Big Brother 20: Rethinking Scottie

Hi y’all!

So, I just finished watching the 2nd live eviction episode and what can I say other than this:

SCOTTIE IS RUTHLESS!

Seriously, I am having to rethink my first impression of Scottie.  At first, I thought he was just this season’s token nerd.  I figured he would be so socially awkward that he would be one of the first people voted out of the house.

Then, after watching the live feeds, I saw that Scottie actually seemed harmless enough that it was easy for me to imagine him flying under the radar and, at the very least, making it to the jury.  After Steve was voted out, I started to like Scottie, mostly because he was so alone in the house.

But after tonight, my opinion of Scottie is changing.

Seriously, consider this:

Scottie managed to convince the Foutte alliance that he was going to vote to keep Chris, even though he never had any intention of doing so.  He also managed to convince the majority of them to wear Swaggy C t-shirts, which mostly served to remind the rest of the house why they wanted Swaggy C out in the first place.  Scottie even wore a Swaggy C t-shirt himself.

Haleigh was the only member of Foutte not to wear a Swaggy C t-shirt.  However, she still cast her vote for him to stay.  Scottie, however, wore Chris’s shirt and voted to evict him and he did it with a smile on his face!

Scottie did such a good job of tricking everyone that, when the 8-4 vote was announced, Chris and probably everyone else in his alliance assumed that Haleigh had flipped.  He even refused to accept a hug from her!  You know who did give him a hug before he left, though?

Scottie!

So, Chris left angry.  He was angry at everyone but he was especially angry at Haleigh.  (Or, at least, he was until Julie told him that Haleigh voted for him to stay.)  Now that Chris is gone, Foutte has lost their leader and it’s hard to say how they’re going to be able to survive in the house.  There’s only four of them so, even if one of them does win HoH and takes out a member of the opposing side, it’s still not going to be enough to shift the balance of power in the house.

(Add to that, with Chris gone, Faysal is the only member of Level 6 who has ever won anything.  Haleigh, Bayleigh, and Angie aren’t particularly good at challenges.)

This is going to be another bad week for Foutte because Scottie is the new HoH!  And while they may think Scottie is on their side, he proved tonight that he’s not.  It’s hard for me to imagine a scenario in which Scottie wouldn’t side with the majority and take out a member of Foutte.

So, what will Scottie do as HoH?  Will he do something unexpected or will he take orders from Tyler?  We’ll find out over the next few days!

Lisa Marie

P.S. The only way for the old Foutte to survive, I think, is if an all-girls alliance forms but I just can’t imagine Rachel and Angela working with Angie for more than week before turning on her.