know what's going on in the kitchen. That's crazy. Like, I felt so bad. I was like, oh, my God, they have the bright lights on her. It's really warm. On stage. She said that she was still out of breath from her fighting for her life, like, within the last 30 minutes. Oh, my God. I. I really felt for her.

[Rob Cesternino]

And we just had Kelly on there. The crowd was eating out of the palm of her hand.

[Taryn Armstrong]

And here's Lauren just giving less than nothing. Just genuinely less than nothing. Asked so many questions and like, the best she had was. I don't know. Yeah, I don't, I don't. I don't know.

[Rob Cesternino]

I love everybody. Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Thank you for having me. Ms. Julie. Yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

Vince, that's a good guy.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yeah. So I think he's.

[Quinn]

Julie looked good, though. Julie did good in this interview. I felt like she really matched the energy of. All right, Kelly's doing her stand up thing. And then like, with Lauren, I felt like she kind of shrunk into. I thought it was some great hosting from Julie. Unironically, I felt like she was very soft and presentable and was like, well, you're a super fan. And then that seemed to, like, crack the egg a little bit. Like, I feel like Julie was cooking tonight.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. It's double eviction night. She's in her element. She's excited. Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

There's the birth of Love One Another.

[Rob Cesternino]

Love One Another was the first double Eviction.

[Quinn]

Godspeed for Kelly.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Not the first double eviction.

[Rob Cesternino]

It first happened on double eviction. I think also that the Julie Chen Moonvest I think was also the same time, I believe. Yeah. So it's all happening. All coming together. All right. Hey, stay tuned, everybody. James Gunn is gonna be here. So. All right. We get the James Gunn interview, which was really wild. James Gunn comes out, he's like, oh, man, I was so disappointed. I was a huge Lauren fan. What? This Lauren from Big Brother 27.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Listen, the man, killer croc go way back. The man is single handedly revitalizing the D.C. cinematic universe. He. He's spearheading though. He has. He has no time for live feeds.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

You know, he's just watching the episodes. He. He's. He doesn't see Lauren on the feed.

[Rob Cesternino]

You're a Lauren fan? How? Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

What? No, don't say that.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, he's a Lauren fan. He likes Keanu. And then, oh, Vince. I was a Vince fan, but he lost me this week. That was it.

[Quinn]

And then it was crazy when Julie asked, oh, why? Because I was like, are they about to cover like the cheat Mans? Like, I was like, you're gonna make James Gunn do that right now? That's crazy. And then he was like, oh, made it about the game. I was like, okay, that's a professional right there. And you and James Gunn, Rob, have the same hairstyle. The spiked up. I'm loving it. I love it. I think this works.

[Taryn Armstrong]

You're gonna go white someday, Rob.

[Rob Cesternino]

No, I guess so. One day.

[Taryn Armstrong]

It's a pretty good look.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. James Gunn is an og. He's been watching Big Brother since season one. Quinn.

[Quinn]

That'S my goat. That's my goat.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

Shout out to him. The idea, just imagining that we could have. We should have gotten the. As a one of the movies that they do, like the Whatever. Veto. They should have done that with the Scooby Doo movie. They should. They should have let him cook.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Give me that vision one more time.

[Quinn]

Yeah. You know how, like they do those HOH comps or whatever. It's like a luxury cop. You get to. You get to watch the movie. They should have done the Scooby Doo live action.

[Rob Cesternino]

Well, he did the Scooby Doo live action movie.

[Quinn]

He directed it. Yeah.

[Rob Cesternino]

I didn't know that.

[Quinn]

The phenomenal one with like Matthew Lillard.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

And then like all those other people.

[Rob Cesternino]

Freddie Prince Jr. Yeah, exactly, exactly. McGrath.

[Quinn]

Whatever. From Sugar Ray.

[Rob Cesternino]

Mark McGrath. Yeah. Yeah.

[Quinn]

He was on Celebrity Big Brother. It's like the BB Universe is coming together. I see the stars. We've got a movie in our hands.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay. This is like the Avengers of all coming together.

[Quinn]

Exactly.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Okay. Julie showed him the Chenbot BB comic and he was impressed. Do you see what it says?

