Recap

Four new freeloaders entered between 2 a.m. and dawn. Vimp arrived first; Suzi and Duan'ay entered as a duo; Letty came in last as the returning Season 2 freeloader.

1. Entrance

   Vimp enters as Binx's best friend

   Vimp finally got her shot after losing the Beth slot earlier in the season.

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2. Entrance

   Suzi and Duan'ay enter as a duo

   Suzi entered as a Mongolian wrestler-style character with Duan'ay as her partner.

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3. Entrance

   Letty enters last

   Letty's return as the Season 2 freeloader settled her into a production-mediator role for the rest of the season.

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4. Twins meet Suzi and bond

   Bingo and Bongo's initial bonding with Suzi set up the Day 23 Capture Suzi challenge.

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Jet announced the Candy Challenge — the multi-day candy-collection arc that would run through the Day 23 elimination.

1. Bam gets a Fishtank tattoo

   Bam's tattoo kicked off a recurring Famous House 3 subplot.

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2. The house sings an Easter carol

   An Easter carol set piece closed the day before the holiday weekend.

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A second Room Wars beat escalates the candy-week faction split, pulling the late-week freeloaders and remaining fish into a housewide conflict before the Candy Challenge fully takes over.

The house ran a full Easter Sunday block — a house-wide egg hunt, a mock-formal Proclamation, and a reskinned Tuesday dinner for the holiday.

1. Challenge

   Easter Egg Hunt

   A house-wide egg hunt with bonus prizes hidden inside select eggs.

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2. Easter Proclamation

   The Twins delivered a mock-formal Easter address from confessional.

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3. Easter Dinner

   The formal Tuesday dinner format was reskinned for the holiday.

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The Candy Challenge culminated in a Capture Suzi round. James Drake forfeited position to bait Bashir into a wrestling match; Bashir submitted James Drake with a snapper-roll and took the Mog-off W. James Drake had kicked down Bashir's half-broken bedroom door earlier in the day.

1. Challenge

   Capture Suzi

   Protect Suzi for points; James Drake forfeited to take Bashir out of contention.

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2. Fight

   Bashir and James Drake wrestle for the candy

   Bashir submitted James Drake with a snapper-roll and took the candy pot.

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3. Challenge

   Mog-off — Bashir takes the W

   A house-wide mog tournament wrapped with Bashir on top.

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4. Fight

   James Drake kicks down Bashir's door

   James Drake's kick split Bashir's already-half-broken door; Bashir slammed it back into his head and the fight ignited.

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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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