'Big Brother 27' – The Saga of Rachel Reilly

All Big Brother fans!  Sorry I missed the last week but I had eye surgery.  My eye surgeon gave me the go ahead to start so here I am.  Little did I know that the last two weeks of Big Brother would be so eventful. So here we go.

I’m sure you remember Rachel Reilly who met her true love, Brendan, on the show.  The powers that be at CBS and Big Brother decided to bring her back so she could have another shot at the floaters.  Remember!  She always said that floaters needed a life preserver when she came to power.

Well, the game has changed, and Rachel was aware.  Instead of strategy gamers, we get the video gamers.  Don’t worry!  Rachel is familiar with that also. She has children, remember?    She’s also familiar with the “Mean Girl” club.  She’s seen many incarnations of this with the show.  The only problem is that Mickey takes the original concept and uses threats of violence.



So, Rachel spent the first weeks getting to know people.  Mickey spent the first weeks saying that she was only keeping Rachel up to jury and sending her to the jury house on week one of jury.  Why so vicious? First, she thought Rachel was too old to play the game.  (By the way, Rachel isn’t much older than Mickey.)  Mickey wanted Rachel to be alone and make her regret leaving her family to play.  Mickey also intended to annihilate Rachel in front of her children and husband on national television.  See why I say Mickey took the Mean Girls up a level.  Instead of looking just to embarrass one person, Mickey thought it would be fun to do it in front of Rachel’s family and the nation.  I’m surprised Mickey didn’t ask they to bring back the Bad Girls Club.  She’s a perfect fit!  But on with the Rachel story.

Mickey forgot one thing in this endeavor.  Big Brother is a small community.  They live in a closed environment during the game.  The likelihood of anything being said getting back to the victim is very strong.  So, it was only a matter of time before Rachel heard of Mickey’s statement and who was involved.  (And I think Mickey forgot about the live feeders. They’ve given us a blow-by-blow, haven’t you hamsterwatch!)

Anyone who has watched Rachel play knows that Rachel doesn’t take a threat lightly.  Anything that is intentionally aimed at her family will draw her wrath.  Suddenly, Rachel had “unfriended” (as I call it) those making the threat.  In fact, the last week had the Mickey’s “Mean Girls’ Club” saying that “Rachel only cares for Rachel.”  Sweethearts!  This is Big Brother.  You only care about the cash at the end.  Anyone who says they are your friend will stick a proverbial knife in your back if you get in their way. 

Case in point is Vince.  He was really part of the scheme to get rid of Rachel at jury’s first week.  He played a game of conning everyone that he was their best friend. Time and time again he proved he wasn’t.  Rachel saw him send Amy out who had a final two with Vince.  Zae went when his buddy Vince decided to cut ties.  The straw that proved to Rachel how “two-faced” Vince was came the week Jimmy was sent home.  Rachel didn’t say a word but let Vince know she didn’t believe him.  What did he do?  Vince cried to everyone that Rachel was acting  “cold” to him.  No Vince!  She has your number.



Mickey had ordained that Rachel would go on Thursday, July 24, 2025.  Why not!  In Mickey’s mind, she has run all HoHs.  Mickey would “tear Rachel to pieces” in front of her husband and children.  To me this was a threat.  In the old days, Mickey would have been called out.  Apparently, she wasn’t because she kept it up. Rachel knew it.  She decided the time to get serious in the game play area had started.  She would win HoH and let Mickey stew.  So far, the only thing Mickey thinks will happen is her allies will go up on the block again.  Mickey thinks she’s safe (more on that in a later article). 

Vince, on the other hand, realizes that Rachel has found him out.  He went to her last night after her HoH win and told her that he would “actually” keep his word.  Oh, how sweet!  Does you “word” actually mean anything now!

So, Rachel has won a HoH putting herself in the record books.  Rachel is’ old school.’  Mickey may think she can run Rachel’s HoH like she did others and tried to do with Ava. Rachel has seen more than Mickey.  She’s seen Chima’s play this card before.  She’s not going to stand still and let Mickey run her HoH. I’m so hoping she backdoors Mickey.  It’s only fair after all.  That’s what Mickey planned.