[Quinn]

I loved. I loved the pride from Julie. I like Julie. Cracks me up. I know. Like, I watch her God 101 interviews. Now, I'm not religious, but I love hearing from Julie and I get it, like the pride that she has in hers and she's like, check out the punchline. That's straight heat gas pack, straight down the middle, no curve, fastball. And he was loving it. I thought she ate. She matched his like excited grandpa vibes. She. Oh my God, I loved it. It felt like you just drew it. He put it on the refrigerator with the cosign. And she's going to be in the new Superman movie.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

BB Is winning. Dude. What's up, Love Island? Get your cash flow up. Come on, dude.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I just, I just hope they're giving Taylor a bonus for having pulled James Gunn here because apparently he's been a fan since season one and they haven't gotten him on the show in 25 years. It took Taylor to get him on.

[Quinn]

I loved that. I was like, yes, keep my girl employed. That's what I'm talking about. It's like when the manager comes by and you start talking about how cool the waiter is. We're like, I don't know who this is, but they're getting some of my like my net worth at the end when I die, I'm giving it to my waiter here because they are so good at their job. Like he's putting on for Taylor. And I'll always sign that James Gunn.

[Rob Cesternino]

He loved Big Brother 2. He loved Big Brother 6, and then he loved Big Brother 16 and 24. And his favorite two players, Derek and Taylor. He must be loving Big Brother unlocked.

[Quinn]

Who doesn't? I love it.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I mean, listen, it's genuinely seems like kind of a stacked episode tomorrow night between James Gunn being there, which is a huge like one of the biggest gets that Big brother has ever had. Like James Gunn currently at the height of his power. Brittany is going to be there. A jury segment.

[Rob Cesternino]

I don't know if she is going to be there in person.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Do a thing.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, she's going to do like a pre recorded segment. Like a wine or wine.

[Taryn Armstrong]

I mean, I have faith in Brittany.

[Rob Cesternino]

I'm sure it'll be good.

[Quinn]

I hope we get getting jaggy with it. I was like, if we can get wine or wine twice. Give me. Getting jaggy with it. That was so fire.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. So I think we're gonna do that. Yeah, it's gonna be a stacked. Is this the season finale of BB Unlocked?

[Taryn Armstrong]

I think it is, actually, yeah. Did they say that? I think. I think they might have said that.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yes. The season finale of BB Unlock. So I think that next Friday is going to be the recap episode. And of course, we will have.

[Quinn]

I think I just. Endurance comp is going to be. I feel like. I feel Jimmy Neutron right now. I'm telling you right now. Getting jaggy with it. Celebrity host Jag Baines, our hero. All right. Come on. God. And then they're going to go at the club. They're turning the masterminds, like, layer into the club, and they're throwing ass.

[Taryn Armstrong]

That's not fair, though.

[Quinn]

I'm talking cheeks.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Keanu has a big advantage in that comp.

[Rob Cesternino]

Morgan might get very distracted.

[Quinn]

Vinny starts doing this, and it's like when you play Yahtzee and you got a bunch of dice in the cup. That's what it sound like when he was twerking. Someone's playing the xylophone.

[Rob Cesternino]

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Yes. I learned in my zoology class that gorillas sleep on their side for, like, to align their backs and to protect their organs.

[Rob Cesternino]

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[Quinn]

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[Quinn]

I thought it was mints. Is it Vorgon? Officially, I thought it was mints.

[Rob Cesternino]

I guess I've heard it both ways. By here. Vorgan.

[Quinn]

More back and forth. Okay.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Popular early on, but it definitely started shifting more toward mints. But, you know, tubina.

[Quinn]

I get it. I get it.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Okay, Taryn, anything else on your radar from tonight's episode.

[Taryn Armstrong]

From the episode? I don't think so.

[Rob Cesternino]

Mm.

[Taryn Armstrong]

We can start speculating about, you know, what might happen here at the final five.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay, what's your speculation?

