After everything that went down with the eviction between Analyse and Christielast week, winning H.O.H.
was exactly what Holly needed.
She and Michie needed not only to target Nick but also to use Christie to do so.

Nick Maccarone in the Big Brother House. Big Brother airs Wednesdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), Thursdays, featuring the live evictions (9:00-10:00 PM, LIVE ET/Delayed PT) and Sundays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). Reserved Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Monty Brinton/CBS
Despite some objections from Christie after being saved, that still seems to be the plan.
Things get a little more complicated here with the veto competition though.
Christie simply cant stop talking about this pawn business, and its driving Michie and Holly mad.
Theres just one little problem: Michie and Holly didnt use her!!
In other words, Christie isreallynot reading that energy.
Anyways, once we get to the veto picks, its clear that Nick has an uphill battle.
He has no friends there, no one that will likely take him off the block.
Heneedsthe win; otherwise, theres a good chance hes going home.
The competition involves freeing the Zingbot from the Zingetentiary.
Cliff, meanwhile, can barely get started, and Christie has a lot of trouble too.
This mostly boils down to Michie and Nick battling it out, which makes for great competition.
Nicks strategy is to knock out all the bottom holes first, while Michie starts from the top.
In the end, Michies strategy pays off.
The question now is this: do Holly and Michie still want Nick to go home instead of Christie?
Nick crashes in the boat room, and when Michie comes in, he tells him everything.
That doesnt mean hell be taken off the block, but its a good move on his part.
He wants Tommy, Nicole, and Cliff as votes, which is what he needs to stay.
3-2 will do it this time around.
Those pies are the only real shock here.