Episode 3 recap - Jordan in the middle

We start with the HoH competition, which is really tailor-made for rock climber Bobby. Although Sindy puts up a good fight and amusingly tries to use her ass to win it, Bobby is the one who comes out on top, to the surprise of no-one. Admittedly a lot of people were throwing it, such as Zach and Kevin, who was literally the second to step off to comfort a crying Brittnee.

Bobby wants to pretend that he has no alliance, but he's really loyal to a group of the cool kids called the Chop Shop. And thanks to Zach, he's found the perfect excuse to take out a social threat like Kevin under the guise of nominating "the first two who fell off". It seems Zach isn't as on board with the Chop Shop as Bobby and Graig are, as he spills the beans to Jordan. Jordan also has Kevin coming up to him and forming an alliance, leaving Jordan in an incredible position, with two strong guys feeding him info from different sides of the house. He makes it clear who his number 1 is though...Newport (Zach).

The first eight eliminated from the HoH have another competition now, called a "slop-off". They have to keep five slop buckets up on a beam to not be a Have Not. Jordan throws the competition against Bruno...wait, people throw Have Nots now? Kevin also tries to throw it by randomly attacking Bobby with a sponge, but Brittnee is so bad that he wins anyway. The closest match is between Zach and Godfrey, and Godfrey is gutted to lose out. Naeha also joins them in the Have Not room which is a weird prison with a flashing siren.

I've raved about Jordan a lot, but Sarah has impressed me as well. She got a cute character moment tonight when she talks about how she defies all of society's labels, but she's no slouch in the game either, making early bonds with Brittnee and Naeha. She spends the night in the HoH room trying to feel out Bobby (and not in a Sindy way), testing the waters as subtly as she can for if he wants to talk game. However, Bobby stays tight-lipped about his intentions.

Bobby walks into the vault to make his nominations, which are now made on a touch screen computer. After locking in his picks, he reveals them to the houseguests by pulling a lever that brings them up on the screen. It's a convoluted process, but it looks pretty cool. Anyway, Brittnee cries again when she gets nominated, and Kevin talks about what a dumb move it was because he wasn't coming after him. Sorry Kev, you're just not as smooth as you thought you were.