[Taryn Armstrong]

Well, it's very likely Keanu and Morgan targeting each other, but Morgan obviously can't compete in the hoh, so you should theoretically have, like, Ava and Ashley looking at at Keanu and Vince on the block and maybe taking out Keanu. But then you're going into final four with both Vince and Morgan, and so there's actually again, some incentive to, like, vote out Vince in that spot. So who knows exactly what they are thinking there. Then, of course, there is the notion of turning on Morgan themselves instead. Instead of taking out Vinnie, just take out Morgan. If she's that good of a competitor, she's going to beat everybody in the end. So there's all kinds of stuff there. Keanu, of course, will take a shot at Morgan, but the question is, does he put Vince next to her or does he make a mistake and not put Vince next to her? Does Vince turn on Morgan at this point, can they get Vince on the block and vote him out? If Morgan wins the veto, there's. It's all kind of over the place. It should be that, like, Ashley is actually pretty good heading into the final five. She should be in a pretty good spot moving to final four. That's when things really start to get tricky for her. But Keanu and Morgan and Vinnie, to some degree, I think, are in a bit more trouble in prime big deal days.

[Quinn]

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[Taryn Armstrong]

Ava should be 100% with Ashley at this point. She has. She just lost both of her other.

[Rob Cesternino]

Should be or she it will be.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Well, it's Ava. She's not really with anybody, but to the degree that she's with anybody, she's with Ashley. She's not with Morgan. She's certainly not with Vinnie, and she's certainly not with. With Keanu.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

So it's more like at the very least, she's very much against at least two of the other people. Ashley is, like, far and away her closest ally at this point.

[Rob Cesternino]

How do you see it?

[Taryn Armstrong]

I mean, there's a world, like, in the world where I like where both Ava and Ashley are just as capable of winning competitions as the other three. I would call the two of them the two favorites, depending on who wins the. The vita, the.

[Rob Cesternino]

The.

[Taryn Armstrong]

The jury vote, but because they'll be.

[Rob Cesternino]

Mutually assured destruction between the comp threats.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Right. You know, they're all targeting each other, and. And unfortunately, they're probably just gonna win all of the competitions, so it's probably more like which one of Keanu or Morgan is going to be able to choose who to take to the final two with them.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

They've exclusively referred to Keanu as a shield. As a shield. As a shield. And I think that in a competition whose end game is so comp Driven, it makes. That makes me so nervous where I'm like, guys, you just watched Big Brother 26, where MacKenzie was able to look God in their eyes and declare, I will win out, and there's no force in the next, like, six universes that can stop me. And they're like, you know, we should give Keanu a little bit of real estate. So I'm really nervous with that. And so I feel like that they would probably target him just because I feel like he has the reputation for. Outside of Morgan as, like, the comp winner. But, yeah, I. The end game. I don't know if Ava is active enough as a player, as I think that she's a fun TV character. But as in terms of playing, I don't know if there's room for her to, like, all of a sudden take off and really show us, like, a game winning move at the end. I think that, like, she has the personal connections, but, like, to get the nod of approval from the fandom. I don't know if she has enough real estate left to impress us, but Morgan in five. Come on. God. Mustard seeds.

[Rob Cesternino]

Quinn, what do you think of the makeup of the jury house now where Rachel is there with Will, and now in comes the Chess sisters of Kelly and Lauren.

[Quinn]

I think, like.

[Rob Cesternino]

That.

[Quinn]

I mean, that's good. That's a good question. I feel like Rachel and Will have been having the times of their lives, like, chilling with those sequester managers. Those are, like, the great or jury house managers. They're the greatest people on the planet. They're probably having a time. They'll probably. I imagine that they're all gonna lock away in their rooms. I can't imagine they're all making friendship bracelets sitting at the kitchen table together like BB26 was. I feel like everyone's gonna be in their own space, decompressing in jerry house, hiding from one another.

[Rob Cesternino]

Do you get your own room or do you have a roommate?

[Quinn]

You get your own room.

[Rob Cesternino]

That's nice.

[Quinn]

The house is like a McMansion. It's like. I know I live in Lyon, Oklahoma and I don't. My house is. I feel very humble, but I feel like it's sturdy. We were in that jury house and I was like, if there was even a slight breeze, this cardboard box would go flying. Alright. It looks good on the outside. On the inside, I was like, we are at risk. Okay. Hopefully. I bet Kelly sleeps in. Like, I'll shoot my shot and I'll let people know on Twitter. I bet Kelly sleeps in the, like, top floor directly over where all the sequester managers are.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay.

