Big Brother 20 recap: The first Hacker shakes up Angela’s nominations

On Big Brother 20, the house guests learn about the Hacker Comp. Angela nominates two house guests for eviction. The first Hacker shakes up the game.

It turns out Angela does have some game in her. It was Angela’s idea to have Brett throw Rachel under the bus during his eviction speech. Rachel’s been keeping a pretty low profile until recently, but this Level Sixer is stepping out of the shadows and into the spotlight.

Tyler covered his own ass prior to the eviction by revealing to the HoH that Rachel told him about Bay’s Identity Theft App. This made Rachel appear to be a bigger threat to their game than Brett. If Rachel had just kept her mouth shut about everything, she’d be sitting in the house, and we would be spared another week of Brett’s pecs.

I was really hoping for a full-on Bayleigh meltdown, but it never comes to fruition. Following Rachel’s eviction and the HoH comp, Bayleigh does confront Brett. She questions why he would throw her under the bus by revealing her power.

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Brett’s makes the epic mistake of calling Bayleigh “honey” which is both sexist and condescending. Bayleigh has him come correct on that one real fast.

Bayleigh tells Brett that not only did he make her look like an idiot in his speech, but he also threw her under the bus. Brett claims his intention was to put a bigger target on Rachel’s back. He doesn’t apologize, nor does he make any efforts to do damage control.

Bayleigh put Brett on the block, and now she’s upset because he did whatever he had to in order to blow up her game and save his own. Bayleigh should never have told Rachel about her power, and she’s just salty her HoH was not only a huge waste of time, but now everyone knows about her App.

Fessy is on the wrong side of the vote for the fourth consecutive eviction — a clue he’s not playing a very good game. He’s also teamed up with JC who, once again, flipped his own vote and is lying about it.

Bayleigh is determined to figure out what went wrong, but she starts with bullying Rockstar of all people. Rockstar who has actually been faithful to what remains of FOUTTE. Bayleigh thinks Rockstar is holding back info, but, in truth, the woman is utterly clueless about what’s going on. She’s been wandering around crying almost non-stop since losing HoH.

The houseguests learn about the Hacker twist. In a move that is either a wink at the current political climate or just blatantly cheesy and a little xenophobic, it’s a shadowy figure with a Russian accent who provides them with all the details of this power.

For the next two weeks, this new competition will be played following the Nomination Ceremony. The winner gets to secretly hack the game for the entire week. They have the ability to remove one nominee from the block and replace them with the houseguest of their choice. The BB Hacker can also pick someone to play in the veto, and the Hacker can prevent one houseguest from casting a vote on eviction night. All of this is done in secret.

Sam comes up with what she thinks is a good plan. She suggests that everyone throw the Hacker Comp and let her take the power which she then won’t use. There is so much wrong with this I don’t even know where to begin.

None of the houseguests are going to relinquish the opportunity to save themselves. save an alliance member or just shake things up. I really think Sam belongs anywhere but on a reality competition show unless it’s about fishin’ or being crafty (legit crafty, not shady) or some other talent of hers. When it comes to Big Brother, Sam is no Bueno.

Everybody else understands the temptation to use this power is too great. Even if they were all dumb enough to agree to Sam’s plan, somebody would fold. It’s a secret, so there’s no real risk to screw anybody and everybody over. Nice try, Sam, but no dice, girl. Go back to making birdhouses, capturing bees and concocting moonshine (I’m not sure about that last one, but you get the point). This game is not for you, Sam.

Angela decides she’s going to nominate Scottie and Rockstar. With the Hacker Comp, all she can do is put up two people who she’s okay with sending home and then roll the dice from there because anything can happen.

Ideally, Level Six hopes one of them will become the Hacker and have the chance to anonymously put Bayleigh on the block. This is their best shot at preventing Bay from using her power.

Angela does her best to make Bayleigh safe, so she won’t use her power. Bayleigh reveals the only people left she feels good about in the house are Angela and Fessy, so if Fessy is safe, she’s good. Angela seals the deal by promising she won’t put up Faysal.

At the Nomination Ceremony, Angela stays true to her word and puts Rockstar and Scottie on the block.

Scottie knows that with the Hacker comp and two Power Apps still in play, it’s unlikely the noms will stay the same. Rockstar just feels completely defeated. No matter what she does, she can’t catch a break.

With the Nomination Ceremony complete, it’s time for the Hacker Comp. The houseguests heads to a separate room in the house. All are equipped with a computer and a monitor. In each round, a scrambled BB word appears on the screen. The players must attempt to unscramble the words by typing them on their keyboards. There is only one correct answer.

The first three players to correctly unscramble the words in each round gets a point. The player with the most points at the end of seven rounds, wins the Hacker Power.

Hayleigh emerges victorious. Now she’s got to figure out what’s best for her game and, also, who is a big threat who’s going unnoticed.

Hayleigh decides to hack the nominations. She removes Scottie from the chopping block and replaces him with Tyler.

Hayleigh knows Tyler’s been playing both sides, and if she doesn’t make a move to get him out, he might continue to coast to the end.

Tyler appreciates the fact that somebody has finally made a big move other than himself but vows to exact revenge.

Angela’s determined to win the veto and put Bayleigh on the block.

Scottie’s relieved to be off the block, but he also knows many of the houseguests will think this means he’s the Hacker.

What do you think of the Hacker twist? Did  Hayleigh make the right move putting up Tyler? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Big Brother 20 airs Sundays and Wednesdays at 8/7c and Thursdays at 9/8c on CBS. Tune in on Wednesday, July 8 to find out who wins the Power of Veto.