Early in the season Enzo (Meow Meow) formed the Brigade, a secret alliance of Matt (the Brain), Lane (the Beast), and Hayden (the Animal). He then proceeded to do nothing but benefit from the winning union as he gloated from the sidelines. As each week raced by, Enzo was looking more and more like a loser when it came to competitions, but his backstabbing game play became increasingly powerful. Having no qualms deposing the Brain that got them this far, Enzo orchestrated the Brigade coup that had Matt tossed out of the house last week.
Head chopped off and the Brain kaput, the Brigade didn’t suffer. Instead of flailing around in confusion, the remaining members regrouped and dominated the game this week. Continuing their ascendancy, Lane was next in the Brigade to win HOH, like a Beast.
Enzo didn’t see the point in belaboring who was going up—Britney and Ragan, simple as that. However, he didn’t step up to the plate and win HOH as planned so his ideas were shunned. Kind of like his penguin suit if you choose to ignore the true meaning of the word and adhere to Enzo’s lexicon.
Lane chose to keep his sometimes flirtatious, sometimes kid sister alliance with Britney intact and put the intellectual threat that is Ragan up against the Brigade’s weakest link, Enzo. But Enzo didn’t like the pawn position and finally proved himself a worthy challenger by trampling over Ragan to claim the Veto in the OTEV-Veto competition.
It seemed so sweet when Lane decided once again to save Britney from the block when Enzo used the Veto on himself. Lane’s motives, however, didn’t stem from the goodness of his heart, but from pure strategy. He knows her enemy count is going up in the jury house and with her accompanying him to the Final 2, he’s sure to win the half million dollars; he’s not playing or settling for anything less.
Money was definitely on his mind when he opened the (hopefully) last installment of Pandora’s Box.
Affectionately known as the Producer’s Box, they succeeded in interjecting some entertaining houseguests’ moments into the show with “punishments” like impromptu dancing and sock puppetry, but Lane only pocketed a measly $91.17. The lack of eating utensils and drinking cups only added to the Medieval Times appeal of the battle that is Big Brother.
Dancing days were over and Hayden was now on the block as a pawn. The scheming twosome of Enzo and Hayden saw their plan to backdoor Britney disappear and started to question Lane’s loyalty to the Brigade. Ragan sensed an in, wiped his “woe is me” tears, and decided to campaign. He made compelling arguments to both Britney and Lane that he was the smart choice to keep in the game. By getting Britney to vote for him and Lane to evict Hayden in a tiebreaker, Ragan saw a Final 4 possibility for himself.