[Quinn]

Jury managers. That's my guess because there's a ghost in there. So I feel like she will feel pulled to it.

[Rob Cesternino]

Oh, my God. That the jury house is haunted.

[Quinn]

That was the vibe we were picking up on. Maybe they just didn't want us to be above them like the jury house people. Maybe they didn't want us chilling up there. But yeah, it took a while for that room to fill up.

[Rob Cesternino]

Wow. Kelly doesn't care. She probably wanted. She didn't even get a hot speed. Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

She'D have the bugs up there.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Taryn Armstrong]

The voodoo doll of Vince.

[Rob Cesternino]

So that'll be good. Quinn, anything else on your mind about Big Brother 27 tonight?

[Quinn]

I think that it's been a great season. I'm excited to hear from everyone's perspective when they get out. Like, I feel like, I feel like that that Rachel deep dive is going to feed families. Like, I really am excited for that. Hopefully you can land it. Everyone get on their patreon so we can afford Rachel's appearance fee. Come on. Outside of that. Yeah. I feel like it's been a. It may not be like the most strategic season and maybe like whatever, but it's so big brother. I'm still enjoying it and I hope everyone is as well.

[Rob Cesternino]

I think the key there is that we need to like reach out to Rachel and tell her, hey, we will cover all of the babysitting for the length of time that you need to do the interview where I think that that's like the child care I think is the biggest obstacle there.

[Quinn]

That makes sense. Brandon Needs a break.

[Rob Cesternino]

Needs a break.

[Quinn]

Working his tail up.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, he worked very hard this summer. Okay, so that's what's coming up after the season. Quinn, who do you think you'll be best friends with after the season is over?

[Quinn]

Oh, goodness. I know. I know. Ava has muttered my name. You know, I'm egotistical, so I can't wait to meet her. Lauren said she wants to be my friend. I'll co sign it. Morgan says she wants to meet me. That's an instant bestie. I'm already. I feel like I'm already friends with Rachel. We've hung out twice. That's my girl. How about Vince? Captain Will, will you hang out with Vince? Yeah, I'll hang out with Vinny. Yeah, we were mustache bros. Yeah, I.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Noticed you didn't talk to me. I didn't know. She didn't say my name without being prompted. Quinn, I.

[Quinn]

Listen. I'm so good at words of affirmation. That'll never even be a consideration for him.

[Taryn Armstrong]

All right.

[Quinn]

I got that dog in me socially.

[Rob Cesternino]

Got that dog.

[Quinn]

Yeah. I'm excited. I can't wait to meet Zach in real life. I love Matt Hardeman. I think he's hilarious. And, like, it's like. It's like seeing your bro split in half. It's great.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. Have you been chopping it up with any of the pre jurors?

[Quinn]

I have. I just recorded some Content with Adrian for my patreon, so I'm excited about that. I got to meet him.

[Rob Cesternino]

What'd you do? Oh, you met him in person? Yes.

[Quinn]

Yes. And then we played some, like, Big Brother, guess who? To which I did it, I guess a terrible job of explaining the rules, so the video is very. It's a very funny train wreck. I'm editing that right now. Zach was really nice when I messaged him. Amy was really nice. Jimmy's really nice. His birthday is the day before mine. I was almost one of the. One of the triplets turned quadruple. Oh. Yeah. I feel like everyone's been really cool in the. In the pre jury that I've spoken with. Catherine was really nice. I messaged her.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah.

[Quinn]

What's she up to, People Idea. Honestly, I didn't ask. I just said, hey, if you ever need anything. Take your time.

[Rob Cesternino]

Have we heard anything about the relationship? Are there. Are they going strong?

[Quinn]

I think the silence is the cheer. Like the applause we're looking for. If there's nothing out and they're not, you know, hanging out together. She's not in Luther, Oklahoma. It Feels like a win. It feels like a win.

[Rob Cesternino]

You know, I guess we'll find out the update on the reunion show.

