SOOO much back and forth last night you guys!
First, Britney decided she wants to use the veto on Hayden, and have Kathy go up and go home because Britney has correctly ascertained that 1) Kathy will float to the end and will be the one people choose to take further in the game over Britney, simply because Kathy is useless in competitions and 2) keeping the Hayden/Kristin vs Brendan/Rachel feud going is good for Britney.
But of course in order to pull this off Britney had to make sure that Rachel would put up Kathy as a replacement and that no one would be upset with her for using the POV. And wow, did Britney pull it off with multiple skill levels!
First Britney made a deal for safety with Hayden and Kristin. Then Hayden and Kristin talked to Brendan and Rachel alone, reasonably pointing out that if Brendan didn't win the next HOH, they would both go up on the block. Instead Hayden and Kristin offered an alliance with Brendan and Rachel, saying the four of them could run the House competition wise etc. In exchange, Rachel would let Britney use the POV and put up Kathy. Now of course Brendan and Rachel DO need this kind of protection but it's so obviously a fake deal because of how everything went down with Kristin and Rachel. Yet Brendan and Rachel? TOTALLY FUCKING BOUGHT IT!!
The best part is, Hayden pretended that they were really working with Rachel and Brendan and that they would have to be careful to "convince" Britney to use the POV without letting her know of their four-way couples alliance (Rachel uncorked this ironic gem: "We can't tell Britney everything because she won't agree to use the POV and be part of a five-man alliance with two couples, she's too smart for that") when in reality, they're really hiding their deal with Britney so Rachel will put up Kathy.
Oh and it got so good as Rachel coached Hayden on what to say to Britney while Hayden tried not to laugh. And then Hayden ran right back to Britney and they laughed about it -- Britney, completely unable to believe her good fortune, and even more flabbergasted that Rachel was dumb enough to take the deal -- and then Britney sat in the HOH room while Rachel thought she was being slick, trying to let Britney know it was ok to use the POV and that she (Rachel) would put Kathy up, without letting Britney know of the alliance she thinks she and Brendan now have with Hayden and Kristin.
So currently, Kathy is slated to go up and go home. Of course there could be a huge flip again before the POV (especially if Rachel and Brendan grow a brain between them) but for now? Britney pulled off multiple levels of manipulation and it was awesome!!