Recap

Bliccy entered as the Season 2 returning fan favorite. Landon re-entered after his Day 23 elimination. Kimmee and Suzi exited on scheduled cameo wraps.

1. Exit

   Kimmee and Suzi exit

   Both freeloaders walked on scheduled wraps inside the same day.

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2. Entrance

   Bliccy enters as Season 2 returning

   Bliccy's schizophrenic-energy presence bonded with the Twins immediately.

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3. Entrance

   Landon re-enters

   Landon returned as a freeloader-style entry after his elimination the prior night.

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Bashir won the Total War challenge for access to the locked Goo Factory. Through the door, he and Bliccy first-contacted Burt while Burt cooked goo inside. Mints walked Bashir through the orientation once he was inside.

1. The house pressures the locked Goo Factory door

   Sustained access pressure on the locked door ran for hours before Bashir's win.

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2. Bashir and Bliccy first-contact Burt

   Through the door, the first conversation set up Burt's full reveal once Bashir entered.

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3. Mints walks Bashir through orientation

   Mints ran Bashir through the ten-container goo-making test with no drains.

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4. Fight

   Goo Factory fight: Bashir and James Drake get physical

   Bashir and James Drake become physical during the late-night Goo Factory escalation, with Landon present as the conflict spills out of the locked-room pressure.

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Vimp betrayed Bashir on Day 25 — the first crack in their alliance. Bashir started mistrusting her after Suzi-related friction earlier in the week.

1. Steel Panther play a private set

   Bam's hair-metal friends Steel Panther played a private set in the house, including a Wipers-on-the-Bus cover and Bliccy's cousin-head song.

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2. Challenge

   Tag challenge

   A house-wide game of tag ran as the day's structured competition.

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Landon tried to mog Burt and got dominated. Burt's innuendo undercut every wigger-tiger line Landon threw, and the verbal humiliation ran for hours and broke Landon's spirit for the night.

1. Landon's failed Vimp confession

   Landon attempted a bedside confession to Vimp late at night; she quietly rejected him.

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2. Bashir pep-talks Landon

   Bashir gave Landon a pep talk after the crashout — a friend-tank reconciliation.

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3. Burt's first solo goo batch

   Burt's first solo goo batch went off the rails on consistency; Bashir came back to help.

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WIRED magazine interviewed the Fishtank contestants — a major mainstream-press feature that production referenced for the rest of the season. The Insult Drill and the Katamari challenge ran alongside.

1. Fight

   James Drake versus Burt confrontation

   James Drake and Burt had a physical confrontation that didn't fully resolve.

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2. Challenge

   Katamari challenge

   A fish-tank reskin of the rolling-ball video game ran as the day's structured competition.

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3. James Drake learns internet slang

   Bashir ran a tutorial on internet slang after Letty's quiz exposed James Drake's complete unfamiliarity.

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