Last, Best Hope

So with the game winding to its boring close, I thought of one more hypothetical scenario that could make it interesting in the endgame. 

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Jillian is set on taking Emmett to the final two if she wins her record-setting last HOH, and Emmett seems likely to take Jillian. Gary has one last card he can play that could work on Emmett, especially if Emmett and Gary are in the final HOH showdown, which is possible.

Gary's been setting up this idea that Jillian is favored by the jury and likely to win the game, which is total BS, according to him. 

If Emmett and Gary face off in the final two, Emmett might be tempted to go to the end with Gary, but much like the Big Brother 5 endgame between Drew and Cowboy, he knows he can't cut his showmance himself, Gary would have to do the dirty work for him.

So if Gary can convince Emmett that he's trustworthy, which is an outside possibility, he can propose to have Emmett throw the final contest to him, so that Gary can choose to go to the final with Emmett, and Jillian is cut at a hand that's not Emmett's.

The punchline to all of this, of course, is that Gary will actually take Jillian to the finals, not Emmett. If he's right about the jury's dislike of Jillian, that could ultimately be the move that wins the game for Gary. Tada! 

Should it in fact go down like that, I'd say he deserved the win, twist or no. Unfortunately, Emmett is not big on throwing contests and doesn't like putting his fate in the hands of others, so it's unlikely to happen.

Sigh. Three more days of nothing but writing Big Brother fanfic, knowing it's bound to be more interesting than what we're actually waiting for.