[Quinn]

Yes, yes. And what I would say then with this platform is be patient with her. Oftentimes Big Brother players leave the house and you feel a need to defend those you were in the house with, despite the way they acted or. Or maybe the way that they spoke about you or other people in the house. There's a sense of allegiance, of we went through this trauma, like, traumatic experience together. And so if she doesn't immediately, like, dump him or whatever, I don't think turning our backs on her is effective. We'll just be there.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, I just wanted to know if there was an update. I haven't seen anything. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Quinn]

But, yeah, that's all.

[Rob Cesternino]

That's all.

[Quinn]

I really.

[Rob Cesternino]

I get a Riley cameo and ask.

[Quinn]

They're like $900. I'm praying for you.

[Rob Cesternino]

We'll save up. Okay. All right, Tara, anything else on your mind tonight?

[Taryn Armstrong]

I don't think so.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay. All right, well, let's talk about what we've got going on this weekend. Oh, my God. That everyone has been having big reactions to the cast of Reality Mafia here on RHAP 4pm Saturday. Join us for an all star cast of reality stars playing the cast classic game of Social Deduction Mafia. Quinn, will you be checking it out?

[Quinn]

100%. I saw some BB26ers on there. Have to cheer them on. And you know, I'm a Survivor fan too. I loved all those familiar faces. I can't wait to watch this is. This cast eats. This cast eats. I'm excited.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay. All right. That's coming up on Saturday. Hopefully the feeds will be down for the veto at that point and so hopefully it'll be a good turnout there for that on Friday. Only a couple weeks left. The Big Brother. Taryn and I will be doing the BBQ a 1pm eastern after the live feed update at 11. So join us then. Stuck about the final 5 week of big Brother if that's for patrons only of Rob has a podcast. Then on Friday night after Big Brother Unlocked, it's Big Brother Unlocked Unlocked with Americori. Join them coming up on Friday night for. I don't know, it'll be hard pressed to beat the episode that Quinn appeared on Big Brother Unlocked.

[Quinn]

Honestly, I thought that that ruined my future chances of getting on RHAP in general. I was like, oh, we're in the gutter. Check out my patreon. Big Brother unlocked. Unlocked, Unlocked.

[Rob Cesternino]

You recap the episodes of Americori.

[Quinn]

Yes. And the first. I had the first episode posted and I have one of your employees. I don't know if it's like a bat situation. I can't say their identity, but they're working behind the scenes. So they joined me on camera to dish all the tea about Corey.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay.

[Quinn]

As a backstage talent and just, just letting you all know. Diva. Okay. You can get all the tea.

[Rob Cesternino]

All right. Check that out. Over on Quinn's Patreon then. I got together with Stephen Fishback earlier today to talk about Survivor Influencer Island. Quinn, did you know they did this?

[Taryn Armstrong]

This?

[Quinn]

I did not. Beast guy was canceled. I thought he was.

[Rob Cesternino]

That's not him. That's not him. Different, Different. Different guy. That was a different guy.

[Quinn]

Oh, bless up then shout out of trouble. Nose clean.

[Rob Cesternino]

No, there were two Mr. Beast guys that played in Survivor Influencer island and Stephen Fishback watched it twice. He was so h hyped up to talk about it. And so join us for Survivor Influencers Know it alls. And I did an exit interview with the person that got voted out. Check out that on Friday. I also did is a look with Bryce Isaiah. We went through all of the Survivor 49 castaways and talked about how they're going to do. Check that out in our Survivor podcast feed. And Taryn, are you ready? Have you read all the pet peeves for the Survivor 49 draft?

[Taryn Armstrong]

I have. I am pet peeved up.

[Rob Cesternino]

Okay. Pet peeved up. Join us Sunday, not busy. Sunday night we'll have the Survivor 49 draft and then Big Brother 27 is back at 10pm with a recap after Sunday night. Taryn also got together for an Amazing Race Big Brother edition. I saw them calling it like European vacation as a subtitle for this season of the Amazing Race draft is out.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Yes, we recorded this a long time ago before the this season was even filmed.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. So check that out to get ready for next week's Big Brother Amazing Race season. Of course, come out and see us at the live shows. New York and San Francisco, robinswebsite.com events and then on Tuesday night I will be doing another stream along for Pluto TV. I'll be watching whatever episode of Survivor David versus Goliath is on Tuesday night at 8:00pm Eastern. Join me for that. And then of course join the group chat where you can hear what Quinn has to say among many others. Robinswebsite.com VIP chat and the Amazing Race chat is already active and thanks to our sponsor manta sleep get 10% off mantasleep.com use promo code RHAP27. Quinn, it was such a delight to get the chance to podcast with you. This was on my podcast bucket list. I. I said for some time, when am I going to get the podcast with Quinn?

[Quinn]

I heard that you skipped the slop. I was like, here we go. This is Rob's domain. Him and Chappelle, we're about to eat.

[Rob Cesternino]

Until you were.

[Quinn]

I get there.

[Rob Cesternino]

I thought you were there as like a fill in for me.

[Quinn]

Oh, man, I feel like I could never fill those shoes. But I'm happy that we finally worked this out. Yeah. Shout out. Thanks for having me. Go, Big brother. CBS for life.

[Rob Cesternino]

Come on, CBS for life. Yes. Quinn, where can people check out what you're doing?

[Quinn]

Check me out on twitch. I stream six days a week, 7:12 to like, whatever. Four hours later is Twitch TV forward slash 7:12.

[Rob Cesternino]

You start streaming at 7:12pm?

[Quinn]

Yes.

[Rob Cesternino]

Why 7:12?

[Quinn]

I feel like it's memorable. I feel like it's kind of, you know, I'm a quirky guy. I'm hilarious and so I feel like that helps. And then I have a Patreon where I'm having a lot of fun with that. I'm doing a Survivor Australia versus the world. Watch along. Yeah, I am doing a Teen Wolf, the, like, TV show, like reaction series. I'm literally gonna upload the second episode tonight. Covering the second, like the second half of season one. Yeah, we got Big Brother unlocked. Unlocked, unlocked on there. Just having a lot of fun.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah. And it's a good time. What day of the week do you take off from streaming?

[Quinn]

Sunday.

[Rob Cesternino]

Yeah, the Lord's day.

[Quinn]

Amen.

[Rob Cesternino]

Godspeed, God. Yeah. All right, well, Quinn, thank you for coming on. Always fun to talk to. And Taryn, busy night for you.

[Taryn Armstrong]

Busy night. The competition should be starting any minute now, so if you want to check it out, you can follow along with me over on Twitch, YouTube and Patreon. We'll be watching it together. See what it is, see who wins. It'll be a good time. So, yeah, hang out.

[Rob Cesternino]

And it's definitely going to be on the feeds the competition tonight.

[Taryn Armstrong]

That's what they're saying.

[Rob Cesternino]

What they're saying. Okay, we'll see. All right, thank you all so much for joining us. And then be a busy Big Brother Friday as well. So looking forward to talking to you then. Take care. Have a good one. Bye. Rhap fans know I spent my life breaking down Survivor and Big Brother strategy, but what about strategy for real life? That's why I love the podcast. All the Hacks is hosted by Chris Hutchins. He is the goat of life hacks and I love life hacks wherever I can get them. Now Chris, he sold two companies. He's racked up millions of rewards points and figure out how to travel around the world business class without paying business class prices. Whether you're looking to level up your travel money or relationship, there's an episode of all the Hacks for you. I just listened to an episode. Top 50 Ways to Upgrade your life, money and travel. I used this this summer. I emailed the hotel before our anniversary trip. There was a bottle of champagne waiting for us in the hotel. Who was looking like the hero? It was me. I'm sorry, Chris. Every week, Chris brings on incredible guests, people like Gary Vee, Tony Hawk even, and breaks down their playbooks in a way that you can actually use. Who doesn't want to know how to book business class seats for economy prices or earn up to 20% back on everything you buy? I know I do. So if you're ready to travel, better spend smarter and find ways to beat the system. You know where to go. Search all the hacks. That's all the hacks in your podcast app, Hit follow and start upgrading your